Vengeful Love

Chapter 12

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Naomi stepped past the Fallen ones and headed out on her own. She needed nothing but the clothes on her back and the wings that would sprout with a single thought. They tried to stop her from leaving, because they still didn't believe that she could do it on her own, but it was easy to push them away now that she was strong again. Not a word stopped her as she took to the skies and left the Fallen below her. She had things to do and she would not be distracted.

The skies were a relief for her, a stress reliever to her tense muscles and boggled mind. How long had she sat dormant in a human body? How many years had it been since Cameron had killed her with the wicked starburst? The world looked very different to her now, so it had to be centuries. She frowned as she passed over a forest on the coast of the sea. She still didn't understand why he would betray her! A groan left her lips as she tried to focus once more on the evil beings that were hunting her down. That was her first priority, it had to be. Otherwise innocent people were going to get hurt because of her own foolish rage. A flash of something strange suddenly hit her and she fell a few feet in the sky, "What in the heavens…" she said with a worried tone. Again it happened as she once more lost some air because of this strange flashback.

Slowly she began to descend into the forest, more flashes coming at quicker paces. Images of death, of Cameron, of her last words to him before the starburst took her life. At about fifty feet above the ground, Naomi was fully engulfed in the memory of her final moments and she plummeted to the ground.

"But I love you Cameron…You love me…that is all that matters!" Naomi cried. "I fought for you! I've risked everything to get to this point!" she whispered, her voice betraying the pain in her heart. Cameron shook his head and Naomi's eyes narrowed in pain, rage boiling up to take the place of her breaking heart. "You're…turning your back on me…To continue siding with the demons below…" she turned her own back and looked into the horizon, the snow covering all of the terrain below them, much like the day she had watched him a hundred years earlier. The other angels had been correct. She had wasted her time loving Cameron because in the end he really wasn't savable. "Fine…but I cannot control what happens to you now…" she began to turn but as she fully faced him her eyes went wide. "Cam-"

"I will not betray my fellow fallen…Not for anyone…Not even you…I love you Naomi…" He had a bow raised, it's golden color glowing in the dim light around them, but the arrow was a starburst, one of the few deadly weapons against Angels. Before Naomi could react more then with a painful cry of terror, the starburst was released and shot towards her, stabbing her right through the heart.

"Cameron…I'll love you forever…" she croaked before her body began to fall, before disappearing into ashy particles. Love. Maybe it didn't mean what they thought it did.

Naomi resurfaced gasping for air, her hand on her chest, lying on her side in a pile of sticks. "He killed me…he said he loved me…but I don't think he did…" She whispered softly. Naomi knew he had killed her the moment her memories returned, but it still hurt to see the memory play back so vividly again in her head. He didn't have to kill her. She wasn't going to force him to come back to the heavens with her. She gritted her teeth angrily and slowly rose to her feet. That was why she was brought back.

The Angels knew she had been wronged and because of her good deeds, they were giving her the opportunity for revenge. She was brought back to kill Cameron. Naomi laughed softly and took back to the skies. She wouldn't be able to focus on the murders until she got her revenge. So that was exactly what she was going to do. Her entire body thrummed with the desire to destroy him, to get back at him for taking away her life. She had only wanted to be with him…was that so horrible? Was she missing some important part of who he was? It didn't matter. He had done something unforgivable.

The trip back didn't seem to take nearly as long as the first one did, probably because she was fueled by her desire for blood. Naomi's feet found the ground and she walked swiftly towards the classroom the Fallen would often gather. She could sense that they were all still there, and they knew she had arrived because they were all suddenly at the door. Eyes looked at her with curiosity, and others with eagerness. Why did they think she caxme back?

"Did you finally come to your senses?" Francesca said sternly. Cam pushed through them but when he saw Naomi he tensed and took a step back. Naomi shook her head and raised a hand, grasping him in an invisible hold which she tightened until he cried out. "NAOMI! What are you doing!?"

Daniel came rushing towards her and she lifted her other hand, flinging him aside as she focused on pulling Cameron closer. "I finally realized why they brought me back…" she murmured calmly as she dropped Cameron, who fell to his knees gasping. "They brought me back to kill you…."