5.War Angels
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I froze in my place at the sight of the Elders looking somewhat afraid. I follow them, placing my hand over my heart, even if I didn't understand what's going on.
Samoa chuckled and start walking towards me. My father behind him, looking more proud than I saw him, but a bit worried.
"My dear Invicta! Come here!"Samoa said holding his hand for me to take.
'What's wrong with him? Did a Molox hit his head?'
I hesitantly took his hand, looking at my father who just nodded his head.
"Today is a big day! We have new hope!"
The crowd starts murmuring.
I turn my head so I can look at my father. "What's going on? "I asked in a whisper.
He just pointed at my wings. I followed his finger. My eyes went the size of onions and my mouth hung open.
Instinctively I pull out my hand from Samoa's hold.
My wings..they were no longer pure white.
Red feathers could be seen on them. But not only at the end. Half of my wings were red.
"What is this meaning? "I asked confused. I saw anyone with red wings before. It is a bad thing?
Samoa turned to me, gesticulating for the crowd to stay in silence. "This my dear.." he starts saying pointing at me." This is our hope to win the war! You are our salvation! "
"What? How..?"
"I think it is the time for a new history lesson. You see..many, many years ago, even before I was born, pax-els lived in harmony. Does any of you know what the word 'pax' means? "
No one answered.
"Hmm...Let me tell you then..pax means peace. And because we were never in conflict with anyone else, we got the name of pax-els. "
"You said something about us coming here? What did you mean by that? We didn't always leave here?" I asked without thinking of the consequences. His eyes narrowed for a moment. Annoyance is visible.
"Well..no."
A gasp could be heard.
"We came here after a revolt! But this is another story!"He cut me off quickly before I could ask something else. "Now if I did mention the revolt, you should know that this is how the War Angels were made."
"War Angels?! But this is just a legend! "Said someone from the crowd.
"You should know that all the legends contain a bit of truth. Now stop interrupting me, or we will never finish! "
He waits for few moments then continued.
"War Angels were also pax-els, but ones made for battle. They were born like that! Some different traits in their DNA, that we could never reproduce. After the revolt, they all disappeared. No one knows what happened to them. Many said they died. Sacrificed themselves for our survival. When we realised there's no chance for us to survive the revolt, we created these portals and bought all the remaining pax-els here, on Nibira! That was also the last time I've seen a Molox! That illness that made some of ours turns against us, darkening their hearts and minds. "
"But how did they get here, now? Aren't the portals long closed? They shouldn't be able to follow us after so much time. "My father asked this time.
"I don't know, general Belatrox! If I did I would have told you by now! Don't you think?!"
"No.." I murmur.
Samoa's head snapped in my direction. "What did you said, girl? "
"Oh..forgive me... I was just trying to figure out how they managed to get here.."
He looks at me for a moment before turning back to the crowd. "What you see here, now, it is a War Angel. Invicta is a War Angel."
"What!?" I asked surprised.
My father stepped next to me, grabbing my hand. "But now it is possible? She's almost eighteen, didn't you said they were born like that? How we didn't see anything different about her by now?"
"I don't know! This is what we need to find out. But she is a War Angel! Trust me, I can recognise one when I see it!"
Something in his eyes tells me there's more about this revolt. More that's been hidden from us for too long. I'll find out what no matter how much I'll suffer. Pax-els are good people, they deserve to know the truth.
"Go back to your houses now! Try to fix whatever you can. We will hold a meeting soon to discuss this matter, then a public announcement will be made. See you well!"Samoa said then walked next to me. My father was still holding my hand.
"Invicta I need you to come to this meeting as well. From now on you are superior to general Belatrox, your father. This is how important you are to us."
'Ok. I didn't expect that. I mean since when did he start to like me?'
He took a couple of steps, then stop."And don't forget. The more you know the more you're going to get hurt. "I could see a small smirk on his face.
"What was that about, Invicta? "My father asked.
"I don't know, father! But you know he doesn't like me. So no worries, I'm sure is just another way to remind me that."
But I knew exactly what he was referring to. He just confirmed my suspicion. Now I can't stop. Samoa should know by now how stubborn I can be.
"Yeah..you're right! Samoa is a weird one anyway. Come let's go check your sister. Maybe she's waking up. The meeting will start in two hours. "
We arrived at the Healer house and knocked on the door. To our surprise, Calista opened the door.
She looked pretty bad, but at least she is awake and able to walk.
"Calista! What are you doing? I told you not to get out of bed yet."The healer said from behind her.
My sister rolled her eyes and we both start laughing.
"I see that you have recovered pretty well, Calista! "My father said hugging both of us.çI love, you girls! Don't you ever think otherwise? And now that your mother is not with us anymore, we need to take care of each other! "
Calista pulled away in an instant.
I look at my father with disapproving eyes. "Father.."
"What do you mean the mother is not with us anymore? "
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