“What is it?” The tears in her eyes made him turn all the way around. Alerted by his movement, the others now also turned to Kathrine. She said with a choked voice: "Now everything is too late. Everything."Kai wanted to take a step towards her, but Kathrine held up her hand and he stopped.

As in a waking dream, the group watched what was going on. Luna's gaze went blank, then her eyes began to glow red. "Over.", She breathed before she fell into a long-lasting scream, bent over and wrapped her arms around her upper body. Something seemed to rise under her jacket, then her blood ran down her neck and arms. Ruby red drops pearled over her skin and fell noiselessly to the floor. Kai and Chris wanted to run to her at the same time, but a powerful wave of energy threw the two back and tore the other five off their feet.

With another cry of pain, what was under Luna's jacket paved its way outside. Two shimmering silver wings tore the fabric and the lining and spread with a clang. Sharp knives shimmered in the moonlight and Luna began to laugh hysterically.Then their features froze and stared at the group in the distance. An aura of black light seemed to envelop her, making her hair blaze up like a dark flame.

Chris was on his feet. The first thing she recognized was the old amulet on Luna's neck. With an angry voice she shouted: "Luna! How could you? It was you!" She took a step towards her sister. She put her head on her side. "You dare, unworthy person? You speak to me? Me, one of Lucifer's black angels? Kneel down, then maybe I will forgive you and give you a gracious death!" She raised her hand. Chris stared in horror at the creature in front of her. "Angelus," she whispered flatly. The angel spread his fingers. "Kneel down!" Then Chris was knocked off his feet by a new shock wave.

“Chris!” She recognized Tyson's voice and gave him a smile. "I'm fine. The chain, the chain has to get off her!" She shouted. Everyone quickly understood and began to circle the angel.At a fitting moment, when Angelus' attention was only on Tyson, who had attacked him with Dragoon, Chris jumped forward and tore the amulet from his neck. The angel spun around, screeching, and struck her. Chris narrowly escaped him, but one of the mighty wings hit Kai with full force and flung across the meadow. He was hit hard and lay unconscious.

Angelus' full attention was now on Chris, who was holding the amulet tightly in her hand. She had actually hoped that the ghost would have to leave Luna's body now, but it probably wasn't. With constant expressionlessness in his eyes, Angelus stared down at Chris, because he had lifted a little after her successful attack. Infinitely slowly, he stretched out an arm pointing downwards. A black ball appeared on the palm of the hand. Chris expected the worst, but only the long stick grew out of the ball, at the end of which the sickle blade sparkled.



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Kai briefly drifted around between death and dream. It felt like he was floating in the water without knowing whether he would ever surface again or stay here forever. Light penetrated the all-encompassing darkness and blinded him. He made out a shadowy figure, but the light was so bright that he had to close his eyes. At the same time, everything suddenly seemed warm and safe to him. Warmth, security; Feelings that he had rarely been able to experience in his life until now. In a renewed attempt he opened his eyelids and received again in glistening brightness.

Since attack was known to be the best defense, he shouted: "Who are you? Show yourself and don't hide yourself in the light!" A gentle laugh reached his ear, so soft and clear that he could not tell whether it was man or woman was. Either the light softened or Kai's eyes got used to it, in any case he slowly recognized his counterpart.

Wrapped in a long, white robe as if made of mist, a creature hovered in front of him.Two dazzling white wings seemed to carry it, and blonde hair flowed around the perfect face. Now Kai was sure that he was either dead or had a very absurd dream. In the same clear, soft voice the being spoke: "I am Gabriel. One of the archangels and I come to put an end to this spooky."

Kai frowned. The rational part of his brain told him that there were no angels, but after all that he had experienced, he felt almost inclined to reconsider that opinion. The figure of light smiled. "That's true," she said. Kai stopped short. "Do you read my mind?" He asked angrily. The only answer he received was a smile again. Then Gabriel suddenly became serious. "Kai. When were you born?" Without asking how he knew his name from, Kai replied mechanically (A / N.: I have no idea .... * gg * ): " On December 5th, 1976. "Gabriel asked further:" What do you know about the circumstances of your birth? "

"Nothing.", Kai replied truthfully.He really didn't know anything. Neither about his parents nor about his place of birth. His earliest memories were in the abbey and he would rather forget them again. Gabriel said: "You belong to the children of the Black Sun. You, who were born to a solar eclipse, have certain tasks to fulfill." Kai paused. "We?" Then it occurred to him. He and Luna were born on the same day. Gabriel nodded. “Not only that, you were even born at the same hour, yes, in the same minute, second.” Now Kai was flabbergasted. Were they so alike?

"And now the day has come when the children of men accomplish what the guild of the White Angels did not succeed in: To destroy the chief of the moon angels forever.", Gabriel finally announced. Kai was confused and somehow suddenly he was cold. "You wake up, so listen to me carefully: Because the girl no longer wears the amulet, Angelus is trapped in her body. He can no longer leave it.If she dies, the evil spirit dies too! Only through her death can Angelus be destroyed! "

"No!", Kai screamed, even before he really realized what Gabriel was saying. The announcement of his own death would not have hit him like the last words of the archangel. Your death. . Why not his? Why her? A feeling seized him that he hadn't known until then. It wasn't until he felt a bit warm running down his cheek that he realized he was crying. The first time in his life. "Then you can kill me right away!" He shouted at the angel, who eyed him with a consistently gentle expression. "Make your own decision. But you have to be the one who leads the fatal prank. And now: wake up!"

The light faded, Kai fell back into the darkness. Why wake up when he's going to lose everything anyway? He could also stay here, renounce life and leave everything behind. Indifference. But there was that damp cold again that crept up on him and made him shiver to the core.Was that the foretaste of the grave? Was that how death felt? Eternal cold.

"Kai."

Did someone call him? Certainly not. Here he was alone. Alone with himself and his fears. Forever alone trapped in the dark and the cold. “Kai!” This time the call got through to him more clearly. Who was calling? And why did this moisture turn into wetness? He had never heard of Hell or Heaven being wet! "Kai! Come on!" Now he realized that someone was shaking him. So no eternal darkness, no grave. His wounds continued to bleed and he continued to suffer. "Kai, now open your eyes!"



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Reluctantly, he obeyed the command and looked into Max's blue eyes. Only slowly did he realize that he was lying on the grass. Hence the cold and wet. The dew crept into his clothes. Groaning, Kai sat up and looked around. Cheetah crouched across from Max and fixed his gaze on the Angel of Death.Ray stood at some distance from him and looked over at Chris, who was standing under the angel and looking up at him.

Tyson stood opposite them, but separated from them by the angel. Kenny wasn't far from him. In the sky was the moon, the first quarter of which was already red. He could clearly see that Tyson was saying something, but the wind was howling now so violently that it drowned out all other noises. Only the clink of the knife blades in Angelus' wings could always be heard like an ominous omen.

Chris, however, understood Tyson very well, because he was not ten paces away from her. "We already got the thing with the blades down and we will! Take cover!" He already had Dragoon in the shooter and was ready to fire. Chris called without taking his eyes off Angelus: "No Tyson! This time it's different. The moon, do you see it? You'd have to shoot the moon out of the sky, then we'd have a chance."

"But Chris! Then at least get out of there!", Tyson replied and took a step towards her. "Stand still!", She snapped at him more violently than planned and therefore added a calmer: "Please." "I know what this monster is capable of during a full moon and I've read what it is capable of during a lunar eclipse! Stay back! I have to think."

Angelus now interfered. In Luna's voice he said: "Worthless people! What do you think you can do against me? I have all the power of the earthly! No mortal can harm me. Now give me back what is mine, then I will be you, you Put a gracious end to everyone. You are doomed to die one way or another! "At the same time, Luna's features remained so expressionless and cold that it sent an icy shiver down Chris's spine. She clasped the amulet more tightly. Why hadn't he killed her long ago? What was stopping him? He wanted the amulet and she was holding it in her hand. The logical conclusion was her death.

Then it fell like scales from her eyes! The moon! The lunar eclipse was not yet full, that meant that the Angel of Death did not yet have his full power! Luna probably prevented him from