One vs Two

A:

Screaming as Moses punches me across the face, I stumble back while holding my chin.

"Ahh," I moan, feeling the burning on my chin. I look back at Moses to see him still holding the yellow cross. Still looking at Moses as he puts his hands together, he pulls back one of his hands before throwing it forward. Recognizing the move, I cross my arms and brace myself. As expected, Moses threw a telekinesis ball.

The telekinesis ball hits me, almost knocking me off my floor. However, despite skidding against the ground, I stay on my feet. Copying Moses, I put my own hands together, summoning my own telekinesis ball. Pulling back one of my arms, I throw it at Moses. Moses copies me and crosses his arms but unlike me, he can't withstand it. Moses is knocked off his feet and thrown onto the ground. As he is rolling away, I hear Lafayette screams. Turning my head, I see both Lafayette and Jacob in the dinner.

From where I am standing, Jacob is doing something to Lafayette. His hand is in her stomach. It looks like he is trying to pull something out of Lafayette. Running but stopping, I turn to see a small car. Placing my hand underneath the front of it, I throw it at Jacob. The car flips through the air as it crashes into the dinner. As the car crashes into the dinner, breaking all the windows and knocking down the roof, it grabs Jacob's attention and forces him to back away from Lafayette.

With Jacob away from Lafayette, I use my power to teleport, appearing right in front of Lafayette.

"Lafayette," I say, dropping down to my knees. Whatever Jacob did, it knocked Lafayette to the ground. As I try to help her up, I can see she is exhausted. She is breathing heavily and sweating. "Lafayette. Are you okay?"

Lafayette tries to answer me but she doesn't. Instead, she is gasping for air. It takes a while but finally, Lafayette can answer me, but it is only in small breath.

"Jacob," she starts, "Jacob...took...my power..."

"Jacob took your power," I say. "Your angel power?"

Lafayette nods her head.

"Can you still fight?"

Still time, Lafayette shakes her head. She points at me and then at Jacob and Moses. I do not even have to read her mind to know what she is saying.

"I am on my own," I say. I look at Jacob but he is still somehow buried beneath the car. Seeing a small opening, I grab Lafayette's arm and put it around me.

"I am teleporting you out of here."

"No...," Lafayette moans. "The...The others...Alieen...Matt...Alfred...Need...us..."

"Exactly. They need us. That means you cannot be captured by your old friends. Hold on."

As I prepare to teleport away, Lafayette and I jump when the car I threw explodes. Scrap metals and glass flying toward us, I stand in front and hold out my hands. Using my own body as a shield, I protect Lafayette from any of the shrapnel. Waving the smoke away, I see Jacob walking through the two halves of the broken car.

"You," he says just before jumping and flying toward me. I look to the side and see one of the broken dinner chairs. Quickly picking it up, I grab the end with the metal pipe and swing it, hitting Jacob with the seat.

Screaming as he flies out of the dinner, Jacob bounces up and down before stopping inside the parking lot. Dropping the dinner chair, I look back at Lafayette.

"Come on," I yell. I try to grab Lafayette but she pushes me away.

"No," she yells, startling me. As I step back, Lafayette falls back onto the floor, once again gasping for air. "I...I'm...I'm not leaving..."

With shaking arms, Lafayette pushes herself up and crawls behind the counter. I follow her, hiding behind the counter as Lafayette slams her back against it. I do a quick look around and see a bottle of soda. Using my telekinesis, I make the bottle fly into my hand. I practically rip off the cap and give it to Lafayette.

"Here. Drink this."

Lafayette takes the bottle from me and drinks it. I wait until Lafayette is finished before talking again.

"Lafayette," I start, taking the empty bottle and throwing it to the side. "I need help. I cannot do this by myself. Moses and Jacob. Maybe I can handle them one at a time, but together, that is impossible. I need your help."

"No," Lafayette moans. "You...You don't need...my help. A...You were...No...You still are...the Demon Leader..."

"The who?"

"The Demon Leader...One of...the most powerful demons we have ever faced...You have unbelievable powers...You need to use them..."

"I have unbelievable powers," I repeat. "Wait, what? Lafayette. What are you talking about?"

"You're not just a demon," Lafayette shouts. "You're...a Demon Leader...Remember...what I told you? You lead a charge against the Heavenly Gate?"

As Lafayette talks, I think back to what she told me before. She told me I lead a charge against the Heavenly Gate. How Lafayette, Jacob, and a few more angels had to band together just to knock me out.

"If what Lafayette is telling is true," I think, looking at my hands. "And I hope what she is saying is true, then I have to remember how to use my powers. My true power."

I look back at Lafayette but she appears to be sleeping. All the talking must have drained whatever energy Her eyes are closed and she's leaning against the counter.

"Stay safe," I say, "And do not worry. For what it is worth, I will get our friends back. You have my words."

I reach into my pocket and pull out a slip of paper. Grabbing Lafayette's hand, I place it in her hand. Getting back up, standing now, I use my power and teleport outside. As expected, Jacob and Moses are standing outside, waiting for me.

"Are you ready to surrender," Jacob asks, he and Moses bending their knees and bringing up their fists. Seeing this, I bend my knees too and bring up my fists.

"No," I answer. "I am not ready to surrender. Not until I have my friends back."

"Your friends," Jacob repeats. "Demons don't have friends."

"I am not just a demon," I say. "Apparently, I am a Demon Leader!"

Pushing myself off the ground, I jump into the air before slamming my fist down. Jacob and Moses jump out of the way, and I make a hole in the dinner's parking lot. While down on my knees, pulling my fist out of the ground, Moses grabs me from behind.

"Jacob, catch!"

Moses throws Jacob the crosses before grabbing and holding me from behind. Jacob charges forward, and with the cross in his hands, slams it against my chest. Immediately, I feel the cross burning against me.

Screaming and shaking as the cross burns me, I raise both my legs and kick them against Jacob. Kicking Jacob away, I also managed to push Moses back. Rolling onto Moses, I knock him down before rolling off of him. Landing on my feet, I hold my chest.

"Ahh," I cry, looking down. Almost my whole chest is red and burnt with smoke coming off of it. Having to fight through the pain as I lower my hand, I look at Jacob and Moses as they pull themselves up.

"Jacob is still holding the cross," I think. "He is the bigger threat. Unless Moses had another cross or some holy water, my best bet is to defeat Moses first."

As I watch Jacob and Moses prepare for another round, I stare at my hands.

"That is, unless, I can remember how to use my hidden powers. Come on. Come on."

I stretch my fingers, hoping to trigger something, but no matter what I do, I cannot seem to use whatever powers I had before.

"Shoot. Okay. I guess I will use what I already know."

Looking back at Jacob, I shoot out my hands and fire a white mist at him. Swinging one of his arms out in front, Jacob tries to shield himself but instead, gets covered in ice.

"What the--," Jacob yells as he tries to get free. While Jacob is stuck in ice, I fly toward Moses. Flying past him, I summon a telekinesis ball and throw it at Moses's back. Moses seeing me jumps into the air. He jumps into the air, dodging my attack. While in mid-air, I look up to see Moses start to glow.

"Oh no," I say, landing on my feet. Moses landing on his feet shoots out his hand. Seeing a telekinesis blast incoming, I shoot out my hand to try and catch it but this blast is stronger than before. As I try to catch it, the blast pushes my hand back and into my chest. I can feel my own breath begin forced out of me. Out of breath and sliding along the cold ground, I only stop when I hit a curb.

As I push myself up, I see Jacob glowing, and a few seconds later, he breaks right free of my ice trap.

"Oh no," I say again.

The two charges toward me. They reach me in seconds and immediately start throwing punches. All I see are flashes as I bounce in between the two. Barely seeing Jacob as he uppercuts me, I fly into the air before landing with a loud thud.

As I lay still on the ground, I feel a familiar burning pain beneath my face. Biting my tongue as I move my hand, I rub my chin and scream. It takes almost everything I have left to pull myself up. Sitting on the ground, I look at Jacob with the cross in his hand.

"He's defeated," Moses says. "Come on. Let's grab him and take him away."

He and Jacob walk over to me and pick me up. As the two grab my arms and pick me up, I try to shake them off but Jacob slams the cross against my back and burns me, draining me of all my powers.

"I'll go and get Leia," Jacob says, letting go of my arm. "She must pay for what she did. And I must remember to erase the memories of Leia's friends."

As I listen to the sound of Jacob's footsteps getting further and further away, I start to grind my teeth.

"Lafayette," I think. "Lafayette. She was a horrible person to me. She hated me. She wanted me to leave. She attacked me over and over, but she is important. She is important to Alieen. And Alfred. And Matt. Lafayette is important to my friends. And I gave her my words."

Jacob:

As I walk back to the dinner to get Leia, I hear the sound of Moses screaming and turn around.

"What the--," I say, seeing Moses begin thrown into the air before landing on the ground with a thundering thud. Moses, now lying in a crater, loses his heavenly glow. A few seconds later, he drops the cross I gave him. I'm about to run and grab it but before I can, A stomps his foot and stops me.

A, who seems different now, picks up the cross. Despite the smoke coming off from A's hand, A still picks it up. He picks it up and throws it to the side. Looking at the cross as it flies through the air, I rush to grab it. Flying to the cross, about to catch it, A appears in front of me and grabs me by the throat. He then raises me high into the air before slamming me down into the ground, exactly like Moses.

Letting go of my neck, A grabs my leg and swings me around.