Of Heaven and Hell: The Beginning - 10. Chapter 10

Chapter 9

We walked out of the alley and toward Vergil’s car. There was a man standing there with a red shirt on and black pants. He was holding a 2 year old boy with black hair and sliver eyes. The man had the same hair and eyes as the boy. Leon looked happy to see this man and the boy, but I could still sense a bit of worry in his expression.

“What’s wrong?” The man asked

“Nothing, for now” Leon said. The boy in the man’s arms looked like he wanted to be held be Leon. So, I thought the man was Alex and the boy is Capel. Leon picked him up and then handed Riku to Alex. I smiled at the scene until I felt a hand on my shoulder and the next thing I knew I was in Vergil’s car driving off toward an unknown destination. We were driving for what felt like hours. I looked to my side and saw that Leon was holding Capel in his arms and Alex was holding Riku, who was sleeping soundly in his arms. I looked out the window and what I saw was amazing. A huge black tower about three hundred stories tall. It was amazing. The tower looked like it was over three hundred years old, but it was in so good of condition. I was still in total awe when we pulled up to the doors of the tower. The doors were huge and black. I was so amazed.

“4, 6, and 8 are here.” Vergil said push a button on the side of his phone.

“Alright, I’ll let you guys in.’ a voice called back. The huge doors flew open and we drove right in. We parked in a huge parking lot. He opened the door and got out. We followed him out of the car. They stopped at a second set of doors and went behind a vale. The y all came out wearing these black robes with black hoods and necklaces matching the numbers Vergil said before. Vergil was four, Leon was six and Alex was eight. They opened the door and w entered a huge ballroom. There was long table like the one you see in a rich person’s house. There were other people at the table. They were all wearing the same out fit ass the others, except they had different numbers around their necks. We sat down. There were two people to my left, two to my right and one straight in front of me. Their numbers were 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, and 11. 11 and 10 were the ones on my left and 2 and 3 were on my right. Number 1 was dead in front of me. I looked around and saw that 9 had moved to beside Leon. 1 stood up from the table and put his hood down. They had been wearing the hoods up. He had black hair and dark black eyes. His face had a scar across the nose and one down the side of his face right where his eye is.

“Welcome Max to The Black Tower. I’m sorry for how I must look. It has been quite some time since I’ve fed, but I will try my best to sustain myself until Bella returns. My name is Toby. I am the Leader of the group you see before you. The group is called Organization XVI. We work as the protectors of this world and the human race. Right, now not all of us are here. We have one person in Moundsville, WV and another in New York.” He explained to me. I was confused on the fact that they protect the human race and they’re human. Then it hit me, they aren’t human, none of them are not even Vergil. I looked around and saw Bella walk in the room carrying Glass of red liquid. She handed it to Toby and he drunk it rather fast. His eyes turned a golden brown after he ingested the liquid. I knew what he was after that.

“Vampire, you’re a Vampire. Bella’s a witch and Vergil’s a…” I trail off. What was he? I had no idea what in the unnatural world he was.

“Demon.” He said plain and clear. I looked at him and the golden irises that I had grown to love had flashed a burning red and his hair was a deeper red as well. I looked at everyone else. They had all taken off their hoods. The room started to spin and I just couldn’t take it. I started to fall backward. I felt to warm arms wrap around my waist and then I saw Bella Standing above me. I heard Vergil speak to me in a calm, low, loving voice.

“Sleep, Maxy, sleep” He said to me and I felt this darkness rush over me and I knew it was no use fighting it, I was falling into a deep sleep and nothing could pull me out of it, but before I was completely unconscious I felt warm lips touch my forehead. I smiled and then accepted the darkness with open arms. My dreams could comfort me as I processed all this information.

My eyes opened slowly as I my clouded vision came back to me. I was in a bed in a black room. A girl with Blue hair was sitting at my side. She had dark green eyes and bright blue hair. She was really pretty. I sat up and she stirred from her sleep. She looked at me and smiled. I was surprised that she recovered from sleeping so fast. She sprang up from the chair and handed me a tray of waffles and pancakes.

“Morning” She said in a voice so innocent it can be mistaken for a child’s voice. I smiled at her and began to eat my food. She sat back down and when I was finished took the tray out of my hands.

“My name is Elisa. I’m Leon’s older sister. He really likes you and he said that you think that Riku is cute. I agree he is the most adorable thing ever and he’s not adopted like you thought. Riku and Capel are one hundred percent pure blood to Leon and Alex, I should know, I delivered them.” She said with a big smile all over her face.

‘Wait, how is that possible? They are both guys.” I asked in a confused tone.

“That’s where Magic comes in my boy. Anything is possible when you have Magic on your side.” She said I smiled and blushed at the same time. I had never thought of that. She laughed and sat back down in the chair again. I looked at the door and saw that Vergil was standing there watching me.

“If you’re wondering, I’m an Angel. They are the opposite of Demons.” She said. I looked at her and smiled. She smiled back at me. I stood up from the bed and walked toward the door. Vergil smiled and looked at me with big red eyes. I’d have to get use to the red and not the gold I loved, but I thought that they looked nice on him better than his amber colored irises. We walked out the door and two people were standing at the end of the hall we walked into. One had blonde hair and the other had black. They didn’t come up to intro- duce them selves. I didn’t ask why though. We walked down the hall and right past them into a room with a huge computer in the center of it. I walked up to it and saw a boy sitting there typing something on it. He turned around and stuck out his hand. He had green hair that I expected to be dyed and he had blue eyes. I shook his hand kindly and he smiled at me.

“I’m number X. Leister is my name and computers and reading minds are my games.” He said in a joking tone. I must have had a confused look on my face because he started to laugh and so did everyone else.

“He’s a technopath and a physic. He likes to play with peoples head by invading their private thoughts and then tell them to everyone else he knows” She explained

“Like the fact that you have a crush on Vergil” He said typing on the computer. I blushed a bright red and Vergil smiled evilly.

“Ugh, what are we going to do with you?” Elisa asked in an angry tone. He was just cracking up. Until, an alarm went off. He jumped and looked at the screen.

“Damn it,” He said pressing a button on the keyboard,” Toby, the museum is under attack.” A few seconds later Toby’s voice rung out over the intercom.

“Send Elisa and Vergil to take care of it.” He said. Leister nodded and looked at us.

“You guys heard him, now off with you three.” He said. I looked at him with a confused face.

“I’m going with them?” I asked. He nodded his head and we left the room. Elisa stopped outside of the door and moved to the right; with a wave of her hand a portal appeared made of complete darkness.

“This will take us right to the museum.” She said as she looked at me. I guess I didn’t look afraid because she just smiled at me and walked into the dark portal. Vergil crept up behind me since I was to go next. He grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers and we walked through the portal together.

The portal took us right to where we had to be. We were on the inside of the museum and I could hear the breathing of those creatures again, but this time it was more normal then it being so ragged as it was earlier. I looked to my right and saw that Elisa had two of those creatures on her and this time they had weapons. Now they had full robes on and they had these huge scythes too. Vergil quickly let go of my hand and ran toward Elisa. I watched him charge and out of nowhere appeared this huge sword that he had to carry with two hands. He jumped and plunged his sword into one of the beast. It screamed in agony and then fell to the floor limp and lifeless. After that the blade disappeared and he just used his fist. Elisa had two sabers that took the shape of angel wings. I saw her raise her swords and then she was kicked in the stomach by a wolf-like creature. I watched her fly and go through a wall and two displays. I cringed at the pain she must be feeling, but when I saw her stand right back up and charge for the wolf thing, I knew she would be alright. I saw that this was going to get heated so I quickly found the exit to this room and sprinted out of it faster that a rabbit on crack and I have seen that. It is messed up. I looked around in the dark room I was in and then in the far back corner I saw it. It was a Shield. It was a dark blue and had spikes all around it. I walked toward the weapon in the case and I started to hear a voice talk to me.

‘What do you desire that most in the world?’ The voiced asked.

“I…I want to protect the ones I love and the ones who need protecting.” I said not knowing what I had just said.

‘What is your secret wish?’ It asked

“I want to fall in love.” I said looking down at the ground.

‘What would you do with ultimate power?’ It asked

“I would use it to help all those in need of it and use it save the world.” I said.

‘You want to protect those that you care for, you wish to fall in love, and you would use ultimate power to help others more than yourself. You are truly the one I seek. Take me up in your hand and I shall grant you the power to do the things that you wish.’ It said to me. I walked toward the shield and removed the case. I grabbed it slowly and saw that it had a slot to fit my arm in. I slipped my arm in the slot and then I heard the voice again.

‘Number V: the friend, the protector, the lover, The Guardian.’ It said.

‘This is your destiny do what you wish with this power, but never lose sight of what you truly want for even the strongest of hearts can be plunged in the dark depths of Oblivion.’ The voice said as it faded. I noticed that the shield had formed to my arm and that it was really light. I could swing it around rather easily. I looked at the top of the weapon and saw that it had a blade at the top. It was three spikes formed into one blade. It was really sharp and I knew it could cut deeper that a dagger. I heard something coming. Just then, the wall burst open and Vergil flew threw it. He landed by the case where the shield was. I looked at where he flew in from and there was a huge creature. The beast was six feet tall and had two horns on the side of its head. The body was in clear sight, you could see the bulging muscles coming from its body. The feet were goat hoofs. Actually the whole thing looked like one big messed up goat. It looked around with big yellow eyes and when it came on me it snorted. I saw that it was looking at the shield. I quickly started to run away from Vergil so he couldn’t get hurt. The beast pulled out a huge scythe and swung it at me. I just barely ducked under it. I continued to run from the bringer of my doom until I ran straight into a wall. I was trapped. I turned around and the beast was standing right over me. It raised the weapon over its head and was ready to send it down to cut me in half. I held my arms up ready for the blow that would kill me. I felt the ‘swoosh’ of the wind as the blade came down, but instead of feeling pain I heard a big clang. I opened my eyes and looked at the beast. The scythe hit the shield. I raised the blade of the shield and slashed at the beast. It screamed in agony and backed off from the corner it had put me in. it swung the weapon for a second time and again I blocked it with the shield. I jumped from where I was standing to behind it and slashed it a second time, blood squirting out of the wounds and lightly sprinkling my face. I saw that it readied the weapon again and then it swung at me. I dodged the initial strike, but I had gotten caught off guard and was slammed into a wall. I felt the pain pang through my body. My nerves were screaming ‘What are you thinking?’ I saw that it’s was getting ready to charge and plunge its horn into my stomach. I raised the shield hoping to block the charge when just as the thing came a running a sword from nowhere stabbed right through its heart. It screamed and writhed in anguish. I saw it fall to the floor a foot in front of me. I looked to where I thought it came from and I saw Vergil holding his right arm and walking toward me. His right arm was covered in blood and he had several cuts on his left on. He face was bruised and he had three cuts under his eyes. I felt a sense of worry come over me as I watched him limp over to the corpse. He pulled the sword out of the chest of the monster and then he walked over to me. He used the sword as a crutch to lean on. He looked at me and smiled.

“Welcome Child Number V” He said as he fell into my arms. I stumbled trying to hold him up. I saw Elisa walk over with Toby. I was wondering when he got here. I felt arms wrap around my body and begin to carry me to somewhere. I looked up to see Elisa carrying me back to the portal we used to get here. I let them walk through the portal before I asked

“How did I do?” I asked. Toby and Elisa started to laugh and I even heard Vergil chuckle a little. I was glad he was ok. I guess Leister was right. I do like Vergil. A whole lot more than I should.

Vergil had been in and out of conciseness for the past three days. I was getting really worried. His wounds were all healed up, but he was still asleep. I was getting anxious. I wanted him to get up. I had grown acquainted with most of the people in the Organization. After that big tussle at the museum, which was explained as a successful robbery, everything was pretty on the D.L. I was getting board of just sitting here waiting for something to happen. I still went to school for the last three days and I finally found out what in the world was Ron’s problem was. Apparently, when they went out to play basketball on my first day, Mick had knocked him down and then when he helped him up Mick kissed him. Ron was extremely shock and glad. I guess everyone was waiting on who was going to make the first move and Mick did it and now those two inseparable. I laid my head down on Vergil’s chest. I’ve been doing this for a few days now. Everyone says I look like a lost dog without him. I guess I feel like one too. I heard the creek of the door and I turned around to see Zalbar. He has brown hair and one of his eyes is red the other is covered up by his eye patch. He smiled at me and set down a bowl of soup. He was an amazing cook and was really good with a gun. I grabbed the bowl and spoon and smiled back at him. He left after that. I looked at the clock. It read: 10:39. I knew it was getting late and I should have been getting home, but I didn’t want to leave him. I finished the soup and started to get up when I felt a hand grab on to me. I looked down to see Vergil eyes wide open and his smile as big as ever. I smiled at him and he laughed. I set down the bowl and looked at his hand. That time I smiled a sad smiled and he saw it. I was just thinking that he would never like me. I was about to leave when I felt to hands lock themselves around my waist. I looked up to see Vergil over me with a huge smile. He leaned in and gently placed his lips on mine. I felt a rush of energy run through my body and I felt so tired after he pulled away. I fell right into his arm. He leaned close to my ear.

“I do like you, I like you a lot. More than I should, more than what’s good for you, but I think everything will turn out all right don’t you think?” He whispered. I could barely hear him, but I did and I nodded to his question. He smiled and kissed me again. That time, after he was done, I feel asleep.