Angelica Kills Angels

Chapter 8

 

ANGELICA

           I sat up and stretched. Six months of war and I was exhausted. The constant fighting wasn’t what bothered me, it was the knowledge that my allies kept dying. Hunting and war are so not the same. In hunts is usually one on one, maybe two against one if you have a friend, but you rarely die. It’s like we’re safe from harm unless we act like idiots. In war everyone is always dying. I can’t protect all of them, and they keep dying around me. Heaven is being split up, pushed apart. Those faithful to Rafael and the way it ‘should be’ and those who want earth to be happy.

           I’d been going around for months, finding hunters and enlisting them to help. Surprisingly most of them were close to Ash’s Roadhouse, often stopping in for a drink or something, so I had a small army of dead Hunters helping Cas’ side of Heaven. On this day in particular I was supposed to attend a planning meeting with Cas and I needed to wear my council robes, but i really didn’t want to. I wanted to go to earth, visit Dad, or Dean. Cas was being withdrawn, normal since we were at war, but he seemed to be a bit nervous now a days. There came a knock at the door, shaking me out of my thoughts.

“Milady, art thou decent?” Momo said through the door. I sighed and sat up, sweeping my hands down my chest so I was in my council robes.

“Yes, Momo, I’m decent.” I said marching over to the door, barefeet silent on the marble floor. I was in the room I had dreamed of. It was the room Cas and I were given since we were leading the resistance. I yanked open the door and Momo smiled at me, dressed in his feathery uniform.  

“They are awaiting you mistress.” He said pointedly. I sighed and picked up the hem of my skirt, tucking it into my belt where my sword hung and started running. He was flying beside me and looked completely at ease. I hated him so much right now. Running freaking sucks. We dashed past angels dressed in armor or in suits, talking or going on messages, training and taking. I finally arrived at the council chamber and ran straight in, dropping my skirt at the last possible moment and slowed to a jog and finally a walk, shifting my wings slightly. In the Citadel I never bothered to get rid of my wings. Everyone else had there’s as well, so...

Cas looked over to me and held out his hand. I stepped over to him and took it, allowing him to pull me to his side. So started yet another boring meeting of a bunch of old angels talking non-stop about mobilization and battle. I sighed and listened politely only yawning once and I hid that behind Cas’ back. Then something caught my attention. They wanted to send a bomb of holy oil into one of Rafael’s base camps and blow it sky high, but it was right in the middle of a huge center of Heaven citizens.

“We can’t.” I said. They all looked at me. I had never spoken at one of these before. “We can’t send in a bomb, it will completely destroy these people.” I said pointing. The area expanded to show the different parts of heaven that would be destroyed in the explosion. “I don’t know what happens if you get hurt in Heaven, but it would still hurt.” I said pointing as a fake explosion destroyed the area. They all looked at me.

“That is exactly what Rafael wants. He set himself among the innocent to use them as a shield, and if we don’t strike he will win. It won’t leave any permanent damage to the people of Heaven. He knows you won’t attack the innocent, and Castiel defers to you, so he is easily winning this war by manipulating you.” Said one. I narrowed my eyes at him and my wings flared slightly. His flared as well and I could feel the tension go straight up.

“If we fire on the innocent we become no better than demons.” I hissed. Dead silence. “If you want to send down burning rain on them do it without my blessing.” I said and walked out. I moved to earth and willed my normal clothes back on. I took off flying up above the clouds and soaring high up. I landed down behind my dad’s house and walked in. “OLD WOLF!” I shouted and he poked his head around the corner. He smiled and wrapped me up in a hug and I sighed.

“How you doin’, darlin’?” He asked. I sighed, happy to see him. We talked for a while, I told him about the war and he told me about all the wacky monsters popping up everywhere. It was an overall nice day, just being with dad again. I missed Sam, but I didn’t bring him up and neither did dad. I didn’t want to bug Dean. He was out. Finally. Seeing me wouldn’t help. So I ate with Dad, because I hadn’t eaten in months, and was actually pretty hungry. “Come and visit again.” Dad said as I grabbed my jacket. I nodded and moved myself to heaven. I sighed as I appeared in our room, the one with the amazing balcony, and sat on the bed.

Castiel burst into the room in armor and saw me. I looked up as he rushed to me and pulled me up off the bed into his warm embrace. I sighed and yelped as the chainmail pinched my arms. He let go and pressed his forehead against mine as he sighed.

“I was worried about you.” he mumbled lightly. I smiled a bit and pressed a small kiss on his nose. “I thought you left me.” He mumbled pitifully. I sighed and pulled him closer. The sun was going down in this area and we had been so busy lately we never got any time with just us. I looped my arms up around his shoulders and pressed my lips into his. He tensed up and then relaxed. He lowered me gently onto the bed, my wings spread out behind me like a blanket and his wings spread out over us, covering our very suddenly, very naked bodies. I gasped at the sudden sensation and Cas took his cue, diving past my lips into my mouth. I moaned slightly and he suddenly pulled back looking horrified at himself.

“I forgot to hold your hand.” he mumbled, but I just smiled and pulled him back into the kiss.

 

CASTIEL

I sighed as my body relaxed. Angela was curled up beside me, somewhere in the twilight between waking and slumber, and her steady breathing eased my mind. I shifted a bit and Angela raised herself up on her elbows to look at me. I wrapped an arm around her and pulled her back down so we were pressed against each other again. She sighed a bit and her breath rolled across my chest. I shivered and she giggled a bit. I smiled at her laugh. It’s like music, like a cymbal and a trumpet. She rolled onto my chest so she was laying on top of me and pressed her forehead against mine. I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms up behind her back.

I loved her. Too much for words, I loved her more than anything. And I still do. She is and was my everything, and I felt uncontrollable guilt that I hadn’t told her about Crowley. She was my best friend and my wife, and my lover, but I was keeping the biggest secret in the history of secrets from her. She looked up at me and smiled a bit. I felt my heart flutter, just like always and kissed her nose softly. She giggled again. She always does when I kiss her like that. She won’t tell me why, but it makes her happy, so I do it.

“We need to get up. A war is out there.” She whispered to me. I sighed. I didn’t want to get up, I wanted to hold onto her forever and never let go. I wanted to disappear and hide from everything, leave this mantle of power to someone with more experience, more strength. But I couldn’t, and I knew it. So I sat up and she shifted so she was sitting on my lap again. We made contact and she gasped as I groaned slightly. She slid quickly off my lap and I stood up trying to breathe. I willed my armor back onto me as she stretched out on the bed, her back arching and the sheet barely covering her.

“I thought we were getting up.” I pointed out. She shot me a look and stood up, her pants and tunic immediately covering her up.

“Smart ass.” She mumbled before we went out.