The Four Horseman

When the survivors looked back they would say it all began with the Reno Riot.
A peaceful demonstration against government financial policy somehow turned and nobody later could point out why. Very few people noticed the two well built young men that walked among the protesters, one movie star handsome and the other tall and intimidating despite the dimpled smile. Matt Shadows had been a force to be reckoned with in life and now he had the power of a god. He embraced Syn, the look exchanged between them was one of love and pure mischief.
“Do we have company?”
Matt nodded, pointing his friend towards two men on the other side of the square. They were watching, their eyes occasionally flashing red as they sneered at the Horsemen. Minor demon possession only, Matt knew that the first sign of his power and the demons would leave the human host. It would just add some fun to the fireworks.
“Scouting party only. Where’s the gnome?”
“Up there, you know we don’t want Lilith running riot and there is the girl to think off.”
Matt grinned, grabbing Syn into another hug.
“The one Zacky was promised?”
Syn smirked, certain promises had been extracted from the boss if they did their job well and that was just one of them. He glanced up towards where he had left his friends and then back at the chanting crowd. More and more police were gathering at the other end of the square. The tension was now palpable, not helped by the fear and anger the two horsemen were feeding the crowd. It was loud and getting louder all of the people starting to push forward.
“Yeah, she’s sweet. Pretty damn sexy too.”
Matt grinned, watching a man screaming in the face of one of the policemen. He lifted his hand, a small and roiling ball of fire building as Syn leant back and watched. It was a single spark, the start of War and his best buddy Conquest. All it needed was to be launched and then they could get to work. Matt waited for just the right moment, the crowd yelling and the tension building to a peak , his view now focused as he let go.
The small fire arched up into the air and flew a short distance to land between the pair of men that Matt had been watching. It exploded up the policeman’s leg exactly as a petrol bomb would, catching his trousers alight as the protester screamed and stepped back. A real petrol bomb followed it, the protesters seemingly waiting on that signal to attack. The forward surge did not affect either Matt or Syn, they simply strolled behind it, neither man standing out and yet hard not to notice. Matt was taller and broad, both of them well muscled and now intent on going after the possessed humans. The ethereal armour that Syn’s demon lover had seen was even more intricate on Matt, a helm on his head made him even taller and he looked forward to when his brothers would join him and the Horsemen would show themselves.
Syn grabbed one of the protesters and shoved him into a passing policeman, another violent response kicking off as teargas canisters were sent into the crowd. Now the panic was rising and the two demons roared at them, screeching out in anger at the waves of power now pulsing through the crowds. Matt didn’t wait, didn’t try and reason with them at all, there was really no point. Instead he picked them up by the neck, one in each hand, and dashed them into the wall. Syn giggled at the explosion of blood and brain matter, gingerly stepping over it as he worked his way deeper into the mass crowds of humanity.
“They’re having all the fun.”
Lily had walked forward to the barrier and lent over, watching the two immortals as they sparked fight after fight, the humans all too quickly turning on each other. The police were outnumbered, there had been little violence expected as these things usually went of quietly. Now they scrambled to order reinforcements. The crowd was growing too as more and more people surged into the square, when thinking about it later very few of them were sure why.
“Any demons?”
“Not now, they fled when Matt brained those two.”
She pointed Johnny’s gaze down to the two corpses and then pulled him back as an explosion rent the air. Matt was at the front of the crowd and launching larger balls of fire. It was a police car that had exploded and she remembered Syn’s instructions to keep back. Claire was shivering in the doorway, the shock starting to set in. Johnny removed his coat and put it around her shoulders, he knew how hard it was to accept at first.
Lily continued to watch the riot and its spread into the streets. Syn had taken one road, Matt the other as they pushed and motivated the fight to spread more and more rapidly. Claire could hear the shouts and screams, curiosity meaning that she ended up there too. The three of them stood together, none of them questioning what was going on below.
“So many people….”
The bodies were now piling up and she watched as something else started to happen, grabbing Johnny’s arm.
“Look.”
“Fuck…what is that?”
Lilith stared down at the black mass of cloud that was approaching the back of the crowd, it seemed to touch the people and she felt the shiver of evil that radiated out. Clearly Satan was upping the odds, the greasy, beardy little shit, and looking to attack her friends from behind. Her eyes glowed black, making Claire and Johnny jump as she turned back to them.
“Get in the car and lock the door. I will cloak you so you will stay hidden while I warn Matt and Syn. Whatever you do don’t let the scroll fall into their hands. If you need to, just drive away and we will find you.”
She pushed them back towards the vehicle, a scrap of people pressed into a protesting Johnny’s hands.
“We can help.”
“You can release Zacky if needed, he’s cooling his heels in Arizona.”
Johnny was still protesting as Lily shut the door, Claire pulling him back. She left them, speeding down the hill and keeping watch on the growing crowd of possessed people that spat and bit at those around them. It wasn’t hard to follow the trail of destruction that lead to Matt, mentally calling out to Syn too.
“You got company coming up fast. Looks like the bitch is infecting the tail enders.”
Matt turned, his hands and face now bloodstained and grinned, catching Lily into a hug.
“And hello to you. I needed a real fight.”
“You need the scroll out of here. We don’t have Zack or Jimmy yet.”
Matt nodded, throwing another cop into a screeching horde of protesters as they headed back the way that they had come. The streets were now a mess of bodies and blood, some of the bystanders dragging the wounded and dying away towards makeshift first aid stations. Even some of the buildings were now burning and that had little to do with the immortals.
“Get them away Lily, me and Syn can have a little more fun and catch you up.”
Syn appeared in front of them, like Matt a little bloodstained but already holding a demon possessed body in his hands. The head appeared to be missing and he looked a little puzzled which set of Matt laughing and even Lily had to pause.
“It rolled that way.”
Syn’s eyes lit up, the body discarded as he hugged her.
“This is great, more of a fight.”
She pinched his ass, hands wandering a little more as she was pinned between the men. It was exciting and erotic, that much was true but she had to make them focus so Lily did it in the only way she knew how and boxed their ears. Reaching up to do it kinda spoiled the effect, she was not tall but both of them suddenly looked like cowed schoolboys as the riot continued around them.
“Claire and Johnny need to get out of here.”
Another explosion shook the ground as the fight continued to grow. Syn reached out and kissed his woman, his eyes serious and Matt’s arms around her waist.
“Go now. Take them to Arizona and find Zacky.”

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