The seats were very comfortable. Soon they were on the interstate, but there wasn't much traffic. Miles before they were even close to the church, huge signs started appearing on the side of the interstate: billboards with sparkling silver letters proclaiming, 'The angels can sav you! Church of angels, exit 8 west.' Her hands tightened on the steering wheel. There it was, that generic image so familiar from all the commercials, of the huge white church on a hill.

Vexin licked his lips as he read the signs. He could feel his spine humming with the urge to show himself,his other half of himself.But he didn't,it wasn't him who wanted to show.It was his body wanting to be freed from what he looked like now. "Angels..."

She didn't comment. When they finally pulled into the mammoth parking lot, all she could do was sit in the car and stare for a minute. Maybe it was the way the church sat by itself, rising up from a vast landscaped lawn, but the sheer impact of it was breathtaking. She took in the high vaulted roof, the stained glass windows glittering in the sun. Crowds of people were drifting into the church. She steeled herself as she got out of the car.

Vexin seemed very uncomfortable here.Like,he kept tugging that bracelet of his and muttering,teal eyes having an odd seeming glow as he got out,reluctance obvious.

She proceeded to ignore him for the moment. They soon reached the broad white steps, merging into a crowd of people all climbing upward, like ants streaming up an anthill. At the top, three sets of tall silver doors stood open, waiting. As the two if them headed into the church, they got separated by the crowd.

He didn't like that,being separated from gun girl. He could feel his chest humming with the angel urg in him for something he always denied.

Long pews curved in concentric semicircles, spreading outward from a white pulpit at the front. It was shaped like a pair of angel wings, it's carved feathery tips arcing upward, as if teasing him. Behind it, a giant stained glass figure of an angel stood with its arms out, smiling down at everyone.

Vexin saw the smile of the angel figure and shivered,knowing that wasn't the real thing...for some reason. His spine hummed very uncomfortably at the teasing wings.

Electa took a seat a few pews behind where Vexin was. A sudden rippling of harp music sounded through the church, its celestial chords echoing. In the front, a man in a white robe climbed the short, curving stairs that led up to the pulpit. He spoke for a while before saying, "Today we have three new members to the church. Three devotees that have pledged their lives to the angels." Slowly, three people in sky-blue robes filed out and stood facing the congregation...Electa spotted someone she knew.

Vexin tried to sit as polite yet small as possible,his height not helping,and he tried to ignore a churning yucky feeling inside of him. He watched politely but kept messing and moving around on his wrist,that rainbow metal band.