Tainted
Chapter 2: Conviction
I could hear the tear when I twisted my sword, tissue being torn apart. Combined, Raphael and I had eliminated around five angels, nine more to go.
Swords clashing together, I was off to fight another one. This one caught me off guard almost stabbing me, missing me by a few inches. I turned around, slicing his head off.
I turned to Raphael who was engaged in a battle with two angels, one of them twice his size. He eliminated them with ease, not even getting a scratch on him. He plunged his sapphire sword in their chests, swiftly and elegantly.
I was still in training, learning new ways to kill.
Distracted one angel with long blond hair stabbed me.
Directly in my abdomen.
Her blue eyes were vivid and surprised. Instantly pain, erupted in my side. She hadn't landed a lethal blow, but enough to weaken me. I dropped my sword, the metal clinking against the floor.
Her hand still held the sword, which was attached to me. Apparently she was in as much shock as I was in. I took that as my opportunity and swung my fist across her face. Her head was knocked back, any confusion wiped off her face.
I smiled.
My vision clouded everything blurry. My knees buckled, unable to support my own weight. I hit the floor, my own blood seeping into the cracks in the floor. The cool wood evaporated the beads of sweat on my face...
***
"You have to hear the crack, if you don't the job isn't finished." Luzarago said, his eyes carefully studying me.
He had an angel, one of the guardians, sprawled on the floor. Moments before Luzarago had used the guardian angel as bait to train me.
"But-But I-I don't want to!" Tears were streaming down my chubby cheeks. My copper hair was messy and tangled.
I moved to the farthest corner I could find in the room. Away from all the horror, trying to pretend it wasn't real. I buried my face between my legs, silent tears dripping off my chin. My feet dirty with soil.
"You have to learn Amarelle; we have to be the hunters not the hunted. One day you will rise and be a leader among your own kind." Luzarago said, eyes blazing with emotion.
"I-I don't wan-"
"Well, you have no choice. You are one of the rarest of our kind, the ones that were born, specifically created. Your soul, tainted from the beginning."
I stayed silent. I had heard that many times before, each time I was more aware of my future. A strange mixture of pride and fear always confused me. I was seven, afraid of many things, yet created for darkness.
"Don't just sit there; we have more training to do before you are ready to kill your first angel."
I picked myself up and gathered all the courage I could manage. Taking wobbly steps, I approached Luzarago and the guardian angel. Her wings were broken, bruises around her body. She was probably tortured before becoming a lab rat.
"Amarelle, now get your sword and plunge it in her heart, have no mercy!"
My fingers trembling I laced my fingers around the warm metal. I swung the blade, stabbing it in the guardian's chest. He blood seeping into, the dirt floor.
***
I awoke to the blue eyes of Raphael. He was stroking my copper hair, soothing my nerves. I was laying on the floor, my body sore.
He had a deep gash running a long his shoulder. He had given me his blood to cure my wounds. Each droplet of blood from the fallen could cure another one. Our blood was made of the same substance.
"Sorry, I should have been more careful." I said, slapping myself internally for my stupidity.
"It's okay... I had fun saving you", Raphael said with a smile touching his eyes.
"I doubt it", I muttered.
"We have to leave, Gabrielle found another place. Hopefully he will check it himself before putting our lives in danger."
"Don't you miss him, I mean he's your brother and all?" I inquired.
"Well he won't after I kill him!"
"Can I ask you something?" I asked, surprising myself. I kept my privacy he kept his.
"Depends", he asked a bit suspiciously.
"Well...how exactly did you fall? You were one of the powers, and Gabrielle was one of the thrones. What happened?"
"Amarelle, I don't want to discuss that, nor my brother at this time."
Yep, I struck a nerve.
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A/N: okay I actually did some research (I know I'm strange) so, if you wondering what the heck powers and thrones are, the following will explain. :D
*** Powers are angels are the 8th ranking. Their duties include stopping the demons efforts for domination. They are also responsible for the cosmic order and to watch over the human raced
*The third highest angels are thrones. They are the counselors and companion angels. The thrones are also known as the "many-eyed ones." The thrones have the job of carrying out divine judgments. They have never been seen by humans.
Source: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1330749/there_are_different_types_of_angels.html?cat=34
