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Chrissy's eyes were wide, almost deadened with what looked like... panic? "Hey..." Jo-Jo whispered to her. "I don't know what's going on, but it's gonna be alright." Suddenly, she seemed to react to his arm around her shoulder, her eyes still wide. Something must have been wrong. Jo-Jo moved to take his arm away from her, but she abruptly stood, knocking Jo-Jo's arm aside. Since Jo-Jo was already moving away from her, she pushed him hard and he fell to the ground. "Whoa..." Jo-Jo said, wincing. He'd scraped his palms. She whipped around, turning to face him. "D-D-Don't t-touch me!" She cried, her blue eyes wide with panic. "Whoa, I'm sorry. I was... are you ok?" Jo-Jo asked. She was scared. There was something wrong. "Please... Don't TOUCH ME!" Then, suddenly, there was a brilliant white light and the sound of tearing flesh. Chrissy screamed in agony and fear as two white wings materialized on her back. Jo-Jo gasped. "Wings?" Jo-Jo thought. "What is she?" Instantly her wounds were healed and her dress changed, her ponytail coming undone and her white hair falling down past her shoulders.

She stood fully, her white wings shimmering, and turned to face a single Imp who was standing away from the crowd of them. "Crowd? Why are they all grouped up and not sitting?" Jo-Jo couldn't afford to figure out what was going on, he needed to focus on Chrissy, who rushed the lone Imp and took to the sky. As they climbed higher and higher, Jo-Jo couldn't see what was going on. Then, suddenly, Jo-Jo heard a small, shrill scream. It wasn't coming from Chrissy. Then Jo-Jo connected the dots. Blue skin, white hair and brilliant wings, the ability to heal and create bright light. Chrissy was a Guardian Angel. Something was wrong though. Something was very, very wrong.

After a brief moment, something dropped onto the table. Jo-Jo scrambled to see what it was. Drops of a deep red liquid had splattered onto the wood. Drops of blood. It all made sense now. Chrissy was cursed. Jo-Jo pulled out his book, despite the chaos swirling around him, Jo-Jo needed to think. His hands flew through the pages, finally landing on the page about Guardian angels. There wasn't much about their society or about their customs and traditions. There wasn't even very much about their biology or abilities. There was, however, plenty about their Curse.

When a Guardian Angel is born, they are assigned to an unborn child. They spend the first part of their lives training to heal, protect, and care for their Bond Child. Should they lose their Bond Child to death, their eyes turn from a silvery grey to blue. The blue eyes are what mark Angels whose Bond Child died in their care. When a Guardian Angel's Bond dies in their care they are Cursed by the High Guardians Court. This Curse turns them into a horrific, demonic creature and forces them to devour the deceased Bond’s body as punishment. When a Broken Guardian Angel comes across something that reminds them of their Broken Bond they have a chance of turning into the demon and devouring the child (living or dead). This is uncontrollable until a new Bond is made and causes the Broken Guardian Angel much anguish and grief.

"JO-JO!" she called, "A LITTLE HEL-.....WHAT THE NUTS?!?!" Jo-Jo heard Raleigh cry out to him, but he was too engrossed to respond. He needed to finish reading.

As he read, Jo-Jo's eyes widened and he gasped with astonishment. Chrissy had lost her Child. It was the single most painful thing that could ever happen to an Angel. However, once he'd finished reading, and placed his book back in his bag, Jo-Jo fully noticed the chaos around him. He witnessed Flake turn into a massive monster and start fighting the little Imps. Though Jo-Jo couldn't remember why, he felt like there was some form of skullduggery there. He didn't have time to read about it. Imps were swarming him. Though he prefered to fight things over long range with his bow, this shouldn't be taken to mean that Jo-Jo was a slouch in personal combat.

Jo-Jo slung on his other gauntlet and punched his knuckles together. His gauntlets seemed to tighten around his hands, as if preparing to sock some Imps. Though he would have preferred a large stick or a sword or a hammer, these would do. He usually liked to keep his gauntlets off. They impaired his accuracy with his bow and made his arms too heavy, but they were perfect for this. Jo-Jo swung his arms in large, circular motions, keeping his elbows bent to maximize the force. Jo-Jo wasn't the strongest of humans, but with the power of rotation adding to his force, Jo-Jo appeared to be smashing his way through Imps like a troll would people. He sent the little creatures flying, fighting his way over to Raleigh. When he finally made it to her they started planning to handle the situation.

"Alright, I have no idea what's happening..." Raleigh said while swinging her weapon and dodging enemy attacks. Jo-Jo fought alongside her as they talked, punching and dodging while listening. He was mostly silent, allowing Raleigh to call the shots. "Clearly Chrissy isn't her normal self. It's not like her to make that grand of an entrance if you know what I mean...."
Jo-Jo stopped swinging, they appeared to be done. He walked over to her so they wouldn't have to yell. However, just as he reached her, she socked the hammer past Jo-Jo's shoulder, knocking out an imp that was right behind him. Jo-Jo smiled. "Thanks." He said, quickly whipping out his bow and shooting an Imp archer to his direct right. He had taken aim at Raleigh during the confusion and was waiting for a good shot. Like when they'd stopped moving. Jo-Jo turned, placing his back against Raleigh's stowing his bow and holding his gauntlets high. The Imps he'd punched earlier were getting back up.

"You handle Chrissy." Jo-Jo heard her say over his shoulder. "We both know that you can calm her down better than I can. I'll take care of that guy over there..." Jo-Jo hazarded a glance over his shoulder. There was a large Imp, apparently half ogre from the look of it. He was taller than normal with a long spiked tail and was very muscular. "You gonna be ok?" Jo-Jo asked, but he wasn't answered, Raleigh had charged off after him, a wicked smile on her face as she smashed her way over to the large creature. Jo-Jo only smiled. "I figured as much." He turned his attention towards the forest and the Imps that stood between him and Chrissy. "Alrighty little ones, if you don't wanna get your hams spanked, I suggest you leave now." Jo-Jo offered. However, it seemed like he didn't even need to have asked as they all scattered. "Ha!" Jo-Jo laughed, dusting his hands off. He looked down to find a huge shadow cast over him and he whipped around. Luckily, it was only the massive monster Flake had turned into. "Whew... Flake, eh? You scared me. Thanks for your help, I'm off after Chrissy now, you know, the white haired one? You watch Raleigh's back while I'm gone, ok? I'm sure you've been doing that for a while, she almost talked our ears off with stories about you last night when you were still lost. Anywho, I gotta bolt after Chrissy. Something's wrong. Thanks Flake." Jo-Jo explained before thanking Flake and then bolting off into the forest.

Before Jo-Jo ran off in the direction he'd seen Chrissy plummet into the forest, he stopped for a moment. There was a little white bear on the ground. It appeared to have been snuggled quite viciously, as it was compressed. Like someone had squeezed it. Jo-Jo picked it up and held it close to him before running off into the forest. "Chrissy! Chrissy! Chrissy!!" Jo-Jo cried, calling out for her and trying to find her. "Where are you? Chrissy! Please! Help me to find you! I know something's wrong, just tell me, please! I want to help you! I know that's not the real you!" Jo-Jo cried. Almost silently, he whispered to himself, "I know it's because of your curse. You can't help it. It's not your fault. You must be in so much pain, you must be so sad." Jo-Jo held the little bear up in front of him. "You must have belonged to her child." Jo-Jo theorized. "She must have loved you so much..." Jo-Jo trailed off. He could hear something rustling and making a commotion. He could hear... the squeal of an Imp! He dashed off towards where the sound was coming from. "Chrissy! It's me, Jo-Jo! Where are you?!"