Drag me down

[1.]

The bright light hurt my eyes but after a few seconds, they'd adjusted again. The white walls that once made to room seem so friendly, now made into a small, stuffy eyesore. As I looked around, something caught my eye. I went to reach for it only to hear somebody clear their throat behind me. I swivelled round and met their eye. "Damien, why do I have the pleasure of being called here?"

Damien looked at me with no emotion shown on his face. I subconsciously curled my fingers around the hem of my sleeves. I tended to do it when I was nervous. Damien cleared his throat again. His anchor was wearing out, it was only temporary, unlike mine. He gestured upwards with his hands and then pulled his fingers towards him. The thing I was looking at before flew past my face, yet I still didn't look away from his face. It was a sign of weakness if I looked away.

"Your wings, how are they?" I shifted my feet and flexed my wings. His anchor was unable to see them so that meant he was too. "They're fine." I replied curtly. I just wanted to get back to my own business. The garden was so beautiful this time if the year. The peaches on the tree were delicious, though the taste was somewhat diminished from my anchor.

"-Earth. I understand that you've wanted to protect for a while now so we've assigned you to Evan Bell. Now his purpose is unclear unto the fact that Father wants him safe. Are we clear?" I steeled my gaze and stood up straighter.

"When do I leave?" Damien nodded, seemingly appeased with my answer. I hadn't noticed but he had been typing something into the object. When he passed it to me, he turned away. A studied the thing and turned it over. I pressed a button on the top and it flashed bright colours. "That is your mobile phone. Where you're going, they are called cell phones, do you know what they do Lexi?"

He spoke to me as if I was a child, and that was one of the things that really annoyed me. "I attended school Damien, I think I know what a phone is." He raised an eyebrow, gesturing for me to explain. "Well you can contact people on it, take pictures and...," I turned the phone over again, "-and take directions." I smiled proudly at him as he nodded.

"We will send you down tomorrow. His location is programmed into your phone. And for our sake Lexi, don't mess this up." Aw, he did care. I smiled at him softly and waved. He was my fatherly figure round here but he almost always didn't act like it. I closed my eyes and sighed. I felt a slight pinch and then the air was knocked out of me. I gasped as I opened my eyes, once again in the garden.

I could see Cassiel (A/N not Castiel from Supernatural) running his fingers along a branch. "Hello my favourite brother." He turned around and smiled a sad smile. His eyes crinkled and a soft sigh left his lips. The angel who fell for humanity. "Damien told me what was happening. I wanted to say-"I had to stop him. "Cassiel, why did you fall for them?" It was vital I didn't make the same mistake. I would've asked Damien but he' would've said I needn't worry.

"They are the broken beautiful, the blunt truth and they survive their own wronging's." I nodded slowly, not quite understanding. "Demons are like a gorgeous lie, the sickly sweetness and we are the ugly truth, in all ways, divine. But them, they make wrong and then deal with it, can make the truth beautiful, make a lie hurt more than the truth, can be everything we can't. It was impossible not to fall. Be careful Lexi, I don't want the same to happen to you."

"They are beautiful, I agree, but they are also rather stupid." Cassiel raised his eyebrows and I scowled at him slightly. "Why would you think that?" I shook my head at him. I knew he loved them but how could he not see it? "Well, for starters they are destroying themselves, they act wrongly at love, theirs and others and less than half of them become angels anymore!" I shook my head.

"I know you want to believe they are perfect Cassiel but they really aren't!" He seemed hurt that I'd said that, yet I hadn't a clue why. I didn't really have good apathy. "I wish you the best of luck Lexi, but I must go now. Gabriel is in need of me." Cassiel hugged me then stepped back and in the blink of an eye, he was gone.

I walked over to a flat rock and sat down. I knew I wanted this assignment but I wasn't ready to leave. I drew my hands over the floor in front of me and acted out folding clothes. I only had to do it for a few seconds and a case full of clothes was presented in front of me. I fell back and put my arms behind my head as I watched the sky. My last day. I could faintly hear the chatter of the souls in heaven.

The more prominent sound was the constant din from Earth. If I listened closely I could pick out a few prayers. 'Lord give me strength at my hour of need.' 'Help me today, I didn't study enough!' Cue me sighing. There seemed to be a lot of sighing today. "-lad she's finally going."

I abruptly sat up. Was that another angel? It wasn't a secret that some of my brethren didn't like me but I thought they might at least miss me a little. I also knew they all thought I was going to fail. "Now! You need to go now!" Damien loomed over me and I was so engrossed I hadn't even seen him. "No time to explain but Evan is in danger. Your assignment is to protect him so go!"

The next thing I knew I was tumbling through the mossy surface of Eden. My hair whipped past my face as I looked up, but I could no longer see anything but clouds and stars. Hmm, night time. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the small case flying past my head.

I flipped myself over and was staring at the rapidly approaching city lights below me. Skyscrapers were dominant in the world I was now calling home. Oh my dad I really hope I'm not too late, I can't fail my first assignment before I've even started!