Better Angels

Chapter Eight

Okay. So this chapter is gonna be a little bit weird. I’m not exactly sure if this is what I wanted it to be or if I’m gonna keep it up. I may end up deleting it. I’m not sure if the choices that I’m having Victoria make suit her well. But since you guys haven’t gotten to know her really well, I guess that doesn’t really matter, but here we go. Just let me know what you think about the flashback. I would really appreciate your guys’s feedback. Oh and also let me know what you think of Victoria. Even though you haven’t gotten to know her very well yet. What do you think of our heroine????? THANKS!!!!!

Chapter Eight

The world is cold and dark. No light can breach the darkness that has stained every living thing on Earth. Too many have died. Too many will not recover. Is it the end of days? No one knows. Many wish for it to be. They have it too hard, but mankind has so much more that they are meant to accomplish. It cannot end. Not yet. But what if it does? Life never ends, it simply changes. The humans lives will never be the same if Gaea wins this war. They will all die, and this planet will once more be dominated by creatures of the Earth and of Death. It was never meant to be this way. How could it all have gone so wrong? How had this once beautiful planet fallen to darkness and sin? Was it the day that Pandora’s box was open? Was it when Lucifer fell from Heaven? Was it when Danu Talis fell? Or was it when the first demon found its way into this world? No one knows. It is not one religions fault, but rather a combination of many. The defenders of the Earth were never strong enough to defeat all the forces of evil combined. It is unclear whether or not they will fail this time. They have so much to lose should they fail. It has been proven throughout all of human history, that when their homes and those that they love are put into danger, humans will do anything to protect what they love even at the price of their closest ally. Their friend.

The world is quiet and full of fear. Nothing stirs in fear of awakening a sleeping giant. The primal instinct that all humans have has kicked in. They know that there is something out there to get them. And it frightens them. Something so big and so beyond many of their understanding. There is nothing that any of the humans can do. They cannot look to their mundane leaders for help, because they too are cowering in the face of danger. They have no one to look to because the humans do not know that they exist. The Nephilim and their allies. The Armies of Heaven. The gods of Ancient Rome and Greece. The Armies of demigods. Every single immortal being left. They will all fight. They will be no match for the combined forces of Hell and Tartarus. There was only one way to win this war, and it would be to kill Gaea and her vessel.

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Isabelle stood on the roof of the Institute gazing out into the darkness; she was unable to see anything. New York had gone dark days ago. The same time Victoria disappeared. They were all able to assume that she was at Sebastian’s beck and call, because Isabelle was able to sense that her parabati was not dead just drastically changed. Isabelle shivered against the fall wind and regretted not bringing a jacket to the roof, but she didn’t have the heart to go back inside. It was even colder in the Institute. The witchlights wouldn’t come back on, and Magnus couldn’t keep the whole building warm. He’d all but given up on trying to use magic to do anything; Magnus was too weak. In truth all Isabelle wanted to do was curl up with Simon and watch Star Wars, but that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon. Isabelle hadn’t seen him since this whole fiasco started with Victoria. She knew that he would try and come see her, but was not able to step foot into the Institute. At least not without dying. Sure Simon could come into the antechamber that was not on hallowed ground, but a crypt wasn’t very cozy or warm. Izzy wasn’t even able to text him, not with the phones crapped out. Jordan was acting as their mail carrier. He would stop bye every once and a while during the day to bring her a short sloppy letter from Simon, and Izzy would send one back with him. He probably only does it to see if Victoria had turned up again, she thought. Even though he’s dating Maia, Isabelle always figured that Jordan had a thing for Victoria, but she would always turn him down every chance she got.