Chapter 42

I walk into my house, and I instantly feel like something is off, I brush it off as just feeling empty from having to leave Scarlet in the hospital and come home alone. I walk to my kitchen to find something to eat, I open the fridge door grabbing the turkey and singles slices when out of the corner of my eye I see something move. I close the door to my fridge abandoning any ideas of eating and prepare for a fight, I turn towards where I saw the movement in just in my living room and I am greeted by a figure masked by the dark.

"Hello Angel. I never anticipated seeing you again brother." My heart skips a beat, but I don't show him any emotions, in the back of my mind I know exactly why I am here, and I asked for it just to save Scar. Never in a million years did I think that it would actually happen. Once again, I refrain from showing any emotions for, I know that it will just show him weakness, as it is Castiel has never been one to be very understanding of emotions.

"Castiel, I thought that we were no longer brothers after I fell...my back still hurts from when you ripped my wings from my back 'brother'." I put as much venom into the last word as I most possibly can to show him that I don't trust him.

"You broke our most vital rule. You fell for a mortal; it would have been one thing if it was not noticed, and you hadn't acted on it, but it is obviously something completely different by acting on it. One of your subjects that you were supposed to protect died because you were acting on your desires rather than doing your job brother. Brother, I did not wish to rid you of your wings, but I must do as father commands, we must all fallow fathers' words for he tells us what we know and what we must know." He gives me a look of superiority and arrogance.

"What do you need Castiel? I am assuming this is not a social call, considering that I haven't seen you since I fell." His expression does not change nor waiver.

"Well, my brother, father has done you a service and has reinstated your wings. He has commanded me to give you back your grace. Your first charges are Scarlet Williams and her twin sister Stella Jones. That being said, father accepts your relationship with Scarlet but do not mess it up this time Jace or there shall be a much worse punishment then just simply falling."

For a moment I am confused, and I do not fully understand what Castiel has just said to me. I know both Scarlet and Stella, but I didn't know they were related, and something tells me that they don't know this either.

"Cas what do you mean twins? I know them both so well, not to mention as you pointed out Scarlet is my girlfriend. I am pretty sure that she would have mentioned something to this magnitude...Do they even know that they are related?" I look at him pointedly waiting for an explanation.

Instead of answering me physically he opens the vial containing my grace allowing it to flow freely into my body. Castiel pushes his thoughts and words into my mind.

'Brother I am sorry for how things went down when you fell. Father knew that I feel closer to you then any of the others which is why he commanded me to take your wings, but he didn't stop there he also commanded that I not ever go to visit you. As for your charges I can only tell you that Stella knows, and Camerone knows and soon enough Scarlet will also know. When they tell her she will need you more than ever before.' Then as if everything he has just said to me is supposed to be a secret, he answers me with his voice. "Do not ask brother questions that you have not been given answers for."

A general known fact about Angels and projecting our thoughts is that the Arch Angels cannot hear our thoughts which tells me that I am not in any way supposed to know anything more than they are my charges and that they are twins...nothing more, nothing less. So now I have 2 jobs, my physical job and my job as an Angel. Father has done me a service on keeping my love alive and with me and this although going to prove difficult is the least I can do, I would give my life if that is what it would take to keep her alive and safe. I used to serve my father without question, but after so many years of unanswered prayers and the searing pain from my wings being ripped from my back, I have questions. I know that with having these questions, mainly why would he choose Cas to take my grace and my wings, I will struggle to do my job once again without questions as a dedicated son. Before I can ask Castiel anything further he is gone leaving me completely alone once again, left with nothing more than my tormenting thoughts and now with some more entirely new thoughts and questions to ponder. 'I guess it is a good thing I can't seem to actually sleep because it would appear my mind is not going to allow me to rest.'

I call out to Cas with my mind trying to feel him, I need some answers and maybe he can help me to rest easy.

'Wait for instructions. I will be in touch. Do not speak loud brother for you are in grave danger, Heaven is out of sorts. Nothing is to be known for sure. Father has a plan for someone close to you although I do not know who. It is not safe for you to know more than that brother. Protect the twins they are also in a spot of danger.'

And just like that he is gone from me. I cannot feel him anywhere he has disconnected from Angel radio and left me with some seriously scary thoughts to consider. What am I supposed to protect them from? What is going on in heaven? How am I in danger? Now I know I shall not even come close to rest tonight. After this encounter I am no longer hungry and though I know that sleep may not come tonight I shower quickly in a daze trying to find any other meaning in Cas' words, there has to be something there.

I climb into bed knowing that this is a lost cause at this point, and I will my thoughts to Scarlet willing them to enter her mind and to help her with some comfort, 'I love you Babygirl and I miss you so much. I will be back to you as soon as I can be I promise. I will do whatever it takes to protect you, my love.' Pushing my thoughts that far away takes its toll on me, after not being able to push thoughts to others I am out of shape and my mind quickly becomes groggy from the strain. Within seconds I am dragged into the abyss of a dreamless sleep.