"Rest here in peace in my arms now, knowing you're safe from the storms and the rain, and from all of your pain; and I'll be here, when only the silence remains." ~ 3 Doors Down

Raleigh, North Carolina
October 8, 2017

When Abby finally woke up, she groaned lightly. The first thing she saw was a familiar pair of chocolate eyes staring her down glaringly. "Lyra-?" she realized.

"Do you know how much trouble you're in?" Lyra asked her. "You're grounded."

"What! I didn't do anything!" Abby retorted.

"That's what they always say," Sarah chimed.

"Yes you did, and you know it. So you're not going anywhere." Lyra decided.

"You're not the boss of me," Abby remarked.

"Then do something about it." Lyra challenged. When Abby folded her arms and started pouting, she smirked. "That's what I thought."

In the basement, Isaac and Keri were sitting at the fold-up table, eating a second breakfast, that consisted of chocolate chip pancakes with strawberry syrup. "Do you have a crush on her?" Keri asked in a giggle, pointing Isaac over to Serafina, who was sickly sleeping with her twin sister.

"No!" Isaac denied. "I don't like girls." he said with a growl. Keri tilted her head confusingly, and then looked over when they heard Adena cough a little in her sleep.

Isaac frowned. "Do you think they're gonna die?" he wondered.

Keri shrugged. "I dunno."

Back upstairs, Abby shifted her position on the couch; she tried to move Lynn's unconscious legs out the way, but failed. The dead weight was too heavy. "Why is she sleeping, anyway?" she wondered.

"She's sick or something," Carmen answered. "So are Adena and Serafina."

"Why?"

Carmen shrugged, and went to answer, but the front door opened, and a confused and bewildered Levi came in, his brown hair messy from being unbrushed, and a victim of the wind outside.

"…Levi?" Carmen said.

"Levi!" Abby said in relief; she leaped off the couch and tackled her brother to the ground with a hug.

The little boy didn't respond. "…Levi?" Abby said, putting her hands on his shoulders as she knelt down to his level. "His eyes…something's wrong!"

"Move," Carmen pushed her gently out of the way, also kneeling down to her brother who shared the same eyes. She moved his eyelids up slowly. "Levi?" she said. "I think he's in shock. Sarah?" she looked up past her shoulders.

"Bring him in the kitchen," Sarah decided, walking past them. Carmen lifted Levi up bridal style and followed her in.

Abby went to follow as well, but her nine-inch taller sister stopped her. "Back on the couch. Don't let Lyra see that you even got up."

"What?"

"You heard me."

Pouting, Abby retreated to the sofa just as Blake called down to the basement, and then up the stairs, of Levi's return. Within seconds, Phoenix came bundling down; Isaac and Keri came scrambling up.

"Hold up, he wasn't looking too well; stay in here until Sarah says it's okay to go see him." Blake told them.


Carthage, Missouri
November, 2009

Gabriel and Annie had just touched down on the moon-lit street of Carthage when they both heard a terrifying scream erupting from their missing son.

"Levi!" Annie darted her eyes and focus towards the scream, leaving Gabriel running to catch up with her.

Annie didn't think she'd ever ran this fast in her life. Immediately, as she was running, she almost thought she was looking or running right into a mirror. Ahead of her on the street, was someone else running, their long and curly auburn hair bouncing behind them as she ran.

"Abigail!" she recognized. She waited for her daughter to hear her, but she didn't. Annie soon knew why as her own brain struggled to keep up – Abby had started screaming herself when her name was called.

Gabriel had just caught up with her when they both saw Death appear behind Abby, startling her, and taking her away.

"She's okay," Gabriel reminded. "That must have been how he brought her back."

Satisfied for that, Annie went to look for Levi, but Gabriel gripped her shoulder. "It's useless. They've already screwed up history enough – let's not make it worse. If Levi's in danger, then we'll scratch that rule." He explained.

Annie nodded, unable to speak.

"I missed one," they both heard and saw Lucifer, as he went over towards a set of bushes. "Come with me, boy," he reached out to grab the hiding Levi, but pulled away. "Where did you get that?" he asked. "Answer me."

"DON'T KILL ME—I don't wanna see!—dead kids!—in the ditch!—he said—he said—"

Annie and Gabriel watched as Lucifer put his power in the Blade Levi had, and they were both shocked when they saw Lynn appear, grabbing Levi and disappearing.

Annie sighed in relief.

"Well…at least we know where he went." Gabriel said, snapping his fingers to follow Levi and Past-Lynn.


Raleigh, North Carolina
October 8, 2017

Sarah was smoothing Levi's hair down as Carmen held the Blade in her hands. "I've never seen anything like it." She murmured.

"That's because there's nothing like it."

The women looked to the kitchen entrance to see Gabriel and Annie standing there. "That was faster than expected." Sarah noted.

"You dare question thy skills?" Gabriel flirted. Ignoring it all, Annie's first priority was her son. "You look after him…I'll go talk to our daring teenager." He turned and stepped out into the living room.

"Dad! What happened?" Phoenix questioned hastily.

"Juliet made one big mess, that's what happened," Gabriel muttered. "Long story short: Lucifer from the past saw Levi, and so did Lynn, Sam, Dean, and Singer. I had to wipe all their memories, and I'll have to do Levi's when Annie is done with him. Our Lynny here went unconscious because of her own memories getting tampered with; but she should be waking up-"

Lynn jolted awake, sending Abby nearly off the couch in fright. "Easy there," Gabriel said quietly. "You okay, Lynny?"

"No, head hurts," she slurred. "Tired…sleep…"

"Gabriel!" Annie called from the kitchen.

"One of you take her upstairs, back into Phoenix's bed," Gabriel instructed.

"I will do it," Sammael offered, as an act of kindness. He lifted the sickly girl up, and she snuggled her head against his chest.

"You're hot," she mumbled. "Lyra's lucky…"

"What did she say?" Phoenix asked, but Sammael just shook it off with a grin.

Gabriel glowered down at the couch. "You stay put, Missy." He ordered.

Abby ignored him, folding her arms over her chest.

Sammael took a step away from the couch, when he stopped abruptly upon seeing four new presences. Two male, and two female, at the door.

"Castiel?" Gabriel recognized the lead one. "Hey, bro…you bring your geek squad?"

"Cas?" Lynn dropped herself from Sammael's arms, only to fall again, but the maroon haired and eyed angel grabbed her arms to hold her up.

"You shouldn't move," he advised.

"Cas," Lynn protested.

"It is good to see you again," Castiel admitted. "It has been…different, without your presence."

"We are not here for a reunion, Castiel," the female angel with long blond hair and blue eyes, clad in a grey suit, reminded.

"I know," Castiel said. He ushered to the two females and one male behind him. "This is all I have left of my Garrison." He announced.

"What happened to the rest?" Lyra asked as she returned from wherever she disappeared to.

"Our leader, Anna, is dead; so is Uriel. Balthazar, Ciar, and Amitiel are rogue." Castiel explained.

"Balthazar?" Keri repeated quietly. "Are they his friends?" she whispered to Isaac.

He shrugged. "I don't know."

The spoken female narrowed her eyes on the little girl. "Is she the Nephilim of Ciar's Heir?" she realized.

"Rachel-" Castiel warned.

"Leave her alone," Isaac said. "I'll fight you. I'm not scared to hit a girl."

Lynn smirked; that was the way to go. Tough. "How amusing, Nephilim of Laughter." Rachel said coldly.

"What?" Isaac questioned.

"You are a Nephilim, and your name means laughter, so you are the Nephilim of Laughter." Rachel explained.

Keri thought back to seconds before. "I'm Neph'lim of Ciar's Heir? What's Ciar's Heir?" she wondered.

Rachel cleared her throat. "Ciar is your-"

"ANYWAYS," Gabriel said loudly. "What do you guys-"

"What's my name?" Abby asked. "I'm a Nephilim…right?"

"Nephilim of God's Joy," Gabriel replied quietly. "Look…we can share names later, what do you guys want?"

"We are here for the Nephilim of Downy Hair," the other female angel asked. She was wearing a darker suit, with long, brunette hair, and hazel eyes. "She is causing trouble for us."

"Downy Hair?" Lyra repeated.

Lynn craned her head to see who the other male angel was, who didn't speak. He was about 5'5, a mere two inches taller than her…in a boy about her age, with blue eyes and curly brown-blond hair that bounced to his shoulders.

He was cute.

"Juliet," Carmen realized. "It's Juliet."

"Yes," Castiel confirmed. "Where is she?"

"Why would I tell you?" Gabriel asked curiously. "What will you do when you find her?"

"She will be punished for releasing the imprisoned angels from the prison," Castiel replied.

A few eyes were wide. "…what did you say?" Gabriel said. "…she-"

"She did WHAT?" Carmen bellowed.

"You think those angels escaped the prison?" the other female asked. "That is impossible."

"Juliet let them out; she must have made some kind of deal with them." Rachel assumed.

"No," Carmen denied. "Juliet would never do that! She knows better! She's your superior!" she reassured.

"Carmen…" Blake said sympathetically.

"Don't!" she snapped. She looked over to Gabriel. "You know where she is? Take me to her! I'll prove she's not responsible for this." She demanded.

"I'll send you to her," Gabriel agreed. "But, Carmen, when you go looking for answers…you just might find them." He warned.

"I'm going with you," Blake decided, walking over to his fiancé. Gabriel nodded at them, and snapped his fingers to send them away.

"I don't believe it," Phoenix said, sadly. "Why would Juliet do that-?"

Lynn finally strayed away from Sammael, going, "There's too many people in here," and went to go into the kitchen. Annie and Sarah's confusing eyes caught her attention. "Don't ask. You guys are safer in here…what's going on with Levi?"

"He's in shock," Annie said upsettingly. "I can't snap him out of it."

"Why is he…what happened?" Lynn demanded.

"She was sleeping practically this whole time…she has no idea what's going on," Sarah said to Annie. "Maybe it's best if you don't know. Why don't you sit down, you don't look good."

"Gee, thanks, Aunty," Lynn teased as she went to sit, but stopped when she passed Levi, who was sat on the kitchen counter, spaceless. "Levi? Hey, buddy…snap out of it. It's okay, little guy…"

Nothing.

"Levi, hey," she put her hands on his small face. "Can you hear me? You can come back to us. We need you. You're the bravest little boy I've ever met. When we were far away, after the bad angels hurt us, you were so brave. Even when Doppy and his kids hurt us…and when we got away…you were so brave.

Now Annie wanted to know who Doppy and His Kids were, so she could go murder them, but she continued to watch with a stunned Sarah.

Lynn was silent, until finally, Levi blinked his father's eyes. Lynn grinned, and then stepped back so Annie could smother him with embrace.

"Mama?" he said, muffled. "Mama, t-t-the…"

"Shh, it's okay, you don't have to talk about it." Annie promised him.

"That was amazing," Sarah said to Lynn.

She shrugged. "I am good with kids, I guess…so, are you gonna make me a batch of fries or what?"

Sarah Agate let out a short laugh. "I think I missed that…just a little bit." She admitted.