Fan Fiction ❯ A New Existence ❯ Azrael ( Chapter 3 )

Loki and Bartleby seemed overly distressed as they picked themselves up off of the ground and headed into a parking garage. "The Apostle is here!" Loki shouted. "I noticed!" Bartleby snarled at his friend and clenched his teeth. "Well then you know who the chick with them was, don't you?" "The Scion, I imagine!" "What the Hell was Cherry doing with those fucks? How did she know about..." Loki paused. "That damn Apostle told her! He blabbed about it to her! I can't believe-" Bartleby held his hand up.

"What are you saying, Loki? How do you know that Cherry knows?" He asked, eyeing Loki. "When we were smoking that joint, she pulled her little straddle move and forced me to look at her and asked me about the Loophole. She asked me why I didn't tell her abut it, why I LIED to her. She started CRYING, Bartleby. She said it all like I had betrayed her, do you know how that FEELS, Bartleby?" Loki hissed, his face close to the taller Angels'. "Of course I know how it feels! I've felt this way ever since God threw us out of Paradise! Now you feel MY pain Loki, you know how I feel every time someone mentions His name. Betrayed, hated, unwanted. It all hurts, no matter what words you use, Loki." He shook his head and turned away. "I guess we'll have to walk..."

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Bethany shook her head. "I can't take this anymore. I'm about ready to just kick back and welcome the end of existence. I'm going home." She stood up and walked away. Bob leapt up to go after her, but Rufus pulled him back down. It wasn't long before they could hear her hysterical screams and the sound of splashing water. Cherry sat, still crying, smoking her fifth cigarette. "I can't believe this. I really can't believe that Loki would do this to me. That GOD would let this happen! I told Him to make the Angels human, but did He listen, no. Because He doesn't have time to listen to His pathetic little children anymore. DO YA? HUH? YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO ANSWER ME ANYMORE DO YOU????" She glared up at the starry sky and let more tears coat her cheeks in blood.

"You couldn't even give me real tears. You had to make me cry like I'm DYING! You gave me everything else, why couldn't you make me proper tear ducts you ASSHOLE!" It seemed to happen in a blink of an eye as the quartet and Bethany found themselves in a very fancy looking dining hall. Cherry looked around and sat down. Her face and hands were clean now, with the exception of a few stray droplets in the corners of her eyes. "Wait a minute, weren't we just in the woods? What the Hell are we doing here?" Rufus asked. "Going out in style." Came the voice of Metatron.

Cherry stared. "M-Metatron!" She gasped, suddenly looking very uneasy. "Hello there, Cherry. I see you've found the others. Tell me, are you happy now that your little boyfriends' are about to destroy the entire plane of existence?" Cherry looked away. "I didn't know about this until today, Metatron, honestly." She seemed rather frightened by him. "I see... But you DO know what will happen if you guys manage to stop them right?" He watched her shake her head, still not looking at him.

"They'll be put to death, and you will no longer exist." Cherry looked up, eyes wide with fear. "What are you talking about, Metatron? Why would God destroy her after Bartleby and Loki are dead?" Rufus asked. "Because He will no longer need her. Besides, she causes too much trouble for Heaven or Hell to handle. Lucifer has plainly stated that he wants nothing to do with her if she dies. Said there would be no more room if he had to take her in." Metatron watched as Cherry bit her tongue and put her head down. "Loki..." She whimpered, shuddering hard.

Bethany shot a sympathetic look at Cherry and turned to Metatron. "What did God create her for? So She could torture her and then destroy her? She's only a CHILD, Metatron, God gave her everything she didn't give you or the other Angels. Does She honestly think Cherry can help the trouble she makes? God made her from Temptation, of course she's going to run away and drink, or have sex or whatever! God shouldn't punish Cherry for the mistake She herself made by creating her!" Metatron stared. "Her? She? Who are you talking about?" "GOD!"

The Voice raised his eyebrows. " Well, God isn't exactly, PUNISHING Cherry, 'She' created her to look out for Bartleby and Loki. If there is no Bartleby and Loki, there is no need for her. It's as simple as that." "Speaking of God, where is He?" Rufus asked. "I mean. I KNOW the Old Man could take care of this situation Himself if He wanted to, so why hasn't He tried to stop them?" "Good question. We can't seem to locate the Almighty at the moment. " Metatron answered, watching Cherry as she lifted her head and stared at him, eye wet with 'tears'.

"What do you mean, 'you can't find Him?" She asked. "Exactly that, Little Girl. You know how God likes His skeeball trips. He doesn't seem to have come back yet and we can't find Him. That's why Bethany has to find those two Renegades and either kill them," --Cherry whimpered.-- "Or talk them out of going through." Metatron finished and waved a waiter over. "I say we get really drunk, because I'm starting to run out of ideas. Three tequilas, one black velvet and a bottle of Jack Daniel's." He muttered to the waiter, lowering his head.

Cherry looked at her hands and narrowed her eyes. "Loki shouldn't be too hard to talk to. I can get him to do almost anything. But Bartleby will be a bit trickier." She trailed off and bit her lip. "Metatron... If their wings get cut off, they become human, right?" The Voice nodded towards her question and waved for her to continue. "And if they become human, they should be easier to seduce, seeing as they will probably have the brains of a typical male, right? I think I might be able to put my assets to work for once and keep my boys out of trouble."

Metatron stared. "You might have a point there, Cherry, but I don't know if this will earn you extra Brownie Points with God, He may still choose to destroy you three." Cherry shrugged. "I guess I'll have to take that chance, I mean, I'll do anything for Loki's sake, even if it means sacrificing myself for him." She blushed a little and sipped the glass of black velvet that had been set in front of her. "My God, you've fallen in love with him, haven't you? " Metatron smirked at her as she blushed deeper and looked away.

"What's it to you, Metatron?" She asked. Metatron put his hands up. "I have no problem with it.... God however...." He sort of winced and drank his shot of tequila. "Hey, why don't we ask this guy to close the Church?" Jay spoke up. The group looked over at him and stared when he handed over a newspaper article. "This is the guy who's running that campaign, isn't it? Why don't we just got ask him to close the church, those fucks can't get blessed if the church is closed that day, right?"

"Good God, the little stoner's got a point. It's about time you two live up to your name." Metatron commented. Cherry bit her lip. This wasn't what she had in mind. She WANTED Loki to become human... She WANTED him to fall in love with her, if only for mere seconds. She had a sick feeling that if they were destroyed along with her, they would end up in Hell while she would be cast away into nothingness. "I-I don't know guys, can we trust this plan, I mean, what if the guy wont close it? Then what?" "Then we go to your plan." Rufus answered.

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Cherry rolled her eyes as Jay played with the large crucifix on the Cardinal's desk. They had made it to New Jersey, thanks to Metatron, and were now trying to convince the Cardinal Glick to cancel tomorrow's ceremony. "Absolutely not. I'm not going to close down MY church just because some loonies think they're Angels and want to 'get back into Paradise.'" He growled, sitting down at his desk. Rufus and Bethany glared at him while Cherry silently cursed him to Hell. The group stood and left, walking to a local bar.

Rufus grumbled under his breath as he sat down in a booth. "I can see the headlines, if there are any, 'Existence Wiped Out.'" Bethany mumbled, sighing heavily. "Don't worry about that cross-dressing pussy. We got even with his girly ass. Hand it over Silent Bob." Jay grinned when Bob untucked a driver from his overcoat and handed it to Jay. "Nobody messes with our girlfriend." Jay nodded to Bethany who gave a lopsided smile. "That's kind of sweet, thanks guys." Rufus smirked. "I guess we're going to have to kill them now."

Cherry sat in a separate booth, playing with her rosary. "I... don't want to hurt them. " She whimpered, biting her tongue. "We know that, but Cherry, this might be the only way." Rufus said softly. "I DON'T CARE! I WONT HURT THEM!" She shouted, pounding her fist into the table. "Good to hear that, Cherry." The raven haired teen looked up and gasped. "Azrael! What are you--" He put his hand up to silence her and grinned.

"You're looking good, Cherry. Too bad you wont be able to join me in Hell." He cupped her chin and leaned forward when another voice joined the conversation. "Get your hands off of her, Azrael. I'm surprised your putrid breath hasn't already choked her." Serendipity seemed to appear in the same manner as Azrael had as she walked over and slapped his hand away from Cherry's face. "Muse... How good to see you..." He patted her head a little while she smirked.

"I was trying to find you when I figured out who is behind this Bartleby/Loki situation." Serendipity looked over at Rufus when the bartender slammed his hand on the counter. "Hey pal, where'd you come from?" He growled at Azrael. "Me? I came from nothingness, and that's where I returning to in oh, say, one hour." He answered. "Ok buddy, I think you've had enough, hit the road." The bartender glared at the demon who suddenly became very 'needy'. "Oh, COME ON BARKEEP! Just one more drink, for the road?" He begged.

"All right, one more and then you're out of here." Azrael grinned. "Give me a, Holy Bartender." The Barkeep looked thoroughly confused. "What's that?" He asked. Azrael pretended to be surprised. "I can't believe he doesn't know how to make a Holy Bartender. But you do, don't you Muse?" He turned to Serendipity who shook her head. "Don't." She hissed. Azrael waved a hand at her and pulled an Uzi from thin air, spraying the bartender with bullets as he laughed his head off.

"You sick FUCK!" Cherry screamed, standing up. "I'd like to see you try that on someone who's already dead!" Rufus shouted, trying to get away from the Triplets. "Keep it up, Apostle, and you and the barkeep wont be the only corpses in this room. The Christ bitch will be joining you." He smirked and Rufus immediately stopped struggling. Cherry struggled to keep her composure as she stared at Azrael. "How could you do this, Azrael? How could you do this to me and the guys?!" She shouted, shoving him back against the counter. "Back off, Cherry. I needed to get out of Hell. Have you ever been there? I think not. If you think finding out that you're going to be destroyed by God is bad, try being Lucifer's little helper. It's not FUN!" He shoved her into a seat and pointed the Uzi at her. "You're almost too pretty to blast away. I think I'll wait, for Loki's sake." Cherry gasped. "You leave Loki OUT of this. If you're going to kill me, than DO IT! I dare you..." She hissed, red tears gathering in the corners of her eyes. "I'd rather not, thank you. I can't stand to watch you cry. It makes me sick." He tossed the Uzi at one of the Triplets and began to walk around the room, explaining his little 'plan'.

Cherry sat in her chair, biting her lip as she looked up at Azrael and smiled. "Azrael..." She purred, motioning him over. "What, I don't have time to play with you, Little girl." He growled. She stood up and looked into his eyes. "Were you intending to steal a kiss from me earlier?" She asked, her voice hinting at playfulness. "Steal? More like force, but yes. Why?" She smiled seductively at him and put her arms around his neck. "Do you still want it?" Azrael grinned and swooped down on her, kissing her fiercely as she pointed at Serendipity over his shoulder.

Serendipity caught on and looked at Silent Bob, motioning her head towards the Cardinal's driver which lay resting on a pool table. Azrael pulled away from Cherry in enough time to smile and catch Serendipity's eye movements. "Bitch." He hissed, slamming Cherry back into her seat. "What the Hell was that about, Serendipity? Are you telling your little boyfriend to hit me with that club?" He growled, walking over to Silent Bob. He shoved one of the Triplets aside and stood in front of Bob.

"Go on, pick it up. Call it a parting gift." He smirked and started to unbutton his shirt, pausing to rip it open. "Go on, hit me. I'm serious. You can hit me with it. Not that it will do anything." Bob stood up and picked up the club, looking to Serendipity for her 'OK'. She nodded at him once and he swung, busting open Azrael's ribcage.

Immediately, the Triplets grabbed hold of Rufus, Serendipity and Jay while they fought back. "Bethany! Bless the sink!" Serendipity screamed. "What?" Bethany cried. "Just DO IT! Bless the sink dammit!" Bethany ran and jumped onto the counter, sliding across to bless the dirty sink. Cherry stood, shaking hard as she stared at Azrael and Bob. "But, I'm a fucking demon." Azrael trailed off as Bob pulled the club from his chest and stared, watching as the demon fell to the floor.

"M-my God..." Cherry murmured, staring as Rufus, Serendipity and Jay dunked the Triplets' heads in the now blessed sink. She watched with interest as their heads smoked. "Ok, what the Hell is up with that!" She screamed, shaking harder. "He said it himself 'I'm a fucking demon'. You hit a demon with an instrument of God and he'll crumble at the touch." Serendipity answered. "Holy shit! Silent Bob's an instrument of God?" Jay yelled.

"No, but the driver is because Glick's the kind of asshole who would bless his clubs for a better game." Bethany answered. "Right, now let's get going. You saw what was going on on the TV. We can't waste anymore time!" Rufus shouted, grabbing the gun and the bartender's keys.

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Was it good for you? I hope so because the next chapter is the last one.

Sorry if that's too disappointing for you, but I wasn't planning on having a

fifteen chapter long Dogma fic.

Later!

Silverwolf