Fallen: Gates of Madness

Chapter 8: The Dormouse and The Caterpillar

" Why did they have to send me...." Sloth drawled every word oozing with annoyance as he lazily sharpened the jagged edges of his grey double bladed scythe. His eyes remained shut as if he was speaking in his sleep.
"Do you know what a drag it is for me to be out here?" Sloth says slowly as hot sparks from the scythe flew in every direction.

He was seated with his feet crossed, Caim looked at Sloth he did not expect his foe to look the way he did. Sloth resembled an Angelus or a human except for the presence of ears and a tail that resembled that of a fox his tail just rested by his side, Sloth had a slim body built almost frail but to the eye of one who had seen combat against the fallen would see that he had a very sturdy body hidden behind the folds of his clothing that resembled that of a kimono, the sleeves hid his hands as he worked with his blade.

Sloth also had 2 Masks both colored white, one mask had a smiling face on it, it had been placed at the side of his right waist, the other had a sad face designed on it placed on the side of his head.

He had pale green eyes which was common among the Angelus and the Fallen, Sloth had unruly light brown hair with two sets of hair longer than the rest it was blowing with the wind as he continued his activity, Caim Noticed that Sloth wore white socks but he wore no shoes, and that the weirdest thing in Sloths outfit was that he was sitting on what looked liked a pillow that had been tied to his waist.

"This is so boring....."
"Then let me end your suffering, you lazy piece of filth...." Anger poured from every syllable Caim uttered against one of the strongest of the fallen.

"You murdered my father,...no you destroyed him!"

Sloth stops sharpening his weapon and slightly opens his left eye, Caim noticed that Sloth's right eye seemed to be sewn together with 3 black threads

"Hmmmm Indeed I have put an so many of your kind, child be specific. But do keep it short I would hate a long tale only to end you in a second" sloth monotonously said

"He was the only one to use runes!" Caim snapped, his blade trembling in his hand.

Sloth studied Caim closely

For a moment something flashed in sloths emotionless eyes. In a flash it was gone , closing his eyes and continuing sharpening his weapon

"So you are the son of that Angelus that made me do all that hard work! You have his sharp eyes, he put up a pretty decent fight but in the end he was just that another body to be fed to the worms, please do not follow his example and just die obediently" Sloth put down his weapon and his whetstone and opens his mouth as he yawns.

In an instant Caim unsheathed two of his blades reactivating and strengthening the runes in both blades, Caim threw his knives in rapid succession, one aiming for Sloth's open mouth, the other aimed at his forehead. His blades were a blur,electricity trailing behind the wake of the first blade hot bluish energy arching in all directions. The second blade know marked with flame runes burned a red hot trail across the air anything caught on its tip would certainly burn to ash

Caim watched as the blades closed in onto sloth.

Thiiiiiiiinnnnnngghh thinnng

Caim could not believe his eyes, both his blades were rendered useless,  the firs blade he had infused with energy to rival a lightning bolt, was like a toothpick as Sloth held it between his teeth, its electricity entering sloths body but showing not even the slightest effect on him, cracking sounds could be heard as its energy entered its targets body. The second caught by the tip of its blade by two fingers the hot metal touching bare flesh yet sloth held it as if it were a cigaret, the sound and smell of flesh being sheared filled the are. Slowly the aura on both runes lost there shine the blades fell silent still in sloths grip.