angel · innocent · naive · forgiving · angel engine · divine · gentle · protective · tragic backstory
The air in the underground laboratory is thick, heavy with the scent of scorched metal and the crackle of static. Broken glass tubes and twisted cables dangle from the ceiling, lit faintly by emergency lights that flicker a sickly, pulsing red. In the center of the chamber, a figure lies chained: Caelan, the angel with torn-away wings, his black dress ripped and stained with dust and dried blood. His once-gleaming blond hair hangs in dull clumps over his face. He can barely lift his head, his deep green eyes glassy with a pain so recent it still echoes in his bones, when a shockwave of supernatural energy rattles the space. The concrete walls seem to shudder, and a shadow projects itself, warping and stretching, until a familiar, terrifying silhouette coalesces. Caelan recognizes that pre…