"Luck was on your side Dan, that you encountered a mixed blood almost immediately." An elder spoke up in praise of Dan.
"But she had Liam with her, that renegade Angel has been on the radar of many creatures. He has himself a lot of enemies." Another completed.Dan smirked and side eyed Scott who had remained quiet all through. He had found a mixed blood first while Scott had been rubbing elbows with the corrupted Arch Angel who had shown less favour towards him, but now he was sure that the tables would turn. He would be the one on demand now. He focused back on the elders."You said, he did not know what she was at first? He did not know that she was a mixed blood?" The elders asked Dan.He puffed up a little before replying. "That is correct, he did not know what she was.""And how were you able to find her so quickly?""She was bleeding, resulting from the fight she was in with the demons who had attached them. I could smell her blood and I trThe heavens gave a cry of dissatisfaction, threatening to burst open the floor gates despite the rain that had soaked the ground few hours ago. Asides from the constant thunder that roared, bringing with it flashes of electricity racing across the heavy grey clouds which loomed above, all was calm, cold and silent... or so it seemed.The stars had fled and the moon was not to be seen in the sky as the heavy grey clouds had taken their place, moving slowly as the wind wished them to, and bringing with it, the cry of the wolves from across the mountains. She shivered as fear registered in her heart.She did not know where she was, it was lonely and it was deserted, she stood in the middle of an abandoned town which she did not remember coming into. Sure looked left and right, wrapping the cloak around her body for some sort of protection, her sword was not with her, there was nothing around which she could use as a weapon, not even a log of wood or a stone big enough. Her ey
Leo had been unable to sleep throughout the night in the mountain after their encounter with the half Nadri. He had been worried for Sheila who, for the first time since he knew her, had shown weakness, which made him to wonder what exactly must have happened between her and the Nadir in the forest after he had escaped. He had stayed awake, watching her sleep soundly and had made two trips to the stream to get her some water and back up to the mountain. The water had helped a lot.Now as he watched her get ready to fly back down into the forest, he could almost not believe that she had been the same Angel who had been so weak and unable to walk properly last night. She had woken up first even before him this morning and was her regular strong self, telling him that she would be going back into the forest to get back his cloak which she had dropped last night."I do not understand why you need to go back." Leo protested against Sheila leaving the mountains to the forest to
Liam made his way to the stream after a conflicting decision to leave Leticia behind at his place, but he needed the water from the stream for Leticia's wounds. They were not healing but rather they made her sick.As he dropped down to the ground and went into the water, his mind went back to what had happened last night, he was still unable to explain how it had happened but he knew for a certain that something was wrong. It was all wrong.* * * * *Liam had still been awake when he had heard a cry of pain that night, it was a cry calling out his name in utmost desperation. That voice had belonged to Leticia. He had bolted upright immediately and ran into the house and into the room, only for him to be met with an empty bed. Leticia was not here. She was gone.Again the voice called out for him and he raced out of the house, taking to the skies even before his feet could touch the ground. He followed the voice, flying closer to the forest and feelin
Sheila and Liam who had quietly been watching Leticia, saw her fall and on impulse, they both reached for her immediately to catch her from falling. Liam caught her quickly and carried her in his arms, placing her back gently on the bed "Liam, I do not think that the water would do much for her." Sheila said as she stroked the girl's hair, she was very worried for her."The injury sizzles when it comes in contact with the water." Liam said and Leticia stared at him in surprise and shock. She watched him twist the cap off the bottle and pour the water on Leticia's wounds, it sizzled like it was boiling and Leticia gasped and wiggled in pain."Liam..." Sheila called, her lips trembling a little."If it sizzles, then it means that it is cleaning off the wound but it has been quite a while since she had the injury. How long would this take?" He asked Sheila but she was not exactly thinking of that right now."The water only repells demons and anything unclean." She s
Liam focused his attention on Leticia who laid motionless on the bed asides from her heaving chest as she struggled to breathe. Her body was no longer warm to the touch, her skin was pale and her slightly parted lips were a shade of blue, her eye lids quavered in her attempt to keep them open. Liam clasped her hand in his and brought it up to his chest, as he watched her, he could see Sharon, his human and he could see Phidian, the demon girl she had become. He battled in his mind to stop himself from imagining Leticia as a demon girl. He was going to save her at all cost and he would never allow what had happened to Sharon to ever happen to Leticia. There was only one place he could think of to take her to. Only one person he could think of that could help him and in all honesty, he wished there was another better option."There is one place I have in my head to take her to." Liam suddenly spoke up, not looking at anyone but Leticia."Where?" Sheila and Leo had chorused,
Liam watched the demon retreat away from him slowly with a look of shock on his face and he knew immediately that something was not alright. He had seen something concerning Leticia, something disturbing and it pricked on Liam's curiosity. He wanted to know. He needed to know."What did you see?" He asked."You can not save her Liam." He said matter of factly. "There is no way you can save her. She will become a demon and there is nothing you or anyone can do about that." He walked back into the darkness of the house when he finished speaking, leaving Liam standing clueless with the girl in his arms.Liam looked down at Leticia who still whimpered in his arms and his heart broke but he did not believe what Krane had said to him. There was a way to help her, there was a way to cure her and he would find it. He would not allow her go just the way Sharon had left him. He turned around and heading for the door, out of Krane's dark house.* * * * *Ben sh
Renard flew fast as he gained speed in the air, accelerating and shooting through the air like a bullet. He flapped his darkened wjngs aggressively as he thought of Liam. He thought only of Liam. The renegade had always been a barrier to some of his plans although not directly, but now, he was trying to stop him from getting to the mixed blood. Liam wanted him to be swallowed up by this corruption, he wanted him gone.He fumed and seethed as he flew. Although he did not know where exactly to go in order to finds Liam but he just flew, hoping to maybe spot him somewhere. Then he caught sight of Smokes, the demon bar. He knew Liam frequented the bar, he had been told severally by Ben, he never thought he would actually have needed the information at that time but now he did. He smirked and flew low, slowing down his approach and landed very softly on the ground right in front of Smokes.It was getting dark as the sun was already setting, he knew it was by this time tha
Sheila, Leo and Phidian stood by quietly as they watched Liam walked back to a closet which they did not know had been there because its door blended in well with the walls, he reached in and brought out his sword, unsheathing it to look at the blade, it glimmered in the dark, catching the beams of moon light that filtered in through the window.As he weighed the sword in his hands, his mind went back to the last time he had had to use it, and that was when he and Leticia had come across the demons in the forest and that overly pompous Nadri, he had been engaged with another demon at the time that Leticia was bitten, if he knew that bite would lead to this then he would not have let that happen. He blamed himself more because he was supposed to be her guardian Angel and the duty of a guardian Angel was to guard but he had not been able to do so much on that day. But at least he had kept her safe and away from that Nadri, that was a plus.He never thought he would hav
Demon Renard immediately crumbled to the floor as he felt some part of him drain away, he looked on helplessly at Liam on the floor and the dead girl in his arms, unable to even approach them. When Liam's sword had peirced through the heart of the girl, he had felt the excruciating pain, he had felt something tear away from him and the hold he had over the girl had vanished quickly as well. He had expected that the much larger part of him in the girl would rush straight into him but he did not feel that happen, rathe he had felt weakened, like the sword had also peirced through the Angel's body too.Master Krane had immediately rushed to his side when he saw him crumble to the floor, weak, but he did not need th demon's sympathy and would have dug his whole hand into the chubby demon's stomach and ripped out all its guts if he had the strength to. What he wanted was strength, what he wanted was power, to feel powerful again. He calmed down and breathed steadily as he watched the
Liam was taken aback by what he just heard Leticia say and he stood a while, shocked band dumbfounded."Now," she had said. "Let us get this over with, shall we? I have a world to dominate."Demon Renard smirked and slowly backed off with a low bow, Master Krane did the same. Liam looked around at the two of them and then back to Leticia. The girl in front of him was Leticia but what ever was inside her was not, it was something he did not know and that thing also could not recognize him."Leticia, snap out of this, this is not you!" Liam spoke to her in his thoughts.Leticia heard him, or more like the first spirit that had taken over her, heard him and laughed. "She is no longer here Angel, she is gone and will be gone forever.""Leticia," Liam continued in his thoughts as they both circled each other. "I know you are in there. Listen to me."He watched her walk ever so slowly, like a predator checking out the weak parts of its prey. The green scaly s
"Why did you do that?" Sheila asked Scott the question as soon as Liam had left them. He had flown off in a rush, barely taking two steps to get away from them before spreading his wings wide and flying off, it had hit Scott with a powerful slap to the arm, sending him down to the ground and he still could feel the pain from it. Liam had not noticed, and even if he did, he had been too concerned about Leticia to pause and offer an apology, Scott did not even take offense in it, he knew the Angel had to hurry off. He got up and dusted himself."Why did I do what?" He asked back, not quite sure of what Sheila was talking about."Betray your kind." She replied.Scott looked at her with a questioning look. "Betray my kind? I never betray my kind. What are you talking about?"Sheila frowned. "So you mean you lied to Liam?!" She was getting angry. "You lied to him and you sent him over to Renard's?!"Scott was a bit confused. "Wait, now hold up, I..." But Sheila w
Leticia struggled to breathe, something was happening to her body but she did not know what exactly it was, all she knew was that she was not ok. Her heart pounded loudly and without rythm, her head was spinning and she could barely understood what she saw in front of her, her hearing was distant and echoing and she felt her real self, her own conscience slipping away."Mine." She heard the demon say."Mine." She heard from within her.The demon suddenly turned away from her and took a step to the side. She saw an Angel rush in and come to a stop, staring at them with every look of shock and anger and surprise and when he finally looked at her, he buckled and almost fell but managed to hold himself up using his sword. He looked hurt and disappointed and pained on seeing her but she could not really understand why.She saw him but did not know who he was, she knew she had seen him once or twice before but could not exactly place where she had seen him. Her head po
Master Krane walked up to Leticia on the table who was still struggling to balance between being conscious and drifting into unconsciousness. Krane needed her to be awake, he needed her to be very conscious and to do that he had to awaken the dormant half spirit of Gates in her, the same spirit that was toiling through Renard's body to take control.Krane glanced over at Renard who had fully transformed into a demon now but was still withering on the floor like he was trying to stop whatever was trying to take control over his body. Krane smirked and turned to face Leticia, she was the last and final piece to complete this puzzle. He just needed a final human to sacrifice.Almost immediately, as if on cue, Ben walked into the house and on seeing the gruesome creature, rolling on the floor which had a very striking resemblance to his Master Renard, he screamed out."M... Master Krane..!?" He did not exactly know what to say, he just could not believe what was happening
The girl was extremely light in Scott's arms, she did not weigh any thing and Scott felt like he was carrying paper. He held her close to himself for fear of the wind just picking her up and out of his arms. He watched her as they walked from the Nadris headquarters to Renard's place, the journey was a long one through the forest but none of them complained of fatigue, well, none of the two of them because Renard had left them to walk while he flew away, constantly swooping up ahead of them to circle them above before flying off for a few minutes only to come back again, repeating the same routine over and over.Scott looked up at Renard flying in the sky, his wings radiated the moon's light and he had to admit that it looked very beautiful to the eyes. He looked back down and sighed, this has been the longest night he had ever seen and he began to wonder when it would be over. The girl whimpered slightly in his arms and stirred, he looked at her and then to Master Krane as the
Ben knocked slightly on Krane's door. He shook in his knees, he did not want to come here ever again after what had happened the last time with that ridiculously annoying Imp that the demon kept as a pet, but if all worked well then this would be the last time he would be here but then Renard had told him to come over here and tell Master Krane that the mixed blood girl had been found when she really has not been.Or has Renard found her?The door opened and Ben almost jumped in fright. He looked in and could see nothing but darkness, he could hear the Imp's laughter and he shivered, he would have to do this. He breathed in and stepped in."M... Master Krane?""Tell me this is good news Ben or my Imp will...""We found the girl." Ben said in a rush, cutting the demon off. He slapped his palm against his mouth and prayed for his life."What did you say? Of what importance is a girl to me right now?!" He yelled.Ben swallowed. "The... The mixed blood. We have a mi
Liam panicked, he hesitated for a second wondering if he had heard clearly. It was her voice and she had called out to him for help. He stumbled backwards but caught himself from falling, Renard stared at him for a while before bursting out into a laugh."How gullible." He said. Liam snapped and charged at him in anger. Renard slipped off the sofa just in time as Liam's sword cut clean into it but he did not attack Renard any further. They both stared at each other for a while, Renard in shock and panick at his near death escape and Liam in pure anger."I will come back for you Renard, and that is my promise to you." Liam said and rushed out of the house, taking to the skies immediately.Renard, a little bit shaken from Liam's last action, stood up from the floor and adjusted himself. He should get going now to the Nadris and he would inform Master Krane too about this so that he could begin the process of making the potion. Finally, after these long years, he would b
"Why do you think I called you to meet me here?" Dan had said.Liam thought on it for a while but he could not make much sense out of it, if Renard had called him here for them to settle their differences once and for all then he would gladly oblige, he would end everything here and now. He took a defensive position and walked round as the two Angels slowly circled each other.Renard smirked as he watched Liam, the Angel was clueless as to why hee had called him to come here rather than to fish him out. He had wanted Liam as far away as possible from his own place, he had wanted him as far away as possible from the mixed blood female with him, he had done his part by bringing Liam out, now the rest was up to Dan to complete."Maybe I will have to kill you, I will have my way and I will have her and there will be nothing you do about that!""I dare you to try renard." Liam fumed. Renard lifted his sword and charged at Liam with all fury.Bot