GUARDIAN|M.LANGDON

PART 22|PERFECT

We sat in the car waiting for Coco
Cordelia had a plan, to get the woman who killed John Moore
Michaels 'ally' as she called it, ms mead

We waited until coco was safe, this was her job, we start to hear struggling as the bodyguard takes ms mead, the other drags coco back into the car, fast asleep

We got one, now for the others
Cordelia and Myrtle took the job of taking the two warlocks, nerves rose through me

This was the first attack, and we had an advantage
But I wondered what would happen to Michael?

Cordelia had promised we wouldn't hurt him, that I needed to be given the chance to talk to him before it happened, but it was already so much

Let's hope this works

-TIME SKIP-

It was sunny and hot, the witches had an umbrella as I watched the scene unfold

There was ms mead, and both the warlocks conspirers, at the stake

Cordelia walks up "Ariel Augustus, Baldwin pennypacker"

"For the murder of your fellow warlock, John Henry Moore, and conspiring to commit treason against this coven, I, Cordelia Goode, in the behalf of this council sentence you to death by fire"

I watched as the bodyguards poured gasoline on the warlocks as I gulped, ms mead staring directly at me

Cordelia continued her speech, and finally John Henry Moore came to burn them, Ariel and Baldwin couldn't speak but I assume if they could, they'd be surprised to see him still alive

It was a horrific sight, they went up in flames quick, and ms mead seemed to smile maniacally as her flesh started to burn

She wouldn't take her eyes off me

All but me and Cordelia started to leave, I got to follow but Cordelia stops me

"Evelyn, I need you to do something"
I stop and look at her "of course, what is it?"

She grabs my hand as she leads me to ms meads remains, a horrific sight

"Her soul is in hell, I have no doubt Michael would go without a seconds waste down to bring her back

I need you to hide her"

I breathe in deep, I didn't want to do it, but she was right, he would just go down to get her and this would be for nothing, so I did

But heaven knows what he'll do when he finds out

-TIME SKIP-

I waited with Cordelia, until Michael arrived, which surprisingly hadn't taken long

He stepped up to the podiums, he seemed to sense who they were, gasping at each one

And finally... he reached ms meads remains, I could feel how he felt, lost, angry, sad, a heart wrenching yell escaped him as he cried

I wanted to go up and tell him everything would be okay

But I couldn't

Cordelia started to walk towards him, and I followed suit, almost hoping I could hide behind her I stayed a few steps back

"It's over"

He turns to look at Cordelia, but immediately his eyes lay on me, I shrink back

"We know who you are, your allies are all dead, you have failed"

He stares at her, ignoring me and I feel the rage build up
"I've already proven to you that I can defy death, I'm just gonna bring her back, and when I do my ms mead will stand by me as we watch you die"

Cordelia stays level headed "you can certainly go to hell, but you won't find her there"

He pauses for a second "what have you done?"

"Her soul is hidden by a spell only I can break" this was a lie, but I knew she was doing it out of protection

But he seemed to have caught on
"That's a lie! The only ones who can do that are devils and-"

He cuts off
Angels

He stares at me as his face contorts, he knows I did it
He falls to the floor and I can't help but go towards him

I fall to my knees as I start to cry
"I'm so sorry, I'm so so sorry"
I didn't want to hurt him

Us angels are meant to be so perfect, made by god himself
But we aren't
When you are a guardian angels it's not just a job, it's a connection formed long before you or the person was made

It's a connection of promise, admiration
Love

You can be the most loyal ally to your friend but if you were the guardian of the enemy, your heart just pulls to them

And this is what had happened, I had completely ignored Cordelia, this whole ordeal, without a seconds waste
Just to make sure he was okay

Cordelia continued as she took my hand, pulling me away

"You're alone"

Tears fell down my eyes, he's not alone

"I'm not alone, I have my father" he looked at us, just seemed so desperate

It was breaking my heart

"Where is he now?" Cordelia taunted at him, I looked at her in disbelief

"Cordelia stop it" she looked at me, tears kept falling down my face

She looked at me, almost... angry

I looked at him and knelt down, holding his face

"You don't have to do this, there's humanity in you, come with me, we can find it together"

We maintained eye contact, it was too intense, this whole thing was, I grabbed his hand helping him up

And he walked straight past me
"Someway, somehow, I am going to bring her back, and then I'm going to kill every last one of you"

I let out a heavy breath, it shouldn't have hurt so much, it shouldn't have broke me, I shouldn't have been so sad

But it did, and I was

I went to go follow him, but cordelia grabbed me once again

"Is this what you want?" It was practically a shout, I was afraid

"To follow the reason this will all go to shit? To leave the only thing you have as a family?"

I looked at her, my mouth gaping in surprise
"Don't make me choose"