The Armory (First Look)

Chapter 4: The Armor of God

The Breastplate of Righteousness: Justin Arthur Cross

Justin and I rode our bikes through the forest as we were eager to meet the rest of the team. Well, I was eager to meet them. Justin knew them pretty well. But still, we rode for a while and then we came across a little house in the forest. We sat our bikes up against the side of the house and walked into it.

"My grandparents built me this place when I was younger. I've been using this place as our meeting spot. I blessed it myself." There was a moment where I felt like I didn't belong but I pushed past that feeling and looked around and saw the group of 4 others sitting there in the living room.

"Who is this?" A girl asked.

"Uh, Araya this is Delaney, she's the 6th." Justin responded and everybody looked impressed.

"What does she do, or does she know yet?" A guy asked.

"Her powers are absolutely incredible. She can also use them at will Bryant. Her powers are so much cooler than mine are by a landslide and she can be very helpful." Justin explained and the other girl smirked.

"But what are her powers?" The girl asked.

"Thea she can literally take someones soul out of their body by use of the Sword of the Spirit. She can also astrally project herself to do what she needs to do and the thing can't see her. Also, she found out the thing's name. His name is Cain." Justin explained and Bryant stood up.

"Wait, like Cain as in Cain and Abel?" Bryant asked and I looked to Justin because even I wasn't 100% sure who he was.

"We think so. Legend has it that Cain became a demon. We believe that it's him." Justin responded and Bryant nodded in understanding.

"So we are literally up against Satan's kid?" Bryant added and I nodded in full understanding as I stood there awkwardly.

"Yeah anyways, guys this is Delaney, like I said. Delaney this is Bryant Damount, Araya Carson, Thea Joanelle, and Jude Foley." He introduced me. Araya looked like she was Latina in origin with brown hair, green eyes, and beautiful caramel colored lips. She was maybe 5 ft 3. Bryant was African American, with hair shaved pretty much to his head, he was about 6 ft, and had brown eyes, and so was Thea, but she had stunning long wavy black hair and she looked to be 5 ft 10. Jude was about 6 ft 2, and he had brown hair with dark blue eyes.

"Hi Delaney." Jude sighed. "So who is this Cain dude?"

"He's the one who's always lurking in the shadows and he's the one who keeps sending shadows our way." Justin explained and I couldn't help but ask.

"What's the deal with the shadows?" I asked this and Araya interrupted.

"Before we go telling her our secrets, how are we supposed to know she's not working for him?" Araya asked.

"She's the one who got shot four times last night. We all saw the light beam. She IS the 6th. She's the sword of the Spirit. She's the one we've been waiting for. She's also a nice person Araya, so you should calm down and not be so hard on her like you were with Jude." Justin defended me but Araya wasn't done just yet.

"I'm sorry. It's just a little suspicious that she already has powers and she somehow knew the demon's name." Araya pointed out and she wasn't wrong.

"I mean, to be honest, I'm just as concerned as you are about the fact that I suddenly have super powers." I tried to ease Araya's bluntness with a joke and Araya smirked at me.

"As you should be. If what Justin says is true you were given a pretty incredible gift. That also makes Bryant's power over time manipulation a bit pointless if your able to freeze someone in time by temporarily taking their soul away." Araya pointed out and I nodded in understanding.