Blinking open crimson eyes with their depths holding a dark light, the black stallion named Lucifer pulled in a breath. His yellowed teeth were dripping red tinged drool as saliva pooled in his mouth. Muscles twitched across his body, speaking on the wounds he had gained and the wounds he had inflicted. His black ears slowly perked forward, taking in the sounds of the sands around him. He could taste Helios upon the air, as if the Arabian were still here. He could hear him, like his mind was throwing out the obvious to him. With his muscles quaking and his mind running in circles, Lucifer panted out in the middle of the Dunes territory where he had headed after winning the battle. He could not be around others and it showed as his hooves had stopped their forward movement and halted all forward progress when his crimson eyes landed upon one of the few oasis’s that spotted this dry and bland territory.


Shaking his head, Lucifer continued to tremble as the saliva fell from his lips. His ears began to twitch, his body tensing before releasing. His hooves trembled, their large size digging into the sand before his front legs just caved. Falling to his chest, the stallion rested on his knees with his hind legs following suit. His large frame thudded against the ground, huffing in sand that billowed up and around him. His eyes closed, his head hitting the sand before his whole frame landed upon its side. He had no more strength after the battle, his need to lay there out weighing the need to move. Helios had landed enough of a blow that the brute had to fight the need to slaughter everything, something he had never faced before.


As the night fell away and the black beast was roused by the sun, Lucifer smacked his lips as his crusted over eyelids blinked open. Looking around him, Lucifer sucked in a breath as the dried copper taste of blood still lined his lips. Shaking his head, the beast slowly stood from the ground with a groan. His nap had aided in some control of his demons, but as his body rose from the sands and the brown granules fell back to the earth, a different monster filled his chest. Tossing his head skyward, Lucifer found himself grounding into the desert before he reared up in the early morning sun. His front legs kicked out at the air before a bellowing cry escaped his lungs.


This was his. This was theirs. This was the start of his empire.


As the sun caught upon Lucifer’s crimson gaze, the beast just smiled wide as he tipped his head, the red of his drool trickling down his lips and landing upon his knees before he hit the ground.


”Come and get me.”