Unlikely friendships
The heat of the fire around Reaver was intense… He’d never experienced the heat of holy fire before, though the ache of the binding runes were very familiar. This fucking bites.. He watched in horror as the god tried to summon the demon that The angel had been hunting for so long, however something strange happened when the summon took place.. Nothing
The demon Rhyzkahl did not appear as he should have. “You idiot Apollo! You shouldn’t be messing with the dealings of Angels. You don’t know how to deal with demons.”
“Shut up Angel.” Apollo cursed and turned to the human who did the summoning. “Explain to me why you humans cannot even summon a fucking demon?” The god extended his arm and fried the priest closest to him with the heat of the sun itself.
When the demon walked in, with a haughty arrogance Apollo spun on his heel and stared Rhyzkahl right in the eyes. “So like a fucking prick you came in through the back door.” He saw one of his priests hiding behind Rhyzkahl like a child and laughed. “So this human is how you did it. Was living in my service not enough for you? Did I not bless you with everything you desired for your service?” A soft curse and the other priest went up in smoke. “I guess you can’t trust humans with anything now a days. Let’s see if my other friends can live up to their names.” He turned to Simon and the other men who had their weapons brandished. “Well, I promised you a demon, and a demon you have.”
Reaver watched the interchange, all the while trying his best to get his hands free. The gold binds on his wrists were starting to soften… these humans were far too thorough in their means to secure him. Gold is still gold after all. However there was still a darkness in the air that wasn’t coming from the demon. Something was wrong. The humans were not doing as Apollo said… no they were just standing there.
Simon, the male with the tattoos, stepped forward and shoved a syringe with a silvery liquid into the God’s neck, while several men surrounded Rhyzkahl with crossbows aimed. “Actually, we will take great pleasure in wiping all three of you from the face of this planet. “
Apollo was taken aback a this statement, no human had ever talked down to him like that.. all over his body began to go numb. “What.. What did you do you stupid human!”
“It’s a sedative made with ambrosia and other ingredients. Don’ worry, unfortunately you won’t feel a thing.” Apollo then realized the mistake he made, hiring these humans he heard about from a Trillah demon. With his last bit of strength Apollo let the glow under his skin become as bright as the sun, blinding everyone around him, using the distraction to escape.
Simon shrugged and tilted his head.. “Cest’ La Vie, we’ll get him another day. The real prizes are here. A demon lord, and a false angel.”
At that Reaver piped up. “False! Is that what you think I am?!”
“Yes, angels don’t exist. So you and this demon are going to die at our hands, just like thousands before you.”
“Good luck with that!” a soft clink and the bonds on his wrist fell to the floor, they had warmed enough to be molded. However, that still left the conundrum of holy fire.. and his wings. “You are going to have a one on one with Satan for these crimes you idiot human.” It wasn’t good enough. This was still not an ideal situation. He couldn’t access his heavenly powers with the band on his neck or wings..
Reaver looked to the demon, all this time he had been silent… and that band on his wrist. This was no ordinary situation.
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Though Rhyza acted as if he was uninterested in the happenings that were going on around him, he really saw everything. He’d been around just about as long as the gods had and they never changed. He walked around even with the weapons being pointed at him. He actually placed his back to the fire. He was waiting of course. His ice blue eyes missed nothing. He saw the weapons, heard the slight speech differences, the tattoos. The only reaction he had was a mere eye brow raise when they called the one in the ring of fire a false angel.
He shielded his eyes when surprise surprise Apollo fled to save his own skin. Of course these humans obviously did not know their history or curses.” Well be thank-ful we only got a mild blinding as opposed to the fiery inferno that would have ensued had you killed the god of the sun. As much as I would have liked to have seen it myself, it would have not ended well for any of us.” As he spoke the weapons had closed in around him. These human’s expressions were so smug, so full of triumph. One of his own smiles graced his lips. He saw them hesitate just for a second. Rhyza had heard the gold binding fall, that the Angle had worked free. His ice blues turned to look at the Angle to show that knew. “ Just for your sake, I would keep your hands behind your back for at least a little while longer. Things are about to get ..chilly” Another smile graced his face as he turned and held out his hand that had the metal bracelet on the wrist.”welcome to the party my chaotic lady” His movement spooked some of the people ones holding the weapons at him. A few fired sticking Rhyza in the side with one and grazing him with another. Those two were flung against the wall and frozen. A cold chilling breeze flew through the room. And a dark husky voice came from the shadows of the room. “ No one messes with my chaos lovers.”
The men who were encircling Rhyza turned to the new presence and found themselves frozen where they stood to. She walked more like floated over to the Demon Lord’s side inspecting the arrow. She tisked and brought a hand up to his cheek” Oh my dark lord shall I incinerate the one who did this or do you wish to.” Rhyza rose a brow at her as he wrapped an arm about her slim waist. She leaned into his chest” Oh my sweet Rhyzkahl I knew you were not exactly what we lead the others to believe. We just gave them information and let them fill in the blanks.” She looked to the ring of fire and her eyes flashed red and her fangs extended as the building shook and she hissed” What is that doing here” Rhyza looked to the Angle with amusement, and turned her face towards him. “ An unfortunate fly caught in another’s web. We can deal with that later. Right now we have someone to get some information from, or I do anyway. They knew my name and how to summon me, which means they have another Lord possibly or just got lucky.” He turned her away from the Angle for now. He turned his hand towards the fire and it changed to blue. It was no longer hot and holy but it would serve the purpose. “ Now then let us find the mouse with tattoos.
Reaver looked on, he wasn’t horrified by what he saw, he knew this would happen the moment the demon was summoned. As Apollo fled, the angel didn’t blink, when he was first recruited he was part of Uriel’s army, that man could burn an entire continent if he so chose to, the light of his father was much more powerful than a child of Zeus.
When the demon spoke to him, it only took seconds to realize what was going to happen. A chill ran over his skin, one that was all too familiar. Eris. He hissed and stepped back further into the circle, trying to keep hidden from the goddess.
Keeping hidden however would be slightly more difficult than expected, one of the humans that she froze in her fury was right near his circle, and the cold put out some of the flames by the corpse. It was enough to let him out, but that band around his throat still needed work.
Hoping the goddess of discord wouldn’t notice him, the angel crept over towards the flames. He held back his long dark hair and placed his throat near the fire. The burns hurt like a mother, but he would survive. He needed to be able to draw his sword, so he could find that human and put a stop to this before it got worse.
Eris’ voice echoed in his ears.. shit. He turned, the band was soft now… maybe he could get it off and wait this out. “You know damn well I’m not a thing Eris, is that any way to treat a long lost lover?” When the demon turned away the open spot in the flames reignited, though this time they were blue. They were not as hot, and the powers keeping him inside were gone. Huge mistake.
Reaching up, the angel tugged on the band pulling it off slowly with blood dripping from his neck. The metal stretching distorting the runes and freeing his power. As the wounds he inflicted upon himself healed, Reaver slipped out of the flames. Nothing could hold an angel except for the holy fire he was in.
The image on his arm moved and distorted slightly, and the sword slid out from his skin like a bone only to rest in his palm. He should kill the demon in front of him, especially since he wasn’t noticed yet, but he was too curious about what the humans had learned.
Fuck it. He darted past the demon and Eris, chasing after the human where he knew he went, but not before leaving a kiss on Eris’ cheek. Only because he knew it would royally piss her off. “We’ll have to leave our reunion to another time Eris darling.” He ran backwards his sword over his shoulder, “As for you demon, I will see you in about 20 minutes. Adieu.”
Reaver could feel the punishment from heaven already. Well… May as well go for broke. Using his senses he found the human, he was in another part of the ruins. Using his speed, Reaver caught up to the human in no time. He disappeared down a set of stairs in another temple. He put his sword away for just a moment, stepping down the marble staircase into the darkness. Since his assention into heaven, it was much easier to see in the dark than it was when he was human.
There was only one problem now… he did not want to see what he saw.
Below in the darkness he could not find the human Simon, instead he found a horrible zoo. Demons in cages, bound with their weaknesses. Many of them minor and no trouble to humans or angels. He donned a glamour to hide himself from the demons, and any humans that may be down here.
“What have they done down here.” This was why Reaver was called the next Lucifer, not because he hated humans. No The exact opposite.. He loved the humans just as god had requested of the angels before the fall of Lucifer, but he cared for the undesirables too, the ones that inhabited the world before His father had put the humans on it. The fae, Demons, humans, Reaver cared for them all. It was only when he found that there were creatures out there harming the innocent that he would strike. This sight… pained him. He stepped up to the glass of one of the tanks, inside was a mermaid. There was a scar along her throat that showed her voice box had been removed. These evil humans couldn’t even tell the difference between a Siren and a Mermaid.
He pressed his hand and his head to the glass and a tear fell down his cheek. “I will not stand for this.”
“Demetri?”
That voice was familiar… one he would never forget. “Yinrieth?” the angel ran down the hall and found the source of the sound. Yinrieth… an angel who had been missing from heaven for years now, they had given up the search. “Yinrieth! We thought you were dead my friend!” Through the bars Reaver could see the state his friend was in clearly now. Death would be a welcome.
Inside the cage Yinrieth was… There are no words to describe the state. A wing was in one corner, an arm in another. His once blond hair was torn out on the ground and he was missing skin in areas. “What have they done to you?”
“You have to leave.” Yinrieth’s voice was low and raspy, his hand covered a hole in his throat.
“Not without you my friend. Raphael can heal you, we can get you back to heaven.”
“I will be with father again soon enough without you.. Please they can not capture another of us.”
“What do you mean another? They have captured others of our kind?”
“Yes. Fallen, unfallen. These humans show no care for any of father’s children.”
“How many?”
“Hundreds of unfallen, they are the easiest to take once you find them. Fallen are easily summoned. Demetri you need to leave. Now before they find you.” It was too late, Reaver was already pulling at the bars with all the strength he could muster trying to free his friend. “they have angelic runes on the bars, they won’t break.”
“I sai not without you.” But it was no use. He needed to find a key to break the lock. “I will return, do not die on me Yinrieth.”
Reaver sprinted down the hall, searching for some way to get into the cage with his friend inside. He passed hundreds of creatures, Fae, wargs, Vampires, demons. All in similar states to Yinrieth. What were these humans doing… When he returned to the heavens he would bring Nathanael back and rain the fire of God down on this miserable place.
When he heard voices he stopped, and hid in a small alcove. He brought his sword back into the open waiting for the source to come near. If he was lucky it would be Simon and he could take his vengeance upon the human. Father would understand.
Though seemingly calm and almost uninterested in what was happening around him, his mind on the other hand was running through which one of the other 11 lords it could be. He’d pissed more than his share off, plus there was Apollo. His mouth quirked up into a quick smile. He really did love pissing that flame boy off. His brow did raise in a quizzical look as he noticed the slight shift in the Angel and near hissing venom from Eris. He held his arm around the chaos goddess as the Angel spoke back at her. He hadn’t intended to keep the Angel in, on the contrary, he wanted him to make a break for it. He had a feeling the Angel knew some of what was going on and he planed for him to lead him to where he might find the source. As much as he hated to admit it, they might be on the same team. That thought left a bad taste in his mouth. Not to mention the smell of the blood he just smelled.
Eris had been running he hand along the wounded side of Rhyza, it slowly healed with her touch as she cupped his cheek.” Is a lover, even a lost one, just a thing” She hissed. Rhyza chuckled and bent down to kiss her cheek.” Toys will be toys” Speaking of toys, he didn’t like the feel of the one the Angel just called. A laugh actually left his lips though as the Angel ran by and kissed Eris who screamed and stomped her foot in irk which made the building they were in and the rest of the frozen human shatter. She sent a god bolt flying after him. Rhyza sent him a salute. She went to send another god bolt flying but he stopped her. pulling her to him. “Eris, my chaos loving queen, As much as I love watching you destroy annoying flies that irritate you and just because, I, sadly, need to find the human and have this building not crumble on top of him to find out whats going on, and who snitched on me. Once I find that out I will gladly let you reduce this place to ruin” He lifted his hand to curl in one of her locks around his finger. “ Also you might want to get to shine boy before he says something he’ll regret.” Eris had turned to glare at him for stopping her, but as usual he had a point. She pouted up at him” For being my chaotic lord you do seem to speak logically and sometimes curb my wild charms. But you are right, I wouldn’t want to lose one of my best chaos causers I’ve had in centuries.” She patted his chest.” Alright go and find your information and tell me the minute I can demolish it. I’ll go play with fire.” With that she flashed out. Now alone, Rhyza let the hold he kept on his powers down. He needed some answers and he needed a few things. He summoned a fog looking demon with fangs to him. “ Collect” He simply told it and it split into half a dozen more and they began scouring the floors and walls. He needed to know which other Lord he might be dealing with. Why had those tattoos looked familiar, those weapons, the ritual, the bindings. His eyes narrowed.
A syrza appeared next to him. “ The books lord” He took them.” Haan, what do you know of what Shass is picking up.” The fog, Shass, came back then and made gargling and popping noises. Haan bent to listen” Heavenly Angel, Greek Goddess, Shards of human, Hunters.” Haan tilted his head in almost a bird like manner. “ Kaizen” Rhyza muttered something. “ That would explain why they knew things they shouldn’t and why the tattoo was familiar. “ Something still wasn’t clicking. “ You are dismissed Shass. Haan, I need you to go do some digging. I’m almost late for a meeting” Haan bowed and disappeared. Rhyza closed his eyes and focused on the ash that his blue flame had left on the Angel and on the tattoo that linked the human to Kaizen. Shielding himself he phased into the chamber. He wasn’t expecting the sights he saw, all the creatures, even ones from their realm. His eyes red, he caught a glimpse of the Angel. He was going to make himself known when he too heard the voices. He was early, he had about 5 minutes.
There was a mistake made in the next few moments, one Reaver will never forget. Before he realized what happened, there was a cry and a painful crack. A young boy was under him, only a child. But still the fury in Reaver's eyes blinded him. “Where is the key for the Angel's cell?”
“Angels aren't real” the boy coughed out.
Reaver nearly roared with anger and extended his wings the best he could with one still broken. “You are facing one down now and so help me I will bring my fathers holy fire down in this place with great pleasure unless you fucking tell me where the keys are!”
“I cant remember.. I cant see straight.” The crack on the wall was the boys skull and he was bleeding. The boy passed in the next moment. His body slumped and only the boy's soul was left in the Angel's hands. There was a panic in his eyes as well as a healthy dose of fear.
“Now do you understand what you have done?” Reaver hissed. “Now tell me where the keys are to release the Angel and everyone else. I am the only thing holding you over the fires you see. You will not be spared from them, but you can save those around you still.”
The boy was crying at this point but he nodded. “I'm sorry for what I have done. The keys on my belt go to some of the cells but not all. No one has the keys to all of the cells in case of a break. I'm not sure which keys I have but you can try them. Tell the heavens I'm sorry.” The angel released him and watched his soul fade into nothing. Reaver took is keys and ran back to Yinrieth.
“I'm back my friend.” He said hurriedly, He tried the keys in the doors but none of them seemed to work. He looked into the cell again and saw nothing, only a shadow of where he was. Like after a nuclear bomb strike, only his wings remained behind. “These humans will pay for this.”
Tears soaked his cheeks and he turned to begin his hunt again. This time he would find the human Simon, and there would be blood tonight.