Chapter 4: Devine invitation

She felt a sudden jerk around the waist and Yumi came to. She had a chain rapped and welded about her slender middle. The other end was connected to something but what it was remained hidden as she felt another jerk and the chain began to move dragging her along with it.

Yumi dug in her heels in an attempt to slow or stop this wild ride but no luck as the chain continued dragging her through a dark and dusky Stone construct. it drug her through several door iron reinforced door ways, the first which she tried to stop herself on but to no avail as the pull was all too strong and it ripped her bloody fingers from it as she slid on each door looking more sturdy then the last, each one slamming shut as she passed through.

Finally she slid into a big Empty room with nothing more but a large raised bowl in the center of it. Its rim was maybe 3 feet high or so and the chain Lead up top the edge and into this well shaft so to say. She slid up to the edge and with a Whump she slammed into the side catching herself with her hands and feet on the rim. She was at the edge of what appeared to be a large bottomless shaft.

She stood there for a second Heels placed firmly against the bottom of the Bowl and she gazed into the bottomless pit that the chain around her pulled her toward. Suddenly the calm blackened beneath her became a tempest of spinning abyss and she could see what was dragging her down.

Jeremy was hanging only by his waist by the other end of the chain shaking his fist at and Yelling and shouting obscenities at the Abyss beneath him totally unaware or just not caring that he hung over it by nothing more than a chain.

Yumi Mezermirized by all of this began to gaze into the abyss. She found herself Hypnotized by the swirling Madness beneath, not wanting to look but unable to stop herself. She hadn't noticed that the chain was pulling at her Midsection threatening to snap her spine as the weight of Jeremy tore at her. She was about to let go to Give in to the all present Madness when out of the abyss she saw a face emerge. It was her brothers.

"Look away Yumi!" He yelled

"Somehow this broke the spell Over her and she snapped back in control just in time to regain her footing as she put her hands around the chain and sunk her heels into the ground pulling back for all she was worth. Her body cracked and popped as she fought the abyss, the chain around her ever tightening she strained with all she had as the tempest called.

Suddenly there was a loud crack and the chain broke throwing her back and and to the ground. The fierce Howl of the Swirling abyss stopped and she sat up looking at the shaft. A calm overtook her as she was free from the chain that was about her, and she sighed in relief.

However it was then that the hair on the back of her neck began to tingle then stand up as from out of the well crawled Jeremy But he looked nothing like he had before No much worse he was rapped and covered in large thick chains and shackles all broken from somewhere. He clanked as he moved toward her chains rattling with each agonizing step. His eyes glowed a fiery red and he attempted to grab her with a crushing grip, as Yumi scrambled to avoid it...

Yumi awoke in a cold sweat, sitting up Violently. "Just a dream" she told herself wiping the sweat form her brow.

She grabbed a glass of water off of the night stand and put the cool fluid to her parched lips and began to drink. It was then that she noticed the balcony door was open and a cool breeze was blowing in as she watched the light drapes dance sprietly about with each gust of wind.

Slowly she removed herself out from underneath the covers and put her feet down on the cold stone floor, the bed creaking ever so softly as she did. she pulled her Black robe a little bit tighter as she stepped out into the soft moonlight on the balcony. She stared thoughtfully into the night sky trying to Discern the meaning of the dream she just had.

Her beep thought was interrupted By a "Dink" she looked around suspiciously but didn't see anything.

"That's odd." she thought as she dismissed it there was another "dink" it landed next to her and rolled into her foot. She bent over and picked it Up. In the it was a small circular piece of metal and as she examined it in the faint moon light she could se it was a penny.

"A penny?" she thought "what the hell" and she again looked around as a rain of pennies came down around her. "dink, da dink dink da din kkk dink dink, none of them touched her well at least until they hit the ground and rolled into her.

Fear swept over her, she knew that she and Jeremy were being hunted but by whom and were the pennies a Calling card? suddenly she looked up only to see a dark shadowy figure jump from the balcony above her He flipped a couple of times and landed crouching at her feet.

Yumi wanted to scream in fear and almost bolted for the bed and the gun which Jeremy kept under the pillow at night but she didn't as this figure rose and looked her right in the eye.

"Hello Yumi." He said calmly with a smile on his face.

"It was then she recognized him as the man no angle in the burning club ANAX that had saved her and Jeremy. "How did you get here?" she asked the tall creature a calm replacing the fear from a couple of moments ago.

"Hey I might be an angle with broken wings but I can still Jump ya know."

"Right..." Yumi said surveying at his handsome slightly rugged 5 'o clock shadow face. He wasn't at all like she had envisioned an angel to be He was tall and relatively sleek. In his Hair was Jet black and a shaggy, spiky mess that looked like he had just gotten out of bed. he wore white long-sleeved t- shirt with a black shirtsleeve over it with signs that it had been on fire at one point and a pair of faded blue jeans with some combat boots on his feet.

'So how do you know my name? and what's with the pennies anyway?" Yumi questioned.

The angle looked over her a large smile on his face and then slowly replied. "The first question Is my little secrete, but to the second." They say that angels throw pennies at you when they miss you, to get your attention ya know." "But that's just a legend." he smiled at her again.

Yumi could feel herself Moving Closter to this angle it felt good that someone wanted to get her attention for once it had been forever since anyone had gone to such lengths to get her attention. and before she even knew it she was pressed up against the angel staring up into his Dark brown eyes Poised to kiss when he spoke.

"Yumi come with me." He whispered ever so softly caressing her soft black hair.

"She looked into his eyes longing for something better than the life she was living. To tell the truth she wanted to go after all those nightmares and those longings deep inside of her. She wanted to fly away from it all, with an angle. and she was about ready to when she looked back at Jeremy laying there asleep on the bed He needed her at least that's the way she felt about it and she pushed away from the angel.

"I...I.. can't she told him as she gently pushed him away as she looked back at Jeremy.

She could of swore she saw a tear well up in the angles eye as he nodded affirming her decision.

"I thought you would say that." he said in sadness as he released her and put his hand on the railing. "Farewell Yumi Ishiayama, my angel, Ill come back for you." And with that he leapt from the balcony.

Yumi gasped rushing to the edge and looking over as she knew that it was a nine story drop onto solid pavement below.

A soft Boom echoed as the angel landed crouching the pavement cracking beneath him as he hit, and then in a flash he was gone.

Yumi stood on the balcony stunned at what she had just seen and experienced. She didn't know why she refused the angel's offer as she looked back at Jeremy. He snorted and twitched in his sleep Mumbling something about Aelita, like he always did. And Yumi really didn't know why she didn't take the angel's offer.

Yumi stared off into the distant blackness of the night sky watching as in the far west a storm brewed. Flashes of light jumped between the clouds just like the storm brewing within her own heart the moonlight shining down upon her, black hair flowing back in the wind in her solutude a thousand pennies sparkling at her cold bare feet. While all the while thunder roled in the air as a mighty storm blew in from the west...

Yet another chapter in the Saga Of Broken Wings. Again I would Like to dedicate this chapter to all 8 of my fans and anyone else reading this crazie series. But this chapter is for tourmalie91 because of "Her" Intrest in the angle character that briefly appeared in Chapter 7 of Broken Wings, and had it not been for that i would have proably not writen this chapter. And comon Dont be shy with the reviews i want to know how im doing. It you like it and its good Great, if you hate it and want to flame it well heres your chance, i wolnt get mad (Well at least not at you personaly) and ill be really glad for the atention. rember I love all ya readers in a sibbling sorta way Peace.

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