M o o n l i g h t A r c h A n g e l ' s S t o r y
Chapter 10 - Trail and Revolution
Frosty walked down the silent corridors, there seemed to be a menace about his aura, something was going on he could feel it, for the last few days he VK and Moonlight has sensed a change in the angels, they seemed more secretive and less willing to follow orders. Even Moonlight seemed more preoccupied, all her time was spent with Shadow, they could easily be found sitting near one another in the gardens pretending to read books yet trying to steal glances over to one another without the other noticing, Frosty snarled in frustration, heaven was becoming a laughing stock, there was no motivation, then the final blow came, late at night Moonlight awoke to a loud crashing slipping from her door in her silken night dress she went towards the noise to find Frosty, VK and another unidentified angel with black wings stood outside the chamber of pure hearts. "You stupid idiot Frosty, they're dead all 6 of them dead!" the first angel snarled angrily and looked into the chamber "What's going on?" Moonlight looked towards the chamber confused and still semi asleep. Frosty pushed Moonlight back "Don't let her see." She hit her wing in his face and pushed past him looking into the chamber, the blood it covered everything, the cabinet smashed and 6 angels lay dead on the floor. Moonlight's stomach tightened uncomfortably she recognised 3 of the angels, they had been on her wing, now they lay cold and dead strewn by the mighty force that had come "you stupid asshole now Satan has his sword back, he will rise hell's army again and we will be doomed" the first voice again interrupted her thoughts, she turned her eyes narrowing and glared at the unknown stranger "where's your respect, there is funerals to be had" she snapped sharply at him. Vk softly put his arms around Moonlight's shoulder and pulled her back "That's Fuego, he is Frosty's brother, also a devil, minion of hell, but it seems he has come to heaven for the moment at least to aid us. We need to think of a way to stop the evil that will ensue due to the sword being taken to its rightful master." Frosty looked down troubled running his fingers through his hair "She's right though, there is funerals that must be held, VK go and round up some angels to take the corpses to the graveyard, Moonlight, inform your wing and arrange for some angels to clean this chamber and stand guard in case another attack is compiled." Moonlight swept down the corridors the soft folds of her nightdress licking the back of her calves as she sped to her room, instantly she changed into her more normal clothing, taking Hikari by the hilt she strapped it to her side using it's sheath to do so. She left her room and travelled to Shadow's knocking softly then went to the main hall and blew a whistle to signal all of right wing. Slowly the room filled with angels, who immediately lined up in rows of 10 standing to attention. Umi slowly emerged from the shadows to her side "trouble?" she nodded slowly and waited for all the angels to gather. "Today a terrible fate has befallen heaven, the Satan sword has been restored to its owner, 3 of your fellow angels from this wing lie dead, a total of 6 slaughtered by the dark forces who came into this holy land unnoticed, there will be a funeral held short for those who perished, yet still we must continue to strive against evil, Beta, Artic, Blizzard, Dark, Snow, Windy and Fire I want you to go to the chamber of pure hearts and rid it of any darkness and evidence that this ever happened, Umi go with them" Umi nodded slowly to Moonlight and turned on his heels walking towards the door the 7 specified angels following him "Frosty, VK, Silver, Umi and I will be having a meeting to discuss events later, we will then give further instruction on as to how we wish to proceed and right this terrible wrong, God bless you all, I must depart now to the graveyard, the funerals will be in the morning. I bid you goodnight." Moonlight turned and walked to the door Shadow turned as she brushed past him and followed her closely. She reached the graveyard and shivered slightly although the night air was chilly against her bare hot flesh she shivered more out of feeling than physical elements. Shadow softly rested his warm hand on her shoulder and whispered in her ear "I want to be by your side as you lead heaven to glory." Moonlight's eyes flickered tears forming in them as Shadow pulled her into a warm embrace his wings folding around her to keep her warm, she pulled back away from him and just shook her head walking into the darkness. Meanwhile deep in the depths of heaven Mercenary stood a group of angels surrounding him "Heaven doesn't protect us anymore, we're sitting targets, Frosty doesn't care for our needs, he let Kaliostro die, then made that silly female our right wing leader. I'm going to leave heaven for hell, who will join me?" He brushed his dark hair out for his eyes a dark smile crossing his lips as the angels started whispering and nodding between themselves a dark wave crossing heaven, whispers of a revolution against Frosty spread, the angels grew twitchy, what if Frosty found out, what would he do, they mused the day for leaving drawing nearer and nearer, not an angel would be seen on the corridors each preparing in their own way for what was about to come reality, never before had the angels turned against their leaders and infiltrated the darkness of hell. Frosty had pushed them too hard, he was seen as stern with no compassion, he disappeared for days on end and VK sat quietly in his office, nothing would be done it was seen as an easy thing to do. Day turned into night and the angels gathered fleeing all at once through the gates spreading their wings gliding down to hell. Frosty watched silent and grave a worried Moonlight by his side "Don't worry they will be back, and when they are?" he crushed the glass he was holding the drink and blood mingling as they dripped in a puddle by his feet "I will destroy their wills, for this is a battle of wills, mine and Satan's, mine and theirs, they will not betray me again, and as for Mercenary?I have things planned for him." Moonlight looked down her eyes shaded; this would be a test of her loyalties she wouldn't forget. Sulphur tinged the air as the dust rose slightly from the ground below the angels, this was hell, a lick of flame twined by their feet. Mercenary looked up his dark eyes reflecting the flames making them part of the fiery landscape. A cold hard almost manic laugh rang through the darkness "welcome to my home" a dark figured stepped gently yet powerfully into view, his whole aura consumed in dark flames, this was Mosty, leader of hell. His lips curled back feral as he eyed the angels before him "such pretty little birdies?now to cage them?" Mosty stepped forward swirling the black staff between his hands he firmly impaled it into the floor darkness wrapping around the angel's hearts as they were bound by dark flames which burnt into their skin and threatened to consume them. "Frosty, you are weak, look, see how your angels have given themselves to me, to darkness, to death." He cackled evilly and walked to the nearest angel and roughly grabbed him ripping his right wing clean off, he handed it to the angel then snarled inhumanly "mop the floor with your wing?NOW!" The angel whimpered slightly bitter tears washing his sooty face as he slowly in agony began to use his own wing to clean the floor, hot blood ran down his back as he began to feel faint with blood loss. Mercenary watched with fear and trepidation in his heart, he had led these angels straight into the clutches of Satan. He had made a terrible mistake, a mistake he was sure would cost him his life. Frosty sat in his office with a pale Moonlight an exhausted looking VK, Umi who twitched spasmodically and fiddled with Tsunami's hilt, a relaxed looking Shadow and Thunder the left wing leader, heaven's top militia sat around a desk. Frosty slowly and thoughtfully played the dagger between his hands his ice blue eyes narrowing thoughtfully before he leaned back on his seat tilting in onto two legs, silence blanketed the room, finally Frosty shattered the silence. "I'm going to make a deal with him?" Silence again shrouded the room as each of Frosty's words struck into the gathered angels. Shadow sighed softly being the next to dare to break the deathly silence "What kind of deal sir?" Frosty dug the dagger firmly into his desk staring straight ahead his jaw tightening slightly as his wills battled, eventually his jaw locked tighter with resolve "My soul for theirs." Vk's head dropped onto his head and he mumbled softly in halgen his despondency apparent. Moonlight glanced at Frosty "please sir, he will deceive you and then he will have almost won?" "That may be so Moonlight, but I can not allow them to be tortured thus while I just watch." Frosty stood looking at the terrified assembled angels "I bid you adieu." Only Shadow looked as if the world wasn't about to crash down around their ears as Frosty vanished in a flare of holy energy, slowly he leaned back on his chair putting his feet up a smile crossing his lips "interesting?" A few seconds later a flare of holy light engulfed the room, Frosty's form appeared in the centre of it. He took a step forwards his aura flaring up making him a truly formidable sight "Damn, he crossed me." Frosty glared at the wall furiously then sat sweeping his garments below him to ensure comfort. Shadow chuckled slightly "So how did you get out, sir?" Frosty glanced at Shadow something akin to hate in his eyes "I burst my way out and made me back here, of course you know this means war." Hell held an eternal amount of torture to the angels, slowly their numbers dwindled as one by one they lost the will to live and passed away. They never managed to see each other, Mosty had carefully planned it so they wouldn't see one another, he had broken the 'pretty birdies' will he laughed insanely "Frosty you fool. I shall have your soul yet!" He sat back in his fiery throne and looked about, he clicked his fingers and two devils appeared by his sides, one would be recognisable to Moonlight, for it was Darksakabatsu who slunk wearily to his master's side, the other however had a long black shroud, only the tip of his spiky brown hair poked from beyond the lip of the hood, in his right hand he held a long scythe, it's shadowed blade whispered, the sound of captured souls surrounded him, he indeed was the last grim reaper, Balanchuy. Mosty smiled cruelly and turn to his right where Dark was standing "I know you have a friendship with one of those birdies?" His lips turned again into a feral predatory smile "I think you should pay her a visit, you know leave Frosty a calling card, I want her dead?" Dark shuddered slightly, he knew what his leader was asking him to do, and as second in command of hell he knew that duty was duty. A cold chill crept down his spine. Mosty turned his head left to Balanchuy who was leaning slightly upon his scythe "My dear reaper, I want several angel's souls reaped, you know where to find them, I'm sure you will have fun." The hood twitched slightly suggesting Balanchuy's affirmation. Both turned and slipped into the darkness that surrounded Mosty, only his dark flames lit the area, the time would be soon, very soon and Mosty perceived it.
Chapter 11 - Hell for the unforgiving
Frosty's cold blue eyes wore out of the window in his office, he placed a hand slowly to the frosted glass his fingertips tenuously exploring its smooth cool surface, his mind was elsewhere as he felt the life force of his angels in hell ebb and die slowly one by one. Moonlight reclined back into his chair the oak wood creaking slightly from long use and movement. "Six" Frosty muttered still fixated by the outside of the window not looking over to her. She looked up her own green blue eyes seeking out those of her leaders, she was denied. "Six?" she repeated almost parrot-like in quality inquisitive as ever. He nodded slightly a few strands of his sandy blonde hair falling over his eyes "Fourteen angels left that day, and six remain." Moonlight looked away a little shock lacing her eyes before murmuring "we have to save them?" A cold protracted laugh pierced the air as the third angel in the office became apparent "Save them? They left or their own choice, and if they die?.well then we can't say we didn't warn them. Besides have you ever been to hell Moonlight? They have security like you wouldn't imagine, if you even managed to find which part of hell they were in through the fire, blood and tortured souls then you'd have to get past the guards, several of them?who are all as trained or even more trained than each of us and then you have to get out without Lucifer coming to find you, and trust me he will?and saying that?even if you DO get past all of that each angel will be kept in a different place, so that would be 6 trips." The angel leaned back a small smirk crossing his face as he seemed pleased at the perturbed feeling rippling around the room, the feeling he'd created. Frosty spoke first "that's enough Umi?" The flaxen hair angel nodded his black wings twitching in almost mirth, but then who'd know hell better one of the dark lords best men? Maybe he was right maybe it was impossible. The forth angel in the room spoke up "We must wage a war with Lucifer wipe out all evil for good?" the was met by another cackle from Umi's direction as he slid his dark hood over his head shadowing his face. "Vk that's absurd?we could never take on Lucifer and all of the dark forces. Think of the lives that will be lost, that and the mortals wouldn't exactly not notice something was going on?" Shadow looked up from beneath his spiky hair as he spoke the dark brown bangs waving slightly as he moved his head, his voice calm and flowing as ever. Thunder sat quiet in the corner twirling his dagger between his fingers letting the cool metal play over his fingers as he listened with a detached interest to the unfurling conversation between the two leaders Frosty and Vk. "VK?. take on all of Hell? Have you gone mad?" Frosty turned from the window to stare incredulously at Vk. He nodded slightly, "Maybe not all of hell?but at least Lucifer, with him gone then hell would be crippled and in disarray and then we can strike and smite all that appose good. Umi just shook his hooded head and laughs silently again, a rich dark laugh as he listened to VK with mounting trepidation in his heart, what if they did go to hell under this fools order, what if they lost and he was found, would he have to go back to his dark ways? He didn't know but he was sure that with the discussion tuning the way it was, spiralling ever further into talk of war that he'd find out. Whilst the angels thrashed out the plans to take hell another familiar figure slunk around a lake which held happy memories, with him another devil, though this one seemed more intent and cruel. Dark looked out over the lake his heart not really in the task under hand as he awaited Moonlight, he knew of course that it might be a long wait. He turned to Darbracken and motioned him to the bushes to go there and remain unseen, he had wondered why the dark lord had sent him, but they knew each other well enough and Darbracken knew how hard it would be for Dark to finish Moonlight's life, though orders were orders after all weren't they? Darbracken smirked quietly to himself, of course he had another agenda. "So sister, it is about time we met again, and this time I mean to kill you, without Dark's help, as if he would either way." He muttered quietly to himself then slid into a trees foliage not making a sound only a leaf dropping from a branch betraying his movements, his quick blue green eyes sweeping the area, every pattern in his eyes mirroring his younger sisters, or rather Moonlight's patterns. He yawned quietly his dark hair falling around his eyes as he awaited the time of reckoning to dawn.