Chapter Seven: Death Returns and a Weapon is Born
Disclaimer: Its mine Lucifer Kuraand Senna is Ambers POEM IS MINE!other wise its all mine. Email me if you want to use the characters. went by and life slowly got back into the swing of things. It still hurt the four teenagers to think of their dead friend but it got
easier to bear as the time passed. No one let their guard down and every shadow was considered as a place for the enemy. There had
been no contact with the black angels and Jai only hoped that they wouldn't come back. She was used to living on the edge but this was
too extreme. And just to add to the suspense of things a note was left. From the black angels.
Human:
We will return for you in two night's time. Be ready to give up your soul or lose another maybe two of your dear
friends.
The note was short sweet to the point and blunt. It was stuck to the door with a black-feathered arrow. Luckily Lucifer saw it first
and quickly took it down. He didn't want any of them to get too over the edge. He did show the letter to Jai who handled it better than
he thought she would've.
"Let them come. Let them do what they will to me. I do not fear death any more. If they kill another friend I will make sure that
when this is all over they will pay." Jai said her eyes flickering with memory.
Jai only told Hakel and kept the return of the black angels a secret. None of them wanted to frighten the two normal humans with
the thought of more pain. So the secret was kept and protection became the first thing on everyone's mind. No one went anywhere
without a weapon or at least someone who knew how to fight. One night Jai just wanted to be away from everyone so she took the
night watch. She walked around the house watching for anything unusual or out of place. She saw the phoenix fly over watching out for
any dangers as well. When she wanted to check on the occupants of the house she would use some of her powers and check on them
mentally. Everyone was asleep and having pleasant dreams for the time being. Nothing was going wrong. So Jai clambered up onto the
roof so she could have a bird's eye view of the place and not have to go anywhere. She then placed her halberd next to her and
magically conjured up a piece of paper and a pencil. She began to write and out of that came a poem telling how she felt.
Memories come and go
Nothing ever stays the same
I am lost in the dark reality
That I will never find myself
What brings the memories back
The flashes of pain, hate, revenge?
How can I live through this life
when I am haunted by the past?
Sleep doesn't comfort me
the memories only get worse.
So I lay awake hoping it will all pass
Though I know in my heart it will never end
People fear death and never want to die
I am not afraid and cannot die.
My powers are too great
They always bring me back
I'll never rest or sleep ever
I'll be haunted by the past forever
While wandering the path called life
The memories will always come and go
She read the poem over and over again and laughed at how true it was. She then laid back and watched the stars twinkle and the
clouds cast shadows on the moon then on the ground. But one shadow moved…no three. All the shadows glided toward the house. Jai
gasped at how stupid she was to not pay attention and quietly jumped to the ground and melted into the walls to get in the house unseen.
She ran and woke Lucifer and Hakel up who then unwillingly woke up Kai and Ken
"Well…they've kept to their promise." Lucifer said in a hushed voice as he looked out the window. "Yep…it's them. Are you all
ready?" Everyone nodded but then suddenly no one except Jai could move.
"Jai…ummm…we can't move." Hakel spoke as he tried to break free of the unseen bonds.
"We can't move either. Please can you get us free?" Kai asked her eyes filled with fear.
"Hush…it'll be alright. Jai will take care of everything. I'm right here." Ken soothed though he knew that nothing was alright...in a
way he knew that his time was up as was Kai's but he didn't want to say anything.
Jai walked and positioned her self in front of her friends so that she could protect them. The room was getting cold and darker with
every passing second. Wisps of dark clouds swirled around the feet of those who were paralyzed while they could do nothing. Jai's grip
on her halberd tightened as she felt true fear for the first time. But she pushed the thought away…the only thing she needed to think
about was hoe to save her friends. And sure enough the black angels came…though some were not human looking at all. Some were in
the forms of dog's…feral dogs with hair that rivaled the darkness of night and each sporting a blue gem in their forehead. Jai glowered
as she saw the one named Yelhasha come forward.
"Long time, no see butt ugly." Jai taunted. "Why did you come back?"
"Nice to see you too…I came for your soul or the lives of your friends. Which will it be…c'mon I have a busy schedule to keep
up here…I have no time for play." Yelhasha spoke teasing the girl as he pulled his hood back.
"What schedule? The last time you were here you took all the damn time you wanted. Get out before I have to kill you." Jai
threatened.
"I guess your right…I don't have a schedule so lets get on with it. I will not leave until you come with us peacefully. Or do we have
to kill two more of your friends?" his eyes glowed with the thought of more death and carnage.
"You bastard. I'll never come with you peacefully." Jai spat on the ground before the black angel. "And there is no way in hell that
you will ever get one of my friends."
"On the contrary…. I think I already have your friends." Yelhasha stated as he stepped aside to reveal Ken and Kai in the grasp
of the dark angels.
"Leave them out of this…" Jai stated her voice dangerously low.
"Come with us and we'll let them go…if not well you know what will happen." Jai shook her head. "Well I hope you are ready to
see two more of your friends die. Enjoys."
Two black angels appeared behind Jai and held Jai from getting to her friends or Yelhasha. Yelhasha motioned for the black angels
to use their powers to levitate the two mortals. He motioned again for another black angel but this one resisted the call until Yelhasha
gave such a glare that made the angel unwilling obey the command. He whispered into the man's ear and a look of pure disgust graced
his face. The man looked to the floor, his hair cloaking his face, and walked over to the hovering pair.
"I don't want to do this." He muttered so that only Ken and Kai could hear.
"I understand." Ken replied in an undertone as he readied himself for his Fate.
Ken gave himself completely over to the angel, as he slowly possessed him. The angel completely took over control of Ken's body
but not his consciousness so while everything went on Ken would know. As the possession was complete the other black angels
released "Ken" from their hold and after he dropped to the floor he walked over to Jai. The possessed man held Jai's chin in his hand
and said..."I am not your friend… your worst fears will awaken now." And with that a dark look graced Ken's face as he turned and
walked over to Kai who had accepted the fact that she was going to die. The angel inside Ken's body turned partially feral and the
devastating work began.
The man put one hand around Kai's neck and began strangling her as he slowly made cuts up her arm's letting blood flow. She
began gasping for breath and writhing against the magical restraints. Her face turned blue from lack of oxygen and her eyes bulged.
Inside Ken's mind the real Ken was heart broken, he was killing the girl he loved. But he knew that in the end they would all meet up
and rest finally. Everyone in the room visibly saw the life dim in Kai's eyes and the life was slowly taken away from her. In her last
breath she said, "I promise I will see you again." And with that she died. The black angel released his grasp on Ken's mind and exited
his body. The other black angels allowed the body of the girl drop and land haphazardly on the floor. Jai tried to get to the prone female
before her but she couldn't, the other angels held her back. Tears of anger ran down her face as she watched Ken hold the body of his
beloved in his arms.
Lucifer and Hakel looked on in utter disbelief as they watched their friend get possessed and kill his friend. Neither could believe it.
But worse would come as they would see Ken take his life in the worst way possible and there was no way that they could stop him or
even attempt to…. the paralysis was still in effect.
Ken slowly stopped weeping and gathered him self more or less. He could still feel some of the black essence of the black angel in
his soul. He gently laid Kai's lifeless body on the ground and whispered a sutra as her body was engulfed in flames leaving no ashes
behind. His back still turned away from Jai and the others. He slowly got up from the floor shaking as he stood. He turned toward his
friend though they couldn't see his face through his brown hair. When he lifted his face up they could see the tearstains and the pain
flicker in his eyes. Jai especially could feel the pain and loss that emitted from the look on his face. He walked over to Jai and none of
the other black angels stopped him. Halfway he doubled over with pain as he began to feel the after effect of the possession. When he
regained control he walked over to Jai and placed his hand on her cheek.
"Jai…I'm sorry…. I can't stay here any more…. I'm done for…. there is nothing you can do for me…I promise I will always be
with you…. always and we will meet again." Ken said his voice shaking as his soul slowly died.
It was clear to everyone in the room that even if the man before them didn't take his life the darkness would consume him and he
would eventually die on his own. But his pain was too great and the loss was just too much. Ken drew close to Jai and put his arm
around her, the black angels holding her did nothing either. She thought he was there for comfort but then she felt something disappear
from her belt and with a painful realization she knew it was her dagger. "I'm sorry it had to be this way." The man before her whispered
as he drove the dagger into his heart, twists the dagger causing him to cry out in pain but he made sure that there was no way he could
be saved. Jai cried out as her friend's blood covered her as he fell to the ground his face etched in pain until he winced once more, his
face relaxed and his body slackened as his life's blood pooled around Jai's feet and around his body. The once happy glow in his eyes
faded leaving them misty and dark. Ken was no longer, Jai's dagger protruding from his heart. A heart-wrenching cry emitted from Jai's
as she collapsed to the ground, the black angels releasing their hold on the girl. Lucifer and Hakel looked on in shock that their best
friend killed himself but what shocked them even more was the look on Yelshasha's face. It was a look of a killer who just got the
biggest thrill of killing off another victim. It angered Hakel, making him want to kill Yelhasha for disturbing his life.
"Damn you…" Jai whispered as she cradled the limp body in front of her. The red blood stained her hand as she laid the body
back on the ground and stood up. "I'll kill you!" She lunged at the black angel with the bloody dagger in her hand but was stopped when
another angel punched her in the stomach making her double over. "You…bastard…" she gasped.
"Why thank you. I'll take that as a complement. You see the more you resist the more you'll lose." he dipped his fingers in Ken's
blood and walked over to Jai and lifted her face up with his clean hand. He then trailed Ken's blood across her cheek. She cringed and
tried to pull away. "You look so pretty bathed in your own friends blood." His fingers trailed away. "Next time it will be your boyfriend
and you…if you don't come with us." and with that the black angels left in a cloud of dark smoke.
As they left Jai let out a cry of anguish that could be heard in the valley. She knelt over by her dead friends body as Lucifer and
Hakel rushed over and began to cry as well. Two more friends were gone and if Jai didn't answer soon both her and Hakel were going
to die as well…though unusually Lucifer was going to be spared. They were left in the dark waiting for night to end to bring another sad
day.
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In a network of caves the black angels dwelled without any one ever noticing their presence. They were few in numbers but
enough that they stood a fighting chance. Yelhasha took his place in the throne room with his most trusted guard, Sara. She was the
perfect black angel, deadly, precise, the epitome of the black angel race. Yelhasha sat down and with a sigh placed his hand.
"My lord…what troubles you?" Sara asked in her stoic voice.
"Sara…Kura…he is being troublesome. Bring him to me." he spoke his voice showing he was tired.
"Yes m'lord." She replied as she vanished in a puff of smoke.
Yelhasha sat in silence as he mulled over the results of the night. Two more of Jai's friends were out of his way but she was still
resisting his power. He had chosen Kura to possess her friend to make sure he was still loyal to the black angel cause. He didn't want
another betrayal and an angel to kill. It was just too much on his part to kill off one of his own kind and ruin his chance at control over
the world. Plus he had the power to control Kura and his change from innocent to feral. It was a pleasure for him to watch the young
man change at his will, nothing made him feel better. Especially when he used Kura to possess the young man and change while he was
still inside the man's body. A grim smile graced Yelhasha's face as Kura and Sara returned. Kura like always was looking at the floor his
hair shielding his face. The only thing that troubled Yelhasha was the fact that he was able to hear the thought going through Kura's head
and his thoughts when he possessed the younger man was one of betrayal, he wanted to save the man…disgrace to black angel race…it
could not go unpunished.
"Kura. What a pleasure to see you once again." he landed in front of the black angel's folding his black wings against his back as
he motioned for Sara to leave them. "Wonderful job today killing that girl and possessing the man. It showed your true self. You showed
how cruel and ruthless you could be…physically. But mentally you fail as a black angel. You didn't want to kill that worthless human!"
He backhanded the man before him sending him crashing to the ground. Kura held one hand to his cheek that became and angry red as
blood ran from his broken lip. "You'll pay for those thoughts but not with your life. If only you still had wings." Yelhasha advanced on
Kura who tried to scurry away but backed him self into a corner in which he couldn't escape from. Kura looked up at Yelhasha with a
look that said try anything I don't give a damn. This angered Yelhasha, his eyes flickering from human to feral animal.
"Why you insolent fool." Yelhasha hissed as he used his control over his feral self to make the adjustments to the point he was still
human with incredible powers as he slung the black angel before him across the room hitting the opposite wall and crumpling to the
ground in a dusty groaning heap. Kura stood up unsteady but ready for another attack, his shoulder was sore, three ribs were broken or
cracked making it hard to breathe but he was still going to fight and show Yelhasha just how good he was. The two black angels fought
one having a power advantage over the other. Both received blows as well as gave them. Kura was dodging all hits left and right while
Yelhasha flew above him. Eventually Yelhasha got a shot and used his powers to form a blast in his hand and throw it at the young man
causing him to cry out in pain and fall to the floor unmoving. The dust in the room settled, showing Kura attempting to get up. Brushing
the blood from his lip, Yelhasha flew over and landed right next to the young man kicking him onto his back. He then put his foot on his
rib cage, right where the broken ribs were. This caused Kura to wince but he didn't cry out. He wouldn't give Yelhasha that honor. "I
think that you have finally understood the power I have over you. Never cross my path with your petty thoughts again." Yelhasha
pressed his foot harder causing Kura to bite his lip causing blood to flow before he took it off and walked out of the throne room. Sara
entered the room and helped the black angel to his feet putting one of his arms over her back she assisted in helping him to his room so
that he could recuperate. Meanwhile Yelhasha ventured to the cave entrance and looked out over the valley, which was dead.
'He's gotten more powerful. He will make a great weapon for the next battle. The final battle for the Omega.' He laughed
manically and it echoed throughout the valley to be heard for miles.
End of Chapter Seven
TBC: tear Well another two are gone and it is only going to get worse. Keep reading