-Chapter 21

I looked at the phone at my hand. I flipped it open, it looked like a fairly old model, but it still worked like new. I clicked through the menus when Sebastian came in.

"Pardon Madame but I thought I heard another voice in here."

I quickly hid the phone behind my back. "No, it's just me." Sebastian looked around the room.

"Where is the other man who came in with you?"

I glanced around the room, then realized he meant Castiel. "Oh, Castiel? He just left for a moment."

Sebastian left walking balk off into a different part of the house. I pulled the cellphone back out from behind my back and continued looking through the menus. There was a single phone number listed as "Anthony C.", and there was a single picture, it was Crowley standing in front of Suzanne with a very confused look on her face while he smiled widely.

I scoffed, "Very funny..." The door opened and I looked at the person entering.

Castiel looked at the phone in my hand, then at me. "Was he..?"

"Our 'mutual aqaintence'?" I asked shutting the phone. "Yeah, he was here." I looked at Castiel, "Mind explaining to me why I was just visited by Crowley?"

A look of worry passed Castiel face "Crowley?"

"Well, Not the Crowley your thinking of," I said running my free hand through my hair. "SPN Crowley doesn't go by Anthony."

"S.. P.. N?"

I shook my head, "Sorry, I forgot you're sort of a layman when it comes to stuff like this. SPN stands for Supernatural." I stuffed the phone in my pocket. "That Crowley is not the Crowley from Supernatural, but rather I believe he's the Crowley from a book called Good Omens."

"Good Omens?"

"It's a book... wait... I know an easier way to explain this to you."

"What?"

I glared at Castiel then walked over to the chess board and picked up a white knight and a black knight. I turned to him holding the pieces up. "The two men on the opposite side of the war?" I held them out to his face. "The angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley? They, together with Adam, stopped the Tadfield apocalypse."

He shook his head, "I'm afraid I'm only aware of one apocalypse."

I sighed, "Well that's basicly what Good Omens is about. And Crowley is from Good Omens, meaning that we're completely safe." I dropped the chess pieces back on the table.

Castiel nodded as the door opened, Lloyd and the others poured into the house. "I'm sorry ladies! But I have some pressing maters to deal with."

There was a chorus of sad "Awwwww..."'s coming for out side as Zelos shut the door behind him. Sebastian emerged from the hallway.

Zelos turned to him, "Sebastian I need you to set up some more places to sleep."

"Right away sir." Sebastian hurried back down the hall.

I crossed my arms and turned to Zelos, "Took you guys long enough."

An involuntary shiver went through Suzanne, "I never want to go through the sewer ever again."

I smiled as Lloyd stretched a bit. "So how are you guys?"

I shrugged, "We shopped a little, walked around, then came here." I stared at Suzanne. She caught me stare and translated the look in my eye.

Suzanne smiled, "Speaking of shopping." She dug around her bag and pulled out a smaller bag. "I'd love to buy some new things."

In less time it took blink Zelos was holding her hand delicately in his. "I'd love to take you on a shopping spree around this lovely city."

I walked up behind Zelos and punched him lightly in the shoulder. "I think she might want to go with someone who can actually get her to the shopping district without being trampled by other women." Suzanne nodded in agreement.

We both left the mansion. I made sure we were a safe distance before I brought out the cellphone Crowley had given me.

Suzanne stared at it in awe, "Is that...?"

"Yes."

"How did you-?"

"You'll never guess." I pulled up the picture of her and Crowley.

Suzanne gasped. "I.. Is that Crowley?"

"Yep." I shut the phone and put it back in my pocket. "But not the Supernatural Crowley, so we don't need to worry about people dealing away their souls."

Suzanne let out a sigh of relief, then snapped to attention again, "But why is he here?"

I shrugged, "He said he was the co-guardian of the multiverse."

Suzanne smacked her forehead, "That makes sense, we asked-"

"-You asked." I corrected.

"-to be brought to another universe," Suzanne continued like I hadn't said anything. "So who better to take us there then the guardians of the multiverse."

"Suzanne you have to find the counter-spell."

"What?"

I stopped, "You have to find the counter-spell."

Suzanne looked at me like I was crazy. "Why?"

I grabbed her arm and dragged her down an empty ally way. When we reached the dead end I turned to her. "Because Suzanne! We're out of our depth here! I mean I just spoke with Anthony Crowley for God's sake! Who knows what other weird things are going to happen!"

"Like what?"

I grit my teeth, "Well, there's the Ashford twins, Castiel, and now Crowley! Do you really need any more reason on why we should jump this universe and get back to our own?"

Suzanne was deep in thought. "Cass... Cass... Castiel... Castiel is the angel of..." Her eyes snapped open, "Thursday!"

"What?" I asked irritably.

"No! You don't get it! We'll be fine, we have Castiel with us!"

"Why?"

Suzanne grabbed my shoulders, "Don't you get it? Thursday, Castiel is your guardian angel!"

I pushed her off me. "How could that be?

Suzanne took a deep breath, "Thursday, Castiel is the angel of Thursday! As in the day you were named after and born on! It all makes perfect sense!"

I took a step back, "Castiel... is... my guardian angel?" I took another step back. "Th... that's impossible, I... I killed him once... I... I'd prayed that the arrow wouldn't hit Zelos, and it hit him instead!"

Suzanne snapped her fingers, "Exactly! You prayed. And who answers prayers? God and his angels!"

I shut my eyes, "No, Castiel can't be my-"

"Suzanne is right." A familiar gruff voice came from behind me. "I was assigned to make sure you got through everything safely."

I whirled around to see Castiel. "Castiel..." The little pegs in my brain all started to click into place. "So... That monster back there, the one that was about to kill me, you smote it?" He nodded. "And those two brothers you wanted to tell me about, were they Dean and Sam?" Another nod. I stared at the ground a tidal wave of emotions rising in me, "Castiel, take us back to Zelos's mansion."

I felt his hand on my shoulder, a small breeze rushed by, and we were standing outside the Wilder Mansion. I knocked on the door, and Zelos opened it.

"Well hello ladi-" He stopped, "Thursday?" He asked softly, "Did something happen?"

I shook my head, "No. Everything's fine. Just fine." I entered the house and plopped down on the couch.

Zelos eyed Castiel oddly, he glanced at me then back at Castiel, then his eyes settled on Suzanne. She shrugged.

I rubbed my eyes. In actuality I'd come to grips with Castiel being an angel sometime ago, but the fact that he was there because of me is what I was hung up on. I mean, why -my- guardian angel? Suzanne probably needed him much more than I did. I already had Bates's and Zelos's over protectiveness, did I really need an angel?

"Thursday?" Sheena said in a worried way.

I looked up and smiled weakly, "It's fine, I'm just a little tired that's all."

They all smiled back, Raine said, "She's right, it's been a very stressful day for all of us."

Sebastian walked in, "Sir Bud, would you like a bedroom or would you like to sleep on the couch?"

Lloyd was about to launch into his "My name isn't Bud!" whine when I said, "I think I'll take the couch."

They all looked at me, I smiled fully and leaned back into the soft cushions, "It's a very nice couch and I could probably get better sleep here then on one of Zelos's really fancy beds upstairs."

Lloyd shrugged, "I'll take a bed then."

Sebastian nodded. After that the others sorted out their sleeping arrangements, Castiel left me alone for the rest of the day, and I was thankful for that, I didn't want to deal with him. It was a little before dark when Zelos somehow managed to get us alone together.

I was sitting on the couch fluffing the pillow Sebastian had gotten me. "Thursday."

I continued to fluff the pillow, "Zelos."

He sat on the coffee table, "So, what happened out in town?"

I looked over at him, "We went shopping."

"I didn't see any bags of clothes."

"Suzanne put them in that weird-o bag of her's." I said, using predetermined lies I had in case this came up.

Zelos sighed. "All right." He clasped his hands together and rested his elbows on his knees. "But at the very least, tell me how you knew about Lloyd."

A small pit formed in my stomach, "What?"

"A while ago, after I brought you back here after you fainted the first time, you asked me if I knew Colette," He motioned behind his to the room Colette was sleeping in. "And Lloyd." He waved up the stairs.

I gulped, "Just a coincidence."

"You asked me if I knew a "Lloyd Irving" and you described him in detail." He had an odd look in his eyes. "How did you know Lloyd when you told me and just about everyone else that you've lived in Meltokio your entire life?"

I sat back in the couch putting on my poker face, quickly realizing that my goose was cooked unless I could come up with a convincing lie. I prayed that something would get me out of this situation. My prayer was answered.

There was a soft whooshing noise and suddenly Castiel was standing in front of Zelos. "What the hell?" Zelos said completely shocked.

Castiel pressed two fingers against Zelos forehead, and Zelos passed out. "Castiel!" I half-shouted. "What did you do?"

The angel looked at me, "Don't worry, he's not dead, just sleeping. He won't remember that you had this conversation or the conversation that caused this." I nodded as Castiel gently grabbed Zelos's shoulder and they vanished.

I let out a sigh of relief, "Maybe..." I said silently as I stretched out on the couch, "Having a guardian angel isn't so bad."

A/N: I'M SO SORRY FOR THE WAIT! I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU WAIT THIS LONG! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! *begging*
I had this done a while ago but I got so caught up in other things that I sort of forgot about it. I hate school.

Your ever willing author,
Kari910