(Twilight Cathedral)

True Cross was home to one of the largest cathedrals in the world. It often received visitors from all over who just wanted a glance at it. The inside was filled with beautiful statues of saints and angels alike.

Gabriel was in the cathedral with his eyes glued onto a statue of the Archangel Michael, with his sword raised against the devil.

"I wonder if they actually look like that." A random girl said, who was looking at the same statue as Gabriel.

Gabriel smiled and turned her way. "Trust me, he's even more beautiful in person."

The girl smiled at his comment. Then she turned and began to look at some more statues.

Gabriel went back to looking at the statue before him, specifically the hilt of Michael's sword. Where the crossguard, hilt, and blade met, there was a green and gold crest embedded in the stone of the sword. It was identical in shape and color to the seal from the pillar. But it did have some very slight differences. For instance, there was no crown on this seal. Instead it had a pair of crossed swords. And where there was an "I" on the first seal, there was an "II" on this one. The Roman Numeral for 2.

Gabriel looked around. There weren't many people here because it was so late. And none of the people there were looking his way. Gabriel seized the opportunity and grabbed a hold of the seal and tore it off of the blade, cracking the stone slightly.

Gabriel grinned and took out his phone as he put the seal into his pocket.

"Hello?" Uriel said on the other line.

"It's Gabriel. The seal was exactly where you said it would be. It's intact." Gabriel said.

He could hear her sigh in relief on the other line. "Thank God. Okay, get back as soon as you can."

Then she hung up.

Gabriel then went outside in the dark and started walking towards the penthouse. He stopped walking suddenly when he heard something behind him, like rustling in the bushes.

He turned around and saw no one. Gabriel turned back around and made his way towards the gate. Then he heard the rustling again.

This time when he turned around, he was immediately greeted by something hitting him hard across his forehead. He hit the ground hard and had a giant gash across his forehead that would have killed a normal person. When Gabriel looked back up, he was greeted by the sight of a tall figure wearing a curved orange mask. It had a long, thick break-line that bisected the mask, and also revealed pale green eyes, and a mouth full of fangs.

"Who are you?" Gabriel asked angrily. Then the opening from his wound glowed with a white light before sealing up on its' own.

The man in front of him then chuckled evilly. "I shouldn't say my name. After all, I stole it from my pathetic cast out of a father. You told me that once, Archangel."

Gabriel's eyes widened as he realized who was standing before him. "Lucifer?"

"Good. So you do remember me." Lucifer said with a sickly grin on his face.

Gabriel then glared at him. "You can't be here! This is hallowed ground!" He shouted.

Lucifer just scoffed. "Holy ground means nothing to a Demon King." Then he raised his hand and a bright white light emitted from it. "But to even things out, I think I'll take you to my territory." Then the light completely smothered Gabriel.

The only thing that could be heard after that was Gabriel's screaming.

(The Next Day)

(Cram School)

Class had just begun and Yukio began to take attendance.

"Suguro?"

"Here."

"Shima?"

"Here."

"Miwa?"

"Here."

"Halo?"

Yukio was surprised when there was no response. He looked up from his checklist and didn't see Gabriel anywhere in the room.

"Has anyone seen Gabriel?" Rin asked.

Everyone looked to each other with most people shaking their heads.

"For that matter, where's Uriel?" Shima asked.

"Right here." Uriel said as she suddenly entered the room.

Yukio looked at her once she came in. "Hello Uriel. I have to admit, you weren't the Halo I was expecting to see."

"That's what I'm here for." Uriel said as she turned to the rest of the class with a worried expression. "Have any of you seen Gabriel. He never came home last night."

"No, sorry." Rin answered.

"Dammit." Uriel said as she put her hand to her forehead. Then she turned to Yukio. "Please help me look for him. He could be in serious danger."

"I'm sorry Uriel, but it's True Cross policy that unless you actually saw Gabriel get hurt or taken by someone, he's not considered missing." Yukio explained.

Uriel glared at him before sighing in defeat. "Fine. I'll look for him myself." Then she turned around to leave the room.

"Wait." Rin said as he stood up from his desk. "I'll look for him with you."

"You will?" Uriel asked with relief clear in her voice. "Thank you so much Rin."

Rin nodded and turned to Yukio. "You have to at least help."

Yukio looked at him pleadingly. "Rin, I can't just go against protocol whenever I want. But chances are that Shura will be happy to. Beyond advising you to see her, there's nothing else I can do."

"Fine." Rin said quickly as he took Uriel's hand and ran out of the room.

(Shura's Apartment)

Rin tripped on an empty beer bottle that was laying on the floor the minute he walked in. The apartment was a mess. The covers were all over the room, the bed was just a mattress laying on the floor, and there was overturned furniture everywhere.

"Are you okay?" Uriel asked as she helped Rin up.

"I'm fine." Rin said as he looked around the apartment. "Jesus, who lives like this?"

"Right, because your place is perfect." Shura said as she walked in from the kitchen with another beer in her hand.

"Who drinks this early in the morning?" Rin asked.

Shura took another gulp before answering. "It's always five o'clock somewhere."

Rin just shook his head. "We really need to get you into AA."

Shura didn't respond. Instead she went back into the kitchen for a moment before emerging with another beer. "You want one?" She asked.

"I'm sixteen." He reminded her.

Shura just shrugged her shoulders before turning to Uriel. "You?"

"Absolutely." Uriel said without a second thought as she snatched the beer from Shura's hand. She downed it all in one large gulp. Then she looked back and saw Rin staring at her with wide eyes. "What? I'm having a bad day." She justified.

"Really?" Shura asked as she picked up one of the seats on the floor and turned it up right. "What's up?" She said, sitting down.

"Gabriel's missing." Rin informed.

"Whoa seriously?" Shura asked with concern lacing her tone. She was suspicious of these kids sure but she wasn't certain. And Gabriel could be in real danger.

"Unofficially." Uriel said. "Gabriel never came home last night, he hasn't been returning my calls, and..." She began to trail off.

"And?" Shura led Uriel to continue.

"Well...we're twins." Uriel finished.

Shura just scoffed as she took another sip of beer.

"I'm being serious." Uriel pleaded. "I can just sense that Gabriel's in danger. We could always just tell these types of things about each other. I'm telling you, my brother's in trouble."

Shura just sighed in defeat as she put her beer down. "Fine. What do you want from me?"

"I was just hoping that you could help us look for him." Uriel explained.

"No problem." Shura said as she pulled out a laptop from underneath her mattress. "Lucky for you Mephisto is such a paranoid freak that he keeps cameras all around the city. Just tell me where Gabriel was at what time."

Uriel thought for a moment. "The last time we spoke he was leaving Twilight Cathedral around nine."

Shura clicked in the information and nudged them to come over. "Here we go." She said.

Uriel and Rin both looked at the screen. It was poor quality footage showing Gabriel leaving the church. Then it showed him making his way towards the gates when he turned around and was quickly struck by a figure with what looked like a mace.

"Oh my God!" Uriel said as her hands clasped over her mouth in horror.

The footage went on to reveal the figure raising his hand and a light coming from his palm. Then the footage cut out.

Shura looked in shock before she rewound the footage and zoomed in on the figure that took Gabriel to reveal a familiar mask.

"Who is that?" Uriel asked.

Rin's eyes widened when he got a good look at the figure. "That's Lucifer."

Uriel turned to Rin and shock. "Lucifer? The King of Light? The leader of the Illuminati?"

Rin nodded. "He came here a few months ago and declared war on the Vatican. But I haven't seen him since."

Shura then sat up and took hold of Uriel's shoulders. "I know this is very scary, but you should know that this will now receive the full attention of the Vatican. Gabriel's going to be okay." She reassured.

Uriel looked like she had something else in mind as Shura spoke. But when she was finished speaking, Uriel still turned to her and nodded. "Okay. Thank you. Listen, I left my bow and whip at my place so I'm going to head back and get it. Okay?" Uriel didn't even wait for a response before walking out of the room in a hurry.

"What was that about?" Shura asked.

Rin just shrugged. "I have no clue."

(Mephisto's Office)

Mephisto was reading a manga when he head the door whoosh open and then slam close. He looked back up and saw Uriel with a furious expression on her face. "I hope your not planning on breaking my door." He said playfully.

"Samael, you son of a bitch." Uriel said as she walked towards him and flipped his desk with inexplicable strength. "You told him. Didn't you?"

Mephisto looked back at her questioningly. "You're going to have to be a tad more specific."

Uriel glared daggers at him. "That bullshit meeting you left for the week to attend. It was with Lucifer, wasn't it?"

Mephisto plastered a pained look on his face. "Why I never. You dare imply that I would work with the enemy?"

Uriel shook her head. "I'm not implying, I'm declaring. Lucifer kidnapped Gabriel. Only you knew we were here. It must have been you who told him about us."

Mephisto grinned. "So what if I did? As I recall, the deal I struck with your brother said I wouldn't tell anyone in the academy of your true identity. Lucifer does not apply."

Uriel got only more aggravated by that. "Don't even try to weasel your way out of this one. The intent to that deal was perfectly clear."

Mephisto waved his hand dismissively. "Oh, let's not talk about intent. Intent is meaningless."

"Intent is everything!" Uriel screamed.

"Okay enough." Mephisto said as he stood up. "Maybe the next time you attempt to threaten the King of Time, you should first consider that he has friends in high places."

"You're a bastard." Uriel growled out. "I should send you back to hell myself."

"Then go ahead." Mephisto dared as he looked Uriel dead in the eye. "Oh that's right, you can't. Not without Gabriel." He reminded her. "You two may be twins, but he's always been stronger than you." Then he grabbed her from underneath the chin. "As it stands now, you wouldn't last a heartbeat."

Uriel grabbed Mephisto by the wrist and tore his hand off of her. "You do realize Samael, that Gabriel and I have two other siblings. They're bigger, in every sense of the word." She reminded him. "If anything happens to Gabriel, they'll come here and make you suffer in ways that will make hell jealous."

Then Uriel turned around and left the room, slamming the door behind her as she did so and making the door crack.

Then another door to the room opened and Amaimon emerged. "She's pretty scary when she wants to be."

"Agreed." Mephisto said as he sat back down.

"Then why don't you have any qualms about double crossing her and Gabriel." Amaimon asked.

Mephisto clicked his tongue and shook his head. "Dear brother, in a game of chess like this one it's important to make your moves in a way that tricks everyone. Yes, on the surface it may seem like I betrayed our dear friends from above, but in actuality, it's Lucifer who I've betrayed."

Amaimon raised an eyebrow. "How so?" He asked.

Mephisto sighed. "Let me remind you of what took place during our meeting."

(Flashback)

Mephisto walked into an abandoned warehouse in disgust. Why Lucifer insisted on meeting here, Mephisto would never know.

"Oh big brother?" Mephisto called. "Are you here?"

"Right here Samael." A voice answered.

Mephisto turned his head and saw Lucifer standing in the corner without his mask. "I'm glad you could arrive."

Mephisto nodded as he looked around the building and saw they were alone. "No one else is here?"

Lucifer shook his head. "All of our younger siblings had business to attend to."

"What a waist." Mephisto stated in disappointment.

Lucifer nodded in agreement before an annoyed expression crossed his face. Mephisto looked closer and saw blood starting to drip from the corner of his eye, which Lucifer quickly wiped away with his tail.

"What's wrong with your vessel?" Mephisto asked.

Lucifer looked back up in annoyance. "I believe it's starting to wear a bit thin. All the more reason I must return to the Illuminati soon. So let us make this quick."

Mephisto extended a hand towards him. "You called me here. The floor is yours."

Lucifer narrowed his eyes at his younger brother. "One month ago, a powerful surge of energy hit the earth. It was so strong, many of us in Gehenna could feel it. I simply wanted to find out what the source was."

Mephisto grinned devilishly. "Lucky for you, I have already found the answer."

Lucifer tilted his head. "And what would it be then?"

Mephisto took a serious expression for a moment. "I am sad to report that the Archangel Gabriel is in our midst."

Lucifer's eyes widened. "You're certain?"

Mephisto nodded. "I saw him with my own two eyes. Then he forced me to tell him everything I knew about our youngest brother. All except for his identity. I was able to withhold that."

"And you believe that he is here to slay our youngest brother?" Lucifer questioned.

"It would be far from the first time that his kind slaughtered one of our own." Mephisto reminded him. "And I don't think either of us would like to be on the receiving end of father's wrath if his heir was murdered."

Lucifer agreed and thought for a moment. "What do you suggest?"

"Well you can't kill him. That will incite the other Archangels to claim Okumura's life in retribution. But I'm sure a powerful demon such as yourself can find a way to trap him." Mephisto suggested.

"Very well then." Lucifer responded. "And Gabriel came here alone?"

"Yes. I'm certain of it." Mephisto answered.

"Lucifer's going to kick your ass when he finds out you lied to him." Amaimon reminded him.

Mephisto waved his hand in dismissal. "He won't get the chance."

Amaimon raised an eyebrow. "You really think Uriel will kill him?"

Mephisto shrugged. "Or at the very least, help speed up the process of his body breaking down. Of course, she'll be receiving some help from Rin."

Amaimon was still confused. "I still don't follow why you did all of this."

Mephisto sighed. "Let me explain. I told Lucifer about Gabriel so he would kidnap him, but I left out the part about Uriel so that she would be left alone with the desire to hunt down Lucifer and rescue her brother. And now I'm going to make rescuing Gabriel an official True Cross matter so that he is saved, and our little brother can burn away Lucifer's already decaying body."

"Why set Lucifer up to lose his body though?" Amaimon asked.

"Need I remind you that Lucifer is a fanatic. He truly believes in our father's plan of turning Assiah to ash. But this is paradise to someone like myself. The last thing I want is to see it destroyed." Mephisto explained with a grin. "And once Lucifer loses his body, it could take him decades, even centuries to find a new one to possess."

"Wow. That's actually pretty genius." Amaimon said.

"I'm aware." Mephisto boasted. "Still, I think it would be best if I checked in with my own little triple agent first."

(Illuminati's Headquarters)

Lucifer was hooked up to machines the size of cars as he laid his head down and tried to sleep. His trip to meet with Mephisto and then capturing Gabriel had taken a lot out of him. He heard the door open and assumed it was another doctor. "I don't need anymore treatment. Thank you." He said politely.

"I'm not here for that sir."

Lucifer recognized that voice. He sat up and saw Shima in front of him, with a nervous smile on his face.

"Renzo Shima, right?" Lucifer questioned.

Shima nodded quickly. "Yes sir. I'm honored that you remember me."

Lucifer narrowed his eyes. "I thought I sent you back to True Cross. And yet here you are, in violation of my direct orders."

Shima put his hands up defensively. "I'm sorry sir. But the True Cross just made it an official matter to get the prisoner back. I just thought that was an all hands on deck type of situation, so I came back." He explained.

"Very well. I would have done the same in your position. I apologize for worrying you." Lucifer said, again in a polite tone, as he put his head down.

Shima sighed in relief once Lucifer calmed down. It was fare to say Shima was terrified of getting on Lucifer's bad side ever since he turned Gedoin into a pile of ash right in front of him. Still, he looked back up to the King of Light. "Speaking of the prisoner-"

"Floor three, lab 314." Lucifer interrupted.

Shima was surprised that he didn't really have to ask, but he didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. He immediately raced out of the room and made his way to the aforementioned lab.

When Shima arrived, he was shocked and more than a little horrified by what was before him. Gabriel was frozen within some sort of bright yellow crystal that was held in the center of the room by a pair of mechanical claws. One on the ceiling, one on the floor. His eyes were closed and he wasn't moving a muscle. It looked like when a bug is frozen in amber.

"Did you come here for something Shima?" The female Illuminati member asked.

Shima turned her way in surprise. He didn't notice her there before. "No. Just checking on the prisoner." He answered before turning back to Gabriel. "He's not-"

"Dead?" She interrupted. "No. Technically he's in a coma."

Shima nodded before turning towards the door. "Well, I have to get going. Lucifer wanted me to remind you not to kill him." Shima added before he left. It was a lie. But then again, wasn't that the whole point of being a spy?

Shima closed the door behind him and let out a breath he didn't even realize he was keeping in. Rescuing Gabriel from the Illuminate was already going to be a tall order. Now it turned out that even then, they would have to find a way to get him out of that crystal without shattering him.

(Meanwhile)

Lucifer tossed and turned in his hospital bed painfully. His body wasn't holding up very well. He had already held onto it for about a thousand years. And as the strongest of the Demon Kings, it was next to impossible to find a new body that would sustain him.

Still, he was quite pleased with himself. Not only for his capture of the Archangel, but also for what he took from him.

Lucifer reached over to the table next to the cot and took a hold off what he had stolen from Gabriel. It was the second seal.

"Don't worry father." Lucifer said to himself. "Just a little bit longer. Then you walk the earth."

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