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Q: Why was the girl afraid of the vampire?

A: He was all bite and no bark!

I was suddenly jerked to the right. A loud smashing sound of metallic on glass screeched out. I opened my eyes to see Godric had apparently come back from the frozen. I was wrapped in his arms, a good ten feet away from Salvation.

Said psychopath, had his sword embedded in the freezer. Pieces of glass floated in the air from the impact. I should have been freaking out. I should have been trying to hightail it out of that store. But for the life of my, I couldn't stop the barrage of laughs that fell from my lips.

The menacing Salvation, was propped up on the freeze, both his feet on each side, trying to yank his sword out of the metal he'd wedged it into. I was so scared five seconds ago, but now he just looked ridiculous.

"Nava, what happened?" Godric asked, pretty urgently, moving me so I was standing directly in front of him. His arms dropped from mine.

"Tha-hat haha, that freak just tried to slice me. Slice me! With a sword. Oh man, what a moron- am I right, Godric?" I asked turning away from the sight of the swearing swordsman.

"Huh!?" I shouted. Godric was frozen once again- his quizzical expression still on his beautiful face. Oh lord, why was my face heating up in a time like this. Snap out of it, Nava!

With a particularly violent yank, and a loud cry- Salvation retrieved his sword from its metal prison.

I grabbed on to Godric's hand and attempted to just drag his frozen body with me. Running seemed to be my only option. But once I made skin contact with him, he unfroze again and digested the situation in an instant. This time careful not to let go of me, he grabbed on my waist and turned us so we faced the swordsman on an angle. It all happened so fast- Salvation charged us, and still holding me Godric charged him. Salvation struck his sword down towards us, but Godric positioned us so that we went right under the sword's path. Once under it, with his free hand, Godric punched Salvation so hard he went flying through all the isles, snapping them in half as he finally ended at the opposite end of the store, bursting through the freezers on that side. His sword clattered to the ground.

"Do not let go of me, little one," Godric said as he lead me over to the sword.

"Why?" I asked pretty winded from the situation that had just played out. Up till this point in my life I'd never even been in so much as a fist fight. This was not something I was meant to cope with.

"I lose reality, when you are not holding me. This creature seems to have controlled time," Godric leaned down and picked up the sword, I moved one of my hands to the hand he had around my waist and put it in my hand so we could move better.

"You are wrong. You cannot control something that do not exist, vampire."

Salvation was struggling to make his way through the debris he had created. A stream of blood rand down the top of his face. And his left arm was bent at a slightly awkward angle. I glanced a look at my vampire friend. He didn't seem to be loosing it at the sight of crazy-man's blood.

Godric positioned the sword in his hand like an expert. I thanked whatever cosmic creator up there in the sky, that the one vampire that landed in my life seemed to have skills beyond measure.

"The shop owner," Godric said, addressing Salvation, "And all those outside the store. What have you done to them?"

Salvation balked, "You're holding the essence of all sin in your hand and you worry for the mortals?" His eyes practically bulging out of his head.

"Hey!" I shouted. "Watch it with the insults buddy, you're the one that tired to kill me and I'm not calling you any names! W-well not any names out loud!"

Salvation narrowed his eyes at me and his top lip upturned. As if by merely talking to him I had disgusted him.

"Why do you call Nava a sinner?" Godric asked, apparently joining the trend of pretending I wasn't in the room.

"I did not, because she is not a sinner. She is the epitome of all sin, she is the barer of the end of the world and the second coming of Christ is not yet upon us. I will rip her limb form limb and set fire to her dismantled fleshy vessel to protect this realm."

He spoke like one of those nutcase preacher that man the sidewalks, talking about the end of days.

I gave Godric a sideways glance, conveying my complete lack of understanding and fright. He nodded toward me, moving his hand across my body so once again it was wrapped around my hips before charging Salvation again.

Six minutes later everything was still frozen, only now Godric was tying a ridiculously complex knot around a knocked out Salvation's hands. I was holding on to the back of his neck so he could use both hands.

"How exactly are we suppose to fix the world from being frozen now?" I asked.

"Your guess would be as good as mine, little one. I do not know what magick this creature has casted," he answered.

I took a look around the mess we'd made. Or well, really Godric made the mess- but he did it to save my life, so I guess I could share the blame.

"He said... he said, time doesn't exist?"

"He did," Godric didn't seem to be paying much attention to me, he'd moved from tying Salvation's hands to his feet with a cord that had been yanked from the back of one of the freezers.

"If time doesn't exist, then we could just want it to, couldn't we?" I asked. Godric stood up and slowly turned to face me, as I kept my hand on his neck, resting it on the nape of his neck once he faced me, we were standing less than a breath away from on another. As I looked up into his eyes I could see he was about five inches taller than me.

"I mean, if something doesn't exist, then you could just will it into existence and then it would exist again, right? So all we'd have to do is think that time has always been here and-"

I never got to finished my explanation before everything rushed in at once. The music started playing and then the store clerk started yelling at us in some language I couldn't understand. The traffic outside buzzed with horns going off and the sound of engines revving. Just then my mind snapped into attention as I realized just how close I was standing to Godric, my hand resting at the base of his neck. My hand fell away and my face turned as red as a cherry.

"Oh sweet mother of pancakes- do not look at me right now!" I shouted wobbling my way away form him, trying to balance myself on all the disregarded and destroyed foodstuffs. My knees shook.

"It should be illegal to look like you!" I shouted, over the voice of the store owner who was still yelling at us. But m voice hitched when I turned to shout at Godric and I noticed he actually had a smile on his face. That was when it hit me, I hadn't seen him smile since this whole fiasco started, granted that was only an hour ago tops- but still. Not a single smile.

If possible even more blood rushed to my face.

After Godric settled the damage to the store with the clerk the two of us were back in the limo, only this time with a tied up Salvation at our feet. It was pretty surreal.

"So... what did you say to the guy?" I asked, not taking my eyes from the psychopath.

"I told him I would be reimbursed him for all the damage I caused," Godric replied calmly. And I gave him a crazed look, letting Salvation go from my eye-line.

"Are you nuts?! That place is gone- how are we ever going to raise that much money!" I asked already thinking about how much was in my bank account. One upside to not having any friends or being social? I didn't have to waste it on gifts or parties or buying nice clothes often.

Godric kept his eyes on Salvation, but a quizzical expression passed over his face. "You do not have to pay a thing, Nava. I was the one to do most of the damage."

My face heated up at the sound of my name rolling off his tongue. I'd never really been fond of it- growing up, I was instantly made different by the odd sounding name in my childhood and this usually brought attention to me on first days of school. But coming outta his lips? I could probably listen to a recording of him saying nothing but my name for 3 hours and still wanna listen to it some more.

"That's noble of you and everything, but seriously, you only made that mess to save me. H-how much did he want? I've only got about 2,000 in savings... but if we could work out a payment plan I'm sure-"

"Really, Nava. It is alright. I am an old vampire. I have accumulated some wealth over my years. It is not a problem."

My eyes widened. I guess... I never really considered that he was older than he looked. I mean, yeah he was a vampire, and he talked more formal than even my grandfather but- Oh. I guess it did make sense he was older than he appeared. That thought certainly made me feel better, I wasn't just a pervy 23 year old attracted to an 18 year old.

Oh for fucks sake Nava! Priorities.

"I'm going to have to insist, Godric," I tried to make my voice as formal as possible, "I owe you, so let me help pay."

Before he could answer the car came to a stop.

In an instant Godric had Salvation slung over his shoulder and was already outside the limo. Vamp speed sure could come in handy...

I climbed out of the limo definitely less graceful than he did. Outside, I looked around my surrounding and saw there was this giant beautiful white house. Godric had told me in the limo that we were going back to his place. I clutched my water bottle to my chest (after he settled things with the store clerk, once he joined me in the limo he had it with him. Godric might have been a vicious fighter, but he was such a sweetheart at the same time. It was hard to keep up with him.) I totally wasn't fit to enter a home like this.

I was still in my Whole Food's uniform of khaki slack and a short sleeved, fitted green t-shirt. Not to mention my hair was probably hella crazy from all the nonsense we'd been up too. I mean, sure Godric, looked a little banged up in the clothing arena, but he was an Adonis. Dude could probably run around in a burlap sack and still make my knees weak. The mental image of Godric's legs free from the restriction of his gray slacks made my cheeks go rosy. Actually, a burlap sack sounded pretty nice right now.

While I as looking off into daydream land, Godric stopped and turned to face me.

"Nava, please come this way. I wish to secure him before he regains consciousnesses." he called then continued.

I had to jog a bit to catch up to them.

Once we were right outside the doors, they opened to reveal a stunning woman in a form fitting white dress that read: sexy-business-casual. Her dark hair was pulled into a tight bun.

"Godric, Stan and I returned a half hour ago. We grew concerned when you were not back when you said you would be.," she moved to the side to allow Godric to enter and I timidly followed behind him. Beautiful people or *cough, cough* beautiful vampires. Just my fucking luck.

"Isabel this is, Nava. She requires our assistance. Please take this man and secure him in the integration room. When he awakes I will have questions for him"

"Yes, Sheriff," Isabel said, before zipping off, leaving Godric and I alone. I looked down at my water bottle, this whole situation was becoming stuffy. Sure, I liked Godric, dude just saved my life three times over. But I didn't really know how to deal with other people.

"So... you're like some kind of hot shot?" I asked, still not looking up from my bottle. The plastic made crinkly sounds as I crushed it in my hands.

"I am a person of authority in this area," was his reply. Pretty obscure, but I guess I could run with that.

"Oh."

Oh so eloquent me said. I was two seconds from turning around and just walking out the door before Godric placed his hand on my shoulder, causing me to look up for the first time since entering his dwelling.

"I asked my lieutenant to secure a doctor for you, when you were passed out from the cab driver. I should like you to get looked at now that it seems we have a moment of peace."

"Huh? Uhhh no, thanks. I-" it was the concern in his eyes that made me pause. Little shit.

"Er, I mean I guess it couldn't hurt?" I shrugged, stepping back to give me some space form him. Being near him made my brain go all warm and flustered.

He lead me to a large room near the back of the house. On one side of the room was Isabel. There were chains connected to the wall and metal cabinets. She locked the chains around Salvation's neck, arms, and legs. On the opposite side of the room was a large table with multiple leather seats around it. Sitting at the head of the table was this little old lady in nurse's scrubs.

"You damn vampires tell me to get over her ASAP and then you don't show up for 30 minutes," she said, getting up. Even at her full height she probably didn't pas my shoulders. And I thought I was short.

"My apologies Dr. Ludwig. We were held up." Godric said, not at all bothered by the fact that she seemed pretty mad.

"And just what are you doing to that angel over there?" she asked, throwing a look at Salvation.

"Wait- he's an angel?!" I shouted.

"Of course he's an angel! Just take a look at his wings," Dr. Ludwig said, sounding thoroughly annoyed she had to explain this.

"But he doesn't have any..." I turned around to look at the still very passed out Salvation. After trying to kill me, I found him severally less attractive than when he first spoke to me.

Slightly, something started to materialize around Salvation. It was as if a soft glow enveloped his form. I squinted and blinked and then it was as if they were always there. I thought back to when Godric charged him in the convenience store, I suddenly remembered that his wings were spread around him. When he walked up to me in the store, his wings were tightly tucked behind him. Large, gray wings that brushed against the floor and went a couple of inches above his head.

He'd always had wings, but why did I only notice them now?

My heart started to race- why did I only notice them now?

"Salvation's got fuckin' wings."

That was it. That was all I could say as I stared at the angel laying face down on the concrete ground wrapped in chains.

"I do not... follow?" Isabel said near the door. I turned around to look at the two vampires. It appeared they still couldn't see his wings.

"That there creature ya'll have locked up is an angel," Dr. Ludwig said, than turned toward Godric, "Just what sort of mess have ya'll landed yourselves in?"

Godric in turn tuned toward me. He lifted her perfectly sculpted eyebrows and I vaguely wondered if he manscaped, or he was just blessed with strong eyebrow game.

"I honestly don't know why he tried to kill me-"

"As if, sin!"

All heads turned to the prisoner who was now very awake.

I rolled my eyes, "I don't! Why are you so crazy?"

"Stop playing the saint, it's disrespectful- not that evil would care much for respect."

"Oh yeah? Well your mother-!"

"Enough!" Godric said, he didn't shout but his tone kinda made me fear for my life. Which was weird, I'd felt safer with him all night than I had since like ever. Again, I was reminded that Godric wasn't some sweet well mannered college student. He was a vampire, and considering the amount of authority he seemed to wield, he was a powerful one.

Once it didn't seem like anyone was going to say anything more, Godric continued, "Angel, why is it you are pursuing this child?"

I wanted to yell at Godric for calling me a child but Salvation jumped into the conversation.

"That is no human child. She is the daughter of the Fallen Angel."

"Es'queeze me?!" I squeaked out.

"Who are you trying to deceive anymore? Your minions have been awaken from your spell," Salvation shot his accusations over towards me and I'd had enough.

I bunched my hair up in my hands, and let out a frustrated groan, "I'm not deceiving anyone! I literally have no fucking idea what you're talking about, psycho!"

Salvation opened his mouth as if he was going to argue some more, but closed his trap hole instead. He gave me an elevator look, but there was no lust behind it. He was really trying to evaluate me.

"Tell us why it is you and those monsters have deemed Nava as such a serious implication."

Salvation turned toward my vampire friend, "Ever since the death of Christ, Lucifer has made several attempts at creating his anti spawn."

"You are fuckin insane-" I started, but Godric was beside me in an instant. He rested his hand on my shoulder stalling my words. I could tell from meeting the guy, he wasn't a hands on type of friend. So I took the action as something to be heeded and shut my mouth.

"Go on, please," the vampire urged the angel.

"In total... there has been 26 assents of spiritual conception. In such cases we knew exactly where the spawn was placed in the wombs of women born through immaculate conception."

My eyes must have looked glazed over, because a rough sigh tore its way through Salvation's throat.

"What?" he barked.

"Er... I looked around the room to see I was the only one looking openly confused. "I don't really know what you're saying, I never learned about" I coughed a bit, rubbing the back of my neck, "I never really learned about Jesus or the bible...stuff."

"Stuff..?" Salvation's eyebrows shot up toward the ceiling, he looked incredulous. "It is honestly, only now that I am speaking with you that I feel, for the first time in my life, doubtful that I have the right target for extermination."

I had no idea what to say to that.

"Sit."

"Huh?" I asked the angel.

"I said sit, child!" he shouted. In a second I went from being near Godric a good twenty feet away from the man who had only an hour earlier tried to chop me in half, but sitting on the cold concrete ground, five feet form his reach.

"The Virgin Mary, you know of her, correct?" He asked, bringing his knees up to rest his elbows on them.

"U-um yeah Jesus' mother."

"Yes. She was born immaculatly. Without sin, before Jesus was ever born she would have been welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven. It is because she was born so that she was able to give virginal birth to the Creator's son. Are you following thus far?"

I had no idea when I went form terrified of this being to being schooled by him but I was nonetheless. I gave him a quick nod before he continued, looking every bit a posh school teacher despite the fact he was chained to a wall.

"It has been foretold that Lucifer will bare a son that will ricochet the beginning of the end of times, only to be stopped by the second coming of Christ. Since the death of Christ, Lucifer has sent on the tails of his demons the spirit of his spawn to implant in the ready wombs of women born of such immaculate criteria as The Virgin Mary." He paused to see if I was still following before continuing.

"He has done this 26 times."

I gasped at the news.

"Wait- so there's been 26 Antichrists since the death of Jesus?!" I asked, completely captivated by Salvation's story.

"Yes," he replied, "there has been."

"So, why is the world still spinning?!" I asked, looking around to see Godric had moved to be beside me, he wasn't siting crossed legged on the ground like me, but he was near me. He didn't look nearly as amazed as I did, but he looked pretty interested.

"Because we killed them."

I gave him my best 'please for the love of stars continue' look. And he obliged.

"I am one of many angels that have learned to track the doorways a demon might open in order to come to the human realm. Once we narrow down which door exactly, it is easy enough to locate the women. By that time, most have already given birth, and then it is simple to eliminate the target."

I felt a drop in my stomach once I fully digested his words.

"You... you kill babies?" I asked, so softly I wasn't even sure he might have heard me.

"I do what needs to be done to protect this realm. The Creator's son has not come around again- if Satan's spawn were to grow up and follow his destiny then the world would have ended 770 AD!"

"They were children!"

"They were sin incarnate!"

I didn't know why I was arguing on the behalf of the deceased Antichrists. But I forgot altogether once his last insult really registered in my mind. He'd called me that earlier tonight as well.

"You... you think I'm an Antichrist?"

Salvation's diplomatic expression changed to a cruel smile. All his pointy teeth visible.

"You are not just any spawn of Lucifer- you are thee Antichrist. The method of your birth is the reason I was not able to visit your crib as an infant and tear your to shreds back then."

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