Chapter 4

This Could be My Last Goodbye

Daken looked back at the group behind him as he stood in front of the door to his house. Div stood to his right, Danny and Mindy standing to his left, and Gabriel stood behind him.

Daken took a deep breath and opened the door. He stepped into the kitchen, his newfound family behind him, to see his mother doing the dishes.

"Mom?" he called and saw her eyes widen as she turned around.

"Daken? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at school? And who are these people?" she asked while drying her hands with a small towel.

"Mom…" Daken stepped closer to her. "Do you know who my father really is?"

"What? What do you mean? I told you, his name was Michael. There wasn't anything special about him." She said.

"She's lying." Gabriel said from behind Daken.

Daken's mother looked over at Gabriel. "What are you talking about?"

"Mom, my father is Michael, the Arch Angel, isn't he?" Daken put his hands in his pants pockets, still not believing the words that came out of his mouth.

Daken saw that his mother's eyes were starting to water. She nodded. "How-How did you find out?" she asked.

Daken looked at his cousins and uncle. "They told me."

"Hey Aunt Terra." Danny said.

"They're-?" Terra started.

"Your nieces and nephew." Gabriel said, putting his hand on his twin's shoulders. "I don't think we've met. I'm Gabriel, Michael's brother." Gabriel extended his hand to her but she just stood there, completely shocked.

"They're you kids?" she asked.

"Yeah, except her." He said, pointing at Div.

"I'm Lucifer's." Div said, as if she didn't mind it.

Terra put a hand over her mouth. "L-Lucifer's?" she repeated. Div nodded.

"We want to keep Daken with us to keep him safe from Demons." Gabriel explained.

Terra was silent. Daken saw a tear roll down her face and fall to the floor. This was going to be harder then he thought.

"Mom, why didn't you tell me?" he asked, feeling his eyes water a little too.

Terra was silent for a moment then ran up and hugged Daken. "I-I just wanted you to have a normal life, that's all."

Daken hugged back, feeling her tears soak his t-shirt.

A few moments went by before she let go and stared at him with her deep brown eyes. "You're the spitting image of your father." She said, wiping away tears.

Daken nodded and blinked away the tears that were forming in his eyes.

Terra looked at Gabriel. "How long will he have to stay with you?" she asked.

"Not sure, but it could be a while." He said.

Terra nodded then turned back to Daken. "You go stay with them. I don't want anything to harm you."

Daken nodded. "I'll go upstairs and get my stuff." He said and quickly climbed the stairs to his room.

Daken pulled out a blue suitcase and started to pile clothes into it. When he put all the clothes he thought he needed away, he looked around his room one more time. His eyes wandered back to his desk where the picture of where he and his Mom went to Six Flags was. He walked over and picked it up, staring at it. It was amazing how in a matter of hours his life had changed forever. He was the son of an Arch Angel, and he guessed he just had to live with the consequences of that. Daken sighed and stuffed the picture into his suitcase.

Back downstairs, Daken saw that his cousins were sitting on the couch while Gabriel was talking to his Mom.

"Okay, I'm ready." He said, clutching his suitcase handle. "Will she be safe?" Daken asked, looking at his mother.

Gabriel nodded. "I told your Mom everything about how to stop Demons. And I'm going to carve sigils into both of your ribs so no Angels will find you."

"Wait, Angels? Why would Angels want to find me?" Daken asked, confused.

"Angels might want you to help open Lucifer's cage so they can have their prize fight. And that is a very bad thing." Gabriel explained and put a hand on his Mom's chest. She fell back a little in pain. Those were probably the sigils. Gabriel then walked over to him and put a hand on his chest. Daken took a deep breath then cringed when he felt the sigils being engraved into his ribs. "Ow!" he cried.

"Oh, suck it up." Gabriel said and walked over to his cousins. "Time to go."

Daken took one last look at his Mom. "See ya." He said.

Terra nodded and watched as they disappeared.