Absolution

8: Run

Cassiel

Kushiel and I just went from the Virtues garden, he is trying to lift my mood and I am glad with that. I didn't expect him to be funny and outgoing. What I mean funny is he really love to crack jokes and he love to laugh.

He is right now standing by my side, and when we was about to go to his home, I feel like someone's looking at the back of my head. The hair at our napes stood up and I slowly turn around to see who it was.

My eyes widened as I see Azrael standing with his bleeding body and with a untamable tempest in his eyes, I swallowed thickly fearing for Kushiel's life. His cold dark eyes bored to Kushiel like he was about to eat him alive.

Wait a minute, I am angry at him right?

Admittedly, I fear 'Death's wrath more than anything else, but I have to keep Kushiel away from his furious form, and the best way to do that is to ignore his brooding looks. I tugged Kushiel's tunic and nod at him, indication that we need to get away from Azrael, fast.

But Kushiel's action caught me by surprise, he throw an arm around my shoulders and he actually kissed my cheeks.

I looked up at him wide eyed but he just smirked down at me, his emerald green eyes alight with mischief. He returned his smirking look to Azrael who is now looking ready to butcher anybody and I was right, Azrael let out a loud roar that shook the ground lightly.

The eerily familiar loud wails of the souls are now heard evidently in Heaven, that even the angels gathered around us covered their ears. In a blur of moment, a dark form collided with Kushiel and the other angel was sent flying to the nearby tree.

The tree is being chopped in half and a very angry Az followed, nearly cutting Kushiel's neck into two. Kushiel avoided his death and now he took out a silver spear, with a double blade on the end. Az's knife clashed with Kushiel's spear, I saw how Kushiel gritted his teeth and his other knee are now on the ground.

I stood up completely dumbfounded and shaking in fear. This is the first time I see how Az became so angry that even his energy is now all over the place. I've heard some of the angels are now looking for the three brothers.

They are the one who can stop Azrael, 'Death' is untamable and Kushiel is like a gasoline that adds a fuel to the fire.

The whole ruckus escalated that now the garden of Virtues is being destroyed, trees are falling down, the flowers withered, and the sky are becoming gray, with a loud thunderstorm. Even Azrael is wounded, he is still strong and Kushiel couldn't do anything against a mad angel.

I could see some bruises in Kushiel's face and the side of his lip is bleeding, but even Azrael's chest is bleeding his aura is really murderous.

After a few minutes of commotion, Kushiel is now panting and his spear is torn into half. I was about to run in his side, but a warm hand touched my shoulder and I turned around to see Michael. Looking serious with his vanguard behind him and a worried Haniel by his side.

Gabriel's eyes widened in disbelief, "Good grief, remind me not to anger Azrael. Holy shit, this is a disaster." and he explored his eyes all over the damaged place.

Raphael is almost in a brink of tears, looking at the ruins of his garden. Nuriel is patting his shoulder, trying to comfort his father. But it seems that Azrael and Kushiel doesn't know how to stop, or should I say Azrael doesn't know how to stop.

He is like a hurricane driven by a mad force, and his eyes are flashed with a menacing light. His knives transformed into a double edge blade and he twirled it in his two hands. Kushiel is in a losing battle and they need to stop or else Azrael will kill him.