Mel turned quickly and pulled his gun. He pointed it at her and paused. In his opinion Kaelah was more beautiful than her picture.
"Well, well, well, Kaelah! How did you get in here?" the man said. "How is your sister doing?"
Meliker stood with his gun pointed at Kaelah not knowing really what he should do.
Smiling now, Kaelah walked up to Mel, the gun an inch from her eye.
"Mel, you don't have to shoot me, I'm here to help you."
Turning her attention to the old man now, she spoke in a dark voice, "It's a good thing my sister isn't here, she would blow this place up with a nuke if she knew you had her daughter."
Mel lowered his gun slightly surprised that she knew the name he preferred and about Skye.
"She can try." the man replied. "Kill her Meliker!"
Mel closed his eyes and after a second more of thought he turned the gun onto the last man in the black suit.
"NO!" he said sternly. "If I kill anyone it is going to be you and your guard!"
Kaelah smiles, "Look old man, you are fucking with the wrong bitch here, let Skye go now and I will let you live. If you don't I will make sure to string your entrails around your neck and hang you with them!"
An evil glint shown in Kaelah's eyes now as she stood with her arms ready to pull out her blades.
The guard took a step forward and before he could take another step Mel shot him in the lower leg.
"Take another step and I will kill you!" Mel said glaring.
"Very well! You win, for now!" the man replied. "Skye is down the hall second door on the right."
"We will have to come back through here to get out." Mel said.
He still held his gun pointing at the guard even though he wanted to go get Skye he did not trust these men. He wasn't even sure about Kaelah yet.
"They won't attack, they know what I am and what I am capable of, and don't worry, you helped my friend, I won't hurt you. I know what I have to do now so c'mon, let's go get my niece."
Kaelah busted down the door and walked down the hall to the door she was told to go to and opened it, inside was very dark. You couldn't see an inch in front of your face. Kaelah called out for Skye but no response.
Mel followed her after putting his gun away.
"Skye!" Mel called out and got no response either. "She is not here! They lied to us! Now what?"
He turned to her and grabbed her shirt with both hands.
"Have you been following me?"
Kaelah calmly looked into his eyes.
"Mel, this is no time to talk about stalking, but I have been, yes, my sister wanted me to follow you and now I know why. Oh and she's still here, but hidden. This guy may be a dirty old man but he can be clever when he wants to be."
"How well do you know this guy?" Mel asked as he put the thought of her following him to the back of his mind to bring up later, finding Skye was more important. "Because I have been working for this man for almost a year now, since he took Skye."
"I've known him all my life." Kaelah said as she walks into the room, pulling out a flare to add more light.
It wasn't just dark, but the walls and windows were all painted black.
There was no door other than the one she walked into.
"It would be faster if we split up." Mel said as he looked up and down the hall. "Skye must be so scared. I need to find her!"
"No, we stick together, there's things in here that could kill you in a blink of an eye and don't worry, Skye can't be killed."
"What do you mean she can't be killed?" Mel asked. "And fine but let's go! I want to find her and get out of here!"
Mel pulled his gun back out and held it to his side. He wanted to be prepared for anything.
Kaelah stopped and looked into Mel's eyes, deep down into his soul as she answered his first question with another question, "Do you believe in angels?
"Oh you have got to be kidding me! I don't believe this!" Mel said as he turned his back on her and hissed in pain as he moved a bit too quickly.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Let's keep going."
"Stop!" Kaelah commanded loudly, at this point she was both annoyed at him for not wanting to listen and concerned about his wound. "Let me fix your leg and stop being a stubborn ass!"
"Either way," Kaelah snapped her fingers and his lag healed. "Your leg would only slow us down, now c'mon. Skye is in here somewhere, I can feel it."
Mel was quiet as he watched her.
"Wait!" Mel said as he crossed his arms gun still in hand. "You know my name but I don't know yours! Don't you think that it would be polite to give me your name?"
"The old man told you already, my name is Kaelah, but what he didn't tell you was my last name, it's Stoe."
"I wanted to make sure!" Mel said as he looked her over.
He was still unsure if he trusted her or not but if she helped him find Skye then he would go along with her.
"Meliker Jenson. Do you really think that Skye is alright?" He asked her as they started to walk.
"I know she's fine, she as Angel blood, no human could kill her, only a demon, but then again, she doesn't know what she is yet, does she?" Kaelah turned around to look at Mel. "Look, I know you're still not sure about me, but trust me when I say this; I don't harm family, blood related or no."
"What do you mean by that? Blood related or no?" Mel asked with a glare. "Skye is my sister!"
"I was referring to my friend Rindo. Anyways you're only her half-sister. And's she's only half human, half Angel." Kaelah continued walking, the huge room turning into a long hallway, "I will protect you even I have to sacrifice myself, my dear nephew."
Kaelah looks over her shoulder, smiling sweetly at Mel.
"I don't need you to protect me!" Mel said then paused. "I am sorry! I just want to find Skye!"
He closed his eyes and sighed.
Kaelah smiled.
"Just take a deep breath and calm down, okay? She's still safe, she's just locked up, and I can sense her from here, so chill for a bit." Kaelah placed her hand on his shoulder. "Everything will be fine."
Mel tried to calm himself he took several deep breaths.
"I am trying to be calm but for the last year I have been trying to get Skye out of here!"
He ran a hand through his long red hair again and sighed.
"I have done things that I never thought I would do only to get Skye out of here. I am sorry I hurt your friend, I was only trying to protect Skye."
They continued walking, Mel checking rooms as they passed doors.
"I know, you are an innocent in all of this, though Rindo is going to get his head chewed off when I see him...anyways."
Kaelah stopped in front of a huge, vault-like door, "Here we are."
"You think she is really in there?" Mel asked as he examined the door. He wondered how it opened. "Do you know how to open this door?"
"This might hurt, but hell, I'll test it anyways, here take this."
Kaelah hands Mel the flare. She gets into a stance and ready's her punch. She pulls back and thrusts forward with her punch, breaking the lock and she catches the door as it falls forward and tosses it over Mel's head. Mel held the flare and watches her in shock as she throws the door over his head. He then shakes his head and puts all his questions from his mind to ask her later. His main concern was Skye.
"Skye? SKYE?" Mel called as he walked past Kaelah quickly.
"Over here!" her voice came from the back of the room.
Mel hurried over to her and dropped the flare before pulling Skye into his arms and held her tightly.
Kaelah picks up the flare, "Well kiddies, and let's get going."
Just then someone flips a switch, temporary blinding everyone.
Mel stood and put Skye behind him as he turned to the doorway. He still held his gun, he knew better than to drop his gun when he was in an area that he did not trust. Once his eyes adjusted to the light he raised his gun and glared at the dirty old man as Kaelah had called him.
"So, you have made it this far!" he said with a laugh. He stood just outside the door frame. "Well none of you will get out of here alive!"
Kaelah laughed, "You are such a fool, old man."
Kaelah throws a throwing knife at the old man's head, the knife hitting its target dead on. Mel could not believe his eyes as the knife hit the man in the forehead.
"Can we go home now?" Skye asked as she grabbed Mel's arm and looked up to him.
"We will leave now!" Mel said smiling down at her. "I am so glad you are safe!"
"I love you, brother!" she said smiling.
"I love you too, Skye." Mel replied.
"Brother, who is that?" Skye asked pointing to Kaelah.
Mel glanced to Kaelah.
"A friend who helped me get to you." he replied.
"Don't be silly Mel; I'm your Aunt, Skye." Kaelah drops the flare and strikes a new one just as a loud roar could be heard in the distance, "What the hell...?"
Mel recognized the sound and rolled his eyes.
"Great!" Mel said. "We have to get out of here now! That piece of shit laying there kept pets and it sounds as if they have been set free."
"Brother, I am scared!" Skye said. "And is she really my Aunt?"
Mel paused as he looked to Kaelah then nodded and said, "Yes she is! Now let's go!"
Kaelah cursed, "Both of you! Run! I'll hold them off!"
"I am not going to leave you here to hold them off on your own!" Mel argued.
Kaelah hissed.
"GET YOUR ASS MOVING! NOW! DO NOT SECOND GUESS ME!" bloodlust filled her eyes now, "Besides, these pups are nothing, I've fought worse. NOW GO!"
"Fine!" Mel replied. "But I am only leaving because of Skye! Skye jump onto my back and let's go!"
He bent down quickly after putting his gun away and Skye climbed onto his back. He glanced to Kaelah and nodded before he hurried out of the room and quickly ran down the hall.
"Will she be okay brother?" Skye asked.
"She will be fine! Trust me!" Mel replied.
Kaelah looked as they ran off, then turned back, a determined grin on her face, and slowly pulls out her blades.
"You people are fools, let's play assholes!"
Mel quickly ran out of the building and kept running. He had to get Skye home. It had been his fault that she had been taken and their mother had been very angry with him. She had told him that he would have to whatever it took to get Sky back. Kaelah sunk into a stance as whatever it was came into view, just then Kaelah remembered that the old man kept experimental dogs; he'd cross a regular pit bull with a demon dog. Kaelah glared deeper once she saw the huge ugly thing.