Return of the Angels

She had recently taken a shower, her hair remained damp but she pulled herself into her clean one piece suit that tightly fit to her hourglass body. By help from the vanity mirror she was able to brush through her hair and tidied herself up before she exited and presented herself before her companions. They waited for her in the foyer, already alert, awake and ready to go. A few sat on the couch, they were the main companions that she spoke to, and they issued their own orders to their set team. Storm, Ray and May all stood and presented to her with greetings that soon passed over everyone else. She valued everyone here, all their lives were like her own, and she made sure that they all returned back with her. They were all important people to her; especially over the past three years she was able to realize this.

"Once again, everyone knows the drill." So far there was nothing different in their daily routine.

"Celine, are we going to avoid all other civilization for the rest of our lives unless we're needed to interfere?" May asked, speaking the words on everyone's mind.

"I prefer it that way, unless you all want to try a different approach." She offered the one chance to everyone in the room. Some muttered, some nodded, but all wanted to voice their opinions but afraid to. "You don't need to be afraid, I'm not going to shout or argue with you because this is your point of view that I want to hear."

"I'd like to try another approach." Someone spoke loud enough. Celine looked his way and smiled, nodded at him.

"Anyone else or do you all agree with him?" Everyone voiced their agreement. "Then it's decided. We'll approach by going in contact with society. However, if anything were to happen since we made this new approach, just remember, that this is the choice that you made. So don't turn back it on." She smiled sweetly, although it didn't help as she had discouraged them slightly. "If we're all packed up, shall we go?"

"Something happened last night, didn't it, Celine?" Storm asked, stepping forward and into her space. The only person that ever dared to do so!

"Someone with the signature of what we've been looking for has been trailing us and remained hidden outside, waiting for some sort of opportunity. I, of course, tried to search for this thing and found nothing but I definitely still felt its energies distorting the air. Presently he's still out there and I want to avoid confrontation in case he informs his master of what's going on. Now I know that we are being kept an eye on, so now we have to avoid performing tasks that would alert them of what we're doing. So act… obliviously?"

"Yes sir!" Everyone complied.

One thing she loved about her group was the fact when she informs them of something or gets them to do something; they comply with the fullest of their hearts. But before she could say anything, they had already begun to start packing so they could be on their way. She watched with slight surprise as they begun their tasks of packing away their things. She was impressed on how they simply just knew when they needed to get things done. She's been with them for three years, so having to know when they had to move out with orders to do so was just a bonus for all for her and them. It just shows how much they were coming together as a good travelling group.

May, Ray and Storm were just parts of the pieces that connected them all together. Celine was glad she was with them all, really glad. Their cooperation was needed, just like trust, honesty and loyalty were favoured the most of all the things looked for in companions. But Celine loved them because the three of them had become her family during the time they had been together, but her family extended into this large group that flowed around her like the elements coexisting together, sometimes there would be trouble with each other, but as long as they stuck together and worked things out together, they'd always remain together, the strongest of all the groups that has ever been created in history.

Celine favours the three of them more than the rest. She hated favouritism, but to her those three were always and will be the most important. They've been with her for so many years that remembering the times they haven't been together were too far in the past that she would never be able to remember. She loved them like her own family; she could never explain it as anything else. She didn't need to remember the times when they weren't together, but since they are together, all she needed was the love of being part of the family they had created together. But here's what she knows about her loved ones.

May, true name Mille-May, a former assassins alongside her and absolutely loyal to her. Following her orders or just following her in general, Mille-May has always been the one to be right beside the one that she admires and trusts the most. She can be overly protective, but she has her reasons for that. In the past her family had been murdered and they had been the most precious to her, but ever since she lost her most precious things in her life, she vowed to herself that she would never again leave her loved ones or anything precious to her, alone again. Her fear remains with losing those that are too dear to her to lose.

Then there's Ray, true name Robbie-Ray, a guy so quiet that he's deadly. He surprises anyone with his outbursts, but yet that was how he was made to be. He too was a former assassin that followed Celine everywhere. A guard that never ceased in protecting those that he valued and thought worth being protected! His past was dealt in violence, forced to keep quiet otherwise he would receive torture after torture until he learned to remain quiet. So hearing him talk, let alone shout, would come as a surprise to anyone. He is the quietest of the group, but still the only person he ever managed to ever have a decent conversation with was Celine, who actually came across him one day when he was suffering in his sleep from his tormenting past.

Lastly, Storm, true name Rain Shower, a female that never bore the name of assassin on her shoulders, she was just a solider from the same army that she served with Celine in years past. A friend that held loyalty like a claim in a vow so high that should never allowed being broken, in a sense, she had the same sense of value in the word and actions of loyalty like the rest of the assassins. She had chased after her best friend for years until they were reunited and she would nearly kill herself if she was not by the side of that friend at all. The memory of the last terrifying moments that was the start of their beginning journey was actually painful to remember, but that was why they never brought up the subject, in case they hit a painful spot. She's never had a bad memory in her life, but why she joined the army was still something rather mysterious, besides the fact that she wanted to join it to protect the ones she does love.

Celine remembers having scared everyone when they were reunited together after all that battling that was played out.

She stood before them, her dark eyes playing over all of their surprised faces until suddenly she was jumped by Rain, causing her to fall over onto her butt. She could feel as she shook against her in both anger and fear. Her eyes tearful, her cries of loneliness, fear and relief flooded through her core being, and when her eyes swept over her former assassin comrades, she saw that they too wore relief on their faces, but underneath was the layer of anger, and suddenly she was able to realize why everyone was so angry with her. She had actually made everyone believe that she was dead… they all thought she had sacrificed herself to save this planet. She would have, if she hadn't remembered the people that were waiting for her to return to them in the end.

Mai nudged her in both comforting and sadness of her. Yeah, she was able to see that Mai was angry with her too. She sighed heavily and slowly pushed Rain off her so she could stand up. She helped Rain to her feet, wiped away her tears for her and smiled gently. Looking down at the silver haired female, she tried to see everything that happened, but the once suicide that coursed through her eyes had disappeared upon seeing her and she was glad for two reasons. One that Rain was willing to stay with her even in death, but the second was the fact that Mille-May had saved her from that fate.

"If you plan to do something like that again, Sapphire, be sure to remember to tell us first so that we don't have to go through another stage of another suicide attempt." Mille-May looked at Rain in indication. Sapphire hung her head a little in shame and guilt. She would be sure to take responsibility for what she had put her best friend through.

"I'll be sure to remember, Mille-May." She looked down at Rain. "I'm back, Rain!"

In delight so strong, she hugged Sapphire deeply, but her tears returned, and Sapphire had no choice but to bear the tears of sadness and relief as she was one that had caused them to come to this extent. "Don't leave me again, please promise me that… please promise not to leave me again."

"You know that I cannot promise that, Rain. But I will promise to have you by my side until we need to depart again."

"No!" She cried, hugging her tighter. "Don't leave me! I don't want to lose you like I nearly did this time."

"Rain, my mission is just beginning and at some point, I need to depart from you to find out who I am… alone." She looked at everyone first before she sighed. "But of course, I plan to take you with me, and afterwards, I promise to tell you all that I find out."

"If we're not allowed to be told it by the greatness of whoever tells you!" Mille-May informed.

Sapphire nodded. There were no more words she could exchange with them.

"How did you escape?" Rain suddenly asked, pulling away to dry her tears so she could face her best friend without looking weak as she had just been.

She's right, how did she escape such a blast that was sure to take away her very existence. She closed her eyes off and smiled. Her friends saved her from that fate. The cry of those that cared for her, their loneliness and everything she felt at that point of time made her remember not to sacrifice herself, but she would have still died if it hadn't been those emotions that formed a shield around her to protect her from the blast. Well her organoid also came to help her and she was really grateful for that gold organoid. Speaking of which, she began to wonder where Mai was.

Celine, the golden haired female, is actually Sapphire, the female that is supposed to be more than a human being. It was said that she was an angel, told to her by her ancestors Viola and Vera. She began her journey a while back, and actually it all worked out quite fine, but still there were a few missions given to her as the last of the Seraphim race, first bring back the angels to her planet so they could live coexistent with the humans, and also find her true lover that too was supposedly on the very same planet as her. But she couldn't find him at all. Unless he could be… oh no, hell no. She wasn't going there. Not with him… especially not with him. They fought all the time, there was no way he was it.

Well she'd have to keep looking then wouldn't she.