Guardians
She kneeled next to a stone gargoyle atop on of the city's tallest buildings. It was dark, raining and the only sign of her existence was her form being silhouetted against the pitch black drop by lightning. Anyone down below would have to strain their eyes to even guess she was there to begin with. Her eyes were wide and white as she gazes over the city, feeling the energy of its people as the rain lightly tapped against her head mask. Under the sound of rolling thunder and rain, light but wet taps were heard from behind her. She felt the familiar presence and smiled.
"Took you long enough to get here." Her voice a little rough from being unspoken for a few hours.
"Hey, all these buildings look the same." He laughed. He always had a smile on. It brightened her day, in this case night. "What's going on down there, anyways?"
She shrugged.
"Not much actually. Stopped a mugger earlier."
He was about to speak.
"I didn't put him on a light pole."
He scoffed in surprise.
"Aw, c'mon! That's the best part."
"You know that's not what we do. We don't torture."
"It's not torture. He deserved it. He hijacked a truck with a kid inside. You have to admit the way he was struggling was pretty funny."
She chuckled at the memory. It was pretty funny. "How was your patrol?"
"Meh, nothing special. Low action. Wanna go to the coffee shop?"
She turned to face him.
"Are you serious right now?"
"Yep."
"I don't think you take this job responsibly, Pyotr."
His smile fell. A blank expression wound its way onto his face.
She smiled.
"You know I hate that name, Sori. That's not funny."
"It is to me, Jalen."
"Oh shut up."
She giggled, he smirked, and both were now kneeling in the rain and kept an agreed silence as they kept their vigil. The silence was broken half an hour later by a shrill scream. They could sense the distress of a woman as she ran into an alley way.
"So, together then?" He asked.
"Let's go."
The two dark figures moved to side of the overlook that was closest. What they saw was surprising.
A woman running for her life as she was being chased by three shadows.
"You take the front. I got the back."
He looked at her as if she was crazy.
"You always did love a dramatic entrance."
"It was one time." He moved further down the ledge. "Besides, it was accident." He took off the ledge and began his plummet down the 50 story building. She watched him as his wings appeared on his back, slowing his descent towards the ground so he can get between the lady and the shadows. She soon followed suit after waiting for him to get closer to the ground.
It brought a smile to her face. Working with Jalen always brought something new. He was never quite out of his element and he always had fun fighting. As he landed, lightning flashed. As she landed behind the shadows, thunder rolled. The rain started coming down harder. The young woman yelped in surprise and the shadows took form and stood up.
"Move human. We want girl. No quarrel with you, unless you want one." The middle one warned.
"So I guess this party is by invitation only. Shame. Was looking forward to a good time." He smiled
"You'll die human."
"Who said anything about being human?"
The wings once again appeared in grand fashion, extending out to both sides of the alley. He unsheathed a sleek but deadly looking sword from its sheath on his left. It reflected in the light of the alley.
"A Guardian." A look of surprise rose on the trio's ugly, gnarled features.
"We kill Guardian!"
"We kill last Guardian."
"Wonderful. How'd that make you feel?" He smirked. He was looking beyond them at Sori as she unsheathed her katanas, ready for a fight.
"Good. When you die, we feel better!"
"Oh ok. Just checking."
"Now die Guardian!"
"Guardians."
"What?"
"Guardians."
"Me only see one." The trio agreed.
Jalen pointed with his sword.
"Finally, a fight." A female voice sighed under the rain. "I could use the exercise."
She was getting better at witty banter. Needed work on her one liners though.
"You two kill the girl. I'll take the stronger one."
"And you're focused on the wrong one."
The self-imposed leader had what looked like confusion on his grotesque face as he turn to face the dual wielding warrior. That barely lasted a moment as it felt two slashes across its chest and then had a katana blade sticking through its head. She looked at her partner and saw that the other two were dealt with a similarly quick fashion.
"Nice work on the witty banter."
"Nice to see that you take this
seriously."
The pair smiled at each other.
"Let's get back to the Sanctuary." She said.
"Agreed. But I can't help but think that we're forgetting something."
The nameless young woman awoke in her bed. Unsure if what just transpired actually took place. But in her hand was a note. She opened it and read.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways
Psalms 91:11
We have been watching over the world for years. We operate in secret while in living in plain sight. What you saw was real. The agents in the spiritual world have made themselves public in more ways than one recently and we have been charged to stop them. Since we can't be everywhere at once, we, regrettably, miss some of these events but we try to get most of them. We do our best at keeping the public safe. Keep faith in that HE is watching over the world and we are HIS agents.
We are the Guardian Angels.
A lone feather fell outside her window as she smiled.
While i was asked to make my friend a superhero, i took it one step further and made her an angel. I want this fic to hopefully answer what could happen if we could see it. This is different from my usual work due to the subject matter. I do believe in angels and that there is a battle going on in the spiritual world, a battle we can't see. The cover picture is not mine but i thought it was cool. Respect to the artist.
