<span style="font-style: italic">So many humans</span>Aris' mind whirled as people seemed to appear from thin air.<br/><br/>She looked nervously at the larger man and gently took it. Her own, pale hand seemed tiny in his massive grip. He brought her to her feet easily.<br/><br/>Aris quickly recalled the severity of her situation. "Please," she begged "You need to get out of here! They-" Her gasp was quickly cut short as smoke, thin and wispy, rolled all around them. "No..." her eyes widened as the smoke took their true forms.<br/><br/>Ten, lanky figures appeared from the smoke they had created, each as black as coal. They could have been mistaken for shadows, if not for their eyes. Bright, green eyes, seeming to pierce straight through the angel's very soul. A sly hiss came from one of them, but no mouths could be seen.<br/><br/>"Kill the mortals, Master wants the angel<span style="font-style: italic">alive</span>." The others chuckled dementedly as they surrounded the group. Aris shrank back behind Claude, fearful of the danger she had put them in.