John pulled up to the cemetary which looked a great deal different now that night had settled upon the land. He parked the car and got out, then just stood there not knowing what to do.
"Forget it John.." He said to himself and made to go back into the car but was stopped when a familiar pale hand crossed over the door, causing him to stop.
"I knew you'd come back." The girl said.
"Yes I did, I want more information or something." John said looking to the girl who was near his height. The girl just smirked in a dumb way.
"Very well, where shall we discuss." She said.
"My apartment." He said, but the girl quickly shook her head.
"That place is swarming with demons just urging you to do things, I'd rather not go there. How about Chen's?" She asked. John's mouth was open and he blinked.
"My apartment is not swarming with demons-" He started but was quickly cut off.
"Oh yes it is, but like I've said. You've become blind." She said in a hast. Almost in a hast. John just eyed her.
"Fine. We'll go to Chen's. Get in." He said. The girl smiled and walked around the car, and sat down in the passangers seat. John, who was still outside the car just looked at where she was. He just gritted his teeth and got into the car as well. He put the key in the igniton, and started up the car then drove off to Chen's Chinease resturant.
"What's your name again?" John asked only a few seconds after getting into the car.
"I didn't give it." The girl said, her gaze fixated on the road ahead.
"Well what is it?" He asked.
"Arella." She said. John nodded and looked over at Arella. She was still dressed in the same long black, flowing dress. It had a leather corset top with sheer black bell sleeves, and a silk skirt.
"You didn't change from the funeral." He said and turned back to the road. Arella gave out a small laugh.
"Suprised you noticed. And I was a bit to preoccupied with watching you to go-home and change." She said, taking a short paused before spitting out the word home. John just raised an eyebrow.
"Watching me?" He asked disbelivingly.
"Yes, who do you think killed the demon in the mirror and kept the rest at bay whilst you were there." She said.
"That was real?" John asked. Arella just nodded.
"Yes, why do you think while you were at home today you felt more at peace then previously." She said. John was about to reply, but found he couldn't. She was right. His apartment had a much more calm atmosphere then it had.
"How come I couldn't see you?" John asked. Arella didn't say anything for a while, just looked at the road ahead.
"All that will be explained at Chen's." She said. John sighed and continued driving, while Arella stayed silent.
Arella took a sip of her tea, then placed the cup back down.
"Okay, so now could you please tell me why I didn't see you at my apartment. You wouldn't answer me after I stopped at your house to let you change, and you said I'd have to wait until now to say." John said impatiently after the waiter left. Arella let out a sigh and looked around. She saw the demon clawing at the shop door, unable to get in due to the charms the owners had placed on the resturant. She then looked back to the table and to John.
"It's complicated. But after I died and returned I could do things no one else could. In a sense I took on mystical powers. Ontop of seeing the angels and demons you have neglected to see, I also see the souls of the dead that still walk the earth. I see things that would even disturb you. But while I was dead-Lucifer he talked to me. He told me I was chosen, more so then even you, and he blessed me in his own way. I'm still confused as to what exactly I am-But back to the point. If I wish to I can become invisible." She said as if stricken. John looked at her with a confused look.
"What are you talking about?" John asked. Arella sighed.
"Just want to hear the story from the beging?" She asked. John just looked at her again. How she wished he would look somewhere else.
"It'll help you understand." She added. John the just slowly nodded.
"Okay then." She said and took a breath then continued talking "I killed myself when I was nineteen, but when I went to hell I was confronted by Lucifer himself. He told me all sorts of things and that I didn't comprehend at the time. But basically he told me I was chosen to be the final decider in the wager between him and God. Sort of like the referee in a football game. He told me it was my 'holy' destiny since I was born. He told me that I would be sent back to earth and that I wouldn't be able to dye until their wager was finally over. And that he would give me all the powers to help him win. Like a bribe of sorts. That was nearly a hundred years ago and I've lost intrest in who wins. I just want to dye and join my family, but no, Lucifer has to be the prick he is-" She said, starting to get side-tracked but she quickly stopped herself. "Sorry...that happens sometimes." She said, quietly again and took a gulp of her tea.
"Are you saying your nearly a hundred and nineteen and you have powers...?" John asked. Arella nodded.
"Yes, basically. That's why I contacted you when I noticed you were neglecting your gift. You should really watch your back more." She said. John took a breath and Arella could sense it was just a bit much for him to take in at the current moment.
"John, all I want you to do is invoke your gift. Stop the demons coming after you. You can't let them win." She said quietly after a few more minutes. John looked at her, looked her straight in the eye.
"What about you?" He asked.
"I can only do so much. So many people are blessed with this gift and ignore it. Humanity can't afford to loose another blessed being." She said.
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John kept looking into Arella's eyes but couldn't even sense anything. He couldn't believe what she was saying, but given all he's seen it's not that un-likely. He took a breath and did as Arella said and tried to invoke his gift futher. But all he was given was a simple flash. In the flash he saw Arella only she was wearing the long black dress with large, tattered black wings sproting from her back.Her eyes were no longer blue but white all over. The flash ended and he saw as she looked. Her black longsleeved t-shirt and black cargo pants. How could he not have noticed her wings before? In the flash they were enormus. She must be right. He was ignoring his gift.
"Okay." John said. Arella nodded.
"Thank you." She said and got up as if to leave, but John reached out and grabbed her arm.
"Your right. I've been ignoring my-gift. But don't go. Stay and help me-see agian." He said. John knew he was lying. He could do it on his own, but for some reason he was possed to make sure Arella didn't leave. Arella could probally sense that he was lying to, but none-the-less she took her seat again and sat.