Chaos
By: DMGirl4Ever
Before Elites United, there was only Chaos. Humans were slaughtered by the demons that now ruled, and all the angels could do was sit back and watch as the world was soon covered in darkness. As a last attempt to try and stop it, the angels sent Astaroth, one of the most powerful angels, down to Earth. That was years ago. Since then, she has teamed up with Beleth, a gifted human, and is struggling to survive.
Beleth X Astaroth, Horror
WARNING: Beleth and Astaroth are actual demons. NEVER say a demon's name out loud, but that's just my warning to you. You can choose whether to listen to me or not.
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The woods. The running. The demons. The fighting. It's my life. Wake up in the morning, grab my few things, run to the next location, fight the demons that have taken it over, repeat. The humans that see me run in fear, but I do not bother them, most of the time anyway. Sometimes the guys that see me lure me over to the darker side of myself and my powers, but that isn't often. You can't make relationships in this world, only because you don't know if you'll live through the night, which is when the humans say, "The Devil comes out to play."
I'm not a gifted human, not a human period. I've been sent down to this disgraceful planet to help the humans fight, but they refused my help. My brethren have abandoned their cause, and so have I. All we do is roam the lands, unable to return to the heaven that sent us. We attempt to cast out the darkness, to slaughter the demons who have caused this, but our heavenly light just gets snuffed out by the overabundance of demonic beings that inhabit the Earth now.
I was one of the strongest ones sent here, and that was years ago. Everyone of my fellow people I have come across have told me I was sent to do some great deed, but I'm just like the humans now, fighting to stay alive. I'm no better than they are, and in many ways I have become one. I feel pain, sadness, anger, joy, and maybe love, but the last is uncertain.
For the first few years, I traveled alone, roaming the countryside, avoiding the desolated cities, taking my chances amongst the wilderness. One of those days, I had come across one of the gifted humans, and he persuaded me to take him along with me. We've been traveling together ever since, slaughtering the demons in our path.
He had burning wings, night black hair, and blood red eyes that seemed to pierce through mine own. He was a much darker version of me, because I had light blonde hair, and golden eyes that had a certain glow to them, and my wings had a glowing aura when I let them show. Even his name is the total opposite of mine. He called himself Beleth, but the demons we have fought have also referred to him as Elyth and Byleth. All they ever did was curse in their fowl language at me, never using my name, Astaroth, or my most used alias, Isis.
It was unsurprising to me that Beleth was more accommodated to the land of this world than me, the jagged rocks from destroyed structures, the fallen trees from the demon rampage, the burned villages that have no trace of life left behind. All of this alien to me, where I used to watch streams of gold run along the land, the high towers of the heavens that stretched up through the sky, and the constant peace kept amongst us all.
Beleth and I must have traveled across hundreds of miles, unwelcome anywhere, and the demons constantly wherever we turn. I had thought about giving up on my cause, but then I may never be able to return back from where I came from. Then I had to think about what would happen to Beleth once I left. I had grown used to his company and him having my back, and I couldn't imagine leaving him in this desolate world to fend for himself while I bathed in the luxury of the heavens.
I had tried to get in contact with the rest of the people from whence I had came from, but it was as if no matter what, the darkness refused to let anything come through. I hadn't even seen the bright light of the Archangels that signaled a new attempt at the darkness going away since I've been on this planet. Maybe I was the final attempt at salvation and saving the human race. Maybe the Archangels have given up on the human race and trying to save it from the darkness. If I were them, I would have given up a long time ago, only to save the other angels from risking themselves in a fight against a demon.
For now, I'm heading towards another safe house, or as far as I could tell it was, and me and Beleth haven't spotted any demons for miles. We were going to have to stop and rest once we thought it was safe. Beleth had his crossbow strapped across his back, daggers strapped to his arms, and a pair of black shorts on with spiked black boots. I had my Angel Sword strapped to my back, daggers strapped to my arm as well, and I had on a tattered t-shirt and battle skirt. We haven't come across any life for miles except the trees around us.
"Astaroth, we should stop at the river ahead. I heard there was a shelter there that we can hide ourselves from any passing demons, even though we haven't seen any for miles." Beleth said to me, pointing in the direction east of us. I listened closer and heard the water rushing in the distance.
"That's a good idea Beleth." I said and we started to head in the direction the river was. It was about a half a mile, and once we had gotten there, a small crevice in the side had been built, and it was the perfect temporary shelter. We could rest from traveling and get more water to drink, since we were running low on water to begin with.
We climbed into the crevice, me going first since I was the smallest. It made for a little cave and was pretty deep. I set my stuff up against one side of the cave inside, and Beleth put his opposite of mine, so that on either side of the cave was a weapon that we could both reach.
"How much further do you think it is?" Beleth asked, laying back against the wall, finally able to rest.
"Maybe only a few more miles at most." I said and went over to where he was, laying against the wall next to him.
"We need to find a permanent place to stay so we don't have to keep running from the demons." He said and put an arm around me.
"Yeah we do." I said and closed my eyes. Some days, I thought that me and Beleth could be happy together, once we could find a safe place. This was when I thought I felt that human emotion, love. I never asked Beleth about it though, because I thought that he would question why I asked about that.
There was a scratching and splashing outside the cave opening and me and Beleth tensed at the sound. Beleth detached his arm from me, and I crawled to the opening and took a look outside. Our instincts were right. There was a demon, a small one, drinking from the river. The scratching was from the razor sharp claws that adorned it's arms and legs rubbing against the rocks around the river.
It was hideous looking. It's face was pitch black with bright white eyes, its skin a sickly green color, and the claws not only were on its arms and legs but sharper ones covered it's back and protruded from it. It didn't see me, too captivated in drinking. I climbed back in the cave and curled up next to Beleth.
"It's just a small one, no threat to us. It's too captivated in drinking from the river." I said and Beleth nodded.
"Good. We need to conserve our energy for right now. Who knows how many demons might be at the safe house." He said. "I'll take first watch."
"No, you need to sleep more than I do." I said. "Besides, I'll be able to get out of the entrance easier to fight any demons than you will."
He just nodded and put his arms back around me. It was only a few minutes before he was sound asleep, exhaustion taking over him. It has become harder to climb the terrain, it had changed to more rocky and mountainous, and more uphill. The trees had become thicker and more abundant and they had to climb over giant roots and rock formations as well. Beleth had tried to get rid of as much obstacles as he could, and it caused him to use his strength and a great amount of energy using his powers as well.
Beleth had been gifted as learning fire powers, along with the power of the strength of some of the strongest demons, but conjuring that power up made him use a lot of energy. Their food rations weren't that great, and he had not been able to restore a lot of the energy he lost using his powers. He had told me at one point that he had been born of a human and demon, but I had not been able to imagine a human stupid enough or a demon beautiful enough for this to happen.
I heard the demon outside scuttle away, the sound of its claws getting further and further away. Beleth seemed to relax as I noticed this, as if he could sense that the danger outside was gone.
"Maybe one day we can happy together Beleth." I whispered and put my hands up to his chest, feeling his shallow breathing and his heart beating.
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