Jade sighed as she practically dropped into her chair. Because she was also helping to produce the movie, she got a chair next to the director. She had lost count of how many scripts she had gone over since people found out she was the one to write and pay for the first Raziel movie.
Most she dismissed out of hand, but there were a few gems she liked that just needed a little touch up. There had already been a few new blockbusters under the "Secret Angels Production" name.
Crowley had started the company after the success of the first Raziel movie, and the name had stuck. He skimmed through most of the scripts people sent, but only the ones he knew Jade would be interested in were sent to her.
Jade was just glad she didn't have to read the poorly written ones, and that most of the time the ones she did read had the correct grammar. She didn't mind producing someone else's idea.
Plus Crowley had netted a few souls from people who wanted their movie to actually be a hit. They were known as one-hit wonders, but they had made enough money that the idiots didn't care.
It was part of his agreement with Jade. She got to be a big star with her natural talent and he leeched off her fame to get more souls.
Gabriel waltzed up with a smirk, cup of hot tea in his hand with a hint of lemon.
"You are a godsend," she said in relief.
"Well I wouldn't call myself that," smirked Gabriel.
"So how is everything going with the boys?"
"Sam and Dean are still running down leads, but they kept running into angel signs. Cas has been spending an awful lot of time with Dean-o though," said Gabriel.
Jade snorted. Any idiot could tell Dean and Castiel had a thing for each other. The intense staring contests were a dead give away, not to mention the way Dean never took his eyes off Cas when he left his ears and tail on.
Sam had choked on his coffee the first time he caught Dean staring after Cas with cat ears.
After that it became a game to see how long it took Dean before he finally gave up and started watching Cas, since Jade didn't mind letting them borrow her 'cat'.
"So what's the next scene anyway?" asked Gabriel.
"Well we have to do a few more 'hunts', and Crowley insisted I do another scene with Eris dancing for some reason..."
"Yeah, I kinda helped with the arguments on that one. Do you have any idea how much everyone enjoyed that little dance of yours?" asked Gabriel, raising an eyebrow.
Jade blinked.
"People actually liked that? I just dance because I enjoyed it, and acting pays the bills," said Jade.
"You really didn't notice?" said Gabriel, openly amused.
Jade shook her head.
"How about we have a little survey among the crew to see if they actually enjoyed your performance?" joked Gabriel.
Crowley walked up to them, and heard the comment.
"She didn't notice?" said Crowley.
"Apparently not," said Gabriel, grinning.
"Jade love, the entire cast and crew were so enthralled during your dancing on the ice we almost added a second song just to continue watching it," said Crowley amused.
"Seriously?"
"Why'd you give up ballet anyway?"
"The girl at the play was so atrocious that I couldn't bear the thought of someone as bad as her performing Shakespeare's plays," admitted Jade, "Besides I still do the stretches, or did you never notice the dance studio in my house?"
"Is that the room with all the mirrors and the weird bars?" asked Gabriel.
"Are you an idiot or just pretending to be?" asked Crowley.
"Hey!"
Jade snickered as that started the arguing between Crowley and Gabriel. The two of them got along great...when they were bickering that is.
Like Gabriel said, they somehow managed to get another scene of Jade dancing, only this time they just used a skating rink. It was easy to have the Winchesters find a hunt near one and then trick 'Eris' into coming.
The hunt was for a Trickster, which was where Gabriel came in. He was the guy in charge of the rink, and it was Eris who vaguely recognized him.
This time they had the entire thing last for half an hour, and Crowley was privately glad that this was actually considered a two-part movie.
"Who are you?" Jade asked.
"Me? I'm Loki. I've heard of you, Raziel. The angel who defied heaven and told Micheal to go screw himself," said Gabriel grinning.
"I didn't defy heaven. I just said I wasn't going to listen to Micheal anymore," said Jade irritably.
"So what, you're going to join sides with Lucifer instead?"
"And deal with his likely justifiable paranoia since it was my betrayal that allowed Micheal to beat him? No thank you! I'm looking for Gabriel, the cowardly idiot," said Jade.
"Gabriel hasn't been seen for well over a thousand years. What makes you think you'll find him before Lucifer breaks free?" asked said arch angel. "Besides, last I heard, you were working on half forgotten memories of who you really are!"
"Faith. That is something I still have, even if my life was less than perfect."
"Faith, huh?" mused Gabriel, before the Winchesters tried to stab him from behind.
'Eris' was confused and surprised she had been arguing with 'Loki' the entire time, but it had felt so right. Like she was disagreeing with a brother she never had but always wanted.
"So... Luci breaks free from the cage no matter what we do? That's not encouraging," said Dean.
"Yeah, but somehow Raziel stops him. I keep trying to find out how she convinced him not to fight, but it seems to be blocked for some reason," said Jade.
"Why do you keep mentioning your screen name? Isn't it you who stops him?" asked Sam.
"Remember the last scene before we show Lucifer getting his vessel? The one where Raziel is reawakened as an arch angel when she confronts Zachariah?"
"Yeah?"
"What I neglected to mention was half the time, I'm not actually acting as Raziel, I am her."
"Jade is a borderline angel. It's why her soul is so pure, and being taken out of heaven only sped up the conversion. All she needs is a little push and she might become a full one," said Gabriel.
"Say what now?" said Sam.
"Jade here, is what's known as a fledgling. Basically a baby angel, one who hasn't fully awakened just yet."
"If she's a borderline angel, then why is she working for a demon?" asked Dean.
"Can you think of a better place to hide?" asked Jade. Dean opened his mouth, thought about it, then shut it with a snap.
Hiding among demons would do the trick, especially since she hadn't actually become full angel just yet.
"If you're hiding among the crossroads demon, then did you ever make a deal?"
"I'm famous, rich, comfortable with my looks, can get almost any man I want, have a stable home life and something like a family. Exactly what would I need to sell my soul for?" asked Jade raising her eyebrows.
"Good point."
"Like I told Crowley years ago, there was nothing he could give me that would make me willing to give up my soul, because the one thing I did want was something that he couldn't trade for it," said Jade.
"And what's that?" asked Gabriel.
"Heaven. The one thing I've ever wanted was to go back to my parents, but selling my soul for that would be very counter-productive towards that goal. And I'm not going to mess around with death, because I have the feeling if the horseman exists he wouldn't exactly appreciate it," said Jade.
"He does, by the way."
"Say what now?" asked Sam.
"Death exists. All four of them do in fact. War, Pestilence, Famine and finally Death. They're stuck in hell unless Lucifer comes out," said Gabriel, sipping his hot cocoa.
"Great..." said Dean sarcastically.
"In the meantime I have to arrange for Gabrielle and Fluer to be in the movie."
"How do you know those chicks anyway?" asked Dean. Fluer was hot, but since she was married she was off limits. And Gabrielle was too young for his tastes.
"We meet when I was fourteen and stuck in some crappy tournament for people three years older than me. I helped get Gabrielle out of a freezing cold lake and after that Fluer became good friends with me. They're one-quarter Veela you know," said Jade.
"What's a Veela?"
"Think succubus only they don't steal your soul and have this pheromone that will drive men to do stupid shit," said Jade helpully.
"Sounds more like a siren," said Sam. He was suddenly slapped on the head.
"Please do not equate us to those shrieking idiots," said Fluer primly with a distinct French accent.
"Sam, Dean, meet Fluer Delacour, now Weasley. Where's Gabrielle?"
She was suddenly slammed with a hug from behind.
"Never mind."
Gabrielle chatted excitedly in French, and to her delight Jade was able to keep up with her since she had taken a few classes for the second Raziel movie.
"She speaks French?" said Dean.
"It was so they didn't have to hire someone to do her voice for the French audio on the DVD's," explained Gabriel cheerfully.
Yet another reason why Jade was so popular internationally. She actually took time to learn the skills needed rather than rely on stunt doubles all the time. Most actresses as popular as Jade were very lazy, not to mention total prima donnas.
Besides, it made it easier to get around if you knew the language.
"So what exactly will they be doing?" asked Sam. Now that they had shown up, he was curious what their part would be.
"They'll be in the next Loki scene as the ones that the Winchesters interview," said Jade.
"I'm going to be a college girl and Gabrielle is visiting from home," said Fluer helpfully. Which meant she got to make a total fool of the other men on set.
"Wait, please tell me that you're not..." started Dean.
"We're recreating your meeting with Loki at the campus!" said Jade cackling.
"Aren't you doing this at a karaoke club?" asked Gabriel.
"Yup!"
"Oh, karaoke! That sounds like fun actually," said Fluer.
Sam and Dean walked into the karaoke club where Fluer and Gabrielle were having fun hanging out with 'Eris'. The two had hit it off with the 'hunter' who was the human form of Raziel upon meeting. Which had lead to them going to a nearby club that allowed minors in provided they didn't order alcohol.
"Who is that singing?" asked Sam outside the door.
"Whoever it is, can at least sing without sounding tone-deaf," said Dean.
They opened the door to reveal... Jade?
"Wow. I didn't expect her voice to be that bad," admitted Sam.
"She can't be perfect all the time," said Dean grinning.
"She still sings better than you do," quipped Sam.
Jade could at least sing without sounding completely tone deaf, which was one of Sam's bigger complaints about his brother. The worst part was that Dean insisted on singing to his favorite albums to his annoyance.
Fluer seemed to be of the same opinion as the brothers, but she kept her mouth shut about it. She found it hilarious that Jade couldn't sing, yet she could dance like it was nothing.
Suddenly the girls noticed the open door.
"Eris?" said Dean.
"I heard that comment about my voice, Winchester, and you are so dead once we leave," said Jade crossly. Sam winced. Dean grinned.
Because Sam and Dean were acting themselves, they were never given lines. Jade preferred their reactions and dialogue to be completely natural.
It was another thing that made the Raziel movies so appealing to the audience. Jade let her real personality show and rarely did anything she would call acting.
Fluer coughed into her hand.
"Not you too!"
"Eris, you're a nice girl and all... but your voice could use some proper training. Perhaps singing simply isn't your forte," said Fluer delicately.
Jade pouted and Gabrielle snickered.
Gabriel grinned as he leaned against the rails watching Jade openly chat with Fluer. Jade eventually looked his way, and you could see the open surprise on her face.
"Who is that guy leaning on the bridge?"
"Him? He is the janitor. Very mysterious and I've seen him eat copious amounts of candy," said Fluer.
Jade went to 'tell' the Winchesters about the janitor having a sweet tooth. You could tell Gabriel was very amused at recreating his pranks.
'Eris' finally caught up to Loki and she looked annoyed.
"You've been faking your deaths, why?"
"Do I look like I enjoy being stabbed?" Gabriel shot back smirking.
"You remind me of him you know. He enjoyed pranking idiots too," said Jade.
"Who?"
"Gabriel. You were right that I'm working on half-forgotten memories, but I do remember he loved to prank people. He was a big kid like that. He would like you, I think," said Jade.
"Maybe I'll run into the arch angel and tell him Raziel is looking for him," said Gabriel quietly.
"If you see him, tell him I wish I had chosen to leave with him rather than stay behind. Leaving would have been better than being known as a traitor to both sides, even if it was on Micheal's orders," said Jade. 'Eris' left the building, likely to tell the Winchesters Loki was gone.
Gabriel watched her leave with a hint of sadness in his eyes as he said quietly (but still loudly to be heard by the microphones) "You already have, Razi."
"CUT! That was perfect!" said Eric.
Crowley handed Gabriel his usual hot chocolate.
"You're an annoying ass, but you're acting is almost as good as Jade's," he said.
"Who said anything about acting?" asked Gabriel.