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Chapter 1 (Allies P.O.V)

Allie was standing in the castle district of Budapest with her best friend Anna. They were both taking in the beauty of it all, the cobbled stone streets, the multi-hued windows of the cathedrals and castles all around. It was like stepping into a fairytale, Allie was just waiting to see Rapunzel's hair drop out of one of the towers.

"It's all so magical." Allie said on a whisper.

"You do realize you just sounded like Princess Jasmine in Aladdin, right?" Anna said sniggering, she loved to poke fun at Allie any chance she got.

"Oh shut up, your ruining the moment." Allie said back trying, and failing, not to smile at Anna. Allie loved Anna with all her heart, she was the only person that had ever stuck by Allie through everything. She was as close to a sister as Allie would ever get, they even called each other sister.

"So, since I'm ruining the moment, you wanna head back up the street? I thought I seen a club that we could check out later."

"Sure, why not? I think I've seen all that I can for right now. I'm really hungry, we can grab a bite at the café on the corner up here."

Allie said pointing in the direction they had came from. Her and Anna started walking back up the way they came when all of a sudden they heard a Pop, whiz, pop, whiz. Allie and Anna had just enough time to exchange a confused look before they seen four huge men come racing around the corner of the nearest building. The man in front was wearing all white, with blonde hair. It took the girls a minute to figure out that he was being chased by the other three, who they now saw were holding guns. The barrels of the automatics were aimed at the back of the man in white's head. Allie and Anna were frozen in place, they couldn't have moved if their life depended on it which it probably did, because the men were not slowing down as they raced towards them.

"Allie run!" Anna screamed at her, not moving herself.

"I can't, and I won't without you!" Allie screamed back, hoping to knock herself and Anna out of their frozen positions. The man in white seen the girls and a cruel grin spread across his face, he immediately changed his course. He was running straight at them now. Before Allie and Anna could blink the man in white had his arms out like he was going to close line them, but instead he hooked an arm around each of their waists pulling them into the hard line of his body on each side. Without pause he spun them around to face his pursuers. Allie had time enough to look up into his face, she seen that he was wearing a wicked smirk as he stared back at the oncoming men.

"Let them go Galen!" the man with brown hair and, what Allie could see now were gold eyes, said.

"He's a fucking coward Sabin! Hiding behind women!" A blond and blue eyed man now was yelling. Allie noticed, because well, she's a woman, that all the men, including the one using her as a human shield, were inhumanly handsome and possessed a masculinity that could not be ignored.

"Now, now. There's no need for name calling Strider." Galen said with a very satisfied smirk on his face.

"Come over here and fight like a man!" the last man in the group shouted, he possessed midnight black hair and…. Could it be? Violet eyes! He was more savage looking than all the rest. Like he was seething with need to hurt this man.

" I think I'll leave that for next time Maddox. Until then…"

With that Allie suddenly felt her feet leave the ground. She heard Anna's gasp blend in with her own. Allie and Anna looked at each other and then to their capture. What they saw was not what they were expecting. The man named Galen had sprouted beautiful white feathered wings, and was lifting up into to the air with ease. Galen was smiling down at them in way that had them shrinking in to the hard line of him. That was the last thing Allie seen before she blacked out from sheer panic.

Galen's (P.O.V.)

Galen the keeper of the demon of Hope was soaring over Budapest with two girls in his arms. One struggling and one unconscious. He was headed to his Headquarters stationed in Buda. The one struggling was putting up quite a fight, she would make a great soldier for his cause.

"Allie, Allie! Wake up! Are you okay? You son of a bitch I swear if she's hurt, I'll cut your balls off and use them as earrings!" the conscious one was screaming at him. She had spunk, he liked that. Galen just looked at the girl and smirked as if he didn't hear her threaten him.

"Don't you fucking smile at me! How dare you!" She started to beat on his chest. It didn't have any effect.

"What's your name sweetheart? Oh, and you may want to stop that in case my other arm slips from around this one." Galen said gesturing to the sleeping girl in his other arm. The struggler immediately stopped and paled.

"Please don't hurt her, she's like my little sister. She doesn't deserve to be hurt. I'll do anything you want just don't hurt her." She immediately changed her tune. One minute cussing and threatening him, the next pleading and bargaining. All for the love of her friend? He would have to remember that, for future persuasions.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt either of you." He didn't mean to, but the word yet hung in the air. The girl paled. Again. Galen took a moment to look the girl over, she had deep auburn hair, chocolate brown eyes framed in long thick black lashes, lush full lips and creamy pale skin. It suited her very well. She shrank into him under his probing gaze.

"You never answered my question. What is your name?" Galen said with a smile

"My name is Anna. Why do you want to know?"

"Because I would like to know the name of the person that will be spending a lot of time with me." Galen said with a sinister grin. He had big plans for these girls.

"What and who are you? And what the fuck makes you think that your going to be spending a lot of time with us? You got tricked." Anna sneered at him, loathing etched all over her face.

"My name is Galen and I'm an Angel. You see, our meeting was not just by chance. You were sent to me to help me with my cause. Can't you feel that?"

Galen had the most convincing look on his face he could manage. Hope had been seething for this moment, when he could finally strike at these girls. Without another word from Galen, Hope swooped into Anna's mind making her feel all that Galen wanted her to feel. He knew what she was feeling too, he always knew what Hope was doing to it's victim. Right now Hope was filling her with the need and realization of the why Galen was in her life right now. Anna's eyes seemed to glaze over for just a second before she shook her head as if trying to clear it. When her eyes met Galen's again there was sheer fury in the depths of her chocolate iris's.

"You are no Angel! I don't know what the fuck you are, but it sure as hell isn't an Angel. And whatever you just tried to do to me don't try again or you will regret it!" Anna screamed into Galen's face. Galen was utterly shocked. No one had ever broke Hope's hold. Maybe Hope didn't lay it on thick enough.

What the fuck is the problem? Galen mentally screamed at Hope.

Don't know. She's stronger minded than I thought. Hope replied back to Galen in his mind.

Well give it a rest for right now. Try again later. Galen was going to have to figure out a way to this girl another way. His conversation with Hope had only taken a couple of seconds, no where near enough time for Anna to realize what he was really doing. But he decided he needed to get Anna to brace herself for the landing that was coming up.

"Sweetheart I assure you that I am an Angel, and if I was you I would brace myself." Anna looked at Galen then straight down and realized he was heading for the ground. Galen felt every muscle in her body tense as he softly landed on the asphalt parking lot. He landed a lot more easily than he thought he would. Anna seemed to relax against him for only a moment before she noticed what she was doing and then she immediately tensed back up.

"Where are we, and why are we here? And why hasn't Allie woke up yet?" Anna looked to her sister-like-friend with nothing but concern in her eyes then back at Galen with stubbornness.

"I'm sure she's fine she just got a little overwhelmed, and as for where we are. This my dear is your new home." Galen said with a grin.

Anna's (P.O.V.)

After a lot of fighting, screaming and cussing to no end Galen had somehow managed to separate Anna from Allie and lock her into this cold and dreary cell. Just fucking great. What was he doing with Allie? Was she okay? If he hurt her… there would not be a rock on this earth that he could hide under where he would be safe. She would find him, and she would kill him with pleasure. Angel indeed, who the hell did he think he was. No Angel would have that kind of menace.

Anna decided to take a look around her room to see if there was anything that would help her get out of it. There wasn't much at all, concrete walls, concrete floor, the cot she was sitting on, which felt like concrete, and one wooden chair. Anna felt a grin curl her lips. Because of all the fighting and screaming that she had done she was sure Galen was just ready to get her in the room with him still in one piece. He had forgotten to search her for anything that could be dangerous. Anna looked around the room's top corners searching for cameras that could see what she was about to do. Upon her quick observation Anna pulled out her pocket knife concealing it next to her side , and scooted the chair over to her. The chair was pretty old so a leg broke off with out to much effort. Just in case there were cameras in the room that she couldn't see, Anna balanced the chair on the cot so that it didn't tip over. Making it look as if she just scooted it over to rest herself on it, Anna bent over in a slouched position, one that looked as if she had given up. She hoped Galen would think that, she wanted him to come back in. With another cruel grin spreading across her face, Anna began to sharpen the chair leg into a nice looking stake. He will regret ever messing with us. Anna thought to herself as she began to work harder and faster.

An hour had passed and still no Galen. Anna was starting to wonder whether or not he was coming back. Anna had made very dangerous looking stakes out of all four legs from the chair. She figured that if there was a camera in this room, they would have come in and stopped her already because she knew she had slipped a few times in the hiding of them. In deciding this, she had taken the mattress of her cot and had set it up against one of the walls. She was at this very moment using it as target practice for the stakes she had made. Anna knew very well how to throw a sharp object at a target and make it stick. Allie's father, who was like Anna's father, had taught both girls how to throw knives, tomahawks, and Chinese throwing stars. He had always wanted them to be able to protect themselves no matter the circumstance. Allie used to joke that he was training them secretly how to be spies. Of course that wasn't the case, he just went to every length to make sure they could defend themselves.

Anna had been at this for about thirty minutes and had already learned the weight and balance of each stake, knowing just how much force she would need to stick it into flesh, muscle and bone. Anna had just went to retrieve her stakes from the mattress when she heard her door being unlocked from the outside. Moving quickly Anna threw the mattress, Swiss cheese side down, to the floor so Galen couldn't see what she had done to it at a glance. She then quickly put the stakes in her back pockets. The door finally opened and in walked Galen.

"I see you have calmed down, are we feeling better?" Galen ask in a silky sweet voice.

"Where's Allie?" Anna was tired of his games she wasn't going to put up with his bullshit.

"She's fine, still sleeping." Galen was smirking.

"Take me to her. Now." Anna put as much authority in her voice as she could. If looks could kill Galen would be six feet under by now.

"Now, now sweetheart, don't get ahead of yourself. I have some things that I would like to discuss with you." Galen said as he started to step toward her. Anna took an equal step back wanting to keep the same amount of distance between them, so that she had enough room to act when she finally did.

"I don't want to discuss anything with you. I want Allie and I want to leave. This is your last chance to give me what I want Galen." Anna said not being able to help the grin that was starting to twitch at her lips. She knew he wasn't going to cooperate, she had been hoping for it.

"Or you'll what? Scratch me again." Galen said with a mock horror voice, his smirk still in place.

Without warning Anna hurled the first stake over her shoulder straight at Galen. It made a very satisfying thunking sound as it embedded into his left shoulder, right on target. Galen roared at the ceiling and then his eyes fell on Anna, there was shock and fury in the blue depths of them.

"I said take me to her." Anna said now with a full blown grin on her face for her job well done.

"You little bitch!" Galen screamed, he started forward. Anna hurled another stake, another thunk, this time in his right shoulder. Galen roared his fury again, but stopped advancing. Blood was pouring wildly out from around the stakes, much more and he would pass out. At least Anna hoped he would.

"Take me to her motherfucker, or do you want more!" Anna screamed.

She was furious. Without pause she threw her third stake this time her target was his balls. And just like the last two. She hit her mark. Galen's eyes bugged, he was beyond words at this point, all he was managing was bellowing and roars. This made Anna even more livid, he could be limping leading her to Allie, but no, he's just standing there screaming. He deserved all the pain he got and more. Without provocation this time Anna hurled her last stake this time aiming for the apex of his collarbones. Galen started to gurgle as his own blood started to drown him. Anna noticed through her hate haze, that her stakes made a perfect cross on Galen's body. Peace be with you fucker! Anna thought to herself as she smiled.

"I told you that was your last chance."

Anna was still waiting for Galen to drop from blood loss. She couldn't believe he had stayed standing this long! Galen had at this point made it back to the door frame and was leaning heavily on it. He was pale and there was a sheen of sweat on his blood splattered face. Raising his head to look Anna in the face, Galen ripped the stake from his neck with a wince.

"You just sealed Allies fate." Was Galen's gurgled vow. Without another word he slammed the metal door closed once again.

"Oh my God! What have I done!" That was the only thing Anna could scream as she crumpled to the floor as one by one of Galen's words sunk in.