While lying in the back of the truck I come to realize that I'm not alone. Iris is beside me but she is still unconscious. There are four men with guns inside of this trailer with us. I can take them easily. However I think I don't have to because I hear some commotion outside.

'Drakan. It's me Lillith. We're here to save you and Iris. Just hang on.'

Fuck hanging on. I get up and bash the first soldier's head into the side of the trailer. I steal his AK-47 and quickly take out the rest of them. Just then the back door opens up and Lillith is standing there with another man. This man that I've never seen before. He looks to be six foot something and about 225 pounds of pure muscle. His bowl cut, black hair goes to the top of his ears.

"A little impatient, aren't we?" he says

"Drakan, I'd like you to meet Mordrid."

"So you're the one that's been instructing me all this time."

"Yes I am."

"So what am I good for now."

"Okay, enough playing around," Lillith says, "it's time you learned why you and Iris are really here and what you have been chosen to do."

"Up to now you've probably thought that you were someone who was chosen by heaven to be an angel that brought good upon the earth and ridded evil. You are wrong. As you know there is a constant on going battle between Heaven and Hell. There always has been and probably always will be. However do you really think it is about good and evil? It isn't. No, in fact it is about whom dominates rule over this planet. The Ones from Above or The Ones from Below. We are the Enlightened. We are to protect this planet from dominance of anyone but the creatures who live on it. Which means whenever you run across a Demon of Hell or an Angel from Heaven you are to destroy them at all costs. When people die they go to one place, the Realm of the Dead. They only go to Heaven or Hell if that side wants them to fight for them. There is no good or evil. Heaven is just good at persuasion. In fact they persuaded everyone with the son of their leader, God. God sent his son's spirit down and convinced everybody that they will go to Heaven when they die if they behave. Jesus showed everyone that Heaven's intentions were to help the people of this planet. He also talked about God creating life and so on and so on. If people did bad things they would go to Hell."

"Hell didn't bother with persuasion, but instead they used temptation. Which, in the long run, worked out a lot better than the whole persuasion thing that Heaven tried. For Hell's offer was 'If you ask us for something we'll give it to you in exchange for your soul.' This is why Hell's army is twice that of Heaven's. People would rather get what they want in life than try and live a life 'free from sin.'"

"We are the Enlightened. Humans yet Awakened. We see the energy and the power that thrives among the darkness. Why the darkness? Because it is what originally consumed this planet. Before Heaven made the Sun, this planet was nothing but darkness. So all the power we use comes from it. That is why you are only to be active during the nighttime. Other wise you are weak and can easily be defeated. Hell's warriors also thrive on darkness. In fact the Sun is the best weapon that Heaven made against Hell. It burns them whenever its rays hit them."

"To kill either type of warrior you must destroy both the brain and the heart, not one or the other. It won't work that way."

"By the way if you're wondering about the BlackAngel title that you've both been labeled with well here's the explanation: You were both intended to fight on the Heaven's side. Heaven, of course, calls its warriors Angels. Mordrid and I realized how great of a fighting spirit you both have and we took you before Heaven could. If Heaven took your souls then we would be in trouble. That's right you're both dead. You both died in a car crash a year ago. We've been running tests on both of you for quite some time now. In fact you're due to wake up from this dream anytime now and see what we've done while you were both asleep. After a brief explanation we will send you out into the world and you will hunt down the Angels and the Demons that roam the Earth. Actually you're due to awake . . . now."

With that I open my eyes to see Lillith standing over me. I look at my body. The area from my wrists to my elbows was now a cybernetic gauntlet on both arms. I looked into a mirror and saw some kind of lens on my left right eye that I could focus. With this lens I could see the energy that was flowing around me.

"The gauntlets can unsheathe energy blades and increase the power of your fireballs. The optic lens will help you see energy. Red means that the energy around you is of a Demon, blue indicates a member of the Enlightened or regular energy, and yellow shows energy of an Angel."

"Remember to always use your armed weapons before you use anything else. Drakan you have the katana on your back and your 9mm pistols. Iris you have your staff and your shotgun."

"You are to go to New York. There is a group of vampires there. Vampires are the infantry of Hell. Take care of them. Farewell and good luck to you both."

We arrive in New York City about five blocks away from Times Square. Vampires are roaming the streets. I can see the red energy going wild in my lens. Just about every person that walks by has red energy glowing around them.

"Hell's army roams these streets at night. All I can see is red energy. I see one bit of yellow energy. That girl over there, dressed in white with white hair, she has yellow energy. I wonder if she is the observer."

"Observer?" Iris asks me.

"Yeah, Heaven always sends an observer to watch the Demons. "

"How did you know that?"

"I read Lillith's mind."

"So how are we going to start the attack."

"Oh I believe we can arrange something," says this voice from behind us. I turn around only to see a blur of red. I point the barrels of both of my 9mms into him. One at the heart and one at the brain, ready to fire.

"So motherfucker, are you ready to die?"

"You can't kill me."

"Oh I can't, can I? Why? Do you think you are invincible? You are only a warrior of Hell. You are very disposable."

"Just try me."

"You asked." Brains and blood splatter all over the wall of the alley. As soon as they realize that one of their own has been killed, they begin to surround us. I unsheathe my sword and spin around in two circles. They stand there with a shocked look on their face and then a few seconds later their skulls split and following it is their ribs. Then the top of the skull falls out and reveals a brain split in half. The torso then follows revealing a spilt heart.

"Damn, I'm good."

"Oh yeah?" With that another vampire tackles me and raises a clawed hand. He slashes me across the chest. Fucking bastard.

Iris slams her staff through his brain and then through his chest.

"Thanks babe."

There are too many of them so I have no choice.

"DIE MOTHERFUCKERS!" I surround myself in a blue flame. I feel fear and pain, anger and hate. The rage with in me starts to build up. The energy blades pop out and I go crazy on all of them. It looks like I'm not the only who has a rush of energy when I get cornered. Iris is doing the same thing I am. Except her energy isn't blue, it's purple. Weird. Within minutes, they have all dropped. The only thing that bothers me is the girl with the yellow energy. She is just sitting there with her head slightly nodded down.

"Very good. I am impressed. Too bad that you didn't become what you should have become. You can still repent, you know."

"There is no such thing as repenting. It is just bullshit that you made up."

"Fine if that is your decision… then here is your EXECUTION!" She comes after me with two long blades. Both of them gleaming underneath the moon light. One hits me in the arm while I block the other blade's attempt to slit my throat. I aim low with my blade to try and cut off her leg but she blocks it. Iris comes around with her staff and slams it into the back of the Angel's head. Somehow she is still able to stand. The blades soar over in Iris's direction now but Iris blocks them both with ease. The fact that the Angel's back has now been exposed to me gives me the perfect chance for an attack on her. I take advantage of such a chance, slicing diagonally across her backside making her howl in pain. The pain distracts her as Iris crams the point of her staff through the Angel's head and I thrust the tip of my sword through her heart at the same time. Needless to say that this Angel is now dead.

"Well that was easy." Says Iris.

"No shit. Now what?"

"Well let's scout the area, I don't think that every Angel and Demon is near Times Square."

"Yeah yeah, I know that."

We roam through New York City looking for any kind of red or yellow energy. Not much is left. We find about one or two every half hour or so. They die and put up little resistance.

"This is too fucking easy. There has to be some place where they all are." says Iris.

"Well my guess would be the obvious. The Statue of Liberty."

"Yeah but where do they go during the day?"

"Does that really matter? It's nighttime. They're not going to be in their coffins or whatever the fuck they sleep in. Besides it might be there or it might be out of the city, who knows where it is? This is just a shot in the dark."

"Goddamn, don't get so defensive about it."

Well my shot in the dark was a fucking bulls-eye. As though a beehive would look like on the inside with insects crawling all over it, the inside of this statue was swarming with vampires.

'How come they aren't attacking us?' she asks me.

'They think that we are vampires.'

'Can't they sense energy too?'

'No. They think they can but they are wrong.'

'Drakan we can't win if we fight this many.'

'No shit, that's why I'm going to pull a very cheap, bitch move. Care to assist me since you have the same power?'

'Sure.' We power up and illuminate the inside of the gigantic structure with blue fire. This scorches every single bloodsucker to a toasty little crisp.

'I still sense an energy up on the top of the statue.'

'Well let's go after it.'

We get to the statue's head and find a man dressed in white with white hair sitting on one of the spikes, yellow energy surrounds him.

"What is it with you Angels?" I ponder towards him. "Do all of you have white hair and dress in white? I mean you motherfuckers aren't that hard to pick out of a crowd. Hell at least makes it less obvious."

"This is the code of Heaven and it is what we abide by."

"Man, you fuckheads really are nothing but a bunch of bullshitting yuppies. I mean codes, commandments, sins. It doesn't stop, does it? You guys are so full of shit."

'You really try hard to piss people off, don't you, Drakan?' says Iris.

'You know me. Nothing like being the one to incite the first punch.'

"YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY TIRED OF YOUR BULLSHIT!"

"Then why don't you do something about it?"

"FINE!" This is gonna be fun.

He dives at me with a huge poleaxe swinging towards me in a diagonal manner. I dodge this easily and try swinging my katana at him. He blocks it with the end of his poleaxe and continues the momentum of the swing forcing the blade out of my hands and into the water below. Oh well, I still got my guns. Iris comes after him with her staff but he disarms her with the flick of his wrist. Shit, how the fuck are we suppose to beat this? I start shooting at him like a madman but with another flick of his wrist he turns the bullets back at me. Some hit, some miss, either way it doesn't matter. After that little maneuver he takes away both of our guns with telekinesis, but in return he drops his poleaxe.

"A fair fight! No weapons will be used."

"Fine," I reply "I can live with that." I fire a blast at him but he quickly dodges it and replies with a blast of his own. I dodge it but it hits Iris, who is behind me, and it knocks her out. Fuck. He throws at me an endless shower of fire. This is insane! If I want to beat him then I'm going to need more than firepower. I've got to beat him without using anything but speed. I dart towards him aiming my foot for his kidney but he does a bicycle kick to my face and sends me backwards. I land and fly back towards him again only this time I fake a forward attack. He responds to the forward attack but I quickly move behind him and smash him to the ground. He lays there stunned as I jump down aiming for his head. Right before I hit him he grabs my leg, spins around as though throwing an Olympic hammer, and launches me into the side of the statue. He lets loose with an enormous blast, which I just barely dodge, and the blast destroys a huge portion of the bottom of Miss Liberty. Well since he's breaking his own rules I guess I can use my energy blades. I come at him with the blades and I slash off his legs. Hope he enjoys that little tactic.

Of course slashing off his legs doesn't prevent him shooting at me. Fireballs pound into the steel of the statue as it begins to deform into a shape barely even recognizable from what it once was. Nobody's going to like finding this in the morning. He finally manages to hit me with a blast, which throws me into the pile of melted metal. He's pretty fucking strong. That almost hurt.

This game has been fun but I think it's time to stop this. I jump at him aiming for the heart but he backhands me. I jump at him again but his time I jump over him. He grabs me and swings me around. He flings me into the air and shoots some more blasts at me.

"Is this all you can do?! Throw me to a distance and fire?! YOU"RE FUCKING PATHETIC!" I feel the tension in my blood rise yet again. I dash towards him at a speed so unbearably fast that the ground shakes, the air screams, and the look of shock and terror finally approaches his face. The impact of my blades on his flesh makes such an eerie squishing sound as I slash off the head and impale his stomach. Yeah my aim is off but it was effective. I finish off the job and search the tiny island for Iris.

I look everywhere but I can't seem to find her. I hear the sound of wings flapping off in the distance. I look towards where I hear the sound coming from and I see a red blur. Underneath that red blur is a blue blur. IRIS! I follow after the creature. Whatever Hell wants with Iris I want to know. Maybe they know about us.

I follow for a good couple of hours until it finally swoops down into a cave.

'Drakan, don't go in there! You're not ready!'

'Why Lillith? What's in there that I'm not ready for?'

'Creatures of mythology that nobody ever believed existed. Down below is The Temple of Medusa. I have some things to teach you before you go down there.'

'Sorry Lillith, I'm doing this myself.'

'DRAKAN!'

'This conversation is over Lillith! I'm going to get Iris back.'

I begin to wonder into the dark opening of the cave. I don't care what steps in my way, I want Iris back.