This was really fun to write. Enjoy.
A month later and things were pretty much back to normal. Mathias was his cheery self again. Lukas had almost completely put Erik out of his mind and everyone was acting like nothing ever happened.
His job was also keeping him busy. It seemed he was always heading down to Earth to help someone. He felt bad because it meant more people were getting in trouble, but at least it also meant they were being helped.
That's why he wasn't too surprised when he was called once again. He hurried off the cloud edge and down to Earth.
He found that his current job was a car accident. He cringed a bit- car accidents were some of the most bloody things he was faced with. As he flew closer, he used his magic to see exactly what had happened.
The first thing he saw was a teenage girl with long black hair. For a moment he thought she looked familiar. Then it hit him- she was the girl whose mother he had cured.
She was driving very well, especially for a teenager, but then she took her eyes off the road for one second to adjust the radio. That proved to be a tragic mistake when another car crossed into her lane going at least twice the speed limit.
That was all Lukas needed to see. The poor girl had been hit by a drunk driver. He growled to himself. He hated drunk drivers.
But that wasn't apart of his job right now. His job was to save the victim. As he landed, he looked between the cars and recognized the victim's car. It was nearly destroyed and upside-down.
He found the back windshield broken and climbed in. He quickly made his way to the front. There he saw her and how bad it was.
The flesh on her face and arms was cut and ripped from shards of glass that flew at her when the front window had broke (something Lukas wished he would have noticed earlier instead of having to navigate his way through the car.) letting the blood flow into her hair and clump it together. Her nose seemed to be broken but because of her inverted position no blood was flowing out. Her eyes were open, but seemed to be dazed and distant. She was taking shallow breaths, probably both from the shock of what just happened and broken ribs.
Lukas held his arms out in a way so he would be sure to catch the girl and then unbuckled her seat belt. she fell into his arms and he flipped her over so she would be more comfortable and easier to carry. He was glad being an angel gave him extra strength because as a human he had been rather weak.
He started to kick out some of the glass still in its place on the car to make it easier to crawl out when he felt something warm run onto his forearm. He looked down and saw that she was bleeding from the back of her head too. She must have been hit by something flying forward from the back.
Giving up on his previous task he allowed his legs to get scratched up a bit as he crawled out. He stopped by the side of the road and laid her down in the grass.
He started by healing the wound on the back of her head, fearing that one might be fatal if not treated in time. Then he started healing those that had been caused by the glass. Unfortunately, he had to work on each one individually, so it was going to take a while.
He jumped when he heard her groan. Lukas looked into her eyes and saw fear and confusion along with pain.
Before she could say anything, he explained, "My name is Lukas. I'm an angel. I'm here to help you."
Before he could get back to his job, he caught a glimpse of something dark out of the corner of his eye. Having a pretty good idea of what it was, his mood fell into anger and his fists clenched,
After a moments thought, he healed a particularly nasty cut along her cheek then asked, "Will you be okay if I leave? There's something else I really have to take care of."
"I think so." It looked like it hurt for her to speak. He felt guilty about leaving her, but if he didn't they might be attacked.
"Okay, good. Don't forget to call for an ambulance, okay?"
"'kay." He started to get up but stopped when she said, "Lukas? Thank you."
He didn't really know what to say so he just nodded then ran towards where he had seen the dark flash.
"Hey!" he called as he approached. "Show yourself!" Nothing happened. "I know you're there, you damned demon! Come out and face me!"
The creature started walking out from behind the drunk driver's car where it was hiding with its hands up in surrender. When Lukas saw its face, his breath caught in his throat and he stumbled back a bit.
It was Erik.
Everything about him seemed darker. His wings had gone from pure white to a deep black. His eye- which never used to show emotion- were filled with pain and anger. He was now clad in black and his arms were shaking just a bit.
A slight smile appeared on his face and he said, "What's wrong, little brother? You look like you've seen a ghost."
"You're not my brother." Was all Lukas could think of saying.
"I may have Fallen, but we are still brothers." Lukas scoffed and looked away. "Fine, don't believe me. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry I Fell, but I truly believed in what I said. Even now, I know I'm right. My only regret is not being able to see you. I miss you, Lukas."
"I'm not listening to this." Lukas growled then took off into the air.
Unfortunately for him, Erik did the same a second later. Even though Lukas had a head start, Erik had always been the faster flyer, so he caught up fast.
Erik grabbed Lukas's wrist, but the white haired boy pulled it away and yelled, "Don't touch me!"
"I just want to talk to you." Erik said calmly but his eyes showed desperation.
"Too bad, go away, you bastard!" He screamed in response and flew to Heaven before the demon could catch him.