Chapter 1

"JOHN EGBERT!" The young male jumped a bit from his bed. He looked up at the man who looked down at him, the man's wings twitching in annoyance. John smiled nervously at the older angel, standing up and brushing himself off. "About time you woke up."

"S-Sorry, Summoner…" John replied, his wings drooping a bit.

"You've been an angel for how many years? One would think you'd know when to wake up by now." Summoner sighed, rubbing his forehead. "Even Jane has been up longer than you." John looked down, ashamed.

"I said I was sorry…" John said again. John became an angel about 12 years ago, with barely any memories of his human life. All he remembered was Jane was his older sister and they had died together. Nothing else. John stretched and looked up and the tan angel again, who sighed.

"I know, John. I know." He said, patting his head. "Come on, you have a mission." John grinned. His years of training finally paid off. He and Jane were finally going to, hopefully, go on a mission together. He walked behind the tall angel, before being taken to a door that before he'd been forbidden to enter. John gulped a bit before Summoner opened the door, revealing a room full of high ranking angels and a map of the world, which shone with a bunch of bright red lights.

"W-Wow…." John said, wide eyed.

"John!" Jane yelled as she hugged the smaller male. John gasped before laughing a bit.

"Hey, Jane…" Jane smiled and turned to look at the angel in the center. John gulped as he slowly walked towards him, only having heard of this angel from stories and rumors of other angels who had missions before him.

The angel was smaller than Summoner, but had just as much of a presence, if not more so. His hair was a dark black, short and messy, much like John's. He turned to him and John gasped. Never before had John met an angel with dark red eyes. Although his eyes shone dark red, they were gentle as he smiled at the smaller angel. "John Egbert I presume?" John nodded quickly, being nudged closer by Jane. "I have heard much about you from Jane. I am Signless." John bowed quickly, earning a laugh from Signless. "No need to bow to me, John. I am only an angel such as yourself." John looked up at Signless and smiled a bit.

"Th-Thank you sir…" John replied as he stood straight up. Signless nodded.

"Now, I have a mission for you and your sister." Signless stated. John grinned and looked at Jane, who gave him a thumbs up. John looked back at him as he continued. "It's in Houston, Texas. A horde of demons have escaped there. We need you to watch over the humans during the night. Think you two can handle it?"

"Jane and John are ready for this, Signless. I give my word." Summoner replied. Signless nodded and waved his hand. John grinned and looks at Jane as they walk out.

"We finally get to work together!" John grinned.

"Yeah!" Jane grinned as they prepared for flight.

Meanwhile, in Texas, a young demon sat, playing with his broken sword, ruby red eyes bored. He sighed a bit, tossing the sword and catching it by the hilt.

"DIRK?! WHEN CAN WE LEAVE?!" The demon yelled, obviously bored beyond his mind.

"Damnit, Dave, I swear if you ask me again I will skin you alive!" The response came from another demon, a few years older than Dave. He ran his hair through his spiky blond hair. "You know we have to wait until night time. Remember what happened last time?" Dave rolled his eyes.

"Yeah yeah…" Dave replied, rolling his eyes as he rubs the back of his neck. He then smirks. "What kind of angels you think they will send this time?" Dave asked his brother.

"Doesn't matter. We're gonna avoid them as best we can." Dirk replied. Dave pouted.

"Come on. Angels are almost as fun as hunters." Dave whined.

"Yeah, and twice as dangerous." Dirk snapped at the younger demon, who pouted again.

"Fine. Just watch. I'll catch one! Just watch." Dave yelled.

"Dave, don't that's one of the heaviest crimes a demon can commit." Dirk replied, bopping Dave on the back of the head.

"I'm gonna do it. I don't care about no angel laws." Dave growled. Dirk simply growled in response before walking out of the room. Dave smirked in victory and waited for the nighttime.

John looked down at the city. "W-Wow… This is Houston?!" John gasped. Jane giggled at her younger brother.

"Yup. Now we need to be careful. These demons mean business." Jane warned the younger angel.

"Yeah yeah I got that."John replied, landing on the ground hiding his wings. He walked around, staring at the tall buildings. Not many businesses were open during the nighttime, but that didn't stop the many lights from shining in the night sky. Jane landed next to him.

"Pretty huh?" Jane asked, also hiding her wings. John nodded a bit.

"Do you think we lived here before?" John asked.

"I don't know…. And I don't know if we'll ever know." Jane replied sadly. John nodded.

"C-Can I go look around?" John asked. Jane nodded and John ran off with a grin. He looked around, seeing a multitude of malls and shops. He looked at the restaurants and movie theaters, wishing headquarters had a movie theater. He then noticed he got himself so he looked around. He then saw a boy about his age, sitting by an alleyway. He wore shades over his eyes, and held a soda bottle in his hands. "E-Excuse me?" John asked, walking over to the boy. He looked up at him, his red eyes showing over his shades. John jumped a bit but stared at the guy. The guy looked him over and smirked a bit.

"Yo, bro." Was the reply. He stood up and leaned his arm against the wall, his other arm on his hip. "You new here?"

"Y-Yes. Indeed I am. I'm a bit lost. Can you tell me how to get to the nearest mall?" John asked. The guy looked him over and smirked again.

"Sure. What's your name?" The guy asked.

"Oh right. How rude of me. I'm John. John Egbert." John said, extending his hand for a handshake.

"Dave. Dave Strider." The guy said, shaking his hand. John gasped a bit as he received a large shock from Dave's hand, withdrawing his hand. Dave obviously experienced the same thing and pulls his shades off. "Angel?" John's eyes widened. He had run into a demon. Dave smirked at John's shock and quickly pinned him to a wall. "Well, this is a surprise. Haven't seen one this small in a while." Dave smirked at John's shorter stature than him.

"I-I'm not small!"John replied by lifting both legs up and kicking the demon in the stomach. The demon gasped and stumbled backwards. John quickly summoned his hammer, prepping for a fight. Dave, in turn, pulled out his broken sword. "Really? Demons fight with swords?"

"Don't make fun of it, Egderp. Swords are the shit." John flinched a bit at the language before leaping at the demon, bringing down his hammer onto the demon. Dave blocked the hammer with his sword, swinging back and took the opportunity to strike back. John stumbled a bit but blocked the strike with the handle of his hammer.

"John!" John looked to the side and saw Jane running towards him.

"Not so fast." Jane gasped when a sword appeared before her, an older demon standing in front of her. "You fight me, angel chick."

"Thanks, Dirk. This one is mine!" Dave yelled, kicking John and knocking him against the wall. Jane glared and brought out her trident like weapon.

"Let my brother go!"Jane ordered, swiping at the older demon. He simply blocked the attack and kicked her back.

"No can do." Dirk said.

John held his hand to his stomach, before looking up at Dave, his eyes widening when he sees a blade in front of his face. "I win, angel boy." Dave smirked. John quickly kicked out his leg and tripped the demon down.

"Not today, Stridork." John said, pinning the demon boy to the ground. His eyes met with the demon's and he froze a bit. Dave also froze.

"Impressive, angel. No one's pinned me before…" Dave said, smirking up at him before kicking him hard in the gut. John gasped and fell to the side. Dave then rolled over and pinned John down. "Check mate." Dave smirked triumphantly. John looked up at the demon, weakly. "You're mine now, Egbert."

"John!" Jane yelled before she got hit from behind, being knocked out.

"Rose." Dirk said flatly. Behind the body of Jane stood a girl with light blond hair and purple eyes.

"Dirk." She replied. She looked at Dave, noticing the younger angel pinned underneath him. "Yo, Rose. Look what I got." Dave smirked, pulling John up and holding his hands behind his back.

"Let me go, demon!" John yelled at Dave. Dave just held him closer.

"Not gonna happen, Egbert." Dave smirked. "But I tell ya what. I'm a nice guy. We'll let your sister go, if you come with me without much more fighting." John looked at Jane, who had two demons standing over her, before looking down.

"Fine. I'll come. Just don't hurt her." John conceded.

"I swear on demon's honor." Dave smirked, pulling John along, holding him close.