Wowie. I have work today, and I somehow had time to post this. Huh. Guess having to wake up with my brothers had it's perks.


A fight is exactly what the space angel needed. Yes he too was worried about fighting against Pyro, but surely that demon was purely full of hot air. That little vampire prince could win against him, surely they all could too. Hey! Maybe even Salem himself could take him down!

Finally the guardians reached the hellfire demon, amazed to find him directly trying to burn down the bell tower! That was one of the few things that could calm Flash when he lost control! They couldn't let him do this!

Salem personally felt boiled in rage by the hellfires actions. Unable to believe he was doing this...

" Alright. "

Merek said firmly, in that leader tone of his.

" Here's the plan. Oren, Kai, Aidan and Kenneth, you will accompany me in taking down Pyro himself. Everyone else, no doubt Pyro will summon some demons to stop us, so you all will be handling them and keeping them off our backs. "

Salem silently growled, finding he was stuck with the grunt work. Seriously, he was one of the more powerful angels in this group, why was he stuck with the grunt work?! He could take freaking Pyro! He wasn't a weakling! The angel sighed as the groups went their separate ways.

He soon got locked in a match with a smoke demon. The weakest, most common kind of demon. Seriously, he could be up there taking down a serious threat! And instead he was down here... this was terrible. Boring.

The angel sent a purple blast of energy the demons way, said demon soon blasted into a building. Too easy. Looking up, he found the other five battling Pyro. And struggling. Looking down and around, he found his colleagues seemed to have things over all covered here on the ground. He was sure flying up there to help them wouldn't hurt anything. Smirking, he spread his wings and took off towards them.

Pyro had tried to hit Oren with a hand full of hellfire, but Salem wouldn't have none of that. Zipping forward and kicking him in the waist. This, not only seemed to upset Merek a great deal, but only sent Pyro back a little bit. The hellfire soon caught sight of him and grinned coldly.

" Looks like I've got a new opponent. Little Salem the angel of distortion, correct? "

Despite a mild intimidated by the "friendly" tone, Salem gulped and glared, nodding firmly.

" So this'll be fun! Well Salem! Hope you're ready to have your intestines ripped out and wrapped around your neck! "

Salem shook mildly, yet took a fighting stance. Ready to kick this guys butt. Trying to prove he can put up a fight, he. Rushed over and tried to kick him in the gut again, only to grow amazed when Pyro grabbed his leg, fiery hands burning right through his boot. Salem yelped, squirming away and soon trying again by shooting purple energy at him. Once again amazed, as now Pyro simply yawned and held a hand out, blasting fire at the energy and blasting through it! Salem BARELY dodging in time.

Feeling a mild panicked, the angel created illusions now; an Icioid, and a water angel, sending them at him. Pyro growled, eyes glowing blue and hair on fire, charging at them and bursting straight through the illusions. Salem shrieked a bit and took off flying away from the hellfire. A chase commencing.

Salem looked behind him, noticing the demon catching up to him fast. Trying to fly faster and faster. Yet all to soon, he felt two feet roughly jab into his back, sending him to the ground below. He tried to pick himself up, only to feel the feet slam into his back once more. Two fiery hands grabbing and burning his left wing. The poor angel tried to squirm away and ignore the pain in his wing, only to scream out as he felt the demon breaking his bones.

" Too eager to fight young man. "

Pyro hissed, grinning and cracking them more.

" No one in their right mind should want to fight me. Now you'll see why. "

Salem screamed again, feeling the demon stomping on his right leg and shatter it as well.

" Time to end things. "

Pyro purred, grabbing the boys left arm, crunching it as well before spinning him around and throwing him far through the air. Salem, soon finding himself... being thrown into the Twilight Town lake.

With his three important limps broken, he couldn't swim. He could hardly move he was in so much pain.

A flash burst in front of his vision, Salem letting out a breath at the pain in his head. His vision turned to black, before... seeing something. Right in front of his eyes.


The boy turned, finding his little sister Abi soon skating out onto the ice. Growing worried, as the girl was small and hadn't skated before. Immediately he rushed up to the side of the frozen lake, calling out to her.

" Abi come back! "

" Come on Salie! "

The small girl called out, smiling and skating out onto the ice nice and easy. Giggling and holding out her hands.

" Come skating with me! I wanna skate with you! "

" I-I don't know how... "

" Come on! I know you'll love it once you get the hang of it! "

*CRACK!*

The ice suddenly gave way beneath the young girl, the sound of her scream echoing in the cold air of winter. The boy cried out himself, not even thinking before rushing out onto the ice, jumping into the freezing water below. Swimming deeper and deeper... mind only on saving the small child. Not caring about anything else... not caring about the cold... not caring about the numb feeling in his body... not caring about the world around him growing black...

He quickly grabbed his sister and pushed her up, looking up and managing to make out her reaching the surface. The boy smiled gently, tiredly, before closing his eyes. His hair turning white from the cold, only the tips of his hair left purple. Finally, his identity reviled... as Salem Johnson himself.


Salem gasped terribly, coughing and sputtering, mind finally recognizing it was in pain again. The angel tried to get the water out of his lungs, mind wrapping around what he'd learned. That boy... that boy had been him. He died saving his baby sister Abi. He remembered everything...

" D*** it Salem- WHAT were you thinking?! "

The angel opened his eyes, finding Merek looking down at him. No doubt the time angel having been the one to save him.

" Fighting Pyro?! There was a reason I had you fight the regular demons! You could've gotten yourself killed, I-... "

Finally the older seemed to notice the younger's teary eyes, harsh tone dropping.

" What... what's wrong? "

" I... I remember everything Merek... "

Salem whimpered, smiling a bit, a few tears slipping from his eyes.

" I... I saved her. I died, and it saved my youngest sister... "

Just like that, the angel broke down. Eyes closing tight and sniffling, shaking in soft sobs. Pain and relief gripping him. Leaning into the older, and slowly... slipping into unconsciousness.


I'm proud of is chapter. Hope you all like it.