Helping Hands

[Nox]

Nox laughed. He laughed so hard he almost fell over. Instead he folded himself on to the floor to sit and continued laughing. It hadn't been all that funny, but today was just one of those days. Aria looked like crap, she looked to be having a worse day. That was never a good thing.

Today was a day for superhero comic book jokes. Nox looked to Aria, she wasn't freaking out about the topic of conversation. So Nox grinned widely as he stopped laughing. "Why magic of course!"
As he said magic he wove a small orb of fire and air making a glowing floating orb just above his head. It light the room in a soft white light that almost made it daylight inside the tiny apartment. He watched Aria as he preformed his trick. She didn't react at all, she'd seen him wield fire and air and much more the night that they'd met in the tunnels.

Elias's statement about the monsters clearly brought ire to Aria, as she started to speak Nox interrupted. "You'd be surprised at how awful of a job we are doing."
His ever present grin grew even wider. "By Atharim standards, there is only one person in this room who is not considered a monster. Aria and Ashavari are Sentient. If I'm correct, Elias and I are what Aria calls godlings - reborn gods of past ages."
Nox shrugged. "We aren't all killing you, or our selves so we can't be doing too great of a job. And we have no intentions of killing anyone human."
Nox laid back on the floor and stared at the ceiling. The mirth and humor fled his voice, "We will be dead the moment that someone finds out what we are doing, and what we are. It's high treason. A bullet to the head will be a godsend if some of the more fanatical of them find out what we are doing."
Nox sat up with all seriousness. "Your secrets are safe with us. We won't tell anyone. But you have to be careful, the Atharim are everywhere. And most are fanatical zealots who will hunt you down, and kill you just for being alive."
It was such a sad statement. Nox leaned back on an elbow and surveyed their reactions. Even Lucas' for some reason his reaction seemed important, Aria hadn't taken her eyes off of Lucas and Nox knew that Aria had not told Lucas all of this yet. Crap, he hoped he hadn't ruined it for her.