The First Horseman pt 2

When we got to the entrance to Caemeterium the twins were both in full war armour with bows on their backs and small scythes strapped to their sides, both of them dawned masks one wearing tragedy the other wearing comedy. They both wore shining silver armour which wasn't the norm for reapers but Lord Death let them slide because of their strength. "Lord Arius? Are we going to walking or are we opening a rift?" the tragedy twin asked. I smiled and pulled out two scrolls with the markings for flight on them. "Neither my boys were flying." I laughed they both grabbed a scroll and activated them with glee.

Once they gave the flight scrolls a test run we walked out of the giant doors and shot into the sky until we were level with the clouds. "Alright boys so were going to be entering the abyss soon be on guard there are a lot of strong creatures out here that have been around since Lucifer's fall." They nodded in understanding and we all pulled out our weapons. The twins had a secret they used special weapons that morphed into any weapon allowing them to use every weapon known to any being alive or dead. At the moment tragedy's was a massive double bladed axe and comedy's was a katana with strange markings along the blade that looked dragonic. I wielded my scythe but in its second form adding another blade on the bottom. A blast of energy shot through the sky missing my head by a few feet. We turned towards the source of the blast to see a massive humanoid creature with multiple eyes and horns that twisted in many different directions. "Twins I got this hang back and make sure nothing disturbs us." They nodded and I smiled and pointed my right hand towards the beast and gathered as much energy as I could and released causing the beast to be completely disintegrated leaving behind nothing.

The twins cheered and I flew back towards them as I pulled out a energy restoration scroll and brought my energy levels back to normal. The twins looked at me concerned as i shrugged them off and pointed in the direction of the Silver City. "Come on boys we better keep moving, Lord Death wants us to be back soon."

We flew for close to an hour when a small planet came into view, I knew the planet was barren and slowed down. Tragedy seemed confused, "My Lord? Why are we stopping?" I looked at the twins and pulled out a scroll bound in a small silver chain. "You hungry?" I asked knowing they probably didn't eat before we left. "I need a rest and I would like to know if Björn is having any trouble with Tristan." The twins nodded and we began to fly towards the small planet.

When we touched down they took off their masks as I released the scrolls seal and a house popped out of nowhere. "Go ahead inside there should be food ready." I ordered before making my way to a tree that had been carved on. I searched for a minute before finding my name and right next to it was Anagi's. I sighed and activated my energy to call out to Björn. "Hey Björn you there buddy?" I called out and waited for a second before Björn's voice echoed through my head. "Arius whats going on? You in trouble?" He asked seeming to be really tired. "Yeah buddy im fine, how's Caemeterium?" I asked. "Everythings going smoothly, Gorg has been giving Loralie trouble. He put her on Earth in the middle of China, she's the only reaper within a 200 mile radius." I sighed knowing Gorg was gonna do something like this.

"Send some one to China for me Björn, ill deal with Gorg when I get back." He answered in a grunt and the connection was cut off. I looked back at the names and thought back to the day we put them there.

It was when I first became a reaper that I found this world, I was on a routine patrol close to Caemeterium and I needed a break. I found this small planet and decided to rest there. It wasn't much to look at it was about the size of Pluto but unlike the barren wasteland of ice and rock there was a lake and a small forrest with several creatures similar to Earth's. I close to an hour wondering the small planet until I found the perfect spot to set up camp. I pulled my scythe out and laid it in the grass then pulled off my clothes and flew up then splashed into the lake.

I spent as long as I could at the bottom observing the plant life and schools of fish that passed by lazily before shooting to the top. I floated at the top taking in the sighs of the sky when I happened to look over st my clothes and noticed they weren't there. I began to panic, I swam to where they were but found only my scythe. 'Looking for something?' A voice sweet as honey rang through my head as a woman floated down from a near by tree. "Who are you?" I shouted at her, feeling my face grow warm. "Can I get my clothes back?" I asked a little quieter trying to sound not as threatening.

The woman just stood there with my clothes in hand, I noticed the tree on her forehead and realization struck me. "I am Anagi a servant of Lady Life," she curtsied mockingly the threw my clothes close to the lake "If you want em back so bad get them." She smirked and flew back to her perch on the tree. I remembered what Lord Death had said about Lady Life's servants; "Lady Life allows her servants to life life to the absolute fullest they love playing tricks on people but do not harm them, Lady Life doesn't take kindly to her servants being harmed.

I stood from the lake and put my clothes on as quickly as I could aware that Anagi was watching me. "So," she flew back down to me once I had pulled my scythe back onto my back, "What's your name?" she asked holding her hand out. I took in her appearance, she was about 5 feet tall had shoulder length black hair and was wearing a plain black dress that went down to her knees. She was tan and had a necklace that I sensed energy coming from and she had a small scar on her lip.

"My name is Auris I am a reaper in the service of Lord Death." She smiled at me and I smiled back. Suddenly I felt pain behind my eye and realized it was someone trying to contact me. I activated my energy and my eyes glowed gold then I heard Commander Björn's voice in my head. "Where the hell are you boy, you were supposed to be back hours ago." He shouted before I could get a word in he started to speak again. "Get your ass back to Caemeterium now." Then the energy shut off.

I sighed and pulled my scythe off my back. "I apologize Anagi but I need to get back home. It was nice meeting you." Before I could open a rip she spoke. "Wait come back tomorrow if your not in too much trouble, please I dont meet too many people and you seem okay too me." She looked a little sad when she said it. "How about we meet at your tree Anagi." She smiled and I felt my heart skip a beat. "Really?" Her voice sounded so happy it was almost infectious. "Here," she pulled a small dagger from off her thigh and handed it to me, "carve your name in it and ill do the same, it can be our tree." We carved our names in it then I left for Caemeterium.

I pulled myself out of my memories and went to the small house where the twins were inside eating some soup that was over the fireplace. I walked in and Tragedy held a bowl out to me. "So boss when we heading out?" He asked as I took the bowl. "Let me eat then we can head out, deal?" I asked filling my bowl with the soup that smelled amazing. He nodded then his brother spoke up. "So, whose this angel we gotta recruit?" Comedy was looking at me weird. You see Comedy had a fling with an angel a few decades ago and she pretty much hated him now. "I'm not sure kid but I'm sure she'll react to the pearl in this bag." I said while patting the pouch on my belt. He shrugged and we ate.

After we had all ate we went outside and I deactivated the scroll and the house folded in on itself and disappeared with a pop. The twins put their masks back on and stretched before taking off into the sky. I smiled and took off after them. Before we knew it the Silver City was within sight. From the outside it looked like a massive floating island protected by walls made of the cleanest white I've ever seen. The gates were made of silver and depicted a man standing over two trees. I shouted to the twins, "When we get inside do not pull your weapons unless I say so, understood?" They nodded and we landed at the front of the gate where a massive angel stood guard.

"Halt," his voice boomed making the ground shake under us. "State your business of be erased from this plane." I pulled the pouch from my belt and held out the pearl marked angel. "I am Arius Right Hand of Lord Death, the Creator has charged me with finding an angel for a task force." The angel grunted and pushed open the gate, "Enter, but be warned reapers you unsheath your weapons and you will be exterminated." With that we flew into the city.