Author's Note:

Because I apparently can't write one story and finish it (though I will finish all of my stories) here's another Trinity Blood Fan Fiction. This one is based off of the question: "What if Cain wasn't evil"? So I took that question and this entire story line evolved itself out of that What if scenario. I hope you're ready, because we're about to turn Trinity Blood on it's head. XD

Enjoy!

Prologue: Fallen Angels

"Come on Cain!" Abel cried. He was terrified, and there was a definite note of fear in his voice. He wanted to run, but he wouldn't abandon Cain, not like this.

"Abel leave!" Cain cried. He was suddenly scared for his brother. He didn't think something like this would ever happen. "They'll only kill you too! I don't want you to die!"

"I'm coming with you!" Abel said. "I didn't abandon you when Tristan framed you for starting Armageddon. I didn't leave you when Seth and Lilith asked me to. I'm not leaving you now! Everyone may hate you, but I know you're not evil! Come on!" Abel turned then and ran on, making Cain jump up to follow him.

"Abel!" Cain called. "I'm glad you believed me, even when Tristan created all of that fake evidence against me and everyone else thought I was evil. I really am. But Tristan's trying to kill me now. I'm the only other Crusnik bonded up to 100% besides him. He doesn't want me to stop him! If you keep hanging around with me he'll kill you! I don't want you to die Abel!" he caught up with is twin and grabbed a hold of his arm, making him stop. "I don't want you to die. You're the only person I can't lose. You're only bonded up to 80%. If you die..."

Abel paused, looking at his brother. Cain buried his face into his shoulder. They were definitely twins. That much was plain for anyone to see. They were the same height, the same weight. Their eyes were the same blue color, deep and fathomless like the sea. Their hair too was the same length. It passed just below their chins. It was cut in the same way. Only Abel's hair was silver and shone like the moon, and Cain's was blonde and glistened like the sun. Abel was generally the more outgoing of the two. He was the most outspoken and he seemed to be more of a delinquent. Cain was quieter and never got in trouble. Not until now. But now Cain had found himself and his dear brother faced with impossible odds. Cain was trembling now against Abel's arm, clutching it as if it was his lifeline. He loved his brother dearly. Cain couldn't die, not even if all of the nanomachines in his blood were removed. He'd simply regenerate and get up again. But Abel was not so lucky. He wasn't that powerful. If Abel lost his nanomachines then he wouldn't survive. He would die. And that's what scared Cain so much. Abel watched Cain a moment, and his eyes softened. Gently he leaned his head against his brother's.

"Cain, it's okay." Abel said quietly. "Don't worry. You and I both know what Natalia did for me. There's a chance now that I could be 100% Crusnik. I won't die. And I won't leave you. Okay? Don't make me go. I couldn't stand that. I'm here for you."

"Natalia said that the other Crusnik had found out that Tristan had been lying." Cain whispered. "She said that they were all looking for us. That they were trying to find us. She did it because she was scared you would die, and because she felt bad that she had betrayed us. But we're on Earth now. We've had to run for our lives everyday because of Armageddon. Everyone's scared of us. Now Tristan and his Order of Rosenkreuz rule the world. We're hunted Abel. Before long, we're going to die. No one believes that we're innocent. And they're probably never know the truth. Everyone will die thinking we're evil. And you're okay with that?"

"Of course I am." Abel replied. "We're twins. I couldn't leave you if I tried. I won't leave you, because I know that you aren't evil."

"But our families...both of them..." Cain said.

"Seth and Lilith will learn one day, and they'll forgive us." Abel promised. "And our real family...well, our Mother and Father will understand one day. And you know that our brothers and sister are Crusnik too. We were all changed. They'll learn about it one day. Don't worry about it. What will happen will happen. Now let's go."

Abel took Cain's hand and dragged him away after him, urging him to run on. He coaxed Cain gently behind him. They had entered into a town now. It was broken and falling apart, and their going became rough as they continued onward. There was debris in their way and it was hard to slip past this. They could feel the eyes of the people on them. Most were accusing and angry, but some were not. They belonged to those people who looked out and saw the fear and hopelessness in the eyes of these children. They could see that they were despairing. Neither of them expected to live through the day. If they did, it would be a miracle. These people could see that they were leaving them alone. They shied away from people. It was no wonder. They had been burned by people before, and now they couldn't stand that they hated them. They all thought they were evil. They all thought that they had caused the entire world to fall into ruin. They thought that they were the reason that nothing made sense anymore. But they weren't.

Abel paused a moment, looking over the worn streets. They would have to go on farther. They couldn't stay here long. But this town was huge. Still, there was nothing for it. He tugged Cain back to follow him and began to move again. Sooner or later they would come across the edge of town. Abel kept Cain moving, even though they were both worn out and didn't feel like they could walk much father. They knew that had to keep going. Nearly two hours passed, but on foot, they had finally reached the edge of the town. The passed the sign without even looking at it. It only had the name of the city on it, and they knew what that was. They had just passed through Rome.

Abel paused a moment. He looked around at all of the ruble and ruin around them. How could these people believe that these two children and caused all of this? They were powerful Crusnik, but no where near that powerful. He saw a small family, watching them fearfully from behind the walls of what used to be a house. He watched them sadly for a moment, then grabbed Cain's hand and pulled him away. He couldn't understand how people could continuously be so cruel. He hated to be feared. But he hated even more that it was Humans that had turned him into what he was. He was over one hundred years old now, but he still looked like a thirteen year old child. Cain looked up at Abel, sadly watching his face. But then he saw something else. It was some sort of movement. He reacted instantly. He grabbed Abel and pulled him closer to his side, which surprised the young boy. He stiffened slightly but didn't try and pull away, even though it hurt that Cain was pressing him tightly against him. Cain then snarled at the intruder, sounding very much like a beast of some kind.

Abel winced a little as he felt Cain's hands tighten on his arms, but then he looked up and saw what had made Cain suddenly so nervous. It was Tristan. He shuddered a little nervously and watched the older Crusnik carefully. Tristan was tall. He had black hair that hung down well past his shoulder blades. His eyes in his human form resembled a dark gray color, the color of storm clouds. There was a twisted amusement in his eyes, seeing the two boys in front of him. They were both trembling slightly, but Cain snarled as Tristan stepped closer and pushed Abel farther behind him. Abel didn't try and fight his brother. Not when he was so worked up. Tristan smiled at the two of them and held out his arms as if to embrace something.

"Ah there you are Abel." Tristan said. "Come here. It must have been tough for you, having Cain take you away from everything you loved. Did he hurt you? I understand. You're scared. You don't have to be anymore. I'm here for you. Come here boy. I'll take you back, and you'll never have to worry about your evil brother again."

"You're the only evil one!" Abel cried. Tristan paused a moment, then sighed.

"I see." Tristan said. "You do love your brother then. I shouldn't be surprised. You're twins. I really liked you Abel. You were so bright. You were wasted with that dull 'family' of yours. I thought I could take you and remake you. I could give you everything. You could have ruled the world with me."

By now a small group of Humans had gathered. They had been concerned with the two boys, and now they were deeply confused. They murmured to one another quietly. This Crusnik was the good one. He was the one that had told them about Cain and what he had done. He was the one that had instructed them how to fight the evil Crusnik. He was the one that had helped them. It was because of him that the world had remained alive long enough to see this day. What did he mean "rule the world with him"? The older Crusnik heard the people's reactions and smiled a little. It was a cruel smile, one that was much different than the one they had seen on his face before.

"Yes." Tristan said. "You heard me right. I am the Leader of Rosenkreuz. I am the Contra Mundi, the Enemy of the World. I did everything that I had framed this boy for. And you all just followed me blindly, like fools. You murdered those I wanted out of my way, and you helped me to take over the world. Now, I've come to finish what I started."

"By killing us?" Cain asked.

"No, that would be too kind." Tristan replied. "No Cain. I know I can't kill you. You're too powerful. However, I can break you. I'm going to make sure that you never do anything to stop me, even after you regenerate. I'm going to completely destroy you in the only way I can."

He didn't have to say how. Cain immediately understood. His hand tightened on Abel's arm again, and he snarled at Tristan. He had to protect Abel. He was the only person in this world who truly understood him. He couldn't lose him. Abel too gasped as he realized what Tristan was saying at the same moment as Cain. He began to tremble again. He couldn't help it. There was no way he could fight Tristan. But he wasn't scared for himself. What if Cain got hurt trying to protect him? What if he did die and Natalia's sacrifice hadn't worked? He didn't want to think of Cain alone. The people too began to murmur again. Nothing seemed to make any sense anymore. Horror was sweeping through them as they realized that they had been murdering innocent people, innocent Crusnik who never once fought back against them. Tristan smiled at the two twins gently.

"Nanomachine Crusnik 05 power output 100% activate." Tristan said.

There was a scream from within the knot of humans. Abel winced a little, but he couldn't hear anything in that confusion. He saw Cain's lips move very quickly. Tristan was suddenly a tall and very powerful Crusnik. His skin was white and his eyes glowed blood red. His hair stood straight up, impressive since his hair was so long. He had long black claws and dark purple lips. On his back were four enormous crimson wings. Cain had changed into his Crusnik form too. Now his lips were red, matching his eyes. He had six white wings on his back, and his hair floated off of his head. His eyes too glowed blood red. Both pulled out weapons. Tristan had a dark black sword, and Cain had a dark black lance. The two of them snarled and Cain launched forward to fight Tristan. They took to the air. Abel paused. The people were in utter confusion. It was chaos. But if this battle kept up, then they would die. Before Abel even knew why, he found himself transforming into his Crusnik form. He had to protect them.

"Nanomachine Crusnik 02 power output 80% activate." Abel said.

He wasn't really sure what he wanted to do. He only knew that he had to do something. His lips looked black, and fangs protruded from his lips, like all Crusnik. He had two large black wings on his back, and his claws were long. He summoned his weapon. It was a large blood red scythe. He leaped forward, stopping an attack that had gone astray with his scythe which floated between his fingers even though he wasn't really holding it. The people he had just protected from the battle suddenly paused. He snarled, then began to speak. His voice sounded with both his own and another voice that came from the throat of a demon.

"Go!" he cried. "Don't stay here or you'll die!"

They heeded him, and turned and ran away as quickly as they could. Abel watched the battle above him nervously, lightning crackling gently between his wings as he watched. He wanted to help Cain, but he couldn't. He wasn't powerful enough. And that hurt him to think about. He didn't want Cain to get hurt, but he knew he could do nothing. The two Crusnik circled high above his head, watching each other closely.

Tristan spotted Abel beneath him. He knew that now was his chance. Suddenly he dove quickly towards the ground. Cain saw what he was doing, and he felt his heart hammer in fear. He dove after him. But he was too late. Abel gasped as Tristan buried his sword into Abel's chest, right over his heart. He twisted it cruelly, making Abel gasp yet again. Then Tristan ripped the blade out of the boy's chest. Abel's Crusnik form disappeared suddenly. Tristan looked up at Cain who had frozen in horror, then smiled and turned back to Abel. There was only one way to remove the nanomachines out of the blood of a Crusnik. He leaned over and grabbed the boy, then sank his fangs into his neck, draining him.

Cain felt disgusted, horrified and angry all at the same time. He gave out a cry of rage and dove at Tristan. But the older Crusnik had finished. He dodged the attack and watched the boy closely. Cain turned to look at his brother. He felt numb suddenly. Abel was dead. He was deathly pale now, and his eyes were closed. No blood poured out of the open wound in his chest. There was no blood left. Cain felt a stab of pain run through his chest. He couldn't do anything. He couldn't even protect his brother. He fell to his knees beside him, not touching him, not moving at all. He heard Tristan approach him, but he didn't care. Why should he? He didn't care if he died. Abel was his whole world. Abel had been there for him when they were becoming Crusnik. Abel had always been there for him. Now he was gone. The word just didn't seem to make any sense to him.

Tristan paused, looking at Cain. No tears ran down his face. His pain was far too deep to be expressed that way. He watched him. The boy didn't move. He didn't even seem to have the strength left to lift his lance. He just kept staring at Abel's face, hoping that this hadn't happened. But it had. Tristan raised his blade again and thrust it through Cain's chest. The boy didn't move. He didn't cry out. Tristan leaned in close and whispered into the boy's ear.

"Now I have broken you Cain." he said. "You are nothing without your brother. You never were. Those foolish Crusnik that followed me found out the truth. They were trying to stop me from killing the two of you, but they're too late. Abel is gone. He'll never return. You will, but you won't attack me. I know you won't. You'll be broken. You'll always remember this moment. The moment when you were too weak to stop me. The moment you let your brother die. Still, just so you won't bother me for a while, I must steal your nanomachines. They'll regenerate themselves in your body, and then you, but you won't bother me for a long time. Good night Cain."

Cain felt his fangs sink into his shoulder, but he didn't pull away. He still sat there silently. Natalia had given Abel a chance. She had tried to turn him into a full Crusnik. 100%. But did she make it work? Would he really be dead? It hardly mattered to Cain right now. He couldn't get the image of Abel dead out of his head. He knew he never would, regardless of what happened. Tristan released him and removed his blade. Cain fell down on his stomach next to Abel. He was dying. He could feel it. Was this how Abel had felt? Tristan turned and left. He laid there. He didn't even try to move. Why should he? Abel was gone. Now a single tear rolled down his cheek.

He laid there for a long time. He didn't know how long. He hardly cared. He only knew that he wasn't dying as fast as Abel had because he was stronger. He closed his eyes. Anything to get that image of Abel's gentle face out of his mind. But it was now burned there. He couldn't escape it. He heard someone running, shouting. Then suddenly, silence.

"Oh my God..." he heard Lilith gasp. She sounded close to tears.

Lilith. She was a beautiful woman. He knew that without even looking at her. Abel had always loved her. She was like a mother to both of them. The last time they had seen each other she had believed he was evil and yelled at him. But now she knew differently and she would be sad and in pain. They hadn't parted well at all, but he didn't have the strength without Abel to try and fix that now. He didn't stir. He heard her approach slowly, and behind her came tiny little footfalls. It was Seth. She had yet to speak. She wasn't walking normally, as if she wanted to run towards them and at the same time ignore what she had just seen and pretend like this had never happened. They had parted horribly too. Lilith paused by his side, then carefully scooped the two young Crusnik up into her arms. She held them tightly, as if afraid to let go. He felt her tears sliding down onto his face. Still, he didn't respond.

"I was too late..." she said. "I'm sorry Cain, Abel. I should have known that you would never do anything like that. I should have realized that Tristan was the evil one. I knew you both better than that. I knew him so little. I should have trusted you two, instead of the lies he made up. And here's my thanks. I'm sorry that I didn't make it in time. I'm sorry that I stole your dear brother from you Cain."

"Wake up..." Seth said. She was a tiny little Crusnik. She looked no older than five. Cain felt her touch his face. Suddenly, she sounded like a child again. "Wake up..." she cried. Suddenly she burst into tears and laid her head on his chest. He felt even his broken heart give a small pang to hear the child's heart broken screams.

"Hush Seth." Lilith told her kindly. "It's okay. We'll see Cain again one day. And that means we'll also see Abel, even if he's not here. We'll see him through Cain. Don't cry darling, it'll be okay..." but she had started to cry too. "Look, we'll put them together okay? Side by side. Then, they won't be apart. They loved to be together. You know that." she looked at Cain. He was still breathing, but barely. "Did you hear that Cain? You don't ever have to leave Abel if you don't want to. You can be together forever. Tristan couldn't kill you now, but he could later on. He weakened you by stealing your nanomachines. You couldn't survive a wound like this twice. But you could seek revenge if you wanted to. Now you'll be with Abel. I'm just sorry that I wasn't fast enough to save him...I know you loved him. Will you ever be the same without him?"

Thunder rumbled in the sky overhead, threatening rain. But neither of the two female Crusnik cared. The could only keep sobbing, heart broken, over the bodies of the two boys. They were broken, very broken. Their hearts felt dead. But they both felt rage too. They wouldn't forgive Tristan for this. Because by losing Abel, they lost Cain too. Cain would be broken. He would never be the same. By killing one, Tristan had succeeded in killing both. But the worst of their pain, was knowing that the only reason this had happened was because they had been too thick headed to listen to Abel when he had defended Cain. They should have known better. They knew Cain.

Cain couldn't stand to hear their tears. He couldn't stand to think that they were just as hurt as he was at losing Abel, and losing him. He was nothing without Abel. At last he gratefully slipped into oblivion. It was as easy and gentle as falling asleep, even with his wounds burning with pain.

Cain opened his eyes. Those were the last memories he had before he had died. He was back now. He silently looked around. He was in the spaceship, the one that Lilith and Seth had brought down to Earth when Armageddon began. It was dusty in here. It hadn't been touched in a long time. Seth and Lilith had stopped coming here. They couldn't stand to look at the two boys any longer, silent and peaceful as if they were asleep. Would Cain remain that way once he woke to find that Abel was gone? They couldn't stand the thought, so they left them alone. There was no telling how long had passed. There was no telling how much everything had changed. There was no telling if Tristan was still at large. He turned his head and looked beside him. Abel's head was on his shoulder. His face looked peaceful. Their hands were intertwined between them.

Cain looked up through the glass. The machine whirred gently. This was one of the sleep chambers. In here, people could sleep for years and never die. It was made to sustain life. They were both in this one, and it was continuously monitoring them. He closed his eyes for a moment, feeling numb again. What had happened in the world? Did he really care?

He felt Abel's fingers tighten on his and he froze. His eyes flew open and he looked at his twin brother. Abel stirred and opened his eyes. He seemed confused at first as he looked around. But then he met Cain's surprised eyes.

"Cain?" he asked. "What happened?"

Cain could only turn and pull his brother into a hug. He began to sob into his shoulder. Abel froze a moment, then gently hugged him back. His eyes softened as he remembered. He had died. He knew he had. Cain was just suddenly glad that his brother was okay. Neither of them had seemed to have aged, no matter how long they had slept here. He wondered what had happened. No doubt Lilith and Seth missed them both greatly. They thought him dead and Cain no better than a living corpse. He wondered what had happened in the world. But now he was focused on Cain.

"It's okay Cain." Abel said. "I'm here. Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere any time soon."

"Natalia's sacrifice worked..." Cain managed. "She turned you into a full Crusnik."

"Yes." Abel said. "I hope she's okay. We don't know what happened. Should we go find out? We're younger now than we should be too..."

"I'll never forgive Tristan!" Cain growled. "I'm going to stop him if it's the last thing I do! Him and the Order of Rosenkreuz!"

"I know." Abel said. "I want to stop them too, if they're still around. But I want to help people too. I want to make sure that no one's hurt like you or Lilith or Seth were again because of the Order of Rosenkreuz..."

Cain paused, looking up at his brother. He seemed different than he had been before. He was more mature, more kind. He wasn't sure when that had happened, but he knew suddenly that he would never leave his brother's side. It hurt too much to be separated. Even if Abel was 100% Crusnik now, he would not leave him. He loved him too much.

"Okay. We will." Cain promised. "I'll do anything you want me to. Just promise you'll never leave me."

"I won't." Abel said gently to Cain.

Cain simply buried his head into his brother's chest, as if suddenly afraid he would disappear again. Abel didn't try and pull away. He know his brother was hurt by what Tristan had done and glad that he was alive. He wouldn't leave him alone because he was very fond of him. Abel realized that Cain was going to be very protective of him, no matter how old or how powerful he was.

"It's a new age Cain." Abel said. "A new chance at life. A new chance to make a difference. People say we're Angels. We fell for a while, but now we're rising again from the ashes. It's time we go out there and pull our weight. Together. We'll always be together."

"I'm glad then that I'm with you." Cain replied gently.

Here's the end.

So what did you think? This is just to give a little bit of back ground story. The real story starts in my next post. Now we'll start to see how the story progresses. I know this was kind of a random start, but I needed to give Cain some reason for not being evil.

There's about to be a massive time skip to where the story starts. It starts at roughly the same time as the original story line of Trinty Blood. I wonder why? XD

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed. Next post we'll see Cain and Abel older and finally in action again.

Thanks for reading!