Ch.12

The browned haired boy walked down the isle, the Angels on each side watching him very carefully. He was the only soul that did not show any sign of comfort in Heaven, to Lucifer that was disrespect. As he approached the white room and got closer to the golden throne, he started to see the astonished faces of the Angels. He had no idea whatsoever of what he was doing there, but if what was about to happen did happen, he was going to be the most happy soul ever.

"Stop," said a voice coming from the throne. The boy looked at the man and he could see why the faces of the Angels were so fierce. The man on the throne was none other than Lucifer. "Boy," Lucifer said and at the sound of his voice, the boy noticed how scared he was. "Tell me your name."

From the right row of menacing Angels, Gabe stood watch for any sign that that boy could know his sister and when he heard him talk he knew he wanted something. His voice was of sureness and courage, he knew what he wanted.

"Kevin Lambert."

Lucifer nodded and then asked with a smile on his face, "What do you want to be happy here?"

"With all the respect to Sire Lucifer, I cannot be happy here," Kevin answered never getting his stare off of Lucifer's eyes. "I wan to go back to life and love the one that showed me real gratitude and life."

At the sound of those words Lucifer was too intrigued to be bored or not feel anything. He knew this boy could work with his bat in Earth. "Who will be the lucky one my dear child?"

"Her name is Pandora…" Kevin started to say while his eyes fill with missing tears. "Pandora Hewitt, Sire."

Lucifer could not believe his luck. He standing before the man that would bring his power source to him. The smile on his face widened a bit more and his eyes were a freezing blue. He could not let the boy go back to Earth that easily, he had to chastise him in order for his orders to be followed. He knew he would do anything to be with her, and he knew he would bring her to him in order for him to be with her.

Gabe, on the other hand was not so happy that boy knew his sister. Now that he had mentioned her name there was no turning back or erasing information. Lucifer knew she was alive and he had to protect her soul form getting near Lucifer. Gabe had to not let Lucifer know he was looking for her too and he had to make Kevin believe he was helping him search for her. He had to find Pandora first. He had to not let him get her nature. He had to protect her. Gabe, carefully and slowly started to walk away from the room and into his chamber, a place where he could think peacefully and find people who needed protection.

Kevin eyes Lucifer carefully and he knew those eyes expressed surprise and planning. For some reason the fact that he had mentioned the name of his love one had caused him a knot in his stomach, a knot that told him he had done wrong. But he so desperately wanted to be with Pandora again, he ignored the feeling and kept looking at Lucifer with courage even though in the inside he was really afraid.

"Kevin, you will go back to Earth but inside of you…" Lucifer started to say with a smile that showed pride for his plan. "Inside of you, you will carry a beast. I will not tell you what, but that beast will help you find the girl and once you have found her…" at this point Lucifer's eyes were no more blue but a bloody red. "you will bring her to me. Otherwise, the beast inside of you will kill you."

Kevin did not know why Lucifer was offering such a thing, he had tried to object to his proposition but his tongue had felt as if was tied in a tight knot. He had no choice but to either shake or nod his head. Did he really want to be with Pandora? Yes, he answered his question. He closed his eyes and slowly nodded to the Angel awaiting his answered. "I will find her and… I will bring her here."

Gabe was nowhere in the room at that time, but he knew he was going to find Pandora where he had send her nine years ago: Paris, France.

Kevin walked down the sidewalks of his street with no destination in mind. He was just taking in all that had changed since he had left this place after his dad had disappeared by sudden magic. His feet just kept on moving and he did not try to stop them at any second. He wanted to know where his intuition was talking him, and he wanted to know when the beast inside of him would reveal itself. His extraordinary sense of smell took him without notice to the entrance of some woods. At the entrance, a black figure rested; waiting for him to get closer.

"Yes, I was waiting for you," Ivan said in a matter-of-factly voice. On his face, a smirk appeared while watching Kevin from head to toe and vice versa. "What are you after, you dirty cat?" he asked approaching him slowly and phantasmagorical.

"Pandora Hewitt," Kevin answered not showing any kind of fear toward the man before him. "You are Ivan." he assured him, not doubting his comment at any moment. Suddenly, Kevin's eyes started to glow yellow and his hands started to appear with white fur and black long claws. He advanced to Ivan, daring the beast within to burst out.

Ivan stopped his track and leaned on a close by tree. He looked at his hands then at Kevin's'. "You might not like what you'll see if you keep on looking for her," he said. His eyes by that time were bloody red, they expressed hunger and danger.

Kevin didn't fear him but what he had just said caught his attention abruptly. The fur and claws appearing on his hands and feet disappeared and his eyes returned to their original pale green color. "Where is she?" he asked. Ivan smiled and turned away leaving the boy alone and curious; he turned into shadows and entered the woods. Kevin looked at all directions but Ivan was nowhere in sight. He decided to enter the woods himself and find out for himself where that man had gone.

Kevin had barely taken ten long steps when suddenly Pandora's scent blurred his mind and senses. But that was not the only smell. The scent of venomous blood and male perfume followed that of his loved one. He couldn't bare the fact that Pandora was with someone else and that someone was male. His blood started to boil with fury and then the beast in him was out.

His body was left behind while a beautiful translucent figure of a white tiger ran through the woods following both scents. He was halfway through the woods when his left paw was caught on a trap. The fascinating speed he was running in decreased at once and with a bloody paw, he returned to his body. Kevin stood up crippled and slowly and painfully he walked back to take care of his injured foot. He didn't remember how he had gotten injured and he didn't want to know how.

Ivan stood quietly behind Carlo, his eyes glowing red once again. "A simple order and you fail," he said angrily. Carlo turned to see Ivan and he place a hand on his face: "What happened?"

Despise appeared in Ivan's eyes when he said, "Dead." Carlo was frightened when he saw Ivan's eyes and the red glow going directly to his chest. In less then ten seconds, Carlo was no more. "This is what I get for fucking following you orders!" he said out loud. "I will find her with Kevin's help, and I will take her to Lucifer and get the full power over Vampire kind!" he screamed at Carlo's cadaver and walked out of the house.

His skin, once tan was now lighter; Antonio looked up at the sky and found his constellation. "Sagittarius," he whispered, he closed his blue eyes and breathed in the wonderful smell of nature. How will I tell her? He questioned himself. Ivan just ruined my night, like always. Why? What harm have I caused him? Or anyone really. Slowly, he opened his eyes and at the same time he heard a flatter of wings above his head. "What are you doing?" he asked looking up to find Pandora making a disappointed face and then an innocent smile.

"I… was about to scare you, but this noisy wings made me…" she lost balance and felt from the top of the hut. She landed in front of him and as she finished saying what she had started, she closed her eyes and took in the pain her butt had taken. "…fail." She opened her eyes to found that pair of dark blue eyes staring at her, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah," he answered shyly but stilled looked at her chocolate eyes. "Want to do something?" Pandora gave him a questioning look, she didn't know what he meant by "do something" and her mind was starting to play trick on her. "A game, maybe?" Antonio asked her laughing a little after seeing her confused face.

"It's dark."

Antonio was between the wall and the sword as she pronounced those words. He wanted to loose the tension between the two of them after what had happened inside. He just wanted to have a peaceful night with the girl he knew each minute that passed by more. Every minute that passed by, he was surer he was falling for her. He was falling for her deeply and effortlessly. Antonio had not said anything to her about seeing beyond or anything of the kind. He didn't want her to look at him as a freak, a monster -even though he was one- he wanted her to fall for him the same way he was for her. "Well, since we ARE going to be having some problems later on, wouldn't it be nice if we get our sight a bit stronger?" he suggested shyly.

Pandora looked at him curiously and then a smile appeared on her face. "A game?" Antonio nodded. "Sure, why not!" she saw Antonio smiling and taking her hand, then they were transported to a nearby hill. She looked around and then she saw Antonio sitting on the ground. "What's wrong?" she asked him.

"I don't know what to do," he answered not daring to look at her. He heard her snort and he looked up to see her staring at him with warming eyes. He stood up and as he did so, Pandora jumped on to him and they rolled down the hill. Their laughs echoed, and then they landed on the soft green grass, and the simple flowers surrounded them. "I won?"

"Don't be so proud, boy," Pandora said to him and smiled while he grabbed her hand once more and took them to the top of the hill again. That's the guy I want to see, she thought with a smile on her face.

"Want to go again?"

"No," she answered while leaning to her knees to catch her breath. Antonio started to lean to his when she jumped to him and they started rolling down again, laughing at each other for the stupidities they were doing.

"I won again!" Antonio exclaimed and started to pull Pandora up with him to do it again. Once again , they ran up to the hill and right as they reached the top, he lounged to her and they rolled down a third time. The smell of the grass and the flowers were exquisite to Pandora's nostrils but her smell of blood was exquisite to Antonio, thus, making him loose control of his power and not knowing where he was going; Pandora landed a top of him.

"Ha! I won! They always say the third time is the good one," she said smiling and staring a those flammable blue eyes. She looked at her body laid against his and then felt his hand tracing her side and staring back at her. Her sight lowered a little to his lips and at the sight of them her lips started to vibrate with a weird feeling, a feeling she had not had with Kevin. She smiled at him and started to get up, but before she could even separate her body from his, he put his leg up and exchanged places with her. He stared at her laying down on the grass, he knew that what he was about to do was wrong but he could not resist anymore. He lowered his face close to her and breathed in her bloody smell. "Antonio?" Pandora started to say worryingly as he closed his eyes and opened his mouth a little to taste her smell, his stomach growl and that made everything for him collapse. "I see. You're hungry. Well, let's go, I think I'm hungry too." she smiled at him and now Antonio had no choice but to go back to the hut and accept her blood once more.

"They escaped!" screamed Raphael, and Angel under Lucifer's control. "Gabriel and Michael are gone, and they went…"

"To the sinful human world, Earth. I know!" Lucifer said as he let out a frustrating sigh. "I guess we have to move ahead and bring the girl ourselves since we have not heard from that hideous human either." The huge white room where they were, a golden throne were Lucifer was seated, was now filled with two Angel troop, all containing up to five hundred Angels. Raphael's troop was full of medicine guardians, who were preparing to leave Heaven.

"We were going to leave in a month," Lucifer said in an infuriating voice. "Our schedule has being moved up to a year and a half." A choir of mumbling came from every corner of the room. "So train five times as harder. We need that girl here by then, and it will not be easy to get close to her. She has started to discover herself and with the blood-sucking friend she has with her, it won't be an easy battle my friends!" he said and his voice was more that angry.

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