Duo stood in awe for a moment, he had seen Quatre with his wings out and all but it had never been quite has amazing as the brunette that now stood in front of him. Heero and Wufei must have just been fast enough to remain out of sight. Wufei's wings had vanished, he obviously arriving first, but Heero's were completely out in all their glory. Being a warrior angel his wings had this decorative armor that just graced the joints. There were small golden chains that dipped from the armor to various hiding places in his wings. His wings were longer then Quatre's and thinner. They seem to catch every speck of light in the dark apartment and bask in it. They looked as though someone had sprinkled glitter on them and he had yet to get it all off. The armor had runes etched into it, a language Duo had never known, it was gold armor with cobalt blue stones decorating it. Duo had never seen something that beautiful.

Heero seemed taken aback at the sight of the three vampires. It took him a minute to fully grasp the sight before him. They seemed to be as dazed as he was. Wufei appeared to be the only one ready for any of this, he stood straight and pose as though he were about to pounce on the first to move.

"Heero?" Quatre's voice came across meek and worried.

Heero didn't respond at first. His mind was trying desperately to catch up with what was happening.

"I forgot you could track me." Was all Heero said when he finally did reply.

Duo let out a deep breath he had unconsciously been holding in. It drew everyone's attention.

"Sorry." He muttered, "It's just…"

"What?" Wufei snapped his patience with all this insanity was wearing thin.

Duo looked at Heero as he spoke, "I never seen angel wings until I met Quatre, and no offense Q, but I never imagined something as simply as feathers could be as beautiful as your wings are."

Duo spoke so bluntly that Heero wasn't sure of what to make of that. He had never seen his wings as anything special; of course he was surrounded by amazing winged creatures. One look at Michael's wings and his would look like dirt. He supposed that to someone who had never met angels of high rank before his wings might seem beautiful.

"Beautiful?" It came out of Heero's mouth before he even thought it all through.

Duo had always been obsessed with beautiful and enteric things. His life had been filled with darkness for a very long time. His human life had been filled with hate and he had been changed into a vampire to become another's toy, it was only after Trowa had been kidnapped that he finally found happiness. Trowa's spirit and presence had given him the confidence he needed to fight back and regain control of his existence. The abuse he suffered at the hands of his father and then his vampire creator had scarred him both physically and emotionally. Trowa was kidnapped by the same vampire has Duo and forced to join the ranks of the undead. Unlike Duo though the abuse had only made his will to fight stronger and slowly Duo felt drawn into his fight for freedom. The two had escaped and had been growing ever since. Beauty had been a rare thing for the two boys, that's was part of the reason they had been drawn to each other, and a part of why Trowa had fallen so hard for the small blonde angel.

"Yes, beautiful. You're wings are beautiful." Duo replied and relaxed his position. He didn't really feel threatened by the angel in front of him.

"You are insane." Wufei who seemed to only be getting tenser by the minute spoke up.

"Why because I find an angel's wings to be beautiful? That's so wrong?" Duo narrowed his eyes at the angry Chinese man.

"You are a child of darkness, of evil. It's insane that evil would find an angel's wings to be beautiful." Wufei spoke as if he hated the words as they came out of his mouth.

"I may be a child of darkness, but that does not make me evil." Duo's voice was oozing malice now. "I began the same as you, it's not my fault if some sadistic son of a bitch found it amusing to kidnap teenage boys and turn them into what you call a monster. I never asked for this."

Wufei paused unsure of himself, but quickly regained his footing. "But the blood you spill to live is on your hands."

"I've never killed anyone for my survival." Duo spoke honestly for he may take the blood of others, but he never killed them. The only lives he had ever taken had been that of other vampires.

"You expect me to beli-"

"It is true!" Quatre yelled as he stepped forward. "Duo and Trowa are not killers; they would never take the lives of innocents."

"How do you survive without blood?" Heero's brow furrowed as he spoke, he clearly had missed something.

"You can bleed without dying." Was all Duo said, and all he had to say for them to understand.

Heero shook his head and then as if just realizing his wings were still out. He whipped them both back behind him and in a brilliant flash of white light they vanished from sight.

Duo let out a small sigh, instantly missing the presence of the beautiful white feathers.

"Besides all that," Trowa spoke up finally, "we came here to set some things straight."

"Like what?" Wufei snapped patience right now was evading the Asian.

"Like the fact that Millardo is in fact trying to conquer heaven, and he is abusing the angel's and their powers. He did try to destroy Quatre, and he was succeeding until we stepped in. He will try to destroy you if he discovers that you know of this, he will destroy anything that gets in his way unless we can stop him first." Trowa spoke briskly. "We also need you to understand the truth behind all of this and that we need as much help as we can get. I'm sure warrior angels such as yourselves can understand the kind of pressure we are under, and how dire this situation truly is."

"So you want us not only to believe you but also to help you destroy one of the most powerful and respected angels in all of heaven."

"Yes he's so great." Duo said sarcastically.

"It doesn't matter. Appearances can be deceiving, and all of that. If you had seen what he had done to Quatre you wouldn't be hesitating."

"What do mean? What did he do to Quatre?" Heero walked forward a little. "Quatre?"

Quatre looked away from Heero. He didn't really want to tell him the truth, that God had not stripped him of his angelic status for becoming a vampire. Quatre would never know what happened to an angel's powers when becoming a vampire and it was all because of Millardo, but he knew that Heero would not be satisfied until he got an answer.

"Millardo's the one who took my wings from me, not becoming a vampire."

The memory of blood red feathers seeped into Quatre's mind as he recalled the night he lost his angelic life.

Wow I'm really enjoying writing this. I can't wait to get to the end. I have no clue how it will end right now, it's just one word at a time. I would like to thank everyone who took the time to read and review my story so far. I greatly appreciate any advice, and opinions. I hope you all enjoy the rest of the story as much as I have.

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