"Well this is me." Chloe stops as the door of her apartment, Beca stopping also, behind the taller girl. Chloe turns to the brunette and grins. Beca returns with her usual mischievous smirk which makes Chloe's stomach do backflips, especially after what happened in Beca's dorm room earlier that night.
"Do you maybe want to come in?" Chloe offers with a light-hearted smile and Beca drops her head, looking around and feeling another presence in the area, watching them. Beca could feel the anger radiating off the other presence, the hurt and heartbreak. She knew it was Amitiel and she needed to confront her. She also knew that Amitiel had a speciality for torture and pain and with Beca now trying to hunt her down with the rest of the League, Amitiel wouldn't hesitate to hurt Chloe to get to Beca which meant Beca had to permanently switch off her emotions until Amitiel was finished and her task was down. Problem was, Chloe had a way of getting to the assassin's heart and Beca had to figure out why, who was Chloe Beale and why was she unlocking Beca Mitchell from Azrael.
"I can't and listen Chloe, what happened before… It can't happen again. It was a mistake." Beca replies, her switch already flipped so she sounds heartless and robotic with her words which made Chloe's heart break, she had finally got the brunette to act on her feelings and now she was saying it was all a mistake. Chloe couldn't help but feel like she had been punched in the chest as Beca walks away.
"You really broke that girl's heart you know? I practically heard it break in her chest. I'm proud of you Az." Amitiel calls out from a branch in a tree as Beca walks past, ignoring the presence in the tree next to her. Amitiel smiles as she jumps down, landing without a sound and walking along the shorter girl.
"Shame too, she's really hot but as long as her hands are off of you then I won't kill her." Amitiel jokes and Beca stops walking, turning to the raven-haired girl.
"What the fuck do you want Aim? You want me to fall into your arms and be with you, it's not going to happen. I'm still in the League and I always will be. You turned your back on them because you couldn't stand taking orders from Michael, he took you in, raised you, trained you and you spit it back in his face. I'd never turn my back on him or the League, I'd never betray my family and try to kill them. You tried to kill me Aim! You did this to me." Beca retaliates, pulling down a sleeve of her shirt to show Amitiel the large scar on her chest, right above where Beca's heart was.
"Michael knows you are here. Aim, I loved you, like family. You were my best friend, you protected me and helped me when I'd come back from training bleeding. I'll never forget that but I'll never forget that you also betrayed me which is why I'm sorry." Beca adds for bringing the knife out of its hidden sheath and plunging it into Amitiel's side causing her to growl in pain and anger, collapsing to her knees and covering the deep wound above her hip.
"Fuck Az. I actually didn't see that coming." Amitiel sighs as she watches Beca grab her wrist and pull her to her feet, ripping the knife out of her side and holding it into her back.
"We are going to my dorm so I can finish you respectful. You were an Angel after all." Beca whispers into Amitiel's as they start walking.
"Do you honestly think I'm the biggest problem you have to deal with? You have no idea do you? He hasn't told you has he? Az, I'm not the problem here. Your targets are not normal, they are ex League Angels! It's Lilith and Lucifer! Michael is sending you to your death Azrael, please listen to me. They are ruthless, there is a reason their name was left out in the myths! What they did to their targets was awful!" Amitiel enforces strongly as they walk into Beca's room, shutting the door and locking it. Amitiel didn't dare move, knowing Beca was in Azrael mode, she was the assassin she feared. Beca was taking in the information that Amitiel was providing. She had read in the old texts in Israel, where the League of Angels home is, about Lilith and Lucifer briefly but there was not much information.
"Look Az, Michael has sent his best Angels after them for years but none of them have succeeded, it's why they were named Lilith and Lucifer. Their names in the League were Puriel and Zaapiel. They were Michael's closest friends and his punishers before Raziel and Haniel. Their names literally mean angels of punishment! They enforce the law throughout the League, remember how your lashings were always done by Raziel and Haniel, they replaced Lilith and Lucifer!" Amitiel watches as Beca grabs the famous Sword of Azrael, carved by hand by Beca when she was 15 years old, from behind the headboard of her bed and walk toward her, stopping in front of the shaking former assassin.
"Az, please, I love you as more than a friend, I always have. Please listen to me when I say that Michael is not the man you think he is. My name means the Angel of Truth and I'm telling you the truth right now when I say that Michael is making up the targets to suit his benefit. The reason he sent you after Lilith and Lucifer is because he knows your switch is flipping back on. This is his way of executing you! Azrael Please!" Amitiel pleads but Beca doesn't listen, only raises her sword in the air. Her storm blue eyes penetrating the scared jade green of her former friend. Beca brings the sword down in order to cut Amitiel's head off but is stopped when a voice is heard behind them.
"Azrael." The voice was familiar to Beca.
Beca turns around to face another League of Angels member.
"Raphael, nice to see you as usual. I'm surprised Michael didn't send Gabriel." Beca snorts as she brings the sword away from Amitiel's neck. Amitiel watches the two assassins speak to each other and glances around the room, noticing the window was open. Amitiel slowly makes her way toward the window while the other two people in the room are in conversation. When she is halfway there, a knife flies in front of her face, the edge of the knife, skimming the tip of her nose. She stops and looks back to see that it was Beca that through the knife even though her back was turned to Amitiel.
"I'm guessing you are here for her. You're here to take her back to Tse'elim to punish her for treachery. Take her, she is interrupting my investigation anyway, telling lies to defame Michael. I want her gone." Beca guesses as she moves over to Amitiel whom was still frozen in her position on the floor. She grabs the rogue assassin by the throat and pulls her up, pushing her in Raphael's direction.
"That is why I am here Azrael but I also am here for you as well. You are needed at Tse'elim for Amitiel's punishment. Michael has requested it." Raphael replies, his almost black, serpent-like eyes piercing into Beca's storm blue. Beca had to leave, her master ordered it but Aubrey would be really pissed if she just up and left, then again, Beca also didn't care, and she could resume her task when she returned.
"Let's go then." Beca says, grabbing her leather jacket and following Raphael who has placed chains on Amitiel, escorting her out of the building to the black hummer parked out the front of Baker Hall.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Chloe hears Aubrey's scream out at the top of her lungs, making her jump a foot into the air before the blonde appears in the living room, not even taking notice of Chloe crying.
"That bitch Beca, just text me saying she had to go away on 'family business' and won't be back for a week! First she is late all the time, second she always disappears halfway through rehearsals, third she is a total bitch to everyone and now this! I'm done with her Chloe, I want her out of the Bellas! Chloe?" Aubrey complains but stops at the sight of her best friend in tears on the couch.
"Chlo? What's wrong?" Aubrey's anger diminishes immediately as she sits down next to her best friend and wraps her into a tight embrace.
"I thought you were going to go see… THAT BITCH! What did she do to you?" Aubrey's anger returns as she remembers Chloe saying she was going to see Beca. Chloe just cries into the blonde's shoulder and Aubrey tries to sooth the redhead's unexplained tears.
"W-we kissed and then a brick was thrown through her window. Beca, she switched off again and when she walked me home, she said the kiss was a mistake and that it couldn't happen again." Chloe cried and Aubrey's anger rose. She hated that the short, emo brunette was toying with her best friend's feelings.
"She's out of the Bellas. She is done." Aubrey stamps in place, holding Chloe even tighter like if letting her go would mean she died. Chloe grasped her best friend as the familiar feeling of a hole in her chest, crying into the blonde's shoulder.
"Eizrayiyl, mundh waqt tawil la naraa. marhabaan bik fi albayt. (Azrael, long time no see. Welcome home.)" Michael stands with Uriel and Gabriel, watching as Raphael takes Amitiel to the cells to wait her execution. Beca moves forward, quickly bowing to her master before moving into her arms for a hug. Michael was like a father, a guide and a teacher to her. He taught her to be strong, to be brave and without fear but at the same time, taught her to trust, be loyal and to respect her elders. Beca trusted Michael with everything she had and she would do anything to protect him, even against her best friend within the league.
"'Annah min aljayid 'an yakun almanzil alssay . Min aljamil 'an naraa lak 'aydaan 'uwril. (It's good to be home Sir. Nice to see you also Uriel.)" Beca replies as she bows to her past trainer and the woman who initially chose her back in the hospital, pretending to be Dr Harrison.
"Eizrayiyl. (Azrael.)" Uriel returns the bow and all the senior members turn when Amitiel starts to scream out.
"Why don't you tell Azrael the truth Michael? Tell her you're leading her to her death! On my word Michael, she will know the truth before I pass!" Amitiel screams out and Michael nods for Raphael and Gabriel to take her away. Beca turns back to her two masters and shakes her head.
"I don't believe her Sir. She is just trying to turn me against you and the League." Beca says to Michael and Uriel and they both nod before escorting Beca to the guest room in the ancient Israeli castle, Beca's old room when she lived there.
Beca's room was just the way she left it, all the exercise equipment left in its places so Beca drops her bags and walks over to the salmon ladder. She remembers not but hours before when she and Chloe were kissing, putting her fingers to her lips as the kiss still burns. Beca wanted to continue kissing Chloe, but not because she liked her. Azrael was also a hunter when it came to being in bed, she preferred women but settled with men sometimes. With her emotions switched off, she would leave without thinking about that person again. When Chloe kissed her, Beca wanted to sleep with her and she would have if not for the brick that was thrown through her window, but in the back of Beca's mind, she didn't want to sleep with Chloe because she needed her around for the task. Beca pondered however that sleeping with Chloe would guarantee the invite to the President's Ball, where she would kill James Beale. She couldn't however, figure out why Chloe's kiss had left such an impression on Beca, why still now, she wanted to fly back to the US and kiss Chloe. This wasn't Azrael's usual hunter mode, this was something else that she couldn't put her finger on.
"Azrael, my darling, are you alright?" Michael snaps Beca out of her daze. She turns to find him, standing in the doorway.
"Yeah Michael, I'm just having some trouble with my current task. Miss Beale… Sir I'm starting to feel things again. I'm having nightmares from eleven years ago and Miss Beale kissed me earlier and I wanted to reciprocate it. I don't like this feeling Sir but my emotions keep flickering on and off. I need to switch it off completely otherwise I may not be able to complete this task for you." Beca confesses and Michael nods his head, completely understanding the girl's position. He moves over to Beca's bed and sits down, patting the spot next to him. Beca walks over and sits down next to her master.
"Azrael, what you are going through, every assassin here has goes through it. I went through it myself. My dear, I was surprised you hadn't gone through it earlier. We can help you though. To start, Uriel and I know Amitiel was in love with you which was forbidden as you know, both to love in general and also be in a relationship with another assassin. As I've told you, have your fun but the target always comes first. Tomorrow, you will be the one to execute Amitiel, I know you did not reciprocate her feelings the same but you were both close. To become emotionless again, you must let go of your past, Amitiel, your family. You blame yourself for these incidences and now you must let them go. Let go of the blame. If you continue to hold onto it, your mind will not be clear to keep the switch off." Michael explains and Beca makes sense of what he is saying. She blamed herself for letting Amitiel escape because she was too weak to kill someone she cared about. She blamed herself for not better protecting her family, and not standing up to her father when she needed to.
"I want to complete my task. I want my emotions back off again and I'll do anything to do it. I graciously accept the privilege to be the executor of Amitiel Sir." Beca replies. Michael smiles and nods before hugging the younger assassin.
"It will not be easy to let go and fortify the switch but I believe you will succeed and further on succeed with your task. In the meantime, get some rest." Michael suggests and Beca agrees. Michael stands up and leaves the room. Beca changes into sleeping clothes, making sure all her weapons are in their positions before going to bed and drifting to sleep.
So I had a review asking if you guys will meet more of the League Angels. You've already met Beca (Azrael), Uriel and Michael. You've now met Raphael. You also met Amitiel who is a rogue, you've been introduced to Lilith (Puriel) and Lucifer (Zaapiel) who are also rogues and will meet them later on.
You guys will also be introduced to Gabriel, Raziel and Haniel. Plus a few more as a surprise!
Hope that is enough.
So what will happen at Amitiel's execution? What will happen to Beca when she gets back to Barden? Will Chloe forgive her? Will Aubrey?
Find out soon!