Disclaimer for the whole story: I do not own the book Piercing the Darkness by Frank Peretti, nor do I own Destroyer for he is in that book but I do own Silver Moon, Mitch, Fear and the two little demons who may not be named until later in the story because I have not named them yet. So enjoy!
Wings spread in flight, The lone angel drew its sword against a demonic being. The thing had the body of a man, the head of a snake, the tail of a lizard and wings of a dragon. The whole creature was covered in bloodied battle scars and it appeared to be blind. The angel pulled the sword through the arm of the beast as if it were butter. It roared in outrage and swung its blade that seemed to appear out of thin air ans was made of pure flame. It swing blindly at the winged guardian missing every shot. The angel hit it on the back of its head with the butt of his sword. The demon flew backward with the impact and struggled to regain balance.
The angel chuckled and flew down to where the demon had landed.
"Foolish creature you are, to mess with an angel as me is to mess with the Lord himself. Have you not learned from previous battles?" The angel spat motioning to the scars covering the demons body.
"I fight for my master and care nothing of yours. I refuse to give up or be defeated."
"You are a blind fool! You have no eyesight, yet you fight as if it is no bother. You are a shameful creature."
"I was blinded by your kind. In my eyes it is a mercy, for I do not have to see your horrible light."
"Ha! Horrible? Have you taken a look at your self lately?" the angel joked earning a distorted snakelike scowl from the demon.
"I choose to receive that as a compliment. As if I could foolish angel, I am blind and can not look at anything let alone my self."
The angel let out a mighty laugh and lunged into the air. The demon followed apparently having trouble with keeping itself in the air. It lunged toward the angel sword at the ready and rammed it into the celestial armor that the angel was wearing. Its sword was instantly ruined and fell to the earth below.
The demon roared again and the angel laughed.
"You find this funny angel?" The demon roared clearly outraged with the angel.
"Yes, I find it humorous that you would dare to even come near my armor with a weapon. However I find it slightly disappointing that I now have no enemies to fight."
With that statement the angel thrust its sword into the demons abdomen, turning it to dust.
A cry was heard in the wind as the dust dissipated into the air. The angel re sheathed his sword and rubbed his hands together ridding himself of dust. He floated down to the earth and landed. It was going to be a long day, he thought as he folded his wins and made them disappear into the soft flesh of his bare back.
Behind some nearby bushes, two fellow demons watched the whole battle incognito.
"Destroyer will not be very happy to find out that Fear has been defeated."
"I agree, I do not wish to be at the end of his sword when he finds out. Though he was blind he was the best warrior we had." The two demons flew away on that final note.
Tal was airborne again and was flying over what appeared to be the Rocky Mountains.
Two hikers were, well, hiking and a bald eagle flew along side of The angel. He figured he was somewhere in Utah or Colorado. He flew over some civilization, willing himself invisible. His enhanced sight allowed him to see the road signs, Salt Lake City 2mi., one read. Skiers flew down the slopes and snowboarders jumped snow banks hoping to impress someone with their skill. The angel watched the humans with interest. He did not see where he was going and soon flew into a mountainside. He tumbled down the slope, still invisible, and landed on a ledge. He was unconscious at that point.
Meanwhile...
Another angel, a female about nineteen in age, was flying toward the mountain to hunt. She had been cursed by a demon and was now a vampire who had not tasted a single human and never desired to. She sufficed with animals, preferably mountain lion. She soared with an eagle, admiring its freedom and then went into a partial nosedive into a dense wood near a mountain. Landing on a nearby ledge she prepared to do an overview of the woods. She looked around the ledge and using her vivid sense of sight she found another angel who appeared to be unconscious. "Whoa! What happened to you buddy?" She asked. The angel awoke and lifted a bleeding hand to rub his head.
"Ouch. Wait who are you?" The angel asked.
"I am Silver Moon, and you are injured."
"Silver Moon? That sounds like..."
"An Indian Tribal name I know. I get that a lot. Who are you?" Silver asked.
"I am the great and mighty Michael but, everyone calls me Mitch. And I think I fell down the mountainside I was not paying much attention to where I was flying but rather the skiers and snowboarders."
"Ha ha, I have had that happen before. I come down here to hunt and am met with someone injured. They freak out at my wings and I have to carry them to a hospital."
Tal sat up and his injuries were healed.
"Except if they can do that."
Mitch smiled at Silver and she blushed visibly. He laughed and hauled himself to his feet.
"Well, I have to go hunt. Uh, see you around?
"I am sure we will." Mitch said with another smile. Silver was currently redder than a tomato and Mitch laughed. He then whispered goodbye and grasped Silvers hand in his giving it a light kiss.
"Thank you for saving me, kind of." Mitch said before he leaped into the air.
"Your welcome." Silver called after him. She then dove into the dense brush and searched for her favorite meal. She spotted a mountain lion and lunged at it sinking her two inch canines into the beasts neck. Warm blood tricked down the animals neck, matting and staining its golden fur. When Silver had drained her prey and deemed herself full. She picked up the cold lifeless carcass and placed it in a hollow of a massive oak tree.
She walked away from the tree and deeper into the wood.
Two demons were hiding in the underbrush, waiting for someone or something to walk by so that they could feed. They peeked through the brush and saw a female walk by. "Lunch." one whispered to the other. The leaped out of the bush and pounced on the girl. She let out a startled scream but was soon silenced when the two demons slurped her blood greedily.
The demons didn't bother to bury their prey and ran off before they got caught.