Chapter3
Sorry this is late you guys!
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Angel
I woke up in darkness with the Flock gone. It smelled of rot and death. I recoiled from the source of the scent but it seemed to surround me.
"New girl," a voice rasped beside me and I gave out a little shriek and jumped away. A bony hand traced my primary feathers.
New meat, someone thought, Let's see how long you last. They'll tear you apart girl.
I shuddered and swatted at the thing, "Get away from me," I commanded. It left, leaving me alone in the darkness.
Where am I? I wonder. My eyes begin to adjust to the dark. Something writhes in the shadows and I begin to feel very scared. "Angel," it hisses, "Come with me."
A flash of sickly green shines for just a second illuminating the room in a horrible glow. In that second I saw other angels, crumpled against the walls, in heaps on the ground, their feathers were in disarray. Fame. Courage. Change. Change me to be better. Each of them wanted something, it was almost like they were bent on possessing what they wanted, and it was as if, their wishes were the only thing keeping them alive.
"Yes, mind-reader," a snake appears, its tongue flicking before me. I flinch but I can't move. "What do you want?"
"Nothing," I hiss back, defiantly. I try to tell myself to move but I can't. Every part of me is frozen in place.
"Nothing?" the snake slithers around me in a circle. Suddenly, the darkness falls away and I'm standing in a pretty blue cotton dress, the dirt scrubbed off of my face, and my wings arranged perfectly behind me. I see Iggy, Nudge, and my brother, Gazzy, standing in front of me. They hung on my every word. I used to lead them, I came up with the ideas, before Max came along.
"Remember how you used to lead them? How they used to follow your every word?"
Then Max flies in with Fang beside her, her russet wings held proudly above her. They all followed her.
We were just Earthborns. We were nothing compared to a real angel, after all. We weren't as powerful, and we weren't as wise, and we weren't holy. We never fought in the First War, we've never seen Paradise, and the Lord didn't consider us under his jurisdiction. Max swoops in and the Flock turns away from me.
But I was more powerful than Max or Fang. I can control other people, more than they can. And I was better for the Flock, whether they liked it or not.
"What do you want, mind-reader?" the snake whispers in my ear.
"Control," I say, "I want control."
Max
Hell's portal was like stepping into an open fire, while coated in oil from head to toe. The burning begins deep inside of you, but it's not a cleansing like Heaven's Portals, but it felt disgusting, like blisters and festering wounds. There was a distinct scent of sulfur and rot. I try to open my eyes but I can't. All I see is darkness. For a long while, that's all I can see. I felt like I was suffocating underneath layers and layers of dirt and grime.
Then, I felt hard ground underneath me. I landed sprawling onto the ground.
"Ugh," I picked myself off of the ground. Nudge, Gazzy, Iggy and Fang were all arranged around me in the same state. I shook myself off, running a hand through my sore wings.
"How is everyone?" I ask, rubbing my own head. I felt like someone dragged my vital organs to the ends of the universe and back.
Nudge and Gazzy looked like they were going to puke, Iggy looked like he survived a stampede but just barely, and Fang, well, he looked the worst Fang could.
"Come on," I stand, and the Flock does too.
"You got a plan?" Fang asks.
"Wow, a four word sentence!" Iggy gasps, chuckling weakly. Fang gives him a look but smirks a little.
"We're going to find Jeb."
Fang
The last time the Flock was in Hell, we were tormented in a place called The Finishing School. Our fears, our weaknesses, our dreams and hopes were exploited and used against us. In the short time we were there, I think I was in more pain than I've ever had in my whole existence both physically and mentally. And in that short time, I thought Max was dead. I was also tricked by a succubus who called herself Lissa, watched Max almost sell her soul to the devil for my safety, and started a War. In short, we didn't have very good memories about Hell. Then again, most people wouldn't.
How was Max going to find Jeb? Jeb was Satan's right-hand man, and he was always by Satan's side, unless he was doing his dirty work. Jeb was also one of our torturers in the Finishing School. So what gave Max this crazy idea to go find him?
Don't ask me. But it's very difficult to change Max's mind. I've tried, believe me.
"Max," I walk next to her.
She looks at me, "Fang."
"How do you plan on finding Jeb?" I ask bluntly.
"I think I know where he is," she says, but something tells me she's lying.
"Let's hope so," I mutter.
Iggy
I lighted my fingers, letting the orange-glow of the flames light our way. Gazzy did the same quickly, surrounding the Flock with the firelight. I wondered what would happen if Hell was served en-flambé. I could tell Gazzy was thinking the same thing.
"I'll go left, you go right," I told him.
He nodded and smiled a little too deviously.
Max turns and sees us at that exact moment, "Oh no, you don't. Nudge, watch them, I think the tunnel is coming up."
Which is how Nudge ended up squeezed between me and Gazzy. "I'm so scared, are you guys scared? I mean, we could be caught, and killed, or worse! Remember the last time? Oh my gosh, what was that noise? It's so dark; you think you guys can make a bigger light? Max, I'm sc-"
I clap a hand over her mouth, "Nudge, be quiet."
She gives a sheepish smile. "Sorry," she mouths.
Gazzy
It's not fair that Max didn't let us set something on fire. The last time we had fun like this was in Heaven with that boring old building. That was fun. We put in a smell in it too, and the angels were out of there in two seconds flat.
All joking aside though, we were going to find my sister. We were really siblings, not how like Ari and Max were sister and brother, but we were literally born together. I've always watched over her, but sometimes, with her gift and such, it felt like she looked over me more than I looked over her. We met Iggy after we were born and I found out he had my gift of fire. Nudge came after, with a gift of healing and annoyance.
But I was the last one who saw Angel, before she was torn from the Flock. She looked half-delirious in that unconscious state.
"I deserve power," she said.
Nudge
I hated this place, most people do. I mean, who likes being hurt over and over again? Who likes being cut open in the same areas over and over again? There's really no way to describe what we went through.
Angel, Gazzy and Iggy had saved me before and now, I'm going to repay the debt to Angel. She found me when I was trapped in a cave. I was hungry and tired, and accidentally stumbled on a nest of a giant crocodile. It chased me deeper into the cave until we reached a dead-end. Literally.
Luckily, the Flock was somewhere in the cave camping out when they heard my screams. *blush* Angel told the crocodile to leave and it did. But its swinging tail hit Gazzy in the stomach. I made myself useful, and they accepted me into Flock. I was grateful, of course I am, but I always wonder why.
That, my dear friends, is the result of me, seven cans of Coca-cola, three cans of Sierra Mist, and lots and lots of other caffeinated drinks. (I'm being over-dramatic, as usual, but I was just so hyped up on caffeine). I really couldn't focus, which explains why there's so many different POVs. Also, after I made Angel's and Max's and Fang's and Iggy's POVs, I didn't want to leave Gazzy and Nudge out. So, I'm sorry if that chapter made absolutely no sense, and bored you all half to death. I'M SOR SORRY, I DON'T DESERVE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, I'M A MONSTER, FORGIVE ME PLEASE!
I'm done with my rant...
Viva la Revolution,
~Allace
