Angel Lies

Chapter 18: Deathly Feelings

Veronica was woken by the patting of cloth on her nose which was painful to the touch.
"Oh good, your awake!" Star smiled happily.
"What happened?" She winced as Star continued to pay her nose.
"Sorry but this is very nasty. I'm dressing the wound as good as I can." Star would say feeling bad for causing more pain.
"You kinda just let out a super sonic scream I guess you could call it. It killed both demons." Rowan smirked.
"So it wasn't a dream, my family was fake and a bunch of demons."
"Pretty much."
"They were working for someone. They were all summoned together since it was demonic crazy cat lady with her hell cats. That takes a lot of power, power you yourself don't possess." Rowan started thinking.
"It's Axel..."
"Nope, he doesn't even possess that much power. He's working for someone." Star finished cleaning the blood off her nose.
"Either way, we need to pack your things and leave. I'm sure Axel will be coming to visit soon."
"I just want clothes." Veronica stood up only to lose balance. Rowan caught her and stood her back up. She was completely out of energy and her limbs ached. She walked slowly toward her room and toward her closet. Threw open her bags and started tossing as much clothes they would carry.
"Gotcha!"
Veronica screamed as she struggled and kicked.
"Hey, it's okay."
What is it?" Rowan ran in, Star close behind.
Veronica turned around to see it was Joel, "not you too...."
"Oh no, I'm not a demon." He smiled kindly.
"Where have you been, doofus!" Rowan said angrily.
"Chill, I was blocked out of the mansion and couldn't get back in. I been looking for her ever since but I see you two had her and didn't contact me!"
Veronica was in a way relieved but angry that she was in the shadows about everything.
"We been on our feet, not sure when Axel will attack again."
"I knew he was behind it! The way he acted around her, the way he didn't have that caring nature a guardian has with the one he protects. Enrages me!"
"Wait, you said Axel was your cousin?"
"He is, but not anymore...I can't stand a reaper who betrays his race plus hurt his client."
"The way you guys talk, this guardian thing is a daily thing not just for me."
"Oh yeah, we are assigned to new reapers who are fresh out of the grave."
"Your confusing me..." She held her aching head.
"Let's get to the house. This is Axel's domain and I rather not stick around to meet his boss." Rowan would pick up Veronica and he would take off at a inhuman speed. Star grabbed the bags and Joel followed close behind.

Veronica laid on the couch as Joel sat with her. Rowan kept watch on the roof and Star cooked up a meal knowing everyone was famished.
"What I was saying, not all souls go to the other side. Some souls are either too full of light or darkness to move on. That's when reapers are born. The light ones get assigned a light reaper while dark are assigned dark reapers."
"So you guys are dead?"
"Yes. It sucks in a way because I would love to see Heaven but I love help fresh baby reapers." He said with sad eyes but with a smile.
"What's Axel's deal? You guys said he was light right?"
"Yes but his soul has been tainted by darkness and evil. I know he was good the day he went to your home, the day of the murders. But he was a different person afterwards...I don't know. Than again, that's the day we detected that you were the new Angel of Death and that's new to us since we been with the old angel of death since we were baby reapers ourselves."
"Will I ever meet him?" She was actually a bit excited about it.
"Oh yes, you have to or you won't be able to claim your title as new Angel of Death. You have to absorb his life force so you can know what he knows and have the knowledge of all the angels before you including him."
"And to become whole!" Shouted Star.
"Whole?"
"I heard you were a twin. Well, she is your the other half literally, so when you receive his powers you will become whole. You know, that explains why your a late bloomer."
"Confusion..." She felt her head pound.
"Most angels of death know their powers from birth, you are just now discovering your powers."
"So my sister, was she also a late bloomer?"
"I don't know. We don't know anything about twins in this scenario, it was way before our time and before King Reaper. Like Star mentioned, never recorded."
"That's what I'll be? A queen of reapers?"
"Pretty much."
"Food is ready." Star shouted as she set the table with four plates.
Joel helped Veronica up and lead her to the table since she was too weak to do so herself. Star had made baked chicken with green beans, mash potatoes, and macaroni with cheese. It smelled delightful and made her mouth water. Everyone started eating which had Veronica baffled.
"Yes, sweetheart?" Rowan noticed her stares.
"You guys are basically dead but you eat people food?"
"We need energy and we get it the same way you do." Star chuckled.
"Cool but still weird."
"How's it weird?"
"Only dead people I know that eat are zombies and it's flesh." She laughed.
"Haha, very funny. Zombies are made up."
"Similar, dead and you eat." She giggled.
"She does have a point." Rowan smirked.
"Wow.. I'm actually having fun at the dinner table."
"Did your demonic family not entertain you?" Joel joked.
"No, I was always blamed, sad, depressed, or scared. I hated the house..."
"They were draining you. Honestly, you would have been dead if you wouldn't have changed up your routine and not go home." Star would state while taking a bite.
"You know, I bet that's how Axel planned on killing you. Keeping you weak physically and mentally because if you noticed, you weren't able to do anything before until now after you were away from the house for more than a day," Joel said stabbing his fork into his chicken. "I'm wanting to kill him now!"
"What's matters is that she's here and with us. She couldn't be any safer right now. But we do need to travel to the underworld tomorrow because King Reaper is wondering where his heir is."
Star would say finishing her food abs sipping a glass of rum.
"If that's the case, we should finish eating and head to bed. We need as much energy as we can get to travel there." Rowan stated as he stood up yawning.
"Um Joel, could you sleep in my room with me? I'm a bit scared to sleep alone..." She turned red saying that.
"Sure!"
She yawned and stood up, heading to her room but leaving the door open for Joel.
Joel started to follow but was jerked back back into his seat.
"Lose those feelings."
"What feelings..."
"She is basically your new Queen and no relationships between the the Angel of Death and a reaper. You know why."
"I know...I heard the story too many times..." Joel felt his soul ache and long for love.
"Stay by her side, that is all." Rowan warned.
Joel nodded as he got up and headed to her room. He sat in the window, awaiting for morning as he watched Veronica sleep peacefully. He was happy she felt peace for once and he was helping her achieve it but he was sad he was falling for the Princess of the Reapers, soon to be Queen.