The fate of two - unlovable

What I She Is And What She Is Not,

JJ pov -

when I got up the next morning, I was laying naked on my bed. that was nothing new but at lest I was home and not in a strange place which was a relief.

as I got up I grabbed my dressing gown rapping it around my aching body on my way to the bathroom, I was suddenly distracted by the hushed voice of Mrs Cotterson she was in the kitchen and was obviously on the phone with someone. as I crept closer I was able to make out some of the conversations.

Mrs Cotterson - "I know Ben but she obviously has know idea what's going on"........ I understand that but the hunters are here now .......... if we hadn't found her this morning ....... yes it won't take them long to figure out what she is.

yes I know .......... but it's to risky ..

.... we have to protect her".

as I got closer to the kitchen, the floor beneath my feet groaned and creaked

" oh s**t" I mumbled softly.

Mrs. Cotterson " I have to go .... no! we will discuss this until we have a plan in place......... alright I have to go ...... ok .... ok I said! .... yes bye".

I crept quickly back towards the bathroom.

"JJ is that you?" called out Mrs Cotterson.

"yes just about to hop in the shower" I

called back, trying to keep my voice as normal as possible.

as I entered the bathroom and closed the door I leaned against it my heart was pounding and i exhaled loudly, what was that! with so many thought racing through my head.

she dosen't know, found her this morning, figure out what she is, we have to protect her.

I couldn't understand it but I was sure about one thing, they where talking about me.

pushing off the door I disrobe turning on the shower and hoping under the spray, I fell apart, as I started to crying and the tear flowed down my cheeks getting washed away buy the flowing water. with the events of last night, everything that was happening to me and to top it off Mrs Cotterson was hiding things from me it was to much for me to take.

after i finished my meltdown and washed my body and hair i got out of the shower feeling a bit less emotional, drying myself and slipping in to a pair of black workout pants and a sports bra and yellow singlet.

I headed down the hall to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water from the fridge, before I went for a run as I entered the kitchen Mrs Cotterson was sitting at her usual seat at the table. reading the newspaper while listening to the radio.

" good morning" I said in a tight voice.

"good morning, sleep well" asked Mrs Cotterson with a bright smile.

as I got to the fridge and grabbed a bottle

the news came over the radio

"it's another dark day in Willo Falls with another attack, the victim was found this morning near the show grounds.

the police still have no suspects or leads, if you have any information please contact the local sheriff station on $#@&#%".

"God, that's just horrible" I said

"yes it sure is, going for a run I see" Mrs Cotterson said while eyeing her paper.

"yeah" I said as I walked out of the kitchen

as I left the house and headed up mountain valley road.

i crossed a small meadow and entered the woods to start my jogging up the mountain. I had explored every inch of the woods and mountains trails, and i probably knew the area better than anyone. The roads were no more than a worn out dirt path with weeds bursting in the center and at the sides. A long time ago there used to be an old lumber mill up in the mountains, but that had been shut down for the last 60 years or so. Now the only trace of civilization was the town 3 miles away and the occasional hiker and dirt bike that came up the mountain . There were a lot better trails out past the the show grounds and up near the old farms out on Kansas road.

It was a tough jogg until I reached the look out at the top of the mountain a flat dirt area with railing going around the cliff, a couple of seats and one of those information boards about the native plants and wildlife in the area.

as I sat at one of the seats trying to catch my breath.

after about ten minutes I got up and started heading back down the trail, I was taken off guard when half a mile down in an area heavily surrounded by trees and vegetation I noticed a lone figure leaning casually against one of the trees.

as I considered veering to the left of the trail from witch i just came but I dismissed that idea.

the men from last night had made me suspicious of strangers, but I wasn’t a coward and I would not start acting like one.

as I drew closer, I changed my mind when i saw who exactly the tall figure was leaning against tree. it was Beau, he was cocky, egotistical type of man that I usually detest, but I knew there was more to him than that. he grinned as he watched me approach. His grin indicated that he couldn’t be more than thirty or so with Piercings in his ear and lip . He was dressed in a casual pair of faded blue jeans and a black t-shirt that hugged his well-muscled chest in all of the right places. His eyes were that pale gray/blue colour. His sandy blonde hair was slightly bedroom messy. To say that I found him attractive would be putting it lightly. He was absolutely gorgeous.

he appeared to be waiting for someone – and I didn’t need two guesses to figure out whom. me.

As I drew closer to him, I felt the same faint wave of heat and tingling sensations I’d experienced the moment we touched at the club. My stomach felt as though butterflies fluttering about. l remembered our first encounter in the club and then how he had faced down the two men to save me.

but then again, One minute he’d looked at me with something akin to dislike, and the next he was running in to save my life. Then he was back to being aloof and cold.

Which Beau was waiting for me now? Most importantly, what did he want? I was tempted to jogg right past him, but curiosity got the better of me.

“How did you find me?” I more demanded then asked . After the way he acted and then left the other night, I didn’t see any need for politeness. The corners of his mouth turned upward as though he might smile, and amusement flashed in his gray/blue eyes.

he place his hand on his chest, as though I'd hurt him

“ no hello after everything we’ve gone through together?”

He could go use that charm on someone else, because it was wasted on me.

“Hi" I said with a hint of sarcasm.

"How did you find me?”

If he was offended by my less than friendly greeting, he didn’t show it.

“I tracked your friend’s license plate and went through his employee information.”

"whwhy?"

not sure if I should be impressed or disturbed; maybe a bit of both.

we hadn’t exactly had a friendly departure the other night, and I couldn't find any reason for him to come searching for me.

My question seemed to make him stop and think for a moment before he pushed away from the tree as he approached me. “We need to have a little chat.”

His tone had became serious once again, and I instantly felt uneasy.

“and what could we possibly, need to talk about?”

Beau raised sandy eyebrow at me.

“You look ready to take off. I won't hurt, you.”

“Yeah, well that’s what I thought about the other guy,” I replied without a hint of amusement, and he surprised me by laughing.

His face lost its sharpness, and his sensual smile made my stomach flip. “ well, You sound like you’re well recovered at least.”

His eyes met mine.

“ we really do need to talk.”

“What could we possibly have to talk about Beau? I don’t even know your last name.”

“my name is Beau, Beau Conan and your JJ Henderson. so can we talk now?”

He seem to be telling the truth but we were in the middle of the forest up on a mountain, so I didn’t know if I should trust him or not, but I didn't feel like I was in any real danger. Plus he had saved my life

I should at lest hear him out, I owed him that much l thought.

"alright"

as we slowly walked along the trail.

“How long have you been friends with the vampire?"

the question taking me by surprise.

“A long time.” I replied

“And your parents don’t mind?” he asked

I laughed “It’s just me, my friends and my house mate Mrs Cotterson, and she likes my friends.” I said pointedly.

He nodded.

“would you mind telling me about your parents? How did you come to live with this Mrs Cotterson?”

“My parents are gone. I don't know anything about them other then my mother gave me up to the state, when I was young. I don’t really remember her other then her name is malena Henderson. and I have know idea who my dad is.”

I swallowed the familiar lump and stared straight ahead.

“I was put in to foster care and Mrs Cotterson took me in when I turned 18, after my foster family kicked me out.”

It took me a few minutes before i realize Beau was not next me.

I turned to look back at him and saw an weird expression across his face.

“What?”

“ malena Henderson?, That was her name?”

“yeah. but what dose it matter anyway. stop looking at me like that?”

He stared out at the the beautiful forest before us.

“I just haven’t heard that name in a long time, over 30 years infact. If she is the malena Henderson i knew, it explains everything.”

“Well, good for you but it doesn’t tell me anything, so why don’t you fill me in?” I demanded with my hands on my hips.

He gave me a smile as he walked with me.

“I will.”

We were almost at the bottom of the mountain where the forest grew thicker. as we continue to walk at a good pace.

Beau stopped and leaned against a tree while looking at me, This close, his eyes were more blue with flickers of gray around the pupils that bleed in to the blue, and I tried to ignore the funny feeling in my gut.

“You didn’t know who the nephilim were before the other night. How much do you know about us now ?”

I shrugged. “other then your hunters, I know nothing.”

I had no idea why he was asking me this, but I was curious about him and his people.

My reply seemed to please him because he smiled.

“You seem very familiar with our world, but how much do you know about Angel's?”

“Nothing”

“What if I told you there were a hand full of angles that were sent to Earth to breed with humans.?”

I glared at him.

“I’d say you'd lost you dam mind, because angels don't exist, well I've never seen one.”

He leaned forward. His eyes looking in to mine with the same intensity he did when we first met.

“ so you're telling me you believe in vampires, shifter and demons but not angles" he asked in utter shock and disbelief.

tearing my gaze from his and looked down at the forest floor.

“would you still like to hear about the nephilim?”

I looked at him again. “Go ahead.”

he looked out at the forest again and continued.

“It all started a millennia ago when demons and other creatures learned how to leave their own dimension's and walk the earth amongst humans.

Most of them were harmless and even peaceful, some of them were dangerous but not a major threat to humanity. But some of the demon's and even some of the creatures appeared took it apon them selves to try and enslave humanity and rule over them like gods. such as higher demons, arc demons, succubus and incubus and creatures such as souleaters, Nosferatu's (cursed angels), gorgon's (which are descendants of medusa) and that's just to name a few."

"oh my god" I gasped.

Beau nodded. “they found a way to double their numbers by breeding with humans before long there were thousands of these evil creatures roaming the earth.

The earth’s population wasn't what it is now it was quite small back then, and ancient civilizations were virtually defenseless against the them with only spears, bows and arrows to defend themselves. If left unchecked, the they would eventually overrun the earth and wiped out humanity.

So the archangel Athirial came to earth to create a race of hunters to destroy the demon's and creatures that threatened humanity.

He took a hand full of his most trusted worrier Angel's and sent them to earth to breed with 1000,00 human women. Their offspring were half human/half angel and they had the speed, strength, and agility to hunt and kill all threats to humanity and maintain order. They were the first Nephilim.”

He stopped and looked at me, waiting for my reaction. But I was still trying to absorb the part about angles impregnating women without jumping off the log I sat on.

It finally hit me what he was saying, and I couldn’t help the look of amazement and horror that I gave him. “The nephilim are angels?”

“Half angle,” he corrected me.

“Each of us is born with certain gifts such as speed, strangth, agility, being able to transport through space (teleport from place to place), healing even telekinesis (the ability to move objects with their mind) in some cases.”

I suddenly felt faint and a little nauseous. “You mean to tell me you are half angel?”

“yes Exactly and so are you,” he said as if it was no big deal.

It was too much. I got up and started to walk away, struggling to grasp what he was telling me. bloody angles I peered out at the trees before me, The tree's looked so green casting shadows and beautifully surrounded by all the vegetation.

“You’re not planning running off, are you?”

There was amusement in his voice but also something that sounded like concern.

What was I supposed to say to him? Everything I’d ever heard of or read had taught me angle's didnt exist, that they were all folk law, fiction. Now Beau was telling me that he and myself were half-angle hunters who went around protecting humans by killing demons and creatures.

“Why are you telling me all this?” I said in a mer whisper.

“Because you need to hear it, tell me haven’t you wondered why you’re different from everyone else you know?”

“D-different?” How could he possibly know about that?

“I have know idea what you are talking about.”

“I think you do.” “Listen I – ” His gaze captured mine again. I started Gasping, I whirled away from him clutching at my chest like I couldn't breath, so many thoughts flying through my mind I started to feel faint.

he grabbed my hands and I was flooded with a warm tingling heat " it's ok JJ, you're just having a panic attack ok. focus on my voice, nothing else but my voice."

slowly I started to calm my chest didn't seem as tight and I greedily started gulping down lung fulls of air until I was standing in front of Beau shaking with min holding my hands.

"I can’t do this." suddenly i knew I didn’t want to hear anything else he had to say. “I have to go,” I said feeling numb , I ran around him heading down the last bit of the mountain. running through the thick forest

I heard him yell in the distance “Running away won’t change anything, JJ." but I just kept running.

Beau Pov -

I called out "JJ" again, but that seemed to make her ran faster. “Damn it,” I muttered, running after her. I moved past her and stopped.

As she ran into me, her palms pressed against my chest to steady herself, and I felt her hands as if they were touching my bare skin. A wave of heat and need hit me, but I didn't dare touch her. She was as skittish as a horse. The last thing I wanted to do was frighten her more than she was.

A gasp slipped from her. “How did...?”

"Angle speed, remember?” She looked up into my eyes Then her mouth was on mine, or mine on hers, i had no clue who started this messy, hungry kiss. She jumped in the air and wrapped her legs around my torso, i grabbed her waist and pulled her against me until her body molded against mine, desperate to feel more, taste more. i had no idea how, or why, since i'd just informed her of what we were, had unload all that information on to her, but i wasn't thinking, not rationally, not at the moment . all i could think right now was how i wanted more. Needed to touch her, sink inside her, make her scream my name. But right then, she pushed against my chest, unhooked her legs, and jumped back to the ground. "What the hell?" i didn't know whether to be confused about the interruption or the fact that we'd been making out in the first place. "That won't be happening again," she said, a clear warning in her voice.

a look of utter confusion crossed her face with a hint of fear and then she ran.

I knew, I knew why she ran, the confusion was written all over her face. it was only fear of the unknown.

She would lose that once she learned what was happening between us and

learned about the mate bond.

"f**k" I breathed, running my hand down my face in frustration.

I really messed up this time, I came to explain, to talk to her. instead I had frightened her more.

as I ran down the mountain to where I'd left my bike. I grabbed my helmet and donned it, I mounted my bike and turned the key the bike came to life with a rumble.

i was going to head to the command center that we set up for when the new team arrived this morning, instead I found myself heading to JJ's as i pulled up at the front of the bungalow.

20 minutes later she appeared from around the corner and was headed straight for me,

as she approached I could see the fire in her eyes. she was not happy to see me.

as she approached me, I hid my smile. she looked beautiful even when she was mad.

"what do you want Beau! why can't you just leave me alone" she said with a aggravated tone .

I pulled out a small card and handed it to her. “This is my number. Call me if you need me or if you change your mind about leaving.”

“and What if I don’t want to live with the nephilim and I just want to stay here?”

“You don’t belong here with these people anymore. What will you tell people when you stop aging and everyone you know here grows old and dies? You need to be with your people.”

she took a step back “ MY PEOPLE! These are my people.”

“That’s because it's all you’ve ever known. Once you get to know the nephilim ”

“No!” she yelled in Anger.

she turn to storm off towards the house and I reached out and grabbed her arm, forcing her to look at me. " God damit JJ it's not safe for you here don't you see that".

she yanked her arm from my grasp, "I am, no I will never leave do you understand"

she practically yelled at me

with the set of her jaw, it told me she wouldn’t be easily persuaded, and I would not force her to leave. Something told me she would never forgive me if I did.

"FINE" i growled, "but I will be seeing you JJ very soon"

I marched back to my bike and hoped on not even bothering with my helmet starting the engine I took off up the street.

The order of asmodeus -

Flint's pov -

Flint was sitting at his desk, waiting for news from Axis or Isaiah. "Terri" he boomed.

the large wooden door swung open and in walked a beautiful blonde vampire with sway of her hips and a sensual smile "yes my lord"

" bring me my lunch" Flint demanded

"as you wish" said terri in her flirtatious tone turning around and walking out the door.

3 minutes later she returned with a human women in her grasp, the woman was shrieking and bucking in terror while terri held her in a iron grip.

dragging the woman toward Flint, thrusting her toward him. " is there anything else my lord" terri asked with a sadistic smile.

" no, thank you Terri she will do nicely. that will be all" said flint waved his hand dismissively.

Terri nodded turning to exit the room.

after Terri had left Flint turned his attention to the women who was thrashing and shrieking in his arms, turning her to face him. "shhhhh" he cooed running his fingers down the side of her face as a lover would. the woman instantly stopped her thrashing and shrieking and became relaxed in his hold a look of admiration on her face, as his influence washed over her.

she leaned toward him, he grabbed her chin with his hand and lowered her mouth to his kissing her hungrily a moment later a purple glow gradually grew and she started to struggle and a anguished scream tore from her as Flint started to absorb her soul, her movement became sluggish and her skin started to sink in on her, like a shriveled up prune. when finally she went limp in his arms. he released her and she sagged to the floor with a thump.

sitting back behind his desk,

Gerald he yelled in his gravelly but commanding voice.

a skinny sickly looking man with gray hair and a sunken face pushed open the large wooden doors.

"yes Lord Flint, how may I be of service" Gerald asked in a timid voice as he approached with his hands placed at his back.

" has their been any word received from Axis or Isaiah regarding the girl" Flint demanded

"no my lord, their has been no other update on the girl since yesterday after noon. when they were going to retrieve her my Lord" Gerald said with a bow.

"yesterday!" Flint boomed, Gerald took a timid step back "yyyes Lord, yesterday".

" That was over 24 hours ago" Flint's voice rose as he stood from his chair and marched toward Gerald snatching him up by his collar and tossing him toward the wooden door he came through.

Flint started to pace and stopped to looked at the old brittle human he had just thrown with disgust. the look of shock and a gasp slipping from Gerald, Flint swung around to find a black mist like cloud forming in the corner of his office.

suddenly Isaiah appeared holding a very unconscious Axis, Isaiah stepped out of the black cloud dragging Axis.

releasing his hold on Axis, Axis hit the floor with a thud his head rolling to the side.

"ah Lord Flint, what a pleasure to see you here" Isaiah said with a sarcastic tone.

Flint stared at Isaiah his jaw clenched in anger, he smiled

"oh Isaiah I'm not sure I would call it a pleasure but by all means enlighten me on why you have returned and with out the girl? was it not you who laughed at the fact that axis failed to retrieve her and yet you return empty handed."

a look of fury crossed Isaiah's face, his lips pulled tight all traces of humour gone

" we had her my lord, then we where ambushed but three Nephilim Hunters. we lost Zyrian. Kaleb took a arrow in the shoulder trying to get to her, Axis and myself barely esc....."

in a blink of an eye Flint was in front of Isaiah holding him by his throat, Isaiah dangling a foot from the ground clawing at Flint's hand around his throat gasping for breath.

Flint pulled Isaiah close and growled through his clenched teeth

"all I hear from you or him"

Flint kicked axis's unconscious form on the floor

"are excuses, you of all people Isaiah disappoint me. you failed me."

" my Lord let me retrieve the girl, I will not fail you again" Isaiah wheezed

Flint released him, dropping him to the floor. Isaiah got to his feet.

"I will not fail you my Lord and I will do it my way" a malicious smile spreading across his cruel face.

"how do I know you won't f**k it up, we need to get to her before the Nephilim relise what she is and destroys her" Flint boomed.

Isaiah bowed low " I will not fail you again but I will not follow him" Isaiah nodded towards Axis. "we did it his way and failed! so let me try it my way."

Flint's eyes bore in to Isaiah " you better not fail me again Isaiah, or you shall suffer the same fate" walking towards the females corpse lying on the floor beside his desk.

flint walked towards Axis, bending down Flint wrapped his hand around Axis throat lifting him off the ground "Terri get in here" flint demanded.

Terri push the wooden door open and glide towards flint with a sway of her hips. Isaiah found it hard to look away.

"yes my Lord" said Terri while giving Isaiah a suggestive wink, "take this trash and put it in the cells. maybe a week or too in their will be punishment enough. get him out of my sight!"

Flint looked back at Isaiah.

Isaiah grimaced.

Flint waved his hand at Isaiah dismissively "fine"

Flint turned to Gerald, who was only just getting back on his feet. " clean up this mess" Flint waved at the body.

turning back to Isaiah to find a faiding black cloud.