Part Two – Angelic Defence
Chapter One
The pavement cracked when he hit it, but he stood up and walked away from the two footprints that he had made. Pain wasn't there, but he knew that if he were still human he would have been killed by that fifty-story jump. Skuld had yelled after him that he would get killed by a demon being that careless, but the thing that he cared about was more important. The simple fact of the matter was that he would be able to see someone that he cared about, whom he hadn't seen for over a year and a half.
In this dimension, only about three weeks had passed so it would be more of an impact on him now than it would be on her. He had decided not to reveal himself right off, but he would be close to her if he could be. Three weeks ago, this dimensions time frame, he had received a message as he was dying and had requested to stay long enough to give Rei Ayanami something before the goddesses pulled him out. The sword pendant would have already become a beacon for him so he knew exactly where to go.
The streets were unfamiliar to him, but due to a helping hand from his god senses and his Andronian technology, he was able to tell where he needed to be. One last corner and he would be there. Turning the corner, he came face-to-face with a woman that he really didn't want to see and he snarled as she gazed upon him.
"What do you want?" he hissed.
"Why, you!" Hild, Queen of the demons and ruler over Hell, exclaimed. She tried to hug him, but he shrugged her off, threatening her by putting his hand over his chest where his sword should be. When he got it back, it would serve as his point limiter, but he had to live without one for now. She pouted and stood there with a pleading look on her face.
"Do not bother me," he warned. "Or I will be forced to retaliate against you."
"What? Lil' ol' me bother you?" she said, flashing her eyelids seductively, attempting to distract him. "No! I wouldn't do that!"
His eye twitched and he stared at her with an expression that had made even Thor wonder if he was going to explode. "That giggle annoys me."
"Does the God of Chaos need to have a hug? Or possibly something more?" she said, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling herself closer. However, he stopped her from getting too close and stared down at her from his height of about two inches taller than her.
"Go away, Hild," he said, calmly, preparing to take out his collapsed staff and use it. "Your foolishness will not be tolerated much longer."
"Was that a warning?" she asked, pouting a bit. "Does the little class three god have a tempor?"
He raised his hand as he stepped away from her and a force bolt formed as he did so. When it was just as big as his palm, he brought it behind him where he cupped it with his other hand and added power to it.
"A force bolt? That's not gonna-"
"That's class zero," he said, after the explosion died down. He let out a sigh, hefted his large duffle bag over his shoulder again and then walked passed the smoking form of Hild. "Have fun in Hell."
Hild let out a sigh as he walked passed and then her charcoaled form descended into a portal, grumbling as she disappeared.
Stopping to have a look at the apartment building from afar, the same building that he had lived in for almost a week and had found a woman that he could love who wouldn't betray him, he remembered his time there. It may have been short, but he still thought of it as a lengthy experience. Having one more look over it with his sensors, he confirmed that everyone was there that he knew and he would have to be cautious of his next moves. To get in and purchase an apartment without detection was going to be tough, but he thankfully had his cloaking abilities.
Stepping forward onto the street, he began to cross, but before he could set foot onto the sidewalk on the other side, his body disappeared. He could now pass by section two without being seen.
Rei's eyes snapped open and she drifted toward the door to her room. When she opened it, she noticed that everyone else was still awake because she could hear them talking in the living room. The topic of discussion she couldn't hear, but she knew that she didn't want to disturb them. However, what had awakened her she had to show them.
"Misato," she said, entering the room.
"Yes, Rei?" Misato asked, concern etched in her voice. "Is something wrong?"
Rei sat down and showed her the glowing sword pendant that was still around her neck. "It is glowing brighter."
Shinji scratched the back of his head as he looked at the pendant. "Didn't you say that it was a beacon earlier?" he asked. Receiving a nod, he continued, "A beacon for what?"
The blue haired girl hung her head. "I do not know."
Asuka lifted it into her palm. "At least it doesn't burn anymore," she said. "That must have left one heck of a mark on you."
"I saw it, it looked pretty bad," Misato added.
"The mark is no longer there," Rei told them.
Misato blinked before asking, "What did you say?"
Rei looked at her. "The burn mark that the sword created is no longer there." To make sure that the Major knew what she was talking about, she lifted her shirt and exposed her chest, causing Shinji to quickly look away.
"Have you no shame, Rei?" Asuka asked, backing off a little.
"Does this bother you?" she asked. Receiving a nod from the German redhead, she said, "I do not understand."
"You wouldn't," Asuka commented. "Yet, you are right, the burn mark no longer exists."
Misato stared in disbelief before shaking her head and getting Rei to pull her shirt back down before Shinji turned back to them. "It's as if it never existed in the first place."
Rei considered this for a moment and then looked at the tree that stood in the corner of the room. The gifts that lay under it were pilling up, but one small area of the pile brought to existence a pain that she had been feeling for the last three weeks. That area held the gifts that they had still layed out for him and she had insisted that it be done. He was gone, and there was nothing she could do about that, but she wanted to hold onto the feeling of love and trust that he radiated for as long as possible.
The emotions that she had held for him she had never truly experienced, but the truth was that she had never really allowed herself to experience them. Shinji was the first person that she had actually showed a hint of emotion to, other than Commander Ikari, but Tai had brought out a lot more in her. Emotions seemed to be one new problem after another for her when she began to allow them to be a part of her life after Third Impact, yet the new pilot had created a peace within her whenever he was around.
A small warmth radiated from the pendant and then a steady electrical hum sounded from it before its glow became very obvious. Even though the lights were on in the room, it was basking it in its glow.
Misato looked at the glowing object and then looked up at Rei's eyes as they searched for a meaning behind it. Then, the glow returned to a soft one that no longer radiated the entire room in a blue glow.
"Okay, whatever that thing is," Asuka said, barely above a whisper. "It's beginning to freak me out."
"Me too," Shinji said, examining it from afar.
A knock sounded on the door and Misato stood to go answer it. When she got there she was greeted by the sight of Toji and Kensuke who gawked at her as she stood there. "You want me to get Shinji?" she asked. They nodded, and she went back and got him,
"What's up guys?" Shinji asked as he arrived in the doorway.
"We just heard that some new guy moved into the apartment below you," Kensuke said. "The guy who told us said that he was accompanied by some pretty hot looking women."
"We were wondering if you knew who they were," Toji added.
Shinji blinked at his friends for a moment. "No, I don't," he answered. "Sorry guys, I just found out that someone moved in from Misato a few minutes ago. We were going to go down and greet them in a few minutes."
Toji and Kensuke's eyes widened with excitement. "Can we go with you?" they asked at the same time.
Again, Shinji blinked, knowing what they wanted. "I, guess . . ." With that, he lead them into the apartment as far as the kitchen and then told Misato that they wanted to join them. Agreeing with him that they could join them, she then went and got a six-pack of beer from the fridge and led them down to the floor below them and then to the door of the apartment.
The door opened after the a few moments of knocking to reveal a woman in a very attractive looking outfit. "May I help you?" she asked, not taking her eyes off the two boys that were staring at her chest.
"We were wondering if you wanted some company," Kensuke and Toji asked at the same time, receiving a knock on the head from both Asuka and Rei.
"We wanted to welcome you to the apartment building," Misato said, holding up the beer in her right hand.
"Sounds good to me!" came a shout from inside the apartment as a platinum blond woman raced out. "Too bad that idiot isn't here to enjoy this after the training you've put him through, Rind."
The woman in front of them turned to the platinum blond woman with an emotionless expression on her face. "Get back to work, we haven't time for one of your drunken stupors," she said, making the woman pout and then retreat back into the apartment and out of sight. Rind then turned back to them. "I'm sorry, but I have to decline in the celebration at this time. Our friend, who is renting this apartment, is out collecting necessities. We just arrived and the landlord let us in so that we could assist him."
"Maybe another time, then?" Misato asked, hesitantly because this woman seemed to be looking straight through her.
"I suppose," Rind said. "I will mention it when he returns."
The door shut in front of them, Asuka began to fume and Misato let out a sigh of defeat. They then returned to their apartment upstairs for the night.
The door opened and two people stepped through, carrying grocery bags. The young girl set a few down on the floor while the older boy just brought his into the kitchen where he set them down. He then returned to the door to remove his shoes before returning to the kitchen to put the groceries away.
"Thanks for the help in getting my furniture here girls," he said.
"No problem, Tai," Urd said, winking at him.
"They were here," Rind said, concealed in the corner as she stared out the window.
Tai froze up as he turned around and looked at her. "Did they see anything?"
"No," she answered, her voice calm and spooky. "They will return though, for a welcoming party."
"Guess it'll happen sooner or later," he said, and then turned back to his task of putting the groceries away as Skuld put the last of the bags down on the table. "Y'all can get going if you want. I can handle things from here."
"I guess," Rind said, backing into the shadows and disappearing. Urd pouted, and then made her exit through the television. Skuld filled the sink and then turned to him, "If you need any help, just give us a call."
He smiled at her. "Thanks, Skuld. I'll do that."
After she was gone, he put the last of the food away and then went into the bedroom that was down the hall. This was an exact replica of Misato's apartment upstairs, before it had gone through the renovation that Nerv did. Once there, he called out his angel, Evening Rose, and she assisted him with the straightening of his things before he looked at her. She was a very attractive being to behold, but he had his mind on only one person. Before they rejoined they had a light conversation and then he was once again alone in the apartment.
Tomorrow there will be a lot of emotional release, he thought. I just hope that I can take it. My first meeting with her in over a year and a half, and she still thinks that I'm dead. Thankfully, I have a present for her.
With a slight smile evident on his face, he drew the quilts closer to him and drifted off to sleep. Two in the morning would come very early.
"Kensuke."
The spectacled boy whirled around from where he was standing and saw Rei standing there, obviously awaiting his response. Even though she had changed after Third Impact, she still creped him out a bit. She may not be the emotionless person that they always knew her to be back then, but some of that strange calmness still remained.
"What can I do for you, Rei?" he asked.
She smiled a bit, and then produced a small grey object from her pocket. "I have a computer problem that requires a person with your kind of skills," she said.
"Sure," he said, taking the grey object from her and examining it. It turned out to be a USB flash drive, identified as a Jump Drive and made by a company called Lexar Media. Upon closer inspection he found that it had a maximum storage capacity of 256 mega bites. "Looks pretty simple to me. What's this about?"
"That is something that belongs to Tai," she said. "I found it still in his shirt pocket when we removed his personal effects from his locker in the Geo Front. I'm hoping it may be able to tell me something more about this necklace that he gave me before he disappeared."
"Let's take a look at it then," he said, following her to her room where he set his laptop up on her desk. Plugging the drive into his USB port on the back he watched as it installed and then he attempted to access it. A dialogue box appeared on screen telling him that the data on the drive had been restricted for access by a certain computer only. "Hmmm, does he have a laptop?"
"Yes."
"Is it still here?"
"It's in his room next door."
"Then that's where we need to access this," he said, putting away his laptop and allowing her to lead him to the bedroom. Asuka and Shinji were entertaining Toji in the living room so they weren't seen by any of them since Misato was also drunk and barely on her feet. Kensuke looked at the old laptop that was sitting beside the unmade futon and studied it for a moment.
The laptop was an old CTX EZ-Book 700-E-Series, according to a sticker that was on the bottom of it. On the side were two USB ports, one occupied by a USB cable linking it to an external hub that then led to a printer, USB External Hard Drive, Web Cam, and a few other flash drives. What really concerned him with the age of this thing was that the screen hinges were busted and there was an external keyboard.
"This thing looks like it's been through a lot," he commented, but Rei stayed silent as he located the power switch.
When it activated there was an archaic software program powering up by the name of Windows 98-SE and he wasn't liking this very much. At the time of its creation, this was the most stable software package that was on the commercial market, even when three newer versions came out. It would be a little bit more difficult to crack.
Seven password programs later, along with three warnings about a self-destruct program, he was in. Opening the central control center, known as My Computer, he plugged the Jump Drive in and waited for it to appear on the screen. After it did, he opened it and smashed through three more password barriers to find an extensive database of files.
"I think that you should probably take a look at this on your own, Rei," he said, reluctantly standing and walking away so that he couldn't see the screen. "As much as I'd like to find out more about him, this is not my way."
"I understand," Rei said, taking control of the console. "Thank you for your assistance."
"Your welcome," he said, turning for the door. He stopped just before he closed it behind him. "I'm sorry about your loss, Rei. If you need someone to talk to, you know where to find me."
She nodded, and he closed the door to return to the others and give her some privacy.
The data seemed to be more things about trivial stuff than anything, but when she discovered a database filing system, she accessed it to find that it was a journal. All the files were identified with the date and time of when they were filed, so she accessed the one that was made most recently:
Dec 2, 0300 Hours
It has come to my attention that there may not be much time left. I have to find out what is happening here and I have to deal with the potential hazard of another Lightning possibility being in the area. If there is even the slightest chance of it and an Angel manages to assimilate it, there can be no telling what kind of power it will gain. The computer AI was not designed to deal with that kind of power.
On a further note, I have been having those horrid feelings again. My sixth sense taking over and making it difficult for me to function without wondering what is going to happen. Rei is sleeping calmly tonight, thank god, but I don't know how much longer I will be here. I'm afraid that this is the big one; the stench of my own death is approaching. I just hope that I'm wrong this time . . . I hate being right all the time.
In the event that I am right, I have had Red produce something for me that will be able to both contact the nearest Lightning pilot telepathically and give her some degree of protection. If an angel does attack and she is out there alone that will be able to give her Eva my own abilities for a short time. Let's see an angel crack both an AT-Field and Ablative Hull Armor at the same time.
I'll make another log entry if I get the chance. Right now, Rei may wake if I keep this up. Fergason out.
There was nothing else on the screen, because as soon as she finished reading the computer shut itself off and refused to reactivate. It didn't matter though, because now she knew what the necklace was made for. She would be receiving help soon, and it would be someone who knew him well. At least, she wouldn't have to be alone for too much longer.
Tomorrow was the day before Christmas Eve, so she decided that she would need to cheer up just a bit more, if only to not worry the others. She walked out join the others in showing Toji and Kensuke out and then there was a small party before Misato finally passed out.
Shinji and Asuka dragged the unconscious Major to her room as Rei returned to her room where she layed down on her bed. She wondered what would happen tomorrow. There hadn't been a time in her past where she had celebrated the holiday, but now there wasn't a choice for her. Deciding that she would probably benefit from the experience, she rolled over and went to sleep.
Misato walked out of her room at three in the morning after shutting her alarm clock off, which someone had rudely set for this very early hour. Grabbing a beer out of the fridge, she chugged it down in silence and then drifted to Shinji's room where she woke him and then they both woke Asuka and Rei.
Upon entering the living room they discovered something very weird. There were more gifts under the tree than they remembered. Going on instinct, they searched the room with their eyes, not wanting to miss anything if there was an intruder. Finding none, they settled down and then took a seat on the couch or on the floor.
"Merry Christmas everyone," came a voice.
Everyone looked around but found no one there. It had seemed to come from the shadows, but there wasn't any way that a person could move fast enough to avoid detection.
"Okay, what's going on here?" Asuka asked, latching onto Shinji's arm hard enough to make him wince. "This is some twisted game."
"I don't think that this is a game," Misato said, sounding very concerned as she looked at Rei, who seemed to be attempting to track the intruder.
Smoke arose from the shadows behind the couch and they all jumped away from it to whip around and stare in amazement as an armored figure arose from the floor. It had black and blue markings on the mask that it wore and the metal plating gave off a glow that was giving them an eerie feeling. When it was finally out of the shadows and standing before them, it had its arms folded and appeared to be male.
"Who are you?" Rei asked, calmly.
"I respond to a beacon that has been sounding for over three weeks now," the figure responded. "There is no reason to fear me, Rei Ayanami."
Realization set in as she looked at the blue sword pendant. "You're one of them, aren't you?" she asked.
"No," he said, pressing a button on the staff that he held in his hand and putting it in a pocket on the inside of the billowing jacket that he wore. "I am he."
With that, the room was basked in a blue glow that slowly transformed into a red one and then left them staring at the figure that had been revealed below the armor. All of the armor was gone now, to reveal one very familiar looking young man on his knees with his head down. There was no mistaking what had just happened, he had returned.
"Tai," Rei said, approaching slowly.
The figure picked his head up and looked at her, tattoos on his face in the shape of lightning bolts. The largest of the three was on his forehead, left side red and right side blue from their view, replicated in smaller forms on each cheek just below the eye. "Long time, no see."
Rei collapsed beside him and took him into an embrace that he returned quickly as tears started to form in his eyes. She was the person that he had wanted to see for as long as he had been gone. Through all the training that he had received, and all the beatings that Rind had put him through he had longed to see her again. When he obtained his Class Zero License, he had finally been given the opportunity to return.
"How?" Asuka asked, separating from Shinji to take in the view with a shocked expression on her face. "You were dead."
"I was very close," he said, clearing his throat enough to speak as he kept his hold on Rei as she sobbed tears of joy. "A few friends pulled me out just before that happened though."
"Where have you been for the last three weeks?" Misato asked, finally reclaiming control over her jaw. "No phone calls, letters, nothing."
"In my perspective, Misato, it's been a lot longer than three weeks," he said. "But, that is not important right now. This is Christmas, bring on the gifts!"
"Yeah," Shinji answered, putting on a cheerful expression that proved to be contagious. He then sat down on the couch with the others while Misato, being the only single person, began to pass out gifts.
To Rei and Tai though, the gifts didn't really matter that much. They had each other once again, and there was nothing that could change that. But then everything began to melt away in front of Rei's eyes.
The blue-headed figure of Rei Ayanami shot out of the futon and she looked around as her eyes began to adjust to the dark. Realizing that all she had just experienced was a dream, she felt the tears coming and couldn't hold them back any longer. The dream that she had just had upset her and she missed him a lot. It would be a while before she could recover, she knew that, but when she did she would feel at least a little better.
She laid back down on her side in her futon, half covered by the thin blankets that she had dressed the bed in, and sobbed for the rest of the evening. It would be a while before she would get back to sleep, but she didn't care. It was now impossible for her to ignore this emotion of sorrow and pain. It had been present since the moment he had disappeared in his damaged entry plug before her eyes. There was no way now for her to ever hold it back.
Eventually, she cried herself to sleep. No more dreams would come, but her soul would attempt to reach out to him . . . wherever he was.
Tai sat up in his futon and whipped the sweat from his forehead. As he calmed his breathing he looked to his watch to find that it was only three in the morning. Despite the intense heat that his body was suffering from at them moment, he noticed that it was extremely cold in the room.
Summoning enough of his motor controls to get his body out of the futon, he made his way to the thermostat on the far wall and turned it up a few notches. Satisfied with that, he shivered in the cold air a little as he checked his link-up with Yggdrasill via his ever present Andronian implant, which he'd modified to display his divine power levels. Sure enough, the reading was still registering that they were low from what he had used in the dimensional jump back here.
Now knowing why he was feeling twice as cold as he should be, he dragged himself back to the futon and pulled the blankets up so that they were held tight to him. The telepathic dream that had woken him was intense, but he knew now that he would have to make his presence known soon. The only obstacle now, was finding out how.
Asuka rolled over as the sunlight invaded her room. It irritated her, but she resisted the urge to draw the blind and go back to sleep because she remembered that she had had intentions of getting up early.
Groggily, she got out from under the covers of her warm futon and made her way to Shinji's door where she knocked lightly. Receiving no response, she quietly opened the door and stepped inside, pulling it closed behind her. He was still asleep there in his futon and looked very content on staying that way with the cute pout displayed on his lips.
Kneeling down beside his futon, she raised the covers and then slipped in beside him. She wrapped her arms around the thin boy and kissed the back of his neck. Nuzzling against him as he woke from his deep slumber, she could feel how relaxed he was. If she had done this only a few weeks ago, he'd have freaked out and started apologizing again. She'd have to get used to this.
"Ohayo, Asuka-chan," he greeted, turning to face her and returning her embrace.
"Ohayo, Shin-chan," she responded. "Breakfast can wait for a few minutes. I wanted to ask you a question."
He looked at her, sleep melting from his eyes to be replaced with concern. "What is it?"
She smiled warmly, reassuring him and calming him down a bit. "There's no problem with us, baka," she said. "Stop worrying about that. I'll tell you if I have a problem and I trust you'll do the same for me." He nodded, and smiled a bit more, returning to his now normal self. She nodded as well, and continued. "It's about Rei."
"So, you heard her, too," he said, worry now back in his voice.
"She's been really upset since that sword pendant began to glow," Asuka said. "I heard her crying for over an hour at around three this morning. That's not the Rei that we know."
Shinji downcast his eyes in thought for a moment, then an idea sprung into his mind. "I know, let's all go out this evening and enjoy ourselves. We haven't been out like that since before he left us."
The redhead smirked as it dawned on her as well and her own idea came to mind. "We could go shopping and to a movie at the mall!" she declared. "We could store what we buy at the stores in the public lockers and then go see the new three feature there."
The young Ikari cringed at the idea of Asuka shopping. The last time that he had gone shopping with her and Hikari, Toji had showed up and joined in the torture of carrying all the purchases. His back had not felt right for a while after that, making it agonizing to lay down in his futon at night and even worse to get up in the morning.
"Let's not go overboard with the shopping, though," he said, cringing more as she gave him an evil glare as if she were planning to use Unit Two to step on him. "Rei may need more time to adapt to him not being around."
Her glare softened and she sighed in content as she held him tighter to her. "I guess you're right . . . this time," she said.
"A quiet walk in the park after the theatre would do all three of us some good as well," he said, and then kissed her lightly on the forehead. "For now, we should probably get up and get ourselves something to eat."
"Right," she said, a little reluctant to release him. "You get started in the kitchen, and I'll go see how Rei is holding up."
Making her way out the door and toward Rei's room, she heard Shinji greet Misato and PenPen, who were already in the kitchen. Just before she made it to the closed door of the albino girl, she heard Misato shout her annoying cry as she took the first gulp of her morning beer.
She knocked lightly on the door and, predictably, received no response from inside. She announced she was coming in and opened the door, and was greeted to the sight of a bedroom void of a human presence. Thinking quickly, she closed the door to Rei's room and opened Tai's.
The blue haired girl was lying on the futon beside the laptop that Tai had brought with him when he had first arrived. It looked like she had wandered in there and was awake enough to be reading something off the screen, but Asuka knew better than that because she recognized the signs in front of her. The girl's cheeks were stained with tears and she had no blankets over her, indicating she had cried herself to sleep and had been sleepwalking as well.
Sitting down beside the albino, she reached over and shook her fellow pilot's shoulder gently. "Rei, wake up," she said. "Shinji's cooking breakfast. It'll be ready soon."
Shivering from not being under any blankets, Rei picked her head up and opened her eyes. Confusion played upon her features as she realized that she was not in her own bedroom, nor her own bed. "I'll be there in a moment," she said, her voice dry and hoarse from her emotional strain.
Asuka wasn't about to be dismissed just yet, and remained where she was as her friend regained more of her motor controls. "Are you alright, Rei?"
She blinked the sleep out of her eyes and then turned to face Asuka. "I have not been harmed," she answered, her voice returning to the cold and emotionless tone that she had been known for when they first met.
The German's temper flared back to life and she slammed her fists into the hardwood floor, causing a shockwave of sound that made Rei flinch. "Don't retreat back into that emotionless shell that you call a life! You just got out of that! You don't know how annoying that is!" she screamed, advancing as the smaller girl backed up so that her back was pressed against the wall. "He's gone and there's nothing we can do about it!"
Asuka sat back on her heels in front of Rei and calmed her temper before she continued. "I wish there was a way that we could bring him back, but we still don't know exactly what happened in his Eva. There's just no way to even start to explain it." Picking her head back up from staring at her knees, she looked deep into Rei's eyes as fresh tears began to build. "You can either stay locked up in a room dwelling on the past's pain like Baka-Shinji used to, or you can join the rest of us out in the real world. Now, what would Tai want you to do?"
Tears flowing freely from her red eyes now, she reached out and wrapped her arms around Asuka. The redhead talked soothingly to her as she sobbed into her shoulder and the effort managed to calm Rei down after a few minutes.
"You gonna make it?" Asuka asked as Rei pulled back from her.
"I should be . . . fine," Rei said, whipping the moisture from her eyes and holding back the rest of it that was threatening to flow. "Thank you."
Asuka nodded, and then stood. "I'm gonna go take a shower, and I suggest that you do the same. It's not good to hide your emotions, but you look like you went through Hell trying to. A hot shower will help you relax a bit."
Rei thanked her again before she left the room and then she herself left, closing the laptop screen before doing so. She got a change of clothes from her room and then headed for the washroom on this end of the apartment.
Shinji had just gotten breakfast on the table when Asuka and Rei joined him and Misato. Asuka gave him a funny look because he had somehow snuck in a shower before he had started cooking. He just shrugged and greeted Rei with a warm hug that made Asuka's face flush with jealousy for a moment before she remembered that she was his sister.
The three teenagers sat down and enjoyed their meal, not knowing yet what was about to happen that evening. A young girl's silent prayer would be answered, but it would come with a price. With that prayer came a demoness who was looking to stir trouble for the three remaining pilots. There was one of them that she had been specifically ordered to target, but once that one was out of the way she could have her fun with the others.