Chrono Crusade Fan Fiction ❯ The Heart Within ❯ Next Sign of Destruction ( Chapter 3 )

Disclaimer: I hold no ownership on the original characters from Chrono Crusade. Nor do I own the voices of Laura Bailey- Patience, Vic Mignogna- Eros, Eric Vale- Dalziel, and KentWilliams- Elkan. However as that might be, I do own Patience, Eros, Dalziel and Elkan I created them.

 

 

(A/N: Oh great balls of despair, only nine reviews I guess this story isn't as good as I first thought it was. What ever am I to do? I'll just continue writing it; if I'm lucky I just might pick up more reviews as I go.)

 

(A/N2: Just an added note as this story continues on we well learn more about Eros and Patience's pasts. I will also be introducing two new characters. Goro who's voice will be in this done by Illich Guardiola, and Father or Minister Michael -David Matranga. You tell me which one sounds better. Once again I will state that I have no contract with, nor do I own the voices of these talented actors, just adding some character to my characters. I do have a challenge for you can you figure out if Goro truly is a villain or is it all an act you be the judge.)

 

Chapter 3: Next Sign of Destruction

Fighting Despair

By TaintedDarkInuShemeeko

 

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Without warning a gun shot sounded out in the blood covered clearing. Dalziel stumbled backwards as he grabbed his right shoulder, his claws dug into the leather of his black trench coat as he did his best to stop his own dark blood from pouring from him. His eyes then narrowed in Patience's direction. She was holding a small hand pistol in her hands, while a thin wisp of smoke wafted up from the small barrel.

 

 

“Why you little bitch,” Dalziel growled through clenched teeth.

 

 

“I'm not finished with you, but when I am you'll be lucky if you can even remember being a human.”

 

 

The second Dalziel took flight into the sky. Patience sank to her knees onto the blood soaked ground with a sickening slosh. Her breathing was uneven as she looked at the damage Dalziel had done. If he was strong enough to take out Eros, Chrono and Rosette then they were going to be duck soup big time.

 

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Trying her best to stabilize her legs and failing, Patience then slowly crawled toward Eros's slumped form that was kneeling on the blood soaked ground.

 

“Eros, are you all right?” Patience's pleading voice went unanswered, causing her to beg to her devil friend once more.

 

 

“Eros, answer me please.”

 

Eros blinked his dazed violet orbs towards Patience for a minute. Then as if awaking from a dream his amethyst orbs seemed to focus in on her at last. Forgetting the state that he was in Eros questioned her on her state of being, once he saw the disarray she was in.

 

 

“Patience, are you all right? Dalziel didn't hurt you did he?”

 

 

She smiled gently at him as she answered him.

 

 

“Don't you worry about me I'm jake, but what about you?”

 

 

Eros glanced over at his wounded right shoulder; his left hand still gripped it as if he was trying to stop the blood flow.

 

 

“I'll be alright; he didn't go that deep so I'll be fine.”

 

 

Patience's emerald eyes glared at him as if she only half believed what he had said to her. For one thing she had almost known him for six years, so she knew when he was trying to hide something from her. However, not really in the mood to fight with him Patience left the topic alone for later on. Her attention soon turned to her and Eros's new partners.

“Rosette, Chrono.”

 

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Chrono winced as he did his best to sit up, but something heavy seemed to be holding him down. Slowly opening his ruby orbs, he had a better view of what it was that was on top of him. Once seeing what it was his eyes widened in shock and worry.

 

“Rosette, are you ok, can you hear me?”

 

 

Patience and Eros hurried to Chrono and Rosette's side. Patience had a good idea of what Dalziel had done to Rosette and she was pretty sure that the sister would pull through ok.

Walking up to Chrono, Patience placed a gentle hand on Chrono's shoulder to reassure him.

 

 

“She'll be ok Chrono, her will is strong and that is a powerful thing to beat. She'll wake up in a few minutes just give her a chance and you'll see.”

 

 

Chrono wanted to believe Patience's words he really did, but until Rosette spoke to him or opened her ocean blue eyes he just couldn't do that.

 

 

“Rosette, if you can hear me say something, anything please Rosette?”

 

 

A lone tear escaped from one of Chrono's ruby orbs, as he then quickly looked up at Patience and Eros.

“Just what exactly did he do to Rosette?”

It wasn't that explaining what Dalziel had done to Rosette was hard; it was just trying to find the right words to say it in. Once letting a soft sigh escape from her lips, Patience's emerald gems locks with Chrono's ruby ones.

“Dalziel has a telepathic power, if you're not expecting it. He can lull you into a hypnotic sleep. While there if he has a good hold on you the person is pretty much at his mercy.”

Eros seemed to sense Chrono's uneasiness and did his best to ease his worries.

“Relax Chrono, I know it's hard for you to do, but Rosette is a strong hearted woman. You and I both know that Dalziel has nothing to do with Aoin. So just be there when she comes around.”

A weak smile found its way onto Chrono's lips as he looked over at Eros. He was right Rosette was too set in her ways, but that didn't mean that one day the fight would be too great.

“You know Eros, your right. Rosette is too stubborn to give up just yet.”

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Rosette did her best to find her way through the fog that was closing in on her. Just when she thought she was going to be lost in a massive cloud of fog. Three familiar voices seemed to cause the fog around her to become denser around her. There was one voice that stood out the most.

“Rosette, if you can hear me say something, anything please Rosette?”

“Chrono is that you? Where are you, answer me?”

The misty fog seemed close in on her tighter as she called out to her friend and devil. As soon as the fog had appeared it faded until she was surrounded by a bright yellow light. The light was so intents that Rosette ended up shielding her eyes from it, and then without warning it was gone. Something cool laid against her forehead bringing her out of her strange dream and slowly back to reality.

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Chrono smiled as he saw Rosette's eye lids start to flutter open. It was a true sign that Rosette was going to wake up. His ruby eyes seemed to dance at the sound of his name being formed.

“Chrono?”

He then gave her one of his soft smiles; however his ruby eyes showed deep concern for her.

“I'm here Rosette and I'm not going anywhere, I promise.”

Rosette managed a weak smile as she intertwined her fingers with Chrono's.

“I'm glad Chrono, for a minute there I thought that I had lost you.”

There was no hiding the sadness in his voice as he spoke to his contractor.

“So did I Rosette. I thought I was going to lose you too.”

Once they had seen that Rosette was going to be alright. Both Eros and Patience left to see too their own wounds. For the two especially Eros understood Chrono's deep and growing feelings for his contractor Rosette.

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“Eros, do you really think Rosette and Chrono will be alright?”

Eros winced as Patience removed his jacket to get a look at the puncher wounds that Dalziel had inflicted on him. Blood was still seeping from the two wounds in his shoulders.

“I can't really say, but I know that whatever trials they go through they will be together in the end.”

Patience placed a piece of cloth against the two wounds to stop the blood flow. The pressure she added against the wound caused Eros to wince once more.

“Ow, ow, ow that hurts Patience.”

Patience giggled lightly as she continued to wrap Eros's wound.

“I thought you said that your wounds weren't that bad. Now who's being the weenie?”

Eros's face turned red at Patience's comment, as Eros did his best to think of a come back.

“I'm not a weenie Patience. My wounds were fine until you started poking them.”

The half fallen and eccentric look on Eros's face caused Patience to giggle ever so slightly.

“Oh Eros you're so cute and pathetic sometimes.”

Eros's upside down smile brightened at the gentle sound of Patience's laugh. However his voice was stern as he spoke.

“I'm not that cute or pathetic you know so there.”

Patience stifled another giggle as Eros quickly stuck his tongue out at her. Patience kept talking in her gentle voice as she finished bandaging Eros's wounds.

“Well you know you're right about the pathetic part, but I can't say that much against the cute part. I think it's here to stay.”

What she did next caught Eros off guard just like it always did. Patience leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on one of his cheeks. Which only cause Eros to blush even harder; her voice was soft as she spoke to her soul-mate and devil.

“Thank you Eros, for everything that you've done for me. I doubt I would still be here today if you hadn't.”

Eros gave Patience a small smile, his violet eyes shining as he did so.

“Don't think like that Patience, you're stronger then you think. We both are so just remember that okay.”

Eros then looked out over the horizon as he shouted out a warning.

“Go ahead and try it Elkan you won't win this time. You hear me Elkan! You're not going to win this time.”

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`Yes Eros get angry with me, I've so missed that fire in your eyes. Someone else from your past has come to call. What will you think when you see him? Goro has missed you I'm truly looking forward to your reunion with him.'

With a calm and tenacity voice spoke out to Dalziel, as the devil held onto his wounded shoulder.

“It appears Dalziel that Eros and his human companion have gotten closer then I first expected. I apologize for the scar that you will have on your shoulder. Those sacred bullets are bothersome pest.”

Dalziel now stood in front of Elkan's shadowed form, in his own human looking form. He wore a long black leather trench coat. His soft yet cunning voice could be heard as he questioned Elkan's plans.

“Elkan are you sure that we will be able to trust Goro?”

Elkan seemed to be giving Dalziel's words some thought, before answering his question.

“It does seem strange that he would come and offer his services, doesn't it? However it is of no concern to me, he is but one small piece to get me what I truly desire.”

A smug smile crept onto Elkan's lips as he folded his hands together. His smile faded as the large mahogany doors to his chamber opened. A devil about six inches tall, with crimson eyes and long teal colored hair, stood just inside of the doorway.

“I was told you requested my services Elkan. What is it you want me to do for you?”

Elkan's voice remained calm and steady as he spoke.

“It's simple Goro, I want you to visit an old friend and kill him.”

Without saying anything Goro bowed to Elkan, as his eyes raked over the wounded Dalziel.

“As you wish Master Elkan and what of Aion?”

There was a brief silence before Elkan spoke.

“He is of no concern to me right now. You may go now Goro.”

Dalziel couldn't believe what he was seeing.

“You're letting him go now? Without an escort, just want are you thinking Elkan?”

Elkan smirked at Dalziel as he looked at him from the shadows.

“I am thinking that this is the perfect time to test Goro's loyalty to me. Besides the two as well as their new partners are wounded and off guard. This time Eros will have no idea that we are going to attack.”

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“Rosette, what are you doing? You should be in bed resting.”

The blonde sister just stared at her ruby eyed friend.

“There are new devils on the loose and you expect me to just lie around, and do nothing?”

Chrono's voice squeaked as he spoke.

“Well isn't that what resting is suppose to mean. I mean even Eros is in bed sleeping.”

Chrono knew what Rosette was going to say even before she said it. Knowing what the sister was going to say. The ruby eyed, purple haired devil took one of Rosette's hands into his.

“Don't be in a hurry to head into your death. Please Rosette; just rest here for a minute ok. If not for yourself then do it for me and everyone at the Order who cares about you.”

Rosette gave Chrono and then Azmaria a soft smile.

“Well I guess a little shut eye wouldn't hurt.”

Chrono and the apostle of charity smile back as Rosette laid back down; a sigh of relief slowly escaped from inside of Chrono as the devil's heart beat returned to normal.

`At least this time she's listening to reason. Then again I really am glad that she is.'

“Chrono.”

At the sound of hearing Rosette speak his voice, the devil snapped back to reality.

“Yes Rosette, what is it?”

“I'm only going to rest for a little bit alright. You should go and check up on our new friends and then get some sleep yourself, it is getting pretty late.”

“Alright Rosette I'll do that, are you sure you'll be all right?”

Rosette just smiled at him.

“I'll be jake ok so don't be a worry wart.”

Chrono placed a soft kiss on her forehead as he left her room.

“G'nite, Rosette.”

The devil then excused him-self as he walked down the hallway to check on their guest.

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Patience sighed as she squeezed some water out of a cool damp cloth and laid it on Eros's forehead. She then peeled back the bandage on his shoulder. However unpleasant it looked it was at least starting to heal.

`You still have one of your horns, so why is it that you now chose this child like form instead of the grown up one you use to share with me? Why is it that you won't put your horn back in place?'

At the sound of hearing a gentle voice speak to her Patience jumped and turned toward the door, to find Chrono standing there.

“Sorry about that I didn't mean to scare you. You really do care about him don't you?”

Patience just smiled at him.

“Yes I do I care about him very much. I believe you feel the same way about Rosette.”

A slight blush appeared on Chrono's cheeks at hearing Patience's words. Her words seemed to surprise him.

“I'd just be lying to you if I told you otherwise, but you know I do feel the same way about Rosette. She was the first and only, person for years that could make me smile.”

“You know Chrono, Eros does that for me as well. If I were to lose him I'm not sure I could go on living.”

Chrono watched as Patience gently changed the cold compress on Eros's forehead. Her slim and gently fingertips then worked on changing the bloody bandage on his shoulder.

“How is he doing?”

Patience did her best to smile at Chrono.

“He's resting right now, as long as his legion doesn't go out of control I think he'll be all right. As of right now he's in a lot of pain, and he has a fever coming on.”

Her voice sounded like it was on the verge of breaking as she continued to speak.

“If he was conscious right now, he'd be trying to climb out of bed and tell me that his injury was nothing. I however know the truth, Dalziel is wicked and when he wants to he can poison his victims with his fangs.”

Chrono watched as beads of sweat started to break out on Eros's forehead.

“Is that what he did this time Patience?”

A simple nod was all Patience could manage to give him.

“I see and then will he…?”

Not wanting to hear what Chrono was going to say Patience finished for him.

“He'll be fine as long as he gets some rest.”

Chrono then voiced his concern for her well-being as well.

“You should get some rest to you know. If you would like I could sit with Eros for awhile, it's really no problem.”

His kindness toward her and Eros was more then she had ever expected. Even though he was a devil himself, Chrono didn't have to be so caring toward them.

“Thank you Chrono, but I'll be all right. I think I will go for a walk for a bit. If you wouldn't mind would you stay with him?”

Chrono at first started to trip over his words, he seemed to still be on edge about something.

“Um sure no problem at all, but um…are you sure you should go out by yourself?”

Patience smiled at the violet haired devils sincerity.

“I'll be fine, besides I'm not ever going to be leaving the grounds.”

She then placed a thank you kiss on Chrono's forehead. As she then placed one on Eros's as well before walking out of the room.

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Goro was at a lost for words as he flew closer to the order. Eros and his contractor were inside he could feel them his only question was how was he going to reach them? It was a well known fact that the Magdalene Order was well protected and well armed.

“What is that guy nuts, there's no way for me to reach them. I'm not really into dying right now either.”

So his only choice was to sit and wait to get a clear shot of them.

`Just what is it that Elkan wants with that girl?'

His ears twitched as screaming started to come for within the abbey walls. Just what the hell was going on in there?

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At hearing screams coming from the kitchen Patience quickened her pace in that direction.

“Anna, Claire what's wrong?”

The only thing that Anna could do was stutter and point at the ice box.

“We came in to help with breakfast for tomorrow and…and all of it was ruined…Their all over almost everything.”

Anna words only made Patience more curious, pulling in a breathe she opened the door to the cooling unit. What she saw caused her to swallow hard. Maggots and other insects were crawling and wiggling all over the meats and vegetables and fruits that were there as well. Quickly closing the door she checked the sacks of flour and oats that were on the floor they were untouched by the swarms of insects.

“Well at least the flour and oats are still good. See what the two of you can come up with them.”

Sister Patience then quickly excused herself from the kitchen and out the door. Her footsteps quickened as she hurried toward the outside door. She could deal with blood of devils and humans, she's even seen mangled bodies before, but the sight of maggots and other insects crawling and wiggling all over a body or food was something she couldn't stand.

After a few dry heaves the sister pulled herself up off of the ground. That's when she had felt it some this was crawling over her leg. Slapping at her leg Patience heard something go crunch against her socking as she slapped at her skirt. Moving her hand she watched as a dead cockroach fell to the ground.

“Aaaaah, ewww, that's just to gross.”

Catching the sight of something zip by the gates of the order, Patience took several steps toward the order's gates that were now strangely open. The second she placed a foot outside the gate Patience felt the ground start to cave in and collapse taking her with it. The sister screamed as she fell through the air only to land on a watery rocky ledge. Pain shot through her body as she blacked out.

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Else where do to where Eros's sleeping quarters had been placed; Chrono who was now asleep was unaware of what was going on that was until,

“Chrono! What are you doing slacking off get a wiggle on?”

“R-Rosette, what uh right.”

Chrono startled ruby eyes softened as he watched Rosette eye Eros worriedly. He himself couldn't help but worry about the fellow devil as well. He's fever was very strange it had been coming and going all evening and now it seemed to be getting worse.

“Come on Chrono, Sister Kate said we need to try and wake up Eros, she says she wants to talk to him. Now if I could only find Sister Patience.”

At hearing this Chrono seemed to panic a little.”

“What Sister Patience is missing, this can't be good Rosette. What'll we do?”

Rosette was shook out of her thoughts as demonic energy start to build up around the sleeping devil. The violet haired devil and his contractor shield they eyes as the energy force stronger. Chrono managed to find his voice through the massive energy.

“Rosette, look out he's unconsciously starting to transform.”

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Goro was taken by surprise as he watched his target fall into the collapsing ground. Just what the hell was going on here, that's when it came to him? This had to be a trap set by Elkan. There was only one thing that confused him, if Elkan had all this planned from the beginning then why did he need him?

Taking a few caution filled steps, Goro made his way to where Patience had fell. However the rush of a strong demonic aura hurling towards him stopped him in his tracks; when the unknown demon crashed right into him ripping him off of the ground.

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Rosette's voice became slightly panicked, as she continued to watch Eros's transformation.

“Chrono does this mean the seal on him has been broken?”

Chrono continued to shield himself from Eros's growing aura.

“I'm not sure; I don't think that their contract is the same as ours. There is something else giving him the energy he needs. It's hard to explain.”

Then without any warning, Eros sat up in bed all traces of his fever where gone for the moment. His eyes now burned a deep crimson color, dark blue wings, sprang from his back and uncurled until they where fully open. His long mahogany hair grew longer until it hung down passed his rear. Without saying a single word to Rosette or Chrono, Eros took flight and flew through one of the abbey's windows.

In a deep and yet almost strangled voice filled with anger and worry, Eros managed one word as he took flight.

“Patience!”

He had felt her, she was in danger and was injured some where and it was up to him to find her and protect her. He ignored the stinging on his cheeks and arms as pieces of the shattered window cut into his tan skin. The red faded from his eyes for a moment as he began to look for the young woman to whom his heart and soul were now tied too.

That had been when he had saw him, another devil standing near the spot were Patience's faint aura was coming from.

“You bastard what did you do to her!”

Without giving it a second thought Eros flew after the demon until he had crashed into him and torn him away from the ground. His eyes glowed a deep crimson as recognition of just who the devil in front of him was. However as he looked into the blood red eyes of the demon in front of him, he saw that the recognition seemed to dawn on him as well.

The dark skin teal haired devil just smirked as he spoke to Eros.

“Well, well would you look at this, long time no see Eros, and here I thought that you were dead. I'm glad to see that I was wrong. Though this isn't how I expected our reunion to be.”

Eros stiffened as the all too familiar voice of Elkan interrupted his thoughts in his head.

“Now, now Eros so much anger. Shouldn't you be worrying about someone else at the moment or have you forgotten about her?”

The red faded from his eyes as they returned to their stunning golden color. The remembrance that Patience was still nowhere to be found; facing his once good friend Eros then unleashed an attack on him, which caused the other devil to fall from the sky in a motionless heap.

Quickly glancing around him Eros then called out to the missing sister just as Chrono and Rosette ran up to him, followed by a shy Azmaria.

“Patience were are you damn it.”

His golden orbs soon fell on the small to medium sized hole that was a few steps before the gate. Azmaria's soft yet high pitched voice caused Eros to turn his head and look at her.

“Um Rose…tte? What are those things over there on the ground?”

Rosette looked over in the direction that the apostle was pointing in. Finding the creatures in question Rosette twisted her mouth up in disgust.

“Eww, gross what are those things? They look like leeches.”

Eros's eyes widened at hearing the sisters words. Chrono was already trying to shield Azmaria and Rosette behind him. Eros ran in front of Claire and Anna as several of the leech like creature sprang off of the ground towards them.

“They are lower class of legion; whatever you do don't let them touch you. If they get a taste of your blood they will take control over your mind and body.”

The golden armor on Eros right arm morphed into a golden sword just in time to split the leech like legions apart. If these creatures were here then that only meant one thing, she was here as well.

“I know you're here Arden so why don't you come out and show yourself! Where's Patience what did you do with her?”

A wickedly cruel yet feminine voice was his answer.

“Why Eros how rude I come all this way to see you and this is how you treat me.”

“Go to hell Arden!”

An image of a woman with glowing orange eyes and long flowing silver hair shimmered in and out of sight.

“I've been there, it's not much fun. As for your precious young woman I think I'll have her play with you for a bit. Seeing how much trouble it was to ensnarl her.”

What happened next caught Eros off guard. Three rounds went off from a .45 as one scared bullet whizzed by his head. The other two hit home, one in the soft leather skin of his left wing while the other implanted itself in his left shoulder. The impact from the bullets knocked the devil into the stone wall of the church, turning the grey stone into a dark crimson.

Rosette screamed as Patience suddenly appeared in front of the wounded Eros, her eyes glowing, a wicked red.

“Augh, Patience what are you doing you have to get a hold of yourself.”

Chrono held out a hand to stop her, “Wait Rosette, that's not Patience's it's one of Arden's leeches. Once they feed off of your blood they can impersonate you. What they do is similar to what the mind eater did to Azmaria. For them to be able to hold that form so well there must be hundreds of them.”

“Aren't we the smart little devil Chrono, your mouth is about to get you in trouble.”

Rosette gasped as Mary suddenly appeared in front of her.

“What Mary, how did you, what are you?”

Chrono's ruby eyes widened at the danger Rosette was in.

“Rosette! Get out of the way Rosette that's not Mary it's one of Arden's leeches.”

Before Chrono could react a scared bullet pierced his flesh from behind; Rosette's eyes widened in horror as he fell forward, blood tickling form the right side of his mouth.

“Chrono! Azmaria start a barrier now!”

Rosette aimed her gun at the Mary look alike and fired.

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His whole body felt numb, his vision was starting to go blurry. The only thing that still remained clear was that the woman in front of him was not Patience. Using his good hand Eros reached out in front of him and wrapped his fingers around the imposter's neck. The creature started to squirm in his grasp as he tightened his grip. Eros however did not waver; there was a loud snapping and then a squishing sound as he crushed the neck of the legion in front of him.

“You're no fun anymore Eros, I'm enjoying our little game. It's a shame that your not. As long as she is in my control all I have to do is make more of her.”

Eros's eyes widened in disbelief as two more leech legion formed into Patience and started towards him. He growled in frustration as more kept coming.”

“Damn it Patience fight back, I can only help you if you help yourself first. Don't let Arden win; don't let her make you forget why you're still fighting. Show them that you're stronger then you were seven years ago.”

His breathing was becoming labored as his body took more hits from Arden's minions.

`Please, Patience come back to me.'

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“A voice but who? It sounds so familiar.”

“Damn it Patience fight back, I can only help you if you help yourself first. Don't let Arden win; don't let her make you forget why you're still fighting. Show them that you're stronger then you were seven years ago.”

That's when an image flashed before her eyes. Of a man with long mahogany colored hair and stunning golden orbs and dark blue wings. The image then changed to a boy of no older then twelve or thirteen. He had the same mahogany colored hair only it was slightly shorted, and his eyes were no long gold but a deep violet.

“We made a promise remember Patience, to stay by each other's side. Don't tell me you're going to give up on me, not after we've worked so hard.”

At the sound of his boyish voice inside her head, something snapped inside her causing her to remember.

“Eros, no I'm not going to give up on you.”

Patience moaned as she slowly started to come to, she was somewhere dark and wet. The sister could feel something cold and slimy all over her. Before she even tried to figure out what it was that was on her. Something warm from inside her began to flow out from within her. Turning on a bright light of golden white light in the dank darkness, squalls of pain were heard echoing off of the walls as the legions that once had control of her disappeared.

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Eros shielded his eyes as a bright light enveloped him, his attackers screamed as they start to melt and disappear. Only one thought came to mind as this warm and shearing light shimmered over him.

`Patience, I knew that you'd come back.'

Azmaria stood over Rosette as she cradled Chrono's head on her lap.

“You're going to be ok Chrono, you hear me. There's too much for us to do right now.”

Eros slowly started to drag is body toward the hole that he now knew held Patience inside. The golden light, turned completely white for a moment as snowy white feathers rained down on the star struck people below. As the light dimmed a beautiful angel was hovering over the grounds of the Magdalene Order.

Rosette, Azmaria and a semi-conscious Chrono watched as the devil Arden screamed in pain as she flickered in and out of sight.

“You Magdalene Order trash may have won this time, but the next time you won't be so lucky.”

Arden then turned on the glowing image of Patience as she hovered in the sky.

“I know who you are; you're the one that was twice blessed. You were sent to protect them; you managed today however the next time you won't be so lucky.”

After that all traces of the female devil were gone. Something about Patience caused Chrono to sit up suddenly.

“No it can't be that's impossible.”

As sudden as the heavenly light had come it disappeared just as fast. Eros noticed this and was there to catch her as Patience fell from the sky. When Father Remington, Sister Kate, Rosette, Chrono and Azmaria reached them Eros had already reverted back to his smaller and younger looking form. Patience lay on top of him, the two were surrounded by white and blood soaked feathers. Her palms were facing up baring the holy mark upon them.

Chrono shook his head in confusion.

“Those are stigmata on her palms and feet, but not all of them. There's no way that she could be Mary Magdalene could it?”

An unfamiliar sarcastic voice suddenly spoke from behind them.

“It looks like this order is the one who received the devil with the brains, while I got stuck with the one; with only half of one. You'd be correct Chrono the Sinner; she's not Mary Magdalene; however she is one that we need to protect nonetheless to repay her from protecting us.”

The stranger continued to speak as the others continued to gawk at him.

“I'm not that damn interesting am I. You have three seriously injured people right in front of you and you're just going to let them bleed to death, Sister Kate I'm surprised by your actions if this is, how my men are going to be treated Remington maybe I shouldn't have let them come here.”

Father Remington was the one to speak first.

“Ah, Gabriel what a pleasant surprise, I wasn't expecting you here until two more weeks.

 

To Be Continued…….

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( A/N: Hi there everyone, I hope this chapter turns some heads. It's going to start to get more and more interesting. I do hope that everyone enjoyed reading it.

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