Alrighty so; sorry I haven`t updated in a while, just been super distracted and I honestly don`t have a good reason: I just didn`t... feel like it :o I know that`s a terrible reason; please don`t kill me. Either way I`m back in the mood now so expect chapters but not as frequently.
Okay moving onto more important things: I foreshadow a lot of future events in this chapter, almost three or four; pay attention and I hope you can find them all XD As always; do review, because the only reason I really updated today was because I noticed I had two reviews and I was like 'can`t let them down Cx' so yeah do review; it`s encouraging. Let me know what parts you like, what you don`t like, blah, blah, blah; just let me know! Also big plot boulder being thrown in next chap!
Disclaimer: I don`t own Supernatural; at the moment.
Enjoy my darlings C:
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Ella
I was in the kitchen eating breakfast, Gabriel and Kayel headed out hearing something about angel killings and reluctantly after Gabriel insisting; Lucifer tagged along. So it was another home alone day for me, but this time I was actually; alone. Usually someone`s around, last time it was Kayel who kept me company but now I`m actually alone. Surprisingly, I thought there`d be a lot of things I`d want to do when I finally had a moment to myself, but now I was kind of feeling lonely...
Calm down Ella, they`ll be back by tonight, you can survive a few hours... right? But I must admit everything feels quiet and boring without anyone else around, lately the house seemed so full; it kind of gave off a family like appeal. That thought made me involuntarily smile. Imagine that; an actual family... with a certain someone... if only. Would I even want that? I`m not really sure, but either way it didn`t matter; that wasn`t possible.
Now all I had to do was finish my cereal. I`d prefer waffles in the morning, but Lucifer banned them from the house after remembering his little 'torture' experience with them. With a soft smirk, I glanced out the nearest window; I should probably go out for a while, something to keep me distracted from the few hours of loneliness ahead of me. How long had it been since I`ve spent all of Lucys cash on shopping goods I`d probably never use twice? Too long. I should change that.
As I began to brainstorm about what to get myself, I glanced at the chair across from me; a little lost in thinking. Suddenly I was pulled out of those thoughts as the scenery around me changed and was replaced the dark walls I had only seen in my nightmares. I inhaled sharply backing up a bit only to find myself back in the chair. For a moment everything seemed back to normal, but then the darkness crept back in and I was back in that dark room where I had seen him torment those people.
There was a young woman strapped down on a metallic table, her wrists bound by dark leathery straps. In fact there were straps over her legs, hips, chest and forehead. She was practically pinned down but I could still hear her muffled cries. I didn`t know what to do.
Suddenly two new figures appeared; the devil I was already too familiar with and a strange older man.
"This is becoming pointless..." Lucifer grumbled, folding his arms and glancing at the girl with a glint of curiosity.
"Patience my lord." the older man muttered with a sigh "Eventually you`ll get what you want."
"Not like this though." Lucifer glanced at the ground, with an almost pained expression "The whole point of tormenting the prophets to breaking point was so my father would see that he couldn`t trust them... he couldn`t trust these humans. Even the ones he`s chosen himself."
"A brilliant idea." the older man pitched in again.
"A failed idea." Lucifer shook his head before adding "Tormenting this one will bring the same result Alistair. Don`t bother."
"Unlike you my lord." the older man which I now figured was Alistair in an older vessel lowered his head "I torture simply for the joy of it, not for any other reason. Besides this one`s pretty cute, I`d like to see what type of noises I could get out of that little mouth."
The girl whimpered in response, her eyes flashing with fear as Alistair chuckled.
"Well that`s one down." the demon grinned down at her "You know my lord, have you considered targeting other angels instead? Perhaps these prophets don`t matter, but I`m certain your father wouldn`t be able to handle his children's screams?"
"He handled my screaming pretty well." the devil muttered in reply, his body a little tenser "I`m not involving my brothers or sisters in this. Just forget it."
Lucifer shook his head again, and his eyes locked straight with mine, though he still didn`t notice me. He couldn`t actually see me considering I wasn`t actually here. But even though this was just a vision, I felt completely intimidated and terrified under the coldness of his gaze. Why the hell am I even having this vision? I`m not asleep... what`s going on?!
"Don`t touch her Alistair." Lucifer suddenly snapped and the demon blinked before the fallen angel added: "Gandors been asking for a virgin lately, just let him have her."
"Damn." Alistair grumbled while I shuddered in unison with the girl who added a cry of protest; muffled by the leather strap over her mouth again "Going to have to kill Gandor one of these days."
Lucifer rolled his eyes but shared a wicked smirk with the demon before turning to leave. The vision began to fade and I found myself still sitting at the kitchen table, blinking the scenery back to normal.
What just happened...?
Having visions when I was sleeping at night was one thing, but in the day time too? When I`m wide awake? No... I can`t take that... that`s way too much. I could feel my heart beat rising as panic overtook my mind. There was no way I could stay sane if I had to lay eyes on another one of his victims. The simple fact that he could`ve done this angered me, but more than anger; it terrified me. I didn`t want to be scared, I really didn`t, not after the way he reacted when I told him of the nightmares. But I couldn`t help myself. These emotions were not mine to control. And I hated that but the panic just continued to grow.
I forced myself to take a deep breath. I can`t keep going on like this, I need to take a moment and sort myself out. What should I do...? Once again I glanced at the window and apparently I had a few hours to myself to do so. But first things first; I needed to get out of here and find a little space to calm down and figure this out. Suddenly the boredom and loneliness was gone, and as much as I hated it, the last thing I wanted now was for them to come back anytime soon.
Getting up from the table, I headed towards the door, not even bothering to grab my cell or wallet as I walked outside. I`d be back before he`d even get home, and I`d be back feeling better.
Lucifer C:
I frowned uncomfortably, folding my arms and going slightly rigid. This wasn`t because of the dead, bloody angel lying a few feet away from me, or because Gabriel was kneeling beside him with a sigh while Kayel was cautiously glancing around. The reason I was feeling so unsettled was merely because of one simple fact: I`m the devil, so why am I here trying to help the angels who abandoned me? This felt wrong, it truly did; but I didn`t bother saying anything. Lately my past tendencies for being a cruel murderous monster had been taking its toll on the one person I actually care about; and maybe is she knew I was doing something good now; something helpful and heroic; maybe then she`ll trust me again.
So that`s why despite how much my instincts were screaming at me to leave; I stayed.
"Fourth dead angel we`ve run into." Gabriel muttered with gritted teeth, I hadn`t seen him look this serious in a while "What in the world is going on here? Who`s killing them?"
"The scent`s too faint." I replied rather seriously "It couldn`t have been someone too powerful; or we`d sense their presence. Must`ve been a lower class angel? Could be Metatron?"
"Either way; we need to find him or her." Gabriel sighed "There must be someone who knows of this. I can`t stand idly by while my family is being butchered."
"And ironically; its that very same family who`s doing the butchering." I smirked slightly.
"Not helping." He half-growled before turning his head away from the dead angel "Let`s just keep looking."
I shrugged while Kayel nodded; he`d been quiet during most of this and I honestly didn`t care so it didn`t affect me.
"Lucifer; go see if the demons have anything to do with this, me and Kayel will search for more angels to question." Gabriel ordered and I raised an eyebrow in rebellion.
"Gabriel." I said in my usual cold and menacing tone "Don`t get to comfortable ordering me around."
Unlike most angels; Gabriel didn`t flinch or gulp, but I did notice the confidence in his eyes waver for a brief second and that was enough to put a satisfied smile on my face.
"You`re right, how rude of me." he scoffed "I forgot to use the magic word: Lucifer go see if the demons have anything to do with this. Now." I was honestly more amused than angry but before I could reply, in a more quiet voice Gabriel added: "please...?"
"Well since you asked so nicely." I teased before willing myself back to hell, I`m sure Crowley wouldn`t mind my surprise visit.
Quinn
Things have been awkward ever since Crowley gave up a specific bit of information; that I kissed him. Well actually; he kissed me, it`s the other way around, right? Point is, Dean had been looking at me like I was some sort of traitor which is better compared to Castiel; who won`t even look at me at all.
Currently Dean was in Sams room, explaining everything to him, before he went in though I warned him not to push himself away because of what he did to Sam. I made it clear if they don`t stick together; things will turn badly, and now the older Winchester was struggling to reconnect with his brother, and I for one will be having a struggle to reconnect too. Except my connection will be with a certain trench coat wearing angel who had been ignoring me ever since we got rid of Gadreel.
Nervously I walked down the hall to the guest room where Cas was sitting on the side of the bed. He didn`t need a room and he didn`t plan on staying, but just out of formality one was given to him. Luckily he hadn`t left yet, so feeling a little more confident now I took a step into the room, noting how his head perked up. He didn`t bother to turn around and greet me but regardless I walked over to him until I was directly in front of his seated form. Nervously, I hooked my hands in my pockets and glanced down at him, his eyes were locked with the ground; declining to make eye contact with my blue ones.
"Hey Cas?" I decided to start off small.
No reply.
"You`re still here! That`s great, do you plan on staying long?"
No reply.
"So what`s up, what`s going on?"
No reply.
Finally I had it, I couldn`t take his silence anymore; with one big breath I said: "What the hell Castiel!? You`ve been ignoring me for hours now, what`s wrong with you? Was it something I did? Because seriously; I can`t take this anymore; just tell me why you`re so pissed?"
Instead of making eye contact with me, or replying; I only got more silence. A small part inside of me just died, I wasn`t sure what that meant but I could feel a new emptiness form. I didn`t understand why I was feeling this way; but guilt, hurt, anger, sadness were only a few words to describe the burning in my heart.
Finally it began to sink in: Cas didn`t want me around anymore. I wasn`t sure what I did, but he doesn`t seem to care anymore. I should leave; that`s all I can do after all. Just leave.
Despite my inner rebellion, I turned around to walk away, still slightly confused towards what happened.
"I don`t know."
I stopped, recognizing his confused deep tone anywhere. With a sigh of relief I turned back to see him glancing up at me, his bright blue eyes laced with sadness. What did I do?
"What..?" I muttered quietly, not really sure what his reply meant.
"You asked me why I`m so pissed." his gaze turned away but he continued to speak at least "Well I don`t know why Quinn. I don`t understand anymore. Ever since you told us of that... kiss you shared with him. I`ve been feeling these strange emotions; emotions I`ve never felt before. I`m angry, frustrated and sad; and I don`t even know why. Who you choose to... kiss, is not my concern; so why am I so emotional over this? Why do I feel like I was just stabbed in the back."
"Guess it`s my turn to say I don`t know." I scoffed, hesitantly taking a seat beside him and glancing down at the ground as well "If it`s any comfort; I`m sorry Castiel. That wasn`t intentional, the stupid Scottish bastard caught me off guard; the kiss really meant nothing."
"I admit; I do feel slightly more comforted after hearing such words." he managed the smallest of smiles and I noted how his eyes warmed ever so slightly.
"That makes two of us." I added with a smile of my own, reassuringly placing a hand on his shoulder before getting up and turning to leave.
"Quinn?" he suddenly spoke and I paused.
"Yeah Cas?"
"Would it be wrong for me to ask that you stray from kissing demons in the future?"
"Not at all." I smirked "Don`t worry, I`m not as crazy as Ella. Consider it a promise; no more short, British demons for this gal." I shot him a wink before finally turning down the hall, the emptiness in my heart was suddenly refilled and I took a deep breath.