Heir to Hell

The Kidnapping

For the three and a half hours, Adri and Gabriel did more scoping around the building. She feigned having to sit multiple times at her brother's insistence. Gabriel's mind wandered constantly, wondering how her father had managed to come back when just the night before he had vanished three hundred miles away. While Gabriel was aware of the full truth behind Lee and his disappearance, Adri was not. According to the ancient angelic guardian rules, he could not just tell her. However, he wished she accidentally forced him to. He hated keeping her in the dark, even if it was for her good.

"Well, Sally, your support group starts in twenty minutes. You might want to head up." Gabby warned, fidgeting with his bow tie. He looked at Adri, who was fumbling with the hidden hilt of her dagger. "Hey, everything will be okay. I'll be waiting at the hotel but if you call me, I can come to pick you up. It's okay to be scared." He comforted her. He put his hands on her shoulders and spoke softly, tying her to reality and pushing away her fears.

"I miss my boys," Adri admitted, letting him into her thoughts. He found her mind suppressing memories of the last time she saw Dean and Sam, although she was thinking of baking with Dean and comforting Sam after the fight with his Dad when he was eighteen.

"After this case, why don't you meet up with them? Fate can screw itself. I think you need to see them. They'll probably need your help." Gabby offered, beginning to guide her into the building. She nodded, too focused on the thoughts of them fighting what felt like energy from Hell. She could help. But first, she needed to finish this case. And she would.

"Thanks, Gabby. Okay, deep breaths." Adri told herself.

"Okay, enough mushy stuff from me. Go and be the badass I trained you to be." He encouraged.

"You trained me? Excuse me? I was born badass, you adopted it from me." Adri sassed, straightening her posture.

"Bitch, please, I gave you the badass you have today. Along with that sass, missy. Now go knock 'em dead." Gabriel retorted, ushering her to the front desk before smirking at the woman behind the desk who blushed. Adri scoffed but decided he could have the last word. She walked to the same blushing woman to ask for directions.

When Adri walked into the room, the first thing she noticed was how empty it was. The reviews on the website had said the group was rather large but due to the recent kidnappings, well, chances were that she wasn't the only one who could make connections.

"Sally! Hey darling, have a seat. This here is Diane, she has been with us since the support group began. We like to have women pregnant with possible complications and women who had complications in the same support group. I find it adds confidence to have a role model of where you could end up. With the right guidance, of course. " Lonnie smiled energetically. Diane wore a dress similar to Adri's and also had no baby bump.

"Nice to meet you, Diane." Adri greeted, enjoying the smile back from her.

"You too, Sally. I hope you feel comfortable with the four of us." On Diane's right was Cassie, a tall blonde who wore a look as if the group was beneath her and looked too young to be a mother. To the right of Cassie was Courtney, a short redhead who had more energy than Lonnie and a large baby bump. Then at the last minute, a woman walked in, wearing a pantsuit with a clipboard.

"Nice to see you again, Lindsey." Lonnie's persona was depleted as soon as Lindsay waltzed in.

"Lindsey is the officer assigned to keep an eye on Lonnie because of all the recent kidnappings. But she's sworn to secrecy with whatever is said in these meetings so feel free to share." Diane whispered to Adri, hoping to make her comfortable which must mean that Adri was doing a good job of blending into Sally's persona of a nervous first-time mother with a complex history.