Ray paid any attention to that either. Silent tears ran down the woman's face, leaving bright traces on her face, soiled by the fall.

"You mustn't die. Not now," she whispered to him. Ray's answer was more of a choked whisper than he forced out, "I'm sorry." Chris hissed softly to make him stop talking. "Quiet. Max is already on the way." She had seen the blond man running at the edge of her field of vision. But Ray shook his head vigorously.He was definitely not going to be silent now! Every word that he managed to get out of his lips was torture and combined with a cough, each time causing thick blood to ooze from his mouth. "I want ...... that ...... that ...... you listen to me. I ...... I ...... li ..." Chris put the Finger on the pale, chapped lips. Tears kept trickling from her eyes. “Please don't.”, She breathed, “Don't say it. Don't do that to me if I can't go with you.” Her request was granted, because Ray's amber eyes lost all their shine and his gaze wandered off, got lost into the spirit world.

Max came to them gasping, but could only find Ray's death. Chris hugged the dead man crying, but then asked quietly: “What about Tyson?” Max's eyes were fixed on the edge of the cliff when he replied: “He'll be fine.”, Then he slowly walked to the abyss and looked down into the deep darkness. “Kai.” The wind tore the word from his lips and carried it over the whipped waves.Now the storm that had been forecast was approaching.



Kai's eyes and his whole consciousness fixed on the black angel who had just finished his attack and pulled the blade from his victim. With a brave leap, he grabbed Angelus in both arms. The knives of the wings cut into the flesh of his left arm, the right one encircled the body that was so familiar and so strange to him. From the angel's scream, the blader realized that the surprise attack had succeeded.

The ground below them suddenly disappeared and they fell into the depths. If it is my fate to die with you, then I will happily run into that fate. , thought Kai as the case never came to an end and Angelus' attempts to free him cut his arms, face and body through the fabric of his clothing. "Let go of me!", The creature hissed hostile, but Kai just pulled the embrace closer together.

A strange calm fell over him. Cool and sure he said, “Let's see if you are mortal.” The angel's eyes, wide open with horror, were a clearer answer than the sound of the hitting of the stones at the foot of the cliff, which abruptly interrupted all Angelus' efforts to free himself .

A leaden silence spread, only interrupted by the sound of the waves.

"Kai?", His name pronounced by her lips and brought into sound by her voice, made him forget for a moment the hellish pain that had seized his whole body and was no longer there. The sound gave him the strength to lift his head and turn around. Something clanked and a warm trickle made its way down his cheek.

They lay side by side on a stretch of beach below the cliff that was strewn with sharp stones and shells. The Angel of Death was opened on his back and was still lying there as he had fallen, only the angry, enraptured expression in his eyes had given way to a gentle clarity.Luna looked like it was nailed to the cross, because two blades had pierced a hand each and were holding their arms outstretched. Kai had landed face down on one of the wings. Several feather blades had rammed into his whole body like daggers, nailing him to the ground.

Their faces were facing each other, but they couldn't reach each other. "Luna.", Kai gasped, exerting all his strength, because his lungs refused with every breath. The smile he loved flitted across her features and it lingered in her eyes. Warmth flowed through his body and banished the pain for a short time.

"Angelus is no more.", She whispered, "His spirit has left the world. I am free, but at what price." Bitterness was in her voice. Kai couldn't answer her, it was too laborious and exhausting. But she didn't expect it either. The looks they exchanged said more than a thousand words.Kai wondered if it was what they called soul mates. They couldn't even touch, but somehow he knew what she was thinking.

"Kai? We were ambassadors from Lucifer. Do you know what he said? He said I would only be free again when death frees me and that that would never happen. But now ...", sudden pain interrupted her and let her tremble. "Don't talk such ...... such nonsense.", Kai pressed out hoarsely. Luna smiled.

In a whisper she quoted: "We will be together when the white wings of death part us. We are united in life and death." Without paying attention to the pain, she raised a hand and pulled the blade out of the wound. Her delicate hand slipped into his and he grabbed it. Now Kai knew that they were forever united.

The high waves of the tide rushed over the small stretch of beach. The water sloshed over the two figures, foaming. Once, twice, each time higher.The third time the land was left empty.



The blue lights of the ambulance and the ambulance flickered across the meadow, which gave the scene something remote and frightening. The blue lights brought the shadows of the night to life, forcing them to dance wildly. The paramedics and doctor took care of Tyson and took him away. Ray's body was also taken away and a search party set out to look for Kai and Luna - without success.

Max watched the divers and the men in a small boat while the powerful lamps made the waves sparkle. Kai and Angelus had disappeared into the absolute darkness of the abyss exactly where he was now. It seemed to him as if they had never been there, as if everything had to be as it was now. At this point the sea reached the cliff at high tide, only at low tide a small section below the rocks was dry. Only now did the water return, which meant that if the angel hadn't flown, both must have hit the ground down there, as if on a concrete surface studded with daggers.Max closed his eyes to the picture that his imagination was painting his eyes and screamed, more to drive away the picture: "Kai!" The sound of the sea and the whistling wind seemed to mock him.

The coast guard's boat was somehow lost at sea and when it started to rain, the crew stopped any further search. None of the crew noticed how the light from the headlights was broken in a silvery feather that drifted for a while on the waves, then sank and disappeared into the infinite blackness of the sea.



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Chris stood on the cliff and looked at the gray, always seeming surface in motion. The sun hid behind a closed, gray-white cloud cover and a cold wind heralded the first snow. The grass crunched under their feet and a thin layer of ice lay on the newly built wooden fence along the cliff. But the young woman had leaned on it.She barely felt the cold through the thick sleeves of her anorak.

A seagull screeched overhead and Chris lifted his head to watch her go. Almost 5 months had passed since Kai and her sister fell to their death at this point after Ray was killed by her, or rather by Angelus. A large wooden cross on a ledge beyond the fence was a reminder of that fateful day. It seemed dark and lonely on a dreary day like this. After the accident, the city had this fence built here so that no one would fall over the edge of the cliff again.

Chris looked stuck on the cross, which reminded her painfully of Ray. Involuntarily she put a hand on the curve of her belly, which you could only see indistinctly under the thick anorak. Tyson had proposed to her the same day she learned of her pregnancy, which they had accepted. Now she was Chris Kinomya and she was happy, even though she believed Tyson secretly knew the child was not his.But he was silent and looked forward to the baby, just like herself.

Sometimes she wished he was the father and then she did the math and math, but the result was the same. Then she thought again that Ray would live on in this child and that filled her with happiness.

Chris gaze wandered to the castle. She thought of Tyson, of their wedding, which he had pulled off with an arm cast and painkillers and had to smile. His recovery was progressing, though he could never use the arm the way he wanted to. What hurt the most was the fact that he would never have the strength to start his blade properly. His right shoulder was almost stiff. He trained with his left hand, but of course it wasn't the same. But it was enough to resume his job as a teacher and trainer. Sometimes she admired the tenacity with which he pursued and achieved his goals.

Kenny had flown home a month ago because his job was calling him back.Max had flown back to the States immediately after the unlucky night. It had seemed like an escape to Chris and when she had to watch Cheetah cry her eyes out of her head day and night, she knew why. Part of her hated Max for breaking her sister's young heart, but another part thanked him because he had acted sensibly.

Smiling, she thought of Cheetah running around the house screaming with joy, a letter from the USA in hand. In it Max had promised her solemnly to bring her to the States as soon as she was of legal age under local law - that is, 16. Now the girl was looking forward to her birthday, but had admitted that she would - until the birth of her nephew - it should become a boy, Cheetah had decided - wanted to stay in Scotland.

Chris slowly moved back to the castle. Life went on and there was a class waiting for them. The castle was paid for, even if Biotron had been reluctant to take the check.The school was saved and the continued existence of the home was assured. The world kept turning in the eternal rhythm of time.