Even without the huge TV screen, she could see that her friend was smiling--a radiant smile that stretched across her face like a beacon. Leaving the pulpit, the preacher moved down on the short line and greeted them one by one, clasping there hands. Finally, he turned back to the congregation. On the screen behind him, tears were glistening on his round cheeks as he spoke into a handheld mic: "And now, as our beloved angel blesses our new members, let us all reflect on the angels and give thanks for their eternal love."

That,those words 'eternal love',made Vexin's stomach feel really sick. 'That's not true.Not with angels.' He thought,feeling his spine hum with the wanting to show but he didn't let anything about his present appearance change.

Electa tensed, wondering what was about to happen. There was a rustling noise as people seemed to get settled, some bowing their heads, some closing their eyes. Only barely lowering her head, Electa peered up through her hair, keeping an anxious eye on her friend. A deep, waiting stillness fell over the church. Several endless minutes crept past. And then she saw it. An angel had appeared; a glorious haloed creature of radiant white light and stretching white wings. Her breath wilted in her chest. Its wings moved slowly as it hovered over the new members. From the sheer delight on Beth's face(Electa's friend), she'd seen it too. She smiled at the angel above her like a child experiencing all of her Christmases at once. Drifting to the floor, the angel landed beside her.

(Vexin can see the angels, btw)

(Okie dokei,cool. ^w^)

Vexin lowered his head a bit as well,not wanting to get scolded,and his teal eyes caught sight of the creature.He felt both wanting to run to and from it,his stomach filled with butterflies and dead bolts. His spine hummed so much it hurt a bit with the anticipation to want to show himself as the angel did.But he didn't dare,he knew about the deaths of other angels,full ones,and he didn't want to die.But he also didn't care much for what he was,knowing these creatures were not sweet things as most think.

The angel said something in her ear; she nodded eagerly. And then it reached out to her with hands of light and Beth's energy field came into view. The angel had its hands buried deeply in it and it was draining her. Beth's energy looked sort of grayish already, with a dim violet light streaking through it. Now, at the angel's touch, the violet faded and died. Her energy field shrank in on itself, like a deflating balloon. And Beth just stood there, smiling.
"No," Electa whispered. She had meant to scream the word.
"Please come, murmured a woman that sat next to Vexin, gazing towards the front. "Please, blessed angel, come and greet our new members. Nobody else could see the angel.

Vexin felt stiff as heck as the woman by him spoke like that. He so felt energy swelling in his chest but he struggle to refrain from anything. He simply kept messing with his wrist band,hating the angel for what it was doing to that poor,smiling girl. He knew he probably would puke after all this,for sure.He'd puke up all he'd eaten the morning before all this.

When the angel finished with Beth, it moved on tho the next new member. And then the next. Once all three had been touched by it, there was a great movement of shining wings and it departed, vanishing upward into the brightness of the vaulted ceiling until they lost sight of it. The preacher said something to the three in a murmur; they smiled and nodded. He grabbed up his mic, his words booming around them: "Our angel has been here! It has blessed our new members!"

Electricity leaped through the building as the congregation burst into cheers and applause. "Thank the angles!" "Praise be to angels!"

Vexin put a hand over his mouth,he might just puke before this was over.But the humming dimmed in his spine once the angel was gone. 'Thank goodness.' He thought.

Beth and the others were all beaming. "Let us greet our new members!" The preacher's voice rang through the speakers as he lifted an arm. "Beloved brother and sisters, walk among us now, so that we can feel our angel's love through your touch!" Smiling broadly, all three of them, two girls and a boy, each took a different aisle, slowly making their way down it. People leaned toward them, shaking their hands, patting them on the back, jumping up to embrace them. Joy crackled through the vast room like wildfire. Beth was in Electa's aisle. It took her almost ten minutes to reach Electa, and then she didn't even see her at first--the woman to her left was craning past her over the pew, reaching out to Beth. "Bless you. Bless you," she said fervently, clasping Beth's hand in her own.
"Thank you," said Beth. Still smiling, her gaze fell on Electa, and she froze. "You," she breathed. Her eyes widened, and she took a step backward. "What are you doing here?"
Electa rose to her feet. "Hi, Beth. I-I just wanted to talk to you for a second."
"Get away from me." Her face was white, her lips pinched.

Vexin politely gave a smile to the one of the treo going down his aisle,ducking his head a bit. He saw Electa and Beth and he saw the other girls expression. 'What did Gun girl try?'