Chapter 6
"Well as I was explaining, our civilization is really huge and before you ask we don't live in the same world as you, well we do sort of," Martha continued, "There are several gateways to Latrex, The Angel world, located all over the globe."
"Why are there gateways? If you have your own world, why would you want to come to ours?" She asked, this was all a bit confusing to get her head around just yet.
Martha explained, "In the past we were not separated, we were allowed to cross over to the human Realms freely and the humans were allowed to cross over to ours but when humans fell for Angel and created families, that was what caused the trouble."
"Why?" she asked. The story was really interesting if a bit farfetched.
"Well, the thing with angels is we tend to live longer than the average human," Max answered.
"How long?" Sam asked.
"Just by a couple of hundred years," Max smirked as Alex's jaw dropped.
"Yes, you see the dilemma?" Martha continued, "The humans began to complain about the Angels living longer than them and that soon caused riot, hate and isolation. In the end we had to create two separate worlds and keep a tight lock and key on who enters and leaves."
"So how come you're here?" Sam asked, that seemed to be the only hole in their story.
"Well, now only High angels are allowed through unless of course you have permission," Max said as he continued proudly, "We however do not need permission for we are high Angels and the only rule we have to follow really is not to fall for a human and create family."
"Well that's bull," Sam snorted, "You were all over Emma the other day."
"No, that was only because I had thought she was who we were looking for," Max said. He was getting annoyed, you could hear it in his voice, "There is no way, I would fall for humans I have too much pride and honor to go that low."
Alex's jaws tightened at the way he said humans. He had made it very obvious of his hate of humans; the reason however still escaped her
"Well how does this include me?" she asked.
"You are the one we've been searching for, were just lucky that we got to you in time, we don't know what would happen if..." She trailed off. She had obviously said something she shouldn't have and that was all Alex needed.
"If what?" She asked, "What would've happened if the kid had got to me first?"
"Well he would've done everything in his power to turn you as evil as possible and straight into a Dark angel," Max replied. He was obviously not one for hiding things, and Alex was determined to use that to her advantage.
"What exactly is a Dark angel?" Sam asked, "I've heard it being said before by Martha but I don't know what it is."
"A dark angel is, putting it bluntly, when an angel turns bad. Their marks change. We don't know how, but it was started by Lucifer centuries ago and he has slowly been building up a resistance to the High angels," Max explained hate unhidden in his voice, finally shutting up when Martha gave him such a death glare, an Alpha would've backed down.
"This is getting all too much, I think I need a small breather," Alex sighed as she got up, "Is there anywhere I could go where there is no one that can annoy me?"
"Sure, we have the back garden," Max said, he was eager to get her out of the same four walls he was used to and he didn't even try to hide it which angered Alex right to the end of her rope.
"I don't think that's a good idea Alex," Sam said as he walked up to her, "Remember what happened on the train?"
"Sam, I'll be fine, I'll call on you if I need any help" she promised.
"That's what you said last time too," He said bitterly. He was still hurt over that, and Alex couldn't help but feel a twang of guilt.
"Fine then, you can wait at the door," she said finally giving in. she couldn't help it, she didn't like arguing with Sam.
Max showed them to the door that led to the back garden before leaving. Alex opened the door and closed it behind her gently. The garden was so beautiful, it had two flower beds holding 20 if not more different flowers that she couldn't even name. Alex walked around admiring the scene before her. It was like something straight out of a Disney scene. It gave her peace of mind and she could finally try and decipher the bucket loads of information that had been landed on her but as hard as she tried she still couldn't figure out what connected her to the whole situation.
"Damn it!" she cried out in anger, "Why can't they just come out and tell me why I'm involved."
The more she thought about it the more agitated Alex got.
"I can tell you..."
The voice almost made Alex out of her skin. She spun round as fast as she could and there, standing only three meters away was the kid. Just his presence made her skin crawl. She opened her mouth to call out for Sam but the full meaning of his message hit her and she let curiosity win.
"Tell me then," she said, breaking the promise she had made to Sam once again but the feeling of guilt was smothered by the feeling of deep anticipation, "Why are you after me?"
"You are the key," He simply stated. Alex figured that she would have to get it out of him.
"What do you mean the key?" she asked annoyed by how he said it. Like she didn't have a choice which to be fair she probably didn't. This only angered her more. "Do I look like a piece of metal?"
"You are the bridge between our worlds," He said ignoring her little jib. "We will be able to get it, finally."
"Get what?" she asked, she was getting more confused than she was before, "What are you on about, you said you will explain why I am involved but all you've done is confuse me."
"You're the offspring of both sides, Dark and High Angels," He explained as he started to pace, "You are the good created from evil and evil from good."
She gave him an exasperated look. What kind of bull was he trying to pull?
"You should never have been, but now that you're here, were going to use you to the best of our advantage." The words cut her like knife through butter.
"What do you mean, I shouldn't have been," she demanded, furious now, "And you're not going to use me, I'm not some tool for your plans.
Alex was insulted that he thought he could use her like a piece of metal.
"Your parents were wrong to do what they did, even now they still get prejudiced for it, why the Supreme dark Angel even fell for that... thing," he spat the word thing as if it was fire on his tongue. He didn't need to say what he meant, Alex could guess but that still didn't mean she believed him.
"You are lying, I know that much, my mum is perfectly normal," she said as she gave him a knowing smile before rolling her eyes, "I said tell me the truth not a bucket of rubbish."
"Ok then, I'll explain it to you slowly," he said putting an emphasis on the word slowly. "The Angel law number 1 is not to make love and to try and avoid the other kind of Angel completely or you would be making sacrilege. This is just because the High Angels wouldn't listen to anyone else's view points on the way we lived. According to them if you weren't of High blood, your opinion didn't matter."
"Lucifer tried to explain about the final chapters of the Crolonian, which are hidden from the view point of the Angels for it is written in the ancient ruins that no Angel, High or Dark can read anymore, for the knowledge has died with the last of the Ancients."
"So?" she asked, if she had to be honest she didn't really care, but at least she was getting things explained to her.
"Lucifer was right, but would they listen, no, instead they just kicked him and all the believers out of their city, condemning us as the Dark Angels, because we thought outside of the box."
As much as Alex disliked the creepy kid, she agreed with his disgust at the High Angels behavior. They seemed so old fashioned, if someone thought they had figured out a way to read the damn final chapters, they should at least give them a chance and try it, not condemn them and seclude them from society, that was just plain wrong. But suspicion was beginning to creep into the back of her mind. She was certain he wasn't telling her the full story but she wasn't sure if she should ask him,
"What did he think should be done?" she asked, her suspicion getting the better of me
She got no reply.
"Tell me," she hissed in anger, he was speaking freely a few minutes ago so why did he suddenly stop. There was suddenly a pricking sensation and the hairs on her neck stood on end, it was like someone was running scissors down a chalkboard. Alex's eyes opened wide in fear, she didn't even have to turn around because she already knew what was behind her, but still she wanted to make sure. Slowly she turned her body around and the color instantly drained from her face.
Standing in front of her was the most hideous creature she had ever seen, with a scar running from the side of his cheek to the spot where his heart lay. Tattoos unfolded from his right shoulder all around his right side of the chest and too his hips. Pictures of flowers entwined with vines smothered his skin but her eyes were drawn to the symbol on his left arm. On the heap of muscled was a symbol exactly like hers except for the M drawn above. From his shoulder blades she could see wings bursting out, the feathers were approximately 30 centimeters long and they were jet black with hot blood red and poison pink running through them. It was so beautiful. It captured the eyes and held them captive.
"Hello... Daughter," he said.