Episode 25: Camael
After another quick walk through a portal, they arrived in...a forest?
The trees were made of golden bark and even golden leaves, but the gold color was in different shades. It was rather beautiful.
Charlie walked closer before she sighed. "Just when I thought Heaven couldn't get any more peaceful..."
Vaggie walked beside her girlfriend. "Yeah, it's a nice place. It was just nice of your grandpa to allow everyone to stay here for a while."
"How do you think the others are doing?" Charlie asked.
Vaggie blinked. "...I...don't think you wanna hear what I think, hun."
Lucifer looked around. "So, Cammy's supposed to be here?"
"My portals aren't usually wrong, but there is a first time for everything." J said to himself as he looked around.
Azrael whistled to himself as he began searching.
Lucifer then looked at his stoic brother. "Sooo, Raph. Whaddya mean by absolutely nothing has changed with Camael?"
Raphael sighed. "She's still an immature little girl who pulls ridiculous pranks. As one of Father's children, she should have more respect for her-"
Lucifer shushed him. "I get enough 'you should be more regal' talk from Satan, little brother."
Raphael's eyes narrowed. "Get your hand away from me, Samael. I may be happy to see Charlie, but that doesn't erase what you did all those years ago..."
Lucifer's eyes briefly glowed red. "Oh my Dad! It's Lucifer!"
"Samael was the name you were given. I shall refer to you as such."
"I changed it because it was stupid!!! Not all our names have to rhyme!!!" Lucifer exclaimed. "You don't see me calling Charlie 'Charlel' or something!!!"
Raphael stepped forward. "Are you challenging me, big brother? It won't end well for you."
"OH! OH, I'M SORRY! WHAT FIGHT DID YOU LOSE AGAIN?" Lucifer hummed. "OH, YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT! OUR FIGHT! I KICKED THE ASSES OF ALL OF YOU, ESPECIALLY MICHAEL!!!"
"I wouldn't mind a rematch." Raphael sneered.
Lucifer cracked his neck. "OHOHOHO, BRING IT-!"
Charlie then pulled her father and uncle apart. "Hey, hey! Remember what Grandpa said! NO. FIGHTING."
Lucifer and Raphael gave each other a glare before they sighed. "Sorry..."
Charlie huffed as she set them both down before looking at her other uncles. "Any sign of her?"
Azrael and J were standing beside each other, staring at...something.
Charlie blinked and walked over. "Uncle Azzy? Uncle J- Oh! There she is!"
Vaggie walked over before her eye widened at what they were all looking at.
And in the distance was a large obstacle course made entirely out of the various trees and wood the holy forest had to offer.
The Archangel known as Camael was running across it. She had short hair the exact same color as Lucifer and Charlie's and matching snowy white skin. She was wearing some kind of outfit that looked like something an Exorcist would wear, with a large golden X on the front of her chest.
Camael ran down her homemade obstacle course with impressive speed before she hopped from one stump to another. She then leapt into the air, grabbing onto a branch and spinning around before landing on the rather thin railing.
She began running down it while dodging spikes and moving wrecking balls made entirely out of wood as well. She jumped through hoops and grabbed onto pillars to get herself through the course even faster.
Then, a moving log with spikes on each end came towards her. She grabbed it and yanked it off its ropes before using it as a shield to protect herself from incoming arrows.
And like it was a set of weights, Camael held it up high as she ran the rest of the course. She was even running down a large tightrope, not even bothering to look down at the massive gap between the forest and mountain it was tied to.
In great speed, she made it to the mountaintop and tossed the log aside. And then, a sign that read the word 'GOAL' was just a few feet away by from her...and right behind a large boulder that was rolling right towards her.
Camael smirked and ran right at the boulder, punching it and shattering it into thousands of pieces before she crossed the sign, even spinning it around.
She then jumped up and down, punching the air. "WOOHOO!!! NEW RECORD, BABY!!!"
Azrael then called out. "YO, CAMMY!!! COME DOWN AND MEET YOUR NIECE!!!"
Camael blinked and turned around. "My what now- OH!"
And despite being rather far away from them, she could see her brothers and niece just fine. Camael then leapt into the air and all six of her wings spread as she flew over, landing in front of them in seconds.
J smiled. "Charlie? This is your Aunt Camael, Angel of Courage."
Charlie walked forward. "Hi-"
Camael then suddenly threw Charlie into a bear hug, laughing. "Hey there, Char-Char!!! Man, look how tall you are! Why are you dressed like a waiter?"
Charlie rapidly patted her aunt's back. "N-need to breathe...!"
"Oh, shit! Sorry." Camael said as she dropped her niece, helping her stand back up and even brushing her off. "Forget how strong I am sometimes, heh!"
Charlie let out a giggle once she regained her ability to breathe. "N-no worries, I might need to start lifting a bit after a hug like that!"
Vaggie couldn't help but go red at the thought of her girlfriend gaining a bit of muscle.
Camael laughed. "Still!!! Nice to meet you!!! You're the spitting image of your dad! Speaking of which..."
Lucifer stepped forward. "Hey, Cammy."
"Luci!!! How ya doing, ya prideful midget!?" Camael grinned as she put her brother in a headlock to give him a noogie. "I swear to Pops, you got even shorter!"
Lucifer thrashed around. "CAM, LET ME GO!!!"
"Alright, alright, ya big baby." Camael said as she freed her brother. "Azzy! Jesus! Raph! Long time no see!"
Azrael chuckled. "Is this what you've been doing to keep yourself entertained, sis?"
"Well, yeah! What am I supposed to do, just lay down and glue my eyes to my phone all day?" Camael asked. "I love that thing as much as the next person, but c'mon. Outside. Grass. It's nice...I might've killed a bird on accident though while making that course over there."
Raphael sighed. "You have so much potential, little sister. Your speed and strength are unimaginable, and you waste it on your games-"
"UGHHHH, LIGHTEN UP!" Camael groaned. "Sheesh! You wonder why Azazel hates you? This. This is why."
"We don't mention him." Raphael sneered, not wanting to be reminded of the second Fallen Angel.
Charlie blinked as she stepped over, knowing Azazel since he was somewhat of a family friend. "Ummm...what happened exactly-"
"Please don't get Raph started." Camael warned. "Seriously. It's for your own good."
Charlie blinked. "...I'll, uhh, take your word for it."
"But enough about that! What's new with you, Char? For example, you gonna introduce me to whoever that is?" Camael asked, pointing at Vaggie. "Love the missing eye by the way! Makes ya look badass!"
Vaggie blinked. "Ummm...thanks?"
Charlie walked over. "Well, Auntie...this is Vaggie! My girlfriend and the manager of my hotel! The one that rehabilitates Sinners!"
Camael blinked. "You got a hotel? Guess that explains the waiter's look."
Lucifer turned. "Did...did Dad not tell you why we're even allowed up here?"
"Y'know, he probably did...but I might've been super distracted by a cute gal that walked right by." Camael hummed. "All I heard was 'Blah blah blah, Charlie's your niece, blah blah blah, Lucifer's coming too'."
Lucifer sighed. "Great to see you haven't changed a bit, sis."
"Hey! I've totally changed!" Camael cried. "Well, physically anyway...that's what you meant, right?"
Lucifer shook his head.
"Ah. Well, fuck." Camael blinked. "But back to Vaggie! You're Raph's favorite, right?"
"I...suppose." Vaggie said.
Camael nodded as she walked over, shaking her hand. "Well, good to meet who he bragged about so much! And Char, good to see we have something in common!"
"Girls being pretty?"
"Girls being pretty." Camael nodded. "And speaking of, I'm kinda curious! What do your wings look like?"
Charlie's eyes widened. "...m-my wings?"
"Yeah! Y'know! Every Morningstar worth the title's got some!" Camael said.
Lucifer walked over. "I...don't think Charlie has wings."
"Did you ever find out?" Camael asked.
Lucifer was about to answer, but nothing came out.
"Exactly. And hey, what better time than now to find out?" Camael asked.
Vaggie quickly got in front of Charlie. "W-with all due respect, I don't think I want my girlfriend being tossed off a mountain to see if she can fly."
Camael looked at Raphael. "Sheesh, did you do that to her?"
Raphael didn't answer.
"But no, we're not doing that." Camael said. "You're my niece and I'll go easy on you. One of us is simply carry you into the sky and then drop you over a trampoline or something! It's like skydiving!"
Charlie blinked...before she tapped her chin as she began to think about it.
Vaggie gulped. "Y-you, uhhh, you sure that's a good idea-"
"LET'S DO IT!!!" Charlie cried.
Lucifer then walked over. "Alright, but we'll be right there to catch you! You don't have to worry about a thing, kiddo."
Charlie nodded rapidly. "Okay, okay, okay!!! I'm ready!!!"
Lucifer then held his daughter and flew up with her, only hovering a short distance away from the ground. Long enough for his daughter to possibly start flying.
He then snapped his fingers and summoned a large bouncy castle for her to land in.
Vaggie's teeth were jittering before Azrael handed her a squishy ball.
"One of Michael's stress toys." Azrael said.
Vaggie grabbed it and squeezed it so hard that it broke, so Azrael just handed her another one.
Camael then gave the thumbs up. "Okay! Do it now!!!"
Lucifer looked at Charlie. "Just aim for the bouncy castle. And I'll be right there to catch you too, okay?"
Charlie nodded. "Got it!!!"
Lucifer then took a deep breath and dropped her.
Charlie fell through the air...and rather unexpectedly, six wings popped right out of her back. But they weren't angel wings.
...or rather...not just angel wings.
All six of the wings were red dragon-like wings, but with white and red feathers covering the majority of the scales of the demon side.
The wings flapped and stopped Charlie from falling. Charlie's eyes widened and she looked behind her with a gasp. "I HAVE WINGS!!!"
"SHE HAS WINGS!!!" Lucifer and Vaggie exclaimed in shock and awe.
Camael grinned. "HAHA! Knew it!!! And they look awesome!!!"
"Demon and Angel...how fitting." J hummed.
Raphael turned. "How so?"
"Charlie is arguably the bridge that has bonded both Heaven and Hell together after milennia. It only makes sense that her wings represent that bridge. A Princess of demons with the hope of an angel." J said.
Azrael chuckled. "You were always the poetic one, little brother."
Charlie's wings kept flapping...before they started carrying her away. "UHHH, HOW DO I GET DOWN!?!"
"Oh, shit." Everyone said in unison as they quickly flew after her.
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