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Duce gathered his sons to the living room of their little cabin. He knew the boys would be headed out soon, they had been called out to work again and he had some thing to tell them. He had been contacted by an older priest named, Father Capri. Father Capri had received a message that the boys were going to need some extra help and that the extra help was going to arrive that night.
Connor and Murphy walked into the cabin to find their dad and a priest sitting at the table, looking very serious. Duce asked them to have a seat across from them. The boys glanced at each other but sat down. The old priest looked nervous but their dad looked completely comfortable and calm. Duce introduced the boys to Father Capri.
" What's this about, Da?" Connor asked. Duce cleared his throat.
" Boys, the priest and I have been talking for a few months now. He knows of your work and has traveled all the way from America to offer protection." Duce said. Connor and Murphy glanced at each other.
" No offensive, Father. But what kind of protection could you offer us?" Murphy asked. The priest cleared his throat.
" Ah, " Father Capri started. " Well, angelic protection." The boys glanced at each other again before laughing.
" What do you mean, angelic protection? You mean an angel is just going to fly down here and protect us?" Connor asked while laughing.
" Yes, boys, that's what he means." Duce said.
" For centries this information has been passed down from priest to priest. There will be a time when angels will come to the Earth and these angels will protect two twins who are doing the work of God. But there are things out there who want nothing more then to destroy the angels. They are watching for the angels to appear and will come for them." Father Capri said. " Let's go outside. The angels will be coming soon."
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They all stood outside in the dark, waiting for something. Connor and Murphy kept glancing at each other, wondering if their dad and the priest had lost their minds. The priest was a nervous little man who kept looking into the night sky. Duce was sitting in a rocking chair on the porch smoking his pipe, the boys were sitting on the stairs while the priest was pacing slightly right in front of them. Suddenly there was a flash of lighting and a clap of thunder. The ground seemed to be shaking and the priest ran onto the porch.
" They are coming." He said. Duce stood up and the boys followed his example.
A whirling sound started up, like the sound of something falling to Earth, hard and fast. Connor and Murphy looked at each other nervously. Suddenly something slammed into the ground, sending a cloud of dirt, dust, and grass into the air so thick they couldn't see for a few minutes. Everyone was couching and waving their hands around to clear the air. The sight in front of them froze the boys to their place.
On the ground before them, kneeling on their knees with their head and arms down, was a young woman and a man with giant black wings spread out behind them. The girl had long dark brown hair that was covering her face. The man had short dark brown hair, about the length of Murphy's and Connor's.
Murphy dropped his smoke, while Connor sank to the porch on his ass. The two before them slowly raised their heads. Their eyes were closed and they moved as one unit as they tilted their head to one side, their necks cracking, then tilting it to the other side before straighting it up. She opened her dark blue eyes first, followed by the man with matching eyes. They shook their shoulders quick and fast. The two sets of wings rippled with the movement.
The priest came forward as the girl stood up to her full height of 5 foot 1 inch. She was wearing a black tight top top with knives strapped to either side of her forearms. Her tight toned stomach was bare and her tight black shorts hugged her frame like a second skin. She had fishnet stockings on with black boots that came to her mid cafe. She had more knives strapped to either side of her thighs. The priest bowed his head to her. Her face revealed nothing, she wasn't smiling or frowning.
The man stood to his height which had to be about 6 foot 5 inches. He was wearing black pants and a black shirt with knives strapped his forearms, chest and back. His chest was wide and his arms were build like a weight lifter. The girl placed a small hand on the priest's shoulder and they all spoke softly to each other. The priest faced the boys and smiled nervously.
" This is Gabriella and Gabriel. They are twins." He said. The angels came forward to the house. They took in the boys and their dad with their sparkling eyes. The girl began to speak in a language the boys had never heard before. " Gabriella, with all due respect, they do not know the language of the angels." She frowned slightly as she looked at priest.
" Are those real wings?" Connor asked once he found his voice.
" Yes. Come and feel them for yourself." The priest said. He looked at the angels again. " Please, let the boys have a look at your wings." The angels looked from the priest to the boys then to each other. They looked back at the priest and nodded their heads at the same time.
Carefully both boys came off the porch and walked over to them. They started circling them carefully. The angels looked at each other then at the boys. Connor came around Gabriella's back as Murphy was at her front. Connor could see the wings were attached to their shoulder blades. He brought his hand up and touched them. Gabriella spoke quickly to the priest who reassured her everything was fine. Gabriel looked like he was on the defense. His shoulders were tense. Connor came up to tips of her wings and started touching them. Her wings felt like real feathers Gabriella's head whipped around to look at him. She shook her shoulders slightly and again her wings rippled and fanned out.
" They are real." Connor said softly. He walked around her wings to her front as Murphy came around to her back. " Holy fuck, she's a real angel." He said. " How the fuck are we going to walk around with them like this though?"
" Gabriella, Gabriel, would it be possible for you to pull your wings back?" The priest asked.
They nodded and shook their shoulders again. Murphy was reaching out to touch them when she pulled them back into her back. Tattoos appeared on her back that looked like wings where the real wings had disappeared. Murphys hand lightly touched her back. She whipped around and grabbed his hand before he knew what was happening. Her eyes flashed as she squeezed his hand tightly.
" Tell her I'm sorry!" Murphy yelled. He was shocked by her strengh. " She's going to break my hand!" He yelled. Gabriel had a knife out and pointed at Murphy. He had moved into a fight stance.
" Gabriella, he meant no harm to you." The priest said quickly. With another glare at Murphy she let of his hand and faced the priest. Both angels started to speak quickly as they walked over to him. " Yes, yes, of course, I understand." Murphy was rubbing his hand as he walked back to the porch, glaring at her.
" What is she saying?" Duce asked.
" They weren't expecting you to touch her bare skin. Angels don't like to be touched without giving their permission first. I am telling them that you didn't know." He spoke with the angels for a few more seconds. Both the angels were glaring. They stepped back and looked at the boys. " They want to read you two. They want to see what your intentions are." The priest said.
" And how will they do that?" Connor asked as Murphy joined him on the porch.
" You know, they can understand you, they just can't speak your language yet." Gabriella came to Connor first and spoke again. Gabriel had moved to stand in front of Murphy.
" They are asking permission to touch you." The priest said.
" Ah, ok." Connor said. Gabriella nodded and placed her hands on either side of Connor's face. While Gabriel did the same to Murphy. They all locked eyes and neither Connor or Murphy felt like he could take his eyes from the angels if he wanted too. After a few minutes, she let go of Connor and Gabriel let go of Murphy. The twin angels smiled for the first time. They nodded at each and switched positions.
" I don't want her to touch me. She tried to break my hand." Murphy said quickly.
" You will have to excuse her. She didn't mean anything by it." The priest said.
" Don't be a bitch, Murph." Connor said with a grin. He looked at his brother then at her. Murphy slowly looked back at her and nodded.
Gabriella placed her small hands on his face and looked into his eyes. Murphy felt like he was falling as she searched through his eyes. He hadn't felt that way when Gabriel looked at him. After a few more minutes she smiled at Murphy. She spoke softly to him then brought his head down to her. She placed a gentle kiss against his forehead. Then she brought his face up to look into his eyes again. She patted his cheek before the angels stepped away from them and spoke to the priest.
" She is asking me to tell you that she sorry for hurting you earlier. She is asking if you forgive her." The priest said. Murphy was still stunned by the interaction between them. When he didn't answer, she looked at him and blinked her eyes.
" Aye, Aye. it's all forgiven." He said. She smiled and nodded to him.
