The Demons You Can't See

Chapter 6

Soren'sPOV

"Come on Soren! You can do better than that!" a person who appeared to bein his early twenties said as he twirled his sword around in his hand.

I got off of the ground as I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth asI held my long sword in my hand tighter as I gave him a sly smile.

"You would be one to talk Zenox, especially after what I've already done to you!" I said as I chuckled a bit and he looked down to his ripped and shredded clothing.

"Eh, you got a point there Soren. But still, I've knocked you down more times than you've done to me," Zenox said as he planted the tip of his sword into the earth and leaned against it.

"You wish! Come on, let's do another go around before the council calls us in for another job," I said as I raised my sword and was ready to attack Zenox again.

"Eh, don't really feel like it," Zenox said as he took his sword out of the ground and twirled it around in his hand before continuing,"But if you insist-"

He suddenly vanished and appeared in front of me with nothing but a few moments to parry his blow as he said,"-then let's have some fun," before pushing against my blade and launching himself back a few feet.

I smiled as we sparred for about twenty more minutes before Melody came outside to inform us on the council's next mission.

"So they want us to go to some town in England and rid it of all of the Shadow Walkers and Night Crawlers that had been hanging around there?" Zenox asked as he scratched the back of his head making sure he got that right.

Melody nodded her head as she said,"Yeah. Apparently it has become too big of a problem for the current officers to handle. So they want you guys to get it done and over with,"

The two of us just nodded our heads as we started to get ready for our departure..

~1 week later~

We arrived in the town and had been staying there for about a week, as we took out the Shadow Walkers and Night Crawlers as we saw fit. We were doing our daily perimeter check of the outskirts of the town, when we saw some of the Walkers and Crawlers about fifty yards into the forest. We did what we normally did- which was eliminate them. We had eliminated most of them before we saw many more appear from the shadows.

We fought them off until there was the last one that was being a pain in the ass. We took turns dealing blows, trying to confuse the creature and use as little energy as possible. I was attacking it when suddenly it knocked me off to the side and I smacked my head against a tree.

"Soren! Look out!" Zenox said as he teleported over to me and stood over me as these tendrils that appeared to be jagged rocks, ran right throughZenox.

My eyes widened in horror as the tendrils ripped themselves out of Zenox's body. He used the tree as support as he stood over me, his eyes and face completely hidden away from me behind his black hair. He stood straighter, with his back to me as he held his sword with the tip barely above the ground as he said,"Angel's Last Stand," and his blade was wrapped around in his aura as it came off the blade like flames.

He moved at the speed of light as he dealt blows to the creature that I didn't even know that he was capable of doing. Limbs came off yet it was still alive somehow.

Zenox hung his head low as he raised a closed fist to eye level with himself as he said,"Angel's Fading Glory," and opened the fist right after those words.

The creature screamed in agony before it exploded into a black liquid, and turned into pieces of raw dark energy. I was dazed for a few moments before Zenox turned around to face me. He was pale as a ghost, and was shaking horribly before he collapsed onto the ground.