I'm sorry this chapter took so long (or it might not have been that long at all but it felt like forever.) I've been really busy lately. Today was my first day of school (on a side note, one of my teachers names is Matthew Williams. My canada-fangirl friend was really excited about that.), and before that I had my birthday, the Great Minnesota Get-Together (that was so much fun, but it seemed like everywhere I went, someone was smoking! Don't they know it's illegal to smoke on public grounds?), open house, and all of my friends birthdays (it seemed like all of us had a b-day over the last couple weeks.) so, yeah, I've been having a lot of fun, but I was trying really hard to get this done too. It didn't help that it seemed to not want to be written! so yeah. I'm sorry if this chapter sounds really weird or is boring or anything. I promise the next will be better (I'm so excited for the next chapter!) And speaking of the next chapter, it might be slightly gorey. And somewhere along the line of the story theres probaly going to be some dark themes, so the rating will probaly end up going up a bit. You have been warned.

I still don't own anything.


"Wh-What do you mean?" Lukas stuttered.

"Well, after you left, he stormed out and nobody's seen him since." Tino explained.

The youngest boy thought for a minute, then sighed. "I think I know where he is."

Lukas pushed past them and started walking somewhere. The others followed him.

"Where is he?" Tino said excitedly.

"Nowhere." He stopped and turned around. "Why don't you guys go home and relax? I promise I'll be back by evening gathering."

"Well, okay…" Tino didn't sound sure. "Just be careful."

"I will." Lukas started off again.


Mathias, he was sure, was on Earth. As a Guardian Angel, he felt better there because he's closer to his pledge. Most of the Guardians didn't even realize how much time they spent on Earth.

Now the problem was just to figure out where exactly he was. Knowing him, he was probably at a bar. There wasn't really a rule against the angels drinking, it was just very much frowned upon.

Lukas decided that Mathias's pledge's hometown was as good of as any to start looking. For once, the silver haired angel was grateful for his friend's constant talking. Because of if, he knew exactly where the town was.

He walked into the first bar he saw. It was evening, so it was just starting to get busy. Lukas had to maneuver around everyone to avoid getting walked into. These people still had enough life left to not be able to see or hear him, but they could still feel him.

He found it all for none, as the man he was looking for wasn't there. He quickly left and moved on to the next bar.

There he spotted Mathias almost instantly. Happy with his luck, he quickly dropped his cloaking magic and aloud himself to be seen. He pulled his wings in tight, even though he knew they were still hidden.

"Mathias!" He cried as he got close. The man looked at him but his eyes were glazed over. He had a huge smile on his face, but his eyes were red from crying. He was swaying back and forth a bit, and it only got worse when he tried to stand.

Lukas grabbed his friends when he almost feel. He struggled to stay standing under the weight.

"He a friend of yours?" The bartender asked.

"Yeah." The boy said as he tried to get the man to stand on his own.

"Good. Take him outta here, would ya?" He said then went to help someone else.

Lukas dragged his blonde friend out of the bar. They didn't walk far before finding a corner with no one around.

The younger stopped and crossed his arms. When Mathias just kept walking, he grabbed his arm and forced him against a wall. He crossed his arms again and just stared for a while before asking, "Why?"

"What are you talking about?" Mathias asked. He was obviously not paying attention because he was staring at the sky, his eyes following a cloud.

"I can't talk to you like this." Lukas muttered. Rolling his eyes, he started to use his powers to sober his friend up. He probably shouldn't have- like drinking, using your magic to help other angels who had drunk get sober was not really a good thing.

Once he was sober again, Mathias dropped to the ground and curled up into a ball. From the was he was breathing, Lukas could tell that he was crying. "Why'd you do that?"

"What?"

"I don't want to think about him, and this was the only way I could get him out of my head. He was my best friend you know. I don't know what I'm gonna do without him."

Lukas didn't know what to do. He was prepared to yell at his friend, not comfort him. He wasn't good at making people feel better.

Slowly he sat down next to the blonde. "I know its hard." He ventured to say. "But drinking isn't the way to deal with it. Why didn't you come and talk to one of us?"

"I don't know. I thought…I don't know what I thought."

"Next time, talk to someone. We're going through this, same as you."

"I know." It looked like he wanted to say more, but didn't know how.

Lukas didn't know what to say either. So instead he wrapped his arms around Mathias. After a minute, the older man turned and hugged him back.

When they broke apart, the younger said, "We should probably get back. I told Berwald and Tino we wouldn't miss the evening gathering."

"Yeah, C'mon."


Once a month, all the angels got together for the evening gathering. The only reason that anyone was aloud to miss would be an emergency on Earth.

Lukas and Mathias had just enough time to fond Berwald and Tino before they had to split up (At gatherings they were suppose to sit with those who had the same job.)

When Tino saw them he gave each of them a hug and said, "I'm so glad you're okay. I was worried."

They didn't have anytime to say anything more. Quickly, Lukas went to join the other Miracle Workers, while Mathias went to the Guardians, Tino to the Consciences, and Berwald to the Prayer Answerers.

Lukas sat down next to Li on the wooden bleachers. They were in the first row and there were nine rows behind them. They were arranged in a circle and in the middle was an area for the lead angels to speak and address them.

The four lead angels walked in single file, the two men first, then the two women. Nobody knew their names, so they were often called the Ancients because they were older than everybody else.

The one in the lead had short brown hair with dark eyes and was in need of a shave. The next had long blonde hair and fierce blue eyes. The lead woman had wavy brown hair in a pony tail with green eyes. The one at the end of the line was a woman with short black hair.

"Glad to see you all again!" the brown haired man stated. "How was your day? I hope it was good. You know-"

"We don't have time for small talk." The blonde said. "We only have until the sun sets."

"Yeah, yeah, you're right."

"The news tonight it worrisome." The brown haired woman explained. "There have been more reports of injuries and fatalities as a result of attacks by the dark side. We need to figure out if they're getting stronger, or just more confident."

All eyes turned to the consciences because they came into contact with agents of darkness almost every time they went to a job. They had less injury, however, since most of it was just trying to convince the human to make one choice or another.

Tino stood up and spoke for his group. "They've always been confident to the point of arrogance. But I don't think they're getting stronger. It's probably just a bluff."

"If so, it's a dangerous one." The black haired woman said. "That's why we're warning all angels to keep on look out."

With that the Ancients left. Lukas was kind of surprised. Usually they talked until the very last minute. They probably didn't want to lessen the impact of what they did talk about.

Either way, Lukas stood up and waved to Li, then followed the crowed into a cafeteria-like room. After Gatherings, they would break up into their groups of friends and eat a feast of sorts. It was technically meant to bring them together, but everyone just sat with who they normal talked to, so it didn't really work.

Lukas quickly found his friends and congratulated Tino on speaking for the Consciences before sitting down.

Not much was said at supper. Mathias, who usually did most of the talking, was still looking depressed and no one else knew what to say.

Finally Tino broke the silence, "So, where were you guys?"

Lukas mentally cringed and let the spiky-haired blonde answer.

"Earth." he muttered. Luckily, Tino didn't press the matter

By the time the meal was over and Lukas got to go home and go to bed, he was glad the day was finally over.