Chapter 2

"Okay, so I have to get permission from a higher being to find out where Jev is." I say, jogging easily down the main walkway in the middle of Heaven. Souls, saints, and angels dodge Jack and I as we race towards the throne section.

"Why not just ask Mary?" Jack wheezes, trying to match my pace. I look behind my shoulder to see Jack's red face right behind my shoulder. I stop, thinking it through and nod, before shrieking, Jack's body slamming into mine.

"Watch it!" I shout, flapping my wings to balance myself from falling. I soar up over the buildings and Jack follows me. I slam my fist into his chest and he falters, dropping ten feet before soaring back up towards my fuming form and slaps me hard across the face.

"What was that for?" Jack yells, his face bright red. I scream in fury and slam into him, knocking him towards the ground. We slam into the ground right in front of the gate to the throne section and we both get up stiffly, straightening our robes and walk up to the gates.

An angel stops me, Zairian maybe, and I look at him blankly.

"You can't have permission to enter here unless a higher being says so." He brandishes his crystal sword, pointing it at my unbeating heart.

"They're with me." The archangel from before stands right behind Jack and I. Zairian looks between the three of us before nodding slightly, opening the crystal gates.

The throne section of heaven consists of the highest angels, saints, and souls you could ever imagine. In the center of this magnificent room stands the throne for God almighty. His son, Jesus, sits at his right hand, Mary at his left, and the angel Gabriel at Mary's left. Gabriel breaks into a huge grin when he sees me and jumps down from his pedestal. I look up to see if the three highest beings had seen him leave his spot, but they are all in conversation with each other, looking at me sometimes.

When my parents were still alive, ah, I mean, still an angel, before the Nephilim captured them, they used to take Jev and me to the throne section on a daily basis. My parents were one of the higher angels in the angel group and that's where I had met Gabriel. I admit I had a little, weensy crush on Gabriel when I was younger.

Gabriel always treats me like a little sister, but a rough little sister at that. He's not afraid to hurt me.

"Hey Charoum Baroum, what'ca doing here?" Gabriel shouts happily, pulling me into a hug.

"Hey Gabriel Babrieal, let me go." I pry his hands away and he sets me down.

His eyes go wide. "Whoa, apparently your wings have grown to their full bloom." He grabs one of my feathers and plays with it in his hands.

I shake my head and walk away from him, up to the throne spot. I bow low, Jack hitting me from behind by accident, making me sprawl forward onto the tile.

"Charoum Cipriano, what are you doing here?" Jesus asks, staring down at me.

"My Lord, pardon me, for I am troubled." I bow low again, spreading wide my wings. "My brother, Jev Cipriano, has been missing for two centuries, and I am greatly worried. I met with the archangels that he had worked with, since they were the last ones to see him and they said I could go down to earth to look for him if I get a higher beings permission. And so I came here, hoping that I could get your permission to find my brother to see if he's alright."

God finally looks at me. "You really want to do this?"

I hesitate for a moment. Do I really want to do this? I mean…yes I really want to do this. I nod. God leans forward, "Even if you encounter the most horrendous things you could ever encounter. Even if you might have to pay the highest price?"

I nod, my resolve hardening.

"So be it."

My eyes flutter shut and when they open, I'm standing outside of the gate, leading to the world below.

I sway slightly, gasping, and a hand grabs my elbow, steadying me. I see Jack standing on the other side of the gates, waving to me.

"Listen to me, and listen closely." The angel from before is holding my elbow and is whispering in my ear. I nod and he leans even farther towards my ear so his breath is tickling my ear.

"They won't keep your end of their bargain for long, so hurry, find your brother, and get back up here as soon as possible. Wear this necklace around your neck when you come back up, otherwise they will not let you back in." He wraps a necklace with a single ring laced in through the chain. I look down at the ring, and tears pool up in my eyes.

It's an exact copy of Jev's archangel ring that he had when was still here.

"And lastly, stay strong, no matter what you encounter or see. I've been down there before and you'll never be the same again."

He leads me to the edge of the Heaven and I look down to the ground below me, the sharp wind rushing through my tattered robe.

"Just picture where you want to go, and when you fall, you'll fall wherever you're thinking of."

I nod, taking a deep breath.

Lead me to wherever my brother is.

That's the last thought I have before the angel pushes over the side of Heaven and I fall,

Straight to towards Earth.

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