Michael had his eyes closed tight hoping he'd feel the grass of the meadow from Adam's dream at his back again. The first born archangel whined in pain as arms wrapped around his waist lifting him up out of the flames. When he heard the snap of the chain hooked to the collar around his neck break he opened his eyes to find his little brother Joshua holding him. "I'm so glad I found you. Hold on. I'll get you to Father and Raphael." Michael just nodded and gritted his teeth against the pain laying his head on Joshua's shoulder as the angel carried him out of the room that had been his prison for the last month. Joshua's wings wrapping around him protectively. The chain hooked to the collar hanging down the angel's back. The two went down the hall slowly watching for Eve's servants and/or guards. They made it out into the courtyard. A six foot stone wall was wrapped around the entire compound. The only way through the wall was a bared oak gate. "We just need to get on the other side of the wall. Then I can call Father and Raphael. There is some kind of ward up on this place that makes it so we can't call out well inside it."

The chain hanging down Joshua's back was suddenly pulled tight. So hard and fast that it jerked Joshua around and ripped Michael clean out of his arms. The archangel hit the ground with a cry of pain as Eve's guards rushed Joshua. The angel raised his blade ready to defend his injured brother. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Eve snarled causing Joshua to look over at her. The mother of all monsters had the chain connected to the collar pulled tight lifting Michael half off the ground. The archangel kicked out at the ground as he gasped for breath. "He is as close to human as he can get without having fully lost his grace. It's bound right now. He's completely powerless I can kill him right here so you'd best think do you want your brother dying because of you. Stand down, this is your only warning." Eve hissed pulling the chain higher Michael writhered his feet scraping along the ground.

Michael had somehow maneuvered himself onto his knees and kleet there panting for breath. "Joshua run."

"Brother." Joshua sighed and straightening up out of the fighting stance he'd fallen into as one of Eve's guards pulled his blade from his fist. Well another slapped a pair of suppression cuffs on his wrists. Eve chuckled as she turned and headed back into the compound pulling Michael off his knees and dragging the archangel behind her. With a pair of guards on either arm Joshua had no choice but to follow as Eve drug Michael back into the room Joshua had just took him form. "I'm sorry." Joshua whispered as Michael shrieked in pain trying and failing to keep his burned feet off the ground as Eve drug him. The archangel knew Eve was going to do something horrible now that she had true leverage to use against him.

When Eve finally stopped pulling him she hooked the end of the chain to a hook on the wall opposite the door and turned signaling her guards to chain Joshua up where Michael had been. Michael sent a silent prayer to his father that the fire was out. "Now my pet. Yet again I will give you a choice. You will either bow down to me or I'll cut your brother's pretty little wings off and tack them on the wall so you will also know what your defiance cost. Now choose?" Eve hissed in Michael's ear. Before she walked over to Joshua reaching up and running her fingers though the feathers of his right wing. Joshua shuddered and shook her hand off his wing. Eve just laughed at that and looked at Michael. "I'm waiting my pet. You better choose quickly or I'll start cutting."

Michael was staring at Eve in horror he knew she would really do what she said. She'd really cut Joshua's wings off. Agony shot through him as the archangel forced himself to his feet. Whining form the pain and half leaning against the wall for support. "Brother whatever she told you don't do it. Don't let her use me against you." Joshua sighed watching Michael worriedly as his big brother slowly started to bow to the mother of all monsters. "Michael do not. Michael. Don't give her that kind of power over you. Michael!" Joshua pleaded as Michael completely bowed to Eve.

Eve smiled. "Good. Good boy. My pet. Now summon your blade." Eve chuckled once more running her fingers though Joshua's feathers. The angel trembled. As Michael summoned his blade. Eve smirked going back over to the archangel and unhooking the chain form the wall. "Come." She said heading back over to Joshua. Michael followed on the end of the chain like a dog, his feet screaming at him not to walk on them. His badly healing broken leg throbbing painfully. "Now cut here and here." Eve ordered pointing to an area on both of Joshua's wings, one that would make it impossible for Joshua to fly.

Joshua was shaking he knew that this was going to hurt. Really hurt. Michael was shaking. Joshua knew it was because his Brother was fighting the order and his grace was burning him for it. "Brother. It is alright. Just do it. Don't fight it. It will just hurt you more." Michael shook his head his eyes wide. "Brother. Do it." Michael closed his eyes with a whine. Opening them and slashed down sharply with his blade. Once. Twice. Joshua screamed.

"Sorry. So sorry. Joshua so sorry." Michael sobbed. Eve laughed pulling Michael over to the grate topped bench and ordering him to lay down on his stomach. Binding his hands under the bench. Michael watched as she headed for Joshua. Eve gestured to her servants to in chain the angel.

"Dump him with the leviathans." Eve said as she walked over to where Michael lay chained.

The last thing Joshua saw was Michael jerking against the binds as Eve's servants dragged him away he could hear Michael's screaming for Eve to let him go to not send him to his death. "Eve... Please... Let him go... Don't send him there... their kill him... Eve.. Please..."