Many thanks to monkeygirl77! I know that it was the only review, but it made my day when I read it. And I know that there are a few people that read my story and just don't review. Thanks anyway for reading!
This is the main story I am working on right now, but I only have up to chapter 8 actually written, so I'll try to get on chapter 9 asap.
This chapter doesn't actually have Gabriel in it (sorry!), it's more of a filler, but I wanted to put it in anyway. Now enough talk. Chapter 6!
Absence
Michael missed Gabriel.
He would never admit it to Raphael or Uriel, but Michael missed his brother. Sometimes he would think back on what had happened, and wish he could change it. Change what he had unintentionally done. But he couldn't. Heaven just wasn't the same.
Their Father had left, and that had put Michael in charge, as all the Seraphs had gone with him. Lucifer fell, and numerous lesser angels had fallen with him. But what affected Michael the most was Gabriel, storming out. Gabriel had been the only one that Michael ever really talked to. He was the only one that got to see Michael's soft side. And now he had disappeared, all because of that damned Lucifer.
Michael growled at the thought of the disgraced angel. He had tried to help Lucifer, he really had. He had personally trained Lucifer, even. But then he had started disobeying Father. Michael couldn't see how Lucifer could have done that. It eventually got to where Michael couldn't stand his brother. But he never told Gabriel this. Gabriel adored Lucifer. Michael couldn't crush his little brother like that. He couldn't.
When things with Lucifer finally came to a boil, it was Gabriel who was the most affected. Michael and Lucifer hadn't even known what they were doing to their brother. After he left, they blamed each other and things only got worse. Lucifer fell. Father left, leaving Heaven in chaos. Being the eldest, the other angels all looked to Michael. He became their leader.
He would gladly give it all up. He wasn't happy. His family was broken. He never wanted to lead. He wanted that even less right now. Right now he wanted to talk to Gabriel, to apologize for what he'd done. He wanted things to be like when they were young, and things were right. But that could never happen, thanks to Lucifer.
In Michael's mind, Lucifer needed to pay. Falling wasn't enough. Lucifer needed to die. But that wouldn't happen for many millennia. Not until the end of Father's creation, Earth. The so called, "Apocalypse." It would be millions of years, ages, eons into the future. Nobody knew where or when, or even who the vessels would be. All that was known was, "as it is in Heaven, so it must be on Earth."
"Raphael," Michael said, summoning his brother.
"Yes, Brother?"
"I think it is time for us to stop waiting." Michael was tired of it. He would make things happen. He would do this for Father, for himself. For Gabriel.
TA DA! Just thought I would throw that in to justify Michael's douchery.
Any who. If there is anything you would like to see in a chapter, I'm open for ideas. I intend to send Gabriel pretty much anywhere and everywhere, because there's just so much trickster mythology!
Alternately: if there is something you would like me to write as a oneshot or seperate fic, message me and I'll see what I can do.
Reviews are appreciated! Thanks!