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The four archangel's stood looking down from the hills on the scene below, there had been a tip in the balance in the middle of this derelict land, an evil presence attempting to spread over the land and destroy it. Lucifer could never understand why their father would create on this earth, everything would always find a way to corrupt itself, driven by hunger to consume and kill the good that their father made, which meant they would have to clean it up so to speak.

The fight had been hard, this evil in the form of an insubstantial being, having no firm form for them to target but evidently they had won like always, binding it until it would wither and die without energy to survive. However it was not without loss, the fifth member of their small garrison, Marcus had been hit with something that was now slowly killing him, they could hear his agonized cry's from where they stood. Lucifer was ready to go home as of now, the helpless cry's of his brethren gliding over his sense's and feeling no need to put himself in danger for a lost cause.

He glanced to his right seeing his younger brother Gabriel who he could tell was finding it difficult to listen to Marcus's pain fill cries. To his left there was Mary, the only female he had even found that he liked to work with, there was something about her, when she was near he felt...calmer. She stood tall and confident, fierce looking with her weapons poised at the ready her long black hair billowing in the wind her stormy blue eyes riveted on the form of a suffering Marcus, she shook her head and turned her livid gaze to Raphael.

"We cannot just abandon him!" Mary argued with Raphael, who did nothing but roll his eyes and pin Mary with an annoyed glare

"It would be of no use for any of us to risk death to save him" Raphael never liked when Mary was paired with his garrison, she argued with his orders and often ignored him, it grated on his nerves that she was so undisciplined.

"I will not leave him to suffer because you are to cowardly to aid a brother in need, I'll go by myself" Mary was fuming, how could someone who was suppose to be the one to take charge be so callous when one of their own was suffering.

"I am ordering you to stand down Mary, the evil is subdued and if you trigger it again we will have not only Marcus on deaths bed but more than likely you. Plus we would have to start the whole ritual again, Marcus knows the risks of a mission he should not have left himself exposed" Raphael finished with an uncaring glance in Marcus's direction.

"Exposed?! He was selfless, had he not done what he did it would be Gabriel down there and you want nothing more than to leave him. It could take days for him to die, he may not even the essence there could keep him alive and in agony for a long time" With that Mary propelled herself into the sky her wings easily moving her towards Marcus and allowing her to hover over him.

Lucifer looked on as Mary confronted Raphael, fighting the admiration he was starting to feel towards the female. She was so passionate and she had a point, if Marcus had not done what he did then Lucifer would be listening to his younger brother's screams of pain instead.

"That female is infuriating" Raphael exhaled roughly but made no move to aid Mary, Gabriel was about to dive from the hill top when Lucifer grabbed his arm.

"No, you stay..."

"I'm not listening to him suffer and doing nothing..." Gabriel started to argue but Lucifer cut him off

"I will go. You will wait here" With that he leapt into the air and was over by Mary in seconds, Lucifer didn't really know why he had the urge to help her but when he reached her side and her face broke out into a relieved smile he felt...good.

"The evil's essence has started to fuse with his grace we need to do this quickly and carefully" she whispered, Lucifer nodded once and looked at Marcus. He was writhing on the ground below them, they could see the evil trying it's best to fuse with Marcus attempting to adapt and survive.

"We will need to use our grace to cut it away from him, when we do we move quickly and take him home. If we leave ours exposed to long it will try to fuse with ours" Lucifer stated then glanced back to Mary who nodded her agreement.

They fluttered their wings moving to hover closer to Marcus, as they got closer the ripples of black tar like smoke tightened around him, they had to be quick. Using their weapons as a means to project there grace Lucifer and Mary took one side of Marcuse each slowly separating him from the evil's essence. As the tarred smoke began to pull away they heard Gabriel's voice rise over the hill, shouting a warning that the bonding they had done was being fought against. Without a second thought Mary grabbed Marcus and hauled him up by his arm, Lucifer diving in to grad his other side looking at Mary sharply.

"That could have ended badly" he whispered harshly, she smiled at him again as they flew with Marcus to the hillside

"But it didn't now did it" she beamed again, relief pouring through her body when they gently placed Marcus on the hill. He had stopped writhing, pain still etched on his face but he was alive.

"The bonds are holding..." Gabriel said when he knelt down next to Mary to see how Marcus was.

"We need to get him home, he needs help" Mary stood and looked to Raphael, who still seemed indifferent to everything that had just happened that annoyed expression still on his face from when she flew off against his order.

Mary did her best to ignore him focusing instead on Marcus, she glanced at Lucifer, she had been surprised he had come to help her, he had always come across as cold but after that she felt different he seemed warmer catching his eye she couldn't help but let some of her gratitude show "Thank you Lucifer" she placed a hand on his arm and squeezed gently before kneeling down again and helping Gabriel support Marcus as they flew home.

Lucifer looked on as Mary flew away, his arm still feeling warm from her soft touch, most would avoid contact with him at all cost, he decided that he like it when she had touched him.

Raphael watched with calculating eyes as Lucifer watched Mary fly away

"Why did you help her?" he questioned suspiciously, he knew Lucifer, and he was not one for making unnecessary risks or showing concern for others, that was one of the reason's he was such a good soldier.

Lucifer looked at Raphael raising a haughty brow at him and smirked "Why are you so concerned brother?" Lucifer knew Raphael had a hunger for power and more often than not let him believe he was leading but the truth was that Lucifer could have taken charge whenever he saw fit. Before waiting on an answer Lucifer leapt back into the air and flew home, thoughts of Mary and her warmth running through his mind and a strange longing to see her again blooming in his chest.

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