Numbers 13:31-33
A/N: Okay Thank you for all your responses, here is the next chapter, truthfully I'm a bit worried this one isn't really up to standard with the last one, still I'm sure your tell me if I'm right or not. Well enjoy.
Chapter Three: The Executioner
The sun was just rising and through the cracks in the boards the little beams of light shone through. Leonard sleepily opened his eyes. For a few moments he was confused by the sight of the barn and wondered where he was, and then the memories of the previous night came flooding back to him. He shuddered slightly, spooked by what he had seen and heard the night before.
Looking around he found he was the first one to wake, getting to his feet he brushed the hay off his clothes. Looking back he watched Penny, still lying there in her black dress, she looked so beautiful when she was asleep, she looked beautiful all the time, but the way she slept, it was almost angelic to look at. Still thinking about angels, he looked up at the beam above where Sheldon was lying, why had he wanted to sleep up there? Before this point Sheldon would panic and practically throw a fit if he didn't have a bed to sleep on, so why had he forsaken the comfortable dry hay, to sleep on a hard wooden beam?
It made Leonard wonder, in light of his discoveries the previous night, what else there was that he didn't know about Sheldon. "Sheldon?" Leonard said in a reasonably quiet voice, knowing for a fact that Sheldon's enhanced hearing would be able to hear him perfectly, "Are you awake?" "Yes," Sheldon replied, "you should know I always get up the same time every day." "Do you mind if we talk outside?" Leonard asked. "Of course I don't," Sheldon replied. He sat up on the beam, swerved round, before jumping off.
He fell about seventeen feet, but still landed quite well, despite staggering. Getting to his feet, he straightened himself up; Leonard could swear he heard Sheldon's back clicking several times. Together they walked out into the desert. The sun was just coming up, so it wasn't that warm just yet, never the less it was starting to heat up.
"So what do you want to talk about?" Sheldon asked, Leonard paused, "Why… I mean…Well…" "Why didn't I ever tell you?" Sheldon asked. He shook his head, "Leonard, if I told you, you would have thought I was insane." Leonard had to agree, Sheldon was right there, "but you could have proven it, you could have shown me that you were telling the truth." Leonard replied. "How do you think you would feel if you knew you were sharing an apartment with a mystical creature that came of a race that ate people?"
"Well I would make certain never get your dinner order wrong again." Leonard joked, but Sheldon remained stoic, "I'm serious Leonard," he said, "How would you react?" Leonard nodded, "Well it doesn't matter," he said, "I know who you are, I trust you." Sheldon stared at him, "how can you possibly trust me?" he asked, "now that you know that I've been less than honest to you since we first met?"
Leonard paused, he was about to reply when a groaning came from inside, "it looks like the others are stirring," Sheldon said, "come on, we better greet them." And with that the two of them walked back into the barn. Sure enough the others were awaking. "Ah good your up," Sheldon said, "Well now your awake, we better get started. Penny."
Groaning slightly, Penny sat up, "what?" she said sleepily, "We better go," Sheldon replied. "Go?" Leonard said, "Where are you going?" "Well we can't stay here, but as I planned this only for myself, I only brought enough food and water for one person, so we need more." Sheldon replied, "We do?" Howard asked, Sheldon turned to face him, "it's going to be a long journey," he replied. "So where are you going?" Penny asked, "Where are we going!" Sheldon corrected her, "you and I are going to walk into that town I saw last night and get some supplies, then were going to come back here and carry on moving it's not safe to remain in on location for too long."
The others stared at him slightly confused, "Sheldon were exactly are we going?" Bernadette asked Sheldon shook his head, "I wish I knew." He replied, "Potentially Israel." "Israel?" several members shouted in unison. But Sheldon ignored them, "come on, we better get started," walking over to his bag he grabbed his water flask, before turning towards the door. "The rest of you stay here, if you get hungry, there's some food in that bag, but for the moment that's all there is so don't greedy. We should be back in a few hours and if anything happens…" The others stared, Sheldon paused, "…Nothing should happen, but if it does… it shouldn't." And with he walked off. Penny paused before following him.
She found him standing outside staring at the horizon, "It isn't really a town," Sheldon said squinting into the distance, "I'm not even sure if it's even a village." Penny stared in amazement, "you can see it?" she asked, "you said it was twenty miles away," Sheldon shrugged, "might be twenty one," he said. "Okay?" Penny said, "Do want me to jump on your back or can you just carry me?" Sheldon turned to face her, "what are you talking about?" he asked. "I assumed you would fly us there?" Penny replied.
"Why would I do that?" Sheldon replied, "Well how else are we going to get there then?" Penny asked, "were going to walk," Sheldon replied, "why do you think I picked you? You're the only one of them who can walk twenty miles." Penny stared at him, "you want me to walk Twenty miles through a desert?" She asked. "Good now we understand each other, let's get going before the sun gets too high and it really gets hot." Sheldon replied and with that he walked off.
Penny groaned, it felt like they had been walking for days, she prided herself on being in pretty good shape, but she was not used to these sorts of temperatures, plus the black dress she was wearing, was so tight that any chance of ventilation was well out of the question. She was sweating buckets. Sheldon was also sweating, but he was taking it a lot better than she was. She didn't know how much longer she could keep this up, why did that demon have to dress her in this stupid black dress? She was overheating.
She poured the last of the water down her throat and gasped for air. Looking behind Sheldon shook his head. "How…Are…you…taking...this…heat?" Penny gasped, "I'm Texan," Sheldon replied uncaringly, sweat pouring down his brow. "I need to stop," Penny groaned, "if you stop, it just feels worse when you try and start up again." Sheldon replied, "Believe me, I want to stop to, but we can't, it's only a few more miles." Penny groaned, "Why can't you just fly us there?" she asked, Sheldon sighed, "it's too dangerous," he replied.
"More dangerous than dying from thirst and heat exhaustion?" Penny asked sarcastically. "What do you rank crashing into the desert at?" Sheldon replied. "Besides I can't do it." Sheldon sighed and continued to walk. Penny however stopped in the middle of the road, "What do you mean you can't do it?" she practically shouted (her throat was too dry to truly shout). "Last night you carried all six of us a thousand miles in less than a minute." "And look where it got us." Sheldon snapped back, "The middle of nowhere, that's where. Do you know how many times I've ever flown before last night? Twice, once when I fell off a building, and once by accident when I was being chased by some thugs and that's it. Last night was the first time ever that I have flown and I haven't crashed and it's a miracle that we didn't. What happened last night was simply a choice I had to make, because we didn't have any other options, just because I have wings it doesn't mean I know how to fly. Because honestly I don't, not really, I've never practised, I've never really attempted it and I'm not willing to risk are lives simply because you're too lazy to walk so either shut up and come on or lie down here and I'll pick you up when I get back."
Penny stood there staring at him in silence, "Sheldon," she murmured stunned, "I've never heard you talk like that in your whole life." "Well now you have," Sheldon replied. Looking at Penny standing there stunned, Sheldon hung his head slightly, "I'm sorry," he said, "its heat it makes me irritable, come on; it's not too much further now let's go." And with that he walked off, silenced Penny followed him. It spooked her to hear Sheldon talk like that, he sounded so different; evidently she had hit a nerve. She made a note not to bring up his wings ever again and just followed him along the dusty road.
About mid-day the two of them made it into the village, if you could call it that, the whole settlement seemed to be one stretch of road, several houses and two shops. And what's more it seemed deserted; there was no sign of anyone anywhere. Slowly the two of them walked up to the first shop, it seemed a sort of general store, but it was shut. Turning they walked towards the other one, but this one was also shut.
"What do we do now?" Penny groaned. Sheldon turned and walked back to first store, he took a lock pick out of his pocket and kneeled at the door, in less than a minute the door opened and he walked in. "Sheldon this is breaking and entering." Penny said shocked, "Well I didn't break anything, so I would say it's just entering," Sheldon replied. "Besides we need supplies and we can't afford to wait for whoever owns this place to come back, we are on the run, remember?" Walking over to a shelf he grabbed a bottle and drank the whole thing in one gulp, he tossed another onto Penny. "This is stealing." Penny said, slightly in disbelief. "I'll leave money for everything we take." Sheldon replied.
Penny looked down at the drink in her hand, in seconds she had drank it. Grabbing a bag Sheldon began to pile food into it. Turning to Penny, he tossed her another bag, "gather as much as it will carry." He instructed. Penny turned to the shelves, although it had a large verity, the small store only had a limited number of each items. Shrugging she grabbed several items and was happily putting them in the bag. When behind her she heard a barrel click.
Spinning around the two of them saw a man standing behind them. He was somewhere in his late fifties, average height, his hair was greying, his clothes were dirty, he had a short beard. His hair was greasy; he had brown eyes that looked somewhat wrong. In his hands he was holding an old fashioned pump action shotgun, which was pointed straight at them. "Who are you?" he snarled, his voice was grizzled and he had an almost exaggerated southern drawl. "What are you doing in my store?"
Sheldon stepped forward, his eyes fixed on the gun. "The door was open; we assumed you were open, we looking to buy some food." He said calmly, "your thieves," the man suddenly snarled, "that's what you are, thieves. I hate thieves." "Now let's just talk this out," Sheldon said, his voice shaking slightly, "I'm sure we can settle this without any unfortunate incidents." The man snarled and suddenly fired. Sheldon went sprawling backwards, his chest blown open. "Sheldon!" Penny screamed rushing by his side. He just lay there. "You thought wrong." The man said coldly, and with that he suddenly laughed.
Penny slowly turned back to face the man, he had his gun pointed at her now. As she watched his eyes went over her figure, in a way that made her feel uncomfortable. "Say," he muttered, "you're pretty." Slowly Penny began to back away, the man advanced after her, his gun still pointed directly at her. As he looked he smiled, giving a big toothy grin, showing off every one of his yellow and cracked teeth. "You say you want to buy something?" the man smirked, "well maybe we can come to an agreement, I'm sure you find a way to pay for what you want." Penny shuddered, the devilish look in his eye, told her exactly what he had in mind. She tried to back away again, but she was straight up against the wall. Penny had faced a few creeps before in her time, but this was the first time she had ever been sought after by a gun wielding maniac, she shuddered continuing to watch the man, as he slowly walked closer.
"Yes, now I think about it, you can probably afford the whole store," the man chuckled coldly and then he held his gun up, pointed straight at Penny's face. "Well?" he said gruffly, "what you waiting for? Get started!" Penny stared down the barrel, sweat poured down her face. She knew she couldn't do it, but if she didn't then this nutjob would probably blow her head off.
Suddenly a hand grabbed hold of the guns barrel, pulling it away. Both Penny and the man spun. Sheldon stood there by the man; his left hand on the man's gun, his right was pressed against his own chest. "I'll take that if you don't mind." Sheldon said tugging the gun out of the man's hands. Casually he placed it down on the counter before turning back to the man. The man stared at Sheldon, his eyes wide in terror. "But…But…I shot you."
Sheldon nodded, "you did," he said calmly, then tapping his chest he coughed heavily, coughing up something into his free hand. "Here," he said, "Here's your buckshot back," and with that Sheldon tossed the metal pellets to the side. Staring at him wide eyed, the man suddenly swung his fist at him. It collided straight with Sheldon's face. The man pulled back wincing as he held his hand in agony. Sheldon didn't even blink. Slowly he stared up at Sheldon. Sheldon glared down at him. "What are you?" the man asked in terror. "Just a guy who doesn't like people that threaten his friends." Sheldon replied coldly.
He swung his free hand into the man, the man went flying backwards, he smashed into the wall with such force that he went right through it. He lay there on the other side, just lying there unconscious. Turning back to Penny, Sheldon bent down and picked up his bag, "I don't think I will pay for these after all," Sheldon said coldly. Penny however just stared. "Sheldon you took a shotgun blast at point blank range." She said in disbelief. Sheldon nodded, "don't remind me," he said, "that hurt like hell."
"But you're alive?" Penny said in amazement, "It takes a lot to kill a Nephilim," Sheldon replied, "I might not be invulnerable but I can recover from quite a lot of damage." Penny stated in amazement, it was next to impossible to accept that Sheldon Copper, they Sheldon Copper who fainted from a paper cut, had just walked away from a blast that could kill a Rhino. Taking his hand away Sheldon looked down, his stomach was still bloody, but the wound was quickly healing. Staring at it, the blood started to flow back into his body, leaving just the torn flesh. After a few minutes even that were gone, apart from the holes in his clothing, it was impossible to tell he had been shot. Sheldon grabbed his already ripped shirt and pulled it off him before tossing it to the floor.
Penny was still staring in amazement. "Okay, what about when he punched you?" Penny asked, still not believing what she had seen, "I've punched you before, and you've never reacted like that before. I've never hurt my hand before." Sheldon looked up, "well," he said calmly, "much like my height and strength, I can control my durability." Penny stared at him. "Maybe a demonstration would be best." Sheldon said, calmly he put down the bags and walked up to Penny.
He paused to think for a few moments, "Okay, now Penny, I want you to hit me as hard as you can." He said calmly. "What?" Penny asked, "Hit me." Sheldon replied, "As you said, you've done it before." Penny stepped back unsure, "I don't know," She said. Sheldon rolled his eyes, "either hit me or drop the topic of conversation." He said calmly. Penny groaned and then slugged Sheldon in the face. He staggered backwards; rising up his nose was bleeding.
Calmly Sheldon got back up to his feet. As Penny watched the blood rose back up into his nose and the cut closed. Sheldon steadied himself. "Good," he said, holding the side of his face, "okay now I want you to hit me again, only this time as softly as you possibly can. Understand? Don't hit me to hard." Penny paused unsure, soft as she could; she once again slugged Sheldon in the face. Only to wince backwards in pain, it felt like she had punched a brick wall. "Ow," she shouted, shaking her hand to ease the pain.
"Do you know get my point?" Sheldon asked, Penny nodded, "good then let's get going," Sheldon said, he grabbed his bags and then handed one to Penny. He paused for a moment, "you better take that as well," he said gesturing the Shotgun, "You never know when we might need it." Penny nodded and picked up the gun, "if were taking it, shouldn't we look for more cartridges?" Penny asked, "There's only five in here." Sheldon shrugged, "good point," he said.
The two of them walked through the door into the back of the store. Sure enough there was other ammunition, Penny gathered it up into her bag. However Sheldon had spotted something else. Opening the backdoor he smiled. "How do you fancy not walking back?" Sheldon asked. Penny turned to face him, "I thought you weren't planning on flying," she said, "I'm not," Sheldon replied, he pointed out the door, on the other side of the building, a pickup truck was parked. "That could work." Penny said. Grabbing the keys, she and Sheldon loaded the bags into the back.
The two got in, "okay its only twenty miles, we should be back by one," Penny said, "and then we go on are way." Sheldon added. Penny started the engine and drove off; they were just heading back, when Sheldon's eyes opened wide in horror. "Stop," he shouted. Penny slammed down hard on the breaks. "What was that for?" she asked. Sheldon pointed into the distance. Penny stared at the horizon, "what is that?" she asked. "A dust storm." Sheldon replied solemnly.
"We've got to get going," Penny said, but Sheldon stopped her, "its approaching to fast, were never get to them before it hit," Penny paused, "what do we do then? She asked. Sheldon paused unsure. He looked around desperately, and then his eyes fixed on something. "See that house with a garage?" Sheldon asked pointing. Penny nodded. Sheldon jumped out and ran over, he fumbled with lock pick, the door opened. Fortunately it was empty. Penny drove in; Sheldon ran in behind her and slammed the garage door.
The two of them were left in darkness then Sheldon found a light switch. The garage wasn't very big, but there was a little room. Getting out, Penny walked over to Sheldon. "What do we do?" "We'll just have to wait here till it ends." Sheldon said. "Where did it come from?" Penny asked, "That wasn't there when we were walking to town." Sheldon nodded, "I know," he said suspiciously, "it is very strange."
Leonard looked at his watch, "it's almost one o'clock," he said, "they should have been back by now." "It's a long walk," Howard said, "and they're going to be carrying heavy bags." Leonard nodded, "I suppose," he said, once again looking at his watch. "I don't get why he didn't just fly off and get take out." Howard mussed. "Yeah," Leonard muttered, "say…" he asked, "How are you guys taking the fact that he's a…well you know?"
There was a pause and then Amy shrugged, "I always knew he was beyond normal men," she said, "I just didn't realise that he was also beyond me." She added almost sadly, "still he looks good with wings." She smiled. Howard paused, "I don't know," he said, "I always thought he was a giant, I just didn't realise how big he really was. " Leonard turned, "what about you?" he asked Bernadette. She paused, "well the fact that he is one kind of scares me, but at least I finally have tangible proof that what I believe in is true, it makes me regret not praying more often."
There was a pause, it was clear everyone wanted to say more, but no one spoke. Everyone just stood there in silence, Leonard sighed "Do you remember all those jokes we used to make about how Sheldon couldn't possibly be human?" he asked. "Yes," Howard replied, "well I've got to say, none of them seem that funny right now." Leonard replied and with that he hung his head. "It's not our fault," Howard said, "how were we meant to know? If I had to guess, I would have said he was an alien long before I ever thought of Nephilim." "You're the only one who could have thought of it." Leonard replied, "except for you of course Bernadette, none of us had ever heard of a Nephilim."
"Emphasis on the heard," Howard replied, "if you were to ask me before last night, I would have no idea what one was, I just remembered the word from the chapters of Bereshit and Bamidar, that's all." Leonard nodded. Amy however hadn't been paying attention. "What's that sound?" she asked. The others paused and listened, "I don't know," Leonard said. "I'll go look." He walked out the doorway. Only to suddenly run back in white faced, "Dust storm." He shouted. Quickly he pushed the door shut.
"What do we do?" Howard shouted, "What do we do?" the others began running around frantically. "Calm down," Bernadette suddenly shouted, every stopped, she grabbed Sheldon's rucksack, quickly pushing everything back in, it was heavy she could barely lift it. "Rather than panicking, get into a corner, quickly." The four of them ran over to the most protected corner and kneeled there. "What do we do?" Amy asked frantically, "this barn will protect us," Bernadette said reassuringly, "were be fine, we just have to stay here till it passes, were going to be fine." The others shuddered, Howard held her close to him. Leonard pushed himself deeper into the corner. Truthfully Bernadette was also terrified, but she knew she had to put on a strong front or else the others would panic. She however shuddered and hopped that the storm would end soon.
Sheldon paced up and down the garage. The dust storm had hit about half an hour earlier, and it was still going on. How could something that had moved so fast, slowed down so suddenly? And how big was it? A storm this size should have been seen coming days ago, where had it come from? What was going on? Once again he walked up to the door. "Sheldon you've got to calm down," Penny called, it was strange watching him, he was pacing like a tiger in a cage.
Sheldon turned to face Penny, "I'm perfectly calm," he said unsurely, "I'm just worried," "I'm sure the storm will be over soon." Penny said calmly, Sheldon shook his head, "that's not what I'm worried about," Sheldon replied. "Sheldon," Penny said calmly, "there be fine." "How do you know there be fine?" Sheldon asked frantically, "there inside." Penny said, "In an old barn, with multiple holes in it," Sheldon replied, "I should have never left them alone, I should have stayed with them." "Then I would be dead…or worse," Penny said with a shudder. "Well I should have taken them with me." Sheldon replied, "You said it yourself, none of them would have made it, they would have collapsed from exhaustion after the first four miles."
"Well I should have done something." Sheldon replied exasperated. "What could you have done?" Penny asked, "Sheldon you can't blame yourself for this." "Why not?" he replied "It is my fault, I'm the reason there out there, if they die there blood is entirely on my hands." "No one's going to die." Penny said, "I promise you, no one's going to die." Sheldon shook his head. "What is it with you and all these dramatic performances anyway?" Penny asked. "It's so unlike you?"
Sheldon turned to face her, "well considering how I've reacted previously to situations that were miles below this one." He began, "I wouldn't say it's that unlike me." Penny shrugged, "I suppose not," she said, "still last night you have to admit you were a bit out of character?" Sheldon stared at Penny for the way she used the phrase, "well," he said, "I will admit that I was putting it on a bit, but I only did so because I was worried that unless I made my story interesting you wouldn't believe, and well it sort of went from there."
Penny smirked, "Sheldon, you know you're still the same wackado we know and love." "I should be," Sheldon replied, not caring what she meant, "I haven't changed you've simply learned a few secrets that I intended to take to the grave." He shook his head and looked back at the doorway. "Don't worry," Penny said, "I'm sure it will be over soon."
Sadly it wasn't, it was several hours before the dust storm finally died down. The moment it did Sheldon practically ripped the door open and soon they were off again. It was a bit difficult as all the dust had covered the roads; however they soon found it and were speeding along towards the barn. Sheldon stared ahead frantically. "It's still standing," he said, "but that's all I can see anyone, can't we go any faster?" "Not with no road," Penny replied. The wheels skidded slightly over the loose dust. Sheldon continued to stare, "don't worry there be fine." Penny said reassuringly.
Pulling up outside the barn, Sheldon jumped out and ran forward. The door was closed, he just ran straight through it. His eyes shot around the barn, several holes and cracks had been widened, and there was dust and sand on the floor. And then his eyes fixed in a corner, where a large shape lay huddled underneath a blanket. Rushing over, Sheldon pulled the blanket off. "Sheldon," Amy screamed diving forward and wrapping her arms around him. Groaning the others got their feet. Sheldon shuddered slightly and Amy let go.
"I'm sorry," she said, "it's okay," Sheldon replied, walking past her, he helped Leonard to his feet. "Are you all okay?" he asked, "I think so," Bernadette said. Amy's eyes stayed fixed upon Sheldon's bare chest, although not muscular, Sheldon was actually pretty good looking, he was thin, but reasonably toned, in a way that sort of complimented his figure. Penny came rushing in, "Leonard," she screamed rushing over him. "I'm okay," Leonard gasped, "well we got everything we need," Sheldon said, "including some transportation, so everyone get in and were get out of here."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Penny asked, "It's getting dark quickly, it will be night soon, shouldn't we wait until tomorrow?" Sheldon hesitated. He looked at the others, following the dust storm; they were all pretty much shattered and had clearly been shaken. "Fine," he said, "were wait one more night, but we have to leave first thing tomorrow." He paused, "still I don't know about you, but I'm hungry, so let's get some of that food from the truck." "Truck?" Howard asked, "It's a long story," Penny replied. Sheldon lit both his lamps, as true to Penny's words it was getting dark quickly.
All in agreement, they went and grabbed some of the food they had taken and were soon eating, however Sheldon noticed Amy was standing alone in the corner. He hesitated. "Go talk to her," Penny whispered, Sheldon hesitated again before getting to his feet and walking over to Amy. "Why are you over here?" he asked. "I just got a lot to think about." Amy replied. Sheldon paused "are you angry with me? For not telling you the truth about what I am, I mean." he asked.
Amy turned to face him, "No," Amy replied, "I'm not angry, I just surprised," Sheldon nodded, "um Sheldon," Amy asked, "If you don't mind me asking, who else, outside this room knows you're a Nephilim?" Sheldon shrugged, "only the demons," he replied, "I never told anyone else?" "No one?" Amy asked surprised, "Not a soul," Sheldon replied, but then he added, "However I think my mother suspected that something more happened the night I was conceived, the fact she turned heavily to religion while I was growing up, leads me to suspect she could sense there was something wrong with me."
Amy paused, feeling mostly shocked, but in a way happier at hearing this, however another thought burned through her mind. "Are you angry with me?" she asked almost timidly. "No why would I be?" Sheldon replied in surprise. "For touching your wings," Amy admitted. Sheldon paused, "I'm not angry," he said, "I was annoyed at the time, but that was in the past." Amy paused, and then taking the plunge asked what was on her mind, "Sheldon why are you so afraid of germs? Is it something to do with being a…" Sheldon hung his head slightly, "sort of," he replied. "Sort of?" Amy asked unsure. "You remember I said my eyesight was a lot better than yours?" "Yes," Amy replied, "well to put it bluntly, I can see Bacteria." Amy stared at him, "you can?" she asked, Sheldon nodded.
"Not very clearly, I can only see them the same way you would see a tick or a nit, or such." Sheldon continued, "but yes I can see them, and there everywhere, everywhere around us, everywhere." Amy stared in horror, "that must be awful," she said, "to constantly see that, I mean." Sheldon sighed, "Not constantly," he admitted, "I can adjust my vision, to an extent that is, but in my default vision, yes I can see them." Amy shuddered, what must it feel like to be able to see the billions of microscopic organisms around them?
Sheldon paused, still Amy had asked the last question, that meant it was by rights his turn, "how are you taking finding out your boyfriends a Nephilim?" he asked. Amy paused, she wanted to say something, but truthfully she wasn't really sure where to begin. Finally she sighed, "It's not that surprising I suppose, I always knew that you were above all other men, it's just I never realised you were also above me." Amy shook her head sadly. Sheldon sighed, and walked in a bit closer. "The only reason I'm above, is mostly because it's simply my nature to be that way, where as you built everything you have yourself, so I suppose it is possible to interoperate that in a way that makes you above me."
Amy smiled, "that's one of the nicest things you've ever said to me," she admitted, Sheldon shrugged, "I only say the truth," he replied. Amy nodded, he did, and now she knew why he couldn't lie. It made Amy wonder though, so many traits she had grown accustom to Sheldon possessing, he apparently only possessed simply because it was natural for his kind to. Even saying that in her mind sounded wrong. However in-between her confusion and worry, temptation had started to grow. Slowly she me eyes with Sheldon. "Sheldon, could you, if it's not too much trouble I mean, could I…see your wings again?"
Sheldon paused, taken aback slightly by the request, but he shrugged. "Sure," he said calmly, his eyes narrowed as he concentrated, out of his back they sprouted. It was not like the first time she had seen them, there was no blood or bone. Instead long white wings just sprouted out of his back, the feathers emerging the second the wing touched the air. By the time Sheldon finished, Amy once again marvelled at his long swan like wings, temptation urged her to reach out and touch them, but remembering Sheldon's explanation a few moments earlier, she restrained herself. Looking at them Amy was impressed by just how magnificent they looked. And truthfully the fact her boyfriend had wings actually made him more attractive to her.
Basking in the white light emitted from them, Amy felt warm and cheerful, and then the light dimmed. "Sheldon," Amy said slightly worried, "what's the matter? Am I staring too much?" "No," Sheldon replied, "Nothings the matter." "Then why are you sad?" Amy asked, "I'm not," Sheldon replied confused, "what makes you think I'm sad?" "Your wings," Amy replied, "there dimmer and they dim when you're sad." "What?" Sheldon said shocked, his head spun round looking at the wings. His eyes opened wide, he spun round, "we've got to get out of here." He shouted.
"What?" Penny asked, "Sheldon what's the matter?" Leonard asked. "Hurry," Sheldon grabbing his bag and pushing everything back into it, "before it's too late." "Sheldon what's the matter?" Amy asked worried. Sheldon spun round again to see all there worried faces, "My wings, don't you see, it all makes sense now, that's what it was." "Sheldon what are you talking about?" Penny asked. "That dust storm!" Sheldon shouted, "That wasn't a natural phenomenon that was an omen." "An omen? An omen for what?" Penny asked? "That would be us," A demon replied.
Everyone spun round, standing in the far corner were four figures. Sheldon's eyes opened wide in horror. Three demons stood in front, two male, one female and behind them stood another demon, a tall muscular black one with a disproportional body and a lot of body hair. He was dressed purely in black. In his belt he carried both a three pointed knife and an executioner's axe. Sheldon's eyes fixed upon him, "you." He said clearly afraid.
Turning Penny and Leonard tried to run for the door, but two more demons emerged in the doorway. "Get behind me," Sheldon shouted. The gang quickly scrambled behind him. The Demons slowly walked forward. The tall one emerged in front. "So you're Doctor Cooper?" he asked coldly. "I've got to say," He added, "you've got beautiful wings, I wonder how they would taste if I roasted them at six thousand degrees." He licked his lips.
Sheldon's eyes stayed fixed upon him, "Alastor," he said coldly. "You know him?" Penny asked, "I've read about him," Sheldon said coldly, "So you've heard of me?" Alastor said calmly, "still it's hardly surprising, I am after all I." Sheldon kept his narrowed eyes on the demon. "Oh yes I've heard of you," he said, "Alastor the Executioner, aka the demon of vengeance. Resound throughout the occult for his sheer cruelty, brutality and ego." Alastor smiled, and held his head high as if he was being praised. "So like a demonic hit man?" Penny asked. "Not like a demonic hit man," Alastor chuckled, "They demonic hit man."
Sheldon's eyes darted around the room, the demons had made certain to cover all the exits. Alastor smiled coldly, "don't bother trying, there's no way out Cooper, we'll cut you down before you even start flapping those wings. There's no escape, so let's talk." Alastor paused and walked in closer. "All I want is to offer you a job." Alstor began. "Now let's clear up a few misconceptions shall we? It is hardly as bad as your making it out to be, we've simply got a job offer for some who fits your unique talents. A difficult job maybe, but a job's a job, isn't that right. I mean look at you, a scientist? Pathetic, your letting your talents go to waste."
He paused and calmly strolled back and forth across the room. "However, if you except are generous offer, I can assure you that on the behalf of my employer you will not regret it. For you see, all those little things you're worried about right now: conscience, law, order, freedom, women and children, all of that malarkey, your find it all simply fades into naught when you come down to it, it's simply another job but unlike most jobs, it actually makes you feel good about yourself when you see the sum of your efforts."
The others stared at Alastor in horror, he was smiling happily now and his eyes were distant, showing him deep in thought, "just think about it, will you, picture the scene: bodies left lying in pools of blood in the streets, survivors huddled together trying to avoid the fires or fighting to the death over scraps, in the remains of what used to be there homes. Piles upon piles of rubble and wreckage, as far as they eye can see, don't it just warm you heart to think about it?"
"You're a monster." Bernadette cried, "Flattery will get you nowhere," Alastor replied. Sheldon kept his narrowed eyes on the demon. The others patiently stood around, blocking all chances of escape; however they weren't paying the closest attention. Alastor was standing prompt against a wall, still imaging his thoughts of carnage. And Sheldon took his chance. Turning his head as far as it would go, he partially faced the others "When I make my move, run and don't stop for anything. Get to the truck and drive for it, don't wait for me, I should be right behind you." He paused and took a small tin out of the side pocket of his rucksack. "If you have trouble from them, use this, it should get you out and don't be frugal." Sheldon said casually slipping the tin to Penny.
He turned back to the front, Alastor walked forward back to Sheldon "Doesn't it sound tempting?" he asked, "no," Sheldon replied coldly. Alastor shook his head, "okay Cooper," Alastor his voice turning colder, "perhaps it would be better if we re-examine this situation, shall we? You're surrounded, heavily outnumbered and facing me, Alastor. Your chances of escape are nil, just keep that in mind, with a snap of my fingers we could rip your friends there, limb from limb and there's nothing you can do to stop us."
Alastor paused and leaned in closer. "Of course we don't have to," he added, "all you have to do to save your friends is agree to come with us, that's all were asking. And I can promise you, you will be properly rewarded for your efforts, gold, wealth, power, knowledge, we've got it all, and were willing to share, join us and every day of the rest of your life will be paradise? What do you say?" He asked.
"I say you better be better at killing," Sheldon said coldly, "Because you're a lousy salesman." Alastor's face turned dark, "fine, have it your way, let's see how many limbs we have to rip off before you change your mind. Get them!" The demons began to advance towards them. His friends huddled together backing against the wall. "Wait," Sheldon screamed, Alastor smiled, "I knew you would change your mind." "I've just got one thing to say," Sheldon said calmly. There was a pause, Alastor waited, "well what is it?" he asked. "Deus Do me Lucis" Sheldon shouted.
Suddenly his wings spread out wide and a blinding white light erupted from them. The demons fell backwards screaming and trying to cover their eyes. "Run," Sheldon shouted. Everyone ran forward, Sheldon knocked the first demon flying, clearly a path. The light was already dimming. "Stop them," Alastor snarled, still covering his own eyes.
One of the demons dived at Sheldon; Sheldon swung his fist sending the thing flying. Another demon grabbed him and pushed him to the ground. The two began to struggle violently. Leading the others Penny ran for the door. Another demon suddenly appeared in front of them. "Where do you think you're going?" It snarled. Grabbing the lid off the tin, Penny hurled the contents at demon. The powder hit the creature, causing it to scream in anguish and fall to its knees. Penny kicked weakened creature, knocking it to the floor. "Come on," she shouted running over it.
The demon still held Sheldon. Snarling it raised its fist, but then Sheldon kicked up suddenly. The demon went shooting up into the air. Sheldon jumped to his feet just in time. The female demon charged into him, but Sheldon pushed back, knocking it straight into the wall, struggling he held the creature in place. "Crux sacra sit mihi lux non draco sit mihi dux." He began. The demon was struggling violently, but Sheldon held it in place.
Recovering from the fall, another demon charged at him from behind. Snarling it raised its fist, suddenly Sheldons wings smashed the thing in the side of the head knocking it back "Sunt mala quae libas Ipse venena bibas." Sheldon shouted completing the exorcism. The demon screamed and just vanished into thin are. Sheldon spun round on the spot. The other demon was getting back to his feet. Sheldon smashed his fist into its face, knocking it back into the opposite wall of the barn.
Running out of the door, Howard was last out, they were crossing the ground, when suddenly another demon appeared and grabbed him by the throat hoisting him straight into the air. "Howard," Bernadette screamed, "let him go!" she screamed running towards him, the demon turned, still holding her husband by the neck, several inches above the ground, "make me." The demon laughed, looking down at the little woman.
Bernadette paused, and shuddered as she looked up at the demon. She stared at Howard, he just hanging there limply; the others were standing behind her just watching, to shocked to move. "Put him down," Bernadette shouted again, trying to sound brave. The demon casually strolled around her and then casually tightened its grip. Howard began to choke, his skin was turning pale. "Howard." She screamed. The demon laughed coldly.
Bernadette paused; she could do this she was a Catholic. "Exorcizamus…" she began, the demon stopped smiling and stared at her "Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus piritusomnis satanica potestas, omnis incursion infernalis… adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregation et secta diabolica adjuramus te." The demon shook slightly, his grip lessened and he dropped Howard. Falling to the ground he gasped for breath.
"Cessa decipere… humanas… creaturas…" She continued, the demon fell to its knees holding its ears. Howard ran to her side. "eisque aeternae…um…Per…perdits?" she paused trying to think. "Why did you stop?" Howard asked frantically, "I can't remember the rest." Bernadette replied. "What do you mean you can't remember?" he shouted, "do you want to have a try at this?" she asked. Suddenly a growling caused them to both turn back, the demon had risen back up its feet. It was snarling angrily looking at them.
Then a single shot ran out across the desert. Penny held the shotgun she had gotten earlier, pointed straight at the demon. But the blast wasn't even enough to make it to blink. Snarling it dived forward knocking Bernadette to the ground. Pinned down, she screamed as the huge creature crushed her into the earth. Only for the demons eyes to open wide in horror, it jumped off her screaming. Bernadette lay there on the ground unsure what had happened. Getting to her feet, the demon backed away.
For a moment she thought it was afraid of her and then she suddenly remembered her cross, still hung around her neck. Ripping it off, she held it in front of her pointed at the demon. The creature backed away in fear. Howard helped her along back towards the truck. The demon continued to watch, it was clearly unwilling to come any closer than it needed to and the sight of the crucifix had scared it out of its wits.
Inside Sheldon struggled as the two demons tried to wrestle him to the ground. He shook and tried to wriggle free from their grasp. The held on tight. Digging his heels into the ground, Sheldon clenched his teeth. And then suddenly he jumped upwards. His wings flapping violently he shot into the air. Smashing the two demons straight into the celling grabbing them in mid-air he spun round and plummeted towards the earth. They collided so hard it caused the barn its self to shake. Holding both demons by the neck, Sheldon screamed the exorcism at them. The two demons seemed to sink into the earth itself as they vanished. Sheldon kneeled there on the ground panting heavily.
And then a clapping sound echoed throughout the building. Raising his head, Sheldon saw Alastor standing there clapping his hands, "a most entertaining performance." He said coldly, "still I guess it's time I got back to work." He cracked his knuckles. Sheldon rose back up to his feet. Snarling Alastor changed at him. Also snarling Sheldon charged at the demon. The two collided with a crash, but Alastor hit harder. He pushed Sheldon back smashing him into the wall.
He smiled coldly, "you may be stronger than them," he said, "but your nothing compared to me." Sheldon snarled and pushed back. Alastor jumped backwards. The demon swung and knocked Sheldon back into the wall. He swung again, but Sheldon ducked under and charged forward into Alastors kidneys. Knocking the demon away.
Sheldon swung, and smashed his fist into Alastors face. He swung again, but this time Alastor blocked. Grabbing Sheldon by the shirt, Alastor threw him backwards into the wall again. Snarling the demon lunged forward. But Sheldon kicked him hard in mid-air with both legs. Alstor went flying into the opposite wall. Sheldon ran forward at him. But Alastor recovered faster than expecte and smashed Sheldon in the face, knocking him to the floor. Sheldon tried to get up, but Alastor kicked him back onto his back. Groaning Sheldon laid there.
Alastor chuckled as he drew his executioners axe, it was a long axe, with a black blade and a dark handle to match, on the end of the handle, was a point shaped like a skull. "Looks like you need taming." He chuckled raising the axe, "I'll only cut a little of the top." He chuckled. He threw the blade down, only for it to stop in mid-air. Sheldon had grabbed hold of the handle. Struggling he held it there, the blade poised over his chest. Alastor struggled pushing down. The two gritted their teeth, struggling and straining against each other. And then suddenly Sheldon spun, still on the ground, throwing both the Axe and Alastor into the wall. He dived to his feet.
Alastor snarled and charged at him waving the axe like a mad man. Sheldon dived backwards trying to avoid the blows of the awful weapon. Suddenly another demon grabbed him from behind. It was the one that Penny had incapacitated earlier, clearly it had recovered. Sheldon paused; he gulped as Alastor raised the Axe. The demon holding Sheldon in place smiled. Sheldon watched the blade, and closed his eyes as it hurled forwards.
Suddenly he shot forward into a forward roll. The demon holding him was pulled with him. Alastors axe collided into its back. The demon screamed in agony. "Get off my axe." Alastor shouted pulling it free and sending the unconscious demon flying. Sheldon dived to his feet and upper cutting Alastor, sending the demon through the air. Alastor smashed into the ground, looking up he saw Sheldon standing above him, holding his own axe. Sheldon dropped it on the ground and smashed his foot down, shattering the handle into several pieces.
Alastor snarled, drawing his three point blade, he jumped to his feet and angrily swung, slitting open Sheldon's chest. Sheldon stumbled backwards, his chest felt like it was burning, looking down his saw a horrible long cut stretching across it from one side to the other, as he watched, the cut quickly dried over turning a horrible black colour. "Knife of hell," Alastor laughed, "don't think your heal from that in hurry."
Groaning Sheldon rose up. Alastor charged forward and swung at him again. Sheldon jumped backwards and swung. Alastor caught his blow and stabbed the knife right through Sheldon's arm. Sheldon screamed out in pain. Alastor smiled, drawing his knife he went to stab again, but Sheldon's other fist collided knocking Alastor of balance. Snarling Sheldon jumped forward laying several blows on the demon, causing him to stagger back. But then Alastor dived forwards. Sprawling onto of Sheldon, he raised the knife and brought it down straight at Sheldon's torso.
Sheldon's arm moved like lighting. Struggling he caught the blade and tried to push it back. But with only one hand, he was unable to. The knife fell forwards, piercing deep into Sheldon's skin. Sheldon screamed again. Alastor raised the blade for a second time. When Sheldon sat up suddenly, head butting Alastor hard, the demon went flying backwards. Sheldon tried to stumble to his feet, but his wounds were burning.
"Come on Penny," Howard screamed frantically. "I'm trying my best Penny," replied, "come on, Come on," she said frantically trying to start the engine. But the truck didn't seem to be budging. The demon stood there watching them, Bernadette stood there between it and the truck, her cross pointed at it. She turned back to face it. Why was it taking so long to start an engine?
"Come on," Penny screamed, banging her fist on the dash board, there was a groan and the truck sputtered to life. "That's it get on Bernadette," Penny shouted. Bernadette turned again and for a second her hand fell. The demon charged forward. Frantically she spun back raising the cross up, the demon once again jumped backwards. Slowly she tried walking backwards, slowly and carefully. Then suddenly she tossed the cross.
The demon jumped back screaming. Turning she ran towards the truck. The demon charged after her. Reaching it, between them Howard and Amy pulled Bernadette into the open back of the truck. Snarling the demon lunged forward, but at that point Penny floored the gas and truck shot to side colliding with the demon, sending it flying. Penny adjusted the gears, "go," Howard shouted. "What about Sheldon?" Amy asked worried, "He said to go," Howard replied.
Penny nodded, suddenly Leonard's eyes opened wide. Through the open doorway, he could see Alastor standing above Sheldon, his foot on Sheldon's neck, ready to stab his knife straight into him. "Sheldon," Leonard cried jumping out of the truck and running towards them. "Leonard, No!" Penny screamed. "Go!" Leonard shouted behind them, "I'll catch up later." Penny paused unsure. Suddenly the other demon came charging towards them again. Bernadette and Howard screamed. And with no other option Penny floored the gas, the truck shot forward. Her eyes behind her "Don't die," she murmured, her eyes watering as she watching her love disappear from her view.
Sheldon lay there panting, Alastor stood above him knife pointed down at him, "I hoped to take you in peacefully," Alastor muttered, "but now it looks like I'm going to have to bring you in in pieces, no matter its more fun this way." The demon laughed coldly. Suddenly he let out a great scream; through his chest a pitchfork had been thrust. The demon screamed in agony, the metal was seemingly burning his flesh. Rocking backwards he swayed in pain, dropping his knife.
Sheldon watched in amazement as Leonard emerged behind him. "Sheldon," he shouted helping his friend to his feet. Sheldon groaned, "I told you to go," he managed, "then let's go," Leonard replied. He helped his injured friend along. Behind them, Alastor managed to grab the handle and heaving he pulled the fork from his back. Tossing the farm implement to the side he snarled and charged forward.
Hearing him, Leonard suddenly pushed Sheldon to the side. Angrily the demon grabbed Leonard and hoisting him up into the air, before suddenly hurling him backwards into the wall. Sheldon watched in horror. Leonard collided with the wall, causing a sickening crash, he collapsed onto the floor and just laid there motionless. Alastor smiled coldly, Sheldon's eyes narrowed. Letting out a scream he charged at the demon. Furiously he smashed his fist into Alastor's face. He knocked him back. Alastor tried to swing back, but Sheldon punched again. Snarling Alastor kicked back knocking Sheldon down. He dived at Sheldon, but Sheldon jumped upwards, grabbing hold of Alastor in mid-air, spinning round he threw the demon with all his might. Alastor went flying right through the wall.
"Leonard," Sheldon gasped, he ran over to his friend. Staring at him, Sheldon held his hand over his friend in horror. The force of the collision, had shattered several of Leonard's ribs and they in turn had pierced several of his internal organs, he literally had minutes left to live. Sheldon looked down, he had many cuts, but not a single one bled.
Suddenly a crackling noise caught his attention, turning Sheldon saw that his lit lamp had been knocked over during the fight, and it had landed on top of the hay. It had burst up into the flames, which was spreading throughout the barn at an incredible speed; the dry wood was going up like paper.
Frantically Sheldon's eyes searched for something sharp. Turning he spotted the pitchfork Leonard had used. Grabbing it, he ripped the end point of and pressing it against his hand, he winced as the point cut through. His red blood began to ooze out of the cut.
"Multus Deus placeo…" Sheldon began, when suddenly and arm grabbed him from behind, put him in a choke hold and pulled him backwards. "Oh know you don't," Alastor said coldly, "You can't get rid of me that easily." Sheldon's wounds still burning, he elbowed the demon in the chest breaking Alastor's grip. But before Sheldon could break free the snarling demon grabbed him and hoisted him into the air with his hand around Sheldon's neck. "You're not going to save him." Alastor said gesturing towards Leonard, "If you had accepted my offer he would have lived, but now…" suddenly Sheldon kicked Alastor in the chest. The demons stumbled slightly in surprise and pain. Taking advantage of this Sheldon plunged the Iron spike he was still holding into Alastor's shoulder.
The demon screamed, dropping Sheldon. Snarling Sheldon smashed his fist into Alastor's face, knocking the demon to the floor. Grabbing hold of the pitchfork, Sheldon snapped another point off it and turning dived on top the demon, he drove this spike into the demons shoulder. The demon screamed again. Snarling, Sheldon pushed down hard on both spikes, pushing them deep into the demon's flesh. He carried on till they were right through it into the ground, pinning the demon down. Alastor didn't stop screaming the whole time. The flames had by now spread to the roof and smoke was building up, but Sheldon didn't care.
Snarling still Sheldon smashed his fist into Alsators face. "Crux sacra sit mihi lux non" he shouted, "draco sit mihi dux" he hit Alastor again, "Vade reto Satana, Numquam suade mihi vana." He smashed his fist into Alastors face a third time. "Sunt mala quae libas, ipse vennea bibas." He managed to hit the demon one last time before; he faded into the earth, leaving just the iron spikes behind. Panting Sheldon heaved himself to his feet and lumbered towards Leonard.
Sheldon nearly hesitated as he placed his hand on Leonard's neck. No he wasn't too late; Leonard's heart was still beating. Groaning he began to speak again, his blood was still spilling out of his fresh wounds "Multus Deus Placeo mitto minister Raphael, ut sano hic innocens vir." he managed. Once again his blood started to glow. Heavily painting he let his hand fall on Leonard's chest. Leonard shook before sitting up suddenly, he found himself in the burning building. The next thing he saw was Sheldon lying next to him, near unconscious.
"Sheldon," Leonard screamed, pulling his friend to his feet, he helped him along; they had to get out of here before the roof collapsed on them. Together they made their way towards the door way; however several flaming timbers fell and blocked the entrance. Leonard pulled Sheldon backwards in shock, standing there in the middle of the barn, it was clear there was no other way out and the only hole in the wall was blocked by flames. And the roof was creaking loudly now.
Leonard looked around frantically, the smoke was building, and it was getting harder and harder to breath. Leonard choked; horrified only one thought went through his mind: they were going to die. Suddenly Sheldon stood upright, he wrapped his arms around Leonard and his wings stretched out. Flapping suddenly, the wind dispelled the smoke and for a moment Leonard saw Sheldon's eyes glowing bright. Then suddenly they shot into the air, crashing right through the roof.
Penny gulped as she continued to drive round the road. 'Turn back,' a voice in her head kept screaming. But Penny knew she couldn't, they had to get out of here, besides Leonard and Sheldon would be fine…wouldn't they? Amy looked up at the star line, she had left her boyfriend behind, her heart was beating heavily, she had…Amy paused, what was that?
"What is that?" she asked pointing at the sky line, a strange glowing shape was shooting across the night's sky towards them. The others looked up, "I don't know?" Bernadette answered unsure. Penny stopped the truck and looked behind them, "what is it?" she asked. "It's coming straight at us," Howard said, all four pairs of eyes continued to stare. Suddenly Amy's eyes opened wide and her mouth contorted into a smile, "its them!" she gasped "I know it is. It's got to be…"
And then suddenly, whatever it was plummeted out of the sky a colossal speed. It fell to earth, crashing into the ground several yards away from them. Amy tried to jump out, but Penny pulled her back. Grabbing the shotgun she slowly walked forwards towards the crash. Only for Leonard to suddenly emerge out of the night, he was groaning heavily. "Leonard" Penny screamed running towards him, he was bruised and bleeding and disoriented. Penny helped him back to the truck. "No don't worry about me." Leonard groaned, his eyes still facing different directions, "worry about him." He pointed towards the ground were they crashed.
Fearing the worst, Amy ran forward, she let out a scream upon seeing what was before. "No," she shouted falling to her knees crying. Penny ran over. Sheldon laid there on the ground, he was covered in long deep cuts, bruises and his own blood, and he was unconscious. His wings which were still folded out, were barely glowing now, he just lay there motionless. The other just stared in disbelief. Amy continued to cry.
Across the black rocky ground, past the boiling pits that belched flames and the screaming souls, the two demons dragged Alastor. On past the stakes, and boiling pools and up the hill towards the ledge. Growling they threw Alastor down in front of a throne of skulls. Alastor shuddered terrified; he didn't dare raise his head. "I'm sorry master," he meekly said, "I almost had him, but he proved stronger than I ever dreamed, if you give me another chance I promise you I can…" "Silence," the figure on the throne bellowed, the very ground shook with his voice. "You have failed, I sent you to convince or force one Nephilim to serve me and you failed. You are a failure to our species, and thanks to your failure, some of the other lords have found out about the existence of the Nephilim."
"Found out?" Alastor asked shocked, "how is that possible?" "It appears that I have spies in my order," the other demon replied coldly, "and as such I have had a thousand servants flayed to show what will happen if it happens again. But the point is now other lords are after the Nephilim, I will not allow them to get it, that Nephilim has the power to place me above Beelzebub himself, I will not lose that opportunity, do you understand me, I will not!"
Alastor bowed, "Lord Asmodeus, if you let me go, I promise I will not fail you again," he said, "No," Asmodeus replied. He rose to his feet and walked over to the kneeling demon. Calmly he placed his hand on Alastors shoulder, before suddenly grasping his neck. He hoisted Alastor into the air and held him there like a rag doll, "you are not needed," he said coldly, "I've decided to take care of this matter myself." And with that he spun round, tossing Alastor into the flaming pit. The demon screamed the whole way down. Asmodeus shrugged, "Never send a child to do a man's job." He said coldly, before gliding off with his guards.
Like I said, I'm not sure if it really follows that last one, I don't know if I got everyone's characters right. Still I hope you enjoyed this instalment. And I promise to explain any questions it raises in the next chapter. However its unlikely I will be able to add new chapters so often in the foreseeable future, so don't panic if it takes me a while, I'll try and update as often as I can.
By the way, this is one other thing, I intend this story to go on for a while, however I don't want it to go onto to long and turn into a much less interesting and overly reparative story, as good stories sometimes do. So if it shows signs of turning out like that, could you please let me know. I know its a bit early (or rather I hope its a bit early) to ask this, but you never know when decay starts. Well thanks.
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