『 The clash between Dante's Tyrant Prince, Kaz Strife and Eden's Zadkiel, has left the Eastern part of the city in ruins. Citizens are advised to stay clear until the contamination and repairs are done.』
These alerts have been going off ever since this morning. They've been broadcasted all over and holo warnings lined the streets. Kaz must've been either angry or defending himself very hard to have wreaked damage that big. He never attacks first and the damage shown in the holo photos were mainly from him. Zadkiel isn't low in the ranks nor high. Kaz could have easily won if he wanted to, but the Nine Princes don't aim to win or lose. They rather draw out the battle to a standstill or force their enemies to retreat.
Eden hasn't attacked Dante in awhile so this might have came off as a surprise to Kaz. I walked into the bar and sighed. Lindsey was behind the bar line serving drinks. She has brown hair so dark that it almost looked black. Her red eyes flickered over to me.
"Hello Alekzander." She said lightly. Her lips curled into a scary smile. "Back again? Kaz is currently occupied, he'll be free in a bit."
I glared at her, for being in her fourties she looked young. Don't let her looks deceive you either. She packs a punch and a bite. Lindsey is deadly and that's why Kaz hired her, she's a standalone army.
"You act as if I'm not here every day." I said sourly.
"Mhm!" She clicked her younger, "I don't know why you keep coming back, and if I'm being honest. I wished you wouldn't. Kaz gets bitter after you leave."
That irked me.
"He's in his normal room if you wish to know, hurry along." She turned away and I rolled my eyes.
I made my way to the private rooms and entered into Kaz's permanently reserved room. Kaz was as seated hunched over with his elbows on his thighs on the black couch that sat in the middle of the room. Two black arm chairs sat at each of the head of the coffee table next to the couch that sat facing the door. Jakson was to his right on the couch a foot away from him. Kaz took his cigarette out of his mouth and blew out. He glances at me breifly before burning the rest of his bud with his powers.
"You're late." He said while sitting up.
I sat down in one of the arm chairs, "well yeah, your mom kept me."
Kaz grumbled at me mentioning Lindsey as his mother. He sighed and casted me another look, "Eden is getting stronger."
"Oh? Nahhh… really Kaz?" I said jokingly.
"Alek…" Kaz hissed.
"What made you finally realize that?" I paused before I continued, "when Jakson almost died at the hands of the Heavenly Judge? Or when you about got shanked in the gut by the Conductor?"
"Hey! Uriel is a combat specialist!" Jakson puts his hands up.
"Yeah, but in the past you could have taken her." I said dryly. "Unlike them, you all don't keep up with your training."
"We don't need to train." They both said in a growl.
"Okay. Don't shoot me." I put my hands up again.
"To be frank, I could have never taken Uriel." Jakson looked away.
"Shut up Jakson. I'm trying to prove a point."
"What point?"
"Exactly."
"Huh?"
Kaz raised an eyebrow. I face palmed, I'm surrounded by morons and I'm usually one of them. I brought up my system and looked at Kaz's profile.
『 KAZ STRIFE • 26
The Tyrant Prince | One of the Nine Princes of Hell
Faction: Dante
Powers: Amplifier, Mind Reading, Teleportation, Telepathy, Levatation, (Click to open) 』
His powers went on and on, unlike Jackson's. It's hard to believe that Jakson belongs to Dante's Nine Princes of Hell. The vast power difference was insane. Out of the other eight I've met, Jakson was one of the weakest.
"Moving on." I said, "what are you getting at Kaz?"Kaz stood up and went around the couch to the wall behind the couch. "Come." He said and placed his hand on the wall. A white like laser, cut a rectangle big enough for us to walk through. Kaz motions us to follow. We got up and went to the wall. We followed Kaz a few feet, it was dark and only a faint glow ahead was seen. We neared it and then suddenly, I saw golden like threads in the air. They all connected to an object suspended in space.
Jakson sucked in a breath, "Nikkolai..."
Kaz walked up to the object in the air and he raised his hand. A blast of energy expelled from it and the wave hit me in the face. I flinched and my eyes began to adjust. The being in the middle of all of those golden threads was a person. Black haired and on his back were twelve black feathered wings. His eyes were closed, he was hanging from the threads as if he got stuck in them. The countless golden threads were attached to him like chains.
"He's waking up and I assume Eden knows." Kaz said finally.
"Who is this?" I asked.
Kaz looked at me, "Nikkolai, known as Lucifer to the Archangels, the Thorn Prince, one of the Nine Princes of Hell."
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Nikkolai, according to Kaz and Jakson, he's well respected by all of the other Princes and is like their true leader outside of Kaz who is the acting leader in his place. Nikkolai is also the strongest in terms of power compared to any of them; but with all of that power and strength, he's also the most frail when he over uses his abilities. Kaz says that long periods of sleeping helps with his backlashes. They explained in detail that Nikkolai has a vast range of abilities and seems to pick up more as time goes on. His current state is unstable and that he's been sleeping for ten years.
"His eyes have been opening from time to time. He should be waking up soon." Kaz sighed and place his cup down.
"We've been waiting for so long." Jakson sighed happily. "I'll let the others know!" He pulled up his system panel and began typing messages.
I pulled out three sandwiches and placed them on the coffee table. Jakson took one, shoved it into his mouth and kept typing. Kaz was reading news on his holo screen and looked somewhat bored. I began looking into Eden's members.
Their leader is Metatron, the Guardian of the Tree of Life, he's said to usually dish out commands to the others alongside Michael, the Leader of the Heavenly Hosts, he is their co. leader and a force to be reckon with. Behind him is Gabriel, Sandalphon, Sariel, Raziel, Raphael, Uriel, Azrael, Zadkiel, Jeremiel, Ariel, and Muriel. They also have minor Angels that serve them
"UGH!" Jakson groans, "Leone is saying that I'm lying!" He starts fuming, "Whatever, snooze you lose!" Jakson blew a kiss at his screen.
Kaz closes out of his panel, "Well, Leone has also lost faith that Nikki would ever wake up. After five years and then seven, he gave up completely."
"Welp." Jakson sat back and looked at his screen.
"Give him some time." Kaz shrugged.
"We don't have time." Jakson hissed, "What if Eden attacks? We need all of us."
"Yeah, yeah..." Kaz mumbled, his eyes flickered to Jakson. The red flecks in his black eyes glowed a bit.
"Stop." Jakson snapped and hit his head, "I understand, no need to tell me telepathically."
Kaz ran his hand through his black hair, "If you understand, make preparations."
Jakson grumbled and went back to his screen, "Fine." He began typing.
I took a bite out of my sandwich and slid my finger over my screen and the building shook. Kaz looked up and narrowed his eyes. He got up and went to the door.
"How cliche... They arrived." Kaz sighed and turned to us, "Stay put."
I looked at Jakson and he growled, "Eden..."
This soon? Yeah this is kind of cliche.
Jakson sent messages quickly and stood up, "I'm disobeying Kaz." He exited the room and I stood there in silence. The lights flickered and an explosion followed. This was nerve wracking, I'm only a human with no powers and they left me to guard the hidden entrance to Nikkolai. The air distorted and a very tan young man with ruffled brown-black hair looked at me and sighed. His green eyes glanced over me and he shook his head.
"I'm not here for Lucifer like the others. I advise you to leave. They'll make it through, Metatron sent Gabriel and Raziel." He said quickly.
"You're an angel?! How did you get in here?" I yelled.
"Calm down human. I have perms." He hissed.
"Who are you?!"
"Eesh, Kaz doesn't pay me enough." He shook his head again, "Listen-" He cuts off as an explosion followed.
I heard footsteps running closer. The angel vanishes and the door bursts open. A blonde haired and red eyed androgynous looking being came in. They looked at me and narrowed their eyes.
"Where is he?" He growled.
I froze.
"Patience Gabriel. Put your wings away, you're scaring the poor human. He might not even be affiliated with Dante." A black haired and magenta eyed man said. He smiled at me.
"He bares their mark." Gabriel glared.
"He does, but he seems harmless."
"Get out." Kaz's voice sounded behind them.
Gabriel flares their eight wings out and turned, "Do you wish to die? We are only here for Lucifer. Michael ordered us to not kill you all, but I can over rule his wish."
"Liar." the other angel snickered.
Gabriel hit him over the head.
Kaz's aura flared.
"Pesky rat." Gabriel growled again, "Do I need Raizel to beat you up again?"
Raizel grinned wickedly.
Kaz appeared next to me, "Nikki wants nothing to do with any of you."
"We know. Lucifer will continue to defy the Heavens, it's only natural." Gabriel smiled.
"So leave him alone." Kaz snarled.
"How about no? Metatron has something great planned for him." Gabriel snaped their fingers and an explosion went off behind us.
We turned and the secret entrance was exposed. A huge gap in the wall was created from Gabriel. Kaz began to run towards it. Gabriel shoved him out of the way and flew in. Raziel's wings appeared and he took off after his fellow angel. Kaz stood up and wings exploded from his back, six black feathered wings. He trailed them. I ran after Kaz.
They were fighting as I caught up. Raziel was keeping Kaz from nearing Gabriel. Gabriel was staring up at Nikkolai. An energy field was still around Nikkolai and you could see it faintly as it rippled in the air. Raziel slashed his sword down at Kaz and Kaz hit the floor hard. Kaz hissed as Raziel smirked and landed next to Gabriel.
"He's beautiful." Gabriel lifted their hand and a flash emanated from it, lighting up the room. Another followed and in a blink, a spike of light impaled Nikkolai in the chest. It extended from his chest to his back. Nikkolai's twelve wings crumbled from his back like ash as he fell backwards from the impact. The golden strings attached to him dissolve like vapor.
Nikkolai hit the ground and Gabriel walked over to him. Kaz yelled out in anger. As Gabriel drew near an energy blast rolled off Nikkolai and it knocked Gabriel back a few feet.
"Still putting up a fight, even when you're half awake?" Gabriel mused.
Nikkolai stood up slowly and his eyes flashed electric blue, "Get lost." He snarled.
Gabriel raised their hands, "As you wish." He vanished and Raziel followed.
Nikkolai rubbed his eyes, "What year is it?"
"3028..." Kaz said lightly.
Nikkolai yawned, "mmkay." He went towards the way we came in and he waved his hand. The space filled with darkness again.
Why are they so nonchalant about what just happened? Is this normal?