A Demon's Angel

Anyone ready for a flashback? Well, I don't care if you are or not, because you've got one anyway. It'll be in ITALIC! Recommend listening to the Evanescence song 'Even in Death', but you don't have to. It's a little weird. I only really like the chorus XD Sorry this took forever… Computer (and mother) problems. Also, sorry it took so long for so little!

Chapter 3 - Even in Death

"Skylar!" He cried. His feet were whipped from beneath him and he fell to the ground. As much as he hated to see it, Skylar was still being beaten in front of him, and worse still was the fact that the others were making him watch. He couldn't do anything about it. Skylar kicked and screamed, then turned to run and was chased after. Much screaming was heard, then silence.

Lying in peace and blood, he listened for any signs, any at all, that Skylar was still alive. As her Guardian Angel it had been his job to protect her from whatever ,might happen. He'd failed. She would most likely be made an Angel herself, made to train under the wing (literally) of another Archangel. He couldn't stand to think of it, so as he died, he begged for her to be saved. He begged for her corruption.

But it never came…

"Dante?" Skylar whispered, rolling over and off the sofa. She landed with a thud on the floor and stood up, immediately banging into the end table and managing to clumsily knock over the vase of artificial flowers atop it. No answer.

"Dante?" She shouted, feeling blood under her feet. A muffled 'No' was heard from somewhere. What was that supposed to mean? Skylar simply kept walking, making it to the kitchen and fumbling around for the tissues.

Suddenly Skylar felt warm arms wrap around her back and she lashed out behind her. She didn't hit anything. They must have stepped back. Then she heard the voice and her fragile heart shattered, carving out a hole in her chest and lining it with shards of hate.

"Skylar, that is no way to greet your lover." He said. Skylar gulped. It was Anthony. A sudden spike of rage hit her and Skylar struggled to suppress it, leaning against the counter and facing where she thought he was.

"You murdered him. You're not him at all." She spat. Literally.

"Who? Your beloved little playboy Jack?" He taunted. Skylar felt sick all over again. She could hear him chuckle, then finally released her breath once he'd walked out.

"What the hell was all that about?" Dante called to her. Skylar tied her blonde hair back with the ends of her purple bandana then swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat.

"Just a guy who thinks he's amazing. No big deal."

"So who's Jack?" Dante asked, totally unaware of Skylar's incomprehensible sensitivity. The girl didn't answer, and instead turned to get the tissues for her feet.

"A man I used to know." She finally whispered, unfortunately loud enough for the Half-breed to hear.
"Used to know meaning he's dead? Because that's what he said. That he's dead."
"Yes, he's dead! Now stop rubbing it in, will you? For God's sake, Dante." Skylar said, ignoring the fact her bandana was growing wet around her eyes. Dante ignored it too, and went to watch the TV.

Skylar waited before she joined Dante, grabbing a tub of Ben & Jerries Phish Food ice cream from the freezer. She'd cleaned up her foot by then. After a while watching (or listening to) Total Wipeout, Skylar went to practice her spacial awareness in the gym. She couldn't even make it around her apartment after the recent refurbishment.

After hours of falling over, Skylar returned to her apartment, escorted by a boxer who lived further down the hall. God, was she glad for that. Skylar didn't want to walk anywhere alone anymore, not since Anthony was voted Head Angel. It was bad enough they were trying to make her one, but he was trying to convert her child. Poor Catherine.

Skylar walked in to the all-too-familiar smell of beer and bubble bath, and decided that a shower was out of the question. Stupid Half-blood. Of all the people, it had to be a son of Sparda.

"Skylar?" A voice called through the open door. "Skylar it's me, Alyson. Listen, Archangel Weiss has agreed that the Demon poses no threat to our community. It's allowed to go." She said, a calm voice helping to soothe the anxiety in Skylar's mind.

"DANTE!"