Guardian Angel

Chapter 7

When I came to consciousness I was tied up and laying on the floor of a dark room. My mask was no longer on my face. I could see a shadow of a figure walking toward me and then I was kicked in the stomach. I cringed in pain and tasted blood. I could hear a laughter of a man. "Good morning sweety" he said in a sarcastic tone. It was followed by another evil chuckle. "What do you want with me?" I shouted. I was then abruptly kicked once in my face and once in my stomach again. I was coughing up blood. Though I was in pain I stayed strong and shouted once again. "Coward!" I screamed. "Show your face to me now!" Suddenly the lights came on and I could see a very tall man. He had black spiky hair and wore all black. I stared at him in disgust. "Who are you?" I hissed. He smiled at me and laughed maniacally. "Oh you foolish girl," he said. Then he pulled out a gun and aimed it right at me. "I could end your life now if I wanted to but that would spoil the fun." He walked over to me and flipped my hair away from my scarred eye. "Yes indeed," he sneered. "You are the one I was sent to find." I growled at him. "Don't touch me." He slapped my face. "Don't talk back to me sweety," he hissed. Suddenly the door was busted down. I saw a black figure moving at the speed of light. The spiky haired man grabbed me by the neck and held the gun to my head. Then the dark figure stopped moving and I could see that it was the mystery man from the party that I danced with. He stared at the man with the gun and smiles. "I think if you know what's good for you," he said, "you will unhand the girl you demon!" I stared at the masked man and then to the man holding the gun to my head. "Demon?" I blurted out. The masked man smiled. "Yes," he remarked. "That man is a demon. He goes by Zachary." Zachary choked me tighter. "You fool!" He yelled at the masked man. "Get out of here now or I swear I will shoot her!" I was still coughing up blood and I was bruised. I was sure I had some broken bones too. The mask man simply walked over and looked Zachary in the eyes. "Do it," he remarked. "I dare you." Zachary's finger tightened on the trigger. Then I heard a loud bang of a gun. Am I still alive? I opened my eyes and and saw that I was hovering above the ground. I was in the arms of the masked man but I couldn't believe what I saw. He had huge black wings and we were flying. The masked man grabbed a sword that was decoratively hanging on the wall. He smiled devilishly and, with me still in his arms, swooped down and pointed the sword at Zachary. "I warned you not to harm her," he said. With that he swung the sword and the demon turned to dust. The masked man, with his wings still unfurled, lowered himself to the ground so that he was standing. I was so dizzy from the beating I had just been through but I managed to croak out "thank you." My vision was blurring but I could see that the man reached up and took off his mask. "I told you I would protect you" I was almost completely unconscious but I looked up into his dark blue eyes. "G-Garren?"