Chapter Thirteen: I’m Starting a Rebellion to humble Michael
Summary: Michael the firsts of his many unforgivable acts.
“(Y/N)!” Em ran into (Y/N)’s room, eyes wide.
“What?” (Y/N) jumped to their feet. Em looked at them worriedly.
“Dan’s been hurt. Badly,” said Em. “Lucifer is at the hospital—”
“I’m coming,” said (Y/N).
The pair were racing out the door a minute later.
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Everyone sat anxiously in the waiting room. Chloe, Trixie, Linda, Amenadiel, Mazikeen, (Y/N), Em, and Lucifer all sat in silence. No one moved or spoke until the doctor came out. And then the announcement came.
Daniel Espinoza was alive but would be out of commission for several months, at least. He had been critically injured and lost extreme amounts of blood. Even at that exact moment, he hadn’t awoken from the anesthesia they administered for his surgery.
Chloe broke down in tears of relief, holding Trixie to her. Maze put her head into her hands and took long, shuddering breaths. Em held her, trying to support the demon in her state of shock. Linda and Amenadiel held each other’s hands tightly in support, Linda knowing just how lose Amenadiel and Dan were. Lucifer collapsed in his chair in relief, and (Y/N) hugged him tightly.
Dan was alive. He would be alright. He was alive.
Amenadiel looked at Lucifer, and the pair rose. (Y/N) furrowed their brow and followed them.
“Did they get who did this?” said Amenadiel.
Lucifer shook his head and swallowed. “Not yet.”
“Why?” whispered Amenadiel softly. “Why did this happen?”
“Foreign mercenaries hunting down stolen objects from dead bodies,” said Lucifer, voice shaking in anger at the very case that had gotten Dan hurt. “A supernaturally strong human, Dan’s almost-dying words about someone named Caleb.”
Amenadiel looked up in alarm.
“I don’t know,” said Lucifer. “None of it makes sense.”
“Amenadiel, do you know the name?” said (Y/N).
Amenadiel nodded. “I think I know what this is about.”
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(Y/N), Lucifer, Em, and Amenadiel stood at the grave of Caleb Mayfield. It was dug up, fresh dirt turned where the body had been laid to rest.
“Michael is involved.”
Everyone’s heads whipped to Amenadiel at the proclamation.
“What?” hissed (Y/N). The shadows of the graveyard lurched higher around the graves, contorting in an angry dance. The moonlight cast harsh shadows, and they were more than willingly to show that aggressiveness with (Y/N)’s sudden rush of frustration.
“Caleb,” said Amenadiel. “Caleb Mayfield was the boy who was killed when I was trying to…help him.”
“Yes, I helped you in the aftermath,” said Lucifer. “But what does Caleb have to do with Michael?”
“Before Caleb was buried, I…” Amenadiel’s voice trembled with emotion. “I laid my necklace on his body.”
“You did what?” said Lucifer, staring.
“Your necklace that makes people super strong?” said (Y/N), eyes narrowing as they remembered and began to make a connection.
“Somebody obviously came looking for it,” said Amenadiel.
“But it wasn’t there,” said Lucifer. “Because the people who attacked Dan were still looking for it. The tech in the coroner’s office must have stolen it from the body. And Michael hired the mercenaries to find it, and then they tortured and nearly killed him, but he didn’t have it either because TJ the fence has it.”
(Y/N) didn’t understand a lot about what was going on or who those names were, but they understood the important point—Michael was the reason Dan was hurt. Michael was the reason he almost died. Michael was the reason everyone (Y/N) cared about was suffering.
(Y/N) curled their hands into fists, and the shadows around their legs crawled up their limbs. Em took their hand supportively, trying to help them relax.
“That explains his super strength,” said Lucifer. “Every piece of the Flaming Sword has a power. Azrael’s blade is death, the hilt, to find love, and your necklace is the strength that binds them together, strength that apparently lends itself to whoever’s in possession of it.”
“But my necklace has been in human hands before,” said Amenadiel. “It’s never granted any of them super strength.”
“The hilt was only activated when Azrael’s sword was on Earth,” said Lucifer. “I suppose the same could be true of your necklace.”
“Wait, but I thought you put Azrael’s blade in the Goddess’s universe?” said Em.
“I did,” said Lucifer grimly.
“But you sent Gabriel there to give Missy a message,” said (Y/N), gritting their teeth. “Obviously, she didn’t come back empty-handed.”
“Gabriel’s working with Michael,” said Em.
“And that’s the smallest of our problems,” said Lucifer. “Michael is trying to assemble the Flaming Sword.” He swallowed and looked at (Y/N) worriedly. His next thought had him terrified of what it would mean for them. “He’s not trying to win an election.”
“He’s trying to win a war,” said (Y/N).
Silence. Amenadiel and Lucifer were still, unsure of what to do. A war? Another war? Against their siblings?
They didn’t want to face it.
“We need to tell everyone,” said (Y/N).
Amenadiel and Lucifer looked at them. Em nodded.
“Michael got Dan hurt. He’s willing to do anything. Anyone who knows what’s going on needs to know,” said (Y/N). “Amenadiel, tell Linda. Tell Maze, too.”
“She’ll tell Eve,” said Em, nodding.
“Dad, tell Chloe,” said (Y/N). “Em and I will tell our friends.”
“(Y/N),” said Lucifer. (Y/N) looked at him. “You’re not fighting in this.”
(Y/N) just looked back at him evenly. “Michael’s not winning, Dad.” They were willing to do what it took to protect their family.
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“Michael is trying to make the flaming sword,” said (Y/N).
“It is made of a medallion of healing, a necklace that grants super strength, and Azrael’s blade, which is capable of killing even someone’s soul,” said Em grimly.
“He is making a weapon of war,” said (Y/N).
“Oh my god,” said Olive, horrified.
“So it’s not an election—”
“It’s going to be a battle,” said (Y/N).
“Isn’t anyone going to stop him?” said Noa. “The angels can’t be on board with this.”
“Some of them will be,” said (Y/N). “And Michael is seizing control through fear. That’s how he works.”
“What are we going to do?” said Leon. “We cannot let this continue.”
“Can we find the pieces first?” said Marcel.
(Y/N) shook their head. “It’s too dangerous. Someone already almost got killed. And if you encounter the blade…I can’t let you guys get hurt.”
“So, what, we’re suppose to just sit here and know that a war might be coming?” exclaimed Olive.
“Yes,” said Em firmly. “We don’t know what is happening yet. Amenadiel and Lucifer and the other angels might be able to get things back to an election.”
“And if they don’t?” said Noa.
“Then we better hope this was all part of God’s plan,” said (Y/N). “Otherwise, I’m starting a rebellion.”
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“Birdie!” said Em, skidding into the room, tripping, and falling into them. “Shit, Birdie!”
“What?” said (Y/N), catching Em.
“Michael is here,” said Em. “In the bar.”
(Y/N) moved towards the elevator, and Em watched the shadows crawl up the edges of the room.
“(Y/N), are you sure you want to go down there?” said Em. “It might be better to let Lucifer deal with it…”
“You mean he told you to tell me because I would be pissed at him if he didn’t but he also told you to keep me up here?” said (Y/N).
Em grimaced and nodded.
“You can tell him you tried,” said (Y/N), opening the elevator.
“Birdie,” said Em. “Please. There could be a war starting, I don’t want you hurt.”
“…” (Y/N) hesitated and looked at the elevator.
“Please,” repeated Em. They took (Y/N)’s hand. “Please. Just for today, stay safe.”
(Y/N) couldn’t deny Em that. They nodded and let the elevator doors close again. “Alright. I will. I’ll stay here.”
Em let out a relieved breath. “Thank you.”
“Will you wait for my dad with me? I need to know what’s going on,” said (Y/N).
“Of course,” said Em, nodding.
The pair sat together and waited silently until an annoyed Lucifer walked into the room.
“That little—” Lucifer poured himself a drink to keep from cursing Michael out himself. “He’s threatening me.”
“With more people getting hurt?” said (Y/N).
“With the people I care about going to Hell due to guilt over Dan getting hurt so that my only option is to let him become God and go back to ruling Hell,” said Lucifer angrily.
“What?” said (Y/N), standing abruptly. “No. No, you’re not leaving!”
“He wants me to bring you with me. Like a ‘happily ever after,’ ” said Lucifer.
“He can go to Hell if he wants to rule somewhere so badly,” snapped (Y/N).
“I quite agree,” said Lucifer.
“So what happens now?” said Em. “Is it going to be a war or a vote?”
“The vote is tomorrow, on Earth,” said Lucifer. “I am supposed to go and tell Michael that he has my vote to finish our ‘disagreement.’ ”
“You can’t,” said (Y/N) fiercely. “Michael can’t be God.”
“I know, but I don’t want you to get hurt—”
Flap!
Wings sounded as a figure appeared on the terrace. On edge, all three jumped and looked over. Remiel stood in the doorway. A few of her feathers floated to the ground.
“Remiel,” said Lucifer.
“Lucifer,” breathed Remiel. She collapsed.
“Remi!” cried Lucifer.
Lucifer ran to her side, and Em and (Y/N) watched in horror. Lucifer felt Remiel’s pulse, and his eyes widened.
“She’s dead,” he said, voice hoarse in emotion.
“Oh my god,” said (Y/N), covering their mouth.
“I can’t believe it,” said Em. An angel dead. She’d heard about Uriel, but seeing it in person was something else. It felt unreal. Wrong.
“Michael must have found out she was our spy,” said Lucifer. “He killed her with the Flaming Sword…”
“No, Azrael’s blade,” said (Y/N). Their hands balled into fists. “There’s no burn marks.”
Lucifer furrowed his brow. “He lied.”
“Michael?” said Em.
“He said he had the sword, completed and whole,” said Lucifer. He gritted his teeth. “Remiel must have come to tell us.”
“Or she found one of the pieces and Michael doesn’t want to give us a clue,” said (Y/N). They picked up a feather and felt it. Dust covered it. “Get this to Ella. We need to figure out where Remiel has been.” They looked at Lucifer. “We can still beat him. We can make him pay for this.”
Lucifer swallowed and nodded. He needed to remain strong. If he broke now, none of them stood a chance.
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“Dad called,” said (Y/N), looking at Em. “They got the necklace from TJ. Michael showed up, but he got away.”
“It’s time, then?” said Em.
“Yeah,” said (Y/N), nodding softly.
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“I can’t believe Remi is gone,” said Amenadiel, voice choked up. He stood with Lucifer, Chloe, (Y/N), and Em above the grave they’d dug for Remiel. She could now rest in peace. “She died like a warrior. At least she would have been satisfied with that.”
“It doesn’t matter how she died, she’s still dead!” said Lucifer, furious. “Dad and his mysterious ways. If he’d just chosen a successor, we wouldn’t be here. Remiel would still be alive.”
“Father didn’t give us the answers, Luci, because he wanted us to find out own way,” said Amenadiel.
“Even if it means dying?!” shouted Lucifer.
“Yes!” said Amenadiel. “Yes, Luci. You have to risk falling if you want to fly. Dad had faith in us. That’s why he gave us choice.”
“Well, he shouldn’t have,” said Lucifer.
“Humankind has free will, and it means people can do as much harm as they can good,” said (Y/N). “Now the Celestials have the same absolute freedom. Even if God had wanted a successor, I think He knew it was time for things to change. It was time for His children to be more independent.”
“And choosing wrong gets people killed! And it’s our fault,” said Lucifer. “Michael is going to be God because I didn’t have the balls to kill a two-bit fence who wound up dying anyways. And now, who knows how many other people are gonna die because of my…cowardice…”
“Michael is the coward for thinking the only option is to kill,” said (Y/N). Em nodded.
“It’s not cowardly to save a life,” agreed Chloe. “It’s not cowardly to fight for a single soul.”
“We owe it to Remiel. We owe it to Dan,” said Em. “We owe it to everyone Michael’s hurt.”
“We have to fight,” said Chloe. “We’re the ones still standing.”
“You, (Y/N), Emeranne, and the rest of the children are not fighting,” said Lucifer sharply. “You are human, and they are kids. Our siblings are invulnerable. You’d be powerless.”
“She won’t be powerless,” said Mazikeen, emerging from the darkness. She handed a demon blade to Chloe. “You can have Stabby.”
“Thank you, Maze,” said Chloe. “I’m just not sure how to use this.”
“It’s okay. I figured out a way around that,” said Maze.
“I have a demon blade, too,” said Em.
“I have my shadows,” said (Y/N). “And my friends have super-strength and other abilities we haven’t been able to figure out.”
“You’re not fighting!” shouted Lucifer firmly.
“We are,” said (Y/N).
“You are not—”
“This is our home!” said (Y/N). “We’re not leaving it to Michael without a fight.”
“…Even if we had a million demon blades, that’s still only nine of us against a literal army of angels,” said Lucifer.
“Not true,” said (Y/N). “I think some of the angels are coming around to you.”
“What?” said Lucifer.
“I talked to a few of them,” said (Y/N).
Lucifer stared at them, and he furrowed his brow. “And they…liked you?”
“Enough,” said (Y/N).
“It still won’t be a lot of people,” admitted Em. “But it’s better than just nine people.”
“I think I may have an idea how we can get our own army,” said Amenadiel. He looked at Lucifer significantly.
“You don’t mean…” Lucifer grinned slightly.
“They’re the best chance we’ve got,” said Amenadiel. “What do you think, Maze?”
“Hey, I’m all in,” said Maze. “Let’s kill a bunch of angels.”
“No, Mazikeen!” said Amenadiel sharply. “No, if we’re gonna do this, there will be no killing. They’re our family.”
“And we’re better than Michael,” said (Y/N), nodding. Not that I’ll hold back. I want to kick his ass. He needs to be humbled.
Lucifer nodded and smiled. “It’s not cowardly to save a life.” Chloe smiled at him.
“Well, then,” said (Y/N), looking at all of them. “I guess we have a fight to prepare for.”
damn, now I want a christmas romcom fic for young x rush 😵💫 yeah, totally out of character shit, but come on, camille and co trying to set them up, young and rush instantly hating each other over something, rush being the usual grinch, them getting to know each other slowly, eli and chloe being the happiest christmas kids, greer and scott doing some stupid things getting themselves in the weirdest situations, the gang making young being the santa, telford dying from laughter in the corner over that, brody and volker are the reindeers, tj and varro hiding in the closet for the kissies, riley wisely drinking hot cocoa telling rush to stop being a jerk and accept his attraction to mister santa, rush looking at him while kill bill sirens are playing in his head, definitely was not a cocoa in that mug was it, anyway, by the end maybe rush and young will get along and realize maybe kissing each other is not such a bad idea 🤷
I got the idea for this ages ago from my booktube friend Kelsey at IReadToday (her video) and I finally took the time to do it myself! Here's a link to my video.
1. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk by Rufus Wainwright
I went with The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde because Dorian is definitely a hedonist, he loves the things in life that are a little bad for him. He doesn't mind overindulging and he has no worries because nothing will affect him physically.
2. Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede
Definitely had to go with The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams, because our male main character is hooked on his wife, Thea, and is desperate to make his marriage work, even when Thea is trying desperately to resist him.
3. It Was a Shit Show by Santino Fontana
Well... I wanted to go with The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, because that book was a shit show... but I'm too nice for that.
Instead, I picked These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong, because Roma and Juliette were lovers once, but have since broken up, and when we learn why... oh yeah, shit show. There are certainly a few moments where I can imagine Roma singing this song to Juliette.
4. Sucker for Pain by Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic & Ty Dolla $ign feat. X Ambassadors
My initial thought was about a book that brought me a lot of pain, so then I was the sucker, but instead! I found Ravensong by TJ Klune, where the main couple is living out an enemy to lovers, second chance, forced proximity romance. These two certainly love one another, but they also can't stop themselves from hurting each other. However, since they are a part of the same pack, they don't have much of a choice.
5. Gossip by Nightclub
First off, you should definitely check this band out!
Second, of course, I went with a YA thriller for this, because gossip always runs rampant in high school. My choice was both books in Karen McManus' One of Us is Lying series. Each of these books revolves around the drama that ensues because of a gossip site that goes around the local high school. In the first book, the person who runs the gossip site is killed, but the site is revived for the second one.
6. It Only Takes a Taste by Drew Gheling & Jessie Mueller
I had a harder time with this one because the song is about two people realizing they have feelings for each other, even though they're married to other people, and I usually hate cheating as a trope. Instead, I went with an enemy to lovers book, To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo, where the relationship between the two main characters slowly improves because of small moments they experience with one another. I love this book!
7. Let's Have Intercourse by Scott Michael Foster
Oh man, this title always makes me laugh, and while this book doesn't involve our two main characters banging out their attraction so that they can resume hating each other, it does have arguing right up to the first kiss. Well Met by Jen DeLuca is a recent read for me, but I really enjoyed the long enemies stage between our couple!
8. Almost by Bowling for Soup
ANOTHER song that has an enemies to lovers feeling? Can you guess my favorite trope??
I had to pick We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal, because Nasir certainly has two Almost moments, where he nearly wins Zafira's heart, but of course, gets in his own way. The first time, they back track to enemies territory, and the second time, well.... dude.
summary: tiana jane, had worked in s.h.i.e.l.d since she was 19, doing mostly uncover work for nick fury. she lived a lot of lives. spending nearly a year in britian under the name 'cassie chen' after fury feared hydra had reappeared.
when nothing came to light, tiana returned empty handed to america, and continued to live her double life as an agent and a daughter.
but not even four months later, nick fury was shot dead in captain america's apartment. and s.h.i.e.l.d fell at the hands of the winter solider and hydra.
feeling like she failed nick fury, tiana set out to rid the world of hydra, to finish the job that captain america started in world war two... which is how tiana jane stumbled upon herself working along side an old friend she thought was dead.
pairings: bucky barnes x tiana jane
set in: agents of shield, captain america civil war to the falcon and the winter solider
face claim: chloe bennet (as both daisy and tiana)
ok sO i’ve been rlly rlly unwell the last few days... so i’ve barely been online. (i’m still not 100% bUT i’m getting there !!) i’m throwing out an event starter call (whatever starters remain from my general call a few days ago will come after the event).
none of them are running stalls so they’ll be dotted about. also the muses in bold are ones who need some kind of thread going on bc they’re threadless atm!!
reed dalsgaard (harry potter oc) - 1/3: reed x oz
chevalier de lorraine (versailles) - 2/3: chevy x magnus, chevy x grindelwald
louis xiv (versailles) - 2/3: louis x olenna, louis x rebekah
naomi campbell (skins uk) - 1/3: naomi x haley
tj detweiler (recess) - 2/3: tj x benjen, tj x rory
dorian gray (penny dreadful) - 3/3: dorian x laurie, dorian x chloe, dorian x anyone from writerworn
stefan butler (black mirror) - 1/3: stefan x michael
Like the vast majority of people I know, it was Harry Potter.
I wrote a lot of parody fic taking the piss out of the Death Eaters. It was a fun time, and I have never been able to write parody fic for anything else.
6. List your OTP from each fandom you’ve been involved in.
Oh good grief. This is going to be a long list.
Harry Potter: Remus/Tonks, Remus/Sirius, Bill/Fleur, Neville/Luna
Twilight (I was young, we all had a phase, so sue me): Esme/Carlisle
LOST: Too many to count. I ship everyone with everyone and I ship them hard, but for my absolute favourites then Claire/Desmond, Sawyer/Juliet, Claire/Hurley, Miles/Richard. It would be quicker to list my Notps for this one.
This doesn’t include crossover anyelle/anyem pairings, because I have a lot of those too...
28. If someone were to draw a piece of fanart for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of?
Oh man, I can see this one so clearly. It’s Maison Rouge, chapter nineteen, this moment here:
“Rum!”
Belle’s shout from above them jerked Emma out of her reverie and she followed Gold out of the auditorium back into the bar to see Belle making her way down the ladder from the upper levels; Alice and Ruby followed her down and Belle rushed over to Gold. Her face was dirty from the charred dust, and there were tear tracks down her cheeks, but she was smiling.
“Rum, look!”
She unzipped her jacket and there, like a rescued puppy, was Mr Ted. A little dirty and worse for wear, but unharmed.
“The mirror fell over onto him,” Belle explained, pulling the old toy out of her jacket and presenting him to Gold. “It must have protected him from the flames.”
“Oh Belle…”
Gold took the bear from her, wrapping his arms around her petite frame and slanting his mouth over hers. Emma didn’t think that she had ever seen Belle and Gold be so ostentatious in their affections towards each other; they were usually very discreet as a result of living in an environment shared with so many other people, but now they were kissing with a passionate desperation, as if they’d been separated for months.
It’s probably my favourite piece of my own writing.
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