Mystified. Has she not driven out the Devil?

Feeling Ellie's batlike wings on her arms, the small claws caressing her shoulders, Penny opened and closed her mouth silently, trying to understand what just had happened. A process made all the more difficult by her softening lance slowly gliding out of Ellie's slick slit. Penny slipped her arms around the happily mewling succubus' waist, feeling her tail wrap around the angel's leg once more. But how was this possible? With her friend, now lover, anointed so abundantly, why were there yet more changes so demonic in nature? Her soul had been saved, her body protected!

Had there been some lingering influence, biding its time until Ellie's defenses had been weak? Or was there something more sinister at work? Penny turned her golden eyes towards the ceiling, looking to the Heavens for guidance. What was she to do? Had she been too conceited in thinking a mere mortal, blessed by God as she may be, would be able to drive back the Devil? But... Ellie was so full of love even now, so pure and earnest in her devotion to the Almighty's boons, it simply could not be that her soul was still tainted in any way - if it ever had been. As much dominion as the Dark One might have held over Ellie'sbody, Penny fervently believed that her friend was saved. Nevertheless, it would not do to ignore this development - it was obvious that Ellie was still preyed upon. Penny swore to herself that she would protect her so demonic-seeming lover from whatever harm would befall her, be it from Hell's denizens or more earthly threats.

"Mmmh~..." Mewling quietly, Ellie snuggled closely against her lover, squeezing Penny tight with arms and wings alike. "Can we stay like this forever, please?"

"Art... art thou not astonished by thine newly grown... wings?" It was impossible that Ellie had missed the fact that she now possessed twice the appendages on her upper body. Right?

"Hm? Uh..." Ellie's wings wiggled and twitched lightly as if she was consciously moving them for the first time, and then the succubus jumped up, knocking the air out of Penny in the process. "WHAT?!"

It seemed she really hadn't realized.

It took Penny almost ten minutes to calm the panicking succubus down. If there had been any doubt about the purity of Ellie's soul, this dispelled them; after all, would a true servant of Hell react like this to a new boon of their Dark Master? While deception was one of Hell's greatest weapons, Ellie's panic seemed terribly genuine, making Penny's heart ache for the demonic woman. But Penny's newfound feelings for Ellie were just as genuine, overcoming the succubus fear and confusion in the end.

"And thou didst really not realize that they had grown?" Now it was on Penny to smile at her lover teasingly as they were eating a light breakfast from their backpacks after a quick shower and donning their formerly modest black dresses - now, they stretched over their bodies erotically, and Ellie had to keep the back of hers partly unzipped to have room for her dark red wings.

"No! You... I... everything felt so good, and then I just wanted to hug you, and snuggle, and..." Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Ellie returned the angel's smile, the wings folded on her back twitching lightly. Even like that, the small claw that was formed by the wing's thumb hovered more than a whole hand's length above her head. "Well, now I can hug you even better."

Words like these only strengthened Penny's trust and belief in her lover. Would a demon so readily talk like this, instead of trying to seduce? And Ellie had even said she loved the angel yesterday, when the influence of the Dark One that had presumably given her wings had still lingered within her. But as nice as this shared, if meager, breakfast was, Penny had the epiphany she'd had this morning to talk about.

"There is something I would talk about with thee, about what thou saidst."

Ellie froze, her surprised expression almost comical, cheek bulging with a bite of sandwich. After swallowing, she cleaned her pouty lips with a napkin and put on a shaky smile.

"Is.. is it about me saying I love you? Am I... moving too fast? It's just, I've always lo--..." Almost babbling, Ellie trailed off, face so red it almost matched her hair.

"No, no. It's most assuredly not that. As the Lord hath so obviously blessed our union, how could I object?" Leaning over the small table, Penny took the succubus taloned hand into her alabaster one, gently rubbing it as she planted a tender kiss on Ellie's soft lips. "Of course, there is nary a reason for objection... my love."

If Ellie had been red before, she was now turning a crimson so deep it rivaled the color of her eyes. But the smile she gave Penny shone as brilliantly as God's love - though the effect was diminished somewhat by her sharp, pointy teeth.

"To hear you say that..." Ellie whispered, leathery wings wriggling happily. "It makes me feel so blessed."

"And how could we not feel blessed?" Sitting back down, Penny grew a little more somber. "But this leads to what I meant, what may be expected of thee and I."

"What do you mean?"

"Surely thou seest it: With the Lord's blessing, we saved thine soul from the Devil," Penny began, fixing the succubus with her golden stare - the unusual color with its light glow was almost hypnotic. "Could it not be that He doth expect us to save more sinners from Hell's maw?"

"You mean... pray with them and, uhm, anoint them?" Eyes wide, Ellie stared at her angelic lover. Penny could understand her surprise - a whole town in the clutches of the Devil, and just the two of them to save its people? A daunting prospect indeed. "B-but... you and I, we just..."

"Thou art right, of course. Even though the Almighty doth shower us with His blessings, we art mere humans, thee and I. How couldst we hope to prevail?" Practically burning with fervor, Penny fixed Ellie in her intense gaze. "But I did asketh thee before we embarked here, and I asketh thee again now: Is it not true that we owe it to their souls to try and save?"

"I..." Warring emotions danced over Ellie's strikingly beautiful face, almost too fast for Penny to follow. But in the end, the succubus gave Ellie a smile - tinged with a sadness the angelic woman could not understand. "I see. Of course, you're right. Like you've been back then..."

"Art thou not joyful to be given this task, to be chosen to carry out the Lord's plan?" Voice soft, Penny leaned forwards to grab Ellie's hands once more, alabaster breasts resting on the table. "If thou hast any fears or doubts about this, voice them without fear, my love."

"I... don't want to commit the sin of Envy, and yet, I..." Lowering her head, the succubus let her hair fall so it hid her face. But Penny could hear the rising tears in her voice.

"Thou dost not wish to see me praising the Lord with others, or am I mistaken?"

Ellie nodded, face still hidden, wings drooping sadly.

"Fret not, my love." Putting one finger under Ellie's chin, Penny gently moved the succubus' head back up, the angel's heart aching at the tears in Ellie's eyes as she moved her hand on the demonic girl's cheek. "Though we shall spread His love to others, we shall always be doing it together. Thou art the one I will always be closest to."

The succubus sniffled, smiled weakly and leaned her head into Penny's hand.

"Threesomes, then? I'll take it." Putting her hand over Penny's, Ellie smiled more broadly. "I won't be so selfish to keep you and your... blessed lance all to myself."

"I'm glad thou feelst that way." The angelic woman's smile was just was wide as she caressed Ellie's cheek with her thumb. "Now, dost thou need more time or art thou ready for us to head out?"