Every Angel Has Demons

Chapter 2 Everything is Fine

             The air smelled of sulfur it smelled like Hell, like my home. I was standing in the throne room, my father was there. On the floor was Justin, Sparrow, Rose, Zack, Jack, and Smokey all tied to posts. "Ah Shadow, do you see this. This is all your fault, you should have never left. You should have known better." my father said with a smirk on his face. "Father, why are you doing this?" I asked. "Don't play that game with me you know what you did. You, you betrayed me. You slept with him, with an angel's son. How could you?" he spat as he pointed to Justin. "And for that you will watch all your friends die, starting with her." he pointed at Smokey. He started to descend the steps.

                I started to run but the guards caught me. I tried to recite a spell but my father turned toward me. "Please, you should know better than to do that. I took your magic away silly girl." he was now over Smokey. "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!" I was puzzled. "I gave it to you, I can take it away." He pulled my dagger from inside his vest. He slashed her throat wide open. Then he moved down the line. Then Jack, Zack, Rose, Sparrow, and finally he stood over Justin. "Please, Father don't! I am begging you! Don't hurt him!" I cried. I fell to my knees. 

              Tears streaming from my eyes. I watched my father grab Justin hair, pulled his head back. Then he slashed his throat wide open. Blood started to run down the front of Justin shirt. I broke from the arms of the guards and ran to him, but it was too late. I was kneeling on the ground screaming and crying holding Justin's dead body in my hands. " Please no. Please." I was sobbing . All of a sudden I heard Justin's voice. "Shadow, please wake up."

                     I woke up my face was wet. I must be crying in my sleep. I was in someone's arms I couldn't tell who. When I looked up to see who it was I saw Justin. He was stroking my hair and back. I was in a t-shirt, it was way too big for me. I could hear his heartbeat. That was when I noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt. "Shadow everything is okay. I woke up and you were screaming at your father not hurt to hurt someone. I tried to wake you." he said with concern in his voice. There was a chair pulled close to the bed. His shirt lay on the back of it. "Have you been here all night?" I asked looking at the chair. Justin followed my gaze.

                "Well, not all night. Around 11 I came in to find Sparrow asleep in the chair. I woke her. I told her she needed some sleep. Rose, Zack and Sparrow are staying in my spare bedrooms right now. I couldn't sleep in my bed since you are in it. So I sat in the chair until I fell asleep. I woke up when you started thrashing, crying, and screaming." his face turned red. "What time is it?" I asked him. "It is 3 in the morning. You should go back to sleep." he told me."What about you?" I was wondering. Images passed through my mind about my dream I shuddered. "I was just going to sleep in the chair again. Why?" he asked.

                 "Well, I don't mind if you lay next to me. Just don't try anything funny, okay angel boy." I was teasing him. "Geez, aren't you paranoid. I won't I am not that kind of a guy." he climbed under the covers I laid back down. I could feel the warmth of him next to me, alien but completely.

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                  "WHAT THE HELL!?" Sparrow yelled. Rose, Zack, Jack and Smokey all stood in the doorway. Her yelling is what woke me up, Justin and I jumped. "JUSTIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Smokey and Jack yelled at the same time. Rose and Zack were the only ones getting a kick out of the situation. They were laughing so hard.

                   Justin and I looked at each other. "Calm down, we didn't sleep with each other. At least not the way you guys are thinking. Justin woke me from a nightmare and stayed to watch over me that is all." I said. The answer I gave did not seem to satisfy anyone. "But that doesn't explain why you are in one of his shirts, and why he doesn't have one on." Smokey said with her hands on her hips. "That was my fault I asked Justin for a shirt to put Shadow in." Rose spoke up. "I knew it would make you guys go nuts." she giggled. Sparrow shot her a dirty look.