Pale gray skin shown in the flickering candles. Shaggy feathered black hair fell in front of the monsters eyes, which everyone could tell were ruby red. His face was very charming with sharp features; he was very handsome besides the off coloring of his skin and the red eyes. He wore a white tux that was very sharp but like his features it had one or two imperfections. The sleeves had been ripped off and the jacket ripped up the sided to where the arm hole was and tied back together with a knot of string. The reasoning for the strange clothing design was the large heavy set wings that were attached to his arms. Powerful wings were folded against his side in strange folds that were way too complicated for one to follow the pattern. The black wings were attached at many parts of his arm by strong flesh and probably bone under that flesh. The last connection was at his wrist bone. His arms were ripped with muscle to help support the heavy bone and to help in flight. Even though the bones were hallow like a bird's there were more bones in his wings than in his whole body. One would describe the wings as bat like when stretched out to its full length.
He was the face of a Bone-Fiend but not just any Bone-Fiend. He was an Ancient Bone-Fiend. The difference between a Bone-fiend and an Ancient Bone-Fiend is that their relation is like cousins. The Ancient Bone-Fiend is more human like with human flesh but with large wings attached to their arms. While a Bone-Fiend is a large skeleton creature with wings attached to its back shoulder blades. Both cannot be killed by bleeding to death (for one Bone-Fiends can't bleed). Simple diseases can't touch them. They got their names after the following… a man named Dr. Rupert Teddy named the Ancient Bone-Fiend after discovering the similar DNA in their bones and the bones of Bone-Fiends. He added the word Ancient to the beginning of their names because they were more mummy like and seemed to be way older than their boney cousins the Bone-Fiends. The Bone-Fiend of course was named by villagers that saw these demons and called them Fiends, plus their boney bodies added to their names as well until finally they were christened Bone-Fiends.
"Something wrong, Milady?" The Ancient Bone-Fiend sneered, "It's about time you meet a creature crueler than you. Ha! What's it like to be afraid? It feels like something burned through your stomach doesn't it? Now you know what it's like for your people." Lady Gold fell to her knees in front of the Ancient Bone-Fiend. Her breath came in quick gasps between her teeth as panic set in. He glared down at her pitiful form. His hands clenched at his sides he shifted his wings rubbing against each other making a soft whispering sound.
The Lady in White threw off her hood to reveal blue gray skin her fingers pulled on a string at her throat releasing the cloak. In a swirl the fabric pooled up at her feet. Her long black hair fell cascaded down to her waist in beautiful curls. Her eyes were a glittering red but they weren't as cold as the man's. Her face was heart shaped and smooth with round eyes. She wore a long skirt and a white blouse laced up the side with string just like her companions. Her arms were formed like his not as muscled but still well off. Her wings were a dark smoke blue and lay folded tightly against her sides unlike the other Ancient Bone-Fiend's which were bulky and slanted out of his side slightly.
"Milady." The female Ancient Bone-Fiend murmured and did a mock bow to the trembling Lady in Gold. With elegant grace she blew a kiss to the Lady in Gold, who stiffened. Her eyes rolled into the back of head and she fell foreword and her body slid of her stand onto the ballroom floor. Simply dead.
The man turned to look at his companion and raised an eyebrow. She smirked and shrugged her shoulders.
"She's dead," The Lady Dancer whispered, staring at the limp body swathed in gold fabrics. "Thank you!" She blurted out turning away from the body to look up at their heroes. Both monsters seemed to be taken aback by this.
"Please, we must know the names of our saviors!" One of the male guests yelled. Other voices cheered in agreement. Sharing a glance the companions looked at each other in shock.
"You indeed did save us, with your magic. Please share your names so we can tell our children and families about you." The Lady Dancer replied, slowly standing to her feet. She stood a couple feet from the monsters but she stood with no fear. "My name is Luca Reed."
Both Ancient Bone-Fiends knew that Lady Gold did not die from any magic but from fright. Her simple human heart could take no more and simply gave out before the real fun could begin.
"Miss Luca Reed," The Lady in White replied with a curt bow to the Lady Dancer. "I am Conus." Luca tilted her head.
"Conus? Have you a long title like Bone-Fiends?" Luca asked trying not to sound rude.
"No," She chuckled, "We pride ourselves in the differences between us and them. We only use first names."
"I am Gabe." The male Ancient Bone-Fiend answered with a curt bow to Luca that somehow seemed to include the whole room. Everyone could since his power he was way older than Conus but seemed to follow her lead as if trusting her actions more than his own.
"Long live Gabe and Conus! The heroes of our lands!" Someone in the crowd hollered. His words were soon echoes by everyone in the room.
"We thank you for the honor but in your stories do not forget to mention that it was a shadow darker than Lady Gold that saved you. Sometimes the scariest nightmare can save you from others. Do not forget we are not heroes we are monsters." Gabe snarled at the crowd. The people drew silent at once letting his words sink deeply into their soul. He may have saved them this time but he might kill them later many voices thought. Gabe smirked at their thoughts. It's good for them to be afraid of them. Gabe knelt next to the body and plucked a broach of Lady Gold's crest off her dress. A souvenir of a job well done. Her debt was paid.
"Let's leave." Gabe said shortly to Conus who was talking to Luca about something. She nodded and turned away from Luca. Gabe raised his arms and quickly his wings folded out of their tight folds. A joint twisted and from tucked under a larger portion of wing came out and twisted up like an old paper fan. If you held it by one edge of the wooden border and folded the fan out from under the wooden border it would form an arch with many folded layers to it. Gabe's wings stretched out a total width of twenty feet.
Conus followed his lead and unfolded her wings with a quick snap in the same way he did but she was faster and silent. Her wings were smaller and thinner than his. She lacked the massive power behind her small wings but her wings were sharply angled. They were meant to be stealth and fast. The total width of her wings from wing tip to wing tip was sixteen feet. Both their wings were way longer than their arms but when folded up easily tucked into a shorter length that was shorter than arms length.
Gabe flared his wings up and pushed off the ground. He was in flight flapping his wings in giant strokes. He circled the room looking for an exit. He found it. With a quick burst of speed he crashed straight through the glass roof in the ballroom. Glass came raining down on screaming guests. As he vanished into the night. Conus rolled her eyes gathered their cloaks, shaking the glass of them. She placed them into a satchel that had been hidden beneath her wings before. After that was done she pushed off the ground and shot like a jet off the ground not flapping her wings once till she had passed through the hole Gabe made. Her wings flared open pulling her into the night sky. The Ancient Bone-Fiends and any reasonable persons worst nightmare, gone.
(A/N oh please do reveiw! or at least read for hits! XD my hand hurts from typing so much tonight. Also I own all the characters, scenes, plots and names of creatures that take place in these stories. Thank you)