The Fallen Ones
15:55 Apr 01 2008
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Chapter 4: The Strange New World
Now dear reader. We go to an alternate reality, it is our own reality, our friends will meet new acquaintances and new enemies. The battle has only just begun
A strange young man walked through the streets of New York, almost as though he didn’t belong, he was a tall young man about 6ft5, he has deep penetrating blue eyes with brown short spiky hair and he is well built. His name for the moment is irrelevant as he walked through the streets hurriedly his hands dug into the pockets of his long black trench coat.
Horns blared as the figure ran out into the road making cars stop dead in their tracks to avoid him, he ran down an alleyway stopping to catch his breath as he sighed softly.
There are many stone figures perching on the roofs of old building and churches, but there are some that have sinister motives, some that work for Xander and do his bidding. There is one such figure watching the scared young man running through the alleyways, the young man blinks as sweat drips down into his eyes impairing his vision as he stumbles into a bin and trips over it sending him sprawling onto the floor. He blinked rapidly and when he looked up he saw the angel standing over him, he screamed as he scrambled away and carried on running.
The young man heads into a shopping mall and he sat down on a bench gasping for breath. He ran a hand through his hair as he looked around the mall and stood up, he walked through the mall looking in all the shops as he headed to a café and ordered a drink and something to eat.
After finishing his food and paying his bill the young man got up and walked out of the mall, he looked around before heading towards the tower block where his home was not realising that the Angel was once again trailing him. He opened the door to his apartment and went inside it and switched on his stereo music blaring out from it as he went into his bedroom and stripped to his boxers and changed into a red t-shirt and black jeans.
He waited for his cell phone to ring as he was expecting a call as a few of his friends were coming around before they headed out to a club downtown. His cell buzzed as he got a text and he read it, it read “Hey man we’re running a bit late we’ll be there with you in about 20 minutes” he sighed softly as he flipped his cell phone shut and sat down on the couch and listened to his music.
The Angel stood on the roof of a building opposite the one that our new companion resides in watching him as it saw 4 of his friends entering the apartment block, the Angel hissed as it watched knowing that it’s time was growing short for it to appease the hunger and appetite of it’s Master.
The young man had his eyes closed and was tapping his foot to the music as the buzzer rang he got up and walked over to the door opening it as he was greeted by his friends and he grabbed his jacket and headed out of the door with them.
The angel’s eyes glowed red as it watched the little group leave the apartment block and head down an alley-way taking a short-cut to a club, the boys walked into the club after being admitted by the bouncer, the loud music pounding as the different coloured lights flooded the dark club.
The young mysterious man walked over to the bar and ordered a beer as he watched all the people dancing and the male’s and females dancing close together, he sighed as he paid for his beer and drank it slowly. He saw his friends dancing with a group of girls as he moved through the crowd heading towards them as he was bumped into a big hulk of a man and spilt his beer over him. The man looked at the young man his eyes blazing with anger as he picked up Aaron, throwing him onto the floor.
Aaron grunted in pain as he tried to scramble to his feet as his aggressor leapt on him and kneed him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him as he grabbed Aaron’s shirt collar and smashed his head into the floor breaking his nose.
Aaron roared in pain as his friends rushed over to try and drag the attacker off of him as the blood poured from Aaron’s nose, Aaron stood up and ran out of the club fearing for his life. An eerie screech followed him as the angel saw it’s chance and chased the scared young man through the alley-ways Aaron turned around trying to see his attacker but all he saw was the shadows of wings following him as he breathed heavily.
Aaron carried on running as he ran onto a busy road almost getting hit by a car as the angel leapt through the air onto another building as Aaron slid into a wall panting heavily. He then hailed a taxi and asked the driver to take him back to his apartment.
Aaron ran up the stars of the apartment block and opened his door heading inside collapsing on his couch as he headed over to his fridge and got out a cold beer and began to drank it slowly. He then slipped into a fitful sleep as the Angel watched him from the opposite building’s roof, Aaron slept through the night having flashes of the dark wings that had followed him as he awoke the next morning sweating profusely.
He stood up and sniffed wincing in pain as he remembered his broken nose he then walked into his bathroom and undressed checking the rest of his body for any cuts as he ran a shower and got into it and cleaned himself off as he rested his head against the wall and let the water rush over him.
The Angel waited for the human male to reappear as the sun arose over the skyline watching the human appear in the lounge of his apartment dressed in a black shirt and a pair of jeans as he sat down on the couch and switched on the television.
The Angel muttered to itself growing bored as it watched the young man and heard the various noises from the bustling city trying to concentrate on the young man and taking his soul and sending him to an alternate reality and letting him die in a strange alien world.
The Angels are not originally from this galaxy, but that dear friends is a subject for another time, the angel turned and spread his wings deciding to move away from the young man for a moment as he assumed the boy wouldn’t move. The angel glided through the air and over the city taking in all the sounds and smells, whilst the angel was doing so Aaron had left his apartment and was heading out towards a music store wanting to buy a new album that had been released by his favourite band “The Zodiac Killers” he picked up his iPod and put it in his ears as he walked down the street heading towards the music store.
The Angel swooped back towards the apartments and saw that Aaron was no longer there and it cursed itself knowing it was a fool to leave it’s post as he went off to locate Aaron. Aaron was walking through the music store listening to the music that was playing over the loudspeakers as he searched through the racks trying to find the CD that he wanted.
Aaron found the CD he wanted and walked over to the cash desk to pay for his purchase before exiting the store and walked through a park enjoying the blazing hot sunshine as he sat down on the grass and watched all the people walking through the park as he closes his eyes and laid back on the grass.
The Angel tried to trace the human boy and found him lying in a park and came to rest on top of a building over looking the park as The Angel felt that today would be the day he would take the young man’s life for it’s master to give him the power he needed to rule all the realties and worlds.
Aaron’s eyes flickered open as some clouds moved in front of the sun and he yawned and got up and brushed the grass off of himself before heading back to his apartment as The Angel followed him tracing everyone of his movements.
Aaron walked into the lobby of the apartment block and called the elevator down and got inside it going up to the floor where his flat was, he got out of the elevator and got his key card out and swiped it down the lock and the door to his apartment opened. He went over to his stereo and turned it on placing the CD into the stereo and turning it up full blast singing along to the words as he cooked himself some food.
Aaron took his food out of the oven and sat down at the table and began to eat hungrily having not eaten for a few days, he then belched loudly as he went over to the sink and washed up his plate, he checked his watch to see what the time was and then decided to go out to the cinema so he grabbed his leather trench coat and exited his apartment. He hailed a taxi and got inside it asking the driver to take him to the Treasa Cinema.
The taxi driver dropped him off outside the cinema and Aaron walked inside looking at what was on, he chose a film and booked a ticket for it going over to the concessions booth, getting some popcorn and a drink as he went into the screen to watch the film.
It was about 10pm when Aaron came out of the cinema, he stretched as he began to walk back to his apartment block, The Angel saw the young man walking alone and decided now was the time to strike as it glided down towards Aaron.
Aaron turned around and saw The Angel gliding towards him as he cried out in shock, running in horror as The Angel screeched Aaron turned a corner running down an alley falling over a trash can cutting his arm on the ground as he fell. The Angel stood over him and growled as Aaron scurried to get away from the creature as he shouted “Get away from me whatever you are” he thought about punching the Angel but instead just decided to run away from it as he went down another alley way his breathing coming out in short sharp breaths.
The Angel crowed as it moved towards Aaron it’s eyes blazing red as it unfurled it’s wings but what the Angel didn’t see was that Aaron has an iron bar in his hands which he swung at the angels stone chest knocking a chunk of stone out of the Angel giving Aaron a chance to run away.
Aarons feet pounded the hard concrete of the sidewalk as he races away from the Angel his mind reeling thinking that none of this could be happening and if it really was happening then why was it happening to him, he leant against a wall panting softly trying to get his breathing back to normal, he ran a hand through his hair as the heavens began to open and it started to rain. He pulled his coat up around him as he hurried back to his apartment, hoping that this nightmare would soon end.
As he reached the door to his apartment lightening flashed and the thunder boomed loudly in the sky as he saw the outline of two new Angels standing on the very top of a building, Aaron gasped loudly in shock as he turned around and fled from the apartment trying to find somewhere safe to go.
The Angels chased after him as Aaron’s feet splashed in the newly formed puddles as the rain began to drench his clothes, Aaron raced towards a friends house but The Angels leapt down from where they were and surrounded him. Aaron sighed loudly as he looked for a way out , The Angels circled around him hissing for the injury caused to their ally as one of them swiped their claws at Aaron causing a deep gash into his skin making Aaron jump back and the other Angel head butted Aaron in the back of the head making him fall to the floor.
Aaron shook his head his vision blurred and his head swimming as he tried to stand up shakily on his feet as one of the Angels kicked him in the stomach sending him flying with a powerful force into a wall sinking onto the floor bleeding from the mouth.
As the Angels surrounded him again a brilliant flash of light blinded the two Angels as a pair of hands grabbed Aaron dragging him through a portal and into an alien world. Aarons eyes flickered open a few hours later as he saw a beautiful young lady tending his wound. Crystal saw the young man staring at her and blushed before saying “Hello there, your safe now. The Angels cant follow us through the portal to here” Aaron said softly “And where is here exactly?” Darius spoke softly into the mind of Aaron saying “This is a place between the worlds, no one has ever ventured into all the worlds and realities that bind everyone together. You see Aaron there are many worlds full of different races….such as Elves or Vampires and many other strange creatures” Aaron sighed softly as he muttered to himself “Damn I must have hit my head really hard or something, this is just a dream” Crystal laughed softly her fangs flashing in the light.
A few moments later Kai and Ti-Gera entered through another portal with some bread and meat and sat down by Darius, Kai looked at Aaron saying to Darius “Whose the kid?” Darius laughed into everyone’s minds before saying “This is Aaron, he hails from the human world…..a place called Noo York Citah” Kai studied Aaron before saying “A human huh….what’s in like in your reality” Aaron nodded his head deciding to go along with the madness as he replied “Yeah it’s alright….lots of cars and people. Never been out of New York City really but I would like to travel to other countries, I’ve always wanted to go to the UK” Kai nodded his head as he ate a bit of bread.
Crystal finished tending to Aarons wounds before taking a bit of meat and eating it ravenously as Darius also had some meat chewing on it slowly mulling thoughts over in his head, Kai and Ti-Gera spoke softly to each other as Aaron just sat there feeling like he was invisible. Darius looked at Aaron and said “Sorry you must think us rude, you must have a million questions” Aaron nodded his head replying “Yeah as a matter of fact I do, what the hell were those things that attacked me”.
Darius studied Aaron before replying “They are called Weeping Angels, they serve a man known as Xander, he uses them to teleport people to different realities and he then feeds on their energy of days that they could have had in the world that they originally belonged in” Aaron nodded his head slowly not really understanding before asking softly “So what did they want from me?”
Kai snorted with laughter “Well what the hell do you think they wanted from you? To give you a present? No they wanted to send you to another reality so they could feed their master with your energy” Darius glared at Kai before saying “Kai, treat Aaron with some respect, he may not be like you or I but I am sure he has his own qualities that will come in useful if he decides to stay with us” Aaron looked at Darius “Why would I stay with you?” Darius replied “Because if you go back to Noo York Citah then there is no doubt you will be destroyed by the Angels and sent to another time line” Aaron nodded his head knowing that Darius was speaking the truth as he felt tiredness wash over him and he slipped into the blissfulness of sleep.
As Aaron slept Kai, Darius, Ti-Gera and Crystal all sat around the fire and talked about their next plan of action, Kai spoke first saying “I think we should go to Aarons reality and see if we can find any leads to where Xander is hiding” Crystal nodded her head agreeing with her brother as Darius said “Well my friends if we go then I will have to cast an enchantment on Ti-Gera as I am sure the people of Noo York Citah are unused to seeing a Tiger-woman walking through the streets” Ti-Gera looked with worried eyes at Darius who gave her a small smile and said soothingly “Don’t worry Ti-Gera it wont be permanent it will just be whilst we are there” Ti-Gera purred as she nuzzled Darius and laid down on the floor licking her claws.
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