SHADOWS ANGELUS II

UNBALANCED SCALES

The screen is black, as little pinpricks of stars begin to illuminate the background. The light they give off is cold and sickly. The screen pans down, through the atmosphere to a ruined city, it's streets swimming in blood. Atop a pile of bodies in the center of an intersection, stands Diedre. She is clad in her golden armor and sword, with the exception that the armor pulses red and black intermittently. Blood stains her entire body, and the camera pans to stand behind her. She looks back over her shoulder, tentatively searching for something.

"They deserve it." Comes a deep, hideous voice from behind.

"They deserve it…" Diedre replies in a monotone voice.

"They are all sinners."

"They are all sinners…"

"Guilty."

"Guilty…"

"Deserving Death."

"Deserving Death…"

"All of them deserve to die."

"All of them…"

"All of them deserve to die." The hideous voice grows louder.

"All…"

"ALL OF THEM DESERVE TO DIE."

Diedre, slightly started by the voice's volume turns to look down the street. There, stands 5 people clad in uniform.

The camera pans to Mitch, covering his face.

"GUILTY."

"Guilty…"

The camera cuts to Lorraine, `enjoying' a little fire.

"SINNER."

"Sinner…"

The camera cuts to Elizabeth, eating a person.

"ABOMINATION."

"Abomination…"

The camera cuts to Chrysine, her eyes wide and feral, blood dripping from her mouth and hands.

"ANIMAL."

"Animal…"

The camera cuts to Nicodemus, studying a forbidden text.

"HERETIC."

"Heretic…"

"ALL OF THEM ARE GUILTY."

"All of them…"

"ALL OF THEM DESERVE TO DIE."

"All of them deserve to die…"

"KILL."

"Kill…"

"KILL!!!"

"Kill!"

Diedre's face twists into a snarl, and with a blood curdling scream she leaps into battle to strike down her comrades.

And with that she wakes up screaming in bed.

And the opening credits roll.