Chapter Four- The Fallen Angel
"Cain!"
He blinked. "Urf… what happened?" The Umbreon clutched his head and groaned.
"You passed out after you were attacked." He blinked before sitting up. He was covered by a blanket. Liz was mixing something, and handed it to him. "This is some berry juice. Drink it and you'll feel better."
He did as she instructed, and sighed. "I remember an Espeon… and a Vaporeon… and a Flareon."
She nodded. "Yes. You were knocked around quite badly by that Espeon."
Urgh… I lost to a psychic type… and a girl! "Theia…" he remembered.
"Yes. She had the protection of Raphael."
He pulled himself unsteadily to his feet. He felt a little cut on his neck where her staff had been.
Outside the room, the other three retributors were waiting. They were all quiet.
"What's wrong?" asked Cain.
"It's…" began Gail, but Blade interrupted her.
"The angels. We are in serious trouble right now."
Cain blinked. The bloodthirsty Gallade is scared? Then he remembered how Blade had talked about them earlier.
Vince shook his head. "We mustn't panic, no. We must stay calm and plan everything out. They have threatened to try and finish us, but we must let them make the first move, or we run the risk of falling into a trap."
"Yes. We cannot afford any injuries. We'll have to stick as a group just for safety."
They all murmured in agreement.
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Cain slowly followed Kate. She was walking to her apartment. It was very dark, and streetlights were the only things that illuminated the darkness. Cain was right next to her, following her step by step. So close, yet so far, he thought bitterly. If his friends had been retributors for as long as they have been… he didn't like the odds of him being able to talk to her.
He had to sneak out to find her. Vince had been curious, but he had told the Samurott he was going to go to get some fresh air. It wasn't a lie, but it certainly left a lot out.
"Well, just be careful and don't wander too far away," was all the Samurott had said.
Now he had wandered a few blocks away to try and learn a little more about his old crush.
She sighed every so often, her icy breath cold enough so he that he shivered, again reminding him of how far away from her he truly was. Every so often, she would stop and look straight at Cain, but would shake her head and sigh. "Wishful thinking," was what she would mutter.
About a block away from her home, Cain saw something move in the shadows. He hesitated momentarily before walking up to it quietly. In the darkness, he saw a thief, crouched, ready to pounce on his friend. He felt anger boiling inside him. Oh no you don't! He got ready to launch a dark pulse, but stepped in a small puddle. The thief looked at him, eyes wide before rushing towards him, knife extended.
He was so surprised that he didn't bother blocking. He felt it pierce his skin, but didn't feel much pain. He proceeded to blast the thief with a dark pulse, which immediately knocked out the thief.
He heard a scream behind him. He turned around to see the Glaceon pointing the body. He slowly backed into the darkness, and turned away, not wanting the Glaceon to see what had just happened. He rested a hand on his side, and realized that the cut itself was gone. He still had the cut on his neck though. Hmm. He looked back at the Glaceon. He got ready to walk away when he heard her say something. "C-Cain?"
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"Theia. Are you alright?"
The Espeon turned around. Standing in the doorway was Ve- no, Alpheus. She turned away. "I'm alright."
He slowly walked closer to her. She was lying on her bed, still letting her body mend the wounds that she had received. It wasn't anything too bad. I'll get you next time, Umbreon! He sat on the bed next to her. "Are you okay?" he asked again.
She sighed. "You just don't let up do you? No… I couldn't finish him. It would have taken a second. Instead I apologized, and he lived because of that." She rubbed the gash on her side.
The Vaporeon stood up. "I'm glad to see you're fine," he said briskly before leaving.
She sighed. Agni was so fiery and angry a lot of the time, Rhea was so sassy and stubborn, and Alpheus was so distant and quiet. They were all supposed to be allies, yet she didn't know any of their backstories.
Agni would often taunt her for being too gentle and soft, even though she would finish their targets when necessary. But he would also incinerate anybody without hesitation. She knew that if she ever became the enemy, Agni would attack her without a second thought. Rhea was just plain stubborn, talking back to everybody like she was their superior, despite the fact that she had been here the shortest period of time. And Alpheus… well, he was the oldest and never seemed to talk much. He let Agni and Rhea do most of the arguing.
But there was one thing about him that she had learned that nobody else knew; his original name. All four of them had taken on different monikers as part of their angelic duties. Theia's original name was Saya. Alpheus' original name was Vent. She overheard his angel stone, Gabriel, call him that once.
"What's wrong?" He own angel stone began speaking gently. Raphael was always friendly with her, and probably her best friend… if he wasn't a stone. But since they were connected, they were able to understand each other quite
"I just feel… lonely sometimes. You're my best friend… but I mean, they are all so distant emotionally. I mean-"
"I know. You're wondering if they are all your allies. But my four brothers will keep them all in check."
"But are we doing the right thing? All the killing…"
The stone was silent.
She sighed. "I'm going for a walk. Are you going to come or not?"
"I'm your friend, Theia. Of course."
OK, I am not dead. I'm alive, but I've been very busy as of late. I've sort of hit a roadblock for In the Rain, but I'm on the verge of a breakthrough (I hope) so I decided to try update this as an apology. But yeah, Please read and review _