Hey guys! Time for a new Fallen Story! This story was a request from WallWatcher33- thank you for this idea! This is basically Fallen, in my perspective, from Daniel's point of view. We don't start where Luce does straight away, after all we have to find out how they ended up in Sword and Cross, right?;) Upload wise, I probably won't be able to get this story uploaded every week. I have my HTTYD series to upload as well so this will probably go up every fortnight. I apologise if I don't stick to my upload times as I have a lot going on at the moment and am very busy:) Anyway… I can't think of anything else to say so onward and upward people…
Chapter 1- Eternal survival
I kick angrily at a stone on the sandy ground. It's never going to work. I think of Shelby and her dirty blonde hair and cringe. No. It was never going to work. It never did. I scowl as a car comes up behind me- I stay solidly in the middle of the road. Anger clawing at my insides. You'd have thought eternity would have given me the ability to control my emotions. It hadn't. The car revs up its engine a few times, the front coming alarmingly close to my legs; a warning. But I don't turn a hair. Do I have a death wish? Yes I do. The car snarls as it shoots onto the grassy curve and around my form; narrowly avoiding me. I shove my clenched fists into my pockets and continue walk along the mountain pass road, the hot sun beating down on me, for miles.
Eventually I reach civilisation. With another scowl I stomp into a cool café and flop into a chair. An auburn haired waiter skips over to me, her green eyes sparkling. "What can I get you?" She squeaks. A non-angel proof bullet so I can shoot myself.
"A coffee," I say instead, leaving out the 'please' I'd usually use. Right now I didn't care for manners. Manners cost nothing- I roll my eyes- they cost energy. Luce always liked coffee. I remember when she had first introduced me to it: 603, when she'd been living in the jungle tribe. I frown, my memory fading. She'd been so happy, and then I killed her. Like I did every time.
"Okay!" I wince at the high pitch of her voice.
"You know I just heard a driver talking to a police officer about an "Idiot rouge jaywalker strutting down the mountain pass like he ruled the Earth. Haven't seen him anywhere have you?" Arianne's drawl penetrates my ear and I scowl for the millionth time that day.
"Yeah we're real close." I say sarcastically. "No one ever goes down that road anyway. What's the big deal?" I say my voice serious and harsh again.
"Come on D. Cheer up!"
"Why should I?" I reply with fierceness that surprises even myself.
The waitress comes back, looking a little flustered. She places the coffee down on the table and smiles sweetly at me. I glare back. Her face falls and she rushes behind the counter and back into the kitchens. Arianne, now perched on the edge of the table, stares after her with pity. "Because Luce wouldn't want you to waste your life mourning her over and over again."
"And what do you expect me to do to 'cheer up!'" I say my voice devoid of emotion.
"Well if you love little crimes like Jaywalking maybe I could help you up your game? After all we've been on this planet for eternity and I'm tired of being 'Miss Goody two shoes!'"
A small smile tugs at my lips. "And what little crimes are we talking about?" I ask as a mischievous smile enters her eye.
"Come on." She says holding out her hand. I take it and we rush out the café without paying the bill. Two crimes in one hour- I'm on a roll!
The sunset casts an orange glow over the small mountainside village and I feel a rush of Déjà vu. Where is Arianne taking me? She stops as we come to a small ally down the side of the newsagents. I frown at her as she creeps silently down the alley, gesturing me to follow all the while, and toward the back door. She grabs a paper clip from her pocket and gets to work on picking the lock.
"What are you doing?" I whisper hurriedly.
"Picking a lock- duh!"
I sigh. "I can see that but why?"
"Welcome to fun Daniel." And with that she swings the door open revealing a full storeroom. Boxes filled with food and books. Jars jammed full with sweets of all kinds. Newspaper stacks line the walls and an iron safe stands at one end of the room. A padlock and electrical code box next to it.
Arianne glances at it with hopeful eyes. "You can't be serious. We can't steal!" I say aghast.
"Erm… If I recall you didn't pay the bill so technically you stole the coffee."
"I didn't even drink any." I mumble under my breath as we make our way into the room.
My eyes clock a CTV camera at one end of the room and I point it out to Arianne who simply grins, bounces over to it, fiddles with the wires then jumps down again. "Cameras and security system are all down.
I stare at her in shock. "Where on Earth did you learn to do that?"
"I've been alive a long time DG." She winks and makes her way over to the safe. I follow her, carefully making my way through the herd of cobwebs and the maze of boxes that crowd the room.
Her fingers slide gracefully over the lock and she releases the paper clip from her pocket and sets to work on the padlock. I glance nervously at the doorway to the main shop. "Are you sure we should be doing this?"
"Relax DG. I've done it one hundred times before. Well about three times before." She admits, still fiddling with the lock. "Ha! Gotcha!" She yells as the lock cracks open.
"Shut up!" I hiss, glancing at the door in terror.
"You seriously think someone's going to be able to catch an angel?" She says smirking.
"Two angels," I correct.
She rolls her eyes, "Whatever."
"So what do you think the code is?"
"I can't believe we're going to steel from a safe."
"Wasn't an answer to the question," She sings.
"Well maybe that's because I have no idea."
She bites her lip, ignoring my last comment, a pensive look across her perfect features. "I've got it!" She types in a code and the safe door creaks open.
I stare open mouthed.
Grinning at the look on my face she says, "I know the guy who works here well. People need to be more careful about what they say about their private life while they're drunk." She titters and leans in to look inside the safe. Her eyes widen in shock. "What the…"
"What? What's in there?" I rush over to her and look inside. "Whoa! That's crazy!"
"How can a shopkeeper own so much money?" Arianne asks the air.
"I've no idea- I mean obviously he won't have saved it." I answer sarcastically.
"Or he could have won it." She reply's ignoring my sarcastic tone. "Do you think he'll notice if we take some?"
"What!? We can't do that!?"
She snorts, "Why do you think we're in here angel boy?" And reaching in her hands she pulled out a wad of £100 pound notes.
So I do the same. Guilt washes over me in tonnes. Sirens whir around my head- screaming at me to stop. That I'm doing something very wrong and that I'll get into trouble. I scoff at them. Arianne's right- who cares if we end up in jail? 25 years will be like a day for us. Then we hear the door open. Arianne gasps and yanks me behind the safe; obscuring me and herself from view.
The man in the doorway sighs and pads across the room clutches a large box full of stocks and shuffles from the room again- slamming the door behind him.
I release a breath I didn't even know I'd been holding. "Let's go." I say. Arianne doesn't object.
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That night I lie awake watching the stars drift past like souls. They remind me of the balance- stars need darkness to shine. After all if there was only light they wouldn't shine. And if there was only dark there wouldn't be anything to shine.
Then I hear the twig snap. I dismiss it- it'll just be Arianne walking into the tent. Next second: I wish I hadn't.
CRACK.
I whip around but…
BANG. Something hard collides with my head and I tumble backwards. Strong arms press me into the ground and I feel a knife slide around my throat.
"Gotcha!" Gabbe's silky yet menacing voice fills my ear and I sigh.
"You win."
"Haha!" Roland yells leaping off me. "Hey Cam! Molly! You got the other thief yet!?"
I shuffle unsteadily to my feet as Cam tosses an angry Arianne from behind the tent. Molly snickers as she reveals herself from behind the thin little house.
"Why the hell did you do that!?" Arianne yells. "I could have had a heart attack and then where would you be!?"
"Erm… a lot happier?" Cam tries.
"Urghh!" With a growl Arianne lunges at Cam, knocking him to the ground. No one tries to help him. Instead we sit in a row and watch the fight for a while. Eventually after many hours of entertainment, I and Roland extract them from each other.
They sit, glaring at each other from opposite ends of the ragged circle we'd formed. "So… care to explain why you idiots showed up, in the dead of night, to ambush us?" Arianne spits.
"Well we haven't all seen each other or been together for at least twenty years since…" Roland stopped abruptly and I stiffened, mentally finishing his sentence in my mind: since Daniel killed Luce again.
"Anyway, we met up and thought we could find you two and we have so… yeah that's kind of it!" He finished on an uplift.
Arianne growled again.
I said nothing.
"So… what have you guys been getting up too?"
"Stealing but I bet you already knew that."
"Your bet is correct M'Lady," Cam said with a wink at Arianne who pointedly turned her back on him.
"Oooo! We just mixed in at the wrong time!" Molly said.
"So why have you been stealing and who from?" Gabbe asked a disapproving frown on her face.
"We just stole some stuff from the newsagents for fun." I said, leaving out the safe and money part.
"Why don't we all start stealing?" Cam said. "Just for fun- after all 'fun' is a hard term to come by at the moment."
"We can't steal!" Gabbe said aghast.
"Sure we can. What are they going to do? Lock us in jail for a few years. It'll feel like half a day for us." Cam said stretching out his legs and leaning back on his hands.
"Okay… I'll give it a shot but only if we go Robin Wood style." Gabbe said.
Molly scowled at this statement.
"Works for me," I said. The others nodded.
"So… what exactly are we going to steal?" Roland asked.
"Anything and everything," Arianne replied dramatically with a cheeky grin on her face.
Oooo! Naughty angels and demons!;) I hope you enjoyed this first chapter! Let me know what you thought of it in the reviews;)