76 The Hell Knight and His Servant

I give the man a baffled look as I meet his eyes, "I'm the Devil, not a GPS. Where did you last leave this friend of yours?"

Robin grunts as he gets to a knee and lets out a huff, "No, he's dead, the Joker killed him… I want to know, is he in Heaven or Hell?"

"Ah, so that's what you mean. Give me a moment, he is in Hell that is for sure but I can tell you where." Putting my palm up in front of me and in a burst of flames, a large thick black book flips open in front of me.

The Book of the Dead flips to Jason Todd of Universe 002, "Well he isn't dead so, he is still on earth."

His eyes widen as he looks up at me, "But I saw it, the Joker sent me a video of him dying."

I shrug, "Seems like you got tricked, who knew a clown would do that?"

He doesn't seem to enjoy my sarcasm, "Then can you help me find him?"

With a scoff I look at my shadow, "Legion, where is this, Jason Todd? I know you like to snoop so you must know by now?"

From my shadow raises a woman with deep black hair and a lowered head, "This one does not know, but the alpha has someone who can help."

I rub my chin as I nod, "He has been out quite a while hasn't he? Then bring him immediately."

Lowering into my shadow the feminine voice echos, "Of course, my King."

*Legion Alpha's POV*

Standing on a barren beach in Florida the cool night breeze brushes past me. On the barren beach is a large cargo ship wreckage with a creaking hull as it is still freshly washed up. We catch a whiff of blood as we step forward and a dark figure can be seen pulling itself from a large gouge in the side of the ship.

"Doctor Morbius, we would like for you to come with me quietly."

Our words echo as a hundred beings speak as one. We notice the tall thin man turn to us his eyes glow red as he snarls like a rabid dog. We sigh as he rushes at us with a rather impressive speed.

As he gets close we break into three separate being confusing the poor pseudo vampire. With a kick, we strike him in three separate areas causing him to spin in the air like a helicopter blade.

Merging back to one we kick him up into the air and Hellfire baths our fist. Against our expectations, he regains his senses and manages to stay afloat in the air so we swiftly go to him.

Hopping into the air we punch his gut coating him in hellfire. He lets out a heart-wrenching scream as he falls to the ground with a splat and we land near him. Dismissing out flames we step over to him, our order was to only purge the evil so we are not allowed to kill this man yet.

Doctor Morbius's regeneration begins to kick in healing his skin slowly. It is apparent that he has lost consciousness so we pick him up by the back of his neck. He slumps over and his long hair hands over his eyes.

We are a bit surprised at how good his regeneration is but it is only good for a mortal. Shaking him in our hand he begins to snap awake and look at us with fear in his eyes. It is true we look intimidating to most mortals but this is unexpected.

(A/N: For those who don't remember the alpha has pitch black eyes with visible black veins and ghastly pale skin.)

"W-what do you want? What happened?" Looking behind us his eyes widen, "What happened to the ship? My assistant, is she alright?"

With an odd look, we meet his eyes, "We came when we noticed your power but you don't seem aware… Your assistant is dead, as is everyone on the ship."

"D-did I do it?"

We shrug as we do not care, "We do not know, we are only here for you."

"What do you want from me?"

"We are conflicted, we came because we felt your evil, but we cannot feel it from you now. We want to bring you to the King but we don't want to make more work for him… We are thinking of just locking you away and not dealing with it."

His eyes widen, "Who are you?"

"We are Legion."

We pause as we are called upon by the King and wait for his words. 'Legion, where is this, Jason Todd? I know you like to snoop so you must know by now?' We hear the words echo in our head.

"Can you track someone, answer quickly."

"I can." The pale man answers with a scared tone, "My sense of smell is heightened and I can hear everything around me to an extreme degree."

"Good enough," We fade into our shadow with the man in our grip.

Rising from our Lord's shadow we take a knee and place the man on the ground next to us. Across from our lord is the young man we saw from his shadow but this time we can feel he is deeply connected to hell. Our Lord has made this man a Hell Knight, we are unsatisfied.

We keep our head low as we can feel our lord giving us an odd gaze.

"Legion."

"Yes, my King?"

"Why is this pale man naked?"

Our eyes flick to the vampire and we lower our head deeply, "It is our mistake, my King, we were in a hurry."

He shakes his head as he rubs his temple, "You are dismissed Legion, keep up the good work."

Pride fills our chest as we gratefully nod, "Of course my Lord."

*Lucifer POV*

I shake my head as Legion fades back into my shadow, "So, who are you, little vampire?"

I notice the man shake as he gets up this his knees, "I am Micheal Morbius, a doctor well a biologist really."

Robin's eyes narrow, "How is a doctor supposed to help find a person?"

"Oh, can't you tell little bird? He is more than a doctor, he is a vampire… or at least half of one."

The confused biologist looks at his hand and it tenses into an ugly claw, "Honestly I am quite impressed you managed to activate the vampire disease in a living subject… But why?"

"I-I was dying, I had no choice."

Looking at Robin I shrug, "That's a pretty good reason."

Robin rolls his eyes, "Don't you know vampires feel a constant need for blood. Even if they aren't bad people they will always have a desire to kill something, weren't you afraid of that?"

Doctor Morbius shakes his head, "I didn't know what I would become, I just knew this was my only chance at life."

"Don't worry I can fix that." Pulling out a contract in a roll of fire I hand it to him.

He quickly reads the contract, "I have to serve 'Hell Knight Dick Greyson', who is that?"

Robin looks up at me in surprise, "What?! Don't put him on me."

With a smirk, I side-eye him, "This will be your first task as my Hell Knight, fun right Robin?"

"Tch, it's Nightwing now."

"Ooh, how edgy, I like it. You just have to teach him how to be human again, I will suppress his desire to murder but he will still need blood."

Nightwing seems annoyed as he nods, "Okay, but only if he can actually help me find Jason."

"Good, Sign it," I say looking at the naked doctor.

"Do I have a choice?"

I nod handing over a pen, "Of course, you could wait till you accidentally kill an innocent, and then I will kill you myself."

With a solemn gaze, he takes a pen from my hand and signs it quickly. He is bathed in hellfire as a clean black three-piece suit and trouser pair covers his body.

He stands slowly looking up at me, "Why a suit?"

I shrug, "I like suits."

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