Absolution

4: Alice In Neverland

Azrael

I was torn between the two decision whether to slit the demon's throat and let the kid watch how will this demon die or I will shoo her away. But the moment I narrowed my eyes to the girl's direction, I knew that I mustn’t be tricked.

"Greetings to you, archangel. Am I interrupting something?" the girl's lips cracked into a psychotic grin.

I pressed the blade closer to the demon's throat that causes her to whimper and her skin to crack. Yes, my blade works against nature opposite of what the archangel's blade could do.

"Actually, you are just in time. How about you just sit back and relax and enjoy the show. While I gut your companion here? Hmm?" I put much pressure this time that the demoness's eyes begin to bulge out and there is a black smoke coming from the wound where I am pressing the blade.

The demon inside the girl's body, snarled and I smirked back to infuriate him. I did not signal the shadows to attack him, but I know they are waiting for my command.

My provoking skills kicked in, "Oh yeah, come to think of it. I can see that you love cosplaying. Look at you, looking good in that form huh." I smirked.

Oh good Heavens, his reaction is priceless that I could already see that the crack from the form he is using. The demon regained his composure and smirked back at me.

"Nice insult, Azrael. I never thought that "Death" could be fond of circus", he let out a sarcastic chuckle. "Better than cosplaying a little girl, and trapping her soul to damnation." I snorted.

It happened so quickly, that a huge leopard lunged at me and snapping its jaw at my face while I fell to the floor so hard that I even hit my head. Good thing is that I have a good reflex to block its razor teeth from biting me.

So the specialty of this demon is to shape shift, and possessed a human's body.

In my peripheral vision, I saw the demoness summoned a black flame again using her scepter and the flame looks like it can roast me to ashes.

A thing that I couldn't afford to happen.

"Get the fuck off me!" I yelled to the demon's face so loud that I can hear the loud wails of the souls, and the leopard is being yanked away by the shadows hitting his back on the wall so hard in the process. Just in time that I shielded myself using my wings to prevent another fireball that is being launched at me.

I cried in pain when I felt some of the feathers are being burned, but the shadows extinguished the flames and the demons are gone in a whim. I coughed harder when I inhaled some of the smoke while I am lying flat on my back against the floor.

I waved my hand and the shadows disappeared one by one with their loud cries before disappearing into the void. Minutes later, I felt two strong arms helping me to sit up but my body screams in protest because of the exhaustion and I can feel my chest ache in pain.

"You almost reached your limit this time, Azrael." I heard Cassiel said. I turned around to face him and I swear this is the first time I see him livid. He clenched his jaw and his eyes are cold and hard.

I chuckled ruefully "Come on Cas, I only summoned the shadows nothing else. There's no need to panic okay?"

He hissed, "How can I not panic,when my friend's life is in danger and when I was about to help you, your goddamn shadows blocked my path!"

Damned me if I do, and damned me if I don't, but my little soldiers made the right decision to keep Cas away from the ruckus.

I raised both of my palms, "Relax Cas, I didn't command them to do that but they did only what was right. I want you to stay away from the trouble." I said gently.