Chapter 2 Thousand Years After
"How was your day?" Woo Bin asks, while hands him a cup of coffee.
"Not too bad. Oh by the way today is my 'human" off day." He smirks.
Kim Beom reached the coffee cup Woo Bin hands to him but suddenly he curses. The wounds on his arm stings badly.
A deep concern flashes in Woo Bin eyes. "Let me take a look." Woo Bin carefully put Kim Beom arm down to the table and folds his sweeter arm.
"How does it look now?" he asks.
Woo Bin shakes his head. "It seems getting worse. Are you sure you drink the antidote properly?" now Woo Bin gazing into his eyes waiting for his honest answer.
"I don't remember." Kim Beom said, doesn't dare to meet his bestfriend eyes. He is lying. The antidote, Woo Bin gave him several year ago still lying untouch. Even he doesn't remember where he put it.
Woo Bin gives him a frustrated look and sigh.
"Yah! Kim Sang Beom? If you don't concern anymore about yourself, nobody else would." Now Woo Bin glares to him.
Kim Beom chooses to drink his coffee, pretends nothing wrong under his bestfriend glare.
"Doesn't tell me it is about Ga Eul again. You should forget about her. She's already gone. No one can touch her up there. Now you are Kim Beom, world's elite guardian."
"It's just my fault." Kim Beom closes his eyelids in a painful expression.
With both of his eyelids close, he could recall how was Ga Eul dragged by several elite forces away from him. At that time he was too dying to fight for her.
"Please don't hurt my Yi Jeong, please ..." She begged as they brought her to the capsule prepared for her. Even when the elite forces binded her with silver chain to the capsule's bed, she rebelled. But soon her power grew weaker. Silver absorbed her magical power.
"Release her!"
Yi Jeong tried to stand up on his own feet. No matter how much wounds he suffered, he must be there to safe her. He completely aware the consequences of his action, it would harms his complete existence in this world. But he didn't care. After this day, heaven would declare him as the fallen. That was nothing different with him as long as he didn't lose her. Hell would taste better as long as he knew Ga Eul was safe.
He drawn out his spirit sword from its sheath. Her suffering was enough.
"Let me in." Now he was getting off guard, pushing away the guards around him, flashing his swords crazily to different direction. He felt warm blood of the guards he killed, dripping his swords arm. Tainted his white wings into red. Tainted his white holly robe. He have killed humans Heaven ordered him to protect.
Yi Jeong couldn't thinking anymore. He was become frantically crazy whenever he saw what the elite guardian has done to his dearest one.
"Yi Jeong! It's enough." Woo Bin was the rest of guard who still guarded the door. Now he was flashing his flame judgement sword. "Heaven must punish your sins." All of sudden, Woo Bin took his genuine form. A Serraphim, who was ready to fight with him.
"Angel of Light, you must fight me if you want to pass this door." Woo Bin took his defense position.
"I am not Angel of Light from now on." Yi Jeong took offense position. But to fight face to face with his dearest friend was too much. He has lost so many times and Ga Eul was dying too.
Instead of fight, he then dropped his swords to the ground and bend on his knee as if he lost his power. Tears were scrambling down from his eyes. The first pure tears he ever shed. He knew, an angels never cry but he has became more human ever since.
"Ga Eul, I just want to meet her. Please... this is too much. Let me talk to her alone. Don't hurt her anymore. Please.." He begged within his cry.
"Five minutes." Woo Bin sheath his sword and stared into different direction,ignoring protests from his team mates.
"Thanks. It means a lot." Yi Jeong tapped his shoulder.
'Forgive me. I just follow my duty.' Woo Bin spoke through his mind.
'I know.'
Yi Jeong reached the door.
"If you dare to free her, I kill you." Woo Bin warned.
"Release her." Woo Bin instructed his people to release her chain and left this two lover to meet.
By the time the chain was released, Yi Jeong abruptly grabbed Ga Eul and hug her tightly. It made her snuggled her body and writhed.
Her wrist burned badly because of silver chain, her body and face was bruised. She was very weak and fragile. Even the softest touch make her cringe in pain.
"Yi Jeong-ie." She still couldn't believe her own eyes. "Yi Jeong-ie is it you?"
To make sure she touched his face and body with both of her hands.
"Yi Jeong-ie.. you are still alive. Thanks god that you are still alive." She spoke while crying.
"You are hurt.. badly." She gasped as she saw her hands soaked with his blood.
"Ga Eul, stop taking care of me. Let's quickly go away from here. We will find our place. I promise you it would be better."
He thought that she would say yes. Her eyes told him so. But something prevent her to say it.
"No I won't. This is my own battle." She said stubbornly bitting her own lips.
"Don't worry. I will be alright." She smiled bitterly.
Suddenly his memories of her were fading.
"It's enough." Woo Bin says.
"Why you interupted my memories. I just miss her. I am still my old Yi Jeong." Kim Beom pissed of.
"You only wish to be the old Yi Jeong so that you can be with her again. We are not a mortal. Remember. We are different."
"If only I was one of them." He muse.