Hex: Just the Beginning

Chapter one- Evil Angel- Breaking Benjamin

Put me to sleep evil angel.
Open your wings evil angel.
Oh.
Fly over me evil angel.
Why can't I breathe evil angel?

"Wake up Amelia, it's time you've awoken to see the word around you. You've been asleep for quite some time now, the world has changed in many ways but evil is afoot. Go, go and fight this evil and prevail, only once this evil is defeated, only then shall you reap in the rewards of a human life." Amelia's eyes opened to her standing in the middle of a park, her sword/ cane was at her side. She was in the outfit she had last worn; a scarlet Victorian dress with a crimson velvet jacket with black lace, on top of her head was a woman's black top hat. She turned to see a green monster which she was very familiar with hovering over a girl's body that had several broken bones and blood was dripping from her mouth... "Azazeal!" she yelled.

Ok I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me introduce myself before I continue on with this story, the girl that was basically dead, that's me. My name is, or well was, Allyson Michelle Staal. I died on October 31st exactly at midnight. And contrary to popular belief I DID NOT kill myself; I had accidentally tripped off the roof of a 3 story building. Not one of my smarter moments to be drunk on a rooftop, thinking what was next for me after graduation. (High School)

Anyways, I tripped over one of the many loose wires of the abandoned mail office building and plummeted to the ground. I actually survived the fall when a man with hair the color of the night sky came up to me with a knife in his hand. "Are you willing?" he asked me. I groaned. "I'll take that as a yes." He stabbed my chest; the dagger went straight into my heart. I drew my last breath and died. The next thing I knew I was far away from where my body was. I could see everything in the distance.

"Azazeal!" Amelia yelled again, this time the green creature turned to face her. He tilted his head as a child might do out of curiosity. "We meet again." She smiled and pulled her sword from its wooden sheath exterior. "This time, I won't let you live." The green Creature charged toward her. Amelia expertly turned around and let the green creature run into her sword. The green thing burst into flames as it fell to the ground. Amelia withdrew her sword and sheathed it. She started walking over to me. I couldn't move, I was too afraid, but still, it was like something was keeping me from running away. "You, what's your name?" She said in a fearful deep voice. I gulped.

"A-Allyson."

She smiled "Well, Allyson, I'm Amelia Dee. One of the Last anointed ones." She said in a cheery voice, she too had an accent. A British accent was a rarity for someone in Raleigh, North Carolina.

"What was that thing?"

"Oh, him? He's Azazeal, leader of the nyphallim. But he won't be back for a little while. Now, Allyson, can you tell me where I am?"

I looked at her strange, "Wait, what's a nyphillim?"

Amelia sighed and started walking, but it wasn't an 'I'm ending this conversation' walk, it was more of a leisurely stroll. I started walking with her as she spoke. "A Nyphillim is a Fallen Angel. Azazeal is their leader."

"Was. Didn't you just kill him?"

She giggled "No, no, you can't permanently kill him, I sent him back into the Hell fire. I'm sure he'll find some way out of it as usual. Now, where are we? Not to mention, when are we?"

"Uh…we're in Raleigh, North Carolina. Today's date, I think is…Today's Halloween so, October 31st. Wait," I looked down at my watch, Watch? How'd that get there? Last I checked it was in my pocket. Anyway the watch showed that it was after midnight. "Scratch that, it's November 1st, all-saints day 2007."

"2007?! But, it hasn't been that long, has it?" She looked so confused. Almost as confused as me.

"Can I ask you something?" I asked.

"Sure, go ahead."

"Am I…" It pained me to say this word. "Dead?"

"I'm afraid so, Azazeal stole you life force and left your spirit on earth. Only I can see you."

"Well that sucks. Where are we heading?" I noticed that we had left the park and were heading toward the museums.

"There's a safe house nearby. Don't worry, it's rarely used. My bosses like to keep us anointed ones safe to a certain extent, along with our ghostly friends." She smiled as if nothing had happened. "Here it is!" We approached the Museum of Natural History.

"The museum of Natural History? You've got to be kidding me."

"I kid not. Now come on, once we're inside I can change; this corset is killing me."

I laughed and followed her. She lead me through the back of the building, oddly enough the back door was wide open. "What's going on?"

"Shh…This has all been carefully planned out so I may help defeat this great evil that has been brought upon this earth."

"Great evil? What Great Evil?" Amelia continued onward. "Wait, I'm talking to you!" I tried to grab her arm but my hand went through her arm. "What the…?"

"Exactly, now come on. I'll explain more when we're in the safe house, right now we're just standing in the middle of a museum."

I nodded and followed. I couldn't stop looking at my hand, it felt weird. My mind was still processing all this information about Fallen Angels, Anointed ones, great Evil and the Big Whammy…Me being dead. It's not like the police would have trouble notifying any family, the only family I had was my mom and she didn't even know my biggest secret, me being gay.

"We're here." I looked around where we were, we were in the Futuristic exhibit that had opened a week ago, actually this was only going to stay open for 2 weeks, so it made since that this was all planned. Amelia slid her hand into a print recognition pad; a green light flashed and scanned her hand. A door that wasn't there before slid open for Amelia. She signaled for me to follow so I did.

"Take a seat; I'll be out in a moment." I looked around; there was a bare table and a small kitchen that looked as if it had been roughly put together. I walked around and peaked into the bedroom, it was simple, and I liked it. "Ok, what do you want to know? I can only tell you what little I remember but I'll try my best to help you understand what is going on." Amelia came out in hippy jeans and a tee shirt, her hair was wet also.

"Did you take a shower?" She nodded and sat down at the table, I took the chair across from her which was the only other chair there. "Ok, um…why me? Why did I have to die?"

"That, I don't know, it could be a number of things from an actual accident, to you have some predestined destiny. I'm not for sure."

"Oh" I looked down to the rough, dry wooden floor. "Why is it that you can see me? Aren't I supposed to be a ghost?"

"You are a ghost, or more like a wondering spirit. I can see you because the veil has been lifted from my eyes. Basically any creature other than humans can see spirits like you, though there aren't that many in the world. Usually once a human sacrifice is made the one before them finally finds peace. Then there are the fewer, like you, who, I'm afraid, are doomed to wonder the earth for all eternity."

"Gee, that's reassuring! What's this Great Evil?"

Amelia sighed deeply. "My sister, Ella and I are the last of the anointed ones. In 1912 there was a boat accident, one I'm sure your familiar with, The Titanic. I was on that boat, my sister had put me on there to keep me safe from the man she was constantly hunting and killing his spawn. She couldn't have known that that was going to happen because that was a natural accident. I've been asleep now for nearly 100 years just waiting for my bosses to wake me up and let me return to earth. The Man my Sister was following was Azazeal, sound familiar?"

My head lifted some. "The man from the park?"

"Correct, there was a back-up plan that was long forgotten and my sister should have known this but she always tends to end up getting in tons of trouble with things like this. Anyway, it was said that this Great Evil would awaken one who was forgotten in slumber, and it would take a special bond to defeat it or at least banish it back into the pits of hell. My guess is that my sister has been slacking on her job and she has let Azazeal's spawn to take life form. This spawn is to bring about the end of days if I don't find and help Ella soon."

I nodded even though I hadn't really understood what the heck she was talking about. "So, Azazeal's kid is gonna bring the end of the world and it's up to you and your sister to stop him?"

"Yes"

"Ok, I can handle this." I said mostly for my behalf than hers. "This is just a lot to handle. Is there an ETA for the end of the world?"

"I'm afraid not, that's why I have to find my sister soon so I can help her" Amelia looked really sad at the thought of her sister. I rose out of my chair and looked down at her.

"You should really try to sleep some, I mean I know you've been asleep for nearly 100 years and all but honestly, you look like shit." Amelia chuckled and stood up. She smiled and went to bed. I stayed up some more to think about what she had said to me. I looked over the small apartment-like place and saw the collection of books. They were all really old, they were covered in dust but something drew me to them. Like I had to take a peak inside the cover and read it.

"Amelia, you have succeeded in driving back Azazeal but his son reeks havoc on your home. Go back to your birth home and aid your sister in her fight. Soon you both shall be rewarded for you years of servitude. And a Warning, you must be strong or else Malachi will take you as he did your sister once, do not be fooled by disguises for they are merely illusions." Amelia opened her eyes to be greeted by a shining sun and a plane ticket on her bedside table. She immediately started to pack up what clothes that had been there in wait of her arrival in one of the duffle bags that were in the closet.

She came out of her room with a denim Jacket covering her t-shirt and had some converse all-stars on her feet. "Allyson!" My head shot up from the table that was covered in those old books. A small line of drool exited my mouth, I know sexy right? "Allyson, get ready, we're leaving."

"My name is Ally! Only my mother calls me Allyson." I wiped away the drool and woke up a little. "Where are we going?"

"England. We're going back to my home and I know where my sister is."

"Wait, how'd you figure out where she is?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"No"

"Good, now come on, you'll be able to get on the plane without any problems and you won't need a ticket."

"Ok, I guess. Is there someplace I can change first? I mean, look at me, I'm dressed as the devil." I pointed to my black and red pinstriped pants and matching dress shirt that showed some cleavage along with my black vest that pushed my boobs up, making them look bigger that usual even if they were kinda small (c cup), and my fake horns that were tied to a string.

"When we get there you can go to the local morgue, I'm sure there are some clothes that you can use."

"The Morgue?! That's disgusting! Why can't I go to a regular store?"

She looked at me with a very serious face. "Because, the live clothes itch. I've had many spirit friends and they all say the same thing, Live people clothes itch. The Morgue is the only sure-fire way to get proper clothing."

"Fine but, won't people thing I'm weird because of my costume?"

"I'm the only one who can see you, remember? And you look fine, I've seen people in much worse. Now, lets go!"

I followed Amelia to the Raleigh/Durham airport and snuck on the plane with her. Turned out, Miss High and mighty has a fear of Heights! She's semi-human after all!