chapter eleven

Chapter 11
Cadocs attack
Death of the Archangels
Demon cycle: angel’s wall
Cadoc flew over a cloud using it as cover. He looked down through the cloud and saw the wall approaching. Seeing this he dove down through the cloud into sight of the guards. Once the alarm had been raised Cadoc summoned his armor and attacked. Angels rushed to defend the wall. Cadoc summoned his swords and flew faster sixty angels flew to meet him. He dodged the first and sliced through the next ones sword and into his head. Cadoc quickly released then re-summoned his sword freeing it of its victims flesh. He turned his blades into a back hand hold and slit the next two angels open as he flew beneath them spilling their bowls onto the plains below. It was Cadoc stopped in mid air waiting. The last rest of the angels charged him. One from behind the rest the front he switched his katanas back to his normal hold and waited. The enemy was getting closer soon they would be upon him, but Cadoc was not the Fallen Archangel of Vengeance because he played patty cake all day. This was Cadoc favorite part the take down. He would wait until they were all on top of him then release his fury.
Now the angels were about to strike when Cadoc sped up his heart rate suddenly he was a blur as he killed one after the other each with a different stroke Cadocs pattern always changing, never doing the same pattern twice. One by one the angels fell until one soldier remained. He like Cadoc was waiting. This was one of the few and powerful Death Angels, his was Daniel. When a Death Angel is struck down in combat his soul comes back stronger than before. These are among was heavens ultimate weapon and this death Angel had yet to be killed once. So great was his natural talent that he had yet to meet his equal in combat. His soul entered heaven after Cadoc was banished to hell. But he had been trained for this day since he was born. Even in his mortal life God had sent Archangels to teach him the art of war.
And now it was his time to fight, and maybe time for his first death. David waited until Cadoc turned to him. “I am Daniel a Death Angel. Turn back now Cadoc or face certain death.” Cadoc paused
Death Angels are not easy to kill but then again neither am I “If it is all the same to you Daniel I will continue on”
“As you wish.” Daniel drew his sword and took it in both hands. “Now you will die.” Daniel charged, Cadoc flew straight towards him then flew over him cutting down as he did so. He severed Daniel’s spine and kept on flying. As Daniel fell towards the ground he felt no fear only the pain. But soon even that would be gone.
Cadoc flew towards the wall the angels had manned the defensive positions. The ballista’s and catapults fired but they were too slow Cadoc easily maneuvered around them. He flew over the wall at full speed and decapitated two of the wall guards as he went past. He did not stop to fight but de-summoned his weapons and kept on flying up the mountain. Higher and higher he went never stopping to rest. The other angels pursued him for a time then fell behind.
As Cadoc approached the great door he shot forth a Holy Light and blew it off of its hinges. I always thought heavens door should always be open anyhow. He flew through the door frame and into the field. He could just make out the shapes closing heavens gate. He summoned his katanas and threw the hitting two of the guards then re-summoned the katanas back to him he did this again and again. Keeping the doors open.
As Cadoc came closer in he found only a skeleton crew to face him. He slaughtered all of them, he left none alive. He then put away his weapons and walked through heavens walls. The Archangels knew he was here, they would come to him.



Angel cycle: heavens inner circle
Solomon flew to wards Rochelle and Nina his armor flashed in the bright light of heaven. His face showed sings of concern. “Your lesson is cancelled as of now. Nina he is here. You must go to the gate help the wounded then go and find your sister. Tell her to rally more support. Rochelle come with me it is no longer safe for you here.”
“Yes Archangel Solomon” Nina replied. Spreading her wings and taking flight toward the gate. Rochelle new something was wrong “Who is HE?” she asked Solomon turned “One of the fallen has come for you. We do not know which it is as of yet but he broke through the wall and the gate alone. We will take you to the elites building.” Solomon spread his wings and took off Rochelle close behind. What if it is him though? What if he has come for me? She thought.
“Or it could be one of Rayners men here to kill you.” they soon had the elites walls in sight Solomon landed and opened the doors allowing Rochelle in. once inside Rochelle saw Gabriel standing in the court yard.
“What one is it?”
“We don’t know. I’ll keep her hidden inside contact me when it is safe and the Fallen is dead.” Gabriel nodded and drew his weapon
“None shall pass me until my soul had passed on.” Solomon embraced Gabriel.
“Be careful brother. They are powerful and clever.”
Gabriel nodded “Now go. You know what to do and I have my orders.” Rochelle was rushed inside by ten of Heavens Elites. She was taken around many twists and turns. Up and down stairs and passages. When they reached their desired room she no longer knew where she was. There was a window in the room where she was though. Looking out of it she saw smoke and explosions coming from the gate area. She could see Nina and another Angel rush to where the fighting was. Strange… the other angel looked like Sorin.

Sorin and Nina rushed down the streets not daring to fly for fear of being hit from below. They ran in full armor only to come upon a scene of horror. Angels lay dead all across the street and in the middle of the carnage was Cadoc. His swords and armor were out drenched in the silver blood of the angels. A grin was spreading on his face.
“Hello Sorin, Nina. Have you come to die as well?”
“No Sorin said we have come to kill you!!” Sorin charged left Nina right Cadoc stood still not moving until the last second. Sorin jumped and Nina shot a Holy Blast at Cadoc. He leaned to the side the blast hit the building opposite to him. He blocked Sorins first blow but was kicked in the stomach by Nina. He staggered backwards. Then straightened up charging at the sisters he attacked both of them at once. Using one sword for each of them then turning on Sorin. he out maneuvered her and used the hilt of his sword to hit her head then kicked her into a wall. Nina came at him from above swinging her sword down at him. Blocking his counter swing with her shield but as she did so Cadoc flipped over her head when her vision was blocked. He landed noiselessly behind her but Nina was experienced. She turned and used her shield to strike out and her sword to block she hit Cadoc head sending him backwards. Sorin rejoined the fight standing beside her sister.
Cadoc was far from done he stuck his sword in the ground and taunted them. Nina charged over confident with her success. She faked low, and then struck high. But Cadoc was ready he did not go for the fake but used it for his advantage. When Nina struck up he went lo hitting her chest and ribs with his fists and his feet hammering Nina back. Sorin rushed in to help but it was too late. Cadoc used an uppercut to knock off Nina's helmet. Then jumped into the air summoning one of his blades he severed Ninas head clean off. Sorin stopped and fell to her knees.
She had not been fast enough, her sister was dead. Sorin became enraged she charged Cadoc head on he stood waiting and at the last moment before her sword struck he dropped to one knee and stabbed his sword through her heart. Silver blood spattered his face and he withdrew the blade. Again Sorin fell o her knees. Cadoc stood and walked past Sorin leaving her to bleed out.
As he passed her she jammed her sword into his leg sending it right through the bone. Cadoc screamed out in pain. He hit Sorin with the hilt of his sword then pulled her sword out of his leg. It began to heal, but so was Sorin for her angels healing had come back. Cadoc lifted her sword and beheaded her. Putting his palm on her severed head he sent it to hell for Lucifer to see.
Once his leg had mended Cadoc continued on down the road. He met more angels that he slaughtered. But after awhile he tired of these weak excuses for angels and so he called for a greater challenge.
“Gabriel!!! GABREIL FACE ME YOU COWARD!!!” he called out again and again even as he killed other angels he screamed out. And then he came to it the elites building. He opened the door and there at the end of the hall was Gabriel. “There you are coward Come face your death!!” Cadoc challenged.
Gabriel said nothing he simply waved his sword daring Cadoc to enter the tunnel. Cadoc laughed “And why should I have to put in all of the effort.”
Gabriel laughed “Oh so sorry. I wasn’t aware you could feel fear Cadoc. After all you usually rush straight at death.” Cadoc knew something as wrong but he couldn’t determine what it was.
Daniel stepped out of a building behind Cadoc. “Yes you seemed to run straight at me.” Cadoc turned but not fast enough Daniel’s sword was already out, he stabbed lifting Cadoc off the ground. Daniel held Cadoc there watching Cadoc scream. He moved the blade from side to side cutting Cadoc open slowly.
“Enough Daniel. Let him down.” Gabriel said walking out of the tunnel
“Why he deserves to die. After all he” Daniel was cut off by Cadoc voice.
“Well now that we are all here.” Cadoc raised his until it was pointing to the entrance. Then laughed and shot a holy blast at it collapsing the tunnel entrance. Daniel could only watch as Cadoc grabbed the blade and lifted himself off of the blade. “Thank you Daniel I couldn’t have done it without you.” Cadoc put his hand on Daniels shoulder “But now I’m done with you.” he used the base of his hand to uppercut Daniels nose bone into his brain. Daniel fell dead, for the time being. Cadoc took out a chain rope and hog tied Daniel then tossed him through a wall.
From the window Rochelle watched the events unfold. “It is him isn’t is Solomon.” Solomon stood beside Rochelle watching the fight “Yes but soon hell be dead and you will be safe. Gabriel has never been defeated. He has a special advantage.”
Rochelle looked at Solomon “What do you mean?”
Solomon smiled “Just watch.”
Demon cycle:
The impact sent me flying; as I landed I rolled to the left. I kept crouched and watched another fist go to where my head should have been. I hit Gabriel in the gut, it was like hitting an armoroid shield. He looked down at me and smiled.
“What’s the matter Cadoc did you hurt yourself on little old me?” kicked out at me. I grabbed his leg and spun him around a couple of times then threw him threw one of the walls. Into the street as he rolled back I charged when his head was down I jumped. He got to his feet fast enough but I was faster. He looked around and not seeing me spread his wings and crouched. He was using them as a shield. This was wrong I could break through those easily. I went to a building and broke off a piece of the wall then charged him hitting him with the rock first. As I hit the rock shattered and I bounced off. The rubble fell and he stood up looking to the sky. He had expected me to throw the wall not go with it. As he stood I summoned one of my swords and went to cut his calf wide open then the kill. But when my sword was an inch from his leg I could see something beneath his skin. It looked like metal. I rolled back before he could see me and hid on a roof. Gabriel took to the air with amazing speed. Especially for what he was covered in. armoroid it was under his skin a flexible version much like Tacitus’s bow, able to bend and move but just as strong as the solid version used for weapons. How long have the angels known about armoroid. Do all of Gods protectors have armoroid weapons and armor? I’ll have to strike in areas that are not covered. The joints and he head. Now that I had a plan I decided to act. I came up from my hiding place and charged Gabriel using my own suit of armor to keep me from breaking my limbs on his. I punched his stomach. This time I used full force not like the first time. He felt these. He hit back. Hard, each one of his hits was worth two of mine. Luckily I was working with those odds. I was smaller and faster, I used his size to my advantage moving around his slower attacks and hitting him were I could. Both of our armor was getting dented. I decided to end this game I summoned on of my swords and charged. He laughed and went to block one of my swords with his arm. The blade cut through the armor and left a deep gash in his arm. “So you have also discovered the Metal?”
“I call it Armoroid personally.” I said coming around for another attack. Gabriel smiled “Good name for it. Mind if I use it?” he summoned his weapons as I attacked, this threw me off for a couple of reasons. One I didn’t realize they had disappeared and two is arm was completely healed already. Not good.
“Not at all.” I said as I hammered his shield with my sword a couple of times then spun around to slice at his neck. I missed but barely. I was getting closer. I lifted my sword to attack and summoned the other into my left hand. He blocked my right sword while it was still high with his shield and stabbed with his sword. He hit me in the gut. The blade went through my gut, but I had stabbed him in the chest with my left sword. We both fell to the ground. As we fell we drew our weapons out and braced for the impact. I landed on a two story building a few feet from where Gabriel did. He hit the side of the building breaking a huge chunk off with him he fell. The chunk landed on his back. I lat there for a time, the wound was taking longer time to heal. Probably something to do with all of the angels I was killing making me more Demon than angel.
I could hear Gabriel cast the chunk off of himself as he got up. His wound was probably only a scratch by now.
“Are you up there?”
“No” I called down “I’m over to the west. Go get me tiger.” I began to stand up. I fell down when the building began to shake. What the? Is he trying to bring the building down?!

Angel cycle: tower
Rochelle screamed as she saw Gabriel's blade come out of Cadocs back. Solomon gasped as Cadoc put his blade into Gabriel's chest. “Impossible.” He said the other angels looked shocked.
“What is?” Rochelle asked Solomon but he could not answer he was too busy watching. She turned to another on of the angels “What is it?” One stepped forwards. “It is the fact that lord Cadoc could pierce Gabriel's flesh. It is has never been pierced. Not in even the oldest of angel’s memories has Lord Gabriel's flesh been cut or pierced.”
Probably because it was never hit with a weapon forged in armoroid. Rochelle thought. She turned back to the window and the fight.

I blocked high with my shield. I have you know you fallen prick. I stabbed out with my sword hitting him in the chest. But then I felt something pierce my chest. Looking down I saw his sword in my chest. I began to fall his sword had created a divide in my spine. I fell down fast. I hit the buildings wall breaking a piece off of it. I fell again, landing this time on solid ground. I moved my arms to get up then the chunk of wall hit me. I collapsed under its weight I released my sword and shield. Using both hands to straighten up, my spine began to repair its self. That was one of the benefits of being Gods body guard. You could heal from all but a beheading. I turned over letting the hunk off wall fall off of my back. That was going to hurt for awhile. I stood up stretching “Are you up there?” I asked. He told me he wasn’t and to go to the west. I laughed summoning my shield I took a few steps back. Then rushed the wall hitting it at about half speed it shook the building. I moved over a few feet and repeated the process. I did this to two of the walls it would probably collapse soon so I took a extra few steps back and threw my shield through the wall.
“Timber!!” I called up as the building fell down…towards me. OH Shi. all I could see was black.

From up in the tower Solomon stepped back from the window. “Watch her I’m going to help!” he ran to the window and jumped through the glass. It cut his hands and arms but otherwise he was fine. He fell a few feet then spread his wings and took off, making his way to help Gabriel and to kill Cadoc. Only this way can you be safe daughter. Only this way can I be sure.
Rochelle leapt for the window but was held firm by her guards. “No you’ll be killed!!” they cried Fools she thought he won’t kill me he’s here to save me. She struggled but it was no use they were to strong.
Solomon rounded a corner flying as fast as he could. He was taking a back rout to try and get behind Cadoc. He rounded another corner then nothing. He blacked out.
Cadoc waited then used a street pole to swing around a corner kicking with his leg. It made contact with Solomon's head. Solomon crashed down hard, going unconscious. “Well that takes care of you Solomon.” Cadoc turned back to the fallen building and Gabriel. He lay there unconscious. Cadoc went into another building a few doors down and grabbed a pitcher of water. He took it to Gabriel and splashed his face with it. Gabriel jumped up surprised by the water and the generous act.
“Why would you wake? Why not kill me?” he asked. I shrugged this is more fun. I tossed him his sword. “Here I assume you can still fight?” he swung at me it was his answer and the continuation of the fight. He struck again and again but I was ready this time. He went for a down ward strike. I blocked his sword and used my other one to cut his leg open in a turning motion. He fell to one knee and as I completed my turn I raised both of my swords then brought them down. He rolled forwards dodging the strike. Then popped back up “Almost had me Cadoc, your getting closer every time.” He began to laugh ful out. Oh grate he was mocking me. “Eat me Gabriel!” I threw one of my blades at his throat. It hit. It stayed there sticking out of his neck. He stood there not moving. I walked up to him “What’s the matter Gabriel did I sever you spine? Oh well guess it is time to end it then.” I raised my other sword and brought it down on his neck severing his head. It toppled down to the ground, silver blood dribbled out of his neck as I placed my palm on his forehead. I sent it down to hell for Lucifer.
I wonder I went over to Solomon's body and took his head in my palms “History” I said I was given images from Solomon's past. “Stop” the image I had chosen was a very special one. It was of Rochelle in the tower. I released his head and turned to the elites building. I scanned all of the towers looking for the broken window.
“There” I could see it. I released the armor from my body leaving it in the street and flew to the window. What had taken Solomon minutes took me mere seconds. I stood in the window looking at the guards they drew their weapons and attacked. I killed them all so fast even I thought it was in bad taste. I saw Rochelle in the corner I put away my swords and walked to her. I put out my hand she pulled out a knife and stabbed my hand. “Shape shifter. For the sake of your life tell me where she is.” The angel said nothing not even as I cut her throat did she gurgle even the smallest word.
I walked to the door and went left. Up the stair way to escape they should go right, to hide they would go to the left. I soon gained on the back of their party I shook my self clean of all of the blood. Then one by one I knocked them out from the back to the front. Only when I was done the last one did I turn Rochelle around “If you are another shape shifter tell me now and you may live.”

We ran from the room and went left up the stairs. They were hoping Cadoc would think that they would flee the building and go right. We ran up the stairs around and around they went every now and then a door. We heard screaming from down the stairs but only for a moment. I was running when his hand turned me around. I stood there looking at him not daring to believe it was true. The guards were all either dead or unconscious I could not tell. “If you are another shape shifter tell me now and you may live.”
“It is me.” I said.