Guardian Angel Rae Rae

Right, Ella thought to herself, as she paced nervously in hr lab once the people looking for evidence in the morning for their cases left. Let's get to this then.

Taking a deep breath and, using her mind instead of her mouth, prayed for Rae Rae. Rae Rae, think you want to do lunch? Morning rush hour is over and I don't have much work to do right this moment and I'm bored. Please come keep me company.

A whooshing sound and what sounded suspiciously like wings flapping came from behind her. She whirled around and was surprised to see it had worked. Rae Rae was right there behind her. Frowning, huh, that was pretty much new when she hadn't done anything wrong.

"You talked to Lucifer didn't you? I am going to smack him so hard over the head for telling you."

Ella blinked at that. "Uh, telling me what? All he said was that you were his sister. And that he can see you too."

Rae Rae blinked at her through her glasses and sighed, relaxing a bit. "That's it?"

Ella nodded happily, before moving out of the room, intent on getting to the break room, for some food. "Lucifer's not in right now, or at least he wasn't last time I checked, so no bumping into him," she stated as they moved into an emptier than normal bullpen. It always felt emptier when Lucifer wasn't in. He had such huge presence to him, it seemed to almost fill the station whenever he was there.

So, she felt it safe to venture out and get some lunch, before getting back to the forensics before the afternoon rush hour started.

She was still trying to figure out why it was called a rush hour, when it tended to last more than just the one. Sometimes she could barely get anything done during the day because everyone needed their work stat.

The break room was clear of other people thankfully and she made her way to the fridge. Dan's new pudding mix was there, nestled with his name scrawled all over it and a spoon resting on top. She noticed that the extra snack he bought was gone, which made her grin.

She reached in for her ham salad sandwich she had made that morning. She sat down at the table and ate quietly, while Rae Rae watched.

It was awkward, but an awkward she got used to when she was a kid. Still, it had been a while since she'd had someone watch her eat like this. She ate half and nudged the other half over to her silent invisible friend.

"So, what exactly are you? Lucifer is pretty adamant you're not actually a ghost, but invisible. That you are showing yourself to me and only me. So, what's the deal?"

Rae Rae sighed loudly. "I knew he'd ruin things. Fine. The truth? I am your Guardian Angel. But I'm so busy all the time and I didn't want you to be alone and without a Guardian, since you're used to it. So I might have...nudged you here when I heard Lucifer was here to stay."

Ella blinked, because she really hadn't expected that she'd actually outright tell her that. "Huh. Okay, but why Lucifer?"

Rae Rae looked at her like she had said something stupid. "He's my brother. And he's kind of pissed off at me, since I didn't take any time off to go and say hello while he was stuck in Hell. I meant to, I really did, but...I just kept putting it off and he thinks I hate him. But I did go talk to him last night and told him about this, so I guess it fair I tell you too."

Ella held up her hand. "Right, so, Lucifer is actually the Devil."

Rae Rae nodded happily and, to Ella's astonishment, picked at the sandwich. Well, that did mean she was solid. Rae Rae had always been careful to not touch anything around her before...well, for the most part.

"Huh. Okay, and why did you nudge me here then?"

"I told you, I didn't want you to be alone, or go back to a family that uses you. You deserve to be happy and it's a Guardian's job to make that happen."

"So, what? You sent me here, because I'd be happy?"

Rae Rae nodded again, before rubbing her eyes. "Lucifer has a habit of hating being manipulated because of Dad. Which makes sense, so when I spoke to him last night, he thought I had done it for him. And that's true, but not the whole truth. I did it for you. He just happened to be a part of the reason why I chose here and not somewhere else to nudge you to."

Ella blinked and thought of that. She remembered how attentive and nice and caring Lucifer had been last night and it suddenly just clicked. "You made Lucifer my Guardian Angel?!"

Rae Rae frowned and shrugged. "Not totally. He's only got you part time. I'm you're Guardian. But...he needs someone just as much as you do. I don't want either of you to be lonely, even if it is for just a little while. So when I am not here, he will be. He's already accepted the role."

Ella nodded. "Yeah, I noticed that. Last night, he came in after hours and kept me company. I just yammered on like I do about the differences of blood on real and fake wood. He must have been bored out of his mind, but he still stayed and listened and smiled along."

"Did he say he was bored or uninterested?"

Ella thought back and shook her head. "No, he said he didn't mind and he found it interesting."

"Then he found it interesting and he didn't mind. Lucifer doesn't lie. He can bend the truth but if he states something that plainly, it's true. And it would be so him to find that stuff interesting. The two of you are a lot alike, actually, which is why I wanted you to meet him. I didn't plan on the two of you actually getting close, that was all you and him. But it is good to see the two of you getting along so well. It's the reason I decided to let him have you part time. Guardians tend to be territorial."

Ella held up a finger and grinned. "Wait, so does this mean I technically have two Guardian Angels watching over me?"

Rae Rae opened her mouth, closed it again and closed her eyes. "Wow, this is a mess. Yes, technically. But only because I allow it."

Ella nodded before she frowned. "Wait, why did you become my Guardian Angel? How did it happen?"

Rae Rae sighed and pushed up her glasses. "The one thing angels can choose is their human charges. I never had a charge before you. No one jumped out at me. And then there was you. You were so young, but so strong! You lived out of plain single minded determination to live. You were meant to die in that car crash. Only the very strong tend to survive their deaths and another path open up for them that would otherwise be closed off. I very rarely get false alarms, and to get one so young? It was unheard of. I chose you that night, because you fascinated me. But...I didn't know if you were able to accept me or not, so I may have made up a story about being a ghost. Sorry."

Ella waved her hand, trying to take it all in. No matter what, people would have thought her crazy talking to thin air. In the end, when it came to Rae Rae it didn't matter what she was, her life would have ended up the same.

Except she would probably have tried to spend more time with her. She now kind of felt slightly guilty that she hadn't gotten Rae Rae out for breaks from her job more often.

Her job, working with the...

"Oh, wow. You're Azrael!"

And her Guardian Angel smiled widely at her and nodded. "Yes, Angel of Death. Hello, Ella. Nice to finally truly meet you."

And that was it, she didn't care if she looked like a crazy woman, she needed to know if Rae Rae was solid or not. She reached over and hugged the angel in front of her, almost pulling both of them out of the seats they were on. She let go and punched her on the arm.

"Next time tell me things like this! I've spent half my life thinking I was going insane!"

Rae Rae nodded her head slowly. "I'll remember that if this ever happens again.

The words hit Ella with their meaning. She hadn't really thought much on it before, but now it was being shoved in her face. Everything she had believed was true. And that was good but...it was a bit much to take in all at once. Ella let her breath out slowly. "Okay, I need to think. Alone. By myself. This is enough talking for today so I can wrap my brain around it."

Rae Rae nodded fast and short. "That makes sense. It's a bit hard having the truth just dumped on you like this. Just...its unlikely Lucifer will leave you alone if he finds you here. He's never had a charge either and it is very new to him. He's also a stubborn ass."

And that made Ella laugh. "Oh yeah, got that. Thanks though, for just...being there, even when I didn't want you to be. For helping me choose a life I am truly happy with. And don't forget to come visit me when you remember to and you're not full on busy."

"I can make time for at least an hour once a day, or could spend a whole day with you once a week. But I will need to go back to work afterwards. I have to have the most insanely busy job of any angel out there. Do you have any idea how many times I have to go back to pick up other souls? A lot. For every second. And when I forget one, or if there is a lot in different places all at once...well, that's where ghosts come from."

Ella nodded and gave her anther hug, this one a lot less hard than the last. "Okay, well, you can get back to it then. I'll have a talk with Lucifer and make sure he knows he doesn't need to hide this from me."

This time Rae Rae returned the hug and smiled at her. "I'm glad you're accepting him. Most people...don't."

Ella nodded. "Yeah, well, my version of the devil actually fits Lucifer to a T, so it doesn't really bother me as much as it might if I was someone that just took people by their word and not my own opinion. Have fun with the dead souls."

"Have fun playing with blood."

Ella grinned. "Always."

And with that, Rae Rae, Azrael, was gone in a flurry of off white feathers.

Ella wondered what Lucifer's wings looked like.

She found herself excited to find out.