Disclaimer: I don't own Riviera nor do I own any characters found in the game. Everyone else but the gods, Einherjar,and Lorelei are mine.

This chapter is a bit shorter than the others but it has some action in it so I hope that that makes up for it. Constructive criticism please and remember, if you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all.

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Chapter 2

The First Charge

The battle was unlike Cody had ever thought it would've been. Even with Skadi, the Diviner of ice, it was hard. The demons kept coming through the door and no manner how many he would slay it seemed like two more would appear in their place. He was doing fine until a lucky Kobold managed to strike the black-winged defender, then it went down hill. The other angels had similar problems. To his left, Ein, the wingless angel, had already been surrounded and desperately fought to regain ground as wave after wave of demons came rushing in to take him out. Looking a little farther, Cody saw Ledah lashing out with Lorelei as if he had known how to his entire life.

Who knows? He might have used a spear before.

Even further to the left was Scarla. With the mighty Diviner, Thor, she struck left, right, and center and it seemed to Cody that she was like a butcher in the slaughter house and the demons were the sheep lined up to be destroyed. To his right he saw Karl, armed with Fenrir the dagger Diviner, jumping onto each enemy as they came to him. He looked like a ravenous wolf come to feast on his prey by the way he jumped from enemy to enemy while barely touching the ground. Then Cody saw an unexpected sight, Odin, king of the gods, had a huge battle axe and was blowing away enemy after enemy, blood dripped from the business end of the axe head.

Then it happened, Cody began to take numerous blows from many enemies and soon he fell to the ground from their brutal onslaught. He couldn't call for help because he had given up his speech for his Diviner. Then, just as he thought about how pathetic it would be to die in his first battle. He felt the pain lessen and opened his eyes. Demons were being blown backward from the force of several arrows, then he remembered that Meline had been behind him the entire time, supporting the angels. He quickly flew high into the air and turned and saluted with his axe to the bow woman from behind. She nodded and then began firing back into the fray that had grown to close to her. Cody, seeing that she was in peril, folded his wings in and dove into the crowd in front of her. Hacking and slicing with Skadi's blue blade, he eventually made it to where she was standing and began the support battle. First a demon had gotten to close in front infront of her so he sliced into the bold demon and immediately moved to her side where she was being accosted by another demon. After taking out the demon he put his hand on her shoulder to signal to cease fire for a moment then flipped over her head, twisting in the air, to bring the blade of his Diviner down onto the demons head, cutting it in two. As he continued to move around his new charge he realized that he was straying a bit too far from her. He noticed this when an arrow came zipping past his cheek and into another demon. He turned and ran back to where she was and began again. The battle had already taken an hour and was beginning to fatigue the angels as they continued to fight the seemingly endless horde of demons soon the fight had retreated to around where Cody and Meline were. Ledah was still going and so was Karl. But Ein and Scarla were beginning to be overwhelmed. As Odin supported them Cody was striking from above with the fury and speed of a falcon going for the kill. Then Odin shouted above the clamor in the Hall.

"Everyone! Surround Meline! I'm going to send them packing!"

Then his axe began to glow a bright white.

"Holy Fury," Odin shouted.

Then he swung his axe horizontally and all of the demons fell to the ground, dead.

"Wow," Ein exclaimed

"Why didn't you do that before," Meline inquired.

"Because I've been storing my power since the beginning of the battle. It is an enormous tax on even a god's body to destroy that many enemies in one blow."

Cody sat down on the ground panting.

Odin spoke, "Do you need an elixir, Silent One?"

Cody shook his head and stood again. Just then, an angel ran into the room and declared, "Master, we've managed to win the battle around the Inner Sanctum we can hold for the night."

"Good," Odin said. "We shall feast tonight in honor of our newest warriors. Make preparations and tell the cooks to prepare as much food as they can."

"Yes, sir."

That night the Grim Angels feasted on everything in sight and were shown to there quarters. It was a lavish suite with a command view from an enormous balcony outside. When they had settled in each began to reflect on the battle. Ein had fallen asleep almost immediately. The women decided to screen off their area of the suite. Ledah was outside on the balcony. Cody lounged on the bunk that he and Karl shared. Karl climbed into the bottom bunk and began to mutter to himself quietly, after listening carefully, Cody could hear that it was a prayer that the gods would protect them. Soon Cody himself fell asleep to the sound of Karl's prayer. Too bad tomorrow wouldn't be nearly as "peaceful" as today was.

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A Kobold is a type of demon. If you haven't played the game then think of it as a short fast orc or a tall ferocious goblin your choice.