Chapter 3

"Why commander..." groaned Axel, teeth clenching in pain, "why have you forsaken me?"
The other angels turned towards him, surprised to see that he's still alive, but Thaedian kept still and drew the sword from his victim, causing him even more pain and blood to spill out.
"You are a defiled creature now Axel, you betrayed every moral principle of this empire the minute you let that creature lay its hands on you and you have no one to blame for this but yourself for being weak." responded stone cold the paladin.
"You were supposed to help me, to protect me and everyone else!" cried out the young angel. "and now you have the nerve to say that I am to blame?"
"Thaedian, this was clearly an ambush cleverly planned, you cannot blame it on him, this was our first mission." Evonia's voice was a surprise for Axel.
"Silence! This is not your place to speak, nor to judge!" shouted the commander. His golden wings spread at once and holy light engulfed him. Axel was staring at his eyes in the color of fire, becoming more and more enraged by this change of roles.
Looking around, he couldn't help but notice that Evonia and Lyzor were surrounded by the same light and that their eyes were in the same color as Thaedian's.
"Azeria ... Is this your doing?" whispered Axel in disbelief.
"You are not worthy of saying my name, abomination. Be silent and your purge will be a swift one!" The guardian's voice made the skies tremble, prompting Axel to reach the peak of his rage and madness.
With one quick move, he shattered the chains around him, grabbed Thaedian's wings and ripped them off. The paladin screamed in agony and knelt before him as blood splattered Axel's body and his wings and with a swift move, the young angel beheaded the commander. Nothing made sense anymore for him, he was born to protect his kin, to rid this world of evil and yet today he killed one of his own. His senses were numb, he didn't feel anything seeing the decapitated body of his commander at his feet.
Axel looked at Evonia and Lyzor, his face expressionless.
Without any warning, Evonia launched a barrage of frost bolts at her enemy, while Lyzor set up a trap in front of them. The corrupted angel launched at them, ignoring the spells coming his way as they disappeared in contact with his body and before the trap could be triggered, he teleported right in front of Lyzor. It wasn't fair that he was forced to fight his former friends, seeing as they were controlled by Azeria now and acting as mere puppets.
Axel thrust his hand inside Lyzor's chest and pulled out his heart. The skies turned red in that moment, as the angel rushed towards Evonia and snaped her neck with one quick move.
"Heretic! Do you realize the gravity of your crimes?" Azeria's face materialized on the sky above Axel. Her voice sounded maddening, roaring across all the kingdom.
"You betrayed me and then forced my friends to fight me to death! How can you talk so mighty from your throne room?" shouted Axel, enraged by her accusation.
"You will pay for this, miserable creature. I will make sure that there is not one hole you can hide in this kingdom!" menaced the guardian.
Axel grinned like a mad man hearing this threat. "Don't worry my dear guardian, there will be no need to search for me. I will come to burn your puny little kingdom to ashes and deal with you myself."
"You know very well that nothing can defeat me, especially a weakling as yourself." responded in a cold voice Azeria.
"Then I will certainly enjoy trying to kill you, my dear  guardian. I am coming for you Azeria, I will bring death and fire into your perfect kingdom and shatter the perfect image you've created!" screamed Axel at the top of his lungs.
As Azeria's face disappeared from the sky and she regained consciousness into the throne room, she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine, as she knew that Axel would be true to this word.