Defiance: Perfect by Nature

Chapter Four: Unforgivable

Chapter Four: Unforgivable

James gazed out upon the alien world that he and the other immortals found themselves on, his enhanced eyes looking far into the distance for any sign of enemy movement; but didn’t spot anything. According to Andromeda, this had been a failed experiment the Gods had created, billions of years ago, that they had just left alone after giving up on. The landscape was beyond foreign, the sky a light purple, the trees coloured from blue to orange, and even the grass they stood on was an off white colour. On top of that it all seemed to be alive, and moved in multiple directions even though there was no wind blowing.

“This is kind of creepy,” Henry, a strong and powerful looking man with auburn hair, said from the far end of the field they were standing in. His voice was barely a whisper, but every immortal in the area could hear it as if he was standing right next to them.

“Are you sure this is where Ares is going to be?” Lucy demanded, pointing the tip of her golden sword at Andromeda with a hard look on her face.

“I’d bet my life on it,” the blonde woman standing in the middle of the group stated.

“I think you just did, sister,” Erin, the eldest of all remaining immortals said through gritted teeth. While some of the others found themselves a little conflicted when it came to Andromeda, Erin had not let her recent actions influence the way she saw her. Andromeda had played a pivotal part in the events of the last invasion, and two of their members had died at her hands directly. So as far as Erin was concerned there was nothing she could do to redeem herself. She looked upon her sister like an executioner looked at their victim moments before they were brought up to the gallows.

“What do you want to do, boss?” Francis asked, pushing his glasses back up his nose and looking directly at James. The smart and caring man had no real need for glasses, as his eye sight as an immortal gave him better sight than any human could achieve, even with high powered binoculars. He still liked to wear them though; saying they were more of a fashion statement than anything else. James figured he really did it for his wife Lucy though. She apparently thought he looked sexy with them on, and Francis was a man who liked to please.

“Take Lucy and make a quick patrol of the surrounding area. If you see anything, let us know.”

The eyes of the young married couple lit up at the prospect of going off on their own, and they both disappeared hand in hand an instant later. They were both really great people, and the extremely smart Francis had become one of James’s closest friends in the last few years; but they were still very young and still getting used to their powers, and more importantly they were still getting used to their passion for one another. It had gotten so bad once that a sparring normal session between the two of them turned into passionate lovemaking right in front of the rest of the immortals present. He just hoped they could keep it in their pants long enough to get the job done; they didn’t need someone sneaking up on them because their eyes and ears had decided to take a quick sex break.

James’s beautiful and always young wife, Amy, moved closer to him, lacing her soft warm fingers between his as she held onto him tightly. “I’m worried about Gabriella,” she said softly into his ear.

“There’s nothing to be worried about, baby,” he replied gently. “She has Anna and Sam watching over her, and she is hidden safely in a massive city. The only thing we have to worry about right now is her meeting a boy.”

“Something doesn’t feel right James. I don’t know how to explain it.”

James looked into his wife’s eyes and saw the worry behind them; it was consuming her from the inside out. The truth was that he was worried about their daughter as well, but he knew she would be safe with where she was and they had a job to do. If they accomplished what they were there for they could give Gabriella the greatest gift she would ever receive: a real life away from fear and pain. James had been alive for almost as long as civilization, and his whole life had been filled with regret, loss, and pain as everyone he held dear was taken from him one by one. He wouldn’t let that happen for his child.