Chapter I
"Thea!" Gabe says loudly as he walks into my office, stopping in the middle of the room, "Big things are coming Sis!"
"What kind of things?" I ask, my stomach, well "stomach" already turning, I hope beyond hope that Gabe isn't talking about what I suspect he is.
"The Apocalypse of course!" He answers, I hold back a sob that threatens to escape. "Mika, You, and Me, leading the armies of Heaven against the forces of Hell in a glorious battle for dominance." I hide my startled look from Gabe, and silently hope he leaves, and soon, I knew the Apocalypse was coming but I didn't know I would be helping to lead the armies of Heaven. "We will win of course," He adds, oblivious to my shock and sorrow, "Well, see you soon Thea, last 11 years of earth, busy, busy, busy!" He turns and walks back out of my office. I wave the door closed behind him then burst into tears. Angels don't have to cry if they don't want to, we don't even need tear ducts but some Angels choose to imitate humans in some ways, all of them avoid the inconvenient things though, tear ducts being one of them. Well all Angels except for me, but I was always an anomaly. The tears dwindle after a while and I pull myself together. I don't want to fight in the Apocalypse, I don't even want the Apocalypse to happen at all, nevermind fighting in it. I hid during the Fall, not wanting to see Luce, or worse Raph, fight Gabe and Mika. I can't deal with the fighting between us. They're all my siblings, even if they fell I still love them. To have to fight against two of them myself? It would be unbearable. I just want to escape. Escape, that's it! I jump up from my desk and reappear in front of the one bookcase in my pristinely white office. Pulling a leather-bound journal off the shelf I flip to page 36. I spent many, many years collecting spells and rituals from every corner of Heaven, Earth and, on occasion, Hell. The particular page I'm looking at contains a ritual for traveling universes. The only problem is that any one of my siblings could easily find me.*
*The term siblings is, of course, referring to the Archangels, while Angels may all call each other sister and brother, it is really just referring to them as co-workers in the eyes of the Angels. The Archangels on the other hand thought of themselves how human siblings would, except for the fact that minor bickering between them could blow up half a planet, and it has.
Then it hits me, I know exactly what I have to do. I debate calling Luce but ultimately decide against it, any loose ends could lead my siblings directly to me. I turn to page 64 in the book and begin to read. I'm finally going to be free.
A/N: Hey peoples, so I was re-reading my first chapter and I relized how much it sounds like Althea is going to comit suicide, she isn't but she is attempting to leave her family forever...so to her? Like death. I'll be posting once a week, every Sunday, I already have some of the story written but not on a doc so yea….typing up something you've already written sucks….anyway, hope you enjoyed, come back next week for chapter 2! -MidnightDawn