Fallen From Grace | ✔

Chapter Sixteen - "Zombie"

               “Oh, puh-lease.”  Caroline didn't believe me.  Wow.  Was she really that dumb?  “Like he could outsmart an angel.  We've got eyes everywhere!”

               “Apart from on demon land.”  I reminded her.  Her blue eyes turned to ice and she glared at me.

               “I know that.”  She muttered.  Pfft.  How could she forget that an angel on demon territory equaled instant death?

               “They've been abducting angels and keeping their bodies?”  Harmony sounded disgusted.  I didn't really blame her.  From what I'd heard, the way they treated them was sickening and after Immi's hallucination... I didn't really want to think about it.  There was only so much a demon could take.

               “Keeping their bodies?”  Saria laughed.  She, of course, had no problem with how they treated the angels.  She hated them with every fibre in her body.  It was almost unnatural how much she hated them.  There was a small part of me that said if Dimtri wouldn't treat her like a cockroach, she'd join their side.  Saria was as heartless as demons came.  “They don't just do that! They-”

               “I don't think they want to know.”  Marcus interrupted.  “And neither do I.”  Considering that Bernadette used to be an angel... I don't think he wanted to imagine what could've happened to her.

               “You're such a fucking pussy, you know that?”  After she insulted Marcus, she turned back with an evil smile on the face.  “They'll have to know at some point.  Wouldn't you rather they were prepared?  I don't fancy angel puke on me.”

               “They won't see anything.”  Bernadette insisted.  I could see that this wasn't a subject she wanted to talk about.

               “Right.  Sure.” Saria laughed.  She turned her attention back to us.  “You think they care about angels?  Please.  They'd leave them rotting on the floor.”

               “Have you seen any of this, Saria?  Have you had to watch your own sisters die?!”  Bernadette screamed.  Marcus had to grab her and restrain her from attacking a smirking Saria.  “You are almost as bad as them!  You heartless cow!”  Watching her try and claw her way out of Marcus' arms was painful to watch.  She looked livid.  "Do you enjoy the misery of others?  You demented, stupid, ignorant girl!  You think everything is about hate?"  As Bernadette screamed names and insulted the living daylight out of Saria, Saria just lit up, not caring.  Her face showed she was just amused, which enraged Bernadette even more.

               Whilst Marcus tried to calm Bernadette down, I turned my attention to the ceiling.  We'd heard no noise and I was wondering whether Immi was still alive.

               “She's strong.  She's still there.”  I heard a quiet voice tell me.  Shocked, I looked at who was there.  A small, black-haired angel.  I hadn't seen her often, but she seemed to like Immi.  She wasn't acting like Caroline but she wasn't acting like Harmony either.  Maybe she and Immi were good friends?

               “What?”  I asked, wondering why she'd approached me.  She still seemed scared of me.  I remembered seeing her on the night Immi's wings were torn off.  She'd held the same innocence that Immi had.

               “She's still there, she's just... thinking.”  I noticed that she wasn't looking at me.  She was inspecting her surroundings.

               “Huh.  Right.”  I didn't believe her.

               “We were talking yesterday.  She just can't believe it.  She's just taking the time to... absorb the information.”  Ouch, it kind of stung that Immi didn't want to talk to me.  I'd spend the most time with her, so she should want to talk to me... right?  “She's slowly remembering her past life.”  I stayed silent, not really knowing what to say.  “You should speak to her.  I know you like her.  She likes you too.”