Broken Twisted Lullabies: Dude I love your stuff! You make me wanna hurt you and hug you at the same time because of all the feels you give me! LOL! And, aren't they! Gah, they were so nice! My uncle had gotten into an accident whilst I was there and Rob saw me upset and stuff and he was like 'What's wrong?' and when I told him he was like *hugs* and stuff, and he was sooo nice! And Rich too! Gosh they were awesome!

I really love that you liked it! I was a bit nervous about that chapter! I remembered Chuck telling Metatron (Spoilers but I assume your there) that Lucifer was *not* a villain, and then he acknowledged that it was the mark that did that to him too, the feels in that scene alone man! I don't wanne seem sympathetic towards him, but, well, I do kind of feel bad for Lucifer. His only fault was that he loved his family the most over everything else and when he refused to love something over them he was punished for it (don't get me wrong, he had done some pretty nasty stuff, but that aside!) and now I'm ranting and I apologize!

He does miss his big brother! Something that gets talked about in depth in the chapter! No it will not end pretty, but I'm not gonna tell you why or how! LOL! I'm still working out the kinks for Chaos, but I think I got him down!

Thanks for the review! AHH! And I can't wait for you to post the sequel to 'Why'd you Leave' I know its gonna be so good!

Robin0203: LOL Thank you! Something is going to happen! Something big! But its a surprise!

"Its rather easy to shine in the light..but to glow in the dark...That's mastery."

~~Rick Beneteau

"I can explain!"

It hung in the air for everyone to see, Lucifer turned to look at her, an eyebrow raised.

"Oh please! Please explain this one to me! Please do! I beg you!"

The door was still hanging open, the kid looking between the man at the door and Alex. She gave him a sympathetic smile as she allowed her backpack to fall from her shoulder. Lucifer followed it as it fell to the floor, turning back a certain look he had remembered receiving from his own father and brother.

"You were sneaking out!"

"I can still explain!"

He nodded, the boy let out a loud yelp as a hand closed around the front of his jacket and yanked him closer. He would swear later that the man's eyes were glowing when he glared down at him. Alex rushed forward, grasping at his arm as she tried to yank him off. He wasn't budging and she was seriously regretting getting caught now.

"Luci, let him go! Stop it! Let him go!"

"I don't know who 'him' even is!"

"He's my boyfriend!"

He spun back around to face her, his face taking on an incredulous expression he quickly shoved the kid back out the door and spun around to face her completely, his hands on his hips.

"Your boyfriend! You're too young to have one of those!"

"I'm sixteen!"

He shook his head, slamming the door in the boys face. Alex let out a wail of agitation and surprise as the fallen angel bent down and threw her over his shoulder. She let out an irritated groan as he turned and walked back up the stairs relinquishing her efforts to her fate, falling limp and crossing her arms over her chest.

"You are completely over reacting!"

"I'm under reacting missy, trying to sneak out of here with a guy! Your still a kid! My Dad! If you absolutely have to see the kid then do it during day time hours!

She nodded in agreement, "Just.. Don't tell anyone"

"Sweet Heart, they already know!"

He sounded way too happy about that, "And I wanna meet him!"

"But...But..How do I explain a random man and all the others crowding around him!"

These dang stairs were longer then she remembered them being, "Tell the kid you have brothers."

"You will not touch them Chaos"

He smiled sweetly sick at them all, leaning forward and running a sharp finger nail over the Archangel's pale cheek, scratching at his chin roughly.

"And what will you do about it little Archangel? You are powerless! I could defeat you with a mere flick of my wrist!"

"I will not allow you to touch them Chaos."

The large man laughed darkly, standing back to his full height, dark shadows swirling behind him menacingly.

"I don't want to fight you, as fun as it would be for me, you are of no use to me now. I need a way to get a hold of my dear uncle"

Anubis sucked in a breath from where he was lain on the floor, his eyes flashing open in alarm as his form shifted. He saw something, like a dream but not. He wasn't sure what it was but it had the teenage death god jumping from the floor and growling. Anger took hold of him a moment later and he began morphing once more. He had mastered control over his two forms some time back, but at moments of true distress was something that even eons of practice could override.

He howled in rage, turning around breathing heavily and flipped the entire couch over and across the room, it hit the wall with a loud crash that had undoubtedly woken everyone in the house. If it hadn't, it had sure done the trick on Azrael, he slammed his hand out and the couch went flying into the air, slamming into the ceiling and exploded into tiny little bits.

Rubbing at his head as he sat up, the angel looked around at his best friend.

Anubis was seething.

"Anu? Buddy? What happened?"

The dog god howled, canines bared, "He's back!"

"Who?"

"He's back Az!"

"Who?"

"You know Who! And he's back!"

The dog boy howled again.

Alex came running down the stairs, hair in twin braids (courtesy of Lucifer-he claimed he learned from Raphael-The healer said otherwise) to see what the commotion was about. Lucifer right on her trail, Gabriel behind him. Raphael came from the kitchen with Sam and Dean. They all just sort of came out of the wood work.

Chuck and Death even, from the side office that Alex was told not to go into.

Azrael ignored them though, facing his best friend, taking his shoulders in hand and shaking him hard.

"Who Anubis? Who!"

"Apophis!"

Azrael reeled back as if he had been burnt. Chuck's brows furrowed, clearly indicating that he was not as familiar with such a name as his youngest son was. Gabriel and Lucifer exchanged glances secretively.

Looks like baby brother and friend had made an enemy.

"That's impossible!"

"Is it? Technically we're impossible! You're half dead and half alive! That's impossible! But," His eyes shifted, "It gets worse!"

"How is his appearance not the worst of it!"

"I think he has your brother."

It was like the two were the only ones in the room, the others out of sight out of mind. Frantic at the return of this new character. Anubis was somewhere between the phases of his human form and his true form. Canines flashing in the air whenever he opened his mouth to respond to the true son. Azrael ran a hand through his hair nervously, taking a moment to fully comprehend what he had just been told.

"What?"

"I believe that Uncle has your brother, the one who was missing, whose blood we had found your Dad and my Papa trapped in!"

"I understand why your here...But what about them?"

"What about them?"

"Why do they have to be here?"

Alex motioned towards the other two archangels sitting casually on the couch returning her stare just as she gaze it out. Gabriel was munching on a lollipop he'd snapped up, Raphael was tapping his fingers on his crossed knee, both waiting patiently, something that she was worried about. Lucifer seemed all too calm too.

"Well I wanted to meet the boy, and we talked it over, and they want to meet him too, is that going to be a problem?"

She grumbled, crossing her arms over her chest, "No."

Lucifer smiled down at her, patting her on the head, "Good Girl."

She turned to take a seat between the two on the couch, ignoring them as they tried to talk to her. This was bad enough with the one here, and now he was gonna have to meet all three!

"Oh just wait until Mike gets here, you think we're bad! You haven't seen bad!"

Nobody said anything about the statement he made, not having the heart to tell him it was more of an 'if' statement. Alex watched Lucifer carefully as his back turned towards her, messing with something around his neck that he never let anyone see. Recalling the conversation that Gabriel and Sam had had. It was almost sad.

"He misses Michael."

Sam turned to face Gabriel in mild surprise, not having heard him move across the floor, the Messenger spared him a smirk at the clear knowledge that he had made him jump in alarm. The smirk was short lived though as he turned back towards his Father and Brother, face pale as they silently watched Lucifer practically collapse over top of Chuck, near silent sobs wracking his body.

Despite his size to the Archangel who seemingly stood taller then him when not hunched over in tears, Chuck held him up, swaying back and forth, hand cradling the back of his head softly, scratching at the scalp lightly in comfort. It as almost heart breaking.

"He misses...Don't they hate each other?"

Gabriel gave him a side glance, "You'd think that wouldn't you? They love each other, so so much, the bond they have is like none other."

"If he loved him so much why did he kick him out? Why banish him?"

"You think Michael got any enjoyment in that? It broke him, in so many ways, I have been around for a long time Sam and never had I ever seen my eldest brother cry, not until that day. He cast Lucifer out because he loved him so, he knew what might happen should he not do so and leave the matter up to my Father. Dad wanted to strip him of his grace, take away what made him him, but Michael talked him down, talked him and convinced him to allow him to take care of it."

He took in a breath, remembering something that Sam was not privy to, "Michael was never the same after that day, and neither was Lucifer, this entire thing was never about a grand fight, nor a revenge plot for a wrong doing, it was about two brothers who loved each other to death and back, and betrayed each other in the worst possible way. Being the Messenger I am privy to a lot of things, I have seen a lot of things; Jesus, Sodom and Gomorrah, The Flood, Muhammad...But never have I seen the two most powerful beings in creation break at the seem."

Sam returned his gaze back to the kitchen, as did Gabriel, and they watched as Chuck slowly lowered them to the floor, holding onto the archangel as tightly as he could. It was so sad that he almost had to look away.

"So when I say he misses Michael, he misses him much much more then you think...You and your brother aren't much different, you know? To them? Despite what one might do to the other, they will always love each other, cherish each other, live for each other, forgive each other, as that is what brothers do. Lucifer may claim that he seeks forgiveness and acknowledgement from Dad, and sure he probably does, but mostly, he wants it from Michael. He wants to tell him he's sorry but he doesn't know how.."

Sam looked at the Archangel next to him strangely, Gabriel met his gaze and raised an eyebrow, "Hello? Archangel of Communication? I sort of know these things."

Alex looked away before they could notice her staring, turning back towards the book she had taken up again, the same one she had found on the porch, it was still writing itself and a new chapter was getting ready to form, she could feel it, could see it.

And Chaos reigned, aiming to destroy all those who had wronged the Darkness, and release her from her imprisonment...

The door bell rang tearing her from her thoughts. She jumped up just as Lucifer was about to answer the door, ignoring the snickering from the other two behind her as she shoved the Morning Star away and made it to the door before he did. She opened it quickly, looking into their surprised faces as she stepped out and shut it behind her, the last thing being seen was the three of them getting to their feet.

"Babe?"

She kissed him on the lips once, "Listen Jack, we can ge-"

The door was torn from her grip and opened, someone cleared their throat and she groaned, taking his hand in her own and turning around. Jack stepped up closer behind her. He looked at the large blonde man in the door way, grinning at him. And the two behind him, hovering precariously.

"I don't think we've met..Jack? Is it? I'm Alex's brother...Lucifer"

Jack stiffened, "Like the devil?"

"Wooow, we've got a genius here guys! The same, come on in, we wanna meet the guy courting our baby sister."

Alex mouthed 'courting' to herself as she shook her head and walked them both forward into the living room. Gabriel had taken his spot back on the couch, Raphael leaning over the back of it. She let out a noise at the same time he did as hands closed over his shoulders, walking him out of her grasp and plopping him down beside Gabriel and under Raphael.

"These are my brothers, Gabriel and Raphael."

The two waved silently, and Alex resisted the urge to pinch the bridge of her nose, "We just wanna get to know you a little bit, ask a few questions, you know, the whole 'shot gun and shovel talk' that sort of thing, nothing to worry about."

"Unless you have ill intentions that is, we don't take kindly to that."

Lucifer nodded, seated in the chair that just appeared in the room, in front of her boyfriend.

"So lets start easy, shall we? Tell me Jack, why are you dating Alex?"

They ignored the sound she made, staring intently at the teenage boy in their presence. Jack looked over the blonde man's shoulder, locking gazes with Alex for a mere moment, he was torn from their gaze by a hand, gentle as it was, on top of his head turning him back to face the blonde man.

"Now Jack, you're not doing a very good first impression, look at me kiddo, not her, me. I'll ask again? Why are you dating Alex?"

"She..Ahh...She's nice...And smart...And pr...And funny..I guess..."

They were enjoying this, "So it has nothing to do with the fact that she is a teenage girl, who, if I am to be completely honest with you, is not so bad to look at?"

"No?"

"Tell me, kid, what are your plans for tonight?"

He licked his lips, nervous, good, "Uhmm...Dinner and a movie..."

Lucifer nodded, "Just a movie, you're just going to watch this movie?"

"Yes.."

"Good good, now lets get serious here kiddo, I care about Alex, a lot, and I want to be sure that you're the best thing for her, got me?"

Gabriel leaned forward, "If you act in a manner unbecoming towards our little sister, the authorities won't be able to find your body."

Raphael hummed above him, "Not that we would leave much for them to find, we are much much more powerful then you can even imagine, do not test us little one."

He gulped, nodding his head slowly, Lucifer smiled, clapping his hands together, "Well then, now that we understand each other I give you our consent to date, have fun, don't do anything crazy, and have her back by nine."

Jack nodded, his eyes wide as the chair he had been sitting on disappeared out of thin air. He walked slowly passed the looming grinning man. Taking Alex's hand they walked back towards the door. Alex spared them a look as she turned to close it behind her, she smiled and waved.

They returned the gesture, waving back.

Anubis was nervous, that much was clear, he looked around the room at random moments uttering to himself in ancient Egyptian. Chuck had eventually sighed, gotten up from where he sat silently with Death to sit by the boys side. They sat in silence for a while, the little Egyptian curled around himself on the couch muttering in ancient language, and Chuck would mutter back, scratching at this one spot behind the jackal ear, as he had yet to transform holey to or back.

Death watched them both carefully, having been 'Papa' to many deities, he was particularly fond of Anubis.

Azrael was somewhere else in the house, the running shower any indication.

Alex returned from her date with Jack, bid him a good night, and under the looks from the oldest things in existence, kissed on the cheek as he too bid her farewell.

She'd settle with it she guessed.

Chuck and Death excused themselves as Azrael joined them both, ruffling his wet hair as he passed, the living room was strangely void of Archangels.

They sat together on the couch, "So who is Apophis?"

Anubis shivered but looked over at his human friend all the same.

"He goes by many names, Apep, Aapep, but under any personification he is what he will always be, he is Chaos, divine enemy of Ma'at. He is evil, destruction, and Darkness. He was one of the few creations between Death and the Darkness, they had fought long and hard, Ma'at defending the plains of Creation, but even he was unstoppable. If the Darkness ever had a true son, as Azrael is to Death, it would be Apep."

Alex nodded and they fell into silence, "Why are you so frightened of him?"

Anubis paled, if that was possible, and he shivered again, "Apophis, his one goal in life is to wrong those who have wronged him, and to allow his Mother reign. He could use me, and Azrael, to unlock the seals keeping The Darkness locked away, he had tried once before..."

"Michael found me...Bound to a large rock...Stripped bare and my wings naked...I was weak...Apparently I almost died, I was too young to weld such power at the time...He fought Apophis, beat him down sending him running back to Set with his invisible tail between his legs, broken and bloody...Michael wrapped me in his cloak...Took my back to Heaven...Took them all weeks to finally get me well enough that I could talk..."

Anubis nodded, "He took advantage of the relationship between me and Osiris...We used to fight..All the time...And Apophis would always be there, comforting, gentle, until he sewed my mouth shut and attempted to bleed me dry. Osiris had found me...He'd gotten Ra...It was a very dark moment in our time..."

"So this...what he's doing to your brother, is about revenge?"

"Partially. He's getting his revenge in while Michael is weakened because despite everything, Apep is a coward, and he needs our Fathers to release his Mother, his Creator, what better way then to torture the first born?"

They sat in silence after that, for a long moment. Alex played with her fingers, Anubis the charm around his neck, and Azrael with a bracelet around his wrist. She looked up a moment later, her eyes fierce with a fire they had never seen before.

"Lets get him back!"

"What?"

"Michael! Lets get him back!"

The two death deities exchanged looks, they hadn't heard much talk about any plans to save them, Bobby and Jody were still somehow out of the picture, and they had reason to believe that any and all talk about rescuing their eldest Archangel was purposely being discussed without them present.

"It'd be too dangerous."

"Life is dangerous, someone has to do something, he clearly wants to seek you guys out, and your Dad's, but what if we sought him out? He would never suspect that!"

Azrael looked at his friend, "She has a point, we would have the art of surprise on our side."

"Guys.."

"Come on Anubis, you are one of the strongest deities I know, you can do it!"

"Fine!"

They smiled at each other, bumping knuckles as they talked, whispered, out their plan. They'd get Michael back, or die trying.

At least, they would try to avoid the latter.

The group of adults came down the stairs at the same time, not liking the long silence that had spanned over it. Eyes widened at the circle of candles in the middle of the room, Anubis stood center, full jackal form, chanting in Egyptian so ancient only two beings understood what they were saying. Alex had a back pack over her shoulder and Azrael had his two hounds dutifully at his feet, teeth long and dripping, threatening everything that moved with dark growls.

A dark mist overcame them, swirling sands surrounded them.

Lucifer, Raphael, and Gabriel rushed forward, shouting.

Chuck and Death were sprinting as quick as they could down the stairs, trying to contain them with all their powers, singular and combined, to no avail.

Sam and Dean were rushing forward as well.

"NO!"

"STOP!"

At the last moment, just as they began to fade away in a mist of warm sand, Sam's hand clasped around Anubis's arm. There was a loud popping sound and a crash of static lightning, bright light illuminating the room, causing them all to look away for a moment. When it faded, that was when panic began to set in.

They were gone.

So? Sorry about the late update! I'm gonna be gone for a while and wanted to add as much as I could!

Anywho! SO, background between Michael and Lucifer! The Archangels playing big brother to Alex and giving her boyfriend the shot gun talk, their version anyway! And Apophis/Chaos! Lots of things!

Who is Apophis? What's his end game? Where have the others gone? What's Anubis thinking? Alex? Azrael? Is Sam with them? How's Dean gonna react? Death? Chuck? Will they face Apophis? Will they find Michael? Bobby and Jody? Who is Ma'at? Have we already met him? Will they have the element of surprise on their side? Or is it all a larger trap? What about The Darkness?

Stay tuned guys!