LEGENDS OF THE OTHER SIDE: Angels and Demons

Angel sat on the school bus staring out the window, hers was one of the last stops en route and for that she was glad, the further she got from civilization the better she liked it. She was different from girls her age, she didn't fit in and she didn't try to, she kept to herself. The old bus turned and rattled into Tavern Forest Road, it was here suburbia faded away and trees and majestic mountains rose up. Angel closed her eyes and felt the strong urge to run, run into the wilderness and never return, it was a feeling she pushed down knowing it was impossible.The authorities would just find her again and drag her back to a fresh new hell, she was every bit a child of the system, she knew the drill. At least here she had the forest as an escape from her normal reality, she felt she could breathe here and not be suffocated by the city.She had been here in the town of Riverhead about a year now with the latest set of foster parents Phil and Alley. No awards for them,

He had been watching over this sleeping beauty for over a week now, and now he watched this girl named Angel open her eyes, squinting at the sunlight streaming through the window. She grabbed her head and he could tell it must be in pain. Looking around he watched as she noticed the window had bars and the IV attached to her arm. He watched as she weakly sat up in bed noticed the full bottle of water, he watched as she drank it down immediately, then he watched as her eyes fluttered back into a dreamless sleep.If Angel had been more aware she would have noticed a creature half her size watching her, small beady blue eyes checking for any sign of movement. Sam saw her stir and awaken then fall back into her slumber. He shuffled over, checking her temperature, it was coming down. She had been blazing hot, hot enough to kill a human, but a lycanthrope would run extra hot when healing. Hmmm, he thought to himself, maybe this wolf child will make it. Already she had

Steel was right, Sam and Lillyanne had a delicious stew and homemade bread awaiting them. "Eat whelp," commanded Steel.Angel suddenly realized she was famished and gobbled up the food as did Steel, the run had expended a lot of energy."So little one, do you have any memories of your parents at all?""No, nothing," remarked Angel. I always wondered about them and wished it was all a mistake, sometimes I wished they would come and save me from whatever hell I was in, but they never did, Pete and Jane were the closest I had to parents, life was perfect with them, but they just weren't around long enough.""How long have you felt your wolf?" he asked."I, I haven't, Angel replied truthfully. Sam and Lillyanne are saying I am a wolf, but truthfully I have no memories I am not sure if this is some crazy dream or not."Steel smiled, "Well we shall soon find out this next full moon, for now, I will have to adopt you into my pack of on

Train, study, eat, sleep, repeat. This became Angel's life, days rolled into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. Her two constants were Sam and Lillyanne. Carlos and Steel weren't there more than they were, but they always returned for a while.Angels little supernatural family made her happy, she had finally learned to drop her guard and trust again. They had honed her into a lethal weapon. Well, if she had ever actually seen any action she would be a lethal weapon, all she did was train and kill demons in her sleep. She was seventeen now almost eighteen and craving a real adventure. She had made up her mind, with both Carlos and Steel away she had enlisted the help of Lillyanne and they both begged Sam to take her to the Tavern for a night, he had finally acquiesced seeing as the moon was not full for a whole week yet."Ahhh who am I to say no to a wee girl having a bit of fun, if ye was born in a different time yed already be knocked up wit

Carlos lay on the bed, watching Selina dry her naked body. Even after centuries he still marveled at her perfection. He had been in the Shadowlands for a time now, and he and Selina were in his private quarters underground."Tell me the stories again.""I am very old and I have many boring stories,' Carlos coolly replied. " I could tell you of the time a young beautiful woman was kidnapped by a fearsome gang, but by the time I was ready to save her, she didn't need saving and was now the leader of said feared gang."Selina rolled her eyes mockingly smiling, that story is very old and very boring now."Your story could never be boring even after all this time there is nobody like you," he whispered.She walked towards him still naked and crawled into his cold arms. "Tell me the story of the Shadowlands and the hundred-year war.""Ok," he whispered, gently kissing her forehead "It is nearly dawn so if you go to sleep on me I don't blame you."