The Shield One-Shots Book 3

Guardian Angel Pt38/Ambreigns

 Michael sighed as he stared out the window, while Raphael read Cecil's response to their meeting. After they had finished the spell, he had lied to his brothers and had them wait in the room for him before they told the others they were done, while he did one final step to complete the spell. So, while his brothers waited, he had gone to meet up with Dean and give him the bottle of Archangel grace. When he had returned, they had sent word to Cecil about wanting to meet up. Now, they just needed to get away from the others to meet with Cecil, something that all three of them knew wouldn't be easy to do.

 Meanwhile, Roman nervously paced the hallway outside of the room where Michael and his brothers were doing the spell that they had been unsuccessful at stopping. He knew the damn spell was a fake, this was just Cecil's way of beating them. The Archangels had refused to listen to them and did exactly what that bastard, Cecil, wanted them to do. If they didn't change the Archangel's minds then they were completely fucked, but how the hell do you convince three Archangels to do something?

 "Anything yet?" Seth asked anxiously as he joined Roman with Ava, Mia, Xavier, and Zachariah.

 "No, nothing." Roman replied sighing as he stopped pacing. "May-maybe that's a good thing? Maybe they figured out that the spell was a fake?" He added, hopeful.

 "If that were true, brother, they would have told us by now." Xavier said gently.

 "Yeah, I...I know." Roman replied sighing again. "I just wish that we had been able to convince them that it was a fake."

 "We all do, Roman, but we tried our best, brother." Ava said softly as she took his hand.

 "Yeah, well, our best wasn't good enough and now Cecil's going to get exactly what he needs to destroy us all." Seth said bitterly.

 Before anyone could say or do anything else, the door to the room opened and the three Archangels came out, everyone turned to look at them.

 "Is...is it done, brothers?" Roman asked, hoping they'd say no.

 "It is." Michael replied as he held up a small glass bottle that contained their grace. "We've also sent word to Cecil that it's done." He added sighing.

 "Please, Michael, it's not too late, you can take back your grace and then destroy Cecil." Seth said smiling.

 "We're begging you, brothers, please, don't do this." Xavier added.

 "Silence!" Gabriel demanded loudly. "We've been over this already, this is the only way to save Dean and stop Cecil."

 "How? By giving him exactly what the bastard wants?" Seth said angrily.

 "Enough!" Raphael said firmly. "We've decided and our minds will not be changed."

 "When are you meeting him?" Zachariah questioned.

 "We're meeting him now." Raphael replied.

 "What?" Everyone said together shocked.

 "We need to go, he'll be expecting us." Michael said.

 "At least let us go with you as backup then?" Seth said quickly, stopping the Angels from leaving.

 "Absolutely not." Michael refused.

 "Why not?" Roman asked frustrated.

 "It's too dangerous, that's why." Raphael stated.

 "That's exactly why you need us." Seth countered.

 "Excuse me?" Michael questioned confused as he looked at an equally confused Raphael and Gabriel before they looked back at the others.

 "Cecil has his powers, the spellbook, and Dean, you three are pretty much defenseless now without your grace, which is why you need us." Roman explained.