Cutecookielove: Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it! It's gonna be good, not to give anything away, but it's gonna be good! I hope it meets the expectations!
Robin0203: LOL I'm sorry...Although it makes me happy that you read the lame questions! LOL I will definitely try, I have a few chapters written now and plan on updating regularly! And Second Chances! I have some things in the works that I hope to get out before I leave for basic but you will definitely know when I get computer privileges back as I will update like it's nobody's business! Anyway, I'm gushing now! Thanks so much for the review!
Broken Twisted Lullabies: Right! It felt oddly right! I feel like they would get along; Alex and Lucifer. Oh you can bet that the meeting with the others does not go over as well as they hope it does, least to say they are not gonna be happy campers! Anubis and Azrael are super fun to write! With all the power that they have I really wanted to highlight the fact that they were still kids!
Thoth is such a sassy character and I love that about him! No one listens to Sam and I feel so bad for him! He tries! He really truly does!
And I totally agree with you! Honestly I don't think Michael's as bad a guy as they made him out to be. Basing him off of Zachariah's actions isn't really viable considering it was his word against someone who was not there to say anything otherwise! Honestly, seeing as to how Lucifer treated Sam in trying to obtain him as his vessel (before Hallucifer) I don't think Michael would stoop so low!
LOL I hope that I can give the justice and meet the expectations for it! I have just finished writing it and feel pretty good about it but I'm still a bit iffy!
AN: Thank you so much for all your patients! I am going to try and finish this in the next couple weeks but if not I will definitely do so when I get the time! I hope this chapter meets the expectations!
"Teenagers want to be able to fight for what's right—but finding out what's right is now 90 percent of the battle."
~~Maggie Stiefvater
It was a cramped fit but one that they were able to move with. Crawling on hands and knees the three teenagers and two hounds slowly made their way to the catacombs. Anubis assured them that there was no way for anyone to get down there without Thoth's permission as he owned most of them.
Alex was happy she packed a flashlight and duct tape.
She peered back at Azrael.
"So what would your brothers do?"
"Seriously?"
"I'm curious!"
Anubis snorted behind them and Azrael swore that the dog better be counting his blessings that he could not reach his wing back and smack him in the face.
"Yeah Azzy-poo do tell! What did your brothers do when you were a bad boy?"
"I will kick you!"
"I'll bite you!"
"I'll sic Dante and Nero on you!"
"Bite them too!"
Alex giggled as she plowed on. Azrael grabbed her ankle at the same time Anubis grabbed his stopping them all in their tracks. She took a deep breath when she gazed down into a straight shot tunnel. It was a clear drop off. Azrael squeezed her ankle in assurance.
"I wouldn't reap you."
She turned difficulty to lean back against one side of the tunnel and look over at the angel of death. She ahd heard the hunters tell Jody what happened to spirits that didn't pass over. He'd let her become like that?
Azrael and Anubis met her gaze at the same time and both shook their heads.
"You wouldn't go bad if that's what you thought. No, to be turned down by Hand's of Death is a blessing. Your soul is returned to your body and you live. What your friends see are those who are not meant to return but manage to do so. A soul can only return to its body with the blessing of a Hand's of Death. I would not reap you but I would return you to your body."
Anubis reached around the angel to smack her arm, "Thoth would be pissed if we didn't too."
"And Luci. He likes you. A lot."
They waited a few more minutes before the angel grabbed the human around the waist and let her dangle over the edge to get a better look at just what kind of fall they were looking at. Anubis latched onto his best friends ankles and felt the two Hounds latch onto the back of his lungi and pull him backwards.
"Azzie I swear on my step dad and our shared parent that if your mutts rip my skirt I will kill you!"
All that got him was a laugh from his supposed friends.
They pulled their human friend up over the edge and she explained the type of drop off it was. It was at this point in time that Anubis remembered the scroll that Thoth had handed to him. Both smacked him over the head for such an oversight and he whined about animal abuse as he unraveled the papyrus.
Thoth was such an old man.
It was a map that he had handed them.
"Guys I have great news and not so great news."
Alex and Azrael exchanged looks.
"Bad first."
Anubis nodded, "Where he speculates that they have your brother is merely a few feet passed this little cliff jump."
"Good?"
"He disabled the traps! And I have a map!"
He smiled flashing his canines at them. Laughing at him the two pulled the rope from Alex's pack and made quick work in tying each other together before passing the Egyptian a length and waiting for him to complete their chain of people.
They would free slide down the shaft but should things go haywire; Azrael was an angel and Anubis could grow claws that would catch on the rock and stop his decent. Alex was human. She would continue to fall to her untimely death.
Even if it was assured that it would be only for a short amount of time it was not a chance that they were willing to take.
"If I make peace with my maker, he'll find me and I really don't want that to happen just yet."
Anubis nodded in agreement and Alex rolled her eyes.
They slid in a line to the edge of the shaft, leaned back into the one behind them, and pushed off.
Bobby furrowed his brow.
"Why would it not been a good thing if they're sending a rescue party?"
Michael looked down at him from where he stood pacing the floor of their cell. Shaking his head he turned his attention to the Egyptian child in his arms. He'd adjusted his hold on the boy, carrying him in a cradle as one does a small babe. Horus had not awoken at the movement and it made the celestial smile.
"Hey! Blue eyes! I asked a question!"
Bobby stood his ground as the distraught Archangel turned to face him suddenly. Not once did it cross his mind that this was a creature who could smite him where he stood.
"Robert-"
"Bobby."
"Bobby Singer. It is not that I do not want to be rescued. I have been here for a long time and long to see my family. But the one who contacted me. He has not been seen for many many eons. He is the youngest of my brothers. It is the same feeling you would surely have if Sam and Dean Winchester would come for you."
That threw him. Bobby realized that he didn't really know the Archangel before him but from what he's heard in the stories by the boys and indirectly from their angel. He watched Michael smile down at the boy he had yet to actually set down since his arrival.
"You really care for the kid."
"Of course, he's my brother-"
"No, that kid, Horus?"
Michael nodded again smiling down at the boy shyly.
"He's a fledgling. A babe. Despite what picture you have me painted as in your head Ro—Bobby Singer—I am not heartless. I have gotten to hold every single one of my brothers and sisters when they have first been created by our Father. I love them all deeply with all my grace."
His eyes shined in a way that only happened when they were recalling a memory.
"Even young Castiel. He was a cute hatchling. All blue eyes and dark fluff that was meant to be feathers. He was a mischievous little fledgling, always getting into things he wasn't meant to be in. He'd try and play with the tip of my wings every time I would lift him up to my shoulders."
Bobby nodded feeling like he was meeting this angel for the first time.
"How did you know about my feeling for the boys?"
Michael looked over at him with a knowing smile.
"Bobby, did you know that while my Father created us, he did not raise us all personally? A few batches here and there and he made sure to spend time with us as individuals, sure. But he did not raise us. I know how you feel because it is a feeling I share. I raised my brothers and together we raised the others. You raised the Winchester Brothers. They are your sons in all but blood. You should be proud to call them your sons."
"I am!"
He got a nod in return to his exclamation and Michael leaned down to look him in the eyes. It was like a giant kneeling to look an ant in the face. Michael stood at least four heads taller then them at his full height.
"Family does not start with blood Bobby Singer."
He turned away from the elder hunter and rocked his arms with little Horus in them.
"So you see, I do not wish for Azrael to come because he is my youngest brother. I do not want to see him hurt."
"Where did they go?"
Thoth laughed as a gun was point in his direction and it put Sam off. That was not the usual reaction he received when putting a gun to someones face. The Egyptian god pushed the barrel away with his finger.
"Peace Hunter. They are fine. They look like children, yes, but they are not to be underestimated."
"Alex is human!"
"I was not excluding her. She has a power about that amazes me."
"What?"
"She has suffered but persevere through it. The girl shines in a way that not most Humans do in this age. She is destined for great things."
Sam shook his head clearing it and forcing himself back on topic. Be that as it may that left them no reason to ditch him like that and run into a battle that they were not prepared for. Screw Thoth! They were kids!
Also, while his coming with them on their half wit plan to rescue Azrael's brother had not been voluntary he fears with what might happen if he returns to Chuck and Death empty handed. Azrael was Chuck's kid, and Chuck was God. Self explanatory. Anubis was favored by Death.
He did not have a death wish.
And while Lucifer had once promised to never harm him, if he did not return with Alex (at all or in one piece) he did not want to see how far that promise would extend. He liked her more then he liked him at this point.
"That was not your call to make!"
Thoth eyeballed the Hunter with disinterest.
"And it was yours?"
"I am-"
"Nothing Hunter. You are nothing. Your are so concerned for the children because they are fixing the mess that you and your brother made. None of this would have happened had you not let the First Ones out of their prison. We have not told you this but there is reason to believe that they have allied themselves with Apep. The destruction that their alliance could reign down is not enough that you should be concerned for you and your brother, but for everything as it is."
He took a step forward throwing the hunter off point.
"If the children do not succeed then the entire world is at stake. They are our only hope now."
Sam swallowed nervously. He had not thought that things could get this bad.
"Is there...Is there a way I can get a message out of here?"
Thoth raised his eyebrow but nodded all the same. A dark skinned man walked forward towards his comrades. Brightly colored fabric hung around his waist and his chest was painted with different assorted dyes. He bowed at Thoth and then turned to Sam to do the same.
"This is Eshu, his trickery and slyness will be enough to get whatever message you wish out of Egypt."
Eshu nodded holding a hand out to the hunter.
"Greetings."
Sam sighed through his nose. Now he just had to figure out what he was supposed to tell the others.
Chuck and Death, I lost your kids. Sorry.
Yeah. No.
So Sam figured out that Thoth was the one who helped the kids escape and got put in his place! Thoth isn't taking anyone's shit! But what's he gonna tell Chuck and Death? How does one tell the two most powerful beings in existence that he lost their kids? What will their reactions be? Will the trio get to the others before they get caught themselves?