Castiel was true to his word. A few days later he returned without Uriel. Dominic wasn't sure if that was for her benefit or Uriel's. "Hello Castiel." Dominic greeted. "Dominic" he nodded as he folded his fluffy white wings behind him. Dominic couldn't help but notice they were damaged. "What happened to you?" She asked. "Oh its nothing a minor scuffle with some demons." He said. "Must have been some pretty tough demons to hurt an angel." Dominic commented. "You seem give angels a lot of credit." Castiel noted. "Of course I do you're angels. Speaking of which what is it that you need?" Dominic asked. "You can see angels but can you see demons as well?" he asked Dominic nodded. "I can also sense them from a distance." She informed him. "Good our forces are spread thin and we need you to guard an area." Castiel said. "Guard duty huh. Wish I could help more." Dominic said as the two began to walk. "Not unless you can predict what seals the demons are going to go after." Castiel commented as he teleported the both of them. "Well if I was trained as a strategist when I was younger so if I knew the possible seals I might be able to predict the ones that are most likely to be hit." Dominic suggested. "It couldn't hurt." Castiel said
He began to describe the many seals but one in particular stood out to her. "When 66 warriors sworn to defend, kill 66 they've sworn to defend, the seal will break." "That could one of two things," Dominic stated. "the first being police officers the second soldiers and if I had to guess I'd say the demons are going after soldiers." "Why soldiers?" Castiel asked. "Several reasons. The first being that the 66 would have to kill in a relatively short period of time and I would guess that demon possession would prevent the seal from breaking. The term warriors is also used which is what military personal are often called. Lastly there is a celebration honoring returning veterans tomorrow." Dominic informed him. Castiel seemed surprised by her strategic skills. "This if very helpful. Thank you" he said turning and opening his wings to leave. "Castiel wait. Let me help with that last one, please." Dominic begged. He stopped and gave her a puzzled look. "What is it?" he asked. "It's just that I'm a soldier. This seal hits pretty close to home for me." Dominic admitted. A look of empathy crossed Castiel's face. "Can you blend in?" he asked. "Yes." She said confidently. "I'll see what I do." He said before flying away leaving Dominic to patrol.
It wasn't long before Castiel returned with a second angel named Inias. Inias stayed behind in her place while Castiel teleported them to the town where the celebration was being held. They met up with two other angels called Hester and Samandriel. "As I said our forces are spread thin and I am needed elsewhere. You'll need to fill these two in on the details of this seal. Dominic nodded as he left. She filled in the two angel in on what she knew. "There's going to be a lot of soldiers here. It's not going to be easy to keep track of them all." Samandriel commented. "Focus on lower enlisted and those specifically that have just returned home. They are at the biggest risk." Dominic said. "Why them?" Samandriel asked. "They are the ones most likely to have developed PTSD. An episode could easily cause them to kill someone. "Hmph, I don't see how such feeble minded beings can be called warriors." Hester commented. Dominic couldn't help the low warning growl that escaped her throat as her eyes flashed purple. "Careful, those are MY brothers and sisters you're talking about." She warned. Samandriel quickly stepped in between the two. "She didn't mean like that." He said trying to stop a fight from breaking out. "Yes she did." Dominic growled as her pupils constricted becoming more cat like. "Let's just focus on the seal for now. How are you getting in?" Samandriel asked. Dominic smiled as her eyes returned to their normal forest green. "Simple, I'm going to walk in with all the other feeble minded warriors." She stated. "You're not letting that go are you?" Samandriel sighed. "Not anytime soon." She confirmed. Dominic snapped her fingers and two flip phones appeared. "My number is on speed dial if you run into trouble." She said handing them the phones. The angels studied the strange devices. "Hit two and then the green button that says talk." She clarified before turning to leave. "Where are you going?" Hester demanded. "Hunting. You angels may not need to eat but I do and rabbit sounds really good right now." Dominic said showing off her claws, "Plus I need to grab my uniform." She took off with lightning speed before they could protest though to the angels it was probably nothing.
"You need what?" her doppelganger questioned. "I need my uniform and military ID." Dominic repeated. "For what? The doppelganger demanded. Dominic explained the situation. "Fine" the doppelganger said disappearing for a minute. She returned a short while later with the uniform and a set of civilian clothes. Dominic handed her the old clothes. The doppelganger pulled a blood covered hand away from the fabric. "You can't keep doing this. Mom is going to start asking questions about all the blood on our clothes when I go home to do laundry and I can't keep washing it out in the dorm bathroom." She scolded. "Sorry." Dominic responded. "And don't get blood on the uniform. We have drill next weekend." The doppelganger commented. "Yes drill sergeant." Dominic joked. The doppelganger groaned. "You know fighting demons sounds way more interesting than another economic quiz. Any chance we can switch places?" she asked. "Nope." Dominic stated. "Worth a shot." the doppelganger shrugged before closing the dimensional tear. Dominic couldn't help but feel sorry for her double. Economics was a terrible class.
"ID please?" The military policeman asked. He was a specialist just like her. He glanced at the ID before handing it back. "Enjoy the ceremony." He said "Thank you specialist" Dominic said walking past. That had worked better than she had planned. She had barely gotten in when her cell began to ring. She had only given her number to two people. "What's wrong?" she said as she answered the phone. "The area is warded. We can't teleport in." Samandriel informed her. "Can you walk in?" Dominic asked. "We're trying but there's a problem, we are having problems getting past the guard." Samandriel said. "I'll see what I can do." Dominic said hanging up the phone.
"I'm sorry sir but you are not on my list. I cannot let you in." a young private told Samandriel. "Where is she?" Hester whispered to her brother. "Please move aside sir. You're holding up the line." The private instructed. "Hey Private … Sandrez, Dominic called reading his name tape, "Just got an updated guest list from higher ups." She handed him a stack of paper. "Are you kidding me?" Sandrez complained. Dominic studied him for a second. He was obviously fresh out of basic. "Hey don't blame me. You know how quickly things change. I'm just the messenger. The best thing you can do is double check these people because trust me you don't want to upset some colonel's family and have that come down on you." Dominic said. A worried expression crossed Sandrez's face. He turned to Samandriel. "What did you say your name was again sir?"
"What now?" Dominic asked as she lead the two angels into the stadium. "Now we split up." Hester said. Dominic glanced back but the two angels had already disappeared. "So that's what that felt like." She laughed to herself. She would often disappear on people partially to seem mysterious but mostly to see their reaction from a distance. Dominic made her way through the crowd but surprisingly she didn't sense any demons. Everyone began moving to their seats. Dominic began to feel something pushing on the barriers of her mind. This did not feel like another mind however. This was magic. She wasn't the only one feeling it but unlike her the human did not have protective barriers around their minds. Dominic spotted Samandriel and hurried over to him. "Something's happening." She told him. "Yes I can sense in to but I can't pinpoint the source." He informed her. "Maybe I can. Can you shield their minds?" Dominic asked. "There's to many for me to shield for long." Samandriel admitted. "Then I'll work fast." Dominic said before hurrying off. She worked to shield the minds of the people and took the burden of the spell onto herself. She could feel its increasing strength as she approached the source. She stopped in the corridor. She could smell blood, a clear sign that she was moving in the right direction. She stopped at a door that was practically vibrating with magic.
"Knock, Knock." She said as she kicked in the locked door starting the three women inside. They weren't demons Dominic realized, they were witches. They were standing around an altar of some kind and there were symbols painted in blood around them. "You two finish the spell." One of the witches said breaking from the circle, "I'll deal with this pest." She tried cast a spell on Dominic but to her surprise nothing happened. "What? Did you think I was an angel?" Dominic smirked as her eyes turned purple, her teeth sharpened and claws unsheathed. She grabbed the witch by the neck and threw her into one of the others before attacking the third witch. She tore out the witch's throat with her teeth before sending their ceremonial knife into the first witch with her telekinesis killing her instantly. "Please don't! You don't understand" She begged trying to push the body of her fallen companion off of her. "If I don't do this they are going to send the hellhounds after my soul." "You selfish bitch!" Dominic growled letting her anger consume her. She was on the with in an instant and snapped her neck.
Dominic was still breathing hard when Samandriel and Hester found her. Her face was still covered in blood. "Well done." Hester said. "Are you alright?" Samandriel asked noticing her stress. "I'll be Ok. I just don't like to kill unless necessary." Dominic admitted. "The warding has been broken so we should go." Hester stated. "Probably a good idea." Dominic commented looking at the mess she had caused. They teleported out to the somewhere in the woods. Luckily there was a creek nearby. The angels watched as the water followed the swaying movements of her hand to clean the blood off of her face. She couldn't tell what they thought. "What else do you require of me?" Dominic asked. "Oh they won't be requiring anything else tonight." Said a man who had appeared out of nowhere. He was angel and judging from the slightly larger wings he was a higher rank than the other angels she had met. He dismissed the other angels as he strode over to her. "I'm Zachariah." He introduced himself extending a hand to shake. "Dominic." She responded hesitantly taking it. "I heard what you've done and I've got to say I'm impressed." He smiled. "You really tore those witches apart." Dominic gave a guilty look. "Yeah sorry I went a bit overboard." She said. "Oh no you misunderstand. You did what was needed and the few seals you made predictions on were an enormous help. You have proven to be a valuable asset." "Oh well thank you. Just trying to be helpful." Dominic said shyly. She wasn't sure why she was so intimidated by this particular angel. "Believe me you are. In fact, I want to make sure you are taken care of. You're a dragon right?" he asked. "Draconidaes actually." She admitted. "Either way you're a carnivore so tell me what is your favorite meat?" Zachariah asked putting an arm around her to lead her. "Good choice." He smiled before teleporting them again.
