Chapter 4:
Disclaimer: I don't, as usual, own CSI: Miami or any of its characters. Nuts.
A/N: Look, the 'entities' appear human and I don't know HOW many more times I can get away with saying the word, 'entity,' therefore from now on, I'm using human-like terms! XD
The two youths looked to each other. "Uh-oh." They had not meant for the older man to come through the tear. Sure the crack had been randomly placed, but when they saw where it landed, they had only meant for the two children to go through. Cupid thought it would a cute idea and Fate went along. Now they were having second thoughts.
"Uh-oh is right." Cupid and Fate groaned. They had been caught. Behind them stood a woman blanketed in a stunning dress of flowing white, which contrasted with her dark complexion and loose dark wavy hair. The arms that were crossed across her chest made her appear angrier than she really felt. She too had once been young.
Cupid and Fate scrambled quickly to their feet and bowed respectively. They straightened up, but did not dare to look at Destiny eye-to-eye. Cupid broke the uncomfortable silence.
"How much trouble are we in?" Cupid shifted his feet about so that he had something to do.
"Tsk, tsk," sad Destiny, "no time for that, I'll speak with you father later, we have more pressing issues at hand. Do you know exactly what you have done?"
The two looked at one another and muttered a negative response to their superior. There was another uncomfortable silence before a deep bass voice penetrated the air.
"We'll speak now." Father Time had a grim look on his face. "Fate, Cupid, because of what you have done people's destinies and fates are changing. You both caused more than the necessary push. Have you two learned NOTHING from you previous mistakes? Do you know there are consequences for your actions; the Council will not look at this situation kindly."
"Our sincerest apologies Father," the two teenagers muttered with shame. Cupid brought his gaze up to meet his father's. "Can't we just turn back time to reverse the situation?"
Destiny answered for Time in a low angry whisper, "Our abilities don't work that way. You know that. You two WILL realize your mistakes. Even Father Time and I can'thelp you. You two WILL watch this play out and hope that these people's original fate, original destiny has not been ultimately tampered with. Pray that if this goes to trial, the Council judges humanely."
"But isn't already too late?" asked Fate defiantly, "How come you can't just help us now?"
"Do NOT speak to your mother in that tone!" Father Time's voice boomed across and shook the cloud. Below, a thunderstorm was occurring, particularly for those located in Miami, since that was the place in focus at the moment. "People are born with predestined lives, but fate always seems to have a way to intervene, which is inevitable, but then you two go too far and mess around with time. This is beyond our ability. We can only await these events to play out and hope for the best."
Cupid and Fate tried to absorb what Father Time was telling them, basically the abridged version of what they had been 'forced' to learn for many years. They knew this for certain, they could do nothing but watch.
In a softer, more motherly, tone, Destiny repeated her previous statement. "You two must learn to fully develop your abilities. I pray when this ordeal is over with, the Council will understand. You two are more powerful then you realize and ignorant power can be very deadly. Humans are fragile, physically and mentally. Once you start fooling around with time and space, human lives are at risk. Their mental state is fragile; it takes very little for them to snap. I, we, wish for you to see this play out. Hopefully, nothing for the worse occurs or we will face a horrible fate. But you know of that already don't you Fate?"
Fate winced. She knew that if they, meaning Coop and herself, changed something too drastically, or gave too big of a push, the Council would absorb their powers and give them to four new entities, the 'next generation'. The four of them would lose their memory and become human with new identities in the human world. As Fate, she had known this bit of information ever since her conception.
"Like I said, we must hope for the best, and with a bit of luck you two may actually learn from your mistakes." Destiny gave them both warm, loving smiles to assure them that she loved them still no matter what happened. Then, with Father Time, who gave them a grim, less optimistic, expression, Destiny went off to commit to her studies. She studied with Father Time frequently in the Council's library, which was filled with books of the history of every person's life, to see if there had been any changes in them.
Cupid and Fate looked at each other worriedly. "So, I hope that everything turns out okay," said Cupid jokingly.
"It had better!" The last thing Fate wanted was to lose her powers.
With defeat, they sat on the edge of the cloud. They each placed chin in hand and sighed. As they observed the scene below, the two only hoped for the best.