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Chapter 10 - Azure Replaced With Pale

"I said I'm fine-" "YOU'VE BEEN BLEEDING FOR THIRTY MINUTES!". So yeah, everyone's been trying to find out why Alex has turned pale. So far the test has confirmed: He doesn't run out of blood! Alex bandages up his arm and says "I'm just gonna bleed for eternity if we keep this up. We have to go handle the mission!". "Alex you look like you're dead!" Ruby tells him.

He looks and sees how pale he's gotten and says "I'm starting to look like my mother.".

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".... So are we really not going to address the angel in the room?" Elliot says. Hex was told to return after sending word so he's also present. "You mean the huge tower in the middle of the city? I think that's our main priority." Aaron says. "I got Lily working on getting Jet's soul back in his body. Let's just say he's not too adamant on going on a literal corpse walk.".

*Where Jet is*

"Just wait until I get the data and stuff so that you don't die again-" "I AM LITERALLY ABOUT TO GET STUFFED INTO A DEAD BODY!!!!".

*Back with Aaron*

"We shouldn't try to hurt him too bad, he's still my brother.". Hex looks at him and says "Your brother blew up 124 people just because they didn't know him.". "He's adopted there's a difference-". "He also is half demon so...." Widow added. "Oh god dammit! We can't just kill him without mercy! I tried that already and now he's back for more! Guys.... I messed up, and if I, my brothers killer, can't even put out the effort to help him. Then what kind of king does that make me?".

They all hear a grunt down the hallway and Lily say "Slow down! You just got out of your coffi-". The door gets kicked down and they see Jet's body walk in. "BROTHER!" Jet says. Aaron snaps awake and covers him with his wings. "WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES?!".

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"*SNORE*". The 5 of them had chosen to take a break for the night to rest. "Heckle, you doing alright?" Pyrite asked him. Heckle had been quiet the whole night. "Yeah it's just.... My father told me stories about this other guy who was half angel and half demon. Usually I'd just brush it off but now....". Those words caught the ears of Alex and he woke up. "Huh?".

"My father said that a long time ago, there used to be 4 heirs to the throne of angels. One of which was named Bane...."

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"Any plans on what to do about your 'plan'?" Heckle asked them the next morning. Alex took out a map and said "I think we should head to Ancient next, any opposed?". "Yes hi, so judging from our 'luck', how long do you think we'll last without a plan of attack?" Ruby says. Alex looked at her and said in a rude and snarky voice "I don't know, how long until you turn into an old bitch?".

They all turned their heads and Alex covered his mouth. "I'm so sorry! I swear I-" "It's your demon.". It all clicked together. All his life he had mostly trained his angel side and focused on not losing his temper. So now that his demon side is coming out.... "Well shit. So this is what being a demon feels like.".

Throughout the next 2 hours they planned their travel until they see Alex walk away somewhere. In a clearing out by a lake, Alex holds out his hand. "Come on, fire....". He feels a rush of energy go through his arm and he looks to see a small this blade, shaped like an arrow tip, at the palm of his hand. He sighs angrily and hears a rustle in the bushes behind him.

Before he touches them a more chaotic and dark version of his voice says in his head "DON'T GO NEAR THAT!". He looked around and said "Who was that?!". "Oh for fucks- don't move!". He looks around again and light red energy appears in front of him and what looks like a ghost version of his current look, faces him with a devilish smile. "Hello~ So this is how good I look?".

Alex backs up and says "Who are you?!". "Call me Axel. Just consider me your guardian demon~ Also.... Duck.". Alex gets down and a large curved spike hits a bird next to him. He hides in the bushes nearby to see a man with turquoise eyes scan the area. "*Sigh* I told you it was just a bird. At least we'll have something for when we camp out tonight." The man says. A woman with long red hair in a ponytail with red eye-liner walked out while inspecting the bird.

"Oh calm down Rune, because at least you hit something!" She said. "Sarah you're one to talk. You can barely hit shit!". Alex goes down and in his head Axel said "Those two.... Sarah and Rune Dark-Fang. The siblings of the king of dragons.". Alex then said "No shit! They must be searching for Pyrite and Ivory, but how did they get here so fast?". He could hear Axel mentally facepalm and say "The girl has super speed dip shit.".

Unknown to them vines started approaching their feet. "Okay well-" Alex was saying before getting taken off his feet and hanged upside down. Rune walked over to him and said "Oh Sarah~ I've got something.". She goes over and sees him. "Hello there, you wouldn't happen to have see a pair of kids with gold and silver colors would you?". Alex just stairs and lies saying "Nope!".

Sarah then sneezes and as she breathes in through her nose she gets an irritated look on her face. ".... Rune.". Rune gets the memo and the vines go up high in the air. Before they slam him on the ground he says "You lied.". Alex get slammed onto the ground and the vines release him. "You have Pyrite's scent on you. Where are they?!" Sarah said. Alex stood up slowly. But when he looked at them he had a cruel indifference in his eyes. "That's some neat trick.... Those vines of yours. You mind if I try that?".

He raised up his hand and pale white vines wrapped around the two of them. "The hell?! Rune, fix this!". Rune stayed tied up there with a shocked expression. He sent up thorns to cut the vines and they went to the ground. "Sarah.... This guy hasn't just copied my vines.... He copied the exact density and thickness of them to perfection!". Sarah just waved it off sparking, and said "Time to run this guy down!". She ran a circle around him and then turned towards him for a punch.

Before the hit connected white and red electricity made his hair stand up and he moved out the way, sending a kick to her side. "OW! How the heck did you match my speed?!" She asked. He smiled and said "Call me Axel.... I guess you could say I'm a bit of a copycat huh?".