Author's note: Last Melodie centric chapter and concluding her backstory.
I might bring her around more often as a background character instead of just being mentioned by name.
(Had to re-upload this chapter because for some reason, it didn't update)
Chapter 18:
Will you catch me if I fall?
"Sir Adam? Lieutenant?"
Melodie had arrived on the location her higher-ups had conveyed to her, however, she saw no sign of either of them.
"maybe they got help up?" she thought to herself "I mean, he IS the first man after all, he probably has many duties that require his attention"
Melodie was casually kicking the air as she curiously peeked over the edge. She always used to find the drop down and the image of hell awaiting down there to be quite intimidating, but now that she's seen it from a new point of view, she didn't really find it as scary anymore.
"I can't believe it, they actually want to hear me out!" She excitedly thought "We're going to help SO MANY souls" she was practically bouncing.
That's when the sudden flash of pain hit her, followed by her knees giving out.
With a pained groan, Melodie crumpled to the ground as she rubbed the back of her head, her hand touching something warm…and wet….
"Sympathizing with demons….pathetic…." she heard the distinct voice of her lieutenant spit out bitterly as Melodie pulled her hand into her field of view to reveal golden ichor…..she was bleeding…..
"ya know, bitch…." The voice of Adam then spoke up as he grabbed her wings and unfurled them, the incapacitated angel unable to fight back due to the hit to the head she took as Adam continued "….If you like demons so much…"
Melodie wanted to scream when a seething pain rippled through her wings as Adam stomped down on them with one foot, but Lute forced a hand over her mouth, muffling her yelps of anguish as the first man had begun the progress of breaking every bone in her wings.
He then crouched down before her, grabbing her face and forcing her to look at him, as he smiled at her with a sadistic grin "….then why don't you join them?!"
Melodie felt as if her soul was torn in 2, and as she looked up, what she saw made her stomach turn.
There was her lieutenant…..bearing that same sadistic smirk…..holding a halo….HER halo…..
Then, she felt a shove…..then…she felt weightless…
And as she looked up, she saw her home….heaven…..slowly shrink in her vision as wind began to whip past her…
"So…this is it…this is how it ends…."
Melodie's eyes were opened…..there was a corruption in heaven…she flew too close to the sun…..and now…..she paid the price….
And as pentagram city slowly got closer and closer….the now fallen angel closed her eyes…and resigned herself to her fate…
She whizzed by large buildings, covered in neon signs as the smog from the air filled her lungs, all the while she was barreling towards the ground at high speed….
Until her whole body was pounded with an intense pain as Melodie finally made impact with the concrete street…..somewhere in a back alley….surrounded by dumpsters….and filth…..
Every part of her body hurt, her head was pounding and she could taste the blood in her mouth.
Her wings, her once pride and joy, now laid mangled under her, having taken most of the fall, she could probably forget all about ever flying again….that was….if she survived the night…..
Barely on the verge of losing consciousness, she was about ready to just let it happen and let the nearby sinners tear her apart…..either that or die from blood loss. "…I deserve this….." was all she could muster.
However, just before her vision went black, a figure approached her, a look of horror and concern on her face, and as her vision faded…..she saw…..HER…the pink girl…..
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When Melodie came to, the first thing she felt was…..warmth? Comfort? A soft blanket?
She opened her eyes, which was a much more difficult task then she anticipated, nor wanted to admit as she had been unconscious for quite a while, but once she did, she looked around.
It looked like some sort of dungy apartment…..paint was peeling off the walls, the floorboards looked creaky, and yet….there was something cozy about it. Somebody had clearly made an attempt to turn it into a home, and had succeeded…..Melodie didn't know why….but she felt….safe.
The next thing she would notice was that her right arm was in a sling…..and the more her gaze wandered down, the more she realized that somebody had taken the time to clean her wounds and bandage her up.
Her eyes quickly darted to either side of her…her wings…they were…..
When Melodie took in the current condition of her wings, she saw that using bandages and improvised braces made of wooden planks, somebody had actually re-set the bones…..or well….to the best of their attempts….it wasn't perfect…but she might actually be able to fly again one day.
Finally, her gaze fell on her unlikely savior, who was nervously pacing back and forth while muttering to herself out loud.
"Pink…you are absolutely insane…you took in an exorcist, a. fucking. EXORCIST. If hudson finds out, you're fucking DEAD. Not to mention she literally tried to kill you 2 fucking weeks ago…..how the fuck am I going to hide a fucking exorcist!?"
Melodie tried to speak up, tho her voice came out more raspy then she'd hoped " it's….you….the selfless…..sinner…"
Upon realizing her patient was awake, the pink sinner huddled towards her "OH MY GOSH YOU'RE STILL ALIVE, THANK FUCK!" as she gently sat down on the edge of the bed "Are you alright? You made quite the fall back there" as she gently put the back of her hand on the angel's forehead.
"I…..i'm not….ok…..but I will be…." Melodie managed to force herself to say her unlikely savior "But…..why…..save me? I….killed…." as the realization set in "…..so many souls…..human souls…."
The pink woman gently put a finger on her lips "Shhh, try not to think about that too much….try to focus on the here and now…..what happened to you? How did you end up down here?"
Melodie began to recall the events leading up to her being found as slowly, the sinner's face twisted into horror "You vouched for a non-violent way….and they just….."
"Yup" Melodie responded.
The pink sinner pondered for a moment "….You know….if you were to ask me….i'd say, you are twice the angel they will ever be…." As she gently put a hand over Melodie's shoulder.
"ya know….when you took your helmet off that day, and I got to have a good look at you….i just KNEW you were different….and I'm glad to see I was right"
She then got up "Can I get you some water maybe? Something to eat? You're gonna need your strength to get back up"
The former exorcist was dumbfounded at this woman's kindness as she swallowed a lump in her throat and spoke up " ….that….sounds lovely, actually…..thank you"
The girl would smile and nod in response as she turned to, what Melodie would only assume was the kitchen, tho she stopped for a moment "My name is Pink, by the way….Pink neon…." As she disappeared into the kitchen….
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Current time, Pink's apartment, pride ring, hell:
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"…And that's basically the whole story…." Melodie finished as she swallowed a lump in her throat and willed herself to meet the eyes of her friend Ashley, who was staring at her in anger….tho not aimed at her….
"So….let me get this straight….first they order ya to be essentially a mindless killing machine, and THEN, once you start thinking for yourself and see through their bullshit, they just dispose of you like that?!"
Melodie just looked down at the ground "Pretty much….i didn't know any better….orders were orders…."
Ashley jumped to her feet, which startled Melodie at first, tho fear turned into surprise when Ashley went on a tirade "WHO DO THOSE HOLIER-THEN-THOU HIGH AND MIGHTY FUCKING HYPOCRITES THINK THAT THEY ARE?! I'LL PERSONALLY DRAG THAT LUTE BITCH DOWN HERE MYSELF AND RIP HER A NEW ONE I SWEAR TO-"
She was cut off by the fallen angel who had gotten up and put a hand on Ashley's shoulder "Ash…it's ok….I'm ok…..but….it doesn't make me innocent…." As she let go and put some distance between her and the shark-grinned girl, looking away from her as she hugged her own arms
"I just…all those lives I took…I just wish I could turn back time….and just take all of it back" and as she said this, she let go of her arms as she looked down to her own hands, as she began to shake "I…I have….blood on my hands….and I don't think I will EVER feel clean again…." After which, she finally returned her gaze towards her friend Ashley and her partner on the couch "I've been trying to repent for my crimes ever since….."
Many emotions were swirling through the former exorcist,
Shame, guilt, regret, anger, sadness…..but she was snapped out of these dark thoughts by a sudden, tight hug from the sharp-toothed tomboy girl.
"You regret your actions….and you are trying to be better….that's all that matters to me…" as she slightly distanced herself to allow her to look the angel in the eyes "Angel or not, to us, you're just Melodie"
This caused the dams burst and a torrent of tears began to roll across her cheeks as the former exorcist collapsed into her friend's arms while ugly-crying, her girlfriend quickly joining the 2 of them on the ground as she embraced them both into a tight hug while saying"You ain't getting rid of us that easily, babe"
After a little while, once the tears had died down a bit, Ashley was the first one to break the silence " so…..what's with the horns and red eyes?"
Melodie responded with a weak voice, still raw from crying "The glamour…..they never confiscated it…..Pink helped me to sew parts of it into a choker…..you're looking at an magical illusion…."
Ashley would nod "Damn…..pretty clever….soooo….you still got your wings?"
"…yea….."
"Can you still fly?"
"eyup…..tho they never fully healed properly, I wander slightly to the left….but I've learned to compensate….."
"neat…may I see them?"
"hehe…..not tonight, Ash….not tonight…"
"….so…wana get stoned and watch a dumb, cheesy comedy?"
"….yea…yea I'd like that"
Note: So yea, that concludes Melodie's past, see if y'all can guess from this all who my favorite character is.
edit(may 20th) i like to think the movie they decided to watch is "spaceballs"