Chapter 56.-4

"Gabriel!!" Joseph yelled. He didn't listen as he flew high to meet Alexis or now, Lonsa. She was mumbling in Enochian. Mumbling and smiling. "Lonny," She stopped mumbling and turned to him. Her face blank. "Look at me. Who am I?" He asked a fair distance away. "You should leave, this doesn't concern you." She looked back at the sky and sent another wave. Her mumbling resumed but Gabriel moved forward. "Lonny stop," He spoke in his first language. "You know me. I know you do. Deep down its there--" Her eyes snapped toward him. "I said leave." "I'm not leaving without you." She growled and her burning hand reached out to hit him. He dodged it but then she used her other hand. His face burnt slightly but he worked hard to heal it. "Go." She shouted at him. His temper snapped. "You have less than two minutes to make the right choice. Look at me, Lonny. I've known you for over five hundred years. My name is Gabriel!" She stared at him with the same blank expression. "You're wasting your time--" He flew forward so he was close to her. She didn't move but she said, "Move back if you don't want to get hurt." "You won't hurt me." He stated. "I love you. You love me. Remember me before you do something you'll regret." Her head tilted to the side curiously. A scream above brought both of their attention upwards. From across the forest, angels started falling. She went to return her attention to the decision but Gabriel bravely took her face in his hands and yelled, "Alexis! For goodness sake, stop this! Look at me! Feel my touch!" His eyes strayed to the necklace she was still wearing and he smiled. The ring was red hot probably burning her. It hadn't melted because Gabriel regretted to tell her it was Platinum. He ripped the cross off his neck, took her hot arm and placed it in her open hand. "You gave this to me." The fire that enveloped most of her body started sizzling away as she stared at it. Her fingers flipped it over and she squinted to read the back. "Angel." She mumbled. "You said it was cliché." He forced a chuckle and stroked her warm cheek. "You got it engraved as a joke." She continued to stare at it and finally, finally, Gabriel saw a flicker of something in her eyes. "Angel." She whispered in English. His eyes widened and he flew forward but more so now she was closer. "Then you gave me a snow globe. I saved it when we were younger. It was--" "In the 5th Grade." She finished. Yes. "What else happened that night?" He asked. He glanced around. Angels were falling quickly. He had to finish this fast. "I said..." She was starting to speak English now. "I said... I..." "Say it!" "I love you." She whispered. "And... I wouldn't... I..." She shook her head in Gabriel's hand. "I wouldn't forget you and then we… we…” She blinked and a tear rolled down her hot cheek. “We made love.” "Remember, Alexis. Remember me?" She looked down at the ground and then brought her glasses grey eyes back to him. “I’m…scared, Gabriel. It burns…” “You can do this. You can stay strong for me can’t you? I believe you can do this.” She nodded and then Gabriel pressed his lips to hers. She stared at him for a few seconds before slipping her hands over his shoulder and squeezing. She remembers, he thought. She suddenly jolted back with a scream. He watched as her entire body lit like a match. She flew higher and higher until she was above the clouds and out of site. In her mind the decision was set. But as she flew higher and small shards of ice hit her face her mind was changing fast. It was filled with Gabriel. Filled with his touch, his memories... Our memories, she thought. She stopped abruptly. She was so high. Earth was barely visible. The sky above her was a dark red. She shut her eyes and did what she needed to do... But first: "Gabriel." She said. "I remember the loop hole. In my final form, I can release you from your bound." She looked up. "I release him. He is no longer bound to me." Hot fire shot from her fingers. He body exploded with fire and her eyes shot open. Falling Angels were killed on contact. The wave of fire she created was so huge it destroyed any angel falling to earth. It didn't matter where the angel fell; the wave consumed a layer of earth that angels in Australia or England could see it. She shut the gate allowing the Demons to escape and closed the crack in the Angelic World. She’d Decided. Gabriel smiled at the fire covered sky as he landed next to Joseph. And she chose right, he thought. The fire across the sky made a deafening blow and all at once it gathered to one spot in the sky only to disappear. The color of the sky returned to its original black, the stars shone brighter than before and the moon’s color was returning to its misty white. Despite the fire a moment ago, it started raining. Snow started to disappear from the ground as the rain washed it away. “Gabriel,” He turned in time to see Axel and Leo staring at him. Behind them were three other guards. “What’s going on?” Joseph asked. Axel and Leo glanced at each other. “Gabriel is no longer bound to Lonny.” Gabriel blinked. “What? How?” “She released you.” Leo mumbled. Gabriel squeezed his eyes shut. “Oh no.” Two of the guards came forward and grabbed his arms. Just as he turned something caught Gabriel’s eye in the sky… Cameron saw it too and he bolted into the sky to find it. It was a Falling Angel... But both Cameron and Gabriel knew it was the woman they loved plummeting to earth in a cocoon of black feathers.