Dark Angel: The Light Within the Dark

Chapter 2

I chase after the fallen angel. Close on his heels I push harder following his every twist and turn.

"You need backup, Jade," Abby says over the com.

"Not until you take out the pack. You need Dean and Ash to track the girl and they're the only ones fast enough to keep up with the fallen beside me. Hurry and take out the pack. You can track me down when you're done." I breathe deeply in then out trying to keep at a constant speed. The fallen runs into an abandoned building that's pitch black inside except for slices of moonlight falling through cracks in the ceiling. He stops abruptly and turns to face me with a grin on his face. I pull my two short swords out of their holders. The bound handles in my hand as familiar as the back of my hands.

"You've been trained well. My master will be pleased." His voice is deep and husky. Strands of his long dark hair fall in front of his light brown eyes. He looks calm. Not like he just ran a mile.

"How about we make this easier for the both of us. You come with me willingly so I don't have to waste my time knocking you out."

"Confident, beautiful, powerful. No wonder why he wants you."

"Are you going to keep running your mouth about shit I obviously don't know about or come with me?" His dark chuckle fills the empty space around us.

"My master sent me here in hopes I'd run into you. Usually, he doesn't ask people to do what he wants. He forces them. But for some reason, you are special to him and it's not just because of your power."

"What are you talking about?" I ask to drag this psycho on. I need to buy time for the others to get here.

"Whether you realize it or not, war is coming. And whoever has you on their side wins." The vision I had earlier flashes across my vision. The girl in the red gown. Thousands of demons waiting to be commanded. "But it seems like you already know about it. What have your visions shown you, little one?"

"How did you know I have visions?" No one knows that except my team and Cyndi.

"Because I know what you really are."

"I know what I am. I'm Nephilim." I say confidently.

"We are on our way." Abby's voice says in my ear. I only have to stall for a little while longer.

"That's what the Valkyrie told you but she lies. She knows what you truly are too. Why you have the visions, why you're stronger, faster, better. The reason you heal almost instantly and don't need food. Why you act the way you do. Always having to fight the darkness floating around inside your head. If you agree to join us and win the war to make the world a better place we can help you. Help you learn how to use your powers and control them. You only need to embrace who you are."

"Why is he giving me a choice?" I ask glaring at him through slitted eyes. What the hell is going on? Why am I being dragged into the middle of this?

"He isn't. He'd much rather you come willingly but if you don't he'll just force you. Like he does with everyone else who tells him no."

"Let your master know I will never help him. You talk about making this world a better place but from what I see all you plan on doing is burning it down and murdering everyone who doesn't agree with you." I spit out.

"I'll pretend I didn't hear that and give you some time to think this through. Your friends will be here momentarily. This conversation is over. You have a week to decide. I will see you soon, little one." He smiles at me showing off his perfect teeth. If I were some helpless human girl I'd have fallen to my knees because of his beauty but I know what he really is. Underneath his gorgeous exterior is darkness capable of killing without mercy. "I'm not the only one full of darkness." He says as if reading my mind and then he's gone.