4th Feather : Mission Accomplished?

Back in the storage car, Sanguine was busy with the warhead when he heard a voice.

"Sanguine, your time has come…"

"Shut up!" he replied, trying to figure out who was talking to him.

"You cannot change what is bound to be…Destiny is at its course… one who is appointed by the heavens will come and smite you."

"Shut up, Nathaniel!" he shouted, finally realizing who was talking to him.

He waited, but there was no response. He laughed as he thought that he had actually won against one of the mighty Seraphs. He looked up through the hole and started shouting.

"See, Nathaniel! I am still alive! I will never die!" he kept on shouting until he was disturbed by another voice.

"Stop shouting! No one would want to listen to a parrot like you." Zeal said as he was flying parallel to the train, acting as if he was a completely different person.

"So, you're alive. Even after falling off a train…what the heck…it figures…you are a Celestial, after all."

He waited, but there was no reply. Instead, he went into the train and stood meters away from Sanguine.

"Alright, Celestial, I have two options for you. One, you fight me and this train goes kaboom, or two, you save the train, then I'll kill you."

He waited, but there was no answer. Instead, he walked slowly towards Sanguine when he suddenly pushed a button on the warhead. The warhead started its 5 minute countdown to self-detonation.

"Looks like you don't have a choice now, don't you?" Sanguine said while flying out through the hole. Zeal walked towards the bomb and started to think on ways how to stop it.

At the front car, Kayley was starting to get bored and nervous.

"This is taking too long! At this rate, we'll be part of the deadliest fireworks display!" she said to herself as she went to look for Zeal. She opened the door to the second car and found a Deserter.

"Oh, hello there. Looking for someone?" the Deserter said.

"Umm…yes…" feeling scared, "I'm looking for my partner."

"Oh, him. The boy that I just threw out the train a few minutes ago."

"What!"

"I did, but somehow, he survived." He said as he grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up with a single hand.

"Gee…I wonder what he'll do if he found out that I killed you to you.", his grip tightened.

"Zeal…" she managed to whisper before she struggled for another breath. Then a thought crossed her mind.

'Hmm…I wonder what he'll do?' she thought to herself, 'he is quite strong but he won't stand a chance against this guy.' the grip on her throat got tighter 'Zeal? Where are you?' her vision started to blur and she was about to faint when she felt herself hit the floor and found that she could breathe again. She opened her eyes and saw the Deserter getting a dose of his own medicine. Sanguine was held in mid-air by a single hand.

"You called?" the Celestial asked.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"Can't you tell?" he turned around and faced her.

"Zeal…it's you…"

"Of course I am…who did you expect? Superman!"

"You look different…"

Then, the deserter interrupted the conversation.

"So, you decided to fight me after all…"

"There's no need to fight. Your last minute has come."

After Zeal finished talking, Sanguine experienced a flashback.

Flashback

"You cannot change what is bound to be…Destiny is on its course…one who is appointed by the heavens will come to smite you…"

End of flashback

He opened his eyes again and saw Zeal's hand radiating a bright white light.

"I see… so, you are the appointed one of the heavens, the Celestial called 'Seth' which means 'appointed'…"

Zeal's hand glowed brighter exponentially until it reached a point that the light could go through solid steel.

"Corrupt evil spirit, judgment has been passed…now, thou shall be annihilated by holy light!"

Zeal drove his hand into Sanguine's chest. Upon contact, Sanguine's body shattered crystals that were so fine, they looked like powder.

"Shall we go, Kayley?" he offered his hand to her.

"But… what about the warhead?" she took his hand.

"Oh, that…I separated it from the rest of the train. It will stop in a few seconds… as for the warhead...let's just say it will never explode…" he said 'Gee, I hope removing all the wires solved the problem.'

"Alright, let's go…"

they went to the door and prepared to bail when they suddenly remembered that they were still moving at 280 kph.

"I forgot. The train's still moving." He said as he blushed a bit, remembering that they were still holding hands.

"So, how do we get off?"

"We jump…"