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Chapter 14: Babysitters..
I moan in annoyance as someone shakes my shoulder. I try to slap their hands away, body still sore from training. The hands are persistent along with a faint 'Rachel' before my pillow and covers are pulled off my head and normal sound comes back.
"Rachel, you slept the day away." Dad looks at me, his eyes are alight with mirth as are my daddy's. "It's time for dinner, we have to leave soon." I groan again at both of my fathers prodding, then shoot up out of bed as my stomach grumbles.
"How long are you guys going to be gone this time?" I follow my fathers down the stairs, spotting their bags sitting by the door.
"Your 18 baby and legally you can stay by yourself, but we don't want you to. It's not that we don't trust you but we don't like the thought of leaving you alone, so we ummm." Daddy stutters over his words and I look at him in confusion. Normally he is very well spoken. "We called Shelby and she'll check in with you whenever. I know you don't need it, but it'll make us feel better." My daddy stopped babbling and looked at me apologetically before I raised my eyebrow in question. "And we don't know how long we'll be gone. The war is coming up and they are sending us farther and farther away on more difficult tasks."
"It's alright daddy, you've always been there for me. I'll be fine on my own for a bit." I smile to sooth both of their worries. "Just promise to be careful." They promised and as we ate, we discussed if I could have a pet, which my fathers were against.
"Bear I don't know how to say this in a nice way but normal everyday animals are repelled by your demonic heritage. That is why the dogs at the park always ran away or barked at you." My dad looks at me with something akin to sadness. "That why whenever you were younger and asked we always said no."
"Oh." Was all I let out as I thought to all the animals that had shied away from me throughout the years. "I guess that changes the pet option. Though that does explain why the animals avoid me." I change the subject. "So when is Shelby going to be here and is she bringing Beth? Does she know that Beth's half angel?" Mentally I called myself an idiot for bringing up Beth being half angel. Subtlety was never my best trait sometimes.
My fathers stared at me in shock. "What, I told you Quinn is an angel. How would you not get that Beth would be half? Granted it took me awhile to figure that out." I blushed at the memory of the realization of Beth's heritage.
"I guess we never connected the dots, but it makes sense as to why Shelby was drawn to Beth. Most angels tend to gravitate towards one another, hence the reason Quinn and Brittany became friends so fast." As my daddy finishes my brain was working into overdrive. Angels gravitate towards one another so that means angels and demons are repelled by the other, which explains Quinn reaction to me. At least I think it does.
"So did Russell Fabray ever know you were an angel dad?" The question comes out without my consent as I think to Russell's hate towards my fathers. If they were angels why didn't they ever talk to one another.
My daddy looks pained as my dad takes off his glasses and begins to speak as he cleans them. "Russell knew I was fallen. We knew each other before I fell, he is very small minded. He hates me because I fell for a human, your father being a male made it even worse. Russell blew a gasket when he found out. He is against anything that he views as wrong, he loathes the idea that I left Heaven for your father and accepted you, my precious bear, into our lives because of your demonic heritage." I look at my father sadly as I was a main cause of his trouble with Russell.
"I am so sorry dad. Why did you take care of me if you knew it would only cause you trouble." My father smile as if remembering something sweet.
"Baby-girl," Daddy starts this off in his I'm gonna tell a story voice. "Your father and I first saw you three years after he fell. You were so tiny and had eyes that reached towards someones soul and pulled them in. We loved you from the moment we saw you." As he begins to tell the story I picture it in my head words changing to images.
Two men meet another at a dinky motel with half the sign missing, the most inconspicuous place thought of. The tall dark man looks around wary eyes scanning everywhere for a possible threat. His face was marred by a stern expression. Light reflected off the shorter, lighter colored man as he turned his head in the direction of the cloaked figure. They tensed before they saw the figure's face a woman of ungodly beauty, pale skin, hair as black as ink and eyes that gave off an eerie dull glow.
"The passcode please." The woman with the eyes that seemed to see everything yet focus on nothing asked the men who were staring at the bundle in her arms.
"Off with his head." The shorter man named Hiram said as his boyfriend kept his dark expressive eyes alert, watching for any threat.
"Very good Fallen Hiram and Hunter Leroy. He sends his regards for not coming to deliver the package himself." They walk into the room that is farthest from people. "He trusts you immensely Fallen, this package will determine the fate of the world. He trusts that you both will guard it with your life. You are the only ones he could think of that would be best to hide it until the right time" Both men look curiously at the bundle that begins to move in her arms.
"What is the package Prophet?" Hiram questions softly before the woman moves the blanket allowing the small child's face to be shown, eyes blearily opened as if sensing eyes on her. Hiram looked on in confusion and Leroy slowly put the pieces together as he saw the once brown eyes switch to black for a millisecond.
"Its the princess, isn't it? I've heard rumors about her but that's all I thought they were." Leroy looked on a the baby slowly reached a hand to pull his finger to her mouth as their eyes connected. He smiled broadly at her, already falling in love with this little demon, even against his hunter instincts.
"Yes Hunter it is. He believed she would be safer with Fallen Hiram and you, nobody would expect you to have her and most would think He would kill her to stop the prophecy." Her eyes continue to see things unknown to the two men as they gaze at the small baby.
"She's so tiny, how old is she? Leroy we need to get baby items before we take her home. Don't worry Prophet, she will be safe with us. We love her already." The prophet lets out a rare smile as she hands the baby to the hunter and fallen angel.
"One day old. I shall leave you now. Do not worry about baby items, someone has already taken care of them and put them in your new house in Lima, Ohio. You will find a baby's car-seat and directions in your car along with cover up jobs that will allow you to be with the child often during her youth. Her name is Ravana, call her Rachel. I bid you both goodbye. Be careful and trust no-one." With the last words the beautiful woman vanishes before their very eyes.
"Leroy, she's beautiful. Do you think we can do this? Do you think we can raise a child together?" Hiram questions Leroy as he looks at the child's brown eyes, which are focused on them before she lets out a breathless baby giggle and continues to suck on Leroy's finger.
"We can and we will Hiram. I love you with all my heart, I have since you saved me. We've been together for two and a half years. Would you do me the honor of marrying me so I can call you my husband and wake up next to you for the rest of my life, with this little bundle of joy at two in the morning?" Leroy looks at his angel before he has an armful of a demon baby and a tearful angel, a string of yeses coming from the smaller man.
I let out an aww, as I hear how my father proposed to my dad. Before we are interrupted by a knock. I turn to my dad in confusion before he mouths 'Shelby' and my daddy goes to answer the door.
"Hello Leroy, Hiram, Rachel. How are you guys?" She smiles gently as she looks over me, as she is shaking my fathers hands. I take in all the similarities between us as I had the first time I'd met her. My fathers introduced us during the summer after my changing began. When we first met I didn't even realize she had Quinn's daughter until I looked into Beth's eyes, an exact replica of Quinn's unique hazel eyes and it hit me. Shelby had never explained why she adopted Beth and I was hurt thinking she was replacing her unwanted demon daughter with a human daughter.
My father replied and I stared at Beth before blurting out. "You adopted Beth because you knew she was half angel didn't you?" She looks embarrassed and slightly guilty.
"I-I, yeah I did. I um, I went to the hospital and felt a new angel and I knew that I needed to take care of her like your father took care of you. I am sorry, I saw how you looked when you first saw her. You thought I was replacing you, but no one can replace you Rav- Rachel, you are my child and you always will be, nothing can change that. When I gave you up it ripped me apart but I knew it was your safest and best option." She looks sad as she explains this.
"It's fine, I know why you gave me up and what you went through to become an angel. I, it was just my insecurity kicking in when I saw Beth but now I have an awesome sister." I smile at her before hugging her, knowing that we will be fine.
My dads both smile and hug me fiercely before kissing my forehead and saying goodbye to all three of us. They apologized three more times before thanking Shelby and leaving. I let out a quiet huff of frustration realizing I won't be able to go into the basement tonight since Shelby is here. Ideas begin to formulate in my head, maybe I can sneak down there in the middle of the night.
I look at Shelby before I go outside and grab her bags and take them to the guest room. I watch as she sets Beth up in the living room before asking if I want to do anything.
"We can have a movie marathon and some snacks, all appropriate for Beth of course." Shelby smiles at the last part before telling me to pick any movie. We end up watching 'The Incredibles' a kid safe movie and very good one too. As the credits roll on the movie, I jump up and ask Shelby how she feels about watching 'Shrek the Third'.
"I've honestly never watched it, Beth has kept me pretty busy these last 3 and a half months." She looks a Beth lovingly and I smile when I realize no pang of jealousy or hurt hit me, only happiness.
As we're half way through the movie Shelby takes Beth upstairs and comes back down with a baby monitor, smiling apologetically. I smile at her as she sinks into the couch and we both curl up together in the quilt, content to watch a cartoon all night long because we had finally found each other. I knew the hole in her heart was healing every minute we were around each other because slowly, mine was to. She finally had her daughter in her life believing she would never see her again and even though I had two loving and amazing fathers, I had the one woman in my life who I had always dreamed of meeting.
We were both dozing off before I heard a noise. I jolted awake as I felt a presence outside the house, growling lowly and threateningly in my sleep induced state. Shelby woke to my growling and staring at the door before she heard the gravel crunch under someone's foot as I shot towards the door and she whisper yelled my name before I motioned with my hands upstairs. She got the gist as she looked at me worriedly before running to check on Beth.
I heard whoever it was walking around outside the house and I followed them inside the house until we were at the backdoor and the lock started to move as if being jimmied open. I let out another low growl before I heard Shelby slowly coming down the stairs. As the door popped open I lunged at the intruder pinning them to the floor as I let out a menacing growl and placed my now sharps claws near their throat. They let out a strange gurgle before I was tackled off of the intruder.
I heard a coughing fit as I was slammed into the wall then the floor swiftly and harshly. I shove them back before I heard a "Fuck" followed by more cursing in Spanish. As I realized the person I had pinned to the floor was Santana, the hands that were now pinning me to the ground started to burn with a strength and golden glow that soon grew uncomfortable and hot enough to boil the blood moving in my body. Blond hair obscured my view before the blond was pulled off by a very pissed off Shelby.
"What the hell is going on here? Rachel are you okay!? Santana, Brittany?" Shelby was helping me up as Santana slowly got up grumbling about psycho demons. Brittany had an eerie golden glow to her eyes as she walked over to Santana, a glare marring her usually exuberant face. I shifted my feet awkwardly, uncomfortable to have Brittany's glare sent my way and in guilt of attacking Santana.
"Damn Rach, remind me not to sneak up on you again." I look to her throat to see it slightly red but nothing that will still be there in the morning. Brittany's face is still stuck on murder but her eyes aren't glowing as much as they were.
"Sorry I was half asleep and heard something outside and felt someone very powerful. Are you okay? Wait why were you sneaking in here?!" I stare at Santana as I feel more than see Shelby leave and bring in a fussing Beth.
"Well, umm, we tried calling you and texting you but you never answered so I figured you might be in trouble. Britts wanted us all to hang out but Quinn has a stick up her ass when we asked, something about tomorrow being Sunday and spending it with her mom. So me and Britt ran over when you didn't answer your phone and we didn't want anyone to see us break in so we came in the back door and you kinda pinned me to the floor which is wanky Berry, Quinn'll love that." She starts with an embarrassed smile before grinning wolfishly as she finishes the last part. I roll my eyes at her as Shelby huffs in annoyance.