A/N: Finally! It's finished! The end makes me sad, but that's how it's supposed to be. I hope you don't hate it too much, and aren't angry at me for taking so long to finish this. Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, except for the character 'Tobias'
Dedication: To my lovely reviewers, and whoever reads my work. Thanks!
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Chapter 4- Fate's a Cruel Thing
"Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand. He seized the dragon- that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan- and bound him in chains for a thousand years.
"The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. Afterward he must be released for a little while." –Revelation 20- 20:3
"I knew I'd find you here" said a deep, masculine voice. Lucifer didn't bother to turn around; already knowing who the voice belonged to.
"Then you'll have to forgive me for being predictable, Raphael" he replied, staring at John, who was the Anti- Christ. It still bothered him that God had had the audacity to choose the man for him, but who was he to complain?
Raphael walked up beside Lucifer. "This is him?" he sounded disbelieving.
"Yeah, look at him. A complete wimp. I bet that God did that on purpose." Satan sighed. "At least he's attractive; people tend to trust attractive people more. The morons"
The Angel shifted nervously, casting a sidelong glance at his companion. "So you're going to do it, then? You're going to help out in the Apocalypse?"
Lucifer turned toward him. "Of course I am. What other choice do I have? Either I do it and get sent to a Pit of Despair, or God does it and I still get sent to a Pit of Despair"
Raphael frowned. "You can't change His Mind? To find some other way?"
"Do you remember what happened last time I tried to change His mind about anything? It got me kicked out of Heaven, didn't it?"
Raphael grabbed Lucifer's shoulders. "There's gotta be another way. It's not fair that-"
"You're preaching to the choir, friend" The angel shook him slightly.
"I'm not going to let you get hurt! I've watched it too much over the millennia, and it's going to stop."
"That's very nice of you, but there's nothing that can be done. You'd better leave, before He sees you fraternizing with the Enemy"
"I don't care. I'm sick and tired of this game" Raphael took a step back, swearing creatively for several minutes.
"Stop that. You're making me blush" Lucifer said with a grin, trying to lighten the mood. "What's the deal, anyways? S'not like you have to worry about it, you get to live happily ever after in the Candy Kingdom"
Raphael turned back towards him, a vicious snarl on his face. "That's just it, isn't it? There is no fuggin' happily ever after! How can there be!" There was a pause as Raphael started pacing. ""You don't get it, do you? I fuggin' lo-"
"Don't! Don't you even dare to say what I think you're going to, because I swear, if you do, I'll happily hang you by your intestines" Lucifer was flushing by now, a glare firmly in place. "Not now, after all these years. You'll get cast out of Heaven, as well"
"Why would you care? You've been on all these years about getting Redeemed, and you suddenly pretend to care about my position in Heaven?"
"You have to ask why I care? That should be obvious" There was another pause. "You need to go. The Father only ignores me for so long. His eyes will be on us again soon, and this could be compromising for you"
Raphael laughed bitterly. "It doesn't matter anymore. I'm losing you" Lucifer's jaw dropped.
"Don't, I said. This- this is Forbidden. You 'lost' me a long time ago, when I got Cast Down" Lucifer tried, without success, to turn his attention back to John, and the meeting that he was in. Today, they were promoting him. He would become the most powerful man on Earth, after this.
"And I thought that I had Eternity before the End Days would come. Now I only have a few short years, and I realize now how much time I've wasted, when I could've been in your arms-"
"Stop! He has His gaze upon us now, how will you ever explain this away!"
"Let Him watch" Raphael snarled, took three quick steps to close the space in between them, and kissed Lucifer as if his very life might depend on it. Lucifer stood in shock until the Angel's tongue slipped into his mouth, and he pushed against Raphael.
"What in Heaven do you think you're trying to prove!" He struggled some more, but Raphael was not letting go. He's watching, and when you come back to yourself, you're going to regret this!"
"Do you know what they plan on doing to you, during the thousand years that you're in the Pit? I heard God talking to that… replacement of yours, the boy who looks like you."
Lucifer sighed, and gave up on trying to struggle out of the larger man's grasp. "I'll just be there, all by my lonesome, probably thinking about all the terrible things that I've had to do throughout the years"
Raphael furrowed his eyebrows. "No. You're going to be tortured. Even the boy was appalled at what is to be done with you. We've tried to get Him to change His mind, even Jesus tried, but nothing"
There was a strained silence "Why does this not surprise me? You need to let me go. He'll be getting angry"
"You could get away, if you actually tried. But you want this, same as me. You were the most powerful, next to God himself. You could push me away, but deep down, you want me"
Lucifer flushed "Yes, well, I'm the Devil. I have an excuse. You, however, are an angel, and-"
"Kiss me"
"No! God-"
"You're the devil, remember? It's time you started to act like it"
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"The pieces are set" God said as they sat at the chess table, and Lucifer got the distinct feeling that He wasn't talking about the game.
"Yeah" Lucifer said. He was nervous and jittery, wondering why God had yet to mention the little episode with Raphael. He would bet anything that God wasn't bringing it up just to keep him on edge.
"Did you enjoy yourself the other day at John's meeting?" Lucifer's heart skipped several beats, and he blushed. "Nothing to say about it?"
"Not really, no"
"Raphael is becoming more rapidly obsessed with you, as of late. You're all he can think about. He wishes to save you from your fate"
"So he's acting like an angel, showing mercy. We'd better hang him"
"I don't want your sarcasm, Lucifer."
"There's a lot of things I don't want, either, but You don't see me complaining about it"
"You haven't noticed the way that he looks at you. You haven't seen or heard his thoughts"
"I like to stay out of people's heads, thanks"
"He thinks that you're the most beautiful thing in Creation"
Lucifer grinned widely "Well, that's just because it's true. Shows his good taste"
God frowned. "You don't have to look so happy that he thinks of you like this"
"I like to be complimented, that's all"
"He dreams of 'making love' to you" Satan felt his entire face heat and he wanted nothing more than to simply disappear.
"Yes, well… can we get back to the game?"
"No. I thought that once he'd had a taste of you, that it'd get you out of his head, and his heart, but I was wrong. He wants you even more now, if that's even possible"
Lucifer looked up from his clasped hands, but still was careful not to make eye contact with the other man. "You… let him kiss me?"
"Free will, I couldn't have stopped it. But I did allow him to overhear the conversation between Tobias and I, and gave him the knowledge that the End was soon"
"You drove him to be so emotionally distraught that he had to come and find me?"
"It would've happened anyway. It didn't help, either. He's addicted"
"You speak like I'm crack or something"
"Or something" they smiled.
"You're not… going to Cast him Out, are you?"
"No, he's wanted you for a very long time. Love at first sight, one might say. It won't be long before you're out of the way for good, and he won't be tormented by the thoughts of you" Lucifer frowned. He never did like being reminded of his Fate. "We all have our roles to play, Satan. I suggest that you go and play your part. Do Me a favour, though, will you? Don't give in to Raphael so easily"
Lucifer gave Him a wicked, bitter smile. "And why not? I'm the Devil; he's supposed to resist me. Maybe I'll go and let him have his way with me"
God shrugged, as if He didn't care either way. "You could, but you won't, because you know how it would destroy Raphael after you're gone. He'd never be the same. You know how attached angels get after they've bonded with another"
"What makes you think that I care!"
"I'm God, I Know All. You won't hurt him like that. You'll do your very best to resist him, just so he won't suffer as you will. You may be the Prince of Darkness, but you're an insufferably soft one"
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'When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison. He will go out to deceive the nations- called Gog and Magog- in every corner of the earth. He will gather them together for battle- a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore. And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God's people and the beloved city. But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them.
'Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever' –Revelations 20:7-20:10
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