The Demon And The Angel | Brypu Cult AU

Chapter 33

Crystal's POV

After sneaking around for about an hour and a half in hope the cult would go away, they weren't leaving the train station.

Papa hadn't texted either of us, so I was beginning to worry, but I couldn't show it to Artemis.

I managed to find a shop where I could grab some water plus some jackets so we could hide our wings.

Not wanting to let down papa, I kept trying to find ways around to avoid the cultists, but every way I thought to get around wouldn't work.

Eventually, I began to dive into the ideas I really didn't want to think of, but I had no other choice.

"Ah, screw it!"

"What?"

Before I could respond, I shook my head rapidly and my ears managed to show before I took my tail out, I hated my jackal features, but I had no other choice here.

Artemis followed not long after, and since we had our wings hidden, we started to walk over to the train station, but there was still a large crowd near the entrance because of the cult.

"Now what?"

"I guess we find another way out, maybe if we find a place with enough shadow we can teleport home"

"Do you think papa is ok?"

"Papa can handle himself, our goal for now is to just get home"

"But what if we can't?"

"Don't think like that, I know we can do this"

We began to look around, but as we were about to turn a corner, I began to feel like something wasn't quite right.

I pulled Artemis to my side so he couldn't be seen if something happened, and as I turned to look, I noticed Atlas, Lotus, and Femi, all of them just standing there waiting for something.

Something inside me just told me something wasn't right, and as I continued to watch secretly, I watched three cultists walk over to them with a thick white sheet, and when they slightly opened it, I saw papa unconscious in it.

This wasn't something I could expose my brother to, so I just lifted Artemis and started to run.

I didn't expect to run into anyone we knew, so I didn't shift fully, only enough so my wings were hidden, but as soon as I saw them, I quickly used my power to change my appearance and just bolted.

No matter where I ran, I felt like I was being followed or watched, and wherever I looked, I saw cultists.

They were looking for us, they had the place pretty much on lock down so they could find us.

I found a fairly shady area, so I figured I could use it to teleport, but before I even had the chance to attempt a teleport, we were surrounded.

Artemis and I had an understanding for this, I did the speaking and he remains quiet regardless of what happens.

One of the cultists stepped forward, so I began to show my more jackal side and showed my fangs.

"You know, its rude to show those who respect you disrespect"

"Don't make me laugh, you hold no respect for us, all you want is our power"

"Regardless, you have no where to run, and even if you did, the two of you would have to separate, and I doubt the pipsqueak knows where he'd run to"

"CALL MY BROTHER THAT AGAIN AND I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU!"

"I know the three of them said you heavily reminded them of Inpu, and honestly I didn't think I'd see it, but you really are the spitting image of him"

"Don't compare me to a fucking demon, one I tell the angel council of this-"

"That dumb council won't help you, it seems you've forgotten, you're only half angel, they refuse to help unless you are an angel of pure blood, someone like you would be left at the door"

"Liar! They've helped my family for years, the second they sense something is off-"

"Not how it works, kiddo, I know people thrown out of the angel realm by the council with pure blood, a half blood like yourself isn't even a minor concern for them"

I just began to show my teeth even more and it began to hurt my mouth.

I had to keep up the tough girl facade and keep Artemis safe, but if I didn't, there was a chance I'd be in the same trouble as papa, so I had to think of something quick.

The sun was setting and the spot we were in was getting darker, so I had to take the only chance I had to attempt a teleport, and if not, we were screwed.

My eyes quickly shut as I pulled Artemis even closer and managed to make the teleport.

We were both teleported to the couch in our house, and once the adrenaline wore off, Artemis started to cry.

I didn't blame him, a lot happened, heck, I wanted to cry too, but I couldn't, I had to be the strong one, so I just hugged him while he let everything out.

Once Artemis was asleep, I grabbed every device in the house with connection to others and sent a note saying everything would be off until further notice.

Everything was turned off after about an hour or two, and since I still needed some way to keep in contact with my brother if we were separated, I grabbed two of the extra burner phones papa got all those years ago.

They were easy to set up, so once that was done, I placed it next to Artemis' bed with a note explaining the reason for it before I went into the office to look for anything else we had noted in our emergency protocol.

Nothing else had to be done, so I went to my room and just sat on my bed, which was when everything came to the surface.

It was my first time being vulnerable the entire day, so I took the needed time to let everything out, but it really didn't help.

I let my father get kidnapped, I trained with him since I was little so this never happened, and yet I couldn't prevent it.

There was a lot I knew I'd need to plan in the next few days, so I just emptied my mind the best I could and fell asleep so I'd be able to make a great plan in the morning.