The Angel of Black Wings Chapter 5 - One Hell of a Fix
This chapter, I hope, is a lot more interesting than the last few. Enjoy folks!
It was the middle of the morning on Saturday, the hour of 3 A.M. to be exact. In a string abandoned buildings in South Tomoeda, there was no silence to be found. Within each and every last building, a dark army collected itself. Hundreds of demons, each from their own respective Realms, began to gather together. Vampires, Ahriman, Kappa, Coeurl, and Lamia were only a few of the species present. Out every species in every Realm, there were at least 5 present. Larger demons would be found in store houses, cramped tightly together. There were few occassions in which there would ever be such a gathering of such a vast amount of evil creatures. This would be one of them.
In the building centered between all of the others, a single demon stood tall. Scars were apparent all over it's form. At first glance, one could easily mistake it for a human, but this was far from the truth. Two black horns raised an inch from the head, then shifted at a steep angle that pointed to the figure's back. Red scaled claws and skin covered the creature from the it's knees to it's feet, and from it's elbows to it's clawed hands. Leathery wings protruded from the back, covering the end of a long, white mane of fine hair. It's eyes were a deep shade of crimson, bent into a constant glare. From it's mouth, where a Human's Canine teeth would be found, were fangs, slightly protruding from the lips of this unknown figure. The body itself was female, the torso draped over by a brown leather dress stained with dried blood. She grinned, able to detect the hundreds upon hundreds of demons that were gathering, her thoughts concentrating solely upon the matter at hand. 'Soon this travesty of Angel and Demon will come to a halt... I will tear this entire world apart if I must, but he will elude my eyes no more...'
At 5:04 A.M., Death stood in an alley, his shirt and hands absolutely drenched with blood. He panted heavily, his back pressed against the wall, his eyes narrowed into a glare towards the sky. 'Still dark out... but the Human traffic should start up soon, they'll recede back into the shadows...' His gaze shifted to the body of an Ogre he had just slain, the club lying in two cleanly cut pieces upon the ground. The body was sliced in half vertically, causing blood to spill out into a pool upon the ground. Some ran into a nearby storm drain, while the rest merely gathered about the Ogre's corpse. Death's hand raised, opening a large Gate that took in the Ogre's corpse and it's blood. Once the clean-up was done, the Gate closed, as usual. He stood up straight, having now caught his breath. His gaze was downcast at the ground as he clenched his fists, projecting his thoughts unconsciously. "It never stops... No matter where I go, ever since I made a name for myself as an Assassin, they've been hunting me... Tch, shoulda known better 5 years ago that just changing jobs wouldn't do anything in terms of losing them."
Death sighed, pulling the shirt off over his head. He wrapped it into a ball and turned out of the alley, a Hellbent expression on his face. 'They won't hold back long. The demons are already becoming more and more apparent. Within a couple days at tops, the town will be overflowing with them, and there won't be anyone who can stand against them. I've got to get the Cards tonight and get the Hell out of here before those devilish bastards and their leader decide on a full-scale attack...' Death nodded to himself, affirming the plan in his mind. Without a second's hesitation, he broke into a sprint, his eyes narrowed into a serious glare. At full speed, he could make it to Sakura's home in a matter of moments. This was partly due to the blood that ran through his veins, giving him a greater physical prowess than what most humans at their best could muster.
At 5:12 A.M., Death reached Sakura's house. He wasted no time. He rushed up the walkway and to the side of the house Sakura's room was on. If he wanted to get out without any delays or trouble, he had to take care of it silently. He jumped hastily onto a wall next to the house, quickly bounding off of it and towards the window. He slowed himself by pressing a little of his aura infront of him and below him, grasping the window sill gently. He pulled himself up, unable to help but grin at his fortune. The window was wide open. He could see, though, the keeper of the Clow sleeping soundly in her bed on her side, her back turned to face him. He narrowed his eyes, silently pulling himself up and through the sill. He could sense the Clow Cards, and he immediately shuddered at where they were within the walls of the room.
The Clow Cards were found to be lying right behind Sakura. 'Neeeeever that easy...', he thought to himself as he creeped forward. As he reached the edge of the bed, he could see the Clow Mistress shift a little in her sleep, forcing his body to freeze right where it was. He could hear her murmuring something inaudible to his ears, but he didn't care about that at the time. He was truly relieved she hadn't awoken. He smirked as he leaned forward, grabbing the Clow book. He opened it up, finding the Cards within. 'Pegasus said there were 52... better'd do a count to make absolutely sure.'
That's exactly what he did. He reached in and grasped the cards, setting the book down silently on the bed. He then quickly flipped through them. '46, 47, 48, 49... what the, just 49...? Where're the other three?' He looked up from the Cards in his hands, then twitched slightly. Sakura was sitting up, gazing silently at him, wearing a smile on her face. "Got'cha." Death blinked for a minute, then dropped the Cards, scattering them about the floor. Something was binding his arms and legs together, lifting him about 3 feet off into the air. He looked down, growling. "A Shadow and... a gust of Wind...? Well, that explains two of the three missing..." He grit his teeth, struggling against his binds. It was futile, though, as they were far too powerful for him in his current state. "You're looking at the Fifty-Second card, Death.", spoke a familiar voice from the closet. Death's gaze shifted to the closet door, a cynical look on his face. "Oh, you have got to be freakin' kidding me..."
The closet door opened, revealing Syaoron, Sakura, Tomoyo, and Kero, all watching him. Death's eyes remained locked on Sakura, though. He looked between the two Card mistresses, then growled. "Okay, what the HELL is going on here!" The Sakura in the closet, who's Death's eyes were currently fixated on, grinned a bit and pointed at the Sakura in the bed. "She's the Fifty-Second card." Death blinked, looking over at the Sakura on the bed. The cynical look returned as he found himself gazing at a young girl of a light-blue color, holding a round Mirror. "... yer kiddin' me..." Sakura smiled, nodding a "Thank You" to Mirror as she returned her to it's Card form. The pink Card floated to Sakura's hand as she held up a V with her index and middle fingers. "The Mirror Card. She can copy whatever person she touches, right down to the voice. Of course, that didn't change her aura..." Death narrowed his eyes into a lethal gaze. "I follow you. You put the Clow Book by that Pseudo-Sakura just so you could conceal her aura. Nice trick..."
Syaoron walked forward, gripping his sword in his right hand while the other dangled at his side. "We had a feeling you might try something tonight, so we set-up a trap. We were about to call it quits, but in you came, and you took the bait hook, line, and sinker." Death growled, thrashing wildly in his bonds. "DAMMITALL, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS! YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME THE CARDS SO I CAN GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Sakura shook her head, her arms crossed. "No chance. We're going to make sure you can't get your hands on the Cards." Death lowered his head, shuddering. "Please... I have to take them with me, I gotta get outta here...! If I don't leave this Realm soon, then somethin' horrible's gonna happen!"
Kero laughed a bit, his paws crossed over his chest. "Heheheh, yeah right! Last I checked, you're in NO position to do anything "horrible". Instead, you're all wrapped up by The Shadow and The Windy Cards!" Death shook his head, thrusting his weight forward for Kero, trying to headbutt him. He only managed to stretch Windy and Shadow about a foot before they recoiled, pulling him back into the same position as before. "THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN YOU STUPID HAIRBALL!" Tomoyo blinked a bit as she heard Death hollar this out. She was currently in possession of Sakura's Star Wand, keeping it a safe distance from Death so he couldn't damage or destroy it, despite how unlikely it would be even if it did get within his range. "But, if that's not what you mean by trouble, then what do you mean...?"
As if on cue, a bizarre creature shot through the window, headed straight for Sakura. Syaoron, though, caught this out of the corner of his eye. Without a moment's hesitation, he pushed Sakura out of the way to safety. The flat side of his sword met with the creature in a swinging motion, sending it flying into a corner. It smacked straight into the wall and slid down. The body, no bigger than a Basketball, was round and pure black, with a single eye in the center that took up most of it's head, with a mouth below to accompany it. Wings grew from it's sides, and talons from it's feet. It gave a weak squeal as it lay there in a daze. Death looked to his four captors, and they to him as he began to speak. "For starters, I'll be brief and say THAT'S what I mean..."
Well, I never said there wouldn't be game references in here, now did I? Hope you readers enjoyed this chapter, be ready for Ch. 6 relatively soon!