Chapter 6 Day 4, Who are You?

Odin was back in the church looking at the gargoyle, the church doors swung open.  There was a flurry of white feathers as they opened, “Well Shit...”

“Heh, you really think you could hide in here?  I thought you’d know better Odin ... Prepare yourself...” Michael stepped towards Odin and Lea but immediately dropped to his knees, “...THE HELL IS THAT NOISE?”

Odin turned around and looked at the Gargoyle, it’s mouth was open as if it was screaming. Odin also noticed something else, it looked almost exactly like Raz.  He looked over at Michael, who was backing away from the church.

Lea went over to Odin, “see I told you it would protect us...” Lea’s mouth kept moving but Odin could not hear him.

Odin woke up suddenly, Rheias was already awake but still curled up next to him.  “Are you doing okay Rheias?” Odin was still concerned about him, he held Rheias close to him.

“Oh I’m fine now...” Rheias licked Odin’s muzzle, ”...We probably find Raz soon, he’s not too patient...” Rheias got up and put on a red vest and full length pants,  tossing  a blue vest and full length pants to Odin.

Odin caught the clothes and got up and dressed.  He walked over and hugged Rheias, “you sure you’re okay?” Odin equipped the katana and Rheias grabbed the Kama.

Rheias licked Odin’s muzzle, “yes, I’m fine … Are you?  It seemed like you were having another nightmare...” Rheias led Odin outside and to Raz’s house as they talked.

“Yeah, it wasn’t very long and nothing really happened...” he wasn’t comfortable with telling Rheias about what he saw.  They arrived rather quickly, knocking on the door immediately.

Raz opened the door, ”oh good you’re here … Let’s get going.”  Raz grabbed a halberd, then led the way out of the village.  “So is everything okay with you two now?”

Rheias stayed between Raz and Odin, “yep, I feel a lot better now... exactly where are we going to?”

“They want us to check out Prayer Mound ... there are rumours of some creature lurking about … nobody seems to know what it could be...” 

Rheias gulped and grabbed Odin’s arm, “N-no...” Odin pulled Rheias closer and Rheias looked at him.

“That won’t happen this time Rheias ... I promise...” Odin looked over at Raz who looked confused, “Look when we get there don’t try anything heroic … if I say run, you run, no questions asked til we are safe, got it?”

Raz shrugged, “this has something to do with Kexin’s death I guess?” he saw Odin nod, “Got it, if it’s dangerous at all we run...”

They made their way up the hill, there was nothing suspicious that Odin could detect, this worried him more than it comforted him.  “Be on guard... anything can happen...”  Odin turned around in time to see White feathers swirling in the air.

Suddenly the feathers burst outwards, revealing Michael, “ah, there you are Odin, I’ve missed you so much...”  Michael smirked, “...and you found Raz … should have known you had a dragon in you as well...”  Michael looked at Raz, “...odd how the main persona is the last to awaken, oh well time to die...” Michael stepped forward, but quickly dropped to his knees. “AGAIN WITH THAT DAMN NOISE!”

Raz’s mouth was open and he was growling that Odin could tell, “So shall we run Odin?” he was still growling, and glaring at Michael.

Odin unsheathed the Katana, “Stay away from me and Rheias you bastard,” he swooped the blade and sliced at Michael’s head.

“Argh,” Michael disappeared in a flurry of feathers, “this isn’t the last time we’ll meet Odin, I will take you and this blasphemy of a world out...” Michael’s voice faded out slowly.

Odin resheathed the katana, “well shit ... This isn’t good...” Odin turned to the others, “well, looks like my situation is pretty screwed ... Sorry for dragging you both into this...” Odin gasped as Rheias jumped up and hugged him tightly.

“Don’t say that Odin ... We’re in this together … We shouldn’t let him get to us...” he tightly held onto Odin, trying to not shake like a leaf.

Raz got closer to the two, “Rheias is right ... He didn’t like my presence … so we should be safe is we stay in one group...”

Odin pried Rheias off of him, “Okay, we’ll have to stick together … Thanks Raz...”  Odin hugged Rheias back, and kept him close.  “Let’s check around one last time then head back...”

Raz nodded and led the way, “so what was that thing anyways?  I’ve never seen anything like it...”  He was more cautious than ever, looking out for more creatures.

Odin looked around, sniffing for traces of anything odd, “I think his name is Michael... I think he’s called an Angel...” Odin shook his head, “...I just thought it was a bad dream...”  Odin looked around and sighed.

Raz looked over, ”So you’ve had dreams about him?  I’ve had dreams where the name Angels came up ... but I never really could see what was going on ... I do remember kicking a little white creature in the face and it shattering...”

Odin shivered, “did it say anything about a Mother?”  Odin was getting freaked out, he could not figure out how he would have had the exact same dream.

“Hmm...” Raz looked up in the sky, “yeah, Everything was black and then I could see the creature as it said that...”  He looked over at Odin, “and then I kicked it’s face in...”

Odin’s fur stood on end, and squeaked, holding onto Rheias.  “That’s some dream...” Odin got rather uncomfortable.

Rheias could see that something was bothering Odin, “that’s a lot like one of your nightmares huh?” He returned the hug, trying to comfort Odin.

Raz came over, “okay let’s head home...” he looked at Odin, ”...this has gotten rather uncomfortable accidentally...”

“Yeah...” Odin nodded and started back to the village, holding Rheias close to him.  Odin wondered about what Michael had said about Persona.  He also wondered if there was a connection between him and Raz.