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Nekaros



Chapter Four: The Task



"It's almost time." Said Will, glancing at his watch. "Are you sure this is the right place?"

"Well that's what he said." Said Auriel, looking around. She and Will were standing on the pavement of Northumberland avenue, exactly where Auriel had been told to be, with Will, to meet the Angel. "Of course, he could be lying. Maybe he's a evil demon to come and destroy us all. Or maybe he's actually a prince from this world who was turned into an angel, and who wants us to help him to become a human again."

"You know what? I think you've got the wildest imagination I've ever encountered." Said Will, trying to stop his teeth from chattering in the pre-dawn chill. The reason? It was four in the morning.

"So what?" said Auriel, yawning. "Why d'you think he wanted us to be here so early?"

"Probably because any later there would be more people around. I think he probably he wants to keep this all very secret. I mean, wouldn't you notice if an angel happened to walk down the road?"

She laughed at that. It was one thing that Will had noticed, that even at the slightest hint of a joke she would burst into laughter.

"Prob'ly." She said. "But you can never tell with some people, especially in your world. Most people here walk around with their eyes shut!"

Will opened his mouth to answer, but was cut off sharply by a soft voice that came from behind them, saying, "I quite agree. People only see what they expect to see."

They both spun round to find-what? Before they caught more than a glimpse of the speaker, they heard a whooshing sound, and suddenly, they weren't in a busy Oxford street any more, but they weren't anywhere. At least, they weren't in any sort of place they could identify with. An immense plain of..colour...stretched out around them, shimmering purple and green.



"What the-" began Will.

"Where the-" began Auriel, but they were both cut off by the appearance of a huge angel, out of no-where, in front of them. He was immense, a huge being, a very high rank of angel. He seemed to radiate power, but...he also seemed to radiate darkness, evil....

"You are in a new world that has just been created for the purpose of me to talk to you, and I have transported you here." Said the angel, smiling faintly, not a pleasant smile of mirth, but a dark leer. "And that answers both your questions. I believe you are wondering why I have brought you here. I have not much time, I must be present at the new Authority's council, so I will tell you the reason quickly, and you will ask no questions. Understand?"

At the mention of 'the new authority' alarm bells started jangling inside Will's head, but he forced himself to nod his head.

"Good. I need you two to..run an errand..for me. I need a certain magical artifact from a world into which I cannot go. The world's people have heard..certain lies..about the Authority, and have started to rebel against Him, and, using this..artifact..have managed to cast a ungodly spell that will deny entrance to all angels. This world is disobedient, and so will be destroyed, but that will come later. First, I need the artifact. You two will go and retrieve it. It is in the form of a stone, but a stone shaped in a perfect sphere, with bits of metals, mithril, silver, gold, in it. I will transport you to the world in which it is in."

"Wait a minuet!" yelled Auriel, seemingly to have forgotten the angel's earlier warning-or threat- of no questions. "What makes you sure that we'll come along? I dunno 'bout Will, but I en't coming! Why should I?"

The angel sucked in his breath sharply. He knew the girl would make problems, it was in her blood. Always questioning, refusing to bow down. He looked at her face and for a minuet, time seemed to change, and he seemed to see an older woman, about twenty, with rich brunette hair, longer than Auriel's, and two blue eyes that looked at him reproachfully.

But then the illusion faded, and he found himself staring into the black eyes of Auriel.

"Because," said the angel, mentally shaking himself. "If you don't, I will destroy your world. I have the power to. I swear I will if you don't."





AN: Oooooops! SORRY!!!!! I meant to make this chapter a long one, but..well..I'm SORRY! *sigh* anyways, I'd better go! Thanx to everyone who reviewed, I love you guys! Also, if you wanna read a REALLY good story, then go read Guardian by Luki Dimension! It's sooo cool! I've got Luki Dimension on my Favorite Authors, and Guardian's on my fave stories! PLEASE read it! It's sooo cool!!!!!!!!!