I followed Azrael to his home which was a mansion with iron gates and statues of angels in front, he knocked on the door which I found weird since I thought he owned the house but I was proven wrong as Daniel responded by opening the door, he looked confused upon seeing me but looked totally normal with Azrael being her, when I entered the house I was blown away with it's elegance. A white marble spiral staircase leading to the upper rooms, there was a chef, a dozen butlers and maids. I never knew Daniel was rich, as we climbed the stairs I saw a lot of paintings of Daniel and his family. Finally we reached a dark oak wood door that had engraved in a silver writing Daniel. Inside the room was a boy who almost looked like Azrael but a bit younger. He had dark skin with golden eyes and black hair. He jumped off the bed and hugged Azrael like they were best friends.
"Did you see one?" He asked after letting go. See one of what? Azrael shook his head.
"But I met one of his minions trying to attack her." He replied while pointing at me, the boy looked at me as if I'm an alien. Then Daniel, Azrael and the boy asked me to excuse them to talk about something confidential. I waited outside the room while they talked in hushed tones. The only sentence I picked up was "Is she part?" Finally I was allowed to enter, they all stared at me and Daniel who was sitting on his study chair asked me to sit, I sat between Azrael and the boy on the bed.
"Sorry if the question is a bit odd but have you had any strange dreams?" Daniel asked me and I ended up telling them about seeing Azrael in the dream and the strange voice, Daniel looked mortified but Azrael and the other boy looked cool.
"Yup, she's part alright." The boy said. Azrael nodded his head.
"Zadikel, is the voice you know, Lucifer's?" He asked, the boy who turned out to be Zadikel nodded.
"Ok what the hell is going on?! What am I part of? And who is Lucifer?!" I asked irritated, why are they keeping me in the dark?
"Let me answer your question with a story." Azrael said before beginning. "Before, humans were brought into this world a war happened in heaven with Lucifer being the ring leader, he managed to convince some of the angels that he could lead better than God and he lost and got thrown in hell, the end of the world is coming and just recently God sent fourteen of us down to earth to look for fourteen righteous people and you happen to be one." Azrael explained.
"So, I'm part of a group that's going to do what exactly?" I asked
"Well, we're going to get more people to turn from their ways and try to live better lives. And Lucifer knows this and is trying to prevent that by attacking us in hopes to kill us." Daniel explained then I recalled the incident with the old woman.
"So that woman was a demon?" I asked to which Azrael nodded.
"Then I'm really happy you were able to save me." I said trying to show my appreciation.
"You're the human I was assigned to protect, I couldn't just have you die on week one of my new job." He replied.
"New job?" I asked curiously.
"Before God came up with this plan, us angels has jobs doing which were associated with our names." Zadikel explained.
"Can I get examples?" I asked.
" Well my name means God is my mercy or God's mercy, and I'm the angel of mercy and freedom." Zadikel replied.
"Raphael means God is my healer and he is the angel of healing." Azrael added.
"What does your name mean Azrael?" I asked.
"God is my helper." He replied.
"So you're the angel of helping?" I asked him.
"I'm the angel of death." He calmly replied, how is death helpful?
"Anyways let's send her to Professer Maxwell. He could help her understand her situation better." Daniel suggested, I nodded in agreement but asked if that could be done one Monday after school since my parents have something called "family time." And since I learnt Azrael has to live with me since he's my guardian angel, I figured out I needed to think of a plan to get him in without my parents noticing. I asked him if he had a phone and told him that I'd text him through that to let him know if I had a plan. I went home thinking my parents would question me about where I was, luckily mom went for a gala and dad took Ezra for a friend's birthday party. I started making space in my room and found an extra mattress in the attic, after what felt like an eternity I had completed renovating my room. I colllasped on my bed and called it s day and hoped no one noticed anything. So the first angels I met were death and mercy. What a wonderful surprise.