Chapter 25

Light Up the World

Megan's eyes blinked awake as she lay on the cold concrete. She tried getting to her feet but she collapsed back down, holding her stomach in pain.

"Hey, you okay?" Megan turned her head to see Gabriel looking down at her.

She nodded slightly then said, "A little help would be nice."

"Sorry kiddo, can't do that. Raphy has the rings." He said. Megan looked at him. He seemed different. He looked…defeated.

Megan, on the other hand, wasn't ready to give up just yet. She slowly got to her feet, holding her stomach. The pain was starting to subside. She then realized that they were standing in a ring of fire. Must be holy fire. Megan had learned from Sam about holy fire, how it trapped Angels inside it. If they tried to pass through the fire, they would die. But Megan wasn't an Angel. So she could get out. She started to run so she could jump over the flames.

"Megan, don't!" Gabriel shouted but it was too late. Just as she was about to jump the flames she rammed into some invisible force field thing which knocked her back onto the ground.

"Yes, there is something that can contain even you." Megan saw Raphael appear in front of them as she got back to her feet.

She looked down to notice that inside the holy fire circle, there was also a bunch of strange symbols drawn. It was the same symbol that she was in when she got captured by Crowley.

"It took me a while but I finally found that symbol. You're not going to get out of that." Raphael said, an evil glint in his eye.

"You are such an ass." Megan said, crossing her arms. "You just want to end the world, get it over with. You're just a coward. You're just as bad as Lucifer. Your dad actually wants us alive and now you're just going to overtake him and re-start the apocalypse." Megan was so pissed that she was starting to rant.

Raphael glared at her. It suddenly dawned at her that she just pissed off an Archangel who wants to kill her. Crap.

"This world was meant to end. If there are some things I have to do for it to happen, I will do it." Raphael said, stuffing his hands into his pockets.

Gabriel was silent, as if bracing for the inevitable.

Megan held her head, suddenly feeling dizzy. She had to focus on keeping her balance so she wouldn't fall over.

"I see that it's already starting. Faster than I would of thought, too." Raphael said.

"What are you talking about?" Megan asked, pain growing in her stomach now.

"Your grace. It's starting to try and go back to Gabriel." Raphael explained, holding out the rings. "Once you two are gone I can just use this to bring my brothers out of the cage. Then it will all be over."

"You can't do this Raphael." Gabriel said, an angry look on his face.

"I can do whatever I want." Raphael said, as if he was the ruler of the world. "And no one can stop me."

"You so sure about that? Those muttonhead Winchesters are probably on their way right now. Along with a skin walker and another Angel." Gabriel said, edging closer to the flames.

"Well, by the time they come it will already be too late." Raphael said and Megan was starting to believe it.

The pain was getting worse; she was now kneeling on the ground. She started coughing violently; some blood came out while she coughed.

Megan saw Gabriel stare at her, eyes wide with horror. Megan's eyes started to fill with tears, knowing that the worst was going to happen.

"Gabriel." She managed to get out. "Promise me that you'll find a way to stop him. Don't try and bring me back. It will only be a waste of time." She whispered, making sure that Raphael couldn't hear. This was probably the hardest decision of her life, but this is what she had to do. She couldn't let the world end. It was her job, wasn't it? Which meant she had to do anything she could, even if she had to die and stay dead.

Gabriel shook his head. "No, I can't do that." He said.

"You have too. You can try and bring me back later, just stop Raphael first. No matter how long it takes. I'll wait upstairs." Megan said. Her head felt like it was about to explode.

Gabriel nodded, not saying anything.

Now Megan turned to Raphael. "You won't win this war. And if I ever come back, you better be ready you son of a bitch."

"I'm so sorry." Gabriel said and Megan turned to see that he had tears in his eyes.

"It's okay. It's not your fault." She said, and everything started to go numb.

Megan and Gabriel's face lit up and the whole warehouse was enveloped it a bright, white light.