Disclaimer: Hello, everybody! I am back! Sorry I have been inactive and only posting one-shots but I've been without a compooper *shrugs* Also, after this chapter, The Questioning will be updated and you will have the chance to send in questions, as well as a few characters, Cream, Odyssey and I talking about what happened this chapter.
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The rain pours down from the dark, heavy clouds, drenching the angels standing around a golden casket. Some angels' cheeks are simply drenched in their own tears, sobbing, choking. Ninel stares blankly at the casket, her goldenrod eyes hazed over. No tears stain her cheeks, her steel blue hair hanging in front of her eyes in clumps of strands. She lays one hand on the casket.
Kyoya stares at the casket too, a reassuring hand on Sierra's shoulder as the young angel sobs. She has matured very much since they made to Heaven, barely in one piece. Ninel's limp hands ball into tight fists, her eyebrows furrowing. In the five years since they made it, along with the very small amount of angels who managed to get in, they have tried to find one of the gates to Hell. They still haven't found them, meaning Miyako is getting further and further away. Her friend. One of her best friends in the clutches of demons.
Lucida walks up behind the ice nymph. "Ninel?"
"Hm?" Ninel turns to look at her new found friend, who's pale cheeks bear a mix of tears and rain. Ninel feels a pang of guilt for the older angel. She lost one of the last people who was like a mother to her. Well, her and her other two siblings. Unfortunately, Ninel and the others haven't had the chance during these five years to meet the other two Sons of Night.
Lucida rubs her swollen eyes and sniffs. "Where are Bry, Frieda, and Alice? They're not here. You would think they would be."
Ninel nods in understanding. "I don't know."
Sierra walks over to the two, rubbing away her own tears. "I can't believe her, above all angels died."
Lucida sniffs. "Its her own fault. She and the squad she was leading were already surrounded by a swarm of demons. By the time Sakura got there her magic was pretty much depleted."
"She was a hero," says Geno, walking over to join the other three. "She did it to protect the squad she was with. That included me, remember?"
"That's right," says Ninel, who nods slowly. "You went with."
"I tried to stop her, I swear," chokes Geno, trying to keep herself from crying.
Lucida scoffs as best she could. "She still decided it would be a good idea to use Nightmare Drive with so little magic left." The group pauses. Lucida bursts into tears and flings herself on the coffin, wailing. "Shadow! Why did you have to, you...UGGGHHHH!"
Estrella walks over and rubs Lucida's back. The archangel looks around. "Where are Bry, Frieda, and Alice?"
Everyone shrugs. Lucida manages to stand up. She closes her eyes. She opens them, her eyes glowing a bright red. She squints.
"They're in a forest with a lot of demon activity. They're not attacking unless they need to. It seems...they're being stealthy." The blinks, her scarlet eyes returning to normal. "They're on a scouting mission."
"I never gave them a scouting mission," mutters Kyoya. "Did they give it to themselves?"
"No. I did." The group turns to see Castiel and Storm approaching them, Storm with an umbrella and Castiel not caring, his black and white hair plastered against his skin.
"Cass," mutters Kyoya.
"Kyo," mutters Castiel. Storm sweatdrops.
"Really?"she says with an annoyed tone of voice.
"You gave her a mission without consulting either Sol or I?" asks Kyoya, growling.
Castiel nods. "I am a General now. I have the authority."
Kyoya scoffs. "Ninel? Report from your previous scouting."
Ninel huffs. Geno sighs. "Aren't we going to wait for Sol?"
"No time," says Castiel flatly. "Ninel?"
"We got rid of a nest of demons surrounding the old camp. We salvaged as much as could before a new wave hit. We barely managed an escape. That is all."
Kyoya and Castiel nods. "Storm, find Bry, Frida, and Alice and bring them back. I believe Kyoya, Sol and I have devised a plan. Lucida, go find Nico and Indigo."
The two angels nod and run away, leaving Ninel, Geno, and Sierra alone with Kyoya and Castiel.
"What about us?" questions Sierra.
"You stay and take care of the funeral. I hope those three don't do anything reckless," says Kyoya
Ninel scoffs silently to herself. "I don't know. Bry has gotten more rough around the edges these last five years. However, she's also gotten, like you said, reckless and angry. I think its because she's angry at you Generals for not doing anything to get Miyako back as soon as possible."
"These things take time. She should know," says Castiel, annoyed.
"Its also because she's not an archangel yet. Its been five years and no one else has awakened," says Geno. "She's just...angry. She doesn't joke around anymore. Now whenever she's sarcastic, its hurtful. She's changed more than anyone else."
"You don't become an archangel easily," says Castiel. "It took me millennia. That child won't awaken unless she does something for the good of everyone else. What's the common setting between you, Miyako, and Frieda when the three of you awakened."
"It was to protect the ones we love," replies Ninel.
Castiel nods. "That's the key. Bryony is selfish. She will never awaken unless she tries to protects the ones she loves. She only cares about herself now."
With that, Castiel turns on his heel and walks away. Kyoya sighs. "I apologize. He usually gets this way over angels like Bry. She's not a bad angel she just...she's just became a little more selfish than before. But she had good reason."
"Yeah. Sure," says Sierra as she walks off to join other angels around Shadow's casket. A final good-bye.
Ninel sighs. Those three better not get themselves hurt.
"Bry! I think we're close!" shouts Frieda, hand gripping her sword Excalibur. The angel as grown quite accustomed to sword fighting over the last five years. She never leaves Heaven without it for fear they'll run into strong demons like Azazel. She moves a stray lock of white hair from in between her eyes that just happens to be annoying her.
"Are you sure?" asks the flying angel. Her black and blue hair has grown much more wild these past years, and she decided to keep the outfit Shadow made for her, basing her other articles of clothing off of the design. Her wings have grown at least two more feet as she grew taller, now taller than most of the other angels. She's almost as tall as Kyoya.
"You should check," says Alice. She, like, Sierra, have become much more mature. Alice has learned to harness the true powers of water and has become one of the most skilled water angels, keeping her power level equal to Sierra's. The two angels have been training together, becoming the perfect tag team.
Frieda nods. She closes her eyes, opening, revealing her white pupils. Her hair turns completely white as she surveyed the surroundings. "We are nearing the demon nest. They seem to be arachnid demons. They'll be easy."
"Are we being followed?" asks Bry, her blue eyes narrowing.
Frieda squints. "Not that I can see. I still have that blind spot I'm working the kinks out of."
"360 degree vision isn't 360 with a blind spot," says Alice, raising an eyebrow. Frieda just glares at the younger angel.
"Knock it off," growled Bry. "We're almost there. First, we go in with stealth. Kill unless needed. We're here to gather intellect. However, if things become hairy, we'll need to play exterminator. Is everyone clear?" Frieda and Alice nods. Bry smirks. "Very good. Let's go!"
The three angels split up, encircling the arachnid nest. Frieda's eyes wander, looking for any human or angel magic. Even the faintest...ah! An angel!
Frieda crept along the webs, hand grasping the hilt of Excalibur, eyes watchful as she increases her newly found 360 degree vision. She can practically see everything. An arachnid is close by, so she'll need to make this quick. Steadying her breathing, and keeping a watchful eye on the spider, she approaches the cocooned angel. She pulls out a knife, gingerly cutting open the thick threads encasing her fellow angel. The contents spill out, revealing a young angel. Sighing, Frieda thinks back to when she and her friends barely made it through the portal alive five years ago. Since then, Sakura has been capturing angels left and right. A small amount managed to get through the portals, but Sakura has been hosting hunting parties, tracking and hunting scouting angels like its a game and capturing them. The She-Devil has been capturing angels merely for her own amusement. Hopefully Miyako has been trying to do something in Hell.
Hopefully.
Doesn't matter. Frieda slings the angel over her shoulder. The younger angel's magic is severely weak. If Frieda doesn't get her back to Heaven soon, then the angel will most likely die.
Meanwhile, Bry is sneaking through the webs, careful not to accidentally pluck at the thread. She wrappes her fingers around her longsword, transforming her other hand into a dragon's claw. Bry swings her sword, cutting apart webs baring her way. If her team can successfully retrieve the Intel Castiel sent them for, and wipe out the nest, then that's a small win against the demons. And recognition from the really attractive General. Bry sighs. She continues on, seeing the main nest with the highest concentration of arachnids. Now all that needs to happen is for Alice to start the distraction.
A huge column of water rips through the air, gaining the attention of the arachnids demons. The creatures whip around and scurry toward the source of the water. Bry smirks. This is too easy.
She creeps inside and looks around. Seeing nothing, she continues toward the board of the nest. Upon seeing it, Bry swings her sword and cuts the web apart. She forms a small ball of fire in her hand and observes the items in the hoard. It's not a very big hoard, but now the angel sees a pile of scrolls in the very corner. She hips over and squats in front of the pile. Smirking, she runs a finger over the yellowing paper. Yup, too easy.
She grasps one and picks it up...or at least tries. Bry sets her longsword down and uses both hands to tug at the roll of paper. It finally releases, causing the girl to stumble backwards and land on her back. She huffs. Well then.
Bry sits back up to a croutch, continuing to pluck the scrolls and store them in a backpack she's been wearing. As she picks up the last scroll, the webbed walls around her begins to shake. Her eyes widen in realization. She looks at the scroll and examines it, finding thin threads connecting it to the webbing around her. The angel curses under her breath. Looks like she's been trapped all along. She needs to get out quick.
She puts the last scroll away and races for the opening. Once she got close, a giant arachnid burst through, its legs extending to try and grab her.
"Ack!" She inhales sharply, then breathes out a steady beam of flame. The giant spider squeals as it burns alive, falling back to leave the opening open again. Bry runs through quickly, extending her wings and taking flight into the air. She flys overhead to look for her friends. She sees Frieda and Alice surrounded, fending off the legion of arachnids before them. Bry curses again. Sakura knew they were going to be there! She planned a trap!
Diving down, the dragon angel swoops in, knocking away several of the demons. Unsheathing her longsword, she begins to hack at any creature that got too close for her comfort.
"She knew we would come!" says Bry, fending herself from another creature.
"Of course! Why couldn't we see it coming!" says Alice, scolding herself more than the others, blasting a section of spiders away with water.
"I couldn't see the ones that were hiding because they made sure to hide where I couldn't see them," says Frieda, sending beams of energy into the fray of enemies.
"Do you think Sakura knows about the spot?" asks Alice. Frieda shrugs.
"Well, we can make it out of here and get the scrolls to Castiel," says Bry, blasting spiders with flame.
The sky lights up and dark clouds gather. Lightning suddenly shot down, connecting with every spider surrounding the trio. In a few seconds, every spider explodes, sending arachnid guys flying and soaking the poor three angels.
"Gah! I'm covered in spider snot!" screams Alice while Bry simply wipes it off and Frieda gags.
"It's not snot. It's really just blood and guts," says Storm, floating down to their level and landing softly. "Now come. We await you in Heaven. There's some people we want you to meet."
Bry huffs, glaring at the white-haired angel. "What kind of people?"
Storm giggles. "You're about to find out."
Well, how was that for a first chapter, eh? I hope you enjoyed it!
You'll have to wait a tad for more concept art and the first pages of the webmanga, but that's because some things came up and my compooper and scanner aren't up and running. Gomen hehe... But I have been working on them. Once everything is back to normal, I will busy them all out. Also, I wonder if I can invite Odyssey over some time...
Meh. We'll see!
Bais!
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