"Back..." Gabe murmured. "Could we literally? Would it be enough power to go back?"
Joel caught on to what he meant, but I didn't have a clue. "Back where?"
"In time," Joel breathed. "We go back in time."
"That's not possible," Lucifer said. "It can't be."
Joel nodded vigorously. "It's been done, a few times. But not for such a long period of time. We'd have to go back several days. It's only been done for a few hours."
"How?" I asked. My mind barely wanted to comprehend the possibility.
"The humans' minds sort of reset. They have a sense of Deja Vu or lose some time and can't figure it out. Every brain deals with it differently," Joel explained.
"When was the last time it was done?" Lucifer asked. He looked a bit outraged. Probably because something so huge was possible without him knowing anything about it.
"After the big fire in London. It swept through far more of the city and killed someone that we knew from prophecy shouldn't have died. We reset it and redirected the fire," he said. "Oh, and they may have interfered in World War II."
I raised my eyebrows. "Hitler?"
Joel tapped his nose.
I looked at Michael and Gabriel. "Seems you two had your own secrets. Do you know how to do this?"
They nodded. "But it takes several angels working together. We'll have to get help."
I couldn't imagine any of them would say no. Everyone wanted the demons back in Abaddon. "Well, go. Get everyone together. See if they'll do it."
Michael, Gabriel, and Joel disappeared, leaving me with Lucifer and Mary. "The Fallen," Luc exclaimed. "We have to get them. They can help. And we'll need them in Abaddon after."
I nodded and reached out for my brother with my power. He appeared in a half bow. "Sister, how may I be of assistance?"
"Gather the Fallen," I said. "Have them meet us outside the gates of Abaddon. All of them."
He gave me a strange look. "May I ask why?"
"It's time to take our world back," I said menacingly.
Asmodeus disappeared.
Mary tutted. "I wish I could see this."
I pulled her into my arms, though she was a bit reluctant at first. "You are going to have our eternal appreciation. And even though we are who we are, we have a bit of pull in Elysium. When it's your time, you let us know if you have any requests, okay?"
She chuckled into my shoulder and squeezed me back. "I will, child. Go save the world?"
With one final squeeze of my hand, she let me go and I smiled at Lucifer.
"We're usually the bad guys. Let's go be the good guys."
He snorted and disappeared.
Finally. Some hope. We sat down and went over the details until it was all down pat.
It was finally time to kick some rogue Archangel ass and get our daughter back.
17
It tooka while for everyone to assemble. Angels and Fallen began appearing a few minutes after we got there. We stood in front of the gates and greeted Angels we hadn't seen in millennia and Fallen who were relieved to hear we were going to set things right.
