The Children of Death:Book four, Revived Hero.

Jade

How to describe dozens of angels charging at you at once?

    I simply can't find the words for it. It was loud, and the sounds of wings flapping was overbearing and nearly deafening. I brought out my sword, Atticus (A bad name choice), and began to fight.

   I twirled around in motions like a ballet of death, slashing and slicing the angel's wings, weakening them.

"SWITCH OF PLANS! ERIK, VALENTINA, GO GET EZRA AND ELLISSE! ATTICUS AND BEATRIZ, YOU KNOW THE DRILL! GO! GO! GO!"I ordered, Erik ran off with the barely waking up Valentina.

   I glanced back at Edie, she was staying out of the way of the battle, good thing, too. Suddenly, I got knocked down by an angel, "AGH!"I groaned, jumping back up and slashing at the angel's face. I sliced at another angel, and ducked under an arrow being shot at me. But, it knocked my sword out of my hands, off of the side of the bridge. "You're gonna pay for that!"I screamed. I was in the zone.

    I stood still for a moment, trying to channel my dad's power. "Come on father don't fail me now..."I mumbled to myself, and suddenly, I had horns growing out of my forehead. And claws! I charged an angel, slashing at it's face, Atticus ran at me, or, it looked like it, but he punched an angel that was about to stab me with an arrow. The angel was unconcious on the floor. How pathetic, I thought to myself.

   I didn't have to time to say, "Thank you." Because he had already moved onto another angel. I shook off the feeling of giddiness, stupid feelings for some stupid old childhood boyfriend. Pathetic of me. I jabbed an angel in the stomach, and suddenly, I was hit with an arrow in the arm.

"AUGH!!!"I yelled in pain, Beatriz ran to my side, Atticus covered us, or he at least tried to, but he was seriously being overwhemled.

"Can you... move it?"Beatriz asked me, touching my arm. I flexed my fingers and shook my arm, wincing.

"I'll live."I smiled, and she smiled back, running back into battle. I didn't feel like I was going to live. Everything was going fuzzy, and my left arm was numb, the creeping feeling of numbness rushed up into my neck and head. I tried to shake it off, going back to fight angels. I saw Atticus's sword fling into the lava beneath us, "STUPID ANGELS!"He yelled as he ran by, trying to fish the sword out.

   I chuckled a bit, and then... I was stabbed. Stabbed in the chest.

I gargled blood.

"Jade!"I could faintly hear, it sounded like it was in slow-motion. How funny. I fell backwards, smacking my head on the stone bridge, blood pooling out of my chest. I saw that angels around me were falling, Beatriz and Atticus were trying to get to me, but angels were crowding them.

    Edith ran towards me, kneeling by my side. I slightly waved, sending a shockwave of pain through my arm. "Jadey!"Edith sobbed. I was getting so weary... so tired... I wanted to close my eyes, suddenly, Edith grew giant, white angel wings, and a halo. She was an angel.

   I gasped and then groaned in pain. She placed her hand on my chest wound, closing her eyes, I could feel myself becomming healed, slightly light-headed. My entire body tingled. "Edie..?"I asked, Edie fell backward, her eyes rolled back into her head, her body became pale.

"EDIE NO!"I cried, gripping onto her shoulders, she had a faint pulse... so faint...

"EDIE!"I yelled.

"I'm gonna be okay... I promise."She smiled at me faintly.

   "It's cold, Jade..."Edith murmured. 

"YOU CAN'T- NO!"I screamed for her. But she was already gone. She died in my arms, I weeped into my hands. "No..."I mumbled. Atticus stood behind me,putting his hand on my shoulder.

"We don't..."He sniffled, his voice cracking, "Don't have time to grieve..."He mumbled, basically having to drag me away from Edith. "No..."I mumbled, "No..."

    I jumped up, looking around. The angels were dying, but reinforcements would come soon. Valentina and Erik were back with Ezra, but where was his sister..?

"Ellisse."I choked out, "Where's the girl?"I asked.

"We can't find her! Ezra can barely talk, he's out of it!"Erik informed me, Ezra looked at me, covered in cuts and bruises, his nose broken, perhaps an ankle, too. He seemed disoriented, with heavy eyelids and an open mouth.

"Have you tried charm speech?"Beatriz asked, I spotted Atticus, trying to pick up Edith, wrapping her body in her giant white wings.

Valentina breathed in, still weak from earlier, she stared into Ezra's eyes.

"Speak for us. Tell us what we want to know."She ordered, his eyes glossed over, "I- I don't... know..."Ezra spluttered.

     "I'll find her myself."I muttered, running off.

"ELLISSE!"I yelled, "WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE YOU!"I screamed to nothing, aware of the angels following my trail. I heard a cry of pain, following the noise.

   I saw a pathway going to a high-up cage, inside of it was a shivering, bleeding heap of demi-demon girl. Ellisse. I had found her. I hopped across the pathway, aware of the booby-traps, but I could tell the difference in the stones.

  I made me horns go back into my forehead, my claws had already gone in, it seemed.

"Hello,Ellisse... you're the one everyone is making a fuss about, aren't you?"I asked, trying to make conversation. Ellisse got up with a wince, valuable objects were strewn across her cage.

"What... do you want..?"She sniffled.

"I'm here to help you. To take you back to Ezra."I smiled. The girl seemed surprised, possibly about to cry.

"He- He's alive?!"She cried, I took a moment to examine her wounds, they were like Ezra's, but worse, and she had more... a lot more.

   I took a bobby pin from my pocket, pick-locking the cage. Ellisse fell to the ground, I hoisted the girl over my shoulder, she groaned in pain. "Try to not annoy me, or I'll drop you in the lava."I informed her, and then ran back down the bridge, my friends were all waiting, angels were flying at them and they were just barely holding on.

"RUN! RUN! RUN!"I yelled, Atticus had the body of Edith in his arms, I shed a tear, and we ran through the trap door-thing.

   We rushed through the throne rooms, and through the fields, angels throwing spears and arrows at us as we tried to escape. We made it to the gates. They were still open, so we ran through. We ran to the elevator, all getting in.

   The angels charged us, I continued to push the button.

CLICK.

"C'mon hurry up!"Atticus yelled.

CLICK.
"I AM!"I frantically screamed
CLICK.
CLICK.
CLICK.
CLICK.
CLICK.

   The door finally closed all the way, just fast enough so an angel could ran into it. I placed down Ellisse. The elevator began to play "If You Like Pina Coladas" I sank to the floor, humming the song, panting. What had happened began to sink in.

EDIE IS DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU.

"She's dead because of me..."I muttered, begginning to hyperventilate. "She's dead... because of me!"I yelled.

Beatriz breathed in for a count of five,"Jade-"

"SHE'S GONE!"I grew horns from my forehead,I began to get tunnel vision.

"JADE!"Atticus yelled, gripping onto my shoulders, he shook me lightly. "It wasn't your fault."He said.

"R-right... I'm being... crazy...."I mumbled, burying my face in my hands.