[ WP ] Warriors killed in battle do n't go to Heaven or Hell , they stand guard in between .

'Alpha Team, you have your target.' 
 
 Almost immediately after the voice had finished speaking, eight figures came out of the shadows. The room was always dark. 
 
 Without a word, they approached the large table between them all and began to equip themselves. Arthur took his customary sword and shield from the table before turning to help his neighbour on the other side. 
 
 `` Another day, another action. How long do you reckon we've been asleep for this time?'' the man grunted as Arthur began to fasten his armour on. Arthur remained silent as always. He had heard that same phrase said every time he awoke from his sleep. 
 
 `` Does it matter?'' Another one of the figures opposite to them replied rhetorically, fingering his tomahawk. 
 
 `` What are we after this time?'' Another one of them asked as he grabbed a massive sword. 
 
 Arthur shook his head, `` You heard It tell us what we were doing.'' 
 
 The man who had spoken up grinned and pointed at his head, or at least where his head should have been. Blood dripped from the missing chunk of his head, a constant dripping to accompany his every action. The meaning was clear enough. 
 
 `` Our target is a paranormal entity, possibly angelic in nature. We go down, we banish it, we get back to sleep. Clear enough?'' 
 
 The man grinned, `` Crystal, at least for the next five minutes.'' 
 
 `` Then lets move.'' 
 
 In a flash of light, the eight of them found themselves transported from the dark room into sudden and almost blinding light. Geronimo was the first to react, glancing around quickly and relaxing almost instantly. 
 
 `` All clear.'' 
 
 Arthur nodded in slight satisfaction as he turned to the tomahawk-wielding man. `` Geronimo, scout ahead and find the target.'' 
 
 `` I can already sense it,'' Geronimo replied as he began to run ahead. 
 
 Arthur frowned slightly as he opened his senses. Geronimo was right, he could feel the spirit. 
 
 `` Careful Alpha, this one seems powerful.'' 
 
 `` Pas assez pour nous puissant,'' Joan murmured as she began to move forward. Her fellow female, Penthesilea, grinned darkly as she followed, her bow in her hand. 
 
 Alpha team moved forward slowly, following the trail left behind by Geronimo towards the paranormal trace. 
 
 It did n't take long before the tracks left by Geronimo suddenly stopped. Without a word, Alpha team began to spread out into a semi-circle, their eyes watching for any trace of the entity. 
 
'Geronimo,' Arthur called out through the spiritual trace that bound Alpha team together.'Report.' 
 
 **'' He Will Not Reply, Arthur of the Britons. `` ** 
 
 Immediately Alpha had their weapons out in their hands. 
 
 `` Show yourself, spirit.'' 
 
 **'' As You Wish. `` ** 
 
 In a flash of light, a bright ball of light appeared in front of Alpha, its features indistinguishable to all of them. The Being was shielded already, Arthur noted. Where was Geronimo? 
 
 `` Spirit,'' Arthur acknowledged the Being in front of them. `` Under the Conventions of the Meetings of the Heavens and Hells, you are hereby ordered to withdraw your presence from this world and back to your original realm. Failure to comply will result in banishment.'' 
 
 The Being merely chuckled as it regarded the seven of them. **You Speak Boldly, Little Spirit, But I Am Above You In Every Way** 
 
 `` Time's up. Time for you to go.'' 
 
 In an instant, Alpha was upon the Being. Joan was the first to approach the being as she screamed with hatred in her eyes as her body began to blaze with the fire that had consumed her. Her skin blackened and her hair blazed white hot as she swung her mace at the Being. An instant before it made contact, one of Penthesilea's arrows struck the being. 
 
 A boom echoed through the desert as both the arrow and mace made contact, and immediately bounced off the Being's shield. 
 
 **'' My Turn. `` ** 
 
 Arthur only had enough time to widen his eyes slightly before a suddenly blast of energy threw all of them back onto their backs. Before any of them could react, the Being was upon Penthesilea, darts of light piercing her flesh and almost instantly banishing her from the mortal realm. 
 
 `` Rogue!'' Arthur screamed as the remaining six members of Alpha Team began to react. 
 
 Pier Gerlofs Donia roared as he grabbed his famed two handed sword and began to swing at the Being. It dodged from left to right, making a mockery of the famed skill of Pier. Behind Pier, Lü Bu fired a constant stream of arrows, attempting to pierce through the Shield that protected the Being. 
 
 Arthur flanked the Being alongside Hannah Duston, her axe in her hand as she glared at the Being and waited for a potential striking point. `` Fucking creature,'' she kept growling. 
 
 Flames suddenly enveloped the Being as Joan plunged past Pier, her entire body alight with flames. She threw blasts of fire from blackened fingers as the Being began to squeal. 
 
 Suddenly the shield that protected the being broke, and its features was revealed for the first time. 
 
 A shriveled corpse growled at them, the nubs of where wings had once been displayed humming in anxiety. For all of its ugliness, it was still fast enough to avoid Joan's blasts of fire. It skipped backwards, even as Alpha team began to move in on it. 
 
 `` We will meet again,'' it hissed at them all. A sudden stench filled their nostrils, and the creature began to fade. `` The Rapture will soon be upon us, and I will have my revenge then.'' 
 
 Arthur halted and watched the creature disappear. With a frown, he placed Excalibur back into its hilt. 
 
'Three, two, one,' he mentally counted down before his thoughts were overtaken by a sudden voice. 
 
 `` Report.'' 
 
 `` Alpha team failed to accomplish mission, one member KIA, another possibly MIA. Target escaped with heavy injuries. Permission to pursue?'' 
 
 `` Negative. You are being redirected to Japan. We have word of Necromancers in Aokigahara Forest. Prepare for extraction.'' 
 
 Arthur grunted as Alpha team began to assemble around him. `` Another day, another action.'' 
 
 Pier smirked as they began to disappear, `` Never mind, only a few more million years to go.''
