Geirr: COLD!!! It snowed last night and I didn`t have the heater on. So I walk out of my room and the back door is wide open and there is snow everywhere in the basement!!!! So now I have to clean that up. Sigh! I hope I can get the water outta the carpet in time or I`m in BIG trouble!
Well here is chapter four. Enjoy!
I came back to reality slowly and painfully. It felt as if I was hit in the head with a brick and knocked out. I felt weak, unable to move my body the way I wanted. Damn, I couldn`t even move my body at all!
All I can remember was Kai. And he was beautiful. An angel. And wings! I could remember those two. Two red beauties, so breath taking. How badly I wanted to touch those wings!
"Rei?"
A voice? Do I hear a voice?
"Rei? Get up!"
I do! Sounds familiar...
"Oh wow! I can`t believe you attacked Kai like that! Oh my God! You sure shocked him. His face was priceless!"
Oh...I know that voice.
"You sure showed him humans weren`t weak. But then again, he did knock you out cold."
Tyson! The angel. My friend. Or so I hope.
Painfully, I was able to open my eyes. And there he was. Tyson. Barely inches away from my face. Who knew a kid could be so obsessed over a boring human like me.
"You up! Finally! It`s been like four weeks you know?"
"WHAT!? Four weeks? What the hell!" I bellowed.
Tyson slapped his knee and laughed out loud. "I`m juste joshing you Rei," he continued to laugh before finishing his sentence. "You`ve only been asleep for a few hours. Mariah gave you some medicine...so you may feel a little pain from waking up."
"A little? Your joking right Tyson?" I didn`t feel 'a little paint' as he put it oh-so-kindly. I felt a helluva lot of pain. It felt as if I was in a tug-a-war championship with strong people. Me, being the rope.
"No, sorry buddy. Not this time."
I sighed. That was a downer. I took a quick survey of the room I was in. Expecting to be in the doctor`s room. But no. I was wrong. Instead of the plain white room, I was in a bedroom. It was still plain, but it seemed more comfier. There were the natural necessities to a bedroom. A queen bed, a small closet, TV with a Gamecube connected to it (also including a small selection of games), a dark green beanbag, and a dresser.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"Your room!"
My eyes fell on Tyson who was seated at the foot of the bed. "My room?"
He smiled his cheeky smile. "Yes! Mariah and Kai thought you`d feel more comfortable if you had a space of your own. They thought you may have ran away because you thought you would be stuck in that other room. Your able to decorate this room however you want. Like posters, sheets, and stuff. Make the room your own really. Whatever comforts you."
I looked around again. Thinking of how to decorate the room. I needed a theme. Well, I love tigers. White tigers to be exact. And my favorite color is green. I`m sure I can think of something sooner or later.
"Why are you guys keeping me here anyway? I`m probably juste taking up space for you all. I`m sure you could use this room for someone else who really need it."
Tyson laughed once again. I was being serious here! How come no one ever takes me seriously?
"Sorry! Sorry!" he said wiping a tear away from his eye and sighed. "Don`t be silly Rei! You are juste as important as everyone here. Plus we don`t want the demons to get a hold of you. That would be bad."
"Demons. How can you tell the difference between an angel and a demon?" I asked.
"Good question. And to be honest I`ve never seen a demon before. I`ve always lived here in this facility. Plus I`m not aloud out and I`m not aloud to watch television. Young angels aren`t aloud to do either. Not until your around Kai and Mariah`s age. TV here is sorta like a weapon they say. To spy on others. And they say that watching it can be horror to us. Like seeing death happen right before our eyes. You`d probably have to ask someone older who has seen one."
"Like who?"
"well one, I know you won`t be fond of it but Kai. Mariah might know however if you feel more comfortable asking her about it."
I carefully sat up, still feeling sore and an ache of pain coarse down my spine. I held back the scream that was lodged in the middle of my throat. I wonder if this is how Kai felt when he grew his wings? I`d have to ask, that is if he`ll ever talk to me.
"Are you hungry?" Tyson asked out of the blue.
"Well Kind of. But I feel like I`m in too much pain to walk, let alone get out of the bed, So I will pass on the food. Thanks anyways."
"Oh right! Well I can bring some food by late if you`d like?"
"No thanks Tyson. I don`t want to be a burden to you guys."
"Are you sure? It wouldn`t bug me at all."
"No, I`l all good."
"Okay, but don`t be afraid to ask. I`m you friend here Rei. And friends help each other," he said getting up and heading towards the door. "Yes, friends do," I agreed. "Thanks Tyson, for everything."
"No problem buddy. Oh! My room is right next door. So holler if you need anything, okay?" and then he disappear right through the door.
I have a friend. A smile appeared on my face. I didn`t feel as alone anymore. I actually felt happy. But the happy feeling disappeared as soon as it came. Thoughts engulfed my head. Like, how did I get here? Where is here? How come I`ve never seen an angel or a demon before? Why am I the last human to survive? What will happen to me in the later future? The list went on and on and didn`t seem to end. I had answers for some of the questions. But that was only a selected few. I still had thousands of questions that still needed answers.
How could I get comfortable when I have racing thoughts. I sighed and painfully reached for the remote on the tiny nigh-stand. Maybe TV will drown out the questions. Or at least maybe answer some of them for me.
First channel, cartoons. Second channel, crummy soap oprahs. Third channel...playboy? What the hell? Change it! Quickly! Fourth channel, what looks like, maybe the news. I shrugged. It`s better than that Playboy channel.
(On Screen)
This is what once was the beautiful city of Hong Kong. Now however the buildings were either on fir or crumbled to the ground. The people where gone. The humans. Only living things that where roaming the burned ruined streets of Hong Kong were the dreaded demons.
Each demon was causing havoc! Some demons levitated rocks and threw them into weakened brick walls. Some blasted fire from their hands, eyes, or mouths. The city of Hong Kong was being destroyed by the demons and their powers.
All the demons had their forked tails swaying with joy. The laughter, scary laughs that sounded like nails on a chalkboard!
The cameraman zoomed in on one demon. A young boy. He didn`t look so evil for a demon. He had a mess of blonde hair on-top of his head, it looked as if it hadn`t been bombed or washed for days. His large blue eyes resembled the beautiful blue waters of the oceans. Emotions were showing in those eyes. Regret. Sorrow. Sadness. Anger. He looked as if he didn`t want to be there, He looked sad for even being born. Did he not want to be a demon? Then his eyes flashed to the camera. He looked surprised.
"Max!"
He looked up at another demon. His red forked tail quickly wrapped itself around his right leg as if it had a mind of it`s own. "Emily?" he mumbled, looking at the red-headed demon who perched on what remained of a noodle shop`s wall. Her green forked tail swaying happily behind her.
"Max!" She said his name again. "Destroy that damn angel and that damn camera! We don`t want those angels spying on us now do we?" she smiled showing off her fanged white teeth to the camera. The camera shook.
Max looked guilty, looking from the camera back up at Emily. "But Emily! This is wrong. Can`t we all juste-"
"For fuck`s sakes Max! No! How many times do we have to say this. Angels and demons can never become friends. We have finally come out of our slumber that those damned angels put us in! Now we take our revenge on them. The humans are gone. They were easy! Now we make sure we do the same to those damned angels!"
Max looked own at the ground, hurt. He hated this war! "No! I won`t do it. I will not hurt another living creature! Do it yourself!"
Emily shrugged and jumped down from her perch. Still smiling that toothy smile. "Suit yourself Maxxie. But don`t think The Mother won`t hear about this!"
(Back to Rei)
Next thing I know the demon called Emily jump kicked the camera. It skidded to the side and all you could hear was a blood curdling scream. Then the screen of the television went to static.
"Oh my God," I mouthed. Igave the falled angel a vow of silence, Some jobs you really have to put your life on the line. No matter how dangerous it was. I shivered.
Well, at least I got one questions answered. How were the humans killed? The answer, the demons killed them off. But that also brought up some more questions. Like, do you know there is still one human being left? Me. And who is The Mother Emily was talking about?
But that also brought back that other demon, I recall his name was Max. Why didn`t he do what Emily ordered him to do? Weren`t all demons the same? Maybe not. If I recall Kai is juste as grumpy as that Emily. So if there are mean and nice angels...then I bet there are mean and nice demons as well.
Max thought this Angel and Demon was was pointless. And honestly I think it`s pointless too. Hell, they wiped out the human race for crying out loud! It`s juste like Hitler getting rid of all Jews. But here it`s Demons getting rid of humans. Only difference here is that the Demons actually got rid of the race. Gah! What is wrong with Earth`s people? It`s always War! War! War! Fight! Fight! Fight! Blood! Blood! Blood!
Sheesh!
What`ll happen next? Fairies come and take over Earth? Having angels and demons as their slaves. Man I don`t think I`ve ever thought like this before. It`s starting to be a pain in the ass. I don`t like it!
Grrirgrr....(I have no Idea what a stomach sounds like)
Whoa! Was that my stomach? Maybe I`m hungrier than I thought. Should I get Tyson, he said he was right next door to my room. But I don`t want to bug him!"
"Hello Rei-Rei!"
I look up and spot Mariah standing by the doorway. She was smiling and holding a tray.
"Rei-Rei?" I asked puzzled.
"Oh yes! You don`t mind me calling you that do you? I give everyone cute nicknames here."
"That`s fine. I do not mind at all." I didn`t meet her eyes at all while I talked. Instead I was eyeing the tray in her hands. It had on it what looked like a simple sandwich, assorted small fruits, a bottled water, and what looked like chocolate pudding. I hope it`s chocolate pudding and not something else. My mouth watered for the tastes. A moan escaped my parted lips.
"Are you hungry Rei-Rei?"
I nodded. Still eyeing the food.
He smiled idn`t fall from her face. She placed the tray on the bed and saw the static on the televisions. "What were you watching?" she asked.
I quickly ate the pudding first. It was sweet and it definitely contained a lot of sugar. Yummy! Oh, she asked a question. I think she deserves an answer for bringing me this delicious cuisine! I swallowed.
"Well it was the news. Until the demon...killed the cameraman," I looked down at the tray of food on my lap. I was feeling sorry for the angel again. "Mariah?"
She sat next to me and touched my shoulder. I felt more relaxed and calm after she removed her hand. I eyes her curiously. "My power. I can control one`s emotion with juste a simple touch...what`s your questions Rei-Rei?"
I did feel calmer and I was relieved. The stress was getting to me. "Has there ever been and angel who joined and aight with the demons?"
She relaxed her shoulders and took a deep breath. She looked hurt. "Yes and he was a close friend you can say." she whiped a tear away from her eye before continuing. "His name was Lee, and he was actually my brother. He thought the demons were right. Start a war and show that you have power. Kai and I and the others tried to convince him that he was wrong. That the demons were wrong. War was wrong. But my brother, he was so stubborn. Lee wouldn`t listen to anyone. And then that day came when he finally left all the angels. and went to The Demon Mother, himself. He wanted to join them, fight on their side. But it was no use. The Demon Mother had him killed. Burned. Cut. You name it, they did it to him. I never saw my brother Lee after that. They didn`t send the body. And I am hurt forever because of that."
She started to cry. And I quickly reacted the only way I knew how. By putting my arms around her and giving her a hug to tell her I was there and it was okay to cry.
"Thank you Rei-Rei. Your a real sweaty," she giggled and her smile came back to her round face. "It sucks when you have the power to calm and comfort others, but it doesn`t calm you. I have to calm myself the old fashion way."
I gave her a smile. "Your welcome." was all tgat came to my mind. I was feeling more comfortable around these angels. They acted as if they were humans. They feared like us. They cried, they laughed. Everything a human would do. Would demons feel the same maybe?
"Who is The Demon Mother?" I asked releasing her from my hug. I went back to eating as she told me.
"She is the one who controls her demon children. She`s power hungry! And they say that she is the strongest demon there is! She is called The Mother by her followers. The Mother is like their queen, without her the demon population would fall. Or so they say. That is why we angels must find where she lives and destroy her! I know it sounds wrong of us to kill another being but we can not let The Mother live! That is where you come in Rei-Rei. You are the one who can help us find The Mother! That is what our oracle has told us."
WHAT!?
I choked on the water as I sucked in air. What!? Did she say me? What!? Save the world! Oh my God!
"Shit!" I coughed doubling over trying to catch my breath. Again she placed her hand on my back and relazation took over. But still...WHAT!?
"Are you okay?" Mariah ased sounding concerned.
"What? I`m sorry Mariah! But your wrong. I can`t save the world let alone fight the most powerful demon on Earth. Whatever your oracle said is wrong. Or better yet I think you may have the wrong human!"
"No the oracle is not wrong. He never is. And your not going to defeat The Mother by yourself. We`ll be there. Your job, as the oracle said, was to lead us to where The Mother lives. You don`t have to fight if you don`t want to my boy. You can leave the fighting to us!"
And this is when hysteria starts to take over, and I think I`m going crazy! Oh now I feel like Moses. Leading the Jews away from mean ol` Egypt and into the promise lands where all is free and happy-go-lucky and joy! Except no! For me it`s the other way around. Leave the promise land and head to Egypt were you work your asses off making pyramids. Man I wonder if this is how Moses felt after talking to a burning bush. Sigh.
"Do I have to split an ocean or a large body of water?" I asked feeling ridiculous.
Mariah raised an eyebrow. Like she didn`t understand my retarded question. Oh shit! Please tell me she doesn`t know about Moses! Sigh again.
"Never mind," I murmured.
She smiled again.
Oh my God! What is with these angels and always showing off their teeth, Right now hanging out with Kai sounds like a good idea. I haven`t seen him smile yet! Oooh....moan...Kai, that sexy beast. Those wings! Gah! Rei Kon snap out of it you going crazy! Oh wait! TOO LATE!
"Rei-Rei don`t worry. Nothing bad will happen."
I didn`t believe that for one second. "So when will we set off?"
"When the oracle knows the right time. For now all we can do is wait here."
"Where is here?"
"Brazil."
Okay so now I sort of have an idea of where I am. I know who The Mother is. And now I also know that I am the key to ending this war. Well actually I lead the angels to the demon`s hideout. Then the angels kill The Mother, and then the war is over and all is good.
But Mariah said after The Demon Mother is killed, all the other demons will fall apart and die as well. What will happen to demons like Max? The demons who didn`t agree with the was in the first place. Will they die as well juste because they are demons?
"You must be getting bored in here Rei-Rei. Why don`t you come with me and me the others. THey`re all dieing to meet you!"
I nod. I have nothing better to do. Video games aren`t my thing and TV was getting boring. Plus I want to meet the other angels and get a look at this building. Maybe I`d see Kai again. I want to see if he`s okay too. I`m worried about him, those wings looked like they hurt!
...wait! What the hell am I thinking?
Anyway, Mariah and I left my room and went through the plain hallway. This time I could actually look around and feel comfortable walking. This time I wasn`t panicked or scared of being found and punished.
As we walked around the bend, the white was becoming colorful. Reds and oranges. Warm colors. I kept up with Mriah`s fast pase. This was a place I didn`t want to get lost in. It was full of people I didn`t know. I was hoping that the angels would accept me kindly like Mariah and Tyson had. Not cruelly like Kai had.
We were now walking down a narrow hall. Still painted warm walls. There was not one window in this facility, that I noticed. And we didn`t run into anyone, which calmed me. I was afraid to look and have an angel starring me down with hatred.
"Here we are Rei-Rei," Mariah chimed in, killing the occurred silence.
I looked at her and again I felt grateful that she was with me. For now I was a small teenager, and a confused one at that! I gulped and nodded.
We entered a large room. Everywhere you looked there where Angels! The room itself looked nothing than what I expected. Not fluffy cloud-like couches or paintings of Jesus and God. It was like a large living room. A gathering room. There where comfy looking couches everywhere. There was one large television tuned into cartoons for the younger angels. And oil paintings of old people up on the walls. It was definitely like a human`s living .
For a second I thought, and hoped, that the angels wouldn`t realize that Mariah and I walked in. Oh damn. They noticed. The room went quite, no voices. All conversations stopped. Only thing you could hear was the television. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked directly at me! No one looked at Mariah, juste me. I gulped nervously.
The silence seemed to last forever. It looked as if no one blinked or even breathed. Did they think I looked weird? I felt my stomach clench. Nervousness was taking over once again! Big surprise.
"Rei! I`m so glad your here!"
Tyson?
The angel hugged me out of no where. The nerves started to settle seeing my friend. I hugged him back and released him. I swallowed hard.
The I noticed Kai. Sitting on one of the couches. My stomach clenched again, partially with hop and partially with fear. My heart was beating hard and my head started to feel dizzy from the sudden feelings. He was looking at me with interest. But turned away quickly when he met my eyes. Was he blushing?
"Rei? You there buddy?"
"Tyson?"
He took my hand and dragged me away from Mariah and towards a couch. A few angels sat there. Smiling.
One was a female. Chocolate brown hair and the same colored eyes. Her skin was a sun-kissed tan. "This is Hilary," Tyson introduced. She smiled up at me. And I tried to smile back.
"And this is Bryan." He pointed to an older angel with lavender hair. He had the same expression as Kai. Cold and sort of heartless. The I-Don`t-Care attitude. His green eyes, narrowed eyeing me up and down. He looked as if he didn`t talk much.
"And finally this is Kenny. In other words the Oracle. He was the one who told us to find you!"
The boy was young and small. His eyes were not visible behind those large reflective glasses he wore. And on-top of his head was a mess of brown hair.
"Oh my God! I finally get to meet you!" It was the oracle. "I`m so excited that I finally get to meet you! Oh, you don`t understand how wonderful this is!"
"Kenny! Leave the boy alone. You going to scare him away," that was Hilary. And she was scanning me with lust filled eyes. That made my skin crawl.
"Oh! But Hilary! You have to at least have some interest towards the last remaining human! He will help us end the war."
"I`m interested in him, Kenny. But not in an end-of-the-war kind of way."
"That`s gross Hilary! I already told you he wouldn`t be interested! He already has his eyes on someone else!" Tyson exclaimed. I blushed. "Tyson!?" I mouthed.
But my words didn`t make it to him in time. Him and Hilary broke out arguing and screaming at each other. Great, juste great!
Geirr: Okay so I want to inform y`all that I did a little research while working on this chapter. I re-read what I have up so chapters 1-3 and I noticed I use "I" too much. So I looked through a few of my books that are written in first-person and kinda learned from there. I know I still used "I" a lot of this chapter but I tried to not use it as much as I did in the chapters before.
I also might be uploading chapter more often, because I am putting my drawing commisions aside so I can get this done. So except another chapter sometime in the near NEAR future my friends!
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