Angels Redemption

Chapter twenty: World War iii

(Rain's pov)
I'm sitting in the hotel room thinking about the plan Damen told me. He's absolutely insane!! But then again so am I for going along with it. I did it for Iris that's all!! Breathing deeply I centre myself and then I stand. Walking into the living room I pace back and forth until I feel like I'm taring a hole in the floor. Damen is in the shower so I have all of 15 minutes to calm myself and prepare for the end. For the end of the world.

(15 minutes later)
No I can't do this!! I'm officially resigning! I'm breathing hard and I'm in a panic. Damen, looking clean shaven and fresh, steps out of the bathroom. He sees my panic and steps closer. His arms encircle me and then his lips overpower mine. I try to keep a straight functioning mind but all thoughts slip to bliss and happiness. It's like he has some drug and it's affecting me. But I like it. As he deepens the kiss my fingers tangling his hair, and tracing his skin down to the towel around his waist, I groan and playfully tug his hair. He pulls back with a smirk.

"We can celebrate later. For now we have a war to start." I shiver-both good and bad shivers-when he says war and celebrate. Celebrate how?? I probably won't even survive the war to celebrate. Serves me right. I shake my head of those thoughts and nod. "When do we start?" I ask shyly. He slips on pants a shirt and runs his fingers through his hair and then smiles his contagious smile all the while saying "now"

(Iris's pov)
It's dark. Smoke and ash covers everything. I cough and scream for help. But there's no sound. It's silent. All the screams have stopped, all the cries have silenced, all the terror has vanished. I'm stumbling towards... Well I don't actually know. The air is thick with smoke, it's like walking through soup. "Rafael?! Rain?! Damen?! Anybody?!" But my voice echoes back at me and nothing else. As I walk I see piles laying on the ground. As I get closer I realize it's not piles of rubbish, or garbage. It's people. Dead people. Brunt people. Murdered people. Young, old, teen, baby. My heart rips open. Sobs escape my lips.

I fall to my knees several times and cry for the dead. They're all dead. No survivors but me. Please let someone else live?!! I plead. As I walk past one of the last piles of people, I come across a clearing in the road where the air is clearer, cleaner. I can see where I am. I rub smoke, soot, ash, and tears from my eyes. I cough and then I hear a males voice ring out in the dead silence of the day "Iris my dear. Welcome to the begging of a new era!" I look up and see Damen, Rain, and... My jaw drops to the ground. There are two figures kneeling by Rain's side and their heads are covered in bags so I can't see them. But it's the look in Damen's eyes that make me shudder.

"What have you done?!" I try to yell but it comes out as a squeak and a cough. He hears me anyway. He smiles and extends his hand out to me. "Come join us." I shiver and walk slowly. I walk closer and closer but something in me is screaming RUN!! RUN, THIS IS WRONG. THIS IS SO WRONG. But I can't do it. I'm rooted in place. Damen walks to me grabs my arm and drags me to where he and Rain are standing. He presses me to his chest and nods at someone. I don't know who this person is but he walks to the first figure. This one is female from her body shape, and as the unknown man starts to lift off the bag covering her head, I know who is under the bag. "No.." I whisper "Saraphina!" The bag whisks itself to the floor and as the sunlight trickles through the smog of smoke, I can see the terror in her eyes.

"Now you will watch as your loved ones die" Damen hisses. I try to wiggle out of his grasp but it's no use. Then the bag on the male figure gets lifted. I swear I may faint. There is my Rafael. He's all bloodied and bruised. His midnight blue eyes hold nothing but rage. "Please..." I beg Damen. "Please don't kill them!" He howls a laugh and shakes his head with a finale, gut twisting no. So I'm forced to watch as the unknown man takes a dagger, with a glistening handle, and approaches Saraphina. I start to shake with nerves, stress, and anger. I start to twist and turn trying to escape. But Damen, holds me close.

"If you struggle it will only make it worse" I hiss at him "piss off!" He growls and shoves me forward, "stop!!" He shouts. The unknown man does. "Give the dagger to Iris" I swallow. "Let her throw away the dagger, we won't kill her friends" I sigh "thank you, Damen. Thank you" his smile is soft, but as the dagger lands in my hands, his eyes turn hard. "Kill them" he growls. "What? I thought you said-" "I KNOW WHAT I SAID!!!" He howls. "But you'll have to kill them. No negotiation" I swallow. Why? Why me? Looking up to the cloudless, smoky grey sky, I close my eyes and count to ten.

1...
2...
3...
4...
5... Breathe Iris breathe.
6...
7...
8... You can do this
9...
10... Time's up.

Turning I look at Saraphina, and all the pain and anger she caused me flashes in front of my eyes. Yet I feel no anger. Only regret and sadness. "Iris please. Don't do this." I whisper to her as I kneel down, "I don't want to but I have to. I'm so sorry" she swallows. Her fate is already sealed and with this blow so will mine. Her hand covers mine, and she brings the dagger to her chest. Swallowing my tears I mutter I'm sorry and together we plunge the dagger into her heart. I look away.

In moments she dies. I cry. "Next!" Damen shouts. He's merciless. I go to Rafael and this one destroys me. His eyes meet mine and he nods. His eyes saying do it. Mine screaming back no. I look at the dagger and turn the blade on myself instead. "No..." Raf says. I look at him and shout so that Damen can hear me too, "this is the only way I can set you free. You told me to try and return to earth for you. For my family. So I will. I'm setting you free. I'm setting the whole world free" as I give a parting kiss, I can already see the smoke leaving, I breathe in once more for the last time and say " I love you Rafael, I'll see you soon" then I plunge the dagger into my own heart.

The world explodes into a chaos of blood, smoke, and flame that engulfs me whole...

I gasp awake and I realize I'm in the hospital again. What the hell?? The nightmare is still fresh in my head. Breathing deeply I lay back down and as I close my eyes again I realize what's happening.

Damen is going to start World War III...

We. Are. Screwed.