As soon as I was sure he was gone, I went straight to the door and picked the lock. Slowly I opened the door and walked in. The angel was lying on the floor, curled up into a small ball and crying, he looked so helpless. I walked towards him slowly and bent down next to him. He didn't seem to notice me; his eyes were closed and he was sobbing loudly. His cuts were still bleeding and he clearly needed medical attention. I reached out and gently touched his shoulder to get his attention. His eyes shot open and he pulled away from me with a yelp. He looked at me of a second before he shot up and ran to the corner of the room, and collapsed on the floor again with a look of fear in his eyes, he probably thought that I'd hurt him.

"Hey," I smiled kindly, trying to calm him down as I walked towards him again and sat on the floor next to him. "I'm not going to hurt you. I'm here to help you."

His eyes narrowed "Help me? I can treat my wounds myself!" he said firmly.

"That's not what I mean, I'm here to free you and take you home."

"Lair! What kind of sadistic trick is this!?" He snapped.

"It's no trick! I want to help you!" I said as I pulled my hood down and took off my cloak and put it on him to cover his wings so we could escape easily. If someone saw the wings the army would be alerted and we would have a hard time getting away.

The angel stared at me, his eyes suddenly wide. "You really are here to help me…" he said. I was confused as to why he suddenly seemed to trust me, but all that mattered right now was that he did. "W-what's your name?" He asked quietly.

"Kin, I'm a thief and I work for the Rebel army," I told him.

"My name's Angelus," he said "Yokai has kept me here for almost two years now…"

"Well I'm getting you out of here, come on," I said as I gently took his hand and pulled him up. He wobbled a little but managed to stay standing, but when I walked forward with his hand in mine he didn't move. "What's wrong?" I asked and turned around; Angelus was looking down at the ground, sadly.

"I can't leave!" he said "Yokai has my village occupied with soldiers; if I leave he'll send a Dragon Rider to tell them and kill all the villagers!"

I stared at him and muttered "Shit!" This wasn't good at all I came here to rescue him! I can't just leave without him. "You can't just stay here!" I said, desperately "He's hurting you!"

"There's nothing I can do about that. I've given up, no one will ever be able to help me, not now, it's too late… in two months I'll turn eighteen and Yokai will… he'll… take me."

I looked at him blankly, confused as to what he meant and said "Take you where?"

Angelus blushed, and tears began to fill his eyes as he said quietly "His bed."

I mentally slapped myself. Angelus was beautiful, adorable and delicate and Yokai was a huge pervert of course he would have to have him, the man at the pub did say something like that…

Things really were getting complicated, I really wanted to help Angelus not only because of the thrills, but because he was so beautiful. I couldn't explain it, I wanted to help him and keep him safe. I wanted to hold him and tell him everything would be okay, I wanted to keep these monsters away from him.

"I'll help you," I said again "If you can't leave because your village is occupied, I'll go there and liberate it! Then I'll come back for you!"

He looked at me like I was mad. "It normally takes about two weeks for someone to get there and another two to get back. I don't know how many men Yokai has there or where about in the village they are. I can't look into the future to see if you are victorious or to help you because this collar notifies Yokai if I have a vision and I have to tell him about it! I know that there is a blockade around the city so you'll have difficulty leaving and even then you don't know where the village is and there are no maps here for me to show you. You can't possibly make the necessary plans to liberate the village, you could die and if you succeed who knows how long you'll be by the time you come back Yokai could very well have… violated me…" He looked so scared. The look in his eyes seemed to be tell me that a rescue mission was so beyond hopeless, that I'd never manage to do it. However, I was so beyond determined to do it.

"I'm sure it'll be fine. I make everything up as I go along anyway, and we have two mouths. I can come back tomorrow and bring a map so you can show me where the village is, and I don't mean to boast but I am very fast!" Nothing Angelus can say will stop me from doing this, once I made my mind up on doing something I never back down.

"You are crazy!" He snapped at me. "You'll just get yourself killed, there's nothing you can get out of this! Why are you so set on helping me?"

I smiled and gave him a flirty wink. "Because this'll be a great thrill… and besides you're beautiful! I'd do anything for a pretty face!"

He glared at me and sighed "I'm a guy, you pervert!"

"Yeah, you are, and I'm bisexual!" I said with a giggle "You're so cute, I just have to save you!"

He looked a little sceptical, not that I can blame him. Trying to flirt with him probably wasn't the best of ideas considering the situation he was in. "And what do you want in return?" He asked. "No one would do something like this for free. My family is poor so you won't get much gold in return and if you want my body, you can forget it!"

I laughed and then suddenly stopped when I realized I needed to be quiet in case someone heard me. "I don't need payment, Angelus. The thrill is more than enough and as for money, I'm a thief; I steal as much as I need."

He nodded after a little while "Okay, I trust you... kind of. Come back tomorrow and I'll tell you where to go…"

"Great!" I said happily, before curiosity got the better of me and I asked "Can I ask you why you trust me? I mean we just met…"

He suddenly looked he right in the eye and told me; "Well before I was kidnapped I kept getting a vision of total darkness. All I knew was that something bad would happen then there was this golden light that fought the darkness… I think that the darkness represents Yokai and that the gold light represents you; after all your hair and eyes are gold, even your name means gold, doesn't it? And you seem so desperate to help me, plus you said that you're in the Rebel Army so that means you're already fighting the darkness. Unfortunately I never saw the outcome, but if anyone can help it's you, Kin."

I was stunned at what he just said to me and I laughed awkwardly as I scratched the back of my head "Wow, so no pressure right? ...ha, ha, ha…"

He blushed again and looked away from me, "Sorry…" He said, sadly "I didn't mean to pressure you…" Sighing, I gently put my arms around him and gave him a hug. I half expected him to push me away, but he hugged me back and buried his head in my chest. "Please… I can't take it anymore… please save my friends and family… please save me…" Angelus said so quietly I barely heard him, I wondered if he even meant for me to hear it...

I smiled slightly and whispered "I promise, Angelus, I promise I will save you."

We stayed hugging for a while before we separated. I helped him dress his wounds as we spoke about unrelated things, mainly about our friends and his father, we spoke about random silly memories to get our mind off the horrible situation he was in, and it seemed to cheer him up a little. He never laughed, but he did smile weakly sometimes, I wanted to see him laugh and really, truly smile and I decided that once he was free I'd make it happen. He was too beautiful to be sad, he needed protection.

When I was forced to leave, Angelus gave me back my cloak that he had worn throughout the time we spent together, and I left the way I came, once again hiding from any guards that I saw. When I was back at the old church and in my bed, all I could think about was the angel I saw and what he said to me, I had to save him not just because of how dangerous his power was to the Rebels while he was imprisoned by Yokai or because his prophesy said I had to. The reason I so desperately wanted to help was because he was so beautiful. I wanted to spend more time with him, get to know him and I wanted to make him happy.