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“LUCIFER, STOP!”
It was too late. Ignoring my pleas, Lucifer punched Brayden in the jaw and knocked out one of Brayden’s teeth in the process and it was all over from there.
Brayden was knocked back by the force of Lucifer’s punch and sent the Lux flying through the air and all of the other angels jumped in to protect Brayden (and also probably just for the excuse to hit God’s former favorite, too). I barely managed to dodge the Luxes being hurdled at me and had numerous close calls that I didn’t care to relive any time soon.
Uriel focused mostly on me, not hesitating to lunge at me and try to get a few punches in anywhere that he could. I kept my distance, trying to avoid his fists while also trying to figure out whether or not to fight back. I wanted to, but Lucifer and I would undoubtedly be in more trouble if Gavin came and realized that we were harming His creations.
Lucifer, on the other hand, seemed to have zero reservations about what he was doing. Left and right, punches and kicks were being thrown and, left and right, Lucifer was more often than not the one that landed them and avoided any of the counter-attacks. He looked at me once and that was all I needed to fight alongside him.
I couldn’t teleport, but that didn’t mean that I didn’t have other magic on my side and that didn’t mean that I didn’t use that other magic to my advantage.
Fireballs, conjuring weapons, super agility, and super speed. They were all on my side and I used them all.
It just wasn’t enough.
As Lucifer’s strength began to diminish, Brayden came up behind me and grabbed both of my hands. He then pulled them behind my back and forced me to move closer to him. Both of my arms popped as he pulled them and I couldn’t tell if he managed to break them or if everything was just dislocated. Lucifer yelled my name (keeping out the “king” part for once) and tried to make his way over to me, but he was grabbed by a bunch of the other angels who began to usher him towards the gates.
Lucifer continued to fight and try to protect me. I looked at him and shook my head.
“It’s not worth it,” I called to him, “Just make sure she’s safe.”
When I said that, though, Brayden released a deep-throated cackle.
“Oh, that’s the other thing, Satan,” he mused, “Gabriel and Michael are down in Hell. Don’t worry, though - that just means that you’ll have your daughter to keep you company before you know it.”