Rain continued to pour on the now destroyed village as the three vampire angels, and the angel lay on the ground unconscious. Crimson liquid stained the ground as the bodies of several demons lay on the ground, their lives taken by Kira. Footsteps splashed against the wet ground as several heavily armored demons approached the area. They stopped their approach in front of Kira's unconscious body.
"So this is him?" one of them asked.
"Yeah, this is him alright. Who would've thought that one such as him has so much raw power stored in this body? Now that Kira has awakened, we must awaken Athrun and Shinn for our lords plan to succeed" the leader said before turning to face his five demon squads, each squad consisting of a team of five.
"Team one will set up a perimeter around the vicinity. I don't want any witnesses to see this. If an angel or demon approaches, have them paralyzed and removed from the area. If a vampire angel approaches, paralyze them and then kill them. Team two will move Stella and Kira to a far away village so they won't cause any trouble for us. Team three will move Athrun to the southern part of the demon facility, while team four moves Shinn to the northern part. Team five will be on standby. If Shinn and Athrun awaken their Seeds, it is likely they will cause a large amount of destruction and chaos. If they do that, team five will then contact the angel guard and call for two squadrons to intercept. Now move out!" the demon leader commanded.
The other demons bowed in response as they began carrying out their mission orders. The team one demons spread out around the area to begin their perimeter setup. Each demon reached into their armor and pulled out a red demonic designed ball. A mouth with sharp teeth opened up on one part as a buzzing sound was heard within the ball.
Red and black colored demonic bees came flying out of the ball. They spread out across the perimeter and hid themselves well in the trees. On their head was a single demonic eye that would act as sort of a watch dog. If someone approached, the bees would alert the demons through a telekinetic language only the demons understand.
If it was a demon or angel, they would simply command the insects to use their projectile stingers to knock out the demon, or angel and would then remove them from the vicinity. The poison from the stinger lasts up to two hours before wearing off. If a vampire angel were to approach, the bees would paralyze them, and the demons would move in to kill them on the spot.
With the perimeter defense set up, team two began their part and picked up Stella and Kira's unconscious bodies. They quickly ran off to the far away village they had scouted before with great speed. Team three and four started their part of the operation and picked up Athrun, and Shinn's bodies. They quickly ran off in the direction of the demon facility before the two young princes would wake up.
Team five did as they were commanded and remained in the area on standby. If Shinn and Athrun were to awaken their Seeds and cause chaos in the facility, an alarm would go off that would alert team five to what is going on in the facility. Luckily the alarm is one that only demons could hear, so if it went off no one else would hear it and get curious to the situation. "I'll return to Hell and report to our lord. As the test progresses, I want the facility to have one of its scientists record what occurs and study the subject. If anything happens with Athrun or Shinn, I want to be alerted to it immediately. Got it?!" the demon commander asked.
"Sir!" the team five members answered.
"Oh and before I forget, did you find and acquire the external stimuli we plan on using to help awaken their Seeds?" the commander asked. The demons nodded in response to his question. "Good" the commander said before turning around to leave. With a flick of his wrist and finger, a large, glowing, orange portal to Hell appeared. The demon commander stepped through the portal and it closed behind him, before disappearing in flash which left a scorch mark on the ground.
Athrun had slightly opened his eyes enough to see, and feel he was no longer in the village. Athrun let out a groan as he slowly got to his feet. He wiped away some of his wet hair as he looked around his new surroundings, to see he was in what appeared to be some sort of facility. Athrun had looked around to see jail cells on the lower and upper levels of the large prison with vicious, roaring demons housing them.
"Where am I, and how did I get here?" Athrun asked himself. He suddenly remembered what happened before he lost consciousness. He and his brothers were alerted by an explosion that went off in the village. They went to investigate when suddenly two black energy blasts came out of the fire and sent Athrun, and Shinn into a wall. Athrun lost consciousness afterwards.
Athrun walked forward to try to get a better look at where he was at the moment. Then suddenly, Athrun's sword dropped from above in front of him. Athrun walked over and picked it up, but stayed alert as he felt much evil in the building. Then suddenly a trap door in the floor opened up beneath Athrun who had no time to get away. Athrun fell through the trap door and when he came out the other side he found himself in a large white room.
Athrun landed on his knee as he got up to observe the room. The room was entirely white with no doors or windows. "Now where am I?" Athrun asked himself as he observed the room.
"Right where we want you" a voice said behind him. Athrun turned around quickly only to see no one behind him. Athrun slowly turned in circles while looking both ways, trying to find whoever spoke to him. Athrun suddenly sensed a presence behind him and turned around in a startle. He saw a bat demon standing in front of him with his large fangs showing and a large pair of chiropteran wings on its back.
"Who're you, and what do you want with me?!" Athrun asked as he tightened his grip on his sword.
"I'm not the one you should be concerning yourself with, she is!" the demon said as he pointed behind Athrun. Athrun turned around to see what the demon meant when he said "she". Athrun gasped in shock at what he saw when he turned around. He saw a large black demon standing at the end of the room. In its hand it held the angel girl he met before with long crimson hair. Meyrin.
She was unconscious as the demon held her in its large hand. "It's her" Athrun said in realization as he remembered the last two encounters he had with the girl and her four friends. The demon simply chuckled at Athrun's realization. "What's the mater, worried?" the demon asked.
"Let her go!" Athrun demanded as he held his sword at the demons throat.
"Right now you're not in a position to make demands, or threats" the demon said as he moved Athrun's blade away from his neck with his finger.
"And besides Athrun, why do you even care? Last time I checked, angels were your enemy. So what, did you suddenly have a change of heart?" the demon asked. Athrun was left speechless at the demons words.
"I'll take that as a yes" the demon said before walking the opposite direction. He suddenly disappeared from sight which left Athrun very puzzled. Athrun felt an earthquake occur beneath the ground which caused his body to become unbalanced. Athrun stabbed his sword into the ground to keep his balance in the shaky room.
The ground began to crack as holes in the ground suddenly burst up, and light shined through the holes. Large and oddly shaped figures came through the holes and were illuminated in the light. The figures that came through were large, red eyed stone demons, armed with swords, spears, and shields.
"What the-". A large stone demon with a sword and shield charged at Athrun and swung its sword. Athrun quickly brought his sword up and blocked the strike, but the force that the demon was putting on the swing was very strong. Athrun's feet began breaking through the floor as he was being pushed down. "Damn, this thing's so strong" Athrun thought as he continued to struggle against the force of the demons sword.
Athrun began adding strength to his arms while still keeping some for his legs. Athrun slashed up and forced the stone demons sword off of him. The force also sent the stone demon flying back, and it landed on the ground hard. Another stone demon threw his spear at Athrun who deflected it, but neglected to see the stone demon get up. The demon swung its fist and landed a powerful punch to Athrun's stomach which sent him flying.
Athrun flew all the way to the other side of the room and slammed into the wall. The dust around the wall cleared to reveal Athrun on the ground on his knees with a large dent in the wall. Athrun coughed a few times before getting to his feet. When he looked, he saw the stone demon come charging at him. Athrun brought his sword up and readied himself for the demons attack.
The demon swung its sword which Athrun jumped over. Athrun quickly brought his sword down on the demons head. Unfortunately for Athrun, the sword bounced off the demons hard head which left Athrun shocked. The demon reached up and grabbed Athrun by his foot. "Oh shit!" Athrun said before the demon swung Athrun and slammed him into the ground with much force.
Athrun groaned from the pain that he now felt throughout his entire body as he looked up at the demon standing over him. The demon brought its foot up, and then brought it down in an attempt to smash Athrun. Athrun quickly regained his senses and rolled out of the way of the demons massive foot.
Athrun quickly scurried to his feet and leapt away from the large demon, hoping to come up with a plan. When Athrun landed on the ground, another demon suddenly came his way and stabbed its spear towards Athrun. Athrun side stepped and easily dodged the spear as the demon passed him. Athrun quickly swung his sword down and cut the blade part of the spear off.
The demon stopped and swung its now stick around at Athrun, who easily caught the weapon. Athrun pulled hard on the weapon which caused the stone demon to come with it. Athrun stuck his foot out and tripped the stone demon who went crashing to the ground.
Athrun turned to see the other stone demons come running his way. He turned to the left to see the large stone demon come charging towards him. Athrun then turned his attention to the large black demon at the end of the room, holding Meyrin. "Damn it, I've got to save her before it's too late" Athrun thought to himself.
Athrun dodged the large amount of swings and stabs that came his way, while retaliating with swings and stabs of his own which did little against the stone skin of the demons. All the demons swung their weapons at Athrun who ducked under the attacks, causing the weapons to collide with each other.
Athrun swung his leg under the legs of the demons legs, causing all of them to trip. Athrun quickly got to his feet and dashed for the demon holding Meyrin. The demon held its other arm up and fired energy blasts at Athrun. Athrun dodged, ducked under, or jumped over the incoming attacks sent his way.
Athrun quickly jumped at the demon in an attempt to free Meyrin, but he didn't notice the demon swing its clawed hand at him. The attack slashed Athrun across the lower right stomach and upper left chest. A large bloody slash wound was left on Athrun's chest as his attack was stopped. The demon began to charge up a large energy blast in its mouth. The demon fired the blast which collided with Athrun. Athrun was sent flying back as the blast pushed him away from the demon and Meyrin. The blast slammed into the wall while pushing Athrun against it, causing a great deal of pain to surge throughout his entire body.
When the blast dissipated, Athrun was stuck pushed against the wall. Athrun then fell from the wall, and landed hard on the ground. Blood began leaking from Athrun's wound onto the floor, and in a large amount which turned into a puddle. Unbeknownst to Athrun, there was a room in the upper part of the wall which a room was. The glass was covered by an invisibility cloak that shielded its presence from Athrun. The demon scientist recorded the notes of everything he was watching as Athrun battled the demons.
"Hmm, the boy seems to be most concerned about that young girls life" the demon scientist said as he wrote down notes. Using a special alarm type of device, the scientist sent out a sound that only demons could hear. The large black demon got the signal and prepared to carry out its order.
The demon let out a loud roar and a black portal opened up in the ground. Another stone demon with a sword stepped out of the portal and walked over to the black demon. The black demon gently placed Meyrin on the floor as the stone demon approached. Athrun slowly raised his head to see the stone demons approaching him, as another stone demon was walking over to Meyrin who was on the floor.
The demon stopped its approach and stood over Meyrin. It raised its sword up which caused Athrun to gasp in horror. Athrun tried moving his body but the surge of pain from the blast, and the pain from his wound was stopping him from doing that. "Move! Move! Move damn it! I have to save her! I have to protect her! SO MOVE DAMN IT!" Athrun mentally shouted to himself.
Athrun suddenly felt a strange sensation pass through his body and he became lightheaded. The green Seed he had seen before appeared in his mind. The Seed exploded in Athrun's mind, and scattered particles of rainbow vapor. Athrun's pupil's had shrunk as his irises grew and became pale. A surge of green energy surrounded Athrun's body as he stood up.
The wound on Athrun's body had closed up, and the flow of bleeding had stopped. The stone demons stopped their approach, shocked at this sudden change in Athrun. When looking at Athrun, they felt like they were staring at a god. Nevertheless, they continued their attack on Athrun in an attempt to kill him. Athrun raised his head to see the demons foolishly charging at him.
"Fools" Athrun said in a cold voice as he brought his sword up. The energy around Athrun's body disappeared as the demons reached him. Athrun swing his sword horizontally, and with that one swing, destroyed all the stone demons completely except for the one by Meyrin.
Athrun saw the demon bring its sword down on Meyrin so hurried over. When the demons sword was half an inch away from Meyrin's face, the demons sword suddenly stopped. The demon looked up to see Athrun standing next to it with his hand on the demons arm. With a quick and sudden jerk, Athrun ripped the demons arm off completely.
The demon let out a cry of pain as Athrun tossed its arm away. Athrun quickly swung his sword up and the demon ceased movement. Slowly, the demons body split apart as Athrun had sliced the creature clean in half. The demons two halves fell to the ground and turned to dust.
The scientist, satisfied with his work complete, quickly slipped out of the room he was in to report his achievement. Athrun sheathed his sword behind him as he looked at Meyrin's unconscious form. He kneeled down and picked her up before standing up. A large amount of green energy charged up around Athrun's body, before he released it all in one huge burst.
The energy wave released had trashed the entire room as the destroyed pieces fell to the floor. Athrun looked up to see he had blown a hole in the ceiling that lead to the way outside world. Athrun grew out his black feathered wings before taking flight and flying through the hole.
As soon as Athrun had reached the outside, he landed on the ground, and retracted his wings. Athrun saw it was still very dark out and it was still raining so he and Meyrin would need to find shelter, lest they get sick. Athrun leaped very high and far into the air as he began searching the area for a place to rest.
After about seven leaps, Athrun stopped as he felt a sharp pain in his head. The rainbow particles in his head had gathered, and combined to reform the green Seed. Athrun opened his eyes, only for them to return to normal. "Huh? What the-"
Athrun looked in his arms and was shocked to see Meyrin in his arms. Athrun was glad to see she was safe but the strange thing was, he had no memory of rescuing her. Athrun suddenly coughed up some blood, which landed on the ground. Athrun quickly stared at his chest to see that the wound the large demon gave him had reopened and blood was seeping out from his chest.
Athrun was having a hard time breathing, but did everything he could to stay conscious. Athrun had enough strength to walk for another two miles before finally losing consciousness. Athrun fell on the ground with the unconscious Meyrin on his chest. After two minutes passed by, Meyrin began to stir as she slowly opened her eyes.
When she opened them completely she felt confused as to where she was. She felt something beneath her so she looked to see what it was. She gasped loudly when she saw an unconscious Athrun beneath her with a large slash across his chest and stomach area. Blood was seeping from his wound quickly as Athrun's face looked very pale.
Meyrin knew she had to do something. She couldn't just abandon Athrun and leave him there to die. Meyrin picked up Athrun and hung his arm over her shoulder as she put her other arm around Athrun's waist, so she could carry him easier. Meyrin continued on the path Athrun obviously was carrying her in. "Just hold on" Meyrin said in a worried tone as she carried Athrun further.
AN: Two Seed's down, one to go. Let's hope Shinn can wake his up in time to help his brothers.
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