Return of the Angels

By the time daybreak had arrived at the scene, the afternoon sun had already taken over. Hours had passed by magnificently and he wasn't so surprised to acknowledge that he had to be going soon as well. But he was transfixed with this large group of people that appear to be rebels themselves. He looked over their zoids that they had gathered all together. Land and sky zoids, was there anything that they were missing? The sky ones were limited but there were most definitely enough of them. The land ones outnumbered the sky ones and he was totally bewildered by the zoid that stood as if it were the leader of the large pack. So many sorts of species regarding both sky and land zoids… just what kind of people were they?

The doors opened up and the large group had gathered outside, packs on their backs. They were setting up for travel. Wise, he decided, they were actually very good with what they do. They never remained in one place too long, or so he believed since they seemed ready to disappear from this scenery. They weren't rushing, so they were steady going. Never panicking, they were calm and collected; they didn't have to worry about anything that comes their way. Suddenly the female he had been impatiently hoping to see emerges from those doors. Her hair was longer than he had seen last night. So golden that it nearly turned white underneath the glare of the sun.

His eyes widened.

Could it be…?

No! Her demeanour was way different. Totally off from the girl he knows. There was no way he was putting the pair of them into the same boat.

He could see her issuing some orders, instructions, or just some commands to the others that were instantly obeying. No one stood up to her, they were patiently obedient… they were happy to be obedient? There was no way. It was just impossible. There was no one in this whole planet that actually was happy to obey others. But he was viewing the scene from back here and no one protested or seemed angry against the mannerisms she were talking to them with. But the distance was a little too much for him to be able to tell how she was talking to them. So maybe she wasn't demanding or ordering them… but that just didn't fit right with him.

One of the sky zoids had already took off, giving surveillance for the perimeter check up. They were that tight in security? He ducked down when it passed over his way. He wasn't sure if those zoids had picked him up on the radar but he was damn well hoping it hadn't. The other person that had been watching them too had stopped moving, hoping by all means not to be caught. Just someone gathering information…? Or simply waiting for their defence to be low before going on an attack? Yeah, by all means that's a good plan, but their defence was as good as tight and firm like rock. This guy was hopeless to get passed it. Unless there really was a way to do so, but from observing them for a few hours, he was most definitely saying it was hopeless.

How long has this guy been actually tailing them?

How much information has he gathered?

Well, no matter, the amount would probably lead him to information needed. So his waiting around was probably good for him, if he has found out something. Would it actually been good for him to gather the information as that man? Or just take it from him? Decision made it harder for him to proceed. But he felt amused by taking it by force from someone who has been doing it for a simple purpose. He had no purpose to tail these people. For all he knows they could just be rebellious towards the new order of things like him. But they could also be his enemies; now that was something to look into. But would he bother to do something like that which would waste his time?

His eyes widened once again.

She was looking over this direction. But who was she looking at?

He couldn't help but stare at her. She was simply… too much for the likes of this planet. If her looks alone was dangerous, what was she capable of? Or was that truly it for her? Maybe her looks was the only dangerous thing that could lead any male to be knocked off balance. He was sure that this beautiful woman would never be able to pilot a zoid so good. But he sighed furiously at himself. The girl he knew, she was beautiful and not she was able to kick his ass in a fight with zoids. Why was he underestimating females again? One of them had proven that they were as equal in talents as the males with their jobs.

She looked away. Phew! He thought that he was found out.

Either he had to get out of there or he was in for the time of his life by going after them for information.

Or better yet, the person here… he could just steal the information from him.

He looked over at the group and saw the golden haired female climb inside…

No…

It couldn't be…

There were a lot of alternations on it but it was definitely the same zoid he's come to recognize by memory.

It was thinner, completely and it was entirely bare, besides the long horn on its head. The tail was like a metal whip with a large blob at the end. It resembled a lion a bit more than its former bunk. But it looked more like it packed surprises compared to what it used to be. What had happened to that zoid? But that girl, she was able to commission it? But there's no way. The true pilot to that zoid no longer existed. He shook his head. Is he an idiot? There's no way that zoid was the same as the one he was thinking about. He was such an idiot to think it. This girl and the girl he knew were completely different, they're nothing alike. What had gotten into his head?

They had begun to move from their location. Damn it, they had finished preparing for the journey that quickly? How fast were these guys when they weren't rushing? He watched as the sky zoids were flying overhead like a flock of predators waiting for their prey to collapse and die. That looked a little weird if that was how he was seeing it. They were either travelling for no reason, or there was absolutely a reason behind it. But he just shook it off. There was no need for him to involve himself. Unless he was actually curious about the entire group! He heard the shuffling again and he got out from behind the rock and stood before the person that was watching over the lot of them.

He narrowed his eyes down at the boy that was putting off a very bad vibe that even he could feel. He crossed his arms and watched. This guy didn't appear anything human by the looks of it. His eyes were just black, no emotion, nothing. Just a pool of darkness that swallowed his pupil, including the life that normally sparked in the eyes of everyone, this one lacked everything that normally spoke something human. This one had nothing like that. He stood from his crouching position and pocketed his notes he had vigorously been taking. He turned to face the guy that confronted him without anything showing in his pitch black eyes.

"What do you want, human?" His voice sounded nowhere close to being human. It sounded like there was another voice behind it, darkening, deepening it.

"What information do you have on them?" He asked.

"What business do you have with them?" The demonic human asked intrigued.

"I'm just wondering about them."

At first he narrowed his eyes before he laughed in that dark voice that was not even the slightest bit humorous. "The golden blonde reminds you of somebody, doesn't she? Just like that zoid she controls."

How the hell did you know that?

"How did you know that?"

"If you've not already guessed, but I have a nature that is far from humane in the eye of humans." He smirked. "But I'm positive that you have noticed something quite odd for someone who looks human, right?"

He narrowed his eyes at the way this boy viewed himself.

This creature laughed. "You have no confidence in yourself, is that right?"

"You don't know what you're talking about." He narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Don't try and kid me, fallen soldier of the Imperial Army, Raven." He smirked. "You're right; Sapphire doesn't exist anymore, but somebody else. Perhaps instead of my information I can give you, why don't you follow the tracks of those people and discover what happen to this girl you actually respect."

"What makes you think I respect her?"

He once again laughed in his horrendous voice. "Sapphire, formerly an Imperial soldier but only because she was forced to be so, is tremendously more powerful than you and yet you try to kid me when you say you don't respect her? She's a female that was able to kick your butt and prove to you that she is more than what looks makes her out to be. So don't give me some bollocks about you not respecting this girl."

"I don't really care how you seem to know about me so much…"

"Oh but you do care." He interrupted with a smirk but Raven ignored he spoke.

"…just give me the information about that group."

"You sure you want it?" He asked his smirk dropping. "You do realize that working with someone like me is going to cost you?"

"Cost me?"

He laughed. "Getting something off a demon isn't free you know. We're not cheap, but we don't ask for much either." He smirked, slyly. "Just exchange your soul for the information. That's all it takes."

A zoid pounced down to the side of them, stopping short but a simple gun was pointed right at this demon's head. His eyes were wide and as he turned his head, fear was perfectly seen. He was trembling, so visibly that it kind of scared Raven as well. His eyes were directly with the gun when the shot was fired, splattering his brains across the ground. But Raven saw that it didn't last there on the ground long. All that blood, the body, it just went in on itself and then vanished without any trace of a body left behind, but the journey that Raven picked up.

A moment later the girl with the golden blonde hair jumped out of the cockpit and faced him. She wore no signs on her face stating she recognized him; she remained impassive and just looked at him with a hand on her hip. Her eyes was just as dark as Sapphire's had been. A mysterious gorgeousness, but her hair was amazing up close. It truly was golden, there was no other, none at all, and the only light to affect its colour was the sun. She truly was a beautiful person, but he's never come across her before. Why is that?

What surprised him was the fact that she crossed her arms and anger appeared on her face and filled her eyes.

What was she angry about?

"You sunk so low to ask a demon for something?"

He scoffed. "Who the hell do you think you are?" He wasn't about to tell her anything, no matter how much she resembled a girl, he deniably, respected.

"Someone that actually just saved your butt but not your dignity or pride, former Imperial soldier, Raven."

"As if I asked you to help me…"

"I don't care on permission to help somebody. If there is a demon involved, I won't allow anyone contact with them. They're traitorous and only think of a way to get what they want. They'll even try to get around what the human wants. Don't try to fool me with these creatures. Compared to you, I'm a professional. But concerning the professionals themselves, I'm the God of knowledge of demons."

"Stop thinking so mighty of yourself." Sapphire did that sometimes and that's what angered him. She was appearing more and more like the girl he preferred to be standing in front of him right now. She only did that based on her power to her opponents, if it were an opponent stronger than her, she'd remain quiet. "You have no right to think like that. I don't care if you can kick my ass, I don't care, just stop thinking like that. You irritate me."

"It's because I remind you of somebody you once held dear to you, isn't it?"

He looked at her angered by her words, but when he looked at her, he could see the sadness in her eyes. Almost sympathizing?

"I don't need your sympathy…" He looked away. He couldn't stand looking at her. He turned and begun to walk away.