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 Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:49 pm
Deimos eyes were scanning all around them, almost jumpy.. He shook his head honestly at Lenore's inquiry. He wasn't ok.. Although he had met angelics before, it still never ceased to bother him, and Erebus. Erebus' thoughts were muddled in his mind and as Deimos took a second look at the feather, he felt chills run through him.
"It's angelic.." He whispered under his breath with such a tone of loathing that Erebus hand was easily seen in fueling Deimos anger. The older demon was trying his hardest to get Deimos to run, to leave.. Deimos took a step back from the feather, back towards where he presumed shore to be. Despite his attempts to shield it from Lenore, fear was obvious in his eyes, in his face. "Can we go?" He asked her, finally. Whatever had left this feather, he felt it couldn't be too far.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:10 am
"Angelic..."
Ethan had told her a little about angels once. She hadn't quite understood it, but mostly she'd figured angels were good guys. So why was Deimos so upset? Nodding amiably (but still pocketing the feather), Lenore turned back towards the Dawn.
"Sure, Dei... we can come back another time," she said kindly. Trudging through the thick trees and undergrowth, she paused, looking around carefully. She didn't want to admit it to Deimos, but she had the feeling they were being watched.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:54 am
Deimos was jittery all the way back, hsi eyes leaping around, his ears pricked for any small sound.. Before they reached the beach, he looked up and stumbled backwards, because there he was.
Azrael was perched atop a large tree branch. His golden eyes were watching the pair of kids through locks of ivory and a satisfied smile creased his lips, making him look much like a cat who cas cornered a small bird.. "Hello, Erebus.. It has been the longest time.." He said, his voice a bueatiful bell like sound, but it couldn't hide the venom that it held towards Deimos..
Deimos was terrified.. Inside of him Erebus was shouting, raging, telling him to kill the nagel, though in much more colorful and less polite words, but all Deimos could do was stare. This was the angel who had almsot killed Erebus.. "I'm not Erebus... I'm Deimos.." He finally managed to force out, though even his voice betrayed his terror.
Azreal smirked and spread out his pearly wings. They were so white, Deimos had to look away from them, it hurt his eyes. He jumped from the branch and glided gracefully onto the floor, landing in front of the two kids.. "Do not try to fool me.. You are still Erebus even though you have a new body.." He said, almost in a hiss, which made Deimos take a singular step back from the imposing figure.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:08 pm
The thing called Azrael was so beautiful, Lenore wanted to kneel in front of it, touch it, admire and praise it. She was dimly aware of how frightened Deimos seemed, and focusing on that brought her back to her senses. She was stunned at the response when she knew full well where her loyalties lay, and shook her head ferociously to clear it.
"Back off, you caalsta blazeh!" she shouted, the Rijani curse echoing with the force of her tone. Leaping in front of Deimos, she flared her razor feathers and snarled. "I'll kill you if you touch him!"
To accentuate her point and in a desperate attempt to look frightening, she willed the shadows cast by the trees to rise from the ground and writhe, taking on what looked like razor sharp points as they whipped around. Emerald eyes stared into golden ones, and she felt very small and weak in comparison.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:56 pm
Azrael looked down at Lenore and he laughed at her, a calculated, almost cruel laugh.. "This has nothing to do with you, Unseelie Scum.. This is between me and Erebus. Now go off and play, little girl, we would't want you getting hurt.." He said codly, the implication in his words making it seem like he wouldn't hesitate to hurt her if she didn't move.
Lenore's shouts seemed to break him away from his terror and he moved close to her, summoning a fieball in his palm.. "I'm not Erebus.. Im Deimos.." He repeated once again, looking up at him, feelign anger course through him as he threatened Lenore.
Azreal looked down at Deimos and scowled.. "You pathetic little demon.. Yo think you can fool me? You think I wouldn't find you? It doesn't matter where your hidding.. Your Unseelie b***h won't save you.."
That was the last straw for Deimos and all hsi fear was replaced by pure, flaming hatred. The fireball in him palm grew and he did something very stupid. He charged at Azrael..
Azreal sneered and before Deimos even got close, there was a flash of light and Deimos was sent rocketing backward, crashing into a tree harshly. "If I couldn't sense it, I'd think you weren't Erebus afterall.. You're so weak.."
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:02 pm
Unseelie...Unseelie. The word fell like a stone on Lenore's ears, making her furious. Azrael's dismissal enraged her. Ethan had been wrong in this case - this angel was a prig.
"I am not an Unseelie!" she hissed, pupils constricting to pinpricks and an unsettling darkness in her eyes. Winds howled as the shadow-tentacles dissolved, and Lenore took flight towards the nasty creature. The wind carried her higher until she was mere inches from Azrael, and with raging effort she struck out at him, razor feathers cutting through the air.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:12 pm
Azreal had not expected Lenore to lash out as she had, so while he dodged the blow, a small cut grazed his cheek and small droplets of blood formed upon it.. His hand went to it and he almsot gaped at his bloodstained fingers before his eyes filled with rage.. He turned to her, his eyes flaming and he raised his hand as her, it shimmered with light. "How dare you even touch me, you filthy thing.." He hissed, bring down his hand upon Lenore.
Or at elast, he'd thought.. Deimos had staggered to his feet after the blow and he'd gone in for another charge, coming in between him and Lenore, Azreal's hand struck him hand and he fell to the floor, twitching slightly.. Despite his separation from Erebus, the angelic energy hurting him like he could have never imagined..
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:20 pm
The light burned her.
Lenore gasped at the pain of it, temporarily blinded. It hurt... but Deimos... Deimos! He'd gone and done... no! No!
"You....beast...."
Lenore's eyes took on the raging darkness again, her face twisted into an unnatural snarl. Pouncing at Azrael over Deimos' fallen form, she managed to slash once at his face with her claws before falling into a crouch. Wind whipped around her again, hissing through the leaves.
And as she knelt in front of Deimos, wings outspread to their fullest to shield him, she smiled cruelly.
"His Unseelie b***h will do a fine job protecting him, angel," she said, her voice deepened strangely and her face an echo of something it hadn't been a moment ago.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:30 pm
Deimos whimpered softly, curled up on the floor. His whole being ached, his eyes were closed, he couldn't hear, he could jsut feel the pulsing pain starting to slowly fade away.
Azreal felt Lenore slash at his face, his other cheek hurt, red blood falling over hsi previously flawaless milky skin.. "My fight is not with you.." He said, noticing the change, and frankly, he fel slightly intimidated. He didn't like fighting what he didn't know about. He'd have to watch her, and come back later.. "Tell Erebus he better toughen up his vessel, or I won't hesitate to kill him next time.." He said ina low hiss, spreading his blindingly white wings and taking off through the trees at lightning speed.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:39 pm
"You made it a fight with me when you hurt someone I love," Lenore said coolly. She was not afraid of this creature... she watched him fly away with contempt, the impossible rage lessening until......she blinked, and shook her head, sticking her tongue out at the retreating figure.
"Blasted loser," she snapped to nothing in particular. "Go an' get sucked into a jet-engine."
Closing her wings with a snap, she scrambled around and worried over Deimos, shaking him very, very gently.
"It's okay, Dei....he's gone...please wake up."
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:42 pm
Everything in Deimos' body felt sore, and he couldn't feel Erebus anywhere inside him... He must have been knocked uncoscious by the magic.. He heard Lenore's voice like some sort of distant whisper and he groaned loudly as she shook him.. It hurt.. "urgh.." He groaned, opening his eyes slowly, thoguh he closed them again, the light that shimmered through the trees hruting his eyes before he made another attempt and managaed to keep his eyes opened. He hadn't noticed, but he had been crying.. "Are you okay?" He asked in a whisper as he saw Lenore, trying to muster the strength to get up.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:48 pm
Lenore nodded, far more worried about Deimos than herself.
"Yeah...kinda dizzy, that's all," she said, her voice low and gentle. Gathering him in her arms carefully, she glanced around as if expecting Azrael to return before looking down at him again.
"Can you walk? I can bring you back to the Dawn, if you want."
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:55 pm
Deimos didn't think he could move, let alone walk, so for a moment he just let himself be held by Lenore, feeling the pain slowly ebb through him.. "I.. Help me up.." He said finally, making an efort to stand, thoguh it was obvious eh could not do it on his own.. He was still in a lot of pain..
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:02 pm
Lenore shook her head patiently, maintaining her hold on him.
"Dei, don't try the bravado stuff. Just rest a minute, I'll keep you safe," she said, flaring her wings a little to prove her point.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:05 pm
He couldn't help but fall back into her hold, sighing.. He chuckled lightly at her words and nodded.. "Yah. You do seem to have a tendency to save me, Len.." He said, as light-heartedly as he could manage.. The spot on hsi cheek where Azraels's hadn ahd actually struck was turning a sickly blue color, contrasting with is yellow skin. "When I was smaller.. I saw it. The end of the fight between Erebus and Azrael.. I hated him then.." He let out a low scoff.. "At elast now I have a better reason.."
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