Defiance: Perfect by Nature

Chapter Six: Reborn

Chapter Six: Reborn

Night was quickly falling as Amy walked ahead of the man with a gun, the little girl she had saved still clutched in her arms and refusing to let go. Eddie, the man who had found her in the middle of a crumbling New York City didn’t trust her, and he had good reason not to; a few hours ago he had seen her kill a demon with her bare hands like it was something she did every day. She could taste his emotions in the air and she began to wonder if she should just make a break for it. She didn’t have time for this right now, she needed to find James, or his sister Erin, and get answers to what was going on with her. The strength hidden just beneath the surface of her skin scared her, and she was sure her wild emotions were a part of it.

The anger she had felt when Eddie had refused to step in and save the child when the demon was moving in for the kill had been so blinding that, for the briefest of moments, she wanted to kill him herself. If it hadn’t been for the girl's screams she might have actually done just that. She was beginning to think she couldn’t trust herself anymore and she had to fight hard to keep the fear from controlling her actions.

The little girl squirmed in her arms, nuzzling against her neck as a few tears touched her hot skin. Amy felt bad for her, she had been through so much and the world they were living in now would just keep throwing hardships at her. Her parents had probably died running from a pack of the monsters that would always haunt her dreams, and no matter what she did she would never be able to get over that pain. She was so young and fragile that it was amazing she had survived as long as she had so far; but it had only been a single week, and if things didn’t change it would only get worse as the months rolled past.

“Are you an angel?” the girl asked suddenly, her voice muffled in the crook of Amy’s neck.

“No, I don’t think so sweetie,” she said loudly, ignoring the cynical laugh Eddie let loose.

“I think you are,” the girl pressed on; “I think you are my guardian angel. What is your name?”

“Amy.”

The girl lifted her head and had a teasing smile cross her tear stained face, “That’s not a very angel like name, is it?”

“It’s the only one I have,” Amy answered softly, her thoughts moving back to James who had is old name known in every corner of the world; Gabriel the messenger of God in the bible.

However, a small piece of her mind told her that she was both lying to herself and to this little child she held in her hands. There was another name she had once been known by: Aglea. Yet, as much as she tried to think of that name and who that person had actually been, Amy's thoughts became clouded. It was like trying to peer through a thick fog and watch for the light from a lighthouse while you were stuck at sea. You were desperate, but no matter how hard you tried you could never pierce that fog.

That dream, if it had even been a dream, played through Amy's mind once more. She had felt like she had been there. Like she had once lived there. Was she really this Aglea woman, like Cat had claimed she was? She had seen her in the dream, and the resemblance they shared in looks was uncanny. But it just seemed too impossible. Immortals and demons were one thing, but reincarnation after two thousand years was something else entirely. Yet the name resonated with her, and she couldn't figure out why.

“You must be a new angel then,” the child said in a matter of fact tone. “Where are the other angels?”

Amy took a moment before she answered, reigning in her warring emotions. “I don’t know sweetie, but I wish I did.”

“So you DO know the other angels? Did you meet Michael or Raphael?”

“You sure know a lot about angels,” Eddie remarked from behind them.