Laughing thunder [#Wattys 2018]

Chapter 2: Where are my bells

I woke up to a splash of ice-cold water. I instantly jolted up and whipped my head from side to side.

"Finally! Your awake took ya long enough." A girls voice said.

"Hm", I turned behind me and saw a girl, she had messy choppy shoulder-length bronze hair paired with olive skin and polished silver eyes, resting on her head were a pair of black goggles with gold designs. Her body was slightly toned with a large feminine chest. She wore a black coat with a white tank top with splatters of oil. Under that, she wore a pair of faded baggy blue jeans and brown steel-toed work boots. On her hands were a pair of brown worn gloves. On her waist were a blacksmith hammer and a chisel. The most notable thing about her was her wings, they were entirely metallic. They were connected to a bronze cog and beams that made the outline of the wings under them were a section of bronze metal feathers and under those were silver beams that acted as the rest of the feathers and wings.

"Okay, I'm seeing mechanical angels...you know what, I'm gonna lay back down and wake up." I said as I literally leaned back down.

"Oh no you don't orphan boy, get back up." She grabbed my arm and yanked me up.

"There that wasn't so bad, now was it?" I went back down.

"why you, gah! Get up or I throw the bucket at you!" sighs

"fine" when I stood up, I looked around. "What the the bakery is"-

"back to normal?" She finished for me with a smug grin.

"Uh...yeah". It suddenly hit me, "hold on where's the family!" I cried out.

"Calm down, they're fine" she motioned her hand to the family each asleep in a booth.
I breathed out the biggest sigh in my life.

"Whew, I'm glad. Hey angel, who're you?"

"My names Ariana, Ariana Flores." She said proudly. "What about you orphan boy?"

"Thomas Thomas Di Angelo, nice to meet you, Ariana."

"Likewise".

"So, what are you, my guardian angel or something?"

"Nope, I'm a forger, warrior sometimes"

..."huh?"

"Oh sorry, I'm a Demi-angel, half angel half human, and so are you.

"Uh huh, and I'm the emperor of mars."

"I'm serious, don't you see the wings?"

"Yeah, I still think this is a dream." She pinched me "ow!" "That feel fake to you?"

"Fine, you're real. So what does this have to do with me?"

"You know that big scaly demon? There's a lot more of them out there, and now that you've seen them you'll be even more noticeable. So please let me you."

"Sure",

"huh?",

"I really don't have anywhere to go, so, yeah. I'll go with ya, I mean you saved my life, y'cant be all that bad. Maybe a little hot-headed..."

"don't push your luck, Thomas".

"But I trust you so...how are we getting there?" Her face grew the same smile I usually have and it sent shivers down my spine.

"Step outside and I'll show you hehehe" she said in a sly tone. I don't like the sound of that I thought

I walked outside "okay so now wha-". I couldn't finish my sentence as I was rocketed into the air