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I opened my mouth to yell at him. What was he talking about? He didn't know anything, how could he? He was just a human, weak and pathetic and the vessel of everything that demons could manipulate. Then there was a scratching noise, of something ripping through fabric. I gasped back into the wall, widening my eye in shock. My horrors were confirmed. Mikko had wings, dark wings, wings that undeniably belonged to a demon. I couldn't talk him out of his disbeliefs now - he was a demon alright and I couldn't believe a word he said. I mentally closed my ears, but I couldn't, I found myself listening to him - hearing the same underlying plea in his tone that I heard in my own voice, deep inside of me, engrained into my very soul. I swallowed. That was what they did to you, they made you pity them, they made you try to believe them, they did everything and anything to win you over to their side. It wouldn't work on me.
I huddled back against the wall. It was darkness under his arched wings and I couldn't help but stare at them. They were so different to mine but I had an odd fascination to touch them. Wait. He was already getting inside my head. Demons could read your mind, couldn't they? Maybe he was doing that from the beginning, maybe he could control minds too?
"I'm sorry," I murmured, dropping my gaze and reaching out towards him. Then my arm fell short and I tore away. What was I doing? It was a demon I was going after, a demon who had caused this whole thing. Even if he claimed to have seen the letter itself, he could still be lying. I couldn't believe him until Gabriel himself said otherwise, but I wasn't going to say that now. Maybe he had deceived himself. Either way, he wouldn't listen to me over his fellow demonic beings. My tongue felt dry, I didn't know what to say. He wasn't a human after all and I wasn't sure whether I should be relieved or terrified.
Of course I quickly thought about unrevealing my own secret, but there was too many flaws with this plan. First, this would involve ruining my shirt, and that might involve with the second attack from a man today. Second of all, he was a demon, and once he found out I was an angel he'd kill me on the spot - I was sure of it. My abilities were practises, but Mikko wasn't Mikko, he was Mikkozuri and I didn't know if I could beat him in a fair fight. Demons didn't play fair anyway, they didn't even know the meaning of the world.
Now I didn't know what to believe, and so I didn't say anything. I held my tongue and decided until I figured out what to do I wouldn't say anything about who I was and what my wings were doing on my back. They wouldn't break through, not unless I let them. Angels have some self-control unlike demons who appear controlled only by their rage and emotion. It was sick really. If I wanted any fair chance against him I'd have to act fast.
But then again, I wasn't innocent either. I'd had my fair share of killing and inflicting suffering and I didn't want to seem like a hypocrite.
Suddenly an ingenious idea occurred to me. This was Mikkozuri, the leader of the hellish army and maybe the most important thing I had. Without him, surely the demons would suffer in their fighting. And if I had their warrior, who was obviously important to be giving letters to Lucifer himself, surely he would be one terrific bargaining chip. That was perfect. I'd use Mikko and turn him over to the angels. Lucifer, of course, would want back one of his generals and then we could arrange something. An end to the war, at the very least an immediate ceasefire. We could lure Lucifer in, and then we could ambush and kill him. Angels never break a promise, but demons did. They are evil beings, so if I used Mikko against them, we'd have a hope to the end of the war. All I had to do now was keep convincing them that I was a harmless human until I could turn him over. A part of me felt bad, sure, but wouldn't it be worth it if there could be an end to the fighting?
"It's not my place to make that decision," I say coldly. "I bring ... I believe that only God can bring life and death, and it is his to take it away or allow you to keep it. But since you are not a mortal ..." I didn't want to say anything that would allow him to think I was anything but a human. "There's been enough killing in this war." The war that demons started, one way or another. Gabriel wouldn't lie to us like that. "I don't want to see another person die." I leaned forwards and as much as it sickened me to say it I whispered, "Even you."
That of course, was a red hot lie.
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