Loki watched out his window as the angel came down, a small smile on his face and a wicked glint in his eye.
Unseen, his eyes flared red, his horns and tail flashing wickedly in the moonlight as he began the hunt for his prey.
He knew every demon for miles would already be on the move, so he had to be quick. Angels didn't come down very often anymore.
Demons like him fed off the energy given off by angels, but the number of demons now vastly outnumbered the angels causing them to stop coming down to earth due to the risk of capture.
The only reason the demons weren't dying out was because Loki had discovered a way to increase the power of the angels to the point where he could feed thousands of demons a day without the angel dying.
He had been able to capture the last 3 angels; a busty red headed girl, a slightly smaller blonde girl, and a short but defined brunette male. The last one had come three weeks ago though and they were getting weaker, he needed a fresh one to boost their supply.
Closing his eyes, he willed away the telling signs of his true nature and replaced them with a disguise of a slightly emo girl with black hair and dark eyeliner round her shining green eyes.
The girl then turned round and found herself looking at grand central park, and from the smell she was only seconds away from where the angel had landed.
She was one of three demons who had that ability, and the other two had been quickly disposed of in mysterious accidents, putting her way ahead of her competition.
Chains swaying, she began walking through the trees to come up behind the angel, knee high boots sinking into the mud slightly as she walked.
As she rounded the last tree, she could see the angel standing out in the open, young and full of life and power.
The older an angel becomes the less power he has as its spirit fades due to the harsh realities of the world, their soul burning out until one day they fade back into oblivion and they ascend back to heaven.
She put an innocent smile on her face and coughed slightly, interrupting the angel as he took in the night sky around him.
She couldn't deny that the angel was beautiful with his soft white wings stretching out behind him, curly golden hair just brushing his shoulders, and his perfectly chiselled chest.
"Can I help you, I saw you fall."
The angel blinked as his eyes tried to see around the illusion, but then he smiled and when he spoke his voice was like silk.
"Thank you for your concern, I am unhurt but this world is new to me. Perhaps you could be my guide?"
"Of course, where do you wish to go?"
He stopped to think for a moment then pointed towards the city slums.
"I am needed there. There are many sick and injured people."
"Then we shall need to take my van. It's too far to walk and you won't fit in a taxi with those wings. Follow me."
She began to walk towards the edge of the park, texting a few friends of hers her position so they knew where to meet her. The angel followed naively and a dark smile spread across her face, then she turned to talk to the angel.
"What is your name by the way?"
"I am Alex, what is your name?"
She heard the van pulling up in front of them and moved to open the doors as she spoke.
"In this form people call me Charlotte, but I have another older name."
Dropping the disguise Loki turned and quickly sliced his tail across the angels chest to weaken him as the men jumped out the van to restrain him.
Grabbing his favourite sword from behind him and whipping it round made light work of removing the angel's wings as he screamed. Leaning over the angel his eyes flared and his sharpened teeth gleamed as he spoke
"My name is Loki, and I am the Devils right hand."
He could see the fear in the angel's eyes as the tears began to spill over from the pain. Gesturing to the two men, they lifted the angel and dragged him into the van.
Then they chained him down using demon steel; a mix of normal steel, magic and demon blood which burned angels on contact but left no lasting damage.
Loki laughed then slammed the door shut on the angel, turning to speak just before he did.
"So young, so naïve, didn't you ever learn not to trust strangers?"
Climbing into the front of the van, his two associates in the back watching the angel and tying up its wings, he backed out of the park and began driving towards the edge of the city.