Border Guardians

[Hatiyai]

(( NOTE TO ALL READERS: Since I currently have 8 people(11/12 characters), I'm going to have to ask no others to join us right now. I did not know so many people would be interested in this story. I may make an exception (as there always are) for 1 or 2 people if you really like where our story is going. Any who read are welcome to post a comment on our story! But please, if you don't like the story, then just don't read it instead of leaving a hate message. Thank you!

BG peeps:
Hey guys! I'm going to start my story with Angeline's death. Maximumride, since you have an Emir character, I'll just use Inkutsu as a side character. Let me know if you want Narien to already know him or something. They will be the only 2 Emir in existience right now.

Ok, my next post will be Angeline's story. Thanks to all who read this and all you guys who have join in with us! Thanks too for all the get wells. I'm much better, thank you! ))

 

[Hatiyai]

((Angeline’s thoughts are very informal English typing/grammar because this are in her head. Thoughts are in italics))

Angeline sat in the alley behind her school on some of the crates that the cafeteria had left out with her arms behind her head, trying to catch a nap. She suddenly heard the Vice Principle calling her name though the outdoor PA system telling her to report to the principle’s office immediately or be suspended.

‘Dang,’ She thought, ‘that old geezer just don’t quit.’ She looked up in the sky as she thought about what she wanted to do that day and sighed as, once again, she felt no motivation to do anything. ‘Maybe there’ll be more punks after the prison breaks for the day.’ By prison, Angeline was referring to the school because that’s exactly what it use to be. Then some smart-aleck went and got the most obnoxious idea to turning it into a school. ‘What a place!’ She thought sarcastically, ‘Still with the bars on the windows and 12 foot high chain fence. So warm and welcoming, just like the staff."

Angeline reflected on how all the teachers and ‘faculty’ looked at her with disgust and contempt. ‘I don’t wanna be here anyway. Why do they insisted I be here when we’re all better off when I’m not. Like anyone cares.’ She turned to look out across the courtyard behind the school that let into the city park and considered taking a walk and just leaving for the day.

Meanwhile, across the Border of Heaven:

‘Excuse me, Sir?’ said a high pitch voice. Daniel sighed for the umptieth time that day. "What is it, Narissa?" He asked, not even looking up from the pile of latest files on hopeful souls awaiting the word on if they were coming to heaven or not and if so, where they would be placed. He assigned the current one open as a possible guardian spirit, though all final decision were up to Lord God.

‘These files for the corrupt file, so many Sir?" Narissa looked at him startled, holding a pile of 32 files of living people he had found to be vilely filled with such personalities that he had to reject before they had even passed on.

"Yes, Narissa. They are just too fowl for a second chance."


Narissa lifted one stuffed file with a surprised look, "But this one, she's so young! Couldn't she possibly be assigned a guardian angel?"

"No Narissa, just look at the thickness of that file! She disregards any form of authority!" Daniel sighed and turned back down to his paperwork, "Please just take them down, Narissa."

‘Yes, Sir.’ Narissa sighed.

Daniel continued working as she walked away, ‘That human girl has so much potential. She’s just too stubborn to realize it!’ Daniel looked up in the direction Narissa took the files. "Well maybe we can give her another chance in 34 years. She’s only got that long."

On Earth

Angeline walked through the trees off the park path. She sighed as she looked up at the sun spots dancing though the rustling leaves. "Guess I could hit the arcade and bust the high scores..again." She continued walking for a time before coming to a chain link fence and a low brick wall that lined a sidewalk to a street. She grabbed the fence and swung herself over before stepping over the brick wall and walking across the street to the arcade. Angeline went inside, intending on losing herself in the virtual world for a few hours.

((Ok, next post is her 'passing on' and meeting a very surprised Daniel. I'm sorry this took so long guys. Now that summer is really here, I'll be able to post everyday. The rest should be up tonight or tomorrow morning. Feel free to post any one of your stories! You don't have to wait for me to finish unless you just want to hop into meeting together.))

 

[GrayAngel]

Will Sapp just finished his last class at a community college. As he was approaching his car, he heard a woman screaming. So he ran over to see what was happening. And there was a woman struggling with a man.

"Let me go!" she says.

"I'll hold you anyway I want to!" he replied.

"Hey!" Will yelled. "Let her go!"

The man cursed and pulled out a knife. "Mind your own business, idiot!"

"Are you okay?" Will asked the woman.

"She's my girl!" the man yelled. "Mind your own business!"

The man attacked. Will dodged the knife and punched the man in the gut, sending the man flying in the opposite direction.

Will surprised himself. And apparently, he surprised the woman as well. She looked at him like she was afraid of him.

"Are you okay?" Will asked.

"Don't touch me!" she screamed. Then she ran away.

Will turned around and walked back to his car, confused by what just happened. He pulled out his keys, but they seemed to just slip out of his hands. He bend down to reach for them, and he noticed something odd. His fingers seemed to have grown longer, and his nails became sharp and jet black.

What the?

As he pulled himself up, he caught a glimpse of himself in the car window. He could have sworn he saw some kind of monster over his reflection, but it was gone in a flash. He looked back at his hand, and it was back to normal again.

"Wierd," he said. "...I must be tired. I'm imagining things."

 

[Kangaroo Hopscotch]

Andrew Shale looked about himself from his seat in the bar. Drunken laughter drifted to his ears and the smell of alcohol was strong in the air. A group of teens, obviously too young to drink, were sitting about a circular table, laughing as they drank. Andrew himself had nothing, preferring to sit at a small table in the corner of the bar, where the laughter was muffled and the cigarette smoke thinned.

Humans are such pathetic creatures, he thought. One little spark, and their entire world goes up in flames.And after the destruction, only the strong and worthy survive.

A sadistic smile then lit up his face. Perhaps that's what it takes, the flames of Hael to purify and temper a weak world.

 

[maximumride]

Narien soared above the city, manipulating the wind currents to do so. Looking down at all the oblivious people without a care in the world, or any idea about the unseen world just out of their reach. But she had no time to think about them now, something was going down on the outskirts of the city and she wasn't about to miss it.

 

[Jesus_Luvs_techies]

((Sorry I haven't been around. Went to camp this week.))

Kimmy Rose sat on the lower bunk in her cell. The Inmate on the bunk above her snored loudly. The bed squeaked as she got up, and she paused to make sure she didn't wake her. She walked over to the window, and began thinking over her life of jumping from fosterhome to fosterhome. Tears filled her eyes and she started sobbing uncontrollably.
"Hey, I'm sleepin' over here! So stop your cryin' and let me get my beauty sleep" Shouted her cellmate. She cursed under her breath then went back to sleep.
Kimmy took a deep breath. She looked back out the window and saw something. It was like two red glowing eyes. She blinked and they were gone. She looked closer pressing her nose against the bullet proof glass. When she was sure she didn't see anything out there she went back to her bunk and fell asleep to dreams of monsters and eerie red eyes peering out of the darkness.

 

[Liyasa]

Lystra soared through the clouds around her, feeling their cool brush against her wings and her face. She never got used to the feeling of freedom flying gave her, and was confident she never would. It was just one more thing God had done for her, and it made her smile every time she stretched her lush feathered wings and watched the hidden gold flecks sparkle from the eternal light that permeated every surface on Heaven.

Now she sang as she flew, thanking God for the life He'd given her after her human one was over and for Daniel, one of her friends she'd made in Heaven. He was quite a bit older than her, and so perfect for all her questions which now had someone who knew what was going on to answer them. Of course Lystra talked to God as well, but Daniel was kind of like Lystra's guardian angel after Earth. An angel with a guardian angel. Lystra smiled at the thought as she flew.

As she swung a lazy loop through the air, something that hung around Lystra's neck fell against her cheek. Lystra brushed her hand against it and a vaugely troubled feeling crept into her.

Lystra rubbed the little necklace charm with her thumb, and the tiny ruby winked up at her. The necklace her little sister Katsa had given to her two nights before Lystra had left Earth was the only thing she'd kept past the Gates. Lately, every time she saw it, something like foreboding drifted through her. She'd hoped the feelings would go away, but after this long...suddenly she felt compelled to go find Daniel and ask him about it.

"Alright, I'll go find him." Lystra said to her Father, who had to have put the feeling in her. She flexed her wings and started toward Daniel's office.

 

[GrayAngel]

When Will woke up the next morning, the events of the previous night had disappeared to the back of his mind. However, waiting for class to begin, one of the students said something that caught Will's attention.

"Did you hear about those monster sightings recently?" said the student.

"What?" replied another student. "Don't tell me you believe that junk. There's no way.

"About a dozen different witnesses have already claimed to have been attacked by this monster. These people had real injuries, and some of them died. One victim was interviewed on the Morning Show this morning."

"Wow. That's really creepy."

"What did they say this monster looked like?" Will asked.

"Umm... They say it's human shaped. Black wings, black hair. I think they said it had a few horns on its head. They also said it has the strength of several men."

Will jumped out of his seat and rushed into the bathroom. "It couldn't be me, could it? No. I haven't blanked out or woken up in any strange places. It couldn't be me. It must just be a coincidence.

"But last night wouldn't be the first wierd thing that's happened. What about my eyes? They sparkle red in the dark. My mom says it's a rare eye condition. Was she lying?

"No way. Why am I even thinking about this? There's no such thing as monsters. They've never existed before, and they don't exist now."

 

[Kangaroo Hopscotch]

Apollyon grinned at the sight of the burning wreckage. More people stared in amazement at the burning building, and let out a sound of surprise as the roof collapsed and sent a column of fire high into the air. People were running everywhere and the sound of screaming brought a smile to his face. So great was the chaos that no one saw the giant winged figure high above on another building, his large, golden feathered wings spread spread wide and exulting in the glory of his power.

An evil smile crossed his face as thoughts crossed his mind. The few people that had survived his fire, they would be made stronger by the incident. But the world needed to be consumed by this fire, this purifying flame. Only then could he reveal his nature, to a stronger world, his world.

With one beat of his powerful wings Apollyon rose into the air, circling several times before flying away from his flaming masterpiece.

 

[maximumride]

Narien awoke with a start in an ally on the edge of the city. What happened last night? she thought t herself. Something went wrong, but I can't remember what that something is. Someone must be planning something very dangerous, someone from home.

 

[Jesus_Luvs_techies]

Dianna walked down a long crooked corridor. There were many doors lining the walls, each one looked different from the others. Except for the door at the end of the hall; it looked like all the doors put together, but at the same time it didn't. Suddenly, the door opened and fire started consuming the halls.
"Fire! Get the extinguisher!" Shouted a disembodied voice down the hall.

Dianna woke-up. Beads of sweat dripped down her face. She was covered in the ashes of the prison she had just been in. Dianna stood up and looked around. Everyone was dead, burnt alive in the raging fire, except her. She dropped to her knees, and began to cry.
"It happens everywhere you go doesn't it?" said a menacing voice behind her.
Dianna turned around. When she saw the creature, she screamed. It was shaped like a human, but in no possible way could it be one. It had dark red skin; so dark it was almost black. Four horns grew from it's head. It's eyes were red with a thin black line running through it. It had scaley wings like bats wings only a deep burgandy with many scars all over them. Every finger had large claws growing from it.
Dianna was too scared to move.
"Do you want to learn to control your powers?" asked the monster.
Dianna was confused. "What powers? What...what are you talking about?" she stuttered.
"You are the one who did this Dianna," said the creature, wearing an evil smirk.
"No, I...I couldn't have...I..."'
"Yes you did,"
"You can help me?" asked Dianna.

 

[Kangaroo Hopscotch]

Andrew stood in the hallway, his back against the wall outside his small apartment. His blood still reveling from the exhilaration of the destruction he had caused. It was while he was lost in these thoughts that something bumped into him.

Looking down, he saw a young woman with short, red hair struggling under a pile of cardboard boxes. "Sorry," she piped up in a small, clear voice. Standing up from his position, Andrew lifted the boxes easily from her grasp.

The woman smiled at Andrew, a wide, bright smile, which pulled at something in his heart. "Thanks!"

"You're welcome, Where do you need these?" The woman walked onward, beckoning him to follow and soon arrived at a door further down the hallway. Taking a key from her pocket, the woman unlocked the door and they entered.

After Andrew had unloaded the boxes where she had wanted them, he left. But halfway back to his apartment, the woman poked her head out from her doorway and shouted, "Oh, and by the way! My name's Naomi!"

Andrew turned around and smiled. "Mine's Andrew. And my apartment's 47B, if you need me again."

Naomi beamed, he smile seeming to reach from ear to ear, said "I'll do that!", and disappeared back into her apartment.

Once Andrew had reached his apartment, he sat down heavily on his small couch and thought about Naomi. The woman had stirred some emotion in him he had never felt before, and its origins made him curious. What is this feeling? he wondered.

 

[Jesus_Luvs_techies]

Renée walked up to Daniel's desk. He was abvously lost in thought by the way he hadn't noticed her.
"Umm, Daniel, sir?" She said.
He looked up with a questioning look on his face.
"Hi, um, you wanted to see me about being a guardian angel?" Renee asked.

 

[Hatiyai]

Daniel started as Renée reminded him of his reason for summoning her. "Yes," he paused, pulling a file from his drawer, "There is a case for you. It peaked my interest, though you taking it does come with a further responsibility later on." He looked at her very seriously, "This girl has been though tough times. I know you can relate to her, but she is also very promising...I suppose it's time I tell you of my plan." He stood, carrying the file with him. He motioned for her to sit as handed it to her then paced in front of his desk.

He stilled and began to explain, "I wish to build a team. Not just any team, but a detective force. It will not be easy though...for I do not plan for it to be made of just angels. This is the reason for this girl, Kimmy, to be guided..correctly." He paused looking down in deep thought, "We've had gifted humans such as her go untrained and undetected before. Some that discovered and developed their powers on their own have often been a part of Earth's historical moments. Others are told of their potently...by demons. This more often then not brings devastation. Of the person and surroundings. This girl has untapped potential. We've had our eye on her for some time, but now is a crucial time for her. She will need your guidance. Her history is in that file."

Daniel sat on the corner of his desk, "Now, as for the force. I wish to assign you and Lystra as my commissioners for recruits. The Border Detective Force will be in charge of tracking and dealing with any demons that are suspected to have breached the Boarder between Earth and Hell; as well as, when needed, deal with unearthly events on earth, such as wayward poltergeists. Any potently recruits, of course, I will approve, but I will need you and Lystra to guide and train them of their powers, be they humans such as these. I currently have my eye on one fallen angel, but he has to find a path first. I see a trail coming his way and Lord God has told me to wait but not lose hope."

Walking around the corner of his desk, Daniel tapped a crystal globe and spoke to Narissa, "Please send Lystra in when you find her."

"Yes Sir." Narissa replied.

Daniel turned back to Renée, "Feel free to ask any questions. I'm going to talk with Lystra when she comes. I'd like to talk with both of you."

 

[maximumride]

Narien carefully snuck past all the angels in heaven blending in perfectly. When she got to Daniel's office she was just going to barge straight in but two angels came out before she had the chance. Drat!! They saw her. "Hello, I was just going to talk to Daniel about.... something that happened on Earth yesterday."

 

[Liyasa]

Lystra dove toward the side door to Daniel's office and wondered where the angel was that normally guarded that particular entrance. It was good he was gone though--she needed to know what was happening with her sister Katsa and why the Lord was drawing her here, and she didn't think she could form a coherent sentance if anyone asked her anything. Especially why she was here.

Lystra landed in the doorway and ran through the short hallway inside of it. She slowed slightly when she saw Narissa, enough for a jumble of words about talking to Daniel to fall into a pile at the other angel's feet. Then she sped the rest of the way inside.

"Daniel, I need to know--" Lystra began with a voice sharp with worry, but then she saw Renee. Lystra's eyes dropped to the floor and her face flushed pink.

"I'm sorry for inturrupting, Renee. And Daniel. Both of you. I'll wait out here. Sorry." Lystra backed toward the door.

 

[GrayAngel]

Lilith was flying through the city at night. She stopped at a small apartment complex. She knew the people on the upper floors did not expect anyone to sneak in from the patio, so she tried the door. As expected, it was unlocked.

She walked inside and saw some McDonalds bags and found some french fries inside. Sticking one in her mouth she says, "Yuck. How do humans eat this junk?"

She moved on to the bedroom and found a man inside. She changed into her human form and flickered on the lights, waking him up. "Wuh? Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Just looking for some food, and some entertainment."

The man looked awkwardly at her. "Well, I guess I could use some company tonight."

"That's not what I meant," she replied, smiling maniacly and revealing her demon features, extending out her wings. She grabbed him and threw him out the window. "You should have left me some chicken nuggets. Heehaha!"

Will was living next door, and he heard the crash. Looking outside his window he saw the man laying on the grass. He opened the window and called out to him, "Hey! Are you okay?" He jumped down and checked on him. "His neck is snapped."

Unknown to him, Lilith was flying over his head, making her leisurely escape.

 

[Kangaroo Hopscotch]

Andrew's eyes snapped open when he thought he heard a sound like a dull thud. Sitting up in his bed he looked about in the shadows around him. There was nothing save to draw his attention, nothing much anyways. Slipping himself out of the bed, he went to the window and look out.

The second story windows didn't provide much of a view, not that there would have been much to look at anyways. There was nothing but concrete and steel in the world of man.

A small rustle could be heard and, looking over his shoulder, Andrew looked at the small form of Naomi. Walking over, he bent over and gave her a small peck on the cheek. Her form stirred slightly again, but she did not wake. Contemplating her sleeping form, Andrew thought, Humans are so weak, yet there is something about them that makes them ... powerful. Something hidden within.

 

[Jesus_Luvs_techies]

Renee jumped when Lystra entered.
"I'm sorry for inturrupting, Renee. And Daniel. Both of you. I'll wait out here. Sorry."
"No, it's ok. We were just finishing up. I have a feeling that I should get going now, Daniel," Said Renee.
She got up and left
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((I keep forgetting that she goes by her first name))
Kimmy still could not move, she was still too terrified, but this creature said he could help her. She didn't know why she trusted him.
"Yes I can...Help, but you need to come with me." The creature showed his teeth.
"Get away from her!" Shouted a voice behind Kimmy.
Kimmy turned around. Another creature, only this creature looked human. Kimmy now realized what the first creature was doing; he was tricking her into coming with him. She jumped to her feet.
"You can't make me come with you!" she shouted.
"Looks can be deceptive, Kimberly Dianna Rose." The creature said.
Kimmy thought about that. It made sence. She knew better than to jump to conclusions by appearance. Maybe he was a good guy.
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I'm not ready for this! Thought Rennee.
Lord God, I need help! Send backup! I can't do this on my own!

 

[Liyasa]

Lystra watched Renee slip out of the room, then approached Daniel's desk apprehenisvely.

"G'morning, Daniel," Lystra mumbled, still feeling awkward. She felt like she'd done something wrong by bursting in, and whenever she felt like that, she usually clammed up for awhile until she was sure she wouldn't mess up if she loosened up.

"I,um...I wanted to talk to you about my sister Katsa. Lord God sent me here to find out...something..."

Lystra paced the rest of the way over to Daniel's desk and cast her eyes over the file folders in piles across them. A list of all the names that went into each pile laid beside each stack of folders.

"I was just wondering how she'd been since I left, you know? It's been awhile..."

Lystra's talk faded as she scanned the names for the ones Daniel proposed should get into Heaven when they died (the Lord made all the final decisions, of course). She slid her finger all the way down to the bottom of the list and frowned.

"She's not here. Has her file not come in yet?"

Lystra set the list down, and as she was straightening up again, she caught an image in the corner of her eye that made her stop before she could start talking again. The other list. The condemned ones.

Something cold washed over Lystra as she slowly reached over for it. With her hand on it, blocking the names, she looked up at Daniel.

"Daniel, you wouldn't....."

Daniel's eyes were sad. Lystra snatched the list up. She got almost all the way through, but any relief she was starting to feel dropped to dread as she read the last name. Katsa's. Katsa's name on the list condemned to Hell.

Lystra gripped the paper hard with both hands to keep them still. She tried to keep her eyes from filling with tears as she locked them on Daniel's face.

"How could you, Daniel?" she whispered shakily, "my little sister...."