>>6064120"In Heaven's fall, my powers were greatly diminished. On my own, I would be hunted, and easily felled. By tying my essence to your own, I am hidden. You will be my champion, Jane. You will be the LORD's champion. When you awake, you must find safety. Then, you must seek out my brothers and any other allies we can bring to my cause. In time, once our power grows, we will march on Heaven, and strike down the adversary and return the cosmos to order."
What.
"I will be unable to provide much aid to you at first, so you must be cautious. In time, however, my power will grow, and together we will be capable of amazing things." The voice booms, full of hope and enthusiasm.
"I'm really sorry but... I think you might have the wrong person." You reply, "You should have just let me die. I'm a b-average student who works at a convenience store. I'm not qualified to save the world." You can't help but think of your brother when you say that. He's the kind of guy who's fit to be some archangel's champion and lead a resistance against the devil. You're more fit to be a bystander who dies in opening scene of the movie.
"Who you were does not matter, for I am with you. You mustn't fear. What is done is done. Our fate's are bound. While I cannot force you to take up this task, the very fate of the entire cosmos depends upon it."
A thousand thought fly through your head like bees in a hive. You want to plead with him to let you go. To let you die if need be. To do anything other than make you some anime protagonist who has to save the world. You're not cut out for that, anyone would know that, most of all you. But before you can argue further, your eyes open and you take in a large breath of cool air. *GASP.* You sit up and find yourself on the floor behind the counter. Your clothes are drenched with sweat, but you're alive. You sit there for a moment, wondering if it was all some fever dream that caused you to faint. You check your head for sore spots but can't find anything, so you slowly rise to your feet and look out at the convenience store. The shelves are knocked over, bags of chips and sweets are busted and scattered across the floor. The glass entry doors are shattered and knocked from their hinges. There's no sign of the creature you remember from before, but the man it was holding, an older man in a white lab coat, is in a pool of blood on the floor. You're unable to tell if he's alive or dead.
So it was real. At least the first part. You can't be sure if the part with Gabriel was just some dream you had while overheating or not, so you decide to call out to him. "Gabriel?" You say his name, feeling ridiculous.
Silence.
