Caged Wings

Chapter Six: Death and Elements

A guy with spikish, dirty blonde hair, with a black cap was chasing something. He wore baggy, blue jeans with a black, ripped sleeved shirt. Over the shirt was a a ripped, jeaned vest. He also wore greyish running shoes and fingerless, biker gloves.

He still kept on running. He was chasing a banshee. It screamed as it turned a corner. The guy stops and looks around, as it was now gone, "Shit!"

This guy also stood 5,7 tall. He was fairly built for his size, nice tone of peach to his skin. He adjusts his hat as he looks around for the banshee. The guy's eyes were an icy blue, cold and somewhat sharp.

The banshee then comes out of hiding and flies at the guy in full speed, screaming. The guy turns around and sticks his hands out and mutters something under his breath. Water then came from his hands, mixed with cold wind, making ice. It blasts the banshee by surprise. It screams as it fades. It was never seen. The banshee was disposed of.

The guy smirks, "Hm. That takes care of that."

A woman comes running. She had a spanish accent, "Oh! Mr. Pheonix! Thank you for your help! You got rid of the creature terrorizing our neighbourhood. Thank you! Thank you!"

The guy laughs and tips his hat, "You're very welcome. And please.......just Pheonix."

The woman bows her head and gives Pheonix a small bag of gold. He puts it in his pocket, "Thanks. And if you ever need help again, give me a call."

The woman bows, "Most definately!"

Pheonix then tips his hat one last time and goes on his way. He then goes to a big blue jeep with black armour on the hood and back. Silver spikes were on the wheels and a shield-like thing was attached to the very front. He rubs his vehicle as he whispers to himself, "......the only thing I got left of my old life..."

He then sighs as he opens the door and goes inside. He puts his seatbelt on and starts up his jeep. He sighs and is now sad as he thought about his past. He then starts to drive down the street.

He then sees the banshee in front of his jeep. His eyes widened, "What the hell?!"

It turned out the banshee wasn't vanquished, only startled. He then goes to high gear and goes at full speed to chase the banshee. He grips his steering wheel as he goes faster.

The banshee stops in it's tracks and smirks. As he went to go through it, it faded and a girl with spikey hair was seen. His eyes widened as he went to hit the brakes, "HOLY SHIT!!!!"

Raven covers herself with her arms as the jeep was going to hit her. She screams loudly, "AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"

As Pheonix went to hit the brakes, a big creature goes in front of his jeep, roaring. It grabs both ends of the jeep and pushes it back with force. As the jeep finally stops, the creature lets go.

Raven looked to see Coslotus had saved her. Her eyes widened.

Pheonix jumps out of the jeep. He took off his hat with panic, "Holy shit! Holy shit! I'm soo sorry! I seriously didn't see you!!! Oh my God!!!"

Raven found herself on the ground. Coslotus then turns and looks down at her. He holds his hand out to her. Raven grabs it as he helps her up. Raven then says, "Th-thank you...."

Coslotus then says, "Don't mention it."

He then looks back at Pheonix, glaring at him. He then shows him his claws, "Would you like to see these?!"

Pheonix backs up a bit, "I-I said I was sorry!!"

Raven then looks to see the others running to her. Serenity runs to her first, "Raven!! Are you okay?!"

Raven then says, "I'm fine. How'd you find me?"

Serenity then says, "Coslotus heard you scream and ran to you."

Raven's eyes widened as she then looks to Coslotus, still glaring at Pheonix. Coslotus growls at Pheonix, "I suggest you get out of here!! Before somone really DOES get hurt!!!"

Pheonix then says, "Hey, I apologized and I meant it!! I'll even pay!"

Coslotus growls, "Oh, you'll pay alright!!"

Raven's voice was heard, "Garret?"

Coslotus then looks to Raven as Pheonix did was well. Raven then walks right up to Pheonix, "Is that really you?"

Pheonix then gets a good look at Raven. His eyes widened as his jaw drops, "Oh my god!!! Carrie?!!!"

Raven nods, "Yeah....it's me."

Without thinking, Pheonix jumps on Raven with a hug. He lifts her up in the air, "Oh my god!!! I thought I lost you!!! I can't believe it's you!!!!!"

Raven smiles and chuckles, "Yeah......I thought the same for you."

Pheonix finally puts Raven down on her feet. He chuckles nervously, "Who'd thought my insane driving would cause me to find you."

Raven chuckles and nods, "Yeah."

Pheonix then looks at everyone, "I'm guessing these are friends of yours?"

Raven looks to the group and nods, "Yup. The best."

Pheonix then says as he looks to Coslotus, "No doubt over protective."

Raven laughs, "Sometimes."

Raven then introduces Pheonix to everyone. Pheonix's eyes widened after Raven introduced Serenity, "Oh my God! Janice? Is that really you?! You look good! I barely recognized you!"

Serenity rubs the back of her head, "Heh heh, thanks. It's good to see you too."

Raven then introduces Pheonix to Evan. Pheonix nods, "Nice to meet you."

Evan nods as well, "You too."

Raven then asks, "Okay, that's everyone."

Raven then turns to Pheonix, "So....uh.....how you've been?"

He shrugs, "Not bad. I changed my name to Pheonix and became an elementalist that exterminates monsters for people's safety. How about you?"

Raven nods, "I changed my name to Raven. I became a shaman that can fight, heh heh."

Pheonix smiles, "Cool. You'll have to show me sometime."

He then looks to everyone else, "So.....what can your friends do?"

Raven explains everyone's profession and power. She then tells him what she intended to do and how she found everyone in the the first place. Raven then finishes, "So....will you join us?"

Pheonix smiles, "Of course I will! I never refused you before have I?"

Raven shakes her head and laughs, "No....you haven't."

Hikari runs to Pheonix's jeep, "COOL!!! What's this thing?"

Pheonix looks and smiles, "That's my old jeep. I customized it to help me kick some ass and get around faster."

Hikari jumps up and down, "COOL!!! Can we all ride in it?!!"

Pheonix looks to Raven, "Sure. Everyone hop on in."

Hikari shouts, "YAY!!!"

Raven's eyes widened, "You mean.....that's your old jeep? The one you use to drive me in?"

Pheonix nods, "Yup! Isn't it awesome?"

Raven smiles, "Are you kidding?! It's cool looking!!"

Raven runs to the jeep, "SHOT GUN!!"

Zero runs, "Dammit!! I wanted shotgun!"

Raven laughs, "Too bad!"

She then sticks her tongue out at Zero.

She jumps in the front seat as Pheonix jumps into the driver's seat. Hikari goes in the back, followed by Serenity and Zero. There were extra seats in the very back, so Evan took one of those. As Coslotus went to get in, he couldn't cause of his wings. Pheonix then says, "Crap. There's no room....uhh.....you can hop on the roof?"

Coslotus growls as he hops onto the roof. As they all close the doors, Coslotus sits down and crosses his legs. As he went to cross his arms, he digs his wings into the roof to get a better grip. One wing almost hit Hikari. She sticks her head out the window, "Hey!! Watch it!! You almost hit me!!"

Pheonix's eyes widened, "AHHH!!! My roof!! I just got that fixed!"

Raven sighs, "Just drive."

Pheonix does so, "But....my roof."

Evan laughs, "Instead of being a shoe in.........there's being a wing in!"

Hikari laughs, "That's awesome!!!! I'm gonna remember that!!"

Serenity chuckles as Zero shakes his head, "Some people have the weirdest sense of humor."

Raven laughs a bit. Pheonix then says, "You thought that was funny?!"

Raven says, "Yeah, why not?"

Pheonix shakes his head as he sighs, "Where to?"

Raven thinks for a moment. She then says, "Let's find my brother first."

Pheonix nods, "Alright. Where do you think he is?"

Raven smirks, "At the Reaper capital! Hollow's End."

Pheonix's eyes widened, "You're joking right?"

Raven leans in closer and makes a serious expression, "Do I look like I'm joking?"

Pheonix then says, "Alright....."

He then turns and starts to head towards Hollow's End. Serenity then says, "A-are you sure it's safe there?"

Hikari laughs, "Of course it isn't. That's why it's the Reaper Capital!"

Serenity then looks to the floor, "Man........I figured as much."

Zero keeps looking out the window. He then looks to the front, "So.....let me get this straight. Your brother goes to Hollow's End to kill Reapers?"

Raven nods, "That's right."

Zero leans back, "Good God."

Evan then says, "Uhh......what's Hollow's End?"

Hikari then says, "You haven't been there?"

Evan then says, "Uhh....no. I'm not from around here."

Hikari then says, "Oh. OH yeah! Heh heh, sorry."

Hikari then says as she looks back at Evan, "Okay. Hollow's End is the biggest graveyard in all of Grimstone. Thus, the name of the city. Ghosts, zombies, and Reapers hang out there. Sometimes you can find rogue vampires and werewolves and other dark creatures. Sometimes witches are found there too."

Zero's eyes widened, "H-how do you know that? Oh....I know. You're one of the evil witches seen there right?"

Hikari then says, "Shut up! I'm being serious this time!"

Serenity looks to the floor, lacing her fingers together. She was starting to get nervous. Hikari smiles, "Don't worry.....nothing's gonna happen."

Serenity then looks, "I hope so."

Evan then sits back in his seat, in deep thought. He too began to feel a pinch nervous. Pheonix makes another turn and everything outside was looking misty and different. They were leaving down town and headed passed the forest area.

Coslotus looks around. He calls, "Where're we going?"

Raven pokes her head out the window, "Hollow's End!"

She then sticks her head back in as Coslotus looks ahead. The trees began to look black and rotten. Raven then says, "We're close."

Hikari nods, "Yeah. I can feel it."

Raven then says, "So can I."

Ahead, a HUGE graveyard was seen. Everyone looks. It was misty and dark-like. Everything began to get cold. Zero covers himself, "Holy shit! Turn on the heater!"

Pheonix does so. He then says, "How long are we gonna take?"

Raven then says, "Not long."

Pheonix nods, "Good. This is waaay too dangerous!"

Raven looks at Pheonix with an evil smirk, "Good."

He then stops the jeep as soon as a black, fenced gate was seen. Raven was the first to get out. Serenity then says, "I'm staying here."

Hikari smiles, "Okay, I'm going."

She then hops out of the jeep and goes to Raven. Zero then gets out as well. He sighs, "Might as well."

He then joins Raven and Hikari. Evan gets out as well, "I'll go too."

Pheonix sighs, "I'll stay with Serenity."

Raven nods, "Okay....we'll be back."

She then looks up on the very top of the jeep, "You coming Coslotus?"

Coslotus then says, "Why bother? It's not my brother."

Raven sighs and shakes her head, "Fine."

She then says to the others, "Let's go then."

They all walk up to the rusty, black fence. Raven touches it and feels a great aura coming from the inside. She then slowly opens the gate. It creeks open as Raven steps in. Hikari, Evan, and Zero follow. They all start to walk. Gravestones and rotting trees could be seen everywhere. The ground was covered in fog while the air was covered in mist.

They walk further and further until Raven stops. Evan goes beside her, "What is it?"

Raven whispers, "Don't......move....."

Everyone doesn't move. Hikari whispers, "A Reaper is near by...."

Zero gets out his Naginata. Raven looks back, "That's not gonna help."

As Evan went to say something, a roar was heard. They all freeze in their tracks. They all saw something in the mist move. Zero then says, "What was that?"

Raven then says, "Be quiet!"

They all do so. Footsteps were heard. Slow and deep paced. Raven's heart began to race a little. She puts her hand on her katana. She whispers, "That's no Reaper....."

The same figure in the mist was seen again. Hikari points, "There."

Raven looks. Evan whispers, "We should be getting out of here."

Raven whispers back, "Not without my brother."

The roar was heard again. Zero jumps, "Holy shit!"

He goes closer to Raven. He whispers, "This is fucking freaking me out!"

Raven then says, "Don't be scared."

Zero's eyes widened, "Uhh....it's hard not to!"

Raven then looks right at Zero, "It can sense your fear."

Zero's eyes widened more, "It?"

Hikari then says, "It's an animal of some sort."

Evan then says, "What kind of animal?"

Zero then says nervously, "The kind that eats flesh."

Raven whispers angrily, "Shut the fuck up!!"

The roar was heard again. Raven then says, "It's trying to decieve us. Making us think it surrounded us."

The roar was heard again. Everyone gasps and huddles together. Yellow eyes were seen gleaming in the mist. It then jumps out with a huge roar. Everyone screams and hugs onto Raven as she gasps with her eyes widened at what the creature was.