The Dark Hour

--------Skyla--------

"What happened to her?" I'm guessing Valerie asked.

"I think she was having a panic attack," I said quickly. "I tried to help her calm down a bit but she just kept asking for you."

"Valerie, I-I-" She shakily started to say. "I wanna go home, I want my family." She said starting to cry.

"Hey, you are home," She said gently. "Remember, all of us that are in Castiel's faction. We're your family, and we want you to feel safe here. Ok?" She shook her head.

"I feel safe, b-but what if Aaron comes here t-to kill me like he did with m-my parents."

"I won't let him get to you, I've told you that. He's hurt you enough and he's not getting to you without going through me first." She nodded and pulled her in a hug. "No one is going to get to you or hurt you. I promise I will protect you."

"O-Okay." I saw Ridge and he looked a bit worried. I walked over to him and smiled.

"We're going to get Lalna back. I'll talk to Axel and see if Astrid came back or not." He nodded.

"Ok."

"Hey." We both turned and looked at Valerie.

"I want to come too."

"M-Me too, specially i-if you were talking about t-the demon gang." Layla said standing up.

"Woah, I'm not sure you should go," I said a bit worried. "I mean you just got over a panic attack." She shook her head.

"I don't care! I-I want to kill Aaron myself he took something from me and I hate him for it!" I looked at Valerie and she sighed.

"Layla, are you sure about this?" She nodded.

"I'll have you by my side Valerie I feel like I can do anything when you're with me." She smiled softly then sighed.

"Ok, if you're sure about this." I walked into the other room and called Axel.

"Hello?" He said tiredly.

"Hey, sorry did you just wake up?" I asked softly.

"No, I've been up all night waiting for Astrid to get back."

"She's not back yet?"

"No she hasn't came back for a couple of hours, and she isn't picking up her phone. I'm going to talk to Lucifer and see if there's anything I can do."

"Well me, Ridge and a couple of other people were going to go get Lalna back. You could come with us and see if they have Astrid."

"Yeah okay, will you meet me at the castle gate?"

"Yeah sure, see you in about maybe thirty minutes."

"Okay." He said hanging up. I sighed then the front door opened.

"Honey?" Ryan's voice called out. I quickly walked to the living room and hugged him.

"You're back!" I said happily. "Are you ok? What happened?"

"I'm fine, I got Seto and some other angels are back here. I don't know if Astrid found Lalna or not."

"I called Axel and she hasn't came back."

"She isn't?"

"No, Axel's been up all night. We're going to go get Lalna anyways." He nodded.

"I'll stay here just incase she shows up. Be careful my dad is mean and won't hear anyone out. Don't get yourself hurt, or killed." He said kissing my forehead.

"I'll be careful," I smiled.

"You better be." He said smiling back. I went over to Ridge and the girls and I got out the bag of candy Astrid gave me. I handed out one for each of them and I smiled.

"See you guys there."