Shun
He was her Guardian angel? Him? If anything he had done more damage than protecting. Had things gotten so bad down here that the Higher Powers really assigned him to Alice to keep her safe? I clenched the sheets under me and turned my head to look out of the window.
It was still daylight outside. Probably not even past noon. Alice was most likely still downstairs. I knew her all too well to know that she wouldn't leave until she was a hundred percent sure that I would be ok. I forced myself to sit up. On my back where I had been hit, stung with phantom pains. Although I was told nothing was broken on my back, it still hurt. My head felt fine though.
It felt just like I had a headache. A horrible headache that wouldn't go away with no matter how many pain killers were in your system. I bit through the pain of both, and slid out of my bed. It took me a moment to find my center of balance, and when I was sure of where it was, I moved towards my door. Going down the stairs was easier than I planned, and I was on the main floor before I knew it. My eyes scanned around the main entrance for any of my Clan mates, Bertha, or Alice.
A loud crash sounded from towards the kitchen, and I heard Bertha swear. Found them. I walked into the kitchen and saw everyone gathered around the kitchen table; Thatch, Adam, Ebony, and Alice. I guess Len went home. Bertha was bent over and picking up a pot that she dropped. She caught me from the corner of her eye, and she stood up with the pot in her hands.
The others say me after that, and Alice was the first to say, "Shun, you should still be resting." Bertha placed her hand on Alice's shoulder and smiled down at her. "I think Shun's feeling well enough if he can walk. You have to remember that they heal quickly."
I shrugged my shoulders as if saying, "Eh. What can I do about it?" Bertha walked over to me and turned me around. She had my back facing her as she checked my injuries. "Everything seems to be healed up pretty well. I think the bandages can come off now." Good. I hate these things. I turned back around and saw her fumbling her hand in a kitchen drawer. Bertha then lifted up a pair of scissors and snapped them in the air a few times.
I put my hands up and shook my head, "Uh, you aren't coming anywhere near my hair with those things. Much less my head." She smiled and told me, "Quit freaking out, Shun. You know all that's going to get cut is the bandages." That was true, but I still didn't like the idea of an elderly woman near my head with sharp objects. No matter how good they were with them.
She lifted up some of my hair to get to the bandages around my head, and I heard the scissors cutting through them. I saw her walking towards the trashcan and toss them away. I ran my fingers through my hair to straighten everything back out that was messed up by the bandages. Alice then stood up from the table and walked in my direction. She was standing right in front of me, then wrapped her arms around my body.
She accidentally hit the sore spot on my back, and I bit back a yelp. I wrapped my arms around her and heard her whisper to me, "I'm glad you're ok." I knew she still felt like what happened to me was her fault. It wasn't though. No matter what she said or thought to convince herself it was. It wasn't anyone's fault except the guy who attacked me last night.
I still wished I knew who did it. Alice and I both let go of each other at the same time, and I turned and looked at Adam. He was about to take a bite from a sandwich he had fixed when I said, "Who is this guy you know that can give me some information?" He was only a few inches from the sandwich, and he sighed and put it down. "His name's Robert, but he goes by Specks cause of his glasses. Yeah. Original, I know. But he has access to any know piece of information from both Earth and the Realm. And he's killer for making fake ID's and such."
Now I knew how Adam got all of his alcohol when he was underage to drink. I rolled my eyes and said, "Well, I'm going to have to get some information from him. Could you call him up or something?" Adam nodded his head and walked into another room. He soon returned holding Ebony's laptop.
She said to him, "Hey! That's mine! What the hell is your drunk ass doing with it!" Adam rolled his eyes and opened up the laptop and hacked her password. He told her, "Oh shut it. You don't even use this thing anyway. And also, change your password to something more challenging that your name." Ebony folded her arms over her chest and rolled her eyes. Adam sat down at the table and me and Alice walked over and stood behind. He went to the laptop's webcam connection and typed in "Specks" into the name search bar.
It came up with unknown information, and only the name. Adam hit the call choice on the name, and there was a ringing noise coming from the laptop as the connection was being set up. The screen came on with a dirty blonde haired and brown eyed Fallen wearing glasses on it. In the corner of the screen, was a smaller box showing all of us in it. The guy pushed his glasses up and said, "What can I do ya for this time, Adam? Whoa. Dude, are you sober?"
Adam laughed and said, "I actually am for the time being. I'd like to cash in that favor you owe me for my Clan leader. He has something he needs to know and only you can dig it up." The light from the computer lit up Speck's glasses, but when they moved the slightest bit you could see his eyes. Adam moved over and waved to the computer and said, "It's all yours. Take it away boss."
I rolled my eyes and looked at the screen. I said, "Ok. I need you to tell me something about this angel I keep seeing. First it was in a dream, then it was standing over my Bondage that's right next to me. I've tried to get information from the Messenger angel in the city, Kiba, but he wouldn't tell me anything. And my Bondage found a Half-breed with Messenger angel blood in him and even he wouldn't tell her anything either. I just want to know what that dream meant and what that angel is and its roll in all of this." Specks pushed up his glasses and said, "Can I get a description of the angel and the dream?"
I nodded my head and told him all of the details as they were. From the eyes to the wings. Specks pushed his glasses up and started typing on the keyboard in front of him. I saw hundreds of windows popping up on the screen through his glasses as he searched his data base for something on my dream. Window after window popped up and his eyes scanned over them quickly before moving onto another. "Ha! Found something! Does this look like the angel you've been seeing?"
He pressed a button and a picture popped up on the screen. I felt myself freeze up. It was the angel exactly as I remembered seeing in my dream. "Y-Yeah. That's him." The picture vanished and I was back looking at Specks. He grinned and said, "I never cease to amaze myself." I saw Adam roll his eyes and mouth something like, "Show off."
Alice leaned in closer to the computer and her arm brushed mine. She asked him, "Ok. Well we have a definite image. Now tell us what the hell that thing is and why won't it leave Shun alone?" Specks nodded his head and typed on the keyboard once more.
"Ok. It's called an Angel of Omen. They were supposedly the first species of angel, but became tainted when the world was falling more and more into darkness. There were seven angels that refused to watch their brothers and sisters turn into these monsters, and banished them into the Earth. Like literally, into the Earth to imprison them and keep them from causing anymore trouble. Those seven angels soon became known as the Seven Lords because they saved the Realm from the Angels of Omen. They started to watch over the angels that were left in the Realm, and at this point, the world was coming out of its dark era. The Lords ruled over the Realm for many years, and even had their own families. Now, their descendents are known as the Higher Powers."
Specks scratched his head and stared into the screen. He said, "That's kind of weird if they all had children, then why are there only six in the Higher Powers?" Alice was right next to me now and looking into the screen with narrowed eyes. "We just want to know what this Angel of Omen wants with us." Specks shrugged his shoulders and scrolled down on his screen.
He placed his chin into the palm of his hand and said, "All I can find on them is that they can invade dreams and hallucinations referring to something in the future. But all of them are locked away in the Earth and are unable to get out. Although, if you can find them and wish to become one, you have the ability to walk around on Earth as one. But you have to have some seriously bad demons inside your head for them to take you. That's all its giving me. It doesn't say anything about what it means when one is after somebody. Sorry. Anything else you want to know?"
Alice told him no, the same time I said yes. Specks raised an eyebrow and looked interested in what I wanted to know. "Tell me more about the Seven Lords." He nodded and continued searching. Alice looked at me and whispered to me, "What are you doing? We got what we wanted to know. Well, at least some of it."
I told her I knew what I was doing. Specks popped up another picture on our computer screen. It was a painting of a female angel with long, wavy blonde hair and stunning blue eyes. Unlike the eyes of Fallens, the pupils were normal and round like a humans. She wore a long white dress and had a hand outstretched as his shooing something away.
Specks told us, "This was Lady Andrea. She was one of the Seven Lords that helped banish the Angels of Omen. Her great-great granddaughter is now in the seat of the Higher Powers. I'm sure most of you know her as Angelia." I heard Ebony behind me say something about how beautiful she was. And she was something to marvel. Most Holy Angels were stunningly beautiful. And although many Fallens have been called attractive, in the eyes of the Holy Angels and Realm, our eyes are what separate us from them.
The picture vanished and a new one appeared of a male angel. He wore a white robe, and had orange tinted hair that was a little bit lighter than Alice's. His eyes seemed to be green. "This is Lord Rem. His third generation descendent is the Higher Power known as Alexander." We went through four more of the Seven Lords. Lady Isabel and her third generation grandson, Isaac. Lord Dante and his grandson Dalton in the Higher Powers.
The fifth Specks told us about was Lord Zaire and his granddaughter in the Higher Powers, Zimry. Next, he told us about Lady Dianne and her granddaughter Destiny. Specks then said, "That's all of the Lords that had children that are now in the Higher Powers and ruling the Realm. I have records of Lord Michael having children, but I don't have their names or anything. I may have to dig a little deeper for that, but he's the only one with no descendents in the Higher Powers."
All of us were silent as he searched more into his data base for the descendents of this Lord. Specks then said, "I found a picture of him." The photo popped up, and everyone was silent. Alice said next to me, "He looks like you, Shun." I had to agree with her. There was a major resemblance between us. The picture vanished and Specks looked at it on his screen, then back at me.
"You do look like him." I bit my lip. I didn't have any memory of any of my family. I didn't even remember what my parents looked like because they were killed when I was so young. Could it be possible that I was his descendent? It could be. There wasn't much way to know since angels didn't have last names, and unless you Fell then you have to make up one to fit in with the people on Earth. Specks told us, "I can't find anything on his descendents. Nothing. It's like they were erased from the history texts. But why?" If we were related in anyway, why did the proof get erased?
What happened that made us inexistent? I told Specks, "Well, if you find something just call us back. Thanks for your time." He nodded his head and cut the call connection. I sighed, and saw the time on the corner of the laptop's main screen. It was closing in on six at night. I stood up straight and stretched my body. Alice whispered to me, "Do you really think he might be one of your ancestors? Or do you think it's just coincidence that you look alike?"
I shook my head and told her, "I don't know." How come it seemed like whenever I went hunting for answers, I was left with more questions? Alice whispered to me again, "You know, if you are related to one of the Seven Lords, that could make you a target if one of those Angels of Omen ever get loose and are looking to get revenge."
I hadn't even thought about that. Was that why I was seeing them in my dreams? Were they coming after me to get payback for something a possible ancestor did to them? I sat back down at the table and ran my hand through my hair. Things only seemed to keep getting more hard to see every day.
lucky me i did this yesterday. ^^ so now i can upload before i go and freeze in the x-mas parade! yay! this is one of them chapters that leads to something further down the road. so nobody think i'm getting off track. it's all part of my master plan. ;) well, i'm in a very dorky marching band uniform at the moment and it is very hard to type so ima go now. read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~
