Hey guys :D

Guess who`s still not dead... yeah.

So I rather not bore you with an explanation (honestly cause I don`t have one), but here I am with a brand new chapter. Yay? I`ve made promises in the past, and I haven`t always managed to keep `em. But I assure you I`m going to try super hard to update again next week.

For now my priority is going through all these chapters and editing them, noticed a bunch of grammar and spelling errors when I was re-reading this to refresh my memory. So be sure to throw me a review and I`ll see you guys again next week :D

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Quinn

I had been e-mailing Ella for a while now, I wasn`t even sure if she still used that e-mail, but it was the only one I had. It had been at least a few hours since my last message and there still wasn`t a reply. I suppose it could take a day or two, but time wasn`t something I had loads of. Just as I began to brainstorm other methods to get in touch with her, there was a loud fluttering noise and in a matter of seconds I felt a heavy weight drop on me. I couldn`t help but yelp loudly as I fell to the ground, the weight now on top of me and grumbling. From the corner of my eye I saw Cas and the brothers running towards me, probably hearing me cry out a second ago.

As they got closer, the weight on top of me shifted before I couldn't feel it anymore. A little relieved, I managed to push myself back onto my feet, turning to glare at the intruder. Standing before me was a tall and fairly handsome man. He was familiar, no doubt I had seen him plenty of times before. But I never expected to actually meet him.

"Gabriel?" I asked nervously as the others finally reached me.

"Who`re you?" he muttered, and I noticed how bewildered and shaken he looked.

"Uh-"

"Gabriel!" Sam and Dean interrupted me, both of them looking completely shocked as they looked the angel up and down "What`re you doing here?"

Instead of replying immediately, he quickly trudged past them, walking down the hall as the others quickly followed.

"What`s going on?" Sam asked.

"We thought you were dead." Dean added.

"Well rest assured." Gabriel chuckled nervously "I will be in a few minutes."

"What do you mean?" Castiel furrowed his eyebrows "Is something wrong?"

"What makes you think that?" Gabriel rolled his eyes ever so slightly "The fact that I`m covered in sweat and out of breath?"

Now that I thought about it; he did look out of breath, as if he had been running from something. He also had a rather terrified expression on his face... and is he trembling? What happened to him? What could make an archangel so scared?

"Hey, where do you guys keep your anti-devil wards?" he suddenly asked.

The brothers exchanged glances before Dean finally spoke: "Cut the crap and just tell us what`s going on!"

"There are politer ways of asking Dean." he muttered before adding: "Lucifer`s after me; he`s going to kill me if I don`t think of something fast."

"Why?"

"Heh, you can ask him yourself." Gabriel glanced at me "He`ll be arriving any second if you don`t ward this place up."

Dean sighed, before exchanging looks with Sam. The two shared a moment of understanding before darting off; probably to 'ward this place up', as Gabriel put it.

"You`ve seen Lucifer?" I began to ask "So, have you heard from Ella? She`s a friend of mine. She`s been staying with him."

"Oh I know all about her." He didn`t seem too happy as he said that "Honestly her fault that I`m in this mess... again."

"What exactly happened? You`ve got to tell me!"

"That`s what they all say." He shook his head before managing a weary smile "She`s been kidnapped by Metatron. And to make matters worse, she`s not exactly... what`s the word? Alone?"

"What do you mean?!"

"She`s with child'."

My jaw quite literally dropped as I blinked at the archangel. Did I mishear him? I must have! How could that be possible? How could Ella be... pregnant?

"That`s not possible." I told him "She can`t be... she`s just human. She`s not powerful enough to have an archangels child!"

"Funny thing." He took a step back now "We had your buddy take a sip from the Holy Grail. Just a little trick to get her immortal, so that Lucy could have her for as long as his little heart desired. Well guess what, it messes with a person's aura; it makes their soul strong; it makes them last forever."

"It makes them powerful enough to..."

"Bingo!" Gabe flashed a smile, but it instantly twisted into terror. Instinctively, I turned around; my eyes landing on a certain, depressed looking devil.

Before a word could be said, Gabriel bolted through the hall, turning the corner and disappearing. With a barely audible sigh Lucifer took a step forward, unenthusiastically following him. Doing the obvious thing, I put myself in front of him; a weak attempt to stall him.

"You`ve got to be kidding me!" I muttered "You`re going to kill him? He`s your brother. Wasn`t one time enough? Ella would be asha-"

Before I could finish my sentence, I found myself thrown across to the other end of the hallway. The back of my head painfully collided with the wall, and I choked out a yelp as the wind was literally knocked out of me. For a moment my vision blurred, and I managed another groan as I felt something wet pool around my head; sticking to my hair. For a few more seconds my vision remained fuzzy, and by the time I crawled onto my knees to look; Lucifer was gone.

I debated staying put, but I couldn`t just let him kill Gabriel.

"Sam! Dean!" I quickly yelled out their names, hoping they heard me as I struggled to chase after the angels.

After a few seconds of jogging, I found Lucifer standing in front of a guest bedroom; his fists clenching and unclenching. He briefly glanced at me, giving a sigh of acknowledgement before returning his attention to the door.

"You hit me." I scoffed.

"You tried to play the Ella card." He replied smoothly, his eyes still locked with the door "Try to stop me again, and I don`t care who your friends are; I will tear you apart Quinn."

"You don`t need to do this." I was choosing my words very carefully now, wondering where the hell those Winchesters were "I understand you wanna save her, but you don`t need to do this. Let us help you. We can get her back from Metaton together."

"I warned you." He gave me another blank stare and this time I couldn`t scream as he grabbed me by the throat, banging me against the wall. I couldn`t breathe and desperately I scratched at his wrist, choking and crying as my vision began to fail again. My senses were shutting down and I felt my arms weaken as they fell back to my side; the last thing I heard was a soft flutter before everything went black.

Lucifer C:

I honestly didn`t care when Castiel suddenly popped up and grabbed Quinns arm; zapping her away with him, and leaving me alone. The lucky bitch gets to live another day, not that it matters. Nothing matters anymore.

With one final sigh, I kicked the door open; revealing an unarmed Gabriel.

"Not running?" I managed to ask.

"Where can I run? He replied, his eyes looking around the room, pausing at a closet before turning back to me.

"Nowhere." I answered "Not this time."

"Old habits die hard, don`t they?" he gave a weak chuckle "It feels like yesterday we were at that hotel. You shoving that blade into my chest."

"If it`s any comfort; I know the feeling." I recalled the time Ella stabbed me, and I couldn`t help but ever so slightly smile.

"You know there are other ways to save her, right?" Gabriel asked.

"I know, but this time I can`t take any chances. I can`t put her at risk... I`m sorry brother."

"I`m sorry too."

Ella

"So how`d it go?" I asked, smiling rather playfully as I walked behind Gadreel.

The angel was sitting on a pale white couch, his back hunched and his arms propped on his knees as he sat there with a thoughtful expression. The room we were currently in served as a sort of waiting room, Metatons office door was just a few meters away.

"Why must you annoy me so?" he grumbled, not really sounding annoyed.

"Because I`m curious." I replied, standing behind him with my arms on his shoulders; leaning in ever so slightly "So do tell."

"The plan worked." The angel gave in "Your... 'boyfriend' is eliminating one of Metatons enemies as we speak."

"Well there goes his perfect record." I sighed.

"Record?" Gadreel furrowed his eyebrows.

"He had a no-killing record going for him."

"Whatever."

I straightened up and walked back in front of him, taking a seat by his side.

"Why are you so touchy around me?" he grumbled, shuffling to the other side.

"Because you're a good guy." I smiled at him "I can trust you."

"You fell in love with the devil." He scoffed "Your definition of good must no doubt be warped."

"Gadreel." Metaton suddenly exited his office, quickly looking at my before focusing his attention on the angel "I need you to deliver the devil his next mission." He flashed a piece of paper, and Gadreel pulled himself up with a grunt. The angel grabbed the paper, slowly reading it over before deeply frowning.

"Are you sure about this?" the angel frowned "wouldn`t it be better to kill him?"

"We can`t just kill everyone, now can we?" Metaton smiled, turning back to his office "Besides, this one is more useful alive."

As the door closed, I stood up and walked over to Gadreel, attempting to peek at the paper. He quickly wrapped his fist around it, giving me a look as I stepped back.

"Going out for a bit?" I asked.

"Yes." He muttered.

"Can I come with?"

"No."

"You're no fun." I grumbled, before turning away "By the way, tell him to hurry up and save me already."

Quinn

"Cas?" I groaned, blinking up at him as his arms firmly held me up "Lucifer was going to... Gabriel... alive?"

"I... don`t know." he looked down at me confused.

"Dean, Sam?" my voice felt hoarse in my throat.

"I don`t know." He shook his head again and this time I made an attempt to shake out of his grip; I still had to know if the archangel was still alive.

"Please don`t move." He said politely "You're going to hurt yourself more."

"Get off me Cas." I broke out his hold, and quickly grabbed the wall as I felt myself stumble forward. My head still hurt, and my throat was burning. Regardless I forced myself to move forward, noticing I was back in the hallway where Lucifer first appeared. This time when I got to the guestroom, I saw the door was torn off its hinges. As soon as I got inside I had to cover my mouth to suppress a gasp when I saw Gabriel lying there.

I couldn`t help but fall back onto the ground, sitting there and staring at his blank eyes. I felt useless. I couldn`t save Ella. I couldn`t save Gabriel. I can`t save anyone.

"Quinn..." Cas crouched down beside me, placing a gentle hand on my shoulder "Are you okay?"

"What are we going to do Cas...?" I muttered "How are we supposed to stop him?"

"The brothers will figure something out." He assured me "They always do."

"I feel like shit Cas."

"You don`t smell like it."

"Geez, thanks." I sighed, my gaze turning back to Gabriels body.

"Is he gone?'

Hesitantly I glanced at the small closet at the end of the room, exchanging looks with Castiel before watching it slide open. Gabriel poked his head out, scanning the room before grinning at us.

"You`re alive?!" I matched his grin, getting back up on my feet.

"Feels like it." He stepped away from the closet, eyeing his body "A moment of silence though, for another murdered sexy- as-hell me."

"How did he not find you?" Castiel asked.

"Quinn `ere bought me a few minutes by stalling him." He gestured towards me "Gave me a chance to make a clone before hiding behind the closet. Not the most bravest thing I`ve ever done, but not the most cowardly either."

"Is he going to find out you tricked him?"

"Not unless he sees me." The angel smirked "So I`m off to Fiji, you guys have fun saving the world without me."

"Don`t you freaking dare!" my voice still felt hoarse "You`re helping us get Ella back."

"But he`s going to-"

"No buts." I insisted "We`re going to figure this out, but you`re not going anywhere."

Once again I heard noise, and instinctively I turned around, prepared to fight in case Lucifer had returned. Instead, to my relief, I was greeted by two Winchesters who stood there panting at the door with weapons and wards in hand.