Heaven and Hell: AU [IC]

StandardFiend · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **StandardFiend** on Thu May 14, 2009 12:15 am

[This is the IC for Heaven and Hell: Alternate Universe. To view the OOC or sign up, go here: Heaven and Hell: AU OOC]

Shadows of the ruined buildings of New York City stretched long in dim afternoon sunlight. Not all of them were stationary, however. One darted into an alley, and Quell Yomotashi was right behind it.

Quell rounded the corner, but the thing had disappeared. The alley was narrow and fringed with rusted fire escapes that tapered off where the destroyed buildings had collapsed. As the sound of scraping claws echoed down the alley, Quell bolted forward. He came quickly to a tall wooden fence. As he neared, he leaped into the air, grasped the rim of the wooden planks, and lifted his feet over.

As Quell landed, a black leathery tail disappeared around the next corner. But beyond there, Quell knew, there was nowhere to hide. The thing he hunted would be out in the open. His feet hit the pavement heavily as he ran, and as he rounded the corner he exited out onto an empty street. Quell slowed to a mild pace as he scanned the area. Where was that thing?

A soft, nearly inaudible hiss sounded from behind Quell, and he spun just as the creature leaped at him from the painted wall of the apartment building. It resembled a miniature, wingless dragon with its thin, wiry shape, snake-like neck, and triangular head. As it sailed through the air, it opened wide its jaws, revealing rows of needle-like fangs. It extended its cat-like claws.

Quell reached to his belt and pulled out the katana sheathed there and in the same fluid motion swept it in a wide arc in front of him. The blade passed through the creature's neck as if it were no more than jelly, spraying purplish blood in all directions. Quell ducked and rolled forward on his left shoulder, allowing the pieces of the demonic beast fly over him and avoiding any blood splatters. He rolled directly back up onto his feet and sheathed his weapon, then turned around to admire his handiwork.

He stared down at the thing he had killed. It was no demon, but it certainly wasn't anything from Earth, either. Quell's thoughts were interrupted by a voice in the distance.

"You've killed him. This makes me unhappy." The voice was light and playful, but full of feigned sorrow.

Quell turned in its direction and saw, standing a few dozen yards away, a small girl with snow-white hair and pouting eyes. She wore a little blue dress and held her hands clasped behind her back. She couldn't have been more than eight years old.

"Why did you kill my pet, mister?" she asked innocently.

But Quell was not fooled by the ruse. That thing over that was no girl. He drew his sword once more and took a few steps toward her, his expression unchanging.

The little girl's confused and saddened expression turned to once of pure malice, an expression no human child could contort her face into. The girl's body grew into that of a full-grown woman, and her dress clung to her flesh then morphed and expanded into shining black plates of armor. But her hair remained stark white. The red glow of the demon's eyes, hidden before by her guise, now shone brightly in the fading sunlight.

She reappeared in front of Quell, traveling the entire distance between them instantaneously. Quell was quick, however, and even as her body was materializing he slashed with his sword. The demon reached out and grasped his wrist with her bony fingers. An intense pain suddenly consumed Quell's arm, originating from her hand. Gasping, he looked down at his wrist and saw black veins of corruption spreading from the demon's palm.

Quell drove his knee up into the demon's armored chest, dislodging her, then extended his foot fully, kicking her down. He touched the blackened flesh on his wrist and cringed as a bolt of pain shot from the contact of his fingertips. He grimaced and took his sword into the opposite hand.

He ran at the demon with a growl. She rolled backwards gracefully onto her feet and dodged Quell's first attack. He swiped horizontally, but he spun the katana around, holding it upside down, and thrust it straight through the demon's armored chest. He twisted the blade for emphasis.

The white-haired demon put her hands on the sword protruding from her chest and looked down at the wound. A trickle of black blood escaped her ruby lips. With a violent shove she pushed herself of the sword then staggered back a few steps. She spat out a wad of blood and glared at Quell.

A black void opened up directly behind her. She put one foot through it, then said, "Remember the name Vetis, human, for you will hear it again shortly," before stepping completely through it. The portal close as she disappeared.

Quell sheathed his blade and turned back to the dead creature on the street. "Figures she'd leave me to clean up the mess." He began heading out of New York City back towards his Jeep a mile or so away.

ICryForAFamily · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **ICryForAFamily** on Thu May 14, 2009 10:45 pm

In the cold dark night sky an angelic figure flew high in the dark clouds shielding herself from mortal eyes. Her black crow like wings fluttered beautifully behind the figure as small dead black feathers fell gently to the ground below. A gust of wind flew back to the creature blowing her silk black hair with it. The heavenly aroma of roses filled her nose as she flew a little lower to the ground. Her black eyes caught sight of a young mortal running from or after something.

This angelic creature, was Chrono Crusade. The black angel as they would call her, but she was far from an angel. She was the exact opposite, a demon. She was a demon with the beauty and perfection of a heavenly being. Her midnight eyes showed no emotion as her thin coral lips slowly curved into a small smile of curiosity and entertainment.

She flew lower into the busy city, kept a close eye on he mortal. She landed on the tip of a lamppost watching as he sleighed the creature. She arched her this eyebrow seeing the little demon girl appeared before the human boy. Crossing her arms over her chest, she watched the small battle as if it were a broad way theatres. Her wings fluttered malting out her dead black feathers making it float gently to the ground under her.

After the long battle a grin grew on Cross' lips. She clapped her hands in a slow tempo as the boy made his leave. She leaped into the air gracefully and landed in front of the boy. Her wings fluttered slightly. As her delicate feet touched the ground. Her black wings exploded into tiny black feathers on the ground.

She grinned up at the boy as a gust of wind flew behind her blowing her hair and feathers to his direction. her skirt flew up slightly exposing the silver rifle she kept under her skirt.
"I have to say..." She said in a light whisper that had a hint of seduction in it. "You did well back there.

StandardFiend · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **StandardFiend** on Thu May 14, 2009 11:16 pm

[I just realized I completely forgot to post the profile of my character. I'll get right on that.]

Quell sighed. If it wasn't one thing, it was another, and the problems just kept coming. He looked this new girl up and down. Her hair was dark, and dark wings sprouted from her back. She didn't look like a demon, but he could sense something off about her. And her demeanor...

He smirked at the young girl's comment. "Better than you expected, or better than you hoped?"

Leaving his infected right hand hanging at his side, Quell subtly wrapped the fingers of his left around the hilt of his weapon, ready to draw it should the need arise.

ICryForAFamily · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **ICryForAFamily** on Fri May 15, 2009 12:08 am

Cross chuckled a little darkly then intended. She pushed her hair to the back of her shoulders dancing as the lock moved. For some reason she felt that this human could need her, or she could need him. But she had no idea why. She tried to seem as kind as possible. She knew this one was special.

"Well to be honest I thought she'd kill you." She giggled playfully. She flashed him a smile that usually charmed men and women alike.

She flipped her hair again as she noticed his finger tapping his katana.

She smiled at him again. "No need to worry, I won't kill you or anything." She said in a joking manner.

StandardFiend · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **StandardFiend** on Fri May 15, 2009 12:25 am

Cross's smile was inviting, to be sure, but Quell still couldn't make out her intentions. He began to pace back and forth before Cross, unsure of what to make of this encounter. Perhaps he was wrong. Perhaps she was not a demon, after all. Since when did a demon beat around the bush? That one before, who had called herself Vetis, certainly hadn't.

"You know, you're kind of cute." He paused. "For a demon. What do you want?"

__flatline__ · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **__flatline__** on Fri May 15, 2009 1:11 am

More bloodshed to add to this cesspool of violent human filth. The putrid stench of murder and fornication wafted through the metropolis of rubble in a thick smog as the clamor of boots echoed through the halls of the crumbling building. A loud string of curses rang out from a female voice joined by metal against flesh. There was a rustling. The leather of her dirty black coat whipped through the air as a woman evaded her attacker, rotating sleek knives in her hands.

A grunt escaped her lips as she jumped back once more. The deplorable reptile before her continued to lung and snap, gaining the upper hand more as each moment elapsed. Adrenaline coursed through the woman's veins as she twisted and contorted to dodge the creature's blows. "Fucking...gecko." She muttered between breaths, slipping behind a deteriorating column. Moonlight poured in through a cracked window as all sounds came to an abrupt halt. Her brows furrowed. This didn't seem right.

Suddenly the column exploded into her back followed by the screech of the attacking creature. Obviously, Lupe had underestimated its strength as she was shoved forward by the force of the impact. "Sh-!" she began, crossing her arms in front of her face as she collided with the window in front of her.

There is no other sensation in the world like falling. The woman's heart pumped wildly and it seemed as though she was struggling with her coat, trying to remove it. With no time left, she turned her back to the ground, resulting in a crashing impact into the debris below. Lupe let out a moan-like scream. She could feel the pain radiating throughout her body, opening her eyes to see the monstrous lizard propelling itself towards her once more. She sucked in a breath through her teeth and tensed her muscles, readying her knives.

ICryForAFamily · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **ICryForAFamily** on Fri May 15, 2009 1:23 am

Cross blushed slightly. Something she's couldn't understand why she does that. She tucked her hair shyly behind her ears. She watched the black feathers around her circulating them both.

"Smart and handsome." She said flashing her brilliant smile at him her teeth shined like a pearl. "To be honest I don't really know. I was just wondering maybe you needed a companion." She said while placing a small smile on her lips. "I mean from what I saw it would be easier if you had some one to watch you back."

StandardFiend · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **StandardFiend** on Fri May 15, 2009 1:33 am

Quell scowled. "Team up with a demon? How thick do you think I am?" But despite his words, there was something about Cross that was remarkably enthralling. He wanted to simply dismiss it as her demonic charms, but...

As luck would have it, a distraction came at the perfect moment.

The sound of shattering glass instantaneously broke the silence that had befallen the street slowly slipping into darkness. At the sudden noise, Quell spun around and watched the girl plummet to the ground. She collided with the debris-ridden pavement below, resulting in a painful sound. Shards of glass, sparkling in the light of the rising moon, pelted the ground all around her, the larger ones breaking further into smaller pieces.

No sooner had the girl hit the ground than another of the reptilian creatures bounded out of the decrepit building after her. It sailed through the air as an ear-splitting screech escaped its narrow throat.

Ignoring the demon for the moment, Quell broke into a run, having mere moments to make his move. The woman in peril had sparked his protective instincts and he had chosen to act on her behalf with little thought. He nearly flew across the pavement, his legs almost a blur of movement. When he was close enough, Quell leaped high into the air and extended his foot.

His heavy boot smashed into the demonic beast's side, crunching its ribs. The dragon-like thing flew off-course and hit a brick wall a few yards away. Quell flipped over and landed on one knee. The creature fell to the ground, severely wounded.

Quell stood and made his way towards it. It writhed in pain on the sidewalk, blood seeping from its various impact points. "Looks like Vetis forgot about you." He pulled out his blade and drove it through the creature's skull, ending its life finally.

__flatline__ · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **__flatline__** on Fri May 15, 2009 1:56 am

Lupe's eyes had squinted. She was ready to lurch towards the creature until it suddenly disappeared. Her muscles relaxed in a moment of bewilderment. "-the hell?" she whispered, letting out the air she kept tucked in her lungs. For a split second she had forgotten about the pain wracking her body and curled her torso upwards.

Her knives scraped against the drywall and cement before she slipped them back into the sheaths strapped to her calves. Dust clouded around her and slipped from her clothing as she stood slowly, trying to keep her balance. Her eyes, blue surrounded by dark gray and white splotches, stared stoically at the man as he terminated the beast. Part of her was quite confused, another was insulted, and there was a small part that was a bit relieved.

Well... that was done with. Pale fingers caressed the lapel of her jacket, shrugging her shoulders. Lupe continued to eye him, until she noticed Cross. Her brows furrowed and she shoved a section of hair away from her face out of awkward habit. She paused for a moment and let out an acknowledging "Hm," and continued walking without giving the two of them a second glance.

ICryForAFamily · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **ICryForAFamily** on Fri May 15, 2009 2:08 am

Cross noticed the sound cringing sound of shattering glass. She turned to see the woman on the ground, being a cold hearted demon she simply didn't care about her or the commotion. Seeing the boy run to the woman she just simply shrugged at it. She turned away and spotted another being frowning at her from a distance she smiled and continued walking. But she had a feeling that she needed at least to see if the woman was alright. She turned on her heel and walked to the woman. She sighed to herself and bent down to see if she was damaged too bad.

sesha · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **sesha** on Fri May 15, 2009 2:24 am

It had been a long night, battling little creatures and the such. Sesha was tired and had been wandering this barren city for hours on end. She was ready to give up on the search for any other humans to contact until she heard a crashing noise. She figured there had to be another creature of hopefully this time a human.

She took off at a dead sprint and came to an opening. She saw a man and woman standing near the dead body of a creature and another girl. She instantly felt the girl's dark presence and shivered and the thought of anther demon to deal with. She started to walk forward but heard a scream from behind.

Sesha whipped around and held her staff horizontaly to help shield her face from the attack. The staff caught the monsters neck and his claws swiped at her cloak. The force of the impact made her slip backwards and her boot caught a cement piece. She slowly felt her weight shift back and landed with a thud on her back with the monster still on top of her.

StandardFiend · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **StandardFiend** on Fri May 15, 2009 2:30 am

"H-hey!" Quell called after her, lightly stretching out an arm. He might have asked about her well-being, but astonishingly the woman seemed perfectly fine, even after the horrible fall. Instead, he said, "That's it, then? Not even a 'thanks'?"

He shrugged and began to move after her, but turned and headed back towards the winged demon, who was apparently going to meet him half-way. "Tch. It's not like I ever get any doing this job."

As he walked, he put away his katana. He wasn't about to draw it against either of the women, despite the fact that one was a demon; she simply did not pose him any threat. At least, not yet. Something deep down told Quell that she was toying with him, trying to get him to expose a weakness that Quell was vainly positive he didn't have.

"You've got my attention, demon. I'll give you that," Quell said to Cross. "We'll see if you can hold it."

But then another entity joined the scene in the street, accompanied by a third one of Vetis's creatures. "Shit. Another one?"

ICryForAFamily · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **ICryForAFamily** on Fri May 15, 2009 2:45 am

Cross grinned at the boy seeing that he doubted her slightly. But who could blame her? She was a demon and she was being nice to a human. There was obviously something wrong with that picture. She wasn't going to use him, yet.

She flashed him her brilliant smiled again. She knew in time he would fully trust her. Her head turned to another creature that was approaching them both. She opened her hand and a black glow came from the palm of her hand. Slowly the glow too the shape of a knights' sword. An explosion of black feathers came to her hand and her black sword appeared.

Blood lust began to fill her eyes. her thin lip curved in a snarl.

__flatline__ · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **__flatline__** on Fri May 15, 2009 2:57 am

Lupe's unnerving eyes were cast downward to her boots as she walked. Swish, swish went the rhythm of her coat against the shiny leather of her bodysuit. Quell's voice had caught her attention and she looked up, but didn't turn to face him. "Thanks," she replied simply. It was what he wanted, right? No more, no less. Really, she was just content with not having to deal with those irksome lizards, that is, until she heard a very familiar screech.

Speak of the devil...

Lupe happened to be standing very close to the victimized girl and she paused, watching Sesha's eyes. The fear seeped into her heart like a bottle of spilled ink. Memories of her own fears were evoked and tampered with as she analyzed the warrior's expression. She could feel cold metal against her back, leather straps, needles, smiles, laughter, scapels, skisors, masxs, darqueness- NO!

She slipped out of the lapsing state with a slight jerk, resting her hand on the coat pocket which crackled with the sound of pills as she jostled it. With that, she glanced at Sesha once more and continued passed her... like nothing was happening.

StandardFiend · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **StandardFiend** on Fri May 15, 2009 3:23 am

[I finally posted my character profile, for anyone that's interested.]

Quell dashed back as Cross formed her weapon, pulling out his own sword in the process. Perhaps it was good that he was still on edge around her. As he stared back into her eyes, he realized that the demon was not looking at him, but past him, at the girl being attacked by the lizard-like beast. Was this demonic girl for real? Perhaps Quell had been wrong about her, but he hated to think that. As far as he knew there was no such thing as a demon with compassion, or caring for anybody or anything other than power. They were bent on torture and destruction.

But this winged girl had ebony hair, and her eyes did not emit the tell-tale red glow. She was an enigma. But then again, she could just be incognito, just as Vetis had been before.

Quell pushed the thoughts aside for now. More pressing matters were at hand, such as the other woman's blatant disregard for Sesha. "What the hell is wrong with you?" he yelled at Lupe, though the question was intended rhetorically.

He looked back at Cross. "If you really are who you say you are, then prove it now." Then Quell took off down the street towards the girl struggling on the ground.

ICryForAFamily · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **ICryForAFamily** on Fri May 15, 2009 3:48 am

Cross grinned and sprinted in full speed to the creature. Leaping high in the air her black wings came back to her and started sending her closer to the creature. She was now three meters from him and three meters from the sky. Her wings spread open and individual feathers headed straight toward the opponent like numerous little--but painful-- gun shots. She soared closer to the beast and swung her sword at his arm sending her flying to the sky again.

The arm slid off the body and fell on the ground lifeless. The monster let out a deafening scream of agony as she sliced of his other arm. She began shooting her bullet like feathers to him again. She then soared to him slicing him diagonally. He fell to his death as Cross landed to the ground making her sword vanish again.

She then ran to the girls side seeing if she was alright.

__flatline__ · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **__flatline__** on Fri May 15, 2009 4:16 am

This time, Lupe's halt was far more abrupt. Quell... his voice...

The hunchbacked woman turned, through the turmoil of the moment. She first gazed as Sesha and Cross, then they lifted to the man. She was much closer to him this time, with only a few feet between them. The expression on her face was calm, but she also looked slightly bewildered. Discolored eyes blinked a few times, not knowing exactly how to respond to his question. Lupe simply stared quietly for a moment.

Over the course of a few seconds, her demeanor reverted back once more and her striking features seemed more rigid than before. Pale cheekbones protruded as she pursed her lips quickly. "What's wrong with me? I should ask the same about the lot of you. You and your heroics that will never amount to anything. So you save one life... she'll just die some other way. Might as well be now before things get worse."

Lupe rolled the reptilian corpse over with her boot, absently. "Instead you run around like superman." she continued, her words somewhat trailing, fluctuating back and fourth from directly addressing Quell to a soliloquy. "Trying to be a light to a city that screams like an abattoir full of retarded children."

StandardFiend · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **StandardFiend** on Fri May 15, 2009 4:43 am

Quell stared back into Lupe's eyes. Her expression, her change of demeanor... what he had said had struck something deep down within her. Was that actually what Quell had hoped to accomplish? But those eyes! They were unnatural, as if something hideous had been done to them. Ugly was the only word Quell could find to describe the splotchy oculi.

He moved closer to her, bearing down upon her with a look of grim determination. "Someone has to play the hero. If I don't, who will?" He waited a few more seconds, still enthralled by the twisted conception of beauty that had been applied to Lupe. "What in the world could make you so damned bitter?" he finally said. There was no anger or frustration in his voice, but rather, pity.

sesha · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **sesha** on Fri May 15, 2009 9:35 am

Sesha had heard the footsteps running for her and suddenly the monster was diced apart from what seemed like the sky. Sesha jumped up from underneath the body and adjusted her cloak so it shadowed her reddish eyes. She wasn't a demon at all but had been born with the red eyes of one. She hated people assuming that she was a demon when she clearly was not.

She listened intently to the male and female arguing with her eyes cast downward. She kept her right hand gripped on her staff just in case the other girl came for her. Sesha wasn't going to trust any demon, or actually anyone right now. She didn't know who exactly came to her rescue but if they acknowledged her she would thank her hero.

__flatline__ · **Tips:** 0.00 INK by **__flatline__** on Fri May 15, 2009 11:35 am

Lupe studied the man in front of her, though she didn't dare back down by breaking eye contact with him. Carefully she watched his reaction towards her as if looking for an excuse to rebuke him. But he seemed more... intrigued? Of course, had it been a few years prior, he would have been eye to eye with onyx and cobalt. Unfortunately the years had diminished the intended appearance given to her by the good doctor. The same went for her hair. As of now it looked as though a child had attempted in dyeing her chocolate strands with black, where it had been entirely so in her prime.

Her brows furrowed a bit as he stepped in closer and she shifted her weight cautiously. When he first spoke, her lips parted and she took a small breath to refute. His second question, though, forced the breath from her lungs in a huff and her lips sealed shut momentarily. With a very faint shake of the head, she coolly responded. "That's really none of your business, now is it?" Somehow, there seemed to be a threat intermingled in her words as she toyed absently with something in her coat pocket.

[I just wanted to to let you guys know that if anyone feels like I'm ignoring them, it's simply the character's personality. I just wanted to differentiate between myself and the character.

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