"So," The voice whispered. "I raised your father and you rose too."

Your mind was a haze, so much power and sensations coming back to you.

"You are fascinating. Only one Horseman had an offspring. You. And now, you are nearly as old as he is. Definitely older than me. I know it's rude to bring up a woman's age, but I never actually had the pleasure of knowing you before I fell. I simply admired you from afar. I always felt so drawn to you. Like we were kindred spirits. But here you are, right before me. I have to say, it is an honour meeting the daughter of Death."

You felt your body heave a great sigh as your lungs grew accustomed to the fresh oxygen.

"It's funny, when you think about it. Death creating life. It feels almost wrong somehow. But there is something special about you. Not just because you're the only offspring that the Horsemen created, but because, out of all of them, you are the only one who cannot be contained."

Awareness comes back to you. You open your eyes and the first thing you see are his eyes. Blue. The bluest you had ever seen. But this was just a vessel. You look deeper and see the angel within. The blinding light. The cold burn of it. Lucifer. You understood why they called him the Morningstar.

"But that's the funny thing about Grief. It will not be contained. It will not be controlled and everyone experiences it differently. There are so many facets to your power. Rage and frustration. Depression and pain. Paranoia and suspicion. But then there is also the coolness of peace and acceptance. One look, one touch from you could cause the sanest person to become enraged. But on the other hand, you could make the most violent of people calm and at peace. Such a power, to control the very nature of emotion. With you by my side, I can finally do what needs to be done."

You couldn't sense your father. You knew, somewhere in the back of your mind, that he had been there with you, but had since left your side. You did not know how or why, but clearly it had something to do with the insane archangel kneeling beside you. You sit up slowly, rising to your feet and Lucifer moved away from you slightly. You stretch out your body, feeling the cool air touching your bare skin. You turn to face Lucifer, a small smile on your face.

"Why would you try to contain me? What do you want from me?" You ask softly, not entirely used to talking yet.

Lucifer stepped towards you, smirking. "Revenge." Lucifer replied.

You stepped closer, now the both of you almost chest to chest. "Against whom?" You ask, tilting your head lightly.

"God." Lucifer replied, his eyes intense as he gazed at you.

You chuckle softly. "God?" You say. "And how do you intend to find him? Or are you just going to run around and break his toys?"

Lucifer raised his eyebrow. "You disapprove?"

You smirk. "It is all the same to me, Lucifer. The Horsemen and I thrive on this planet, but we could just as easily thrive on another planet. There will always be war and famine. There will always be pestilence and there will always be death. Whether there is anyone left to grieve, well, that's a different story. I just don't see the point of destroying this world. It obviously means nothing to God and there are thousands of planets just like it in the Cosmos. Destroying this planet is more petty than anything else. If you want revenge, don't destroy God's left overs, destroy God."

Lucifer seemed stunned for a moment. Lucifer sighed. "It isn't just about that."

You raise an eyebrow. "Then what is it about? Proving a point? The humans are flawed? Well, God obviously knew that when he created them. Proving it now is just a moot point."

Lucifer frowned. "You have suffered almost as much as I have. How can you be so rational and emotionless about it?"

You smirk. "Because you're not. You say the humans are flawed, but look at what you're doing Lucifer! You say they're full of hate and violence, but how are you any better?"

Lucifer's eyes narrowed. "Because I have the right to be. I was told by my father to love this creation more than Him. I couldn't do that. How could I love something that is so weak? So fleeting? And He casts me down into Hell for having an opinion?"

You shrug. "Well, you have a good point there. But isn't the point to be better than them? To not lower yourself to killing and being unforgiving? To love them in spite of their flaws?"

Lucifer looks at you with distain. "For someone who says they don't care; you seem to be defending the humans a great deal."

You chuckle. "Well, for lack of a better phrase, someone has to play the Devil's advocate."

Lucifer chuckled humourlessly. "No one defended me. I was betrayed by my own brothers. Do you know what Hell is like? Do you think it was some kind of cake-walk? What do you think being in Hell for the past few million years was like? What do you think it did to me?"

"It humanised you," You said, tilting your head. "In the one place that is supposed to strip your humanity, it made you feel something."

Lucifer glared at you. "Humanised me? It turned me into a monster!"

"So you recognise that what you're doing is monstrous?" You ask, genuinely curious.

Lucifer growled. "I recognise that I'm doing what must be done."

You sigh. "Fair enough."

A silence fell. You turned away from Lucifer and listened to the world around you. The sound of crickets. The moon shining down on the clearing. The feeling of your bare feet in the grass. The smell of rain, a sign of the storm to come.

"So will you help me?" Lucifer asked softly.

You sigh again. "I don't know Lucifer. You know I am all about balance. Do you really believe that the peoples of this earth deserve your wroth? What have they done to wrong you?"

"It's not so much the people, it is what they represent." Lucifer snapped.

You smile sadly. "What if your soulmate is amongst them?"

Lucifer spun and glared at you. "That is but a filthy lie made up by my father to encourage the angels to love the humans."

"How do you know if you've never looked? I happen to know that Gabriel found his human soulmate." You say, looking over your shoulder at the fallen angel.

Lucifer snarled. "Even if it were true, God would have surely stopped me from having a soulmate as soon as I was cast down into Hell. An added layer of punishment. Not that I even want a human soulmate."

"It's not about the fact that they're human," You say. "It's the soul that is the main thing. A human soul, unused and in Heaven could rival the power of an angel's Grace. And your human soulmate's soul will perfectly match your Grace."

Lucifer snorted his distaste, turning away from you.

"Angels were built to love," You say softly. "You are rejecting your very existence if you don't."

"Leave." Lucifer said quietly.

You raise an eyebrow at Lucifer's calm words.

"Leave!" Lucifer shouted, turning towards you.

You roll your eyes, but you snap your finger and disappear from the archangel's sight.