Good Omens

Three

Crowley is sitting in the bookshop with fifteen of his most trusted demons, Yachempusa had to stay on Hell to keep guarding the prison. The demons here are: Lafar (the weapon maker of Hell), Tishmah, Amaum, Apollon, Druka, Naera, Yaeth, Mordevial, Joronwa, Gramah, O'yaotzin, Zabduyelch, Eisiphong, Alevia, and Tishidael.

"Oh!" Joronwa suddenly yells out. "Lucifer just sent me his thoughts!" They jump up and they look at an attentive Crowley. "Lucifer said he'd help us."

This makes Crowley relax, having the Devil on their side. He glances at Muriel, who looks pleased. They're staring at Joronwa with curious eyes.

"He sent for another weapon the other day," Lafar says. "He wants a knife made of Hellfire, Crowley. He wants to kill himself. I keep refusing, but I won't be able to anymore."

"The guards want to see me again," Tishmah speaks up. "I can get Joronwa in to see Lucifer again..."

"You can't," Yachempusa says as she appears. "The Angels won't be coming back to torture Aziraphale."

"What?" Crowley snaps his head toward her. "Why?"

"They say it's useless," the demon replies. "He doesn't feel the pain during the torture and he already mentally tortures himself. Michael herself said it's time for him to simply... rot."

"I can help send your thoughts to Lucifer," Yaeth says from her spot, leaning against a beam. 

"That's a good idea," Yachempusa says. "But this does make getting Aziraphale out easier if no one comes to torture him anymore. His cell's easy to find; he's right across the hall from Lucifer, literally."

"One hell of a cell neighbor," O'yaotzin muses. "I bet Joronwa loves that he has spoken to Lucifer." He's grinning from ear-to-ear.

"Shush it," Joronwa scolds and Crowley smirks a little. "But can you please send my thoughts to Lucifer, Yaeth?"

Yaeth nods and she walks over. "Think something."

Joronwa does as they're told and thinks, and Yaeth sends them to Lucifer.

"We need to get Aziraphale out. Help us with a plan?"

Lucifer is quick to respond.

"We better not take our time," Lucifer thinks and Joronwa translates. "He keeps calling himself a Bad Angel, and we all remember Hadriel."

Hadriel was an Angel who was arrested for absolutely nothing but protecting humanity. He was there alongside Aziraphale and Crowley before the beginning of time. He was put in the Heavenly Prison in Hell where Aziraphale is and he killed himself with a weapon Lafar made with no other choice. Hadriel always called himself a bad Angel when that just wasn't the case. He was good, he was too good for God and the Archangels.

"Aziraphale, like Hadriel, is too good for God and the Archangels," Lucifer sends out and Joronwa translates.

"If he's thinking like that, then we do have to hurry," Zabduyelch says. "I don't like Angels personally, but Aziraphale isn't like the others. I can account for that. He helped me out of a jam back in 1112."

"What jam?" Apollon asks.

"Something to do with goats," Zabduyelch murmurs and Muriel giggles a little.

Muriel is an Angel, they're proud of that, but here recently, they don't identify as an Angel. Not since they learned that they betrayed Aziraphale and arrested him instead of giving him Gabriel's spot as promised; instead of giving the spot to Michael, who will ruin Heaven's image. 

"Aziraphale helped me," Zabduyelch says, "that's what matters. Not the jam, but the helper."

"O'yaotzin, Mordevial, Tishmah, Druka, we're going to need all of you and four seductive ways," Crowley says. "I want Amaum with us, as well as Apollon, Zabduyelch, and Tishidaet. We go whenever Lucifer says we should."

Yaeth sends that thought to Lucifer.

"I'll let you know," Lucifer thinks to her and Yaeth translates to the awaiting party.