Halo Squad

Chapter 26

As he went higher and higher, the people around him started to take notice, and were all watching him by the time he reached around 15m from the ground. "Ade, you're flying!" exclaimed Sophie, and Ade rolled his eyes "Oh really? I didn't notice". Ade then proceeded to begin moving his wings in a symmetrical figure of eight movement, allowing him to hover in place like a hummingbird. The other four winged teenagers all started trying to fly, and although it took them a lot longer than Ade, they eventually figured flying out. Sophie was first, being a genius, then came Dominic, then Emilia, and finally Baby. However, it took them even longer to figure out how to hover, not quite understanding Ade's "Just move them in the infinity symbol". It took a few hours of practice, but they all eventually managed to master the wings. "Okay, I take it y'all are ready to go? You got your fancy orb things, so there's no packing necessary. If y'all flew to the airport you'd probably get shot down, so I'll drive you down there" said John, with a laugh from Karen. "You're joking, right?" said Emilia, but Sophie just shook her head "Y'all don't know what it's like, our military is very trigger happy". Ade gasped whilst Dominic and Baby murmured in agreement. The majority of their entertainment, like TV shows and movies, took place in the US, so they were familiar with the US military. "Wait, there are five of us now. Are we gonna need two cars?" asked Dominic, and John replied "Don't worry, I've got that covered".

20 minutes of airborne charades later, Karen received a text message. She checked it, then said to John "It's here". John nodded then beckoned the 5 teenagers to follow him into the house. They each said "Talaria", landed on the ground, then walked in line through the house to the front door. John went through, then said "Here's your ride". They looked at the road, to see a silver minivan sitting there. "Dad? What's this? You hired a minivan?" asked Sophie, and John shook his head with a laugh "No. I just called an Uber. He'll take you to the airport". Karen had now come out to say goodbye, but Dominic noticed tears in her eyes. Karen walked over to Sophie, and embraced her in a massive hug "Sophie, I'm so proud of you. Only fourteen and about to go save the world. Not this world, but still. I'm going to miss you so much!". Sophie hugged her mother tightly, her eyes also glistening, as Dominic and the others said goodbye to John. "John, thank you so much. In the few days we've been here, you've helped us immensely, and we will be forever grateful. You ever need a cosmic favour, just hit us up. I left a special communications device on the table. If you connect your phones to it you'll be able to call Sophie in heaven" said Dominic, shaking John's hand, who replied "Thank you. We will pray for your safety and success, but I'm afraid there's nothing else much we can do to help you from here on" "It's fine John, you've done more than enough. God will bless you for this". After a series of hugs and handshakes between the angels and John & Karen, they got into the minivan and waved goodbye.

However, up in hell, things were not going as planned. The captured angels were still trying to find a way out the dungeons, with no luck. "I don't bloody get it! We've literally taken every possible route, and we keep ending up back at our cave. We can't even find Uriel's cave, even though Gava went there before" fumed Gemma, annoyed by their inability to locate an exit. "That's because this dungeon is an Infinitum Labyrinth" said Tamsin. "What the hell is that?" asked Lavinia, and Japeth said "It's basically a maze with no exit. This place has obviously been enchanted so that we can't escape, and only de-mons can navigate it. Like Gava told us, he had to follow the line of de-mons to get to Uriel's cave. We need to do the same". "But we can't all do that. It was fine for Gava, because he's only one person. There are six of us. If we join a line of de-mons we will be noticed" said Gava. Anna shook her head "No we won't. Everyone, put your arms out". The other 5 gave her puzzled looks, but followed her instruction. She then held out Uriel's orb, and tapped the top. Nothing happened. Anna frowned then tried again. Still nothing happened. "Guys, what the hell is happening. The orb isn't working. I made some de-mon disguises for us, but the orb won't put it on you. And it's not because it's Uriel's. The orb could scan my design, it just can't create it" said Anna.