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Fallen: Chapter I Of Thorns and Wings

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Fallen        

Chapter 1: Thorns and Wings

A song by Lady Gaga blasts through the room, and people are dancing like mad at the dance floor, the humans dancing on the dance are all seem to be around their early 20's and are all men. Some are dancing together as couple or in groups, and our attention is drawn to a certain group of guys.

"Hey Leo I think that guy over there is interested in you" Shouts one of the guys. Leo is a dashing young man he seems to be around 18, must have used some fake ID to sneak into the club. He has soft straightened brown hair, pale skin and brown eyes, and he wears a simple shirt and pants. Leo looks over to see the man eyeing him he likes what he sees. A beautiful guy, he was long wavy brown hair, his skin is nicely tanned, deep hazel eyes, and wears a simple white tee shirt with a thin black sleeveless vest over it. "Well I have to say he's cute!" Leo blushes as he eyes the cute guy he has he's eyes on. "Well what are you waiting for Leo? Get over there and work your magic!" Shouts another of his friends.

Leo lets out a nervous laugh. "Alright alright chill guys I'll go!" Leo lets out a sigh and walks over to the cute boy; the cute boy holds a martini in one hand and sways it in his hands causing the liquid in the glass within it to move around.

He approaches the elegant guy but he seems anxious in meeting him as well. "Oh… um hi… I'm Leo," says Leo in a nervous tone.

The cute boy lifts up from his seat with his martini still in hand. "Well well, don't be so formal with me sonny boy I know you came here to dance with me" The cute boy places his arm on Leo causing him to blush like mad. "I believe that you haven't given me you name yet," Asks Leo, The cute boy smiles.

"My name is Zack if you were dying to know". Zack takes a sip of his martini places it back down from the table dances with Leo.
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Zack and Leo exit the club through the back exit into a back alley; the place is unkempt and has an ominous outlook towards it. Zack appears fine but it seems Leo has had a few. "Ah ha-ha oh Zack thanks for the marvelous time I've never had such a great guy like you." Leo has a rosy red color on his cheeks and he seems overly happy and calm.

Zack gives a warm smile, "I think you had a little too much to drink sonny boy."

"Nah it's alright Zack, I… I just need to sit down a little" Leo flattens himself on the wall and then slowly sinks down to the floor. "Maybe I shouldn't have had too much to drink…"

Zack slowly yet elegantly walks over to the drunken Leo and crouches to face him. Leo's rosy red face looks over to Zack can gives a soft smile waiting for a kiss on his lips. Zack shows his teeth revealing two very large fangs as his canine teeth.  

Leo's smile melts away in horror as he sees Zack's pure white fangs. "Z-Zack…." Zack then at the link of an eye bites down hard into Leo's neck; he can hear him screaming in terror and agony as bit by bit he drinks the succulent blood down his gullet. Soon the screams fade to whimpers and the whimpers fade into total silence. And all the noise that is heard is Zack gulping down Leo's blood.

Zack lifts himself up from his feeding position, his mouth is covered with blood and so are his teeth. He looks over to his meal, his body lifeless and cold and the face still looking in horror with his mouth still gaped. "My, my cuter the guy, the yummier the blood." He wipes the blood from his mouth. Man I wish I could have made that last. Suddenly he pulls a grim black rose from his sleeve.

He chuckles slightly "He lays one of the best men I have ever tasted." He plucks one of the petals and drops it over to the corpse. Zack begins to walk off from the back alley, but suddenly stops his face shows caution and concern. Suddenly does an outstanding back flip with incredible speed and at the same time a lance flies out of nowhere strikes just where is he was standing. Zack, as he sticks the landing crouches close the ground on all fours like an animal preparing to pounce and shows his fangs menacingly.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here, a vampire perhaps" Zack looks around the alley to see where the voice is coming from and he then fixes his eye's over to the back wall and looks up over the edge and sees a figure.

"What's this, a slayer I presume?" Says the dashing the vampire. "You could say that" says the mysterious figure; suddenly he jumps off from the wall and onto the solid ground. From the shadows of the night he is finally revealed. A man in his early 20's, his black hair is messy and wild, a few strands of his hair fall over his eyes, he has pale skin, he wears a black shirt and black skinny jeans, and has lifeless grey eyes.

Zack holds the black rose close to his face. "My, my what a hunk your even better looking than that yummy corpse over there." He gives an intriguing stare at the mysterious man who has appeared to him.

The man looks over to the corpse observing his face and his fatal wound that ended him up dead. "You bloody monster prepare to atone for your sins!" He picks up his lance, his lance unlike others has a oddly shaped blade instead of a sharp metal point. The stranger stares at the vampire.

Zack looks at him with interest yet confusion. "Atone, sins? I've meet so many slayers but never those words, which makes this even sweeter; I can't wait to taste your blood now." He raises his black rose into the air, the petals suddenly burst off and the petals fade away in a purple light, the stem grows long and a hand grip is formed, so now the stem has changed in that of a thorny whip. "Well come and get some sonny boy, let's play!" He cracks his whip the sadistic sounds ringing out into the air

The man squints his eyes and charges at the vampire, but Zack dodges the charge effortlessly. The man looks over to Zack in a glimpse as he continues to charge and sees nothing but a quick speeding whip heading his way. He does a midair spiral and slides to the ground his spear falls to the ground far from his reach. He begins to sit up straight and places his hand on his stomach where he was hit. "Damn…" The only words he can get out.

Zack in a flash appears right in front of him and grabs him by the neck and forcefully plants him to the wall. "Hmmm… how disappointing I was hoping you would be a challenge but I guess your nothing than an inexperienced hunter." The black haired boy looks at Zack with rage and spite. Zack narrows his eyes at him in response and tightens his grip on his neck which causes he man to gasp for air. "Pathetic really, now hold still" He smiles and he moves his head closer towards his neck with fangs unsheathed getting ready to have a taste. But suddenly in a glimpse he catches a sudden movement and a pain in his abdomen. He looks down to see that the slayer's spear is in his arm and piercing his body.

Zack takes an incredible jump back which removes the spear from his body which lies still in the man's hand. Zack places his hand where he was punctured and then gives out a cry of pain. He removes his hand from the wound and looks at the blood that has accumulated on his hand, his eyes narrow at the site of his own blood and he just stands there as he sees the site of his own blood.

He then snaps back to reality as he sees the man charging at him once again he, he dodges the blow once again and the lance hits the wall and leaves a dent into it like it was cutting through paper.

The man extracts his lance from the wall and looks over to the vampire smiling with confidence. "How could I be so stupid! First I think I have him but then this happens! Wait something isn't right here… Is he even human?" Zack studies the slayer's eyes, so distant and proud and that color so inhuman."You're not human are you! I can see it in your eyes your different from the others."

The man smiles and runs his hand through his hair. "You guessed it I'm no human…" Suddenly two wings black as the night unveil from his upper back. They slowly unfold themselves and the stretch out into the open air. A few of the feathers fall off and gently touch the ground. He directly stares at Zack. "I'm an angel."

Zack takes a small step shrugs his left shoulder and places his left index finger on his lips as he creates a smile full of mischief and interest. "But how does a hunk like you become fallen though? And you keep saying I'll atone for my sins but yet you, yourself are just like me…" He then smiles showing his teeth stained with blood and his large canines. "A monster…"

The angel closes his eyes and with his free hand creates a fist that slightly shakes but then he stops and stares at anger at the vampire, "I'm not like you, I'm not a monster!" He grips his lance even tighter. "I maybe be fallen but that doesn't mean I slay innocents just to please myself like you! The man then points his lance at the vampire, "Now be prepared to die by the hands of God's angel Xavier!" He looks at Zack with a fiery look in his eye as if he wishes to kill him now.

Zack gives him an odd look, "A fallen angel try to kill me in the name of God?" He smiles "My, my, this gets even more interesting I haven't seen so many unique things like this in a life time." He then cracks his wipe, "Alright then Xavier let's play."

The two then simultaneously charge at each other Xavier raises his lance aiming for Zack's head while Zack aims low with his wipe. But the attacks are missed as they both dodge them with grace. This battle soon turns into a dance, Zack elegantly cracks his wipe at Xavier who has taken the skies dodging the strikes and attempting an aerial attack on Zack. The two dodge each other's attacks like orchestrated dance moves that would be seen in a ballet it. Xavier tries another aerial attempt at Zack but Zack gracefully dodges it once again. Zack looks at Xavier with a twisted smile on his face. "I grow bored of this Xavier; it's time to crank it up a notch." Then with the snap of his fingers vines of huge thorns burst out of the ground heading towards Xavier.

Xavier quickly slashes at the incoming vegetation, hacking away the whip like stems. But he is soon overcome by the vines. They begin to worm around his body, ensnaring him like how a snake would. They twist themselves around his chest, neck, legs, and arms. They force his legs to be bound together, they messily wrap themselves around his chest. They then smash him against the back wall. Xavier is pinned against the wall his position is like that of someone being crucified. His legs clenched together and pointing down, while his arms to the sides. The thorns puncture his white delicate skin, causing crimson blood to stain his black shirt.

The vampire walks over to the fallen angel. He looks at the broken angel, looking at him with a fiery hatred. Zack just lets out a sigh and slaps him across the face. Xavier's cheek is a red where Zack slapped him.  "You're in this position but yet you still look down on me than looking at me in fear. Why, that all I ask?"  

Xavier looks at Zack still with fire in his eyes, his cheek red from the vampire slapping him. "Because you're nothing more than a corpse that drinks the blood of innocent humans, and you laugh and shrug off doing such things like it's nothing, you're a monster!!!"  

Zack's neutral look melts to that of a smile, warm, but you can still sense evilness within it. He places his hand underneath Xavier's chin. "Now, now sonny boy, I'm a creature of the night, I can't help myself, besides, the taste of human blood is irresistible, but imagine the blood of an angel like you…" Zack's nails then in a flash grow long and sharp. He then gently cuts the neck of the imprisoned angel making his blood rundown his pale neck. "Now, let's see if your blood is heavenly." He moves in unto his neck with his tongue released from his mouth to lick the blood running down his neck.

"Don't you dare drink my blood you monster" screams Xavier.

Zack stops his descent on his neck and looks at him once again. "You are in no position to say such things my little Xavier." He gently moves his hand in Xavier's smooth black hair. "I'm going to drain your blood slowly and surely so you'll just know the second you'll die and you can feel as your life slips away." He gives a smile that you can feel the reek of his evil sadistic mind.

As Zack begins to descend back to his next meal, suddenly a burst of light flashes and Zack suddenly blown back from the helpless angel, he is laying on the floor. "My flipping deities what the hell was that?! Now all my clothes are a wreck, great now I'm going to have to wash them." Zack brushes off the dirt and grime that have soiled his clothes. "Anyways where were w…."

Xavier out of nowhere in the speed of light stabs Zack in the chest with his spear, Zack eyes the fallen angel in shock and in fear. Xavier elegantly removes his spear from Zack's punctuated body. He looks at Zack with a neutral look on his face. "May the Lord have mercy on your soul."

Xavier before even Zack could act or anything he elegantly slices Zack's chest with his blade at the top of his lance. The blade tears up Zack's white shirt and is replaced with blood red scars he receives from Xavier. "Owww…. My, my guess I underestimated the powers of fallen divinity." He struggles to get back up from the ground after that deadly beating he received, he lifts his head to see another charge by Xavier, and his eyes focused on his target his eyes cruel and merciless against evil. Zack reveals another black rose from his sleeve, another purple light appears on the petals, he then points the rose at Xavier and the purple lighted petals fly toward Xavier causing a purple flash of light.

"Ahh!!! This light…."says Xavier. As the flash  of light disappears he lowers his arm from his eyes to protect his sight from the flash of light. He then notices that Zack has vanished. "Damn it he got away!" He then looks over to the right wall. "But he didn't leave without a trace."
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Zack pants as he lies on his legs with blood splattering on the floor, dripping from his wounded, bleeding chest. "Damn it all! I can't believe I've been bested like this." He slams his fist into the ground and continues on. "I guess there's no running from this now, guess maybe my pain and anger will shed away in death, if killing won't get rid of this guess, lady Death shall."

A low soft sound is heard, the sound of two wings flapping in the air. Zack lifts his head to see Xavier flying in the air. His black hair blows in the breeze, he then swoops down to the damaged vampire and before he touches the ground he gently floats down. "There you are, you may have gotten away if it wasn't for that trail of blood you left behind" Says Xavier, he points his lane at Zack's bloodied chest. "Any last words, vampire?"

Zack's looks up the Xavier's solemn face without fear, void of emotion ; then bows down his head once more " you got me sonny boy, now kill me I want to die, for death should cease my suffering," whimpers Zack.

Xavier raises his spear into the air to deal the finally blow to Zack.

"Huh?" Says a confused Xavier

A piece of paper gently floats down from the sky. Xavier and Zack look at it puzzled. Xavier grabs it reading the writing on it. "What on Earth?! This from the-"

"Thou who does not learn to love the Lord, Jesus Christ, let him be accursed at his own coming, God save you from you fate, Amen.*" The sound of a heavy book closing rings through the air.

A man watches from a neighboring roof, he wears a grey cloak and a red cloth that drops down to his upper chest, he was white silver hair that hides his right eye, He holds a big heavy Bible in his right hand grasping it from its spine.

"It seems that I was right to wait, now I can kill two heathens who oppose God instead of one."

Zack's eyes widen in fear as he sees this mysterious man. "The… the Inquisition!"

Xavier turns toward Zack in confusion. "Inquisition?!"

"Yes the Inquisition, it's an organization that is run by the Catholic Church, named after the Inquisition in the Middle Ages, they basically…"

Three paper sized figures then suddenly appear out of  nowhere and slice through Zack's chest. He cries in pain and falls to the ground his eyes close and smoke rises from his wounds.

Xavier widens his eyes in surprise. "What the hell?!" He looks over to the man, his Bible opened and the three figments of light return to the Bible.

"Enough of that bloodsucker he laughs at the face of God and for that he must be punished, but you…." He turns away from the vampire and looks over to Xavier. "You are indeed an angel that has fallen, and your sin is greater than that parasite over there."

"Please a fanatic like you has no idea what I've been through."

"Of course I can," says Justinian. He then fixes his eyes at the angels black wings.  "Your wings tell it all, they are stained black showing the sins you made in this world."

Xavier leers at the man. "You have no idea what has gone on in my life."
The man tilts his head looking at Xavier with disbelief. "Please, a heathen will always be a heathen; now then, quack in fear as God's divine instrument, Justinian shall purge you from this Earth," Exclaims a proud Justinian. He then holds up his arms and creates a embracing pose as if basking into the glory of God.

Xavier gives out a short sigh "Fanatics."

Justinian leers at him. "On us who live in the dark shadow of death, this light will shine to guide us into a life of peace,* Amen." The book that's held in his hand levitates and pages rip themselves out of the book shining in a bright yellow light. They swirl around Justinian like a tornado. They then suddenly race over at Xavier with impressive speed.

Xavier thrashes away the incoming projectiles with great accuracy the holy papers lose their brilliant luster and gently float to the ground. But some cut through his shirt leaving a razor sharp cut that begin to bleed. The cuts also begin to smoke

Xavier falls to the ground holding one of his many burning cuts.

"Do you feel it? Do you feel the burn," asks Justinian. He then looks over to his Bible in his hand. "My Bible has been modified with the latest holy magic and anti-monster technology. Anything unholy cut from these pages shall be burned!"

Xavier gets up from the ground no longer holding his wound he stares at the mad priest. "Unholy you say," says Xavier as he get up from the ground, "Maybe it's time for you're to put down the book and actually live a little there."

Justinian frowns at the comment."In the name of the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit I shall cleanse you! Amen!!!" The Bible with his hand wildly begins to flip it's pages and with some forcefully tearing themselves out of the book and swirling around Justinian while encased in a yellow light. Xavier just sighs and heads towards the sky preparing to attack. Justinian let's out small chuckle, "That simple minded fool," Justinian then thrusts his arm to his side and the pages forming a barrier around him rush towards Xavier. As the pages race towards Xavier he slashes away the pages as he focuses his eyes on the exorcist. As he gets close enough he thrusts his lance at Justinian, he closes his eyes as he strikes, and once he opens them he sees that he missed his target instead he pierced the Bible not Justinian, for a moment Xavier just stands their shocked that his blow was blocked by this levitating Bible that prevented his deadly blow.

Xavier then releases his lance from the book and retreats back to the sky. "Your mine now you heretic," says Justinian in soft voice. Xavier looks from behind and sees three of the Bible pages rushing up from behind him he tries to ready himself for the surprise attack but can't. As Xavier can only watch in horror as they race towards him. Suddenly three huge vines of thorns appear and stab the pages that were going to harm him.

"What in the name of our Heavenly Father?!" Justinian shrieks. A moan of pain is heard, Justinian turns his head, his silver hair delicately waving around his head, he then spots the vampire Zack, he is in a staggering position, he pants heavily as well, many spots of blood saturate white shirt, and his eyes thought in pain show he is still part of this world.

"Did he just… save me?" Xavier thinks to himself.

"You bloody fiend," shrieks Justinian, he then angrily makes the sign of the cross, "It will be terrible for people who cause even one of my little followers to sin. Those people would be better off thrown into the deepest part of the ocean with a heavy stone tied around his neck*!" He thrusts out his arm with the Bible in his hand and prepares to make a second attack but suddenly he sees Xavier charging him about to thrust his lance at him, Justinian just manages to block the blow again with same tactic, just a few seconds just seem like forever, the two opponents just stare at each other not even blinking. Many of Justinian pages blow and float in the air like leaves mixing with Xavier's beautiful black feathers that also float the breeze,  the scene would have made a beautiful picture.

"Heathen." Says Justinian.

"Fanatic." Replies Xavier.

Xavier then breaks the bond between the two and flies back into the air. "At this point this battle won't be going anywhere," he then looks over to the wounded vampire, "but I just can't leave him he did save my life."  He then soars  over to Zack, Zack looks over to the angel, his eyes vacant and large as if he was alone in the world.
"No I shall not let you opposes of God get away, face divine punishment!" The pages of the Bible fiercely rush all around him as if they were Justinian's rage expressed. The pages then rush towards the two, but as that happens Xavier raises his right arm and then sweeps it to the left suddenly a powerful gust of wind blows through the air, it blows the pages back with such a force, but it doesn't stop there, it then heads towards Justinian. He then raises he arms as the powerful gust rushes at him, his hair and clothes blow backward by the powerful breeze. The gust then dies down and his hair and clothes fall back in place. He then looks where the two beings were standing, and sees that they have fled the scene. Justinian neither frowns or smiles, "You may have gotten away this time, but those who turn away from God shall get their punishment one way or another." He closes his Bible causing a loud thud that echoes off into the night.

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Xavier holds Zack within his arms, he looks around where he has escaped to. Another dark alley just like where they meet. He then carefully places Zack on the floor and observers the damage of the poor vampire. His shirt is saturated in dry blood and it has stiffened, his breath is shallow sometimes lets out a small moan in agony, "It's okay now Zack, you will be alright." Zack looks at the fallen angel, his hair unkempt and messy, he looks over to his shirt. He can see the numerous cuts the Justinian's Bible pages  and from the holes he can see his crimson blood staining his white skin., his eyes then grow heavy, at first he resists fighting to keep his eyes open but he then gives up and solely he sees his savior fade away as his eyes close, only showing darkness.
Phew I finished.... The first chapter that is XD, a series I'm going to do, After some criticism from some close friends I finally feel like posting this here please give your honest opinion on it. And also look out for Fallen's counterpart Bloody Cross which focuses on The Inquisition of Demonic/Occult Affairs
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wolfurry15's avatar
I'm just starting to read throughit and the first thing I have an issue with is the point of view. It's 3rd person, but you're using present tense. 3rd person is used for story-telling purposes, so it should always be in past tenses. the present tensmakes it a bit annoying, giving me a headache. also i agree, your spelling and grammar need a lot of work.