1x1 with Runningdawn and Shadow Lurker~

[Runningdawn]

{Gabriel }
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But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
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Gabe watched the demon approach where he was waiting, keeping at still as he could, holding his breath (not that he really needed to breath -- it was more of a habit than anything). She kept glancing up at him, not quiet knowing he was there but not doubting his presence, either. Perhaps he should've found a better place to hide.

The demon finally stopped, looking up in the tree, straight at him. Still, somehow, she didn't seem to see him, but Gabe knew that if he didn't just give it up she'd probably investigate for herself. This can still work, he thought to himself. He grimaced at the thought of what might happen if it didn't.

In slow motion Gabriel descended, the sound of wings beating softly splitting the silence, but still no manifestation of the feathered appendages appeared. Gabe didn't much like showing off his wings -- they were big and bulky and a silvery-grey that he really didn't like everyone staring at. However, he had heard that demons could see angel wings even if they were hidden from human veiw -- it might've just been a rumor, though. When he finally reached the ground, Gabe gave a cheeky grin and a little wave, tilting his head at the female demon ever so slightly.

"Lovely afternoon, isn't it?" he said conversationally, stalking forward a few steps. Not yet, he told himself, Patience, patience. Gabriel had always liked playing with his food.

[Shadow Lurker~]

Alyssa Ann James
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When you cried I'd wipe away all of
your tears When you'd scream
I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all
of these years But you still have
All of me
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Alyssa took a step back when she saw the mysterious yet graceful descent of the angel. Immeadiatley she figured it out, there was a grey faded area around him in the shape of wings, it was like they were a blurry transperant mist. It was weird, but they just flowed behind him as he made his descent. Something isn't right. The thought entered Alyssa's head as she smiled, "Yeah, it's pretty nice out here, it's pretty quiet. anything could happen." If she were to fight him he would win most likely because he just seemed like an indomitable angel. Shrugging it off Alyssa hid that she was looking around by pretending to shield her eyes from the sun. "It's really bright out here? Anyway, what brings an angel like you around here?"

Alyssa was just going to be straightforward. She had to show no weakness around an angel or she would be taken down easily. It would as quick as a snap of his fingers to kill her if he was really strong. Forcing a smile, Alyssa didn't trust him obviously, it was just an impulse not to trust the angel. Scuffing her one white sneaker against the ground she looked down at them before back up at the angel.

"I usually, come around here on my free time, but not many species come around here because of all the dangerous lurking in the forest." It was a plain lie even a person who can't really tell a lie when they hear one could hear the doubt in her voice. Feeling her face get hot a little she looked away so she could breathe deeply. Fear ran through her veins as she began to turn away. "Anyway, I have to get going."

[Runningdawn]

{Gabriel }
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But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
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Gabriel grinned as Alyssa talked, moving ever closer, his hands behind his back. Gabriel certainly wasn't as strong as Gabriel, his righteous stick-in-the-mud big-big-big-brother, who could send chunky little bits of demon everywhere with a snap of his over-powered fingers, but Gabe could certainly hold his own in a fight. Especially against a demon like this -- he was glad that this was going to be so easy.

"Dangers," he repeated, nodding, Right; you have to watch out for them."
He could feel the lies and the fear rolling off her in tremendous waves that only made this all the more fun. Gabe was just glad that he was one of those angels who enjoyed the company of demons -- even if it was just to smite them. "Hey, wait a minute, you don't have to leave--" he said quickly as Alyssa turned to go, grinning widely. Suddenly, he appeared in front of the demon girl, tilting his head to the side and looking at her curiously. "In fact, you should probably just come with me." And with that, Gabe lunged forward, his hand reaching out to grab the demon and run.

[Shadow Lurker~]

Alyssa Ann James
~~~~~~~ ● ~~~~~~~
When you cried I'd wipe away all of
your tears When you'd scream
I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all
of these years But you still have
All of me
~~~~~~~ ● ~~~~~~~

Alyssa jumped when he appeared in front of her. This is bad, the thought kept running through her brain as she tried to take a step back and tripped over a rock. Stumbling she righted herself and that's when he began to speak. 'In fact you should probably just come with me' Hearing the words Alyssa tried to dart away from the angel, but he was too quick, as soon as she felt his hands she bit her lip in fear. This can't be happening, I let him talk to me and I tried to make peace, now this is how it will always be though. Sighing inwardly she could already feel the power within the angel.

"What are you going to do, kill me?" She suggested in a quiet tone as she lookd at the ground. It was like she was already giving up, but she was going to try to make him loosen up along the way and she would break free, hopefully. At the rate it was going she would end up being the one dead, not him. "I don't even know your name." Alyssa said the statement, and she tried to get emotion into her voice as she tried to stall him. "It's rude not to introduce yourself even if you are going to kill me." lame she thought to herself, she was really bad at this, she was alreay sweating and she hoped he would just loosen his grip and just let her break free. If she had to give money she would, but that seemed like it was out of the question.

[Runningdawn]

{Gabriel }
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But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
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Gabe grinned a little wider at Alyssa, pulling her in closer, just so she wouldn't escape. "You want to know my name?" he repeated, and gave a sharp, barking laugh, even if it wasn't funny at all. He pulled on the arm that he had in his grasp, drawing her closer, uncomfortably close, whispering in her ear... "Gabriel," he murmured dramatically. And then he gripped her tight and flew.

Sure, maybe Gabe wasn't the real, super-powerful archangel that he'd just said the name of -- he was Gabe, the most sarcastic angel in the garrison and one of the most scolded -- but this demon didn't need to know that. All she needed to know was that she should be scared.

Flying with an angel was not the type of flying you would expect -- it wasn't windy and there was only the slightest flutter of feathers -- but it was definitely fast. An not falcon-fast, either, more like speed-of-light-you're-there-in-a-second kind of fast that made most people's stomach drop. He wasn't sure if the demon had ever experienced this before, but he hoped that it was as every bit unenjoyable for her as possible.

Another thing about flying with angels -- when you're there, you're there, even if you have to fly through a couple walls. It's not like the wall takes a beating, it more like you just phase through everything until you're standing where you want. That was how Gabe ended up standing in front of an already open iron door, the inside of the room very dark. They were in a hallway lined with the same doors, as if they'd all been made ready to order, and maybe it was just the ominous atmosphere, but it seemed like you could hear screams from some of them.

"In," Gabe growled gruffly, motioning to the open door, his hand a vice on Alyssa's arm.

[Shadow Lurker~]

Alyssa Ann James
~~~~~~~ ● ~~~~~~~
When you cried I'd wipe away all of
your tears When you'd scream
I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all
of these years But you still have
All of me
~~~~~~~ ● ~~~~~~~

Feeling the air rush around them as they flew, Alyssa kept her eyes fixed straight ahead. Knowing if she looked down she would be terrified at the elevation. She could already feel the air get thinner as they continued to move. Alyssa couldn't even memorize any of the thick terrain they went over. Shifting slightly in his grip, she was uncomfortable and wanted some space.

Looking at the darkness ahead, Alyssa glanced at his vice-like grip on her arm. Looking back up at the so-called "Gabriel" He was the main angel, yet he was on some mission to capture a demon. Reaizing this, Alyssa snapped "So, Gabriel why is someone like you the main and most powerful angel capturing a demon?" Sighing she looked back at the dark opening. It was rather ominous, you could hear muffled noises and it just seemed like something would come out of nowhere and just kill someone. Shuddering at the thought Alyssa began to walk forward.

If this man is the real Gabriel, then there is no chance of escape. Considering the thought Alyssa kept her eyes on the ground. The other demons will notice and then they will come to the recue. Ya right, being a low class demon got nowhere in life, they were treated like dirt, trampled, made to do errands and whatever the higher class wanted, it was wrong, but yet it was the way of life.

"Hey, do you even know what they do with prisoners here? From what I've heard demons like me get tortured slowly until we confess new plans that we have, but you are wrong somewhere here. We have honor, and we won't die for nothing, your people aren't accomplishiong anything." Alyssa glanced over at him before shaking her head. "You are kind of small to be someone high up. I always pictured a strong angel with muscle and just be terrifying, right now you seem like some peasant trying to be brave and complete a task under his father."

[Runningdawn]

{Gabriel }
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But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
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As soon as Alyssa was in, Gabe had shut the door heavily behind them and flicked a switch, sending a soft, eerie glow around the room that still left most of the corners dark. The chambers were built, specifically, for interrogating demons -- iron, ingrained with salt, devil's traps drawn onto every surface. There was no way out unless an angel took you out. Even if angels were terribly pompous, efficiency was one of their strong-suits.

Gabriel listened to the demon talk as he moved in front of the door, smirking a bit, his arms crossed over his chest. True, demons were hard to interrogate, but some angels had been trained for this kind of stuff and Gabe knew that even if angels were supposed to be all-knowing by some legends, they certainly didn't draw information out of thin air.

"Small?" Gabe repeated, as the demon finished talking, "Well, you would think that, wouldn't you, being so naive?" He stalked forward, standing with only a few inches between he and the girl, and gestured broadly with his arms. "My true form's as big as The Sears Tower. I could burn your eyes out if you looked at me. My voice could shatter your eardrums and liquify you brain. So, yeah, I like to walk around looking more human, it keeps me down on the radar, if you know what I mean." All through his little speech, Gabe looked terribly grave, but now he smile and tilted his head to the side. "Besides, I don't need muscles to kill -- my sultry gaze can do that for me." He winked, all of it a big joke to him, and sat down in the chair behind him which had most definitely not been there before.

He wondered that the real Gabriel would think of him copying his identity for a while. The whole burn-your-eyes-out-shatter-your-ear-drums thing was true for all angels (besides cherubs and stuff, those things were... ugh), but Gabe had used Gabriel's true form to describe his own. In truth, Gabe was a puny angel even if he wasn't in a human form, which is probably why the others were so baffled when he did something as insult an archangel. Frankly, for all the mischief he'd caused, he was surprised that he wasn't dead yet.

"But this isn't about me, after all," Gabriel added, pushing the images of dying by an angel's hand out of his mind. He forced another grin. "How about your name, princess?"

[Shadow Lurker~]

Alyssa Ann James
~~~~~~~ ● ~~~~~~~
When you cried I'd wipe away all of
your tears When you'd scream
I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all
of these years But you still have
All of me
~~~~~~~ ● ~~~~~~~

Hearing about his true form Alyssa smiled. "Us Demons have true forms too, by the way." He didn't deserve her caring side, he was just a brute who liked to scare people, and then kill them. "Anyway, Gabriel you do sound terrifying, but I can't help, but not believe you." Turning her brain to a liquid with his vision, wow that didn't sound very real, but it probably was since Demons had weird powers also.

"My name?" Alyssa questioned as she furrowed her brow at him. "You have got to be kidding me, what are you going to do, blackmail the other demons? Well, listen here I am one of the middle classed demons, and I am still learning, but they said I won't get much stronger so my death won't bother anyone." It was true they only cared about the nobles and maybe a demon or two would care about her, probably her potential spouse, but that was it. "I guess there will be no harm in saying my name, it's Alyssa." Walking around she was sweeping the room for a way out. So far it only seemed like the bolted door they came through, if anything it was probably boarded up or something like that. maybe even guarded if the other Angels found out.

"Listen to me Angel, your kind will not win, nothing your kind pulls off will work, no matterhow advanced your holding equipment. And technology." Alyssa stopped dead in her tracks, she was usually so warm hearted, but towards an Angel she was calm and collected, kind of full of herself and her species, but she was going to try to make him back off a bit. That was the best way right? Keep them thinking that you aren't going to budge. Hopefully this plan will work Alyssa thought as she looked up into Gabriel's eyes, forcing herself to stay calm.

[Runningdawn]

{Gabriel }
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But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
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Gabe regarded the demon for a moment, his gaze scrutinizing, before he stood up, frowning. "You're cheeky," he informed her, like it was a bad thing, when he himself had more than his fair share of cheekiness. "Angels aren't going to win because of technology -- we're going to win because we're stronger. Because things like you don't deserve to live." Gabe was normally light-hearted, laughing it up even when he had no one else to laugh with, but he was still an angel -- hating demons was in his blood, programmed into him.

"And all those doors outside? They've all got a demon behind them, and not one of them has ever escaped. We're not just strong, Alyssa, we're smart, too." He turned, trying to think of what else to say -- he was supposed to be an archangel, right? What would real Gabriel say? It struck him suddenly, and he swallowed, not able to believe what he was about to say. He sincerely hoped nobody heard this. "So keep your mouth shut about my brothers, scum."