A World In Which I Was Me

Chapter 17

When Avis's eyes opened, she could tell her plan was working. The Underworld was a familiarly eerie feeling. She knew she was dead, but everything felt fine.

Her throat was dry, which never happened, and she was cold. One of the perks of being able to control ice made sure that Avis never got cold. She missed that right now.

When she finally calmed herself down and was able to pay attention to her surroundings, she saw she was standing in front of a dark throne. It was built out of a metal that was pitch black, in a way that didn't even shine, and had spikes escaping from every end. A tall, lean man that looked almost sickly but glowed at the same time, sat on the throne with a monotone expression.

"Uncle" Avis smirked and walked a little closer, knowing when it was acceptable for her to stop

"Niece, either you have a bad habit of getting yourself killed or you're here for a reason." He didn't waste time on greetings or asking any questions about how she died. He was a God; he didn't need to.

"I'm here to make a deal." She took a deep breath, remembering how she had rehearsed this earlier "I need to kill Lucifer, that's what you meant last time I was here. The only way I can do that is with an archangel blade, which I know you have. I just need you to bring me back, give me the blade, I kill the Devil, and then you get to put me as deep in Tartarus as you want me"

Hades raised an eyebrow, thinking this over. She wasn't asking for much, and finally having her dead would probably anger his brother more than anything, a fabulous bonus if you ask him. 

"Fine. But you lose my blade I'm gonna be pissed" Hades snapped his fingers, and the next thing Avis knew she was gasping for breath.

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Avis bolted up from the bed and looked around frantically. Her vision was a little blurry at first, so she couldn't see whose arms grabbed her shoulders. But the presence calmed her down, and she started breathing normally. When everything was clear again, she saw Dean in front of her

"Hey, hey, hey you're okay, you're good" He looked at her with an expression she couldn't really place but pushed aside, as she let her memories flood back in.

"Sup." Avis sighed and Dean scoffed, leaning back in the chair he had been sitting in 

"So did your idiotic plan work?" Dean questioned and Avis felt around her pockets, until she felt the blade sheathed, around her belt. She took it out and showed Dean smirking

"Yes, it did" She brought herself to her feet, but got a little dizzy and Dean held her arm to stabilize her "I'm good, just uh y'know coming back from the dead can take a lot out of you" She laughed, and Dean shook his head

"Now I know how Sam feels when I make poorly timed jokes" He muttered, and Avis smirked "So you gonna tell us the plan, or are we gonna have to make you this time"

"I'm sorry I didn't fill you guys in, but would you have really let me, let my sister stab me so I could go to the Underworld and talk to my Uncle, God of the Underworld?" She raised her eyebrows, waiting for an answer and Dean sighed, knowing she was right

"Fair enough, but it was still stupid" He helped her outside towards the map room, making sure not to go too fast

"Yeah, yeah" She waved her hand brushing him off, and smiled when she saw Jasper sitting with Cas and Sam "Hey nerds"

Jasper went wide-eyed and ran over to her, almost tackling her in a hug. Avis laughed, hugging him back, refusing to let her tears fall. Cas followed, not sure if she would want to hug him, but Avis rolled her eyes giving him small hug, as well as Sam

"Ok, I know this hasn't been easy on you guys and I'm sorry. But my plan isn't even close to being done" Dean was about to say something she raised her hand "No one else is dying in this except for Lucifer"

"So why go to Hades?" Cas questioned and Avis took out the archangel blade for them to see 

"Archangel blade. Hades has a whole collection of weapons, mostly from dead people" She shrugged, and Jasper held back a laugh "He had the ammo I needed to take Lucifer out"

"Wait, but I thought that's why you needed your sword, and what about Reid? How did you know she was a double agent?" Sam pushed, and the others agreed. Avis had been very quiet about the entire thing; they had no idea she was skeptical.

"I knew Reid was working for Lucifer the second I saw her in my apartment. It was too coincidental, her being there the first time I'm back in my apartment after 7 years? No way I was buying that bullshit" It dawned on them that they didn't even question it. Reid being in Avis' apartment even though the rest of the place was barren "So I pretended that my keychain was the weapon that I needed, Reid tells Lucifer, Lucifer gets ready for a fight but makes sure there won't actually be one by having Reid kill me when he thinks I'm too focused on him."

"Damn, that's actually a pretty perfect plan" Sam smiled impressed and Avis smiled, showboating a little

"I know, but now I need to deal with Reid before I can take him out." They looked at her with confusion "She has powers and is working with Lucifer; she needs to be taken off the board"

"What exactly are her abilities?" Cas asked, everyone, starting to get on board 

"Mind control sort of. She can use it on any human, demon, even angels" They went wide-eyed

"How the hell are you supposed to fight that?" Jasper put his hands on his hips, in a way that made Avis smirk

"Please, I've defeated worse than a bitch with a weird-ass brain" Jasper nodded, regretting asking and Avis sat down "But first, I need a drink and a taco."