Raven

Chapter Five

Slade leaves before me, and I give him a five minute headstart, before I leave the room. No need in making the other cadets curious as to why he was in my room. I close the door behind me and walk fast, making sure I am not the last one there. I grab a seat at the table across from Slade, and look at the Hologram screen in the middle of the table, by the looks of it, a mass demon hoard has attacked the city and are heading for the central part Of London. By the look of the red blotch on the system, this is the mother of all hoards. Soon I realise that only the Lieutenants and Sargent's along with our General and the Brigadier are in the room, they are planning to head out with the full compound combat division, not just the task force. Man this is war!

Outside in the yard, soldiers and cadets are checking weapons and gear. Everyone is readying for battle. We load up in the trucks and the vehicles are moving out as they are filling up. Mission? Clear out all areas surrounding the affected zone and then go in an eliminate the threat. But Slade has also come up with new solution, he wants to drop a bomb down the rift and see of we can close it up.

We are last to leave, Slade shifts in behind the steering wheel and I take up the passenger seat. Our truck heads out the compound gates, and head east to circle round the city, we are going to close up that hells gate after the others have chased them back our way, in the hopes that we can get most of them back down there before closing it up for good.

As we approach ground zero Slade turns to me and gives me a concerned look "No getting hurt today, okay Raven?" he so matter of factly states. "What do you mean 'no getting hurt', it's a battle, someone is bound to get hurt, somehow, somewhere!" Slade turns his back back to see the road and suddenly slams on the brakes, making everyone jerk forward. Up ahead, only a few yards from us, was utter and total chaos. Buildings where shattered and burning, people, where stumbling around with slight to severe injuries, elderly citizens searching for loved ones and pets, children crying for their mothers and fathers. It was Armageddon, the end of the world just struck London, and the worst battle ever was taking place near the Thames. Slade starts to move the truck forward again, we slowly guide the vehicle around all the debris and people standing around, Slade takes hold of the built in mike system, and tells the people to gather up and move out of London.

We are now nearing the river ahead of us. The plan is to distract the hoard and lead them back to the rift so we can execute our plan. but on seeing the multitude of demons gathered in that one place, I knew we had our work cut out for us. There must have been at least a thousand or more demons gathering around the river, fighting the other commandos that headed out before us. Before the truck comes to a complete stop, I have my door open , and my head in the game. I call upon my sword and axe, blue flames blazing from each, at the exact same moment I draw my weapons, my wings come out, and before I know it, Slade is right next to me, all blazing in weapons, flying to my left.

"Kill as many as we can, okay" I shout at him over the roar of the hoard. He nods and swerves away for a bit, heading to a group of demons trying to attack a group of school girls, who where probably on their way to school that morning. I survey my surroundings, closing in on another group of demons, who have closed in on a mother and her toddler, who was desperately trying to get away while keeping the little boy safe. 'Die you demon scum!" I yell at them as I advance on the demons.

Seeing the demons change direction, the mother sees her brake and heads out of the area with her child. Good, I think, time to dance with these mother fuckers. Two of these suckers get it into their heads to take me head on. I step forward just they come into striking distance and bring down my sword in one fluid swipe, severing the first demons head, clean of his shoulders, sending blood spraying all over me. "Great" I grown, "not getting out of this, clean I suppose". The other demon, ducks down low, trying to avoid my sword, but I catch him on the back with, the tip of my blade, and he screams in agony. I sidestep the monster, so that I am next to him, and bring my sword down with brute force, sticking the blade between his shoulder blades, he gives out a mighty roar and jumps up, lifting me from the ground, as I am still holding the sword, I plant my feet on his lower back and lean with all the force I can muster, into the sword, driving it deeper. The moment the blade, punctured his heart, I could feel the life leaving this disgusting beast.

As he topples, I go down with him, ending up standing on top of the vile creature. I pull my sword from his back, and run for next demon heading my way.

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Slade
I was dealing out severe damage to the group of demons that decided to attack a group of young girls, once I finished of the last monster, I guided the little girls to a corner and told them to head East and out of the city. As I turned around, I saw Raven dealing some serious damage to a very nasty looking critter a few blocks away. Gods she was powerful, and amazing. So ruthless and passionate in battle. Nothing stops her from getting the job done. Even covered in demon gore, she looked so god damn sexy. I watch as she deals the demon the fatal blow to the back, driving her blade with all the force she can muster, driving the vile creature down into the earth as she went with the fall. As she drew her sword from its back, I realise, this is it, this is the girl of my dreams, the one I would die for in battle. Realising what I was thinking, I shake my head to clear it, "Come on Slade, you idiot! , Your in the middle of a battle and all you can think of is shagging this chick?" Clearing my mind, I head toward Raven to finish of the next group of creatures heading her way.

Reaching Ravens side, we start dishing some serious battle to these assholes, leaving a trail of dead demon bodies in our wake. We make a great team, working in sync with each other, having each others backs when its needed. taking down the enemy from all angles. Before we knew it, we had cleared at least five blocks of demon scum and sent a group of 23 people on their way, out of the city. the other commandos where making a good ground on dealing with the hoard, chasing them back closer to the rift.

The rift was in view, and dawn was starting to make an appearance. If we keep these bastards out for another hour, then the sunlight would take of those who are light sensitive, making our job even easier. As we keep fighting , driving them back, the ground began to shake, an it was as if the hoard suddenly stopped attacking us. At the rifts edge, rocks where being uplifted, as if something was pushing them up. Fire sputtered up along with what looked like molten rock.
Up from the depths of hell, something huge was rising . The first to come into view, where mighty wings. Raven looked over at me, "What the fuck is that!" she shrieked. Finally we could see a mighty black dragon rise up from the rift, and upon his back was a man, not any man. He was what the girls would call , a handsome fellow, with long dark shoulder length hair. but what caught my attention was his eyes, they where smouldering, hot burning coals. He was a demon prince, most definitely.

The dragon screeched and roared, and landed on the surface with a mighty thud. Snorting what looked like steam from its nostrils. The demon prince surveyed the crowd of commandos, until he found us, his gaze fell directly on Raven. His gaze pierced her and a smile crossed the monsters face. With a deep thundering voice that would send angels cowering, He began to speak directly to Raven "I knew this day would come, that I would be standing directly in front of you, daughter of mine!" The other commandos when still, and a clear gasping came from the crowd, the voices silently echoing that last part, as everyone was shocked to the core.