The commander stood staring through his glass window at the dark painted skies.

  "Sir the squad commanders of the 6 divisions have arrived, but apparently..."

  "Kaein is late ", The commander finished the PI's line.

  "Send them in "

  Thunder struck.

  Blaze was still trapped underground. His hands bled from trying to remove the chains,

  "Damn these chains ",he grunted.

  His blood ran pale .

  "This presence ",his knees felt weak as he collapsed.

  "It can't be is this the spirit of a goddess ! No!, No! ,No! Kael has to run ! Damn it why now !? Why here of all places ?!".

  "Why did the goddess of destruction have to come here!", Blaze dragged the stones away pulling his nails .

  "Kael is new to this game ,but don't look down on him he can put up a fight, or atleast I think his good at surviving the impossible something like that...",Blaze remembered what Kaein said .

  He took a step back and a few breaths before kneeling.

  He drew an incarnation circle on the floor .

  "I need to calm down and find a way out of here .kael put on a show back there , which ruined my plan but it proves the kid has balls ",Blaze grinned.

  "I guess he won't loose them after all "

  Everything seemed to have frozen in place as the girl hugged me .

  I couldn't move .

  "That katana of yours is really one of a kind ,clashing with it caused a gate to open . It appears to have linked with your soul . Amara has good taste ",she giggled.

  "How do you know her ?"

  She frowned, "history is destroyed , that why I must destroy this city because it is still stuck in the past . I wonder why your mom refused to destroy your memories and sealed them instead ?".

  She touched the seal on my stomach.

  "What right do you have to take human life ! This people...some of these people are innocent ",I said in dread and fury.

  She let go of me , stepped away and twirled in the rain .

  "There wouldn't be any monster if humans were innocent, we would all be living in a paradise which is pure delusion. I'll let you be the judge ! Kael you decide for yourself whether these people deserve to live or not !"

  Time went back to normal .

  I couldn't control my breathing .

  Who is she ?

  A man grabbed my shoulder.

  "Hey are you ok".

  I glanced at him.

  He morfed into a monster .

  Everyone else around me did the same.

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  The girl continued to dance with her 1 eyed teddy bear , she placed a finger on her mouth like a girl who stole sugar .

  "I forgot I have a tea party somewhere " .

  "Bye-bye ",she waved as she disappeared in the crowd of monsters .

  I screamed.

  Thunder struck.

  The squad leaders set on the board table with each of their squad captain's next to them .

  Blaze who normally represented the Angel Heroes in place of Kaein wasn't around this time around.

  "Did he finally kick the bucket ?", Luther ,squad leader of the Red sea asked lazily.

  "Both the handsome men are gone , what a bore ",Divine, leader of the Scarlet roses wiped her eyes .

  "What did you say old hag!",Luther smashed the table.

  "Sir you're not representing yourself well as the number one squad !",His squad vice captain cried out.

  Garu leader of the Order grinned.

  Zack looked lazily at them and shrugged, "not this again, what a drag ".

  Zack squad leader of what a drag is the second best squad.

  Zack, squad leader of “What a Drag” — the second-best squad — shrugged lazily.

  Divine took out her sword ,"How dare you call me old you lazy slut !".

  Luther rubber his ears .

  "Huhh! I couldn't hear that number 3...!",Luther dragged the number 3.

  Divine drew her sword, fury cracking her smile—

  Steel flashed, but Shin stepped in, blade locking hers mid-swing.

  "Please malady calm down ".

  "He's right ",The commander joined in .

  Everyone went quite.

  "It seems Kaein leader of the Angel Her-"

  Luther chuckled.

  "That a cringe name",he whispered.

  "And it the weakest squad ",Garu added in .

  "Silence!".

  Zack sighed.

  "You've all been doing a splendid job maintaining order in the univer-"

  "Sir there's a sudden spike of 5000 demons on an assigned demension !", The commander's IP burst in .

  The commander smashed the table.

  "Who was it assigned to ?",he asked calmly .

  "Kael and Blaze of the Angel Heroes Squad ".

  "So that where he went of to ",Luther smiled like a kid who understood why the moon followed him.

  "That kid he entered a gate without authorization yet made it out alive and saved the strongest student there. Even the Fiona the goddess took interest in him . Now this .", The commander sighed.

  "I can't read him he might be an asset to the universe or maybe...",he turned to stare at the dark painted sky again.

  "Well if his a threat I guess we'll have to...",Luther begun.

  "Eliminate him ",they said in union.

  Light went of.

  Only flashes of lightning illuminated the room.

  Squad vice captain's collapsed.

  Some of the captain's struggled to withstand the spirit wave.

  "The guardian angel decided to show up ",Luther grinned.

  Kaein hung on the ceiling like a bat .

  "I see you've also taken an interest on your toy Kaein ",The commander began.

  "His different from you people ".

  Divine blushed ,"his voice ".

  "He just mocked us",Luther barked.

  "His my toy to play with. If anyone lays a hair on him then..."

  He disappeared with the next thunderclap.

  "It game over".

  "That was lame ",Zack sighed.

  The incarnation Blaze made produced a phoenix feather which he used to to cut his chains.

  His body burst in flames.

  "I'll show then hell ! Hang in there Kael !".

  Heroes across the divisions watched the radar, stunned. Lucen only gazed at it with quiet calm.

  Monsters closed in, surrounding me. My heart ached. My head throbbed. What should I do? Should I run? Should I fight? The moment I thought of fighting, my skull felt like it was splitting open.

  I vomited.

  Humans. They're all humans. Have the monsters I've been killing... always been humans? What difference is there between them?

  I grabbed my katana. My hand trembled, I couldn't move an inch .

  I can't, I can't kill them !

  Like a ghost of darkness a dark figure placed it body over mine grabbing my trembling hands.

  "Why are you scared Kael ?",it whispered like an echo in my ear.

  "Aren't you the judge and executioner ?"

  "Why do you try to run away ? You're different from all of them , you never hided your true nature , you never put on a mask ! It broke a long time ago."

  "Shut up ! I'm different from you people !",I cried out.

  "Is it not you who brought havoc to the people of this city? is it not you who rebelled like a beast ?",the figure touched my face.

  "Wherever you go , whatever you do, you will always be...".

  A beast lunged to bite me-but its head betrayed it, falling before it could touch me. The blood poured like red flowers scattering in the wind. I moved through them like a serpent, dancing, severing heads as I went.

  "Sir!"

  "The numbers-they're dropping fast!"

  "Who came to save that kid?",The commander asked.

  "No...no one sir ".

  The commander raised an eyebrow.

  Mike awoke his head ached as he felt a warm pull of blood against his trembling hands. Everyone in the building had been crushed.

  A hand brushed his head. He gazed up at his mother.

  "Be a good boy now, okay? Be strong like your mom. Fight. Fight this cursed world with everything you've got." Her single human tear traced down, cutting a line through the blood. She was half human, half monster.

  "Mom!" the boy screamed. His leg was broken-he couldn't move. He hadn't turned like the others.

  "I was blessed with my son being free from the curse we put ourselves in "

  He crawled, his vision blurred with tears, reaching for her garments, but he fell short.

  She walked slowly to me, like a sunflower turning toward the sun. For a moment, I paused. The katana hummed.

  "I knew that one day we would pay for what our ancestors did ",she smiled.

  Her body trembled.

  "I never thought it would be you who would bring forth judgment and execution",she looked into my eyes.

  "I wont close my eyes this time , how will I see my son if I do so ? You taught me to have faith , thanks to you my son is alive free from this curse...",she walked over to Me.

  Mike pulled his foot from the rubble screaming in agony as lightning silenced his cry.

  He crawled then hopped towards his mom.

  "Please no more...no...no not my mother ",Mike cried out.

  She smiled. "Thank you."

  Her head did not resist. It fell as though by her own will.

  Her son catched the head as it fell as if he was performing a curtsy.

  The heavens silenced his cry.

  Hatred filled his eyes. "I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you and this damned thing called life!"

  "Sir, reporting... all demons were eliminated. By... by one man."

  The other divisions stared in awe.

  "Who is this kid?",Divine asked.

  Luther smiled .

  Lucen walked away, a faint smile on his lips.

  Blaze arrived. The city lay in ruins. He stepped through rivers of blood, tripping over severed heads, searching until he found me.

  A boy holding a black katana-its glow now a deep, burning red.

  The blade felt one with me, the dark aura consuming me.

  Blaze wondered if I was even human anymore, yet still, he extended his arm. This kid his changed.

  "Kael..."

  The rain stopped. At that moment, Blaze heard a voice-broken .

  " You humans... you point at monsters like pigs in mud, yet hide your own filth beneath the mask of angels. And still, you scream for freedom... hypocrites, blind to truth. You-slaves of the world, clinging to your delusion of freedom. Even after death, your souls remain here. And in the end... you become monsters, for not even death will set you free."

  "What judgements do we have upon each other ?! What right does an ant have over a fly ? You selfish kind ,why does greed feel your eyes when there's more to flowers than honey ?"

  I opened my eyes, praying to see a city of laughter and light. But it was not so.

  Blaze reached out his hand but seemed far away

  "I was clean. And now I am dirty. I truly am... "

  "...A monster..."