This chapter actually had undergone some changes only just recently…. I had changed Shauni's demon form a bit from the original. Gave her a draconic look… Why? Because dragons are awesome. And anyone who says they aren't, may they be eaten by one! Just kidding. ;-) I wanted to change her image more than just a few added features here and there so I decided to give her a tail and draconic legs. It made her more interesting, but it also made her harder for me to draw… :-( Oh well… In this chapter, John belongs to me as well. But who cares cuz he's dead. :-D I just didn't want people to get confused by the overuse of the pronoun 'him' or 'he'… lol
Chapter 3- Black Seraphim
"Alright," one of the officials said. "Put the fire out and search for any survivors. If there are any, you have permission to shoot them…" The uniformed men around him saluted and scattered about the orphanage ruins, leaving no stone unturned.
"Over here!" someone shouted and a small group of men gathered next to him.
"What is it?" someone asked, confused as to why he had been called over to a piece of rubble for no reason.
"I saw this stone move before!" the man said, his voice quavering with fear as he pointed his rifle at the inanimate object.
The men around him laughed heartily. "Yes…" they mocked him. "Yes, of course you saw it move, John… I see it too! Look! There it goes sprouting wings and flying around like a raven!"
To their surprise and horror, the rock did move and from underneath it, large, black feathered wings sprouted. "It's the demon!" John shouted and began to shoot his gun at it wildly. "The demon! The demon! She is ali-!" John's panicked screams stopped abruptly as a pale, sharply clawed hand grabbed his throat and stopped his voice. He stared down at the kneeling demon they were sent to capture as his last moments of life passed. She had an expression of surprise, her eyes and mouth opened wide. Tears of blood fell down her face and her sharp, demonic teeth were showing. She had draconic-like legs and a draconic tail, tipped with a spine at the very end. Her eyes were blood red and her long hair fell down the side of her face and shoulders like a black waterfall. She was dressed entirely in black and her immense black feathered wings were spread like great, shadowy shields around her. Her bloodlike eyes were staring at nothing but the ground and she was breathing heavily. Great, terrible horns protruded from the top of her head just above her pointed ears. Her grip tightened on his neck, her nails cut through his arteries and veins, and at last, he saw nothing, his blood dripping onto the charred earth as the others watched in horror, afraid to do anything.
The demon stood up, throwing John's body to the side. "Foolish humans…" a voice from nowhere said to them. "How dare you interrupt and awaken me!" The demon advanced towards them and they backed away. "Now, you shall all feel my wrath! Look what you have done to my home and my family! This is unforgivable!" The voice became shrill and choked with tears as it continued. "Why do you humans insist on destroying? Why do you take pleasure and pride in ruining the lives of others!" All around them, pieces of rubble began to slowly rise into the air and shoot towards them, killing them one by one. With a final breath, the last soldier screamed in alarm, calling his other colleagues as he was crushed underneath the boulder that came hurtling towards him.
As the others came closer, the demon narrowed her eyes, blood tears still falling. "Awful creatures, wretched humans! Why do you torment others for all eternity? Why! You shall suffer the most painful of deaths for your sins, I shall see to it!" the voice yells. Darkness begins to engulf the entire area and the officials were trapped inside. With her night eyes, the demon made her way to the large piece of rubble she had been trapped under. She lifted the large boulder up and threw it to the side, revealing a charred corpse, all that remained of Miss Underwood… The demon slumped down beside it, looking down at the blackened face. "I will avenge you… I don't care if you did not want me to, but I will, no matter what it takes…"
She reached over and touched the face that had cared for her so many times before and remembered all the happy memories that she had shared, memories that would be shattered forever… A blood tear fell upon the woman's face, staining a portion of the blackened skin red. The demon stood back up again, closing her eyes and turning around. "I will avenge you…" she repeated, her voice quavering. She reopened her eyes, revealing their fiery glow and concentrated all her energy on the clouds around her. "I hope you've enjoyed your last moments of life in the darkness you created… Now you shall all die here in that same darkness…"
She spread her wings out around her and creates a small swirl with her energy. Faster and faster, the clouds spin around, creating a dark hurricane over the devastation, lifting up rubble, pillars, and even the corpses and soldiers… Everything pulled toward the center where the demon, the Black Seraphim, was standing, until a bright flash replaces the darkness and a huge explosion occurs. The light blinds everyone who was standing near the ruins, including the town nearby. Then, fire replaces the light and everything is incinerated. When the energy finally subsides, nothing but an ash wasteland is left and where the Black Seraphim had been, only black feathers and an unconscious Shauni. Her left hand was mangled and bloody while other parts of her body, especially the top of her head and her back was stained red. There she lay, unaware of anything happening around her.
