Chapter 7: The truth about the past

“UAA!”

“UAA!”

“I'm up! I'm up! Seriously, having kids is such a pain in the head! But still... Who would have have thought that just two kids could help me win a battle against the elders?”

These past few days passed in a blur that I barely remember what I did yesterday, yet one thing is for sure these two sure have a lot of energy! Now then, let's get you two changed and feed!

KNOCK KNOCK

“Who, is it?”

“Miss Rosemary?”

“Yes Erick?”

“Master Gabriel said that you have to attend the meeting which will be held in two hours!”

“I see... You can leave now!”

“Yes!”

“UAA...”

“Yes! Yes! I know! You're hungry!”

TWO HOURS LATER

“Rosemary! You can't be serious! Out of all the possible times you could choose to do something stupid, why did it have to be now? And don't even think about being able to get out of it this time, Rosemary! You have so many responsibilities on your shoulders that I can't even begin to understand how you still have so much free time!”

“Because I know how to deal with the problems? And I know how to make my work easier? I mean, once you already know what you have to do, and it's something you've got to do on a daily basis, you kind of quite come up with possibilities about, how to make your tasks easier to do, and you learn a few tricks on how to deal with them fast enough so that you won't lose time on nothing.”

“Then... If you have so much free time, you will be the one to go to Hell in order to make sure that the peace treaty goes smoothly!”

“WHAT?!?!?!?!”

“Exactly what you've heard Rosemary!”

“You can't be serious Michael-”

“Rose-”

“Uncle Rapha, please tell him that it's not possible!”

“Sorry kiddo but this time around, even though I don't like to admit it, Michael is right. Since you still have so much free time then... I'm sorry Rose, but you know everything that goes around here even if you aren't here, which means you can keep an eye on us while you make sure everything is going smoothly down there.”

“If that's the case, then fine but...it doesn't mean that I'm happy!”

“So-”

“Let me Raphael! Rosemary... We know that you aren't actually going to make this easy for us, we all know you hate demons and fallen angels with a passion. Still, we now have a common enemy, so I hope that for now you can put your hatred aside so that we can finally get rid of those parasites!”

“... I don't agree with you. Actually, I haven't agreed with your actions from the very beginning but at the same time, I can't actually say that I don't understand why you did it. And... as much as I dislike saying it, I'll agree with this peace treaty but only for now. After the war with the nephilims is over, and we all are back on our legs, without a reason for me to still be nice to them, don't expect me to let them live!”

“That's my niece! Umm… Ahem... I mean, I knew you would understand Rose!”

“Thank you, Rosemary! Gabriel, do you have anything else to add?”

“Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. Don't get attached to those demons Rosemary and never let your guard down! While you will be staying in Hell you will be representing all Paradise so BEHAVE!”

“Hmm... Anything else?”

“I don't think so. Meeting dismissed!”

“Oh yes! Before I forget! Rose?”

“Yes uncle?”

“You can rest assured, I already had you four companies prepared!”

“What?”

“You'll see when you'll get before the portal, also... here!”

“What's this? A dagger? On a chain? What spell did you use in order to make it this small?”

“It matters not, just keep it with you at all times and never forget that if there is something wrong, we'll always be here for you!”

“Thank you! Bye uncle! See you later!”

“See you later my little Rose!”

DOORS CLOSING

WHACK

“Gabriel! For Saint Peter's sake! What are you doing?? Raphael! Are you alright?”

“I'm fine Michael!”

“You-you-you! HOW COULD YOU??”

“How could I what Gabriel? How could I keep my promise to my sister? Easy! It's hers, so it should stay with her! She deserves to find out the truth!”

“Not like this! And most of all, not NOW!”

“GABRIEL! RAPHAEL! What is this all about?”

“...”

“I'll tell you! This is about Annemary!”

“What?”

“He destroyed everything about Annemary, but forgot something, the pendant that she entrusted in my care so that I would give it to her daughter when she is old enough to find out the truth and when she is old enough to decide for herself, is she shall not be here anymore...”

“That's all? Seriously Gabriel? For a pendant you punched Raphael like this? 

“It's not just a pendant!”

“Oh, really? Then, please, do enlighten me what it is!”

“It's...it's...”

“He won't tell you Michael! Since he doesn't want to talk about what happened in the past so much, I'll tell you!”

“Don't you dare Raphael!”

“Why not? Since you agreed with the decision of her going down there, you should already know what will happen! You can't prevent the truth from coming to the surface, you can't prevent her from finding out what it's going on! You should have expected them meeting sooner or later, and if you think carefully about it, I'd say it's better sooner than later, don't you think so?”

“This doesn't mean that I'll accept it! Do you even know the danger you're putting her in, by giving her that pendant?”

“Can you stop already? Why do you suddenly care? Huh? Until now, all you care about is if she could fight when she was heavily injured, other than that, nothing mattered to you when it involved her, so why care now? She can take care of herself! She has been doing so for so long, so why try to change something only now?”

“Raphael!”

“ENOUGH! What is this all about?”

“Yes Gabriel! What is this all about? Why don't you tell Michael the truth about the past? Hum? Why don't you tell him why you don't want Rose to go to Hell?”

“Is this about how she acts, and you are worried that she'll learn some bad habits from them?”

“Oh no no no! Michael, that's far from the truth! Actually, you see, our dear Gabriel here, isn't...”