2 x 15 Tall Tales

I was helping Tessa with her rounds when we went to the campus of this university, it wasn't anything special for me to do as I just comforted the newly deceased and helped them adjust to their afterlife.

We had already finished collecting souls for today, and the both of us were eating food from a nearby food court to enjoy a break.

I was chatting with Tessa about the state of humanity and how it is being a reaper, when I felt the presence of Gabriel at the campus.

I Jumped out of my seat and flew to where I felt his energy, it was faint but I knew Gabriel long enough to sense when he was near.

I teleported outside the door of a professor who had just been killed by one of Gabriel's illusions, Tessa was next to me preparing to reap the professor's soul.

That's when I saw him posing as a Janitor, and pretending to find the dead body of the professor, when he looked up and saw me and started to bolt out of the campus.

"Oh, no you don't Gabe, your not escaping me this time." Determined to catch him as I began to chase my brother aurond the campus in the sky.

Me and Gabe was teleporting like crazy aurond the campus, going to empty buildings, movie theaters, and even interrupted an art exhibit tour.

Gabriel was trying to evade me so hard by creating massive illusions and jumping through different realities to make me lose concentration, but I was already use to his tricks and finally grabbed him and slammed him to the ground.

"Ugh! Alright Isaiel you caught me, now can you please let me get up and stop kik ssing the floor." Gabriel tried to squirm out of my hold, but I was firmly holding him down.

"Really Gabe, do you honestly think I wouldn't know you that you would flee again the second I let you go, you may have been created before me but I'm not stupid to fall for that." Rolling my eyes at Gabe's attempt to lie to me.

Gabriel utter a groan and flashed me a look of irritation before promising that he wouldn't run away if I let him go, I could tell he was telling the truth this time and let him get up.

"Geez bro, I know you missed me and all but easy on the goods, I got a date later and I need this pretty little face ready for it."

Giving me a knowing look, before snapping his fingers and turned the empty room into a vintage 19th century, style bar and offered me a drink.

"No thanks Gabe, the last time I trusted you with a drink you spiked it and made me sleep and have sex, with the two most important Goddess of the Shinto pantheon." Snapping my fingers and conjured a plate of burgers and fries with a cup of wine.

"Oh come on brother, you still can't be pissed off because of what happened at that party? I may have done a little something to your drink, but I was helping you get it on with two beautiful and sexy goddess."

"It doesn't matter if you were "helping" me, do you know how embarrassed I was when I woke up to two respected goddess, in my bed and remembering what I did with them."

"And even though they consented to having sex with me, I had to leave Japan and never return because both Susanoo and Tsukuyomi, were hunting me down for sleeping with the two of them."

Shuddering at the memory of running from the two gods, as Gabriel made a wincing sound.

"Yea, bro not gonna lie but those two hate you, like Susanoo drowns any Christians who comes in his waters, and Tsukuyomi has put a bounty on your head to capture and bring you to him." As he started to make a chocolate float with Whiskey.

"So, that explains why all those gods were hunting and trying to kil me, they were after the bounty that Tsukuyomi placed on my head, I need to be careful not to draw to much attention because even though I'm stronger than the gods, a fight like that would wreak the world and probably cause a war." Putting my hand to my face as I thought about dealing with the bounty hunters.

"So, is upstairs the same old, or did anything new happen? Referring to the state of heaven and our siblings.

"Nope, it's still the same as when Michael first took over, he's in charge and everyone becomes mindless drones, Raph is still in his emo phase and only interacting with his healers, and the council and the seraphs are running things behind the scenes. " As I finished my food and wine.

"Well, why did I expect for something to be different now that heaven has become so boring, with those featherly dicks In charge."

"I guess, but speaking of which you need to tone down on the tricks and the murders Gabe, your actions are starting to draw unwanted attention by people." As i snap my fingers, and the both of us were on a roof.

"Oh yeah bro? Who attention am I attracting because it can't be our siblings? Gabriel was acting laid-back, but you can tell he was being serious with the change in his eyes.

"No, not our siblings, your still in the wind for all they know and care, no you caught the attention of the Winchester boys and their coming for you." I walked to the edge and put my hand to head, as I looked at the busy streets down below.

"Pffft! Those smucks are the ones looking for me, you had me worried that I was going to have to go into hiding or fake my death." Gabriel was laughing, not taking this matter seriously.

"May I remind you Brother that those smucks are Sam and Dean Winchesters, the true vessels of Michael and Lucifer, and while those two hunters are not a threat to you or the Trickster, we both know what will happen if Michael comes down for his vessel."

I looked at Gabriel as his whole demeanor changed, no longer the playful trickster who played tricks and had fun, rather this was the archangel who was given the task of being Father's messenger and judge.

"Explain." That tone of voice that Gabriel used shocked me as the air particles and time itself stopped with his authority.

Each one of the archangels and me, all represent an aspect of Father's personality.

Michael, with his zeal, holier-than-thou, and tunnel vision attitude towards our Father will.

Lucifer, with his wrathful and prideful nature in his actions.

Raphael, with his caregiver tendencies to those in pain and his intolerance to any form of dissent or questioning.

Gabriel, with his funny, childish, carefree attitude towards life and his fascination with humanity.

And finally me, the whole package of everyone's aspect combined with the experience of once being human.

When I was done getting over my shock over Gabriel being assertive, I told him of the rumor circling aurond angel radio, that Michael was preparing to start the apocalypse earlier than expected and was waiting for the first seal to break.

The ground beneath me was starting to crack and shake due to Gabriel's pressure, then he teleported away and I followed close behind.

Gabe then snapped his fingers and made an illusion of an alien auction to this jock named Curtis, he then made him imagine that the aliens were probing him and made him slow dance, I had to admit that was the funniest thing I saw in this century.

He then met the boys and planted fake memories in their minds, and watched as they turned on each other and we spend the rest of the day having some brotherly fun.

Then came nightfall, and I knew that the boys were coming to kill the fake Gabriel, Dean found him as he conjured two beautiful women to temp Dean into stopping.

Dean refused and Sam and Bobby, came to put an end to the Trickster and help Dean, when they were being attacked by an illusion of a man wheiding a chainsaw and Dean getting beat up by the illusionary girls.

Until, Dean got the stake and plunged it into fake Gabriel's heart and watched as the body slumped into the floor dead and left.

When the place was empty, I heard the sound of slow claping behind me as Gabriel gloated about tricking the hunters and offered me a candy bar.

I took it and warned him again about the rumor about Michael speeding up the timetable, and that this time he can't play neutrality and will inevitably have to pick a side in the oncoming battle before leaving.