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Dark Angel
Chapter 8: Blood Stains
Zack's POV"Who're you?" I asked.
"My name's Ezekiel, Nephilim." He said, walking towards me.
There was that word again, Nephilim. I need some answers. I tried standing up but my knees buckled and I fell to the ground.
"So…" he said, "Are you going to join me or not?"
"Join you?" what kind of crap is this guy spouting? "Why would I join you?"
"Because, Nephilim…"
"Okay, the name is Zack. What is a 'Nephilim' anyway?" I said, my patience growing short.
"Nephilim… they are created by crossbreeding the 'sons of God' and the 'daughters of men.'"
"Uhhhh… translation?" I added a little gesture.
"Oh!" he said with impatience, "Shemhazai, an angel of high rank, led a rebel sect of angels in a descent to earth to instruct humans in righteousness. The tutelage went on for a few centuries, but soon the angels pined for the human females. After lusting, the fallen angels instructed the women in magic and conjuring, mated with them, and produced hybrid offspring: the Nephilim"
I blinked. So he's saying I'm a hybrid. Thanks a lot.
"So what do you want with me?" I asked, "And my brother."
He gave a wicked smile, "Nothing, except your power. Join me and together we'll destroy humans once and for all."
Either this guy's gone mental or he really hates humans. I vote for mental.
"Why would I sell out my own race?" I asked, "What kind of an idiot do you think I am?"
He shrugged, "Well, guess I have no choice but to destroy your key…and your memories of these events."
"My key?"
Zeke nodded, "Your key, it symbolizes your rank and status. If I destroy your key, you'll be helpless."
I felt my fists clench together. I slowly pulled myself up again, being careful not to put pressure on my bleeding leg and limped over closer to Zeke.
"Then destroy it, but not before you explain everything. Things like our parents, our past, and what the hell you did with Cody!" it took a lot to keep me from shouting.
"Oh yes. I guess you'll deserve that." He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "Your parents…even I don't know a lot about. I'm thinking they were tracked down and killed before you even took your first glance of the world. You were put into foster care until Kurt and Carey adopted you." He paused and thought some more.
"As for Cody…" he glanced at his limp body, "If you live through this, and if he wakes up, he could fill you in with all the detail. But still, killing you would be a pleasure too."
He held out his right hand concentrating on it. Then with a sickening rip, the skin and flesh tore from it, revealing the metal frame of a hand. He began flexing it and drew out sharp steel claws.
"Go to hell, Nephilim!" he roared and charged towards me, his hand thrusting forward as I braced myself for the impact.
Then something I will never forget happened, everything was in slow motion. Cody rushed in front of me and absorbed the blow. Blood splattered everywhere. I could see Zeke's claws poking out of the back of his body. Cody gave a strange sound caught in between a gasp and a whimper. With a forceful movement, Zeke freed his claws from Cody's body, causing him to drop to the ground.
It felt as if time was standing still, I couldn't seem to move. Then everything went back to normal. I rushed to him, kneeling beside his bleeding body. I felt tears sting my eyes. Cody's head turned towards me, his usually bright blue eyes now dimming.
"Zack…" he said weakly, "Please tell mom I'm sorr…" he caught his breath and gave a slight shutter. His eyes closed with no hope of opening again.
Tears rolled down my cheeks and onto Cody's lifeless body. I felt sick. Disgusted. Enraged. I slowly pulled out the pistol Cody had stuck in his belt, the metal still warm from his body. My anger spiked as I rose up and pointed it at him.
With my vision blurred by tears, I shot. Zeke merely jerked his head aside as the bullet sped past him and into concrete.
"How sad, your own brother giving up his life to save yours. Pathetic." He said as he clicked his claws together, "I know, why don't you join him."
All right, that made my blood boil. My anger was getting the best of me. I charged towards him, abandoning the gun. An object began materializing in my hand. Glancing at it I saw that it was a cutlass. I thrust it forward, making contact with Zeke's hand. I felt a jolt of energy and was thrown back, landing on my injured limbs. Zeke however clutched his hand as if it was going to bite him. With a strange crunch his hand began disappearing, turning into dust as the evening breeze whistled through. His key began fading too, leaving a useless length of chain dangling from his neck.
"I – what? No!" he screamed as he collapsed onto the ground, "I may be done but The Powers will still be looking for you! Mark my words, you shall be destroyed!" he shouted before his flesh burned, turning him into a singed mass of bones and that too disappeared.
Muahahaha! I just killed Cody! –Evil grin- who knows what I'll do next! Oh yeah, to Jenny: If you saw the premiere of "Fallen" on ABC Family you'll know what a Nephilim is.
Trivia: On "That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana" when the twins were singing their rap, at one point one of them closes their mouth and is clearly not singing yet you hear the sounds of both twins singing.
Mistake: On the same episode, Hannah Montana walks in and Cody says, "You're Hannah Montana" and Hannah points to Cody and says, "You're wearing cake" but she eats the cake off of Zack's shirt.