You jolted awake from yet another bloody nightmare; in this one you had been chased by some blacker then black creature. That You couldn't tell what it was but you knew it wanted your life.
You had scratched, kicked bit and screamed as the clawed hands of this undefined creature grabbed your tinny frame. Holding you down against the unforgiving ground of your nightmare as it snarled down at you.
You were still screaming when Both of your parents rushed into your room. Much like they did every time you now woke up screaming in the night.
They hovered over you and swore that you were safe from anything bad. But the throbbing in your head told you that they were lying and they knew what was really happening to you.
It had been almost 2 weeks this way and the pain in your head never stopped unless you were unconscious. This pain became normal for you and you almost relished in it because that feeling kept your mind questioning everything.
It felt right to always question what was going on in your life. These questions let you have some control of your life because even though you loved your parents it felt like they controlled everything you did the minute you woke up.
Both your parents looked tired as they sat on your bed trying to calm the tears that were spilling from your face. "It's alright honey. It was just a bad dream, you are safe" your mother cooed at you
"I don't think we should go tonight" your mother whispered to your father. Your father rolled his eyes "she will be fine with Mel. We need to go out tonight and relax" your father's voice let you know there would be no discussing this matter further
Your mother gave a simple nod before giving you her undivided attention again. Once you had calmed down enough your father picked you up from the bed "come on little one let's go make breakfast together.
It was a simple reprieve from the memory of your nightmare. You loved cooking with your dad on Saturday mornings, it was family tradition to do that ever Saturday giving your mother a break from cooking.
The rest of the day went by without another thought of the nightmare. That was until after supper with a knock on the door. "That will be Mel" your father said before climbing from his seat and heading to the front door.
When he returned Mel was walking with him a sucker stick poking out of her lips. "Let's go dear" your dad smiled towards your mother who climbed from her seat and walked over to you.
"Be good for Mel honey we won't be long tonight" your mother gave you a soft kiss on the head. "Don't go" you mumbled the voice you used was so heart breaking that you could see tears standing in your mother's eyes.
"Come on dear she will be fine" your father's voice caused your mother to leave you. You were frozen as you watched both of your parents put on their jackets before walking out the door.
Mel sat down opposite of you at the table. "So what do you want to do tonight kiddo?" There was that name again... your head really started to pound as you once again lingered on that word.
"I don't care..." you mumbled more towards the table then towards Mel "aw come on [y/n] we can't just sit here until your parents come back."
Mel reached over and touched your hands that sat on the table. "We can..." Mel started to speak but quickly closed her mouth. Your head flew up to see Mel staring towards the hallway that led to the front door.
"We have to hurry" a strange muffled male voice came from the direction Mel was staring. "I know, I just can't believe that he stormed heaven for one mortal soul" another muffled male voice.
"What do you expect from someone who falls for humans" the second voice sounded disgusted by his own words, before you could linger too much on them you could hear your front door creaking open. Mel stood from the table releasing your hand as she did.
Mel walked over towards the entrance to the hallway almost like she was guarding the room you were in. You were frozen in your chair as two men in suits walked into view. The one on the right had short brown hair and piercing green eyes. The other one had blonde hair and brown eyes.
Both men were in matching black suits, their faces were uninteresting and bland. It was like they were meant to be forgettable. Though you couldn't take your eyes off of them.
"Who is this?" The blonde man spoke as he pointed towards Mel. Both men looked quickly from Mel to each other with a look of confusion on their faces.
"No idea, " the brown haired man shrugged his shoulders "if this was just part of her memories it shouldn't have taken notice of us. Maybe it is out of wack because heaven is under siege?" The man didn't seem all that convinced by his own words and his partner even less so.
"We can't linger so it doesn't matter right now." Said the blonde one "Deal with this teen" he pointed to Mel "and I'll grab the girl. If we don't hurry it will be only a matter of minutes before he finds his way here."
"Right" the brunette man stomped towards Mel. You were still frozen in your chair almost unable to even breath. "[y/n] you need to get up and run. I'll deal with these two" Mel chuckled as she pulled something silvery and pointy almost like a metal stake from the arm of her shirt twirling it in her fingers as she stared down the two men.
"An angel blade!" The brunette man yelled before he pulled a similar weapon from his suit jacket. The fear you were feeling dwarfed in comparison to the pain that now throbbed through your little skull.
Both strange men turned their full attention to Mel "[y/n] go now!" Mel yelled towards you, though she never took her eyes off the men. Your body reacted faster then you could comprehend.
You jumped from your chair and ran towards the back door. You were a little surprised to see it standing wide open but your brain couldn't focus on that. You had to escape from these dangerous men.
As soon as you left your home, you could see the whole world around you shimmer and shift like it was nothing more then a mirage, you glanced back at your childhood home and just like the rest of this world it was shimmering and shifting.
A bright light emanated from your home causing you to cover your eyes. "You bastard!" One of the men screamed from the house causing you to turn back from your home and picking up your pace.
You had no idea where you were running to you just knew that you couldn't stop. What ever was happening in your home was just too much for you to deal with.
In a split second Mel was standing not more then a few feet in front of you. Your feet instinctually stopped you before you got too close.
"Hey kiddo" her voice sounded rough and you could easily see a few bloody scratches on her face. "What...who..." your little voice trembled as you tried to ask her what had just taken place.
"We don't have time for your questions. I need to get you out of here before more angels show up." Mel took a few steps towards you "angels?!" Your voice rose in pitch as you tried to comprehend what she just said.
The pounding in your head intensified at that simple word that left your lips. "Yes angels, come on [y/n] we have to go now!" Mel's voice got louder and you wanted to move away from her in fear but you just couldn't get your little legs to move.
Mel moved quicker then your eyes could follow. She stood beside you in a split second she grabbed you and threw you over her shoulder.
"Let's hope everything is still in place. Hold tight kiddo this is going to hurt"
Mel's voice changed from that of the familiar teenage girl that used to babysit you whenever your parents left to a strange male voice that made your whole body shiver.
You wanted to fight, you wanted to run from whoever this was holding you but before you had a chance your little body was racked with unbelievable pain.
It felt like your skin was being peeled away inches at a time while your bones were breaking healing and then re-breaking all that the same time. Your head felt like it was being smashed with a sledgehammer over and over again.
You had no idea how you were able to stay conscious from the shock that your body was suffer from because of all the pain it was being put through.
You had no way to tell how long this horrible experience went on for. Or where you were now, but as your eyes were finally able to focus and the pain started to quiet down you could see that you were laying on a bed staring up at a cracked and water damaged ceiling.
Your body wouldn't move no matter how much you willed it to. The only thing you could move was your eyes. The panic was setting in; where were you? What happened to the angels? What about your parents?
"Calm yourself" the strange male voice from before, your eyes darted around the room trying to find the source but you couldn't see much from where you were laying.
You could hear soft boot-steps coming closer to you. In a split second a male face was hovering over yours. The man had floppy dirty blonde hair that fell around his lightly scruffy face his champagne colored eyes locked with your [e/c] eyes.
The thing that really caught your attention was the large feathered golden wings that rested on this man's back. Your eyes widened at the sight of them folded up.
You thought they were fake or a hallucination but the man smiled at you and shook his head almost like he could read what was going through your mind.
"Ignore them kiddo it's a side effect from me bringing you back the way I did." His voice was soft almost calming as he spoke to you.
"Who..." you began to hack and cough like you had dust or dirt in your lungs. "Here" the man leaned down taking the back of your head in his hand. He tilted your head up as his other hand brought a cooling glass of water to your lips.
"Slowly [y/n] it's been many months since you've been in a living body" you all but choked on the water in your mouth. The man removed the glass from your lips so you could catch your breath.
"I will explain everything once you can move alright?" He brought the glass back to your lips without waiting on any response. At that point you didn't care this was life saving water and you needed it all with how dry your throat was.
Once the water was gone from the glass the man laid you back against the mattress you were resting on. He sat the glass on the nightstand next to the bed and sat down on the bed bedside you.
You could finally feel some of your body like the water had actually helped more then you could ever have imagined. You were able to turn your head so you turned it towards this strange man.
As soon as your eyes locked with his your lips opened and question after question fell from your mouth. "Who are you? Where am I? What's going on? Why can't I move?"
"My name is Gabriel, I'm an archangel and I just brought you back from heaven." Gabriel spoke matter of factually towards you, your heart stopped at his words as your brain tried to make sense of them.
How could this be?
Sorry about the cliffhanger