Apnea

Friction

Chapter 6

Markian pov

A short, brown haired guy approached us and said "Hey guys,"but his crimson eyes stared holes into my face. He's dangerous. Despite his threatening appearance, he seemed to be familiar with the rest of the group.

"Is this a friend of yours, Jasper?"he asked.

"Yes, he is...problem?"he snapped. Are they enemies?

"Nice to meet you...any friend of Jasper is a friend of mine," he said while holding out his hand to shake. I stuck my hand out and he took this opportunity to use his prowess from eye contact. His eyes shone blood red and I felt the intensity of hatred rise up.

Raven moved quickly and grabbed the unknown demon. Her eyes looked like a black void as she released his powers.

"That's no way to treat a friend,"Raven snarled.

"I was just playing with him,"he cackled. He slipped away from Raven and clung unto Jasper's arm.

"Who are you?"I spoke up with agitation.

"Your worst nightmare..."

"Cut it out, JT,"Jasper said sternly, slapping the back of his head.

"What the fuck are you doing with the Archangels kid? Shouldn't he be growing flowers or some shit?!"

Fucking asshole!

"That's enough...Markian, meet JT, he is the son of War and is unfortunately my best friend,"Jasper said with a huff. Best friend?!

"Let's go, we are gonna be late,"Kane interrupted.

JT has a vendetta against me and I can't fathom why. The most he knows about me is my name and that was after he menaced me. As long as he keeps his hands off of me, I won't think too hard about it.

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We walked into the huge conference room and looked around for seating. My father was already seated in the Archangel section. When he finally locked eyes with me, he shook his head in displeasure because of the crowd I walked in with.

"Good morning," I greeted the Archangels and Intelligence Angels.

Lucifer strolled in and the Demons immediately released their wings and tails, stood, and bowed.

"Everyone be seated, we are about to commence the meeting,"Lucifer announces.

He wore an all black suit with a black turtleneck; his blazer had a cape connected that left a trail as he walked. What stood out to me the most was his gold chain with an Angel on it. You're no Angel, Lucifer.

Lucifer remained standing until God was announced to enter the room. The Angels took out their pearly white wings and threw themselves onto the floor to bow. I bowed without my wings, then an Angel beside me corrected me. My cheeks heated up with embarrassment. The meeting barely started and I was already messing up.

"You may be seated."

God was very muscular, but withheld a kind posture; nothing about him was threatening at all.

As for his face? Some may never know. Whenever we looked at the area where his face should be, we only saw light. The only thing involving his head that we could see was his blonde hair. Only the strongest Archangels and the Horsemen can see God's face; his face was basically censored.

"It's nice to witness everyone in attendance...First things first, we need to address the uprising rogue Angel group that has been targeting high ranking entities."

Everyone looked around with confused looks, except for Lucifer who seemed to be aware of it.

"I know you all must be bemused by my statement, however many of the occurring genocides were found to be the handiwork of this said group. We will give this group the name...Erebus."

"I'm not sure if Erebus are the ones responsible, but an Angel terrorized my reapers,"Raven spoke up.

"So, what you're saying is that Angels are running wild and causing an uproar,"War huffed.

"Sounds about right,"Wrath sighed.

"Don't be an asshole!"Jophiel raised his voice.

"I thought I warned you to tread lightly,"War snapped.

"That's enough,"God said sternly.

"How will we take action against the Erebus?"Lucifer intervenes. The whole room was filled with silence as they pondered about our next step.

Famine broke the silence, saying,"Before we fight back, I think that it'll be more suitable for us to keep check of the Angels who went rogue, so that we have an idea of who we are up against. Additionally, we need to have knowledge on where their sanctuary is."

Everyone nodded in agreement at Famine's solution. The Horsemen usually were men, but Famine was a woman...a strong one at that.

In order to live up to her title, she has become the most powerful and feared. One thing I know for sure is that Famine was the most peaceful horsemen out of the rest and you hardly see her practice violence.

The meeting continued with discussions relating to the Horsemen and how to combat the fact that there is no Death nor Pestilence. I looked over at Lucifer and he was fast asleep. Disgraceful.

I rubbed my eyes and looked at him again, however his eyes were wide open and his dark orbs stared into my own. He clenched his jaw and everything began to swirl.

*Erebus-deep darkness/shadow. This derives from the primordial deity called Erebus in Greek mythology, born out of the primeval void, Chaos.


The End of Chapter 6