Contracts

Hallowed Be Thy Name

The angels didn't move, instead, surrounding the Seraph, who glared at us with dead eyes.

Violet clicked her tongue. "Maksis, flank right!" She shouted, cocking her gun and taking aim. She snapped her fingers, and a pair of feathered, damaged wings knit themselves to Sloth's back. He took the air, tangling one end of his chain around the legs of a Dominion. He tugged on the metal. The angel didn't move. At all. 

"What the-" Tenebrae began. The angel's heads all snapped mechanically to stare at Sloth. They opened their mouths in a snarl. Rows of sharp, needle-like teeth showed as their lips curled back. Sloth flinched, and the angel shrieked at him. Spears made of white light materialized around a Lordship. They launched themselves at Sloth, who seemingly, dissipated into a black mist. 

"Where'd he go?" Gerard asked. I felt a tap on my shoulder, and turned to the wall. Sloth's shadow waved at me. "Oh." He deadpanned. I heard an ear-splitting scream, and I whirled around to see the Dominion, dead on the ground with a kusarigama through their chest, and no Tenebrae, Lust or Sloth; only their weapons lay on the ground. Violet stood alone in front of the Seraph and Dominions. The blade wrenched itself free from the angel's chest, and floated in the air. The Seraph looked around, confused, before turning on Violet. It hissed at her. She brought her fingers to her mouth, whistling. The Dominion to the left of the Seraph let out a cry as Tenebrae's scythe buried itself in her stomach. It's wings gave out, and it crumpled to the ground. The final Lordship quickly found Lust's whip coiled around their neck. They stopped struggling after a minute or two, following after their fallen compatriots. 

The Seraph didn't move.

Violet stared at it, immobile as the corrupted being before her. Lust's whip twitched, and the Seraph's head snapped in the direction of the movement. It screamed, rearing it's arm back. It turned at the last second, aiming at the lights. The room was enveloped in darkness as the glass on the ceiling shattered. I threw my arms over my head as the shards fell. I heard three weapons fall to the ground. I peered up to see a whip, kusarigama and scythe laying motionless against the ground. I looked at the walls, the shadows of Lust, Sloth and Tenebrae were faint. Tenebrae's scythe clattered as she struggled to lift it in her weakened state. The Seraph turned to the windows, drawing the curtains shut , leaving us in pitch black. 

"Holy, holy, holy," the Seraph chanted. "shadows cannot exist in total darkness." It said. I heard Violet swear under her breath.

"Shit," she muttered. "Oi! Think one of you Holy Whores can give me some light?" She turned to our general direction. Orin, among about fifteen photokinetics and pyrokinetics moved to activate their power. I heard a series of screams, including Orin's. I turned to him, hearing him fall to the ground behind me. 

"Orin? Orin!" I shouted. He kicked at my ankle, and I could hear a metallic shifting from where he lay. My hand patted near him before landing on his hand. His wrists were bound by a chain, his palms pressed together. I felt for his head and neck, he had a metal wrapping around his mouth, cutting off all speech. "Can any light-giving Hunters speak?" I asked. A series of muffled grunts and shouts were audible. 

"What the hell's going on back there?" Violet shouted.

"All light-using Hunters are bound and down!" I yelled back. Violet cursed. "Can't you just un-shadow Tenebrae, Lust and Sloth!?"

"Listen, legs," Violet snarled. "as of right now, they don't even exist! I need light to control shadows! So no light, no powers!"

"Any ideas?" She asked. "I'm open to pretty much anything!"

"That Seraph's not gonna let us get close to any kind of light!" A female Hunter to my left shouted. "That makes a problem for them though, Seraphs can only control holy light and fire!"