Arsheus
I screamed when I hit the wall at full speed, my ribs shattering on impact. I felt the moment every single bone in my body shattered, blood everywhere as wounds appeared across my skin, shattered bones showing through the bloody mess that was now my body.
Fuuuuck!
Everything hurt like fucking hell. Even breathing was painful. What the fuck had attacked me?
I hadn't seen what had attacked me, but one thing I knew for certain. It was fucking strong. Whatever had thrown me to the other side of the room was strong enough to take me on, which was a high feat.
I healed my wounds as I got up, the pain making me flinch as it spread across my body, my bones snapping into place.
I had to hold the scream that wanted to rip free as I felt how my ribs broke and then fixed themselves over in their new positions. Healing broken bones hurt as much as breaking them, but at least now I could move.
I hurried to get up and ran up to where I could hear the sound of metal crashing. I didn't know what was going on, the smoke from the fire was too thick to even see properly, but I could guess someone was fighting.
I squinted my eyes and tried to see past the smoke as hard as I could. I had to see what was going on.
As the smoke slowly went away I was finally able to see the scene playing in front of me.
Fighting against Rin were multiple angels, all of the heavily armed with the kind of weapons that could take us down.
Looking at him for a second fear gripped me, all I could see his dead body.
As I watched the scene playing in front of me anger rose inside of me, giving me enough strength to run over to them and unsheath my dagger while I jumped, stabbing one of the attackers on the head.
I didn't even stop as the angel's eyes went white, blood splattering into the floor as his opened head and body fell with a thud.
I turned to look at the rest and dread filled me. They were a lot of them, way too many. I could maybe take down half of them, even more if they weren't actively coming at me, but the moment they took out the same weapon from last time I was done for. I wouldn't be able to defend myself.
An angel I hadn't seen coming due to the smoke came at me wielding a sword as if we were outside. Angels were really stupid. I didn't have to do much to escape from his weapon, it was too broad for the small room we were fighting in.
As soon as I dodged the angel tried to stab me again, moving his weapon fast to catch me. He moved it so fast that he missed me completely and ended up awkwardly having to rest his sword on the floor so as to not stab his friends. Stupid.
I saw the chance and I took it. I crept up behind him and raised my dagger, ready to sever his head. Before I could do that another angel I hadn't seen coming slashed my back with his own sword.
As pain erupted all over my back the angel in front of me realized I was behind him and twisted, his eyes shining with murderous intent as he raised his sword again.
I ducked just in time to avoid the edge of the sword, but the man behind me wasn't as fast. The angel's sword stabbed his friend right through his throat.
I watched in amusement as the angel wielding the weapon paled as his friend died in front of him, his eyes big with disbelief.
Before the angel could get himself back together I attacked, severing his head.
Blood splattered all over my outfit and face as his face fell to the floor and rolled for a few seconds before it finally stopped, his eyes big with fear as blood pooled underneath him.
Now I was dirty. Fucking great. Blood didn't come off easily. That was why I hated fighting.
I tried to clean off as much of the blood in my face as I could as I healed my back, the pain going away.
I didn't even have a second to clean my face completely before yet another angel came at me, shouting as he wielded his weapon and swung at me.
I saw it in time and ducked, kicking him in the stomach as hard as I could before I took out my dagger and flung it at him.
The dagger embedded itself deep into his skull, blood pouring out as he died. I didn't have time to look as another angel glared at me and charged forward.
Now without a weapon I regretted throwing it like that.
I looked around and found no weapons near me, there were swords but I disliked them. With nothing else to do I called fire to my hands and smiled as I threw it the angel's way. I didn't like using magic since I had a limit, but the situation called for it.
The angel's eyes got bigger as he stared at the fire, unable to even move as it reached him. The angel screamed, finally trying to run away from the fire, but it was already too late.
He screamed as the smell of burnt flesh covered everything. He had been too slow. There was no way out.
Thanks to my stunt now there was even more smoke and the temperature rose yet again, making it impossible to see ahead.
That meant I couldn't see where Rin was, but it also meant that the angels also didn't know where I was.
I used the chance that no one was trying to kill me to listen in. The sounds of battle came from my left, so I moved over there.
As I approached his location I was able to see shadows and soon Rin came into view.
He didn't look good. He was swarmed with enemies, the angels cooperating to take him down. I didn't hesitate as I threw a ball of fire their way, smiling when they fell down screaming.
" Are you okay?"
Rin nodded and stabbed another angel in the gut, his internal organs spilling all over the floor and turning it even more red than before.
Looking at the floor told you the story of what had happened. It was all covered in red with the angel's blood and guts. It was a fitting color.
I prepared to throw another attack when something touched my heart and pain spread all over my body.
I knew what was going on without needing to search for the weapon. I had felt this way multiple times now and by now I knew what it meant. We were fucked.
I couldn't do anything as the fire extinguished in my hands, my body spasming against my will as I fell to the floor, blood pouring out of my ears and mouth.
It felt as if all my entrails were getting liquified. I felt as if I was going to die any second now.
All I could do with all my strength was raise my head to see what was going on. At some point between when I'd fallen and now the smoke had cleared up and now I could clearly see the tiny room and all the angels inside.
By my side Rin was on the floor, his eyes fully open and looking up, his consciousness gone.
Fuck, this didn't look good.
I tried to move with all my strength and managed to shift my head enough to see Raphael being held by an angel, his face already a mess.
He had fought for us. He was a good angel, at least the best one, which wasn't saying much.
Near him was Ria. Fear gripped me for a second when I saw her face covered in red before I realized it wasn't her blood.
My head pounded as my eyes fought to close, but I had to stay awake. I had to find a way out, I had to help Ria.
No matter how much I told myself that I had to stay awake the pain was too much. I tried to heal myself, but my magic failed.
I was able to feel all my organs shift and begin to fall apart as my magic said no to healing me.
All I could think about in the last minutes as my consciousness slipped away was that I hoped Ria was fine.
She looked murderous as her head twisted and her eyes met mine. I read concern in those lovely eyes of hers before I felt a tug at my heart and doubled over.
I watched in fear, unable to do anything at all, as Ria clutched her chest and collapsed to the floor, a scream audible as she broke down.
I wanted nothing more than to run over to where she was and take all the pain away from her, make her smile again like she sometimes did, showing me all her teeth, but I was too weak to even do that.
My heart bleed as she screamed even more and the world got blurry. I couldn't hold my head high any longer and I crashed into the floor, wanting to swear when my head hit it hard and I felt my nose breaking in several places.
With my head looking at the floor I no longer was able to see Ria. It broke my fucking heart.
As my world went white all I could think about was her, that I hoped she was fine and that I was an idiot for bringing her along and risking her life like that. There was nothing more I regretted than bringing her with us and risking her life.
With those last thoughts my head lolled backwards, giving me one last glance of the two women standing on the door looking down on us.
My heart bleed even more when I recognized Allea. So she had betrayed me. She was going to pay for that. As soon as everything stopped spinning and my body stopped feeling like a punching bag, that was.