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Outside there was absolute mayhem.
Obviously Olympus' security left much to be desired because the attack appeared to have caught the Greco-Romans completely off guard.
Liz examined the situation. It was not good. Using a small spell, she summoned her armor.
"Zeus, go to the amphitheater, there are people trapped inside, you need to get them out. They're sitting ducks in there." Liz snapped. "Hera, I need you to make sure that the entrance to tartarus is still sealed. If the prisoners escape, it'll be catastrophic." Tartarus was prison to the worst monsters, the kind of twisted beings that would not hesitate into going over to Apophis.
Liz turned her attention to Gabriel as Hera and Zeus stormed off. "Gabe, I need you to go and get reinforcements, we won't be able to hold this place for long." And with a flicker of wings he was gone, too.
"Sleipnir, get Lionel and get inside." Liz said, gesturing to the abandoned senate house. "Stay there and don't make any noise. If you guys get hurt it'll be my head."
Without waiting for a reply, she darted off towards the marketplace, where the fighting was thickest.
The soldiers were panicking. They had been unprepared for an assault on this scale and there was no commanding officer to give them orders.
They were spread too thin. "Soldiers of Olympus, rally to me!" She shouted loudly, using magic so her voice would cut through the carnage.
A couple of soldiers flanked her, and she led them forward in a charge, hacking and slashing.
As they moved forward more soldiers joined her line, and soon enough they were a solid wave pushing the chaos demons back and gaining momentum.
Then there were shouts from behind her and Liz felt a sinking feeling in her stomach. Risking a glance behind her she saw what she feared.
They had been surrounded.
Behind her, the pagan troops pushed forward in panic. But in the front they were being pushed back, the chaos demons had gained an edge and now momentum was working against them.
A shrill shrieking sound pierced the air and the chaos demons stopped advancing. After the pagans drew back a few feet away from the chaos demons, Liz called them to a halt.
There was tense moment of silence. Liz forced down her fear, and made herself look composed. They were all looking to her, if she freaked out they would freak out too.
Liz took stock of the situation. After a second Liz had to admit, things didn't look good.
Then a chaos demon wearing more ornate armor than the others stepped forward. Liz recognized that it must be a commanding officer.
"Let me make this simple. You are outnumbered. My men have you surrounded. If this battle continues, we will slaughter you all." It said. "But we will leave, we will let you live, if you give us Elizabeth Holloway."
There was a moment of silence. Then from behind her a voice that sounded a lot like Zeus' rang out, "No way! We're not giving her up. Especially not to a bloody bastard like you."
Cheers of assent rang throughout the ranks.
The demon twitched. "On your own heads, so be it."
The demons started to advance again, and Liz braced herself.
Then a war horn rang out; and the chaos demons stopped again, evidently confused.
Liz grinned, because she knew that sound. And by the way captain chaos demon started fidgeting, it recognized the sound too.
Reinforcements had arrived.
Liz suddenly heard another sound that was familiar, the sound of warfare. They had attacked the rear of the chaos demons.
Liz called out to her own men, "Forward," and with a cry they reentered the fray.
*SPN*
Liz hated the aftermath of a battle. The lists of casualties and the tents of wounded would always be terrible. The top brass figuring out what the hell they were supposed to do next was frustrating to watch and frustrating to be apart of.
But at the moment, the thing she was concerned with the fact that Lucifer had gotten injured and was trying to get out of going to the infirmary.
She'd had a cut on her shoulder; but it was so small that she'd taken care of it herself, after she'd gotten out of her armor. It had only needed like two stitches, it was barely a scratch.
On the other hand Lucifer had what she suspected to be a broken arm, and he needed to get it set. But he was making a damn nuisance of himself, insisting that he was fine when he couldn't move his arm without wincing.
Liz lost her patience, grabbed the sleeve on his good arm, and dragged him into one of the medical tents.
"Sit," She gestured to an open cot.
He sat, but not without grumbling under his breath about how she was being unreasonable.
Raphael came over. As heaven's healer, he must be swamped right now. "What seems to be the problem?"
"I think your idiot brother broke his wrist." Liz told him, and a ghost of a smile flickered across Raphael's face.
Lucifer spoke up. "I don't think it's anything..."
"I also think my idiot brother has broken his wrist." Raphael interrupted. He snapped his fingers, and a cast appeared around the break. "How'd he manage this?"
Liz shrugged. "I think he got something thrown at him, the details are hazy."
"You guys do realize that I'm right here, right?" Lucifer asked.
"You lie." Raphael said. Liz nodded in agreement.
"No, you two are not allowed to gang up on me." Lucifer complained. "Liz, you're supposed to be on my side!"
"Occasionally our interests line up, but I'm on my own side. It's not my fault you haven't gotten that by now." Liz smirked; and Raphael snorted, apparently amused.
Lucifer sputtered; but no one was paying him the slightest bit of attention because Sam Winchester just walked in, followed by Castiel, who was carrying a cursing Dean Winchester superman style.
Castiel put Dean down on the cot next to Lucifer's. "Can you look him over, brother? He's got nasty bruising on his stomach, and I'm afraid he's broken his ribs." Castiel asked.
Raphael sighed, but he walked over and began examining Dean. "They're only bruised, I believe the Elves have a salve that can reduce the pain and speed up the recovery time. I'll speak to them about getting it later."
"Thank you, brother." Castiel said.
"How did he get injured?" Liz asked.
"He got kicked." Sam shrugged.
"I was trying to get Cas's freaking blade. He was disarmed, and started freaking out about losing it!" Dean snapped.
"Dean, angel blades contain fragments of an angel's grace." Lucifer said. "Angels are generally careful with their own essence."
"Oh, I didn't know." Dean frowned. "Wait, what about Liz's?"
"Mine has fragments of my soul." Liz shrugged.
"Oh, cool."
Sam looked like he wanted to ask how that works, but Gabriel came in looking panicked.
"Liz, have you seen Sleipnir, or Lionel?" He asked, anxious.
Liz cursed herself. She had completely forgotten about them. The hell kind of god mother was she?
"Last I saw them, They were barricading themselves inside the senate house." Liz said trying to swallow her panic.
She doesn't exactly remember what happens next, but when she comes back to herself she's running through the streets of Olympus with Gabriel beside her.
They entire the senate house and its a disaster. Tables are overturned, papers are scattered, and chairs are smashed to pieces.
There's a bright red piece of paper on the floor, and Liz picks it up, hands trembling.
It says:
"Don't worry about the boys, I'll take good care of them.
-Morgan Holloway"
Fuck.
A/N: So I know that angels and some other beings have advanced healing or whatever but, in this story, Angels are creatures of order, so when they get injured by chaos demons, it doesn't heal instantaneously. And when other creatures get injured by chaos demons, angels can't heal them instantaneously. The same is true for chaos demons, if they're injured by the celestial metals or by an angel, they can't heal right away. The exceptions to the rule are God, Death, Apophis, and Ra.
About the angel blades, when angels are given a blade, they give it a bit of their grace to power it. Thats why it works against the supernatural, because it's strengthened with divine essence. Generally this wouldn't work for humans, but because of a reason that I will go into later, Liz is the exception to the rule and she can power a blade with her soul.
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