Ribbons of Blue

CHAPTER ONE:

The Streets Are Dark

Thunder rumbled from the skies above, ricocheting against the tall skyscraper, with its floor to ceiling high windows. These windows seemed to shake from the violence of the rumble, and Jay Nightsong glanced at them nervously, her palms sweaty.

Her eyes skittered around, the long lashes pressing against her forehead her eyes were so wide. Jay's eyes went back to her task, the modern age computer, with it's touch screen, was loading the information over to the small, almost prehistoric flash drive slowly.

Jay pressed a few key's, transferring data over. Then she swore a blue streak as a strike of lightning hit the side of the building, the glass shattering into thousands of small shards. The building seemed to rain in on itself, but then the glass stopped mid-fall. The light's stopped their flickering and Jay could see her own breath.

She shivered, rubbing her arms she grabbed the flash drive and quickly hid it in her bra, shaking from fright. Jay stepped back, bumping into a desk, she hurriedly moved out of its way, her eyes trained to the broken windows.

Slowly, a sound like a hurricane penetrated the dead silence, the glass whirling around. Then a shadow passed by, Jay shaded her eyes from the light that suddenly exploded from the window-way. Uncovering them she gazed in horror.

In front of her was an angel.

Her face was as serene as a statue, and as cold as one. Her amethyst eyes a stark contrast to her alabaster skin. Hair flowed down in waves to lightly caress her hips and was a dark brown shot with hint's of purple.

But what stunned Jay the most were her wings, they unfolded in an act of pure, utter beauty. The outer feathers were a stunning purple, with crystalline shards scattered like glass through the primaries, they're wingspan blocking out the light.

"Please." Jay begged, collapsing onto her knees and bowing her head. Tear streaked down her face, rolling off her cheek and landing onto the ground in a puddle, "You have to understand."

"Again, you defy us." An unearthly voice emitted from the angel, it was melodious, but harsh, too strong to be feminine, yet strangely beautiful. Jay winced as she heard the whoosh of wind that signified the angel was coming closer, "Again, you defy me."

Jay looked up, her eyes pleading for mercy, shoulders shaking, "Please, don't."

"Why?" The angel asked, her eyes softening for a minute, then turning back to the cold hard abyss of hatred, "Is it worth it?"

"Yes. Please, what they are doing, it's wrong! You must know this!" Jay almost screamed.

"No." The angel said, then she reached forwards and by an invisible thread yanked Jay up, "For your treason," She spat the word, "I strip you of your power!" reaching forwards her hand cut through her skin and the angel grasped Jay's heart, ripping it out.

Jay cried out, watching with horror as the angel brought the heart up for inspection. Golden blood dripped down from her hand and made a trail down to the angels elbow, there it dripped onto the ground. The heart itself gave a few more pumps of life then was silent. The building shook and lighting seared into the room, slamming into the angels palm, hitting the heart. Jay whimpered as she watched the dust fly from her hand.

She struggled against the magical bonds on her, Jay's chest already healing.

The angel reached forwards, her hands on Jay's temple, "I take from you, your memory!"

Jay shuddered, her mind going blank, she convulsed onto the ground were she curled up in a ball.

"And last!" The angel exclaimed, her wings snapping open, "I take from you your holyness!"

"NO!" Jay screamed, struggling to her feet, her hands reaching backwards, to her wings, "PLEASE!"

But the angel did not care, instead she reached forwards, gripping one of the wing and bending it forcibly to the side. Bone crunched from the impact and Jay's vision blurred with pain.

But then the pain was gone, the angel was staring at her with an odd expression.

"No. I can't." She muttered, then turned on her heel, striding to the edge of the window, and dragging Jay along, "I cast thee out!" She threw Jay out of the window.

Screaming in terror Jay flailed, her hands reaching out, begging, pleading, for mercy, for redemption. But the cold purple eyes stared back at her, a flash of hurt went through the angel's eyes.

Her mouth moved and Jay barely made out the words.

"Goodbye, my cousin."

Taa daa.

Chapter one is basically an intro into the story :P So yes, it's short.

I hope I made you very confused, as this is part of the storyline, to be confused that is. Heheheh.

For those who don't know, my name is Skyblu7 and this is my fifth story, I have not completed any of the others. Ehehhe :(

I'm sorry if my grammar blah blah blah is terrible, I don't have anyone reading through this beforehand, so yeah.

I love Nalini Singh's world! Especially Illium and Aodhan!

So I am writing this, as I originally started writing stories, based on angels and felt inspired to add a bit of flair into Nalini's world.

My angel's are, well angels. They have (had) a God(s) and live in a heaven, with a hell underneath the world. The one you saw (actually there were two were, K******* and Jay Nightsong, who is my main character in a story called Night Flower. They both have their own share of powers. You won't be seeing K any-time soon again. Sorry :( )

Anyway, hope you enjoyed!

Review and do whatever you like! Feel free to flame and so on, I listen to good counsel, but remember, I am putting this up for myself to enjoy, and others.

Thanks!

SB7 Reporting Out!