"Hm. We can cover them with a hat or something? Either that or we can just hope that the Angels will be too busy with their stuff and not notice." She said as a light shone on them and they were instantly brought to the entrance. Archangel Raphael was leaning on the entrance with a smile on his face. "Welcome to Heaven. It's technically like Hell but just…cleaner."
"I forgot how much I don't hate you," Orion said drolly. "Right, then. Let's go." She let go of Adeline's hand and fixed her dress.
Raphael rolled his eyes as he walked through the entrance, not stopping to look if the girls were following or not. Adeline laughed and followed Raphael.
"Currently, everyone has been busy, even the lower rank angels. So, if you're worrying that they might see the horns, it's safe to assume that they'll think it's because of how tired they are." He paused and turned around. "Addie here tells me that you're planning to make the Archangels suffer. Or something like that. I wasn't really paying attention."
"Addie. Oh, that's funny." Orion looked at her out of the corner of her eye. "Yes, something like that. Let's do this fast; I don't have much of a temper today."
Adeline smiled awkwardly at Orion and sent a glare to Raphael, who just stuck out his tongue at her. "This is going to be great!" He exclaimed, but then realized he was one of the Archangels. "Or at least it will be until I have to suffer." He looked around and started walked up the stairs that lead to the next floor, but stopped midway. "Come on, slowpokes."
"I could go much faster if, you know. . . " She gestured to her back. "But whatever. I might leave you alone, Raphael." Orion blinked and pointed at one of the angels. "Oh, I remember her."
"Not very reassuring, Orion…but I'll take it." He turned his attention to the angel Orion was pointing to. "Ah, Allura. She's a pretty nice angel. A bit mischievous, but most of them are." He continued walking up the stairs and then stopped when he reached his destination. "Okay, so. Each Archangel has their own office. And then at the very back of the floor, is an office for meetings and things like that. Not including me and Adeline, there are eight Archangels."
"What exactly are you going to do, Ori?" Adeline asked.
"I haven't decided yet. Why do you want to know?" Orion said. "I have to keep you for information."
"Anything really. Anything important?" Se said and then paused. "So, I'm a hostage. Well isn't that nice?" She looked around and frowned. "It's awfully empty around here. That's not normal…" She said as she trailed off. Raphael shrugged as he leaned against the wall. "As I said, we've been busy. They're probably in a meeting."
"Are they in the meeting office, then? We need to investigate those first." Orion rubbed the back of her neck.
Raphael nodded. "Most likely. It's not like they went to get lunch or something. They barely even eat. Just when they're on Earth for a small period of time. So are you going to barge into the meeting room, and interrogate the ones who are there, or?" He asked, actually curious about something for the first time in his life.
"Obviously not. Christ. We investigate the personal offices first. I guess since you're holy or whatever, you haven't done any breaking and entering. Lead the way, Raphael." Orion gestured ahead of her.
Adeline laughed. "You have no idea what he's capable of doing. Getting drunk and almost causing the destruction of a small town in Scotland doesn't sound so holy does it Raph?"
Raphael shrugged as he leads the girls to the first office. "Is that why I wasn't allowed to go onto Earth for a decade? Because honestly, I don't remember that event."
"Adeline, you go through drawers. Computer?" Orion asked Raphael.
Adeline nodded as she opened the drawers and went through the files. Raphael cracked his knuckles and sat down. "Step aside, O. I've learned how to hack into computers. So I can unlock it and stuff." He turned on the computer and pressed nine keys on the keyboard, and then the screen was unlocked. Adeline stopped looking at the files, looked at Raphael, and let out a giggle. "That's not hacking." "We're in Gabriel's office. His password is quite obvious. Well, obvious to the people who know him." He stood up and stood near the door.
"Never call me O again," Orion said, looking through the drawers opposite Adeline.
"I'll think about it," Raphael said with a laugh. Adeline took another file and looked through it. "What exactly are you looking for, Orion?"
"Um. . . Incriminating evidence. Anything that suggests collaboration for an attack on someone, or a murder weapon." Orion licked her finger and kept rifling through the papers in the drawers.
"Oh, so something like this?" She said as she took out some papers from the file. They were photos of texts between Gabriel and a demon. She put them down on the table and inspected them. "It doesn't explicitly state that they were working together, but it is suggesting a kidnapping."
"Yes. Good. Keep looking." Orion kept digging in the drawers. "That'll be interesting later."
Adeline nodded as she flipped through the files. After a while, she put them down and sat down on the chair. "They must've scattered the evidence to different Archangels and Demons Or they've burnt it all. They're not stupid, Orion." She said with a sigh as she tapped the desk in a rhythm.
"And I'm not either. Do you have any idea how long I've been planning this? There's always going to be a wrench in the works or a hitch in the machine, and there isn't anything I can do about it. For now, I have to keep looking, and keep finding things, just to keep from going insane, alright? If you don't want to help you can leave," Orion said sharply.
Adeline looked up at Orion and mumbled something under her breath. Raphael stayed quiet and looked at Adeline, curious about what her next step would be. Adeline stood up and smiled politely. "Well, it's clear you don't want me here. And you two have everything under control." She walked to the door, and gently pushed Raphael out of the way. She opened the door and exited, and then slammed the door shut. Raphael flinched when the door closed, and he edged himself away from the door. "Well, that just happened…" Raphael said softly.
"Well, are you going to help me, Raphael?" Orion asked harshly, gripping the edge of the desk until her knuckles turned white. "You know what? Leave. Go. I can do it myself."
Raphael didn't move from his spot. "I'm not going to leave. Because the moment I do, Heaven knows what you're going to do. Plus you have the risk of one of the archangels discovering you." He glanced at the door and sighed a bit. "She'll come back. She just needs to cool down."