The Black Wings

by Sonamyluver718

Rosalinda could never make reason with the strange events that happened in her past. The only thing that held all the answers to her questions was her father's journal in which he left open for her. She'd never felt a pull toward it until now. Now that she is falling in love with one of the very creatures who is fighting to make sure she's the next one to go.

17. My Immortal

All characters belong to Sega except my OCs.

Ch. 17 My Immortal

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

My Immortal by Evanescence

I awoke with a startle. There had been some sort of falling sensation that cause me to shoot up from my sleep. My whole body felt like jelly as I slowly sat up, putting a hand to my forehead. My eyes were still closed because I was scared to open them. Where was I and why did I feel so…normal? The last time I was awake, Scourge had practically killed me and Cody. Surely I was in another world or something. Cautiously I opened my eyes to see that I was in my room. My real room. It looked just as I had left it too. All of my books were on my bookshelf, my sketchbooks on my desk and my father's box right where I put it the last time I saw it before I met Scourge. Confused, I got up out the bed and walked to the mirror.

Staring back at me was my reflection. There was a slight difference but nothing out of the ordinary. My curly pink hair was a little bit longer and I looked a bit skinnier. Other than that I looked like same old me. Still confused, I rushed over to my calendar and looked at the date. My jaw dropped. It had been months since I met Scourge but yet here I was. I shook my head, trying to fight back tears. What the hell was going on?

"Rosy, honey, is everything okay," I heard my mother's voice ask. My head snapped towards her to see her standing in my doorway, a concerned look on your face. My eyes widened at the sight of her.

"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in a jail in Hell! Wait did Cody break you and dad out? Did he bring me back here? Did Heaven win the war?" My mom looked even more concerned at my words.

"Honey, are you okay? Did you have a nightmare or something?"

"It never happened, did it? None of that ever happened." I looked down, feeling a bit stupid but also relieved. That means that my life was normal. I was normal.

"I still don't understand what you're talking about but okay then. Cody and Miguel are here for you."

"They're real," I asked. My mom raised an eyebrow at me but nodded.

"Yes, honey. They've been your friends since forever."

"Am I dating one of them?" My mom looked like she was getting really worried as she tilted her head at me.

"Not that I know of. Is there something you're trying to tell me?"

"No," I shook my head. "You can just let them in." My mom gave me a long look before nodding. I sighed, sitting down on my bed. I really wanted to know what the hell was going on here? Did I get sent to some parallel universe or some shit? My question was halfway answered when the boys came in, joking and laughing. I merely stared at them, bewildered by their playful behavior with each other. Both of the weariness and wisdom from long existence had fled from both of their eyes. Instead there was the stupid idiotic look that all teenage boys had at my age. At least they looked the same. Cody was still his hot gothic self and Scourge was just plain old hot.

"Hey Rosy," Cody said, waving to me. Infatuation was clear in his eyes as he stared at me. I could only blush under his gaze as I replied a hello back before looking to Scourge. He was staring at me but I couldn't exactly tell what emotion was going through his expression.

"What are you staring at," I asked him innocently. His face remained the same although I saw some amusement flood to his eyes.

"Stay still and I just might figure it out." I was taken aback for a second before I got infuriated. Who was he to come in here and insult me casually like that? I wanted to get up and punch that pretty little face of his in.

"Hey, hey, we just got here. Isn't it too early for you two to start boo loving?" Scourge rolled his eyes.

"We don't like each other," he groaned. I raised my eyebrows at him. Yep I was definitely in a different universe or something. Now instead of Scourge openly showing his love for me, Cody showed it and Scourge was the one who hid it. Either way I was stuck in a stupid love triangle. I shook my head. "Wait, you like me," Scourge asked, catching my movement.

"What? No! Well yes! I mean – ugh nevermind! This is all just not right. My parents are alive and you two don't hate each other and you're not downright evil and Cody isn't an Angel and this is just wrong!" The two boys stared at me for a second before bursting into laughter. What the hell? They didn't believe me. Well fine, if they weren't going to believe me then I guess I just had to make them. I got up from my seat on the bed, stomped over to Scourge and kissed him straight on the lips. Suddenly, I felt another falling sensation come over me as this new image in my head melted away, leaving blackness in its place.

My body began to feel numb, but not in a way where it was I didn't feel it. Instead, it was if every part of me was asleep. The prickly feeling covered me all over. I wanted to move. To shake it off but I couldn't bring myself to do so. I was totally paralyzed. The thought made me a little scared. What the hell was going on? In a last attempt to move, I opened my eyes. The first thing that caught my eye was the beautiful ceiling in which there was a mural of a woman Dark Angel. Her hair was a deep red as was her skin pale. Her voluminous black wings were spread out around her, as if she was about to take off into flight.

I moved my line of vision to the figure in the corner. I knew who it was from his green hair and ice blue eyes that were staring intently at me. Once he noticed that I was staring back at him, he slowly moved towards me. "I can't move," I murmured, my voice barely audible. Hell I could barely move my own damn lips.

"Just try. Put yourself back in contact with your body." I closed my eyes once more and took a deep breath, imagining myself moving. Most running and getting the hell out of here but still. When I tried to wriggle my fingers and saw that worked, I had to say that I was quite relieved. Slowly I got myself up from what seemed like a decorated bed thing. It was black and red, matching my gown that I was still wearing from the ceremony. I touched my hair to see that it was still in it's soft waves that the womanly demon put it in. I looked up at Scourge who was holding his hand out to me to see that he had a couple cuts on his face that were healing from his fight with Cody. Had I never left? Had that little parallel universe thing been a dream? Or was really a totally different reality? And why had my kiss to Scourge send me back here? Hell if I knew it would have done that then I would have never kissed him. I think I would have liked it better in that world. With my parents, my two guy best friends, a normal life…

I got up off the bed without taking Scourge's hand. He didn't seem hurt nor surprised at my action, just watched me as I walked to the nearest mirror. My reflection was not the girl I had seen the last time I'd seen it. This girl had a perfectly tanned skin tone, flawless skin, perfectly arched and thin eyebrows, plump juicy red lips, wide eyes that had long curled eyelashes, pink waves of hair that fell down to her waist, a skinny body that held big breasts, small waist and thick thighs and perfectly manicured nails. The only thing that made the girl in the mirror an imperfection or scary as I should really put it was her glowing red eyes that stood out from the blacks of her eyes.

I was a Dark Angel.

"You're so beautiful," Scourge said as he came up behind me. "Why don't you try spreading out your wings?" The only thing I wanted to try doing was faint. This could not be happening. He couldn't have killed me, could he? Then he again he did twist my neck so he probably did snap it. Damned asshole. I looked down, searching for some sort of loyalty that I felt towards Lucifer. Instead I only found more hatred for him and this stupid war. Surprisingly I didn't find myself to hate Scourge too much. I mean, Lucifer did them him to make sure that it was done and Scourge was bound to him by loyalty. Doesn't mean that I wasn't angry with him. I whipped around, glaring at him.

"You," I growled. "You turned me into this thing! This monster! How could you," I yelled at him as I stalked closer to him. He simply smirked, seeming amused by my anger.

"Rosy, you were going to become this whether it was by my hand or Lucifer's or any other Dark Angel's. This was your fate."

"Fate? My fate was to become a servant to Lucifer?"

"Don't say servant. You make us sound as if we're lower than him." I growled, throwing a punch at him. He wasn't expecting it so he flew to the other side of the room from the blow. What the hell was that? I looked to my small hand, wondering where that strength came from. Did being a Dark Angel come with little benefits like this or something? I didn't really have too much time to think before I was tackled into the hallway. I opened my mouth to scream but I didn't have time before I noticed we were soaring up into the air. I pounded on Scourge's shoulders, trying to make him stop from going higher up. "You wanna try to fight me, huh babe? Well, let's see if you can do it from up here."

"Scourge, no. Please don't drop me. I don't know how to fly. I'm sorry."

"Nope. Too late now. Just think about the wind blowing through your hair and wishing you could go along with it. That always works. Good luck now." Then he dropped me. Immediately, I did what he told me to do. Although I knew I wouldn't die if I hit the ground, I wasn't trying to go through that pain. I imagined myself flying with the wind, over the ocean, in the clouds… Suddenly, I felt something emerge gently from my back. The things flapped out around me, letting me catch a glimpse of their dark beauty before flaring out and carrying me with the wind. I watched the ground grow farther and farther away as I flew up into the sky. The sensation of flying was amazing. Absolutely amazing. The feel of the wind in my air, the view of the ground below me, the real life thought of being free.

I felt his arms wrap around me, causing me to look up at him in surprise. There was a small soft smile on his face that made me blush softly. I relaxed in his arms and let him guide us back to the cathedral. We landed on a balcony that overlooked a red sea. As I turned to stare in amazement at the sea, Scourge took a step towards the balcony doors that led back inside. He glanced back at me when he noticed I wasn't following. With a sigh, he joined me in leaning over the railing of the balcony to stare out at the red sea. "Didn't think there was water here now did you," he asked, his voice soft.

"This place has been nothing like the way it's portrayed as," I replied with a shake of my head.

"Because humans merely think of Hell as a dark torture zone. Of course it is for them but not for the creatures who actually call here their home." I looked up at him to see that he was looking out with a look of sadness. "Or at least sometimes it isn't."

"You really don't want to be a Dark Angel, do you?" I asked, my anger toward him for making me into this monster be replaced with sympathy for his transformation as well.

"None of us do, Rosy. But of course, it's not our choice. It's His."

"So me being turned was his decision too. Not yours?" Scourge let out a small chuckle before letting his face fall into all seriousness as he looked over at me.

"Rosy, just because I love you and I want to spend eternity with you doesn't mean that I'd take away your soul just for my own selfishness. I never wanted this for you. Did I know it was going to happen? Yes I did and there was nothing I could do about it except turn you myself. If I had my own choice about whether or not you were to become this then I would have let you be a human. I would have never walked into your life. Instead I'd just watch as you grew like I always did before. And then when you died and you went to Heaven, I'd actually be happy for you. Yes I despite Angels with every bit of hatred in me but it would be better for you if you were one."

"Were you happy for Victoria when she became one?" He shook his head.

"No. Honestly I wanted to throw her in the Pit and watch her get tortured for the rest of eternity. She betrayed me so why should I be happy that she gets to go without more torture?"

"But I have betrayed you too and I kissed Cody yet you don't even seem to care." His gaze on me turned to an intense glare.

"Would you like me to throw you into the Pit and leave you there for a couple thousand years?" Sadly, I looked down and shook my head. "Thought so. Now come along. Lucifer wishes to speak with you." He offered his hand to me in which I took. We walked back inside the cathedral to see that it was empty with the exception of Lucifer and a couple other men with glimmering red eyes. "Those are the main Fallen Angels who joined with Lucifer before he fell," Scourge explained to me when he noticed my gaze on them.

"Rosalinda," Lucifer's mesmerizing voice said as his ruby eyes scrutinized me carefully. "I see that this dark immortality has done you a great favor. You are even more beautiful than you were before." He took my hand and lightly kissed it. I glared at him, trying to let him know that even though I had become one of his Creations I still had no bounds to him. I didn't reply to his comment, just leaned closer against Scourge who put his arm around my waist. Lucifer turned his gaze to my boyfriend. "Have you taught her how to fly already?"

"Yes," Scourge replied, his grip on my hip tightening. Guess he was still a bit angry that I punched him. Whatever. He deserved it anyway.

"Good." His ruby eyes went back to me. "Do you have any questions, dear?"

"I had a dream before I woke up. A realistic dream. It was as if I was in some type of alternate universe or something. Can you explain what that was?"

"Hmm, yes. It is what most mortals have when changing. The dream you had was what you wanted your life to be like or what it could have been like if you never had any association with any of this. What throws you back into your real body is the desire to prove that you're not crazy. That everything really has happened. Not because you wanted it to be real but because you knew it was." I nodded in understanding.

"And what about my powers? You only mentioned them once." Lucifer smiled a little bit.

"Your powers are those unlike any other Dark Angel who exists. See you had demon blood running through you which makes you even stronger Dark Angel. Therefore you have unlimited powers but only you can unlock them."

"And how do I do that?" He shrugged before turning his red gaze to my boyfriend again.

"Ask Miguel. He is the only one whose powers matches up to yours. That is exactly why you two will be bonded tomorrow morning before the war begins."

"The war starts tomorrow," both me and Scourge asked in unison. We looked up at each other in confusion before turning back to Lucifer. It couldn't be starting tomorrow. I hadn't even seen Cody to talk to him. To try to explain what happened the last time we talked.

"Yes. I'm surprised you didn't ask what being bonded was," Lucifer said with a roll of his eyes.

"It's like marriage, right," I asked.

"Yes but with the sharing of both powers, thoughts, feelings and other such things." Ah hell. I had to get out of here. If Scourge knew how I felt about the kiss Cody and I shared then he'd throw me in the Pit for sure. Plus if he knew that I was in love with both him and Cody… This all wouldn't end well.

Later that night, when Scourge was asleep, I snuck out of the house and out into the silent streets. Now that I was a Dark Angel, the demons and others like me didn't bat an eye at me. They all knew I was with Scourge anyway though so they knew that if they bothered with me then they were going to be punished. While I was walking, I noticed a familiar ball roll up to my feet. I looked to see Roxy running up to me. "What are you doing out this time of night," I asked her, bending down to her height. She shrugged.

"I have nowhere else to go," she said simply as she picked up her ball. I tilted my head at her.

"You mean you have no parents? No home?" She shook her head.

"My parents were killed in the last war. I have no one except my ball." I sighed, looking back towards Scourge's house. I knew he would mind if she stayed there but I honestly couldn't care less. She was just a little girl regardless of how old her mind was.

"How about you stay with me and Scourge?" Her eyes widened in fear.

"Miguel the Great One? I don't think he would like it if I were to stay in his home."

"Well as his soon to be wife, I say that it's okay. But first can you show me a way to get back to the surface?" A small smile came upon her face.

"Of course. My talent is passageways. I can make a tunnel to anywhere you want to go." I smiled.

"Perfect."

X

When I first walked into his room from the passageway Roxy had made that went through his closet, I felt oddly dizzy and weak. The atmosphere was much different up here than in Hell and it seemed to have taken a toll on me. I shrugged off the dizziness and continued into his room. His bed was unmade and messy yet I sensed that he had just been there not too long ago. My eyes moved over to his nightstand where pictures of me, him, his sister, and his parents laid. I didn't wonder if those people were his real family since he was a splitting image of his father as was his sister a twin of his mother. You could even see the resemblance between Cody and his sister if they stood next to each other. Perhaps she was an Angel as well. A tug went to my heart at the picture Cody and I had taken at a Halloween party last year. I was some type of zombie princess while he was a zombie knight. Every year our costumes would correspond each other as if we were a couple. Some people would always make comments that we would make a good couple but I always shrugged it off. Now I see what they meant. We did look sort of cute together. Just as I turned, I was pushed up against the wall, a knife to my neck. Cody's royal blue eyes burned into my jade one as he pressed the cold metal to my neck.

"You," he growled, pressing the knife harder against my neck.

"No, Cody, I'm not here to hurt you. I swear, I'm-"

"You're a Dark Angel now," he said, looking over me briefly.

"That doesn't have to change anything."

"Rosy, that changes everything." I gulped, feeling tears come to my eyes.

"Cody, please. I don't feel any loyalty towards Lucifer. I can do whatever you want to help you win this war. But you have to trust me. We're best friends, remember?" Cody's eyes searched mine deeply, almost hesitantly, before he got off me. Just as I was about to gasp for air, he grabbed me into a tight hug. I hugged him back, squeezing his body against mine.

"I was so worried," he murmured. "I thought you'd be evil like the rest of them." I shook my head, looking up at him.

"Surprisingly, I feel normal. Well almost normal." Cody smiled down at me.

"At least you're still you. That's all that matters to me." I smiled back up at him. His smile faded as he leaned down closer towards me. I backed away before he could kiss me. "What's wrong? Did you not enjoy our last kiss?"

"No. That's the problem. I enjoyed our kiss way more than I should have. Cody, I love you but I love Scourge too. And it isn't fair to either of you if I keep skirting around with the both of you."

"Then choose, Rosy. If I recall, you already had your decision made up. It was those demon creatures who dare try to call themselves Angels who turned you into this. They forced this upon you. None of this was what you wanted."

"I know but Scourge…" Cody stared at me, a look of disbelief in his eyes.

"How can you still love him," he asked. "After all he's done to you yet you still adore him. How? Just how?" I shrugged.

"I don't know. Maybe because he didn't ask for this either." Cody rolled his eyes.

"Right but he's still the most evil one out there." I shrugged again, taking a seat on his bed. Cody sighed, going to take a seat next to me. "I don't mean to hurt your feelings by bashing on him but I just don't understand what you see in him."

"I don't see it either but it's still there." Cody grabbed my hand, making me look to him.

"I just don't want to see you get hurt. Now that you're immortal, you won't take things too lightly if something happened. Look at your boyfriend if you need an example." I wanted to laugh but couldn't bring myself to. Although Victoria did the right thing, she did hurt Scourge badly. Then again, here I was doing the exact same thing. But I had to do this. There would be no other way.

"Scourge and I are going to be bonded tomorrow and Lucifer said that's when the war starts as well. But after me and Scourge are bonded, I don't know how I'll be able to keep in contact with you without him knowing. So I was wondering if you had an idea."

"Bonding is a very strong ritual. Perhaps maybe just blocking off a part of your mind from him just as he will block a part from you. Then you can do whatever you want without him knowing."

"But how will I do that?"

"Just put everything you don't want him to know in one place in your mind, lock it mentally and he won't be able to get in. Trust me, once you start the ritual you'll understand what I mean."

"So they do say that you can block off a part of your mind?"

"Yes but not directly so you'll have to do it before the ritual is over. Okay?" I nodded.

"Yep. Got it."

"Good. At least now I can do this." He kissed me softly, letting our lips mold each other lightly and carefully. Slowly I began to kiss him back. Our lips moved in complete harmony and after a little while, so did our tongues. A part of me felt a bit dirty while another part felt as if this was exactly where I needed to be. Both ways I still felt bad that I was cheating on Scourge. Even if he was evil, he didn't deserve to go through the same thing he went through with Victoria.

Reluctantly, I pulled away from the kiss with a sigh. "I should go before Scourge notices I'm gone," I said, getting up. Cody got up as well, giving me a soft hug.

"Be careful, okay?"

"I will." He put a finger under my chin to tilt my head up to look up into his royal blue eyes.

"I love you. You know that don't you?" I nodded, shooting a smile up at him.

"Yea. I love you too." He pecked another kiss at my lips before letting me go. I walked back down to Hell through his closet. I tried not to think about anything except how to sneak back into the house. I guess it was an effort to not think about how I was torn between the two loves of my life. How could I be so stupid in the first place? Loving two guys never ended up good. It's bad enough that they both hate each other anyway but still. I could turn into a major slut if this kept going on.

When I finally reached Hell through the closet, I was surprised to see Scourge standing there with Roxy quivering under his gaze. He looked as if he were questioning her but not too nicely. When I emerged, the two looked to me. Roxy looked relieved as she ran behind my legs. What the hell did he say to her? I rubbed my hand on her head to calm her down, bending down to murmur soft words to her. "Hey, you're okay. You're okay," I told her, trying to get her to stop shivering from fear.

"And where the hell have you been," Scourge asked, his voice cold and demanding. I sighed, running my hand through Roxy's hair one last time before standing up to face him. As expected, he was glaring at me with his arms crossed. I knew he would be pissed off when he found out but I hadn't exactly made a cover story for myself yet.

"I had some business to take care of," I said simply before taking Roxy's hand and starting to walk. Scourge raised an eyebrow as we passed him but turned swiftly to get in step with me.

"You went to see him, didn't you?"

"Does that matter?"

"He's the enemy now, Rosy. When the time comes: he will kill you."

"I doubt that." Scourge closed his eyes, letting out a sigh.

"Alright, fine. You win. I don't want to argue with you on the eve of our wedding."

"Good cause I'm really tired and from the sounds of it: we have a long day tomorrow." Scourge directed his view to Roxy who was walking beside me, her hand in mine.

"What's with the kid?"

"She has nowhere else to go so I'm taking her under our wing."

"Our wing?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes. Tomorrow we'll be husband and wife so therefore she'll be under both of our care."

"Whatever." I smiled, happy that I was getting my way. When we reached the house, I put Roxy in her new room before walking to Scourge and I's room. He was already laying in the bed, his shirt off. I shrugged off the clothes I had thrown on and put on my pajamas before climbing into bed with him. I had my back to him so he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close against him. My thoughts went back to when I had made out with Cody. I was hurting Scourge without him even knowing it. Besides, he loves me. How could I be doing this to him? Scourge started to kiss on my neck, signaling that he was trying to get me in the mood. No wonder he didn't want to argue with me. I smiled as I turned onto my back to look up at him since he had got on top of me. He smirked back before pressing his lips onto mine softly, throwing us into a sweet sensation.

X

The next day, another womanly demon came to the house to help me prepare for the ritual. She dressed me in a white gown that once again fitted my torso before flaring out into a beautiful skirt. But this time she made my hair even curlier and let it fall freely like a waterfall of curls. She also painted my face with makeup. When I looked in the mirror when she was done, I was surprised to see that I looked more like an Angel than a Dark Angel. Then again, this was a wedding of some sort.

We went to the same cathedral except now it was set up a bit differently. I got to see Scourge before the ritual or at least I think it was before. Whenever I walked in, that's when I saw him. It looked as if tons of Dark Angels were there, making me a bit nervous. I get that I was about to become their princess or whatever but was all of this really necessary? I did what Cody told me to do though as Lucifer went said the words of this bonding thing. I consecrated a little part of my mind and filled it with things I didn't want Scourge to know. I also marked it so that I could go back to it whenever I felt like it and think freely.

Once the chant thing was finally over, Lucifer cut me and Scourge's arms and made us put our blood together. It was weird but whatever. Then I realized that some of his blood was going into me as was mine into him. I felt some of his emotions, heard his faint thoughts, and saw some brief flashes of his memories as we shared the blood. As soon as that was over, Lucifer told us to kiss. Of course, right after Scourge pressed his lips on mine the roof once again caved in. Not only Angels but other creatures of Heaven flooded through the doors as did the demons who were trying to fight them off as well. I could only stare around in fear as the two forces began to go at each other. I felt Scourge's anger, the bad names he was calling the Angels, and most of all: I saw a flash of Victoria trying to kill him many years ago. Then he looked down at me, his eyes full of rage and hatred but not towards me. No he was sending me a mental message.

War has been declared.

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