Bypassed Sons
Amara awaited Chuck's final apology. The Darkness anticipated that the final apology from God to his four sons would impact three of them more than Lucifer. Already the eldest son was affected, as he made no attempt at all to put the blatantly wayward son in his place.
"I have one more apology to offer you," Chuck declared, "Because you are beings of light, you're not compatible with a recently deceased fellow's vision of a natural order."
"Surely Death cannot be deceased?" asked Raphael, with all his primordial knowledge.
"Those Winchesters can do almost anything, can't they?" Lucifer snapped, "I betcha we have them to thank for this very unexpected family reunion!"
"You have no idea," interjected Amara. The four sons were startled at that cryptic remark.
"Anyway," Chuck continued, "the Reapers needed a new leader, this time one with all the powers of at least four Michaels and five more on top of them."
The four sons were stunned at the power just described. Death had been, at most, as powerful only as their uneven supernatural powers combined, and certainly not as powerful innately as four or more times the firstborn. They dismissed their aunt, as she was greatly more powerful than what was just described.
The Lesser Darkness, knowing that her introduction would come, remained patient.
"Father," Michael spoke, "why not me?"
"Son, I just started telling you why," the father responded, "There's not enough left of my primordial creation to create from scratch another of you, let alone one with all the powers I've described."
"The only thing from which all that power could arise now is the primordial basis of dark matter," surmised Gabriel.
Michael became uncomfortable with the undertones, despite knowing that his aunt was of nothingness and not that.
"But you never touched that except during the creation of dark matter," he stated.
"I haven't," Chuck confirmed, "but I've helped someone step out of a comfort zone to do just that."
Instantly, Lucifer exclaimed, "No way! No way that…"
He turned towards his suspect and continued, "That – someone – could create from the primordial basis of dark matter!"
"Dears," the suspect cooed, "please give a proper hello to your cousin."
The four sons turned to see the Lesser Darkness smile and wave flirtatiously at them.
For their part, the Darkness and God looked on.