Return of the Angels

"Will you just shut up!" she shouted, snapping them all to her attention. "This is the humans' planet," she confirmed with narrowed eyes. "They are entitled to be involved in this conversation. Now let me make this perfectly clear, I am not like any of you!"

"I agree with her!" a female stated as she stepped forward. Celine looked over at this angel who had hip length black hair and exotic green eyes. She hated to admit that this angel was very beautiful, but she hated to admit it more that she might get to like her as a friend.

"You dare speak out of turn, Sin?" Michael stated as he turned on her.

"You say she's our leader and yet you're not even listening to her. Besides, as she's our leader, I listen to her and not you." A smile stroked her face proudly.

"I'm in charge of you, Sin and you will be punished for speaking out of turn and challenging my authority." He stepped towards her to give her this 'punishment' her had in mind, but she stepped out of his reach and skipped over to a little behind Celine's side. He narrowed his eyes at Sin who appeared to look as if she was cowering behind the daughter of Azrael.

Celine crossed her arms. "At least someone actually hears me out amongst the lot of you."

"I hear you out!" a male shouted and stepped forward. It was Raven! But it was definitely not his voice. "Sorry for possessing this body, Celine, but it was necessary for my mission, but you found out about the possession before I could even begin it."

"Who are you?" she said with narrowed eyes.

"I'm Zariel, an angel who was ordered to protect you without you knowing I had possessed the human boy."

"Surely you don't need the body now right?" Celine asks lightening her expression.

"True enough, but…" he pointed to Michael indicting all she wanted to know.

"Are we just going to be standing out here in this retched heat or are we going to do inside?" Azrael stated, bringing everyone's attention around to him.

Someone giggled from behind Celine. "He has the same kind of mind as you, Celine." She turned around to see Storm, who looked as if she dead proud of something. Could it have been possible that Storm was able to figure out that Azrael was actually her father?

"I wonder who you are." Azrael stated as he looked at Celine's human best friend.

"I'm Storm, formerly known as Rain Showers, and I'm Celine's human best friend." She said with a smile.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Azrael, Celine's father." Celine rolled her eyes.

"Okay enough friendliness," she said stepping in between them. "You," she said pointing at her father, "Are to stay away from my friends."

"Now that is no way to treat your father, Celine." He scolded.

"Says the father who abandoned me on this planet!" she argued back.

Someone grabbed Celine from around her waist and lifted her over some really broad and strong shoulder. She kicked out, constantly hit his back with her fists, and did everything she could just to get him to put her down. He was too sturdy and none of the abuse she put on his body registered to him. It was obvious that there were some problems between Celine and her father, but he seemed to not be taking any of it. He faced Azrael and grinned. His deep blue eyes were full of mischievousness.

"I understand that there must have been a really big reason for that, little brother, but to not say I had a niece is really bad of you."

"Oh shut it, Apollyon." Azrael replied.

"Put me down!" Celine demanded.

"To save argument, how about we say that she's like the four of us?" Apollyon said ignoring what she had said.

"Like what four?" Gabriel speaks.

"Azrael, me, you and Michael," he replies with a glint of challenge.

"Why am I involved in it?" Michael speaks slightly annoyed.

"Hey, she's your niece too." Apollyon stated as he pointed a finger at him. "Be more respectful."

"It looks as if she doesn't appreciate this sudden family reunion," Gabriel says as he pointed at the girl over Apollyon's shoulder.

"Well, duh, we kind of did just spill it all out on her."

"Are you getting soft for my daughter?" Azrael stated smugly.

"I am not!"

"Are too," he childishly puts in.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Just shut up and put me down." Celine shouted.

"I was just about to say the same thing," Gabriel says with wide eyes.

"Then why didn't you, you idiot?" Celine stated angrily. "Apollyon put me down."

"It's uncle," he stubbornly replied but didn't do as she said.

"Put me down."

"Not until you say 'Uncle, can you put me down please.'"

She grumbled under her breath and refused to speak. Storm giggled and Celine looked at her with narrowed eyes.

"I'm beginning to love Celine's family with every minute that passes," she says to the humans behind her.

Celine sighed and wished that someone could kill her. This family stuff sucks, she thought. A week ago she found out she had a father and he was the blooming angel of death. Today she discovers the rest of her damn family. Okay no siblings or cousins as of yet, but certainly uncles. She wasn't that sure with aunts yet. Apollyon, the angel that guards hell is her uncle, Gabriel god's messenger is her uncle, and Michael god's warrior is her uncle… Does that mean that she has more uncles?

"How about we talk inside?" Kristen says seeing that Celine was becoming really annoyed.

"Splendid idea!" Azrael instantly pipes up. "This heat is fucking annoying."

"How'd you think I feel when I've got to guard the gates of hell?" Apollyon says as he joins the angel of death's side as they follow the humans in doors. The others are only a short ways behind them.

The silence would have been most appreciated by Celine right now. Instead she was greeted with idle chatter in all directions. If she lifted her head she would be able to see all the other angels following behind her 'Uncle' and 'father'. Instead she refused it and pretended she was asleep as Apollyon carried her over his shoulder. But the constant swaying was eventually going to make her feel sick. Well she felt really weird in the head since all the information about her family was swarming and still constantly building.

She knew she was not going to get used to it so soon.

She was still not over the fact that Azrael, the angel of death, is her father.

"Hey," she looked over at the male that spoke quietly to her. He was an imposing male with black hair and dark blue eyes like hers. He was still taller than her and she was slung over the shoulder of a very tall angel. She remembered him to be Gabriel, an uncle of hers. "You don't look so good."

"Why do you care?" she said and looked away from him.

"I'm your uncle, I'm supposed to care." He said with a puzzled look. "Look, I don't want to continue to spring it on you. I'm not sure how all of this is affecting you with the demons approach and all…"

"The demons I can handle," she said looking back at him. "It's this family crap that I can't."

"You were raised without a family…"

"I was abandoned!" she growled.

"With good reasons," he said narrowing his eyes. "I don't want to get angry with you and vice versa. I know that out of everyone, you'll need someone to talk to."

"And you want it to be you? Keep dreaming, I don't think I'll count on any of my family so soon."

The way she had said family made him feel something in his stomach and his heart ached in pain. "Ah, yes, you have your human friends and that angel that Azrael had sent to protect you." He said clarifying it. "Shouldn't that be enough for you? At least your father sent someone to ensure your safety."

"My father should have been there, not abandon me and leave me in the care of an angel to take his place."

"Celine, it'll take you a while to adjust to everything, mainly to your family, but we really need you to lead us. You're the last Seraph and we're all counting on you to lead us to survival."

She looked away. "I don't know how…"

"You've survived on your own for a few years, you should be able to do this," he encouraged.

She shook her head. "You're wrong, I wasn't alone. I had humans with me all the time."

"Don't worry; we'll help you lead us by teaching you."