Angel Among Us
A Covenant fanfic
Chapter 8: The Witching Hour
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Sarah, Chelsea, and Eddie looked around in awe at the inside of Caleb's house. They were being dropped off at his house with his mom for protection since it's nearing 10pm. Caleb's mother got informed on what was happening when Caleb called her prior. He also told Sarah what was happening, too, and she accepted the whole magic thing, but was still in the 'I can't believe this is happening' shocked state from everyone being in danger at the moment, so she wasn't able to fully process just yet of what that meant.
"In the living room, darlings." Caleb's mother directed warmly. The sons and Angel gazed at their human group of 4.
"Don't leave the house. And if any of you need to go to another section of the house, don't go alone just incase." Caleb instructed. The humans agreed. Sarah looked at Caleb with worried eyes.
"Be careful…and come back….all of you." She said gazing at the other witches after addressing Caleb.
Caleb gave a small smile of reassurance. "We will."
Chelsea and Eddie gazed over at Angel. "Text us when the coast is clear, okay." Chelsea stated feeling nervous about this whole thing.
Angel nodded. "Will do."
Once that was settled, the witches left and got in Tyler's hummer and set out towards the Putnum barn.
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They were standing outside the barn gazing at it, the beginnings of a rain storm accompanying them. Caleb took a deep breath and moved forward so he could be the first to go inside the barn, but Angel stopped him by grabbing his arm.
"No…let me. If we don't want the vision about you to happen, we have to be as inexact from the details of it as possible. Plus, he won't be expecting me or even what I do. It'll be the perfect opportunity to throw him off, earlier the better."
Caleb met his eyes and nodded. "Good point…..you're smarter than you look, you know that, kid?" Caleb said fondly feeling impressed.
"Lead the way." Caleb continued.
As they began walking to the barn's entrance, Reid grabbed Angel's hand discreetly without the boys noticing and whispered.
"Angel…please be careful. He seems really dangerous."
Angel firmed his hold on Reid's hand briefly before letting go. "I will…promise." He whispered back.
Angel entered first, the four sons a few steps behind him. Chase was inside with them on a little balcony type floor above them, but the sons and Angel didn't notice him up there just yet until he spoke.
"Well, well, who do we have here? Are you sending in little rats to help you out Caleb? I remember addressing only you to meet me." Chase said menacingly, seeming amused. Then he turned his eyes to Angel.
"And who is this? Ah, right, I remember you. What is he doing here? You bringing kids from school to hide behind now boys? How pathetic!" He chuckled. Then he smirked.
"He's damn cute, though, I must admit." He continued.
That got Reid to growl in anger. "Where do you get off?! You have no business being here!"
Chase lifted both his hands up halfway next to himself with his pointer fingers up.
"O-o-o-o-oh see, that's where you're wrong," He then put his hands on the wooden railing of his perch. "I have all the business of being here, you know why? Because I'm in need of a power boost, and oh look, who has a lot of power? None other than my own coven of brothers." He stated in a belittling and bitter way with the utmost of cockiness.
"I knew it…you are after our magic." Caleb stated cool and controlled, but feeling nervous.
Chase smirked evilly. "Good job on paying attention. For that, I'll reward you with taking you out first."
Chase then turned his eyes black and levitated himself up over the railing and lowered himself down towards them while firing translucent magic energy at them all with a hand. Before the sons could act, Angel did.
"No you won't!" Angel shouted and did a spell.
'Bankorok, Redgormor, Ulyoath' The mystical ancient male god's voice said, blue symbols appearing around Angel.
Suddenly a blue force field appeared around the group, making Chase's attack spell bounce off and disappear. The sons were amazed with smiles spreading on their faces. Chase, now on the ground in front of them, didn't look happy, but he did look shocked.
"What the-!? What was that!? Was that one of you?" Chase demanded in anger towards the sons behind Angel.
"News flash, it was me." Angel stated surprisingly calm seeing as he was face to face with a dangerous witch.
Chase's eyes widened. "You? No way, you're just a human kid. You have no magic." He glared.
Angel grinned in amusement. "Really? What's this then?"
Angel then casted another spell, this one being green with the female ancient god speaking.
'Antorbok, Redgormor, Pargon, Pargon, Xel'lotath'
Angel then lifted up his hand outstretched towards Chase and shot green glowing magic at him, blasting Chase back into a pile of hay that was near the wall behind him.
"Damn, he's good!" Tyler stated happily.
"Okay…okay…" Chase said as he got up and brushed the ground's contents off him. "So you got magic. What does that make you, a witch too?" He said now meeting Angel's eyes. Angel walked forward a bit closer to Chase, but still far from him.
"Yes, matter a fact, it does." He stated.
Chase walked two steps forward from the hay pile near the back wall toward Angel. "Ain't no kind of witch I've ever seen. That's why they sent you, huh? Thinking you can save them," Chase huffed out a breath.
"Hate to break it to ya, sweetheart, but I am far more stronger than you think." Chase said in a cocky smirk.
"So am I. Let's see yours then." Angel replied confidently with a controlled fire of determination.
Chase paused for a second and then chuckled. "I like you. I might not drain you, and instead just take you as mine."
Reid grimaced in a growl and shifted his eyes black. "Like hell you will, he's mine!" He then shot magic at Chase.
Glancing over at the side attack, Chase caught it with one hand, added his stronger magic to it and shot it back at Reid fast effortlessly. Reid's eyes widen at the unexpected turn of events and thought it was gonna hit him, but before the spell could, Angel quickly acted.
"Bankorok, Santak!" Angel shouted – having to use a simpler form since Chase's spell was coming too quickly to do a full one – with a hand raised towards Reid. When Chase's spell made it to Reid, it didn't harm him at all since Angel did a protection spell. Reid opened his eyes when he noticed nothing hit him, and then smiled gratefully over at Angel.
Angel met Reid's gaze. "It's okay, Reid, I got this. It's too dangerous for you guys to fight right now."
Reid huffed in a displeased sigh, but complied and turned his eyes from black to normal again.
"Okay, no more playing around." Chase said before using his magic to jump high vertically in the air and shot magic at Caleb, trying to get his original target once again.
'Nethlek, Redgormor, Ulyoath.' That dispelled Chase's spell before it could connect.
Then Angel followed it up with another attack spell, this one a full one this time since there was no major rush.
'Antorbok, Redgormor, Pargon, Pargon, Ulyoath.' The mystical voice of the blue god spoke while blue glowing symbols appeared around Angel. Blue magic then shot out at Chase once Angel outstretched his hand toward him.
That made Chase fall on his back into a roll, rolling a few times to the left and landed on his stomach. Angel walked to him. When he saw Chase about to get up, he did another spell.
'Antorbok, Santak, Pargon, Pargon, Ulyoath.'
That made Chase stop moving. It was a paralysis spell. Once Angel was in front of Chase and the bound witch was unable to move, Angel looked down at him with sympathetic cognac brown eyes.
"I'm sorry I have to do this….but you attacking my friends and even almost killed some after you got them to trust you…I can't let someone like that roam free." Angel stated. He then did a spell.
'Tier, Magormor, Pargon, Pargon, Xel'lotath.' That summoned a sword to Angel's hand.
The sons continued to watch intently at the amazing strength of Angel that unfolded before them. Angel now did yet another spell.
'Antorbok, Magormor, Pargon, Pargon, Chattur'gha.' That made the blade in Angel's hand thrum in red magic.
Chase looked up at him helplessly, but didn't show that since his face was in an angry grimace.
"As soon as I get outta this-"
Angel interrupted Chase. "I'm afraid you won't be," Angel lifted the glowing red sword and held it over Chase. "I wish this turned out different for you, but hopefully you'll find peace now." Angel then brought the sword down into Chase's heart. He was now dead.
Angel made the sword disappear as the sons ran up to Angel with relieved and impressed expressions.
"Holy hell, dude, did you just seriously succeed in killing Chase!?" Pogue stated happily.
Caleb looked at Chase's dead body. "Is all this really over now?" He asked in disbelief.
Angel smiled at them all. "Yeah. Peace has been restored now officially."
Reid quickly came up to Angel and gave him a tight hug. "Damn, you are amazing! The best bomb to drop on someone."
Angel giggled in their hug. Once they separated, the other three sons were staring at them with suspicious eyes. Reid frowned in confusion.
"What?" Reid asked his friends slowly.
Tyler spoke for himself and his two older friends. "Oh, nothing, just that earlier when Chase was hitting on Angel and threatening to take him, you got mad on an unusual level and said Angel was yours. Now you hugged him, and I tell ya, it looks nothing like a hug between friends."
Reid started to internally panic a tad. He wasn't expecting to have the truth about him be exposed just yet.
"You two are together, aren't you?" Caleb asked Reid, already knowing the answer, but wanted to hear it straight from him to validate further.
Reid contemplated on lying, but he didn't want to hurt Angel in the process, so that was automatically not an option. That meant he had to come clean, so he maned up and told them.
"….Y-yeah…we are. I'm gay, alright? There."
The three sons were confused since Reid always showed and said he was straight.
"I thought you liked girls? You dated and slept with them and everything." Tyler said.
Reid sighed. "I never liked girls, and I lied about those things."
"Really? Why?" Pogue asked in shock at this new info.
"I just….I didn't want you to punk me around about it." Reid said, avoiding any eye contact.
Caleb's eyes softened at Reid. "Reid….we would never think less of you because of something like that. There's nothing wrong with liking guys, everything's cool, right guys?"
Tyler and Pogue agreed. That warmed Reid's heart and made him smile a little. He then cleared his throat.
"Okay, um….what about Chase….what do we do about his body?" Reid asked, trying to avoid sentimentalism.
Angel looked back at the body. "Oh, right….um, let me think," After a few seconds, he came up with an idea. "Alright, I got it." He then started a spell.
'Tier, Aretak, Xel'lotath.' A green trapper was summoned, now standing in front of Angel.
"Teleport this body to the Trapper realm." Angel ordered it.
The Trapper obeyed, walking over to the body of Chase. And with a green glow, the body was teleported to the intended destination. The Trapper then walked back over to it master obediently waiting for the next command.
"That's all, thank you."
The Trapper purred happily and disappeared with a green glow. Angel turned back to his friends and boyfriend with a smile.
"Taken care of. Now the body will be dealt with whichever way the demons in that realm decide."
The sons grinned fondly in amazement. "You are incredible." Tyler said in a laugh as they left the barn.
When they were in the car driving down the road to Caleb's house, Angel texted Eddie and Chelsea like he promised.
Angel- We're all okay. It's over.
A few seconds later, his friends texted him.
Eddie- You mean it!? Thank goodness! Glad everyone is safe.
Chelsea- Alright! Way to go Super Angel! Where are you now?
Angel- In the car heading that way. Be there in a few.
Chelsea- Kay, we'll be here. :)
Angel smiled happily.
When they got to the house and got inside, it was a huge hug fest and cheers. They were all finally safe.
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The next day being Monday, everyone was at school – including Kate who was back in good health – as if nothing majorly life threatening ever came to town. Angel was unintentionally causing a lot of attention to himself which got Reid jealous when he found out, but Angel made sure Reid knew he was the only one for him which made Reid overjoyed. Just after school was over with – only 4 minutes gone by since the last bell rang – Reid was walking down one of the halls of classes since he just left his locker, backpack hanging on one shoulder. When he passed the music class, he immediately froze, then walked backward to see into the room. What caught his attention was a voice. A voice singing and musical keyboard being played. The voice was downright beautiful and so was the song. When Reid gazed inside, he saw it was Angel. It was a sight to behold.
(Lyrics aren't allowed, so here is the song so you understand what's happening. Hawk Nelson- Drops in the Ocean)
After the second verse, Reid felt like Angel was singing about him. People try to change him all the time because he has an aggressive, rebel, cocky nature and keeps people at arm's length. He's been hurt too many times by people to not be. Knowing everyone wants to change him into something else, that makes him feel ashamed of who he is sometimes since that equals to there being something wrong with him. Hearing such comforting things about it from Angel…that made him feel elated. If he hasn't said how much he loves this boy, well, Angel said it himself…..it's more than the drops in the ocean.
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End chap. 8
Gosh, I freakin' love that song! Such an cute ending, no? x3 Now Chase is officially gone, whoohoo, no more baddies! :3 Or is it? Only one chapter left! Let's rap this story up, peps! Sneak peak of next chapter: 4 days later Friday, Angel finds out through a psychic drawing and a regular vision that a past evil is coming back. Angel has to warn his loved ones before it's too late. Will he make it? Can Angel bring peace once again? Till next time. ^ - '