We're Setting Worlds On Fire

“Alittle help?” The Angel called up to them and Lily squealed as she jumped down towards the bottom of the pit and wrapped her arms around Michael’s neck.

“What are you doing down here?” Lily gasped as she pulled away from her best friend and looked at him. His brown hair was sticking up at odd angles, his nose was covered in soot and his lavender eyes that matched her own looked very tired.

“Gabriel pushed me…” Michael said sadly and Lily felt her anger rise. Gabriel was turning in to something of a big bully and Lily was starting to wonder whose side he was really on.

“He what?” Lily asked as she reached for her best friend’s hand and then both Angels jumped as a grunt sounded from behind them. Lily turned, smirking as she noticed that Andy had finally jumped down in to the crater to join them. He was eyeing Michael warily and Lily couldn’t blame him-not all Angels were forgiving of Demons.

“He and I were observing your progress-good job with the Hybrid by the way-and he had his hand on my back. Next thing I know I’m falling through the air like a freaking lighter fluid soaked cotton ball.” Michael laughed, running a large hand through his messy brown hair and then he got very quiet as he looked over towards Andy.


Lily followed his gaze and even her own breath left her chest as she looked towards the one person on the entire Earth that she loved with her whole heart. He was standing there, his long black hair straight and hanging over one blue eye, while the other one was smokey and messy with all of the leftover makeup from the night. He only had on a white v-neck shirt, his leather vest tight across his chest as were his pants across his hips. His leather boots were clicking against the ground as he stood there and bit down on his lip ring. Lily finally managed to look away from the Demon and noticed that Michael was completely enthralled-he’d always had a thing for bad boy Demon singers with blue eyes.


“Oh-uh Michael this is Andy. Andy this is Michael…the Kindness of God.” Lily introduced the two, her hair floating in front of her face and she tucked it behind her ear swiftly as she noticed Andy smirk and hold out a hand. Michael did the same and soon enough the two were smiling at one another.

“Wow…so much better in person.” Michael said, his lavender eyes wide as he looked from the Demon and over his shoulder to Lily. She was standing there, blushing and Michael knew-she was in love again. Good-she needed to be…that hard ass Angel chick stuff was getting old.

“E-excuse me? Wh-what’s better in person?” Andy laughed as the two dropped their hands and Lily only smirked as she elbowed Michael in the ribs.

“Be nice…” She whispered and Michael only smirked, his perfect lips rising gently as he clapped Andy on the shoulder and then led the small group towards one of the walls of the crater.

“I’m always nice darling…they don’t call me Michael the Kindness of God for nothing.” The Angel laughed as he reached up and started to climb. Andy just looked at Lily, cocking an eyebrow and she only shrugged her shoulders as they followed Michael’s lead.


The small group soon formed around the large hole in the Earth and Andy’s eyes grew wide as Michael waved his hands and everything began to form together as it was before he landed. The pavement formed together, the dumpster that had been blown to pieces seemed to come out of nowhere and as Andy watched all of this happen, he got a really great idea come to mind. The video they were getting ready to shoot was for their single, Fallen Angels, and seeing Michael come hurtling to Earth like a comet-what if he and the guys did the same thing in the video? He would have to suggest it in their next meeting.

As soon as all was right with the alley, Andy watched Michael wave his hands over his own body and soon enough the white robes transformed in to a pair of dark wash skinny jeans, a slightly tight light blue v-neck shirt and Michael was no longer bare foot-his feet were covered in a pair of black and white Converse. Stylish-who knew Angels, could be so stylish? Andy wasn’t positive, but he was getting the feeling that Michael may be of the male loving persuasion, which was awesome since he didn’t think Angels could be like that. Andy noticed that both Lily and Michael were staring at him and he looked around. Did he say something out loud?


“What?” Andy asked and Lily only smiled as she came over, kissing him on the cheek as she linked arms with him and cuddled into his side. Her hair smelled like citrus and Andy smiled softly as he placed a kiss to the top of her head and looked over to where Michael was standing-watching the both of them.

“Thanks for your help tonight.” Lily said as she moved away from Andy and the next thing he knew the Angels were talking in hushed tones. Was he being dismissed? What was going on?

“Yeah-great fighting Andy but now that I’m down here-I’ve got it covered.” Michael said, his voice breathy sounding as the Angel came over to Andy and clapped him on the shoulder. Yep-totally being dismissed. But why? What were these two up to?

“So-uh…what now?” Andy asked as he dug in his pockets and pulled out a cigarette. Michael looked like he wanted to jump on him as he watched Andy put the stick in his mouth, light it and take a long drag off of it. Lily only laughed as she put a hand on her friend’s arm and tried to keep him calm.

“Down boy…down. Michael and I were going to walk around a bit, see if we can figure out where these Hybrids keep coming from.” Lily said as she smiled at Andy and hoped that he would understand. She needed to be with Michael-they needed some girl time and they couldn’t have that with Andy around.

“So I’m being sent home like a puppy?” Andy asked, snuffing out his cigarette as his bottom lip jutted out and his jaw was clenched tightly. Lily sighed-of course he was going to react this way, she was just hoping that he wouldn’t actually fulfill her assumptions.

“Because I love you and I need to kind of talk to Michael-yes, yes I’m sending you home. Go get some sleep-you guys have a big photo shoot tomorrow remember?” Lily said as she came up to him, rubbing her hands up and down his chest as she kissed his pierced lips lightly.


It was true-the guys were shooting for their very first cover for AP Magazine and everyone was completely thrilled. Andy knew that Lily was right, he needed to get home, wash all of this paint from his body and get some rest. They were going to have a hectic few weeks-recording an album that they didn’t have all of the songs for, shooting two videos to be released in the spring and summer and finally they had another tour to get ready for. This tour was going to be around the US, just a small tour to get ready for their large one over in Japan. Then they were going to be on the Kerrang Tour over in the UK for a few weeks, then it was a show or two in LA before they joined the Vans Warped Tour for the summer.

It was going to be crazy, but if he was honest with himself-Andy was more than excited.


“Fine, but I’m only doing this because you asked so nicely.” Andy grumbled as Lily smiled and pressed her lips against his. Andy let his lips linger against hers and she giggled as she pressed a hand against his chest and pushed him off towards the end of the alleyway.

“The two of you are ridiculous together.” Michael said softly as soon as Andy turned the corner and Lily smiled as she finally took her lavender eyes off of his retreating back and looked towards her best friend. Michael didn’t look too bad here on Earth-kind of strange without his wings and white robes-but she could get used to it.

“Yeah, well that’ll be over as soon as we get Satan under control. How are things with that going?” She asked as the two of them began to walk down towards the open end of the alley. Lily looked both ways-Andy had disappeared-and she then began to walk to the left, which was where the Hybrid had come from.

“Good, but I don’t want to talk shop right now.” Michael said as he ran a hand across the back of his neck and looked down at the small Angel standing beside him.

“O-oh? What do you want to talk about?” Lily asked, her voice breaking because she knew exactly what Michael wanted to talk about: Andy.


Before Lily had become an unfeeling robot, all she and Michael talked about was Andy. How he walked, talked, laughed and did anything else. The Angel had formed a small crush on the Demon and once Lily had stopped being able to feel-Michael had simply stopped bringing him up. Both Angels had still watched over the Demon and his buddies, but Michael never talked about him in front of Lily. Now here they were-on Earth and he had met the blue eyed singer for himself and there were a lot of things that Michael wanted to know.

They walked in silence for a while, stopping every so often to look around corners or down man holes. When Lily and Andy had come to Earth from Hell, they had come up through a sewer entrance and Lily had a hunch that that was how the Hybrids were coming to the surface. But they needed to figure out which one and that was going to be a task unto itself. She and Michael stayed silent through their walk, mostly because Lily knew what he wanted to talk about, but she didn’t want to discuss it. She didn’t know what was going on between her and Andy, so how was she supposed to explain it to someone else?


“Lily-I know you love him. I heard you admit it just before he walked away with his tail between his legs.” Michael said as they stopped in front of a small coffee shop and leaned up against the glass window. The city was alive with people walking the streets and Lily now remembered why she liked LA so much-it was always bustling with life.

“Yeah well I can’t love him-I shouldn’t.” She said as she crossed her pale arms over her chest and faced her best friend. Michael was looking down at her with that look he always got-pity and sorrow behind those kind eyes of his.

“You can and you should. I know it’s against the rules, but rules were meant to be broken-just ask Adam and Eve or Pandora.” He joked as he nudged her shoulder and Lily’s stern face cracked in to a small smile.

“I don’t want him getting hurt because of me. If I love him-truly love him-then he’s going to do something stupid and get himself hurt. I can’t risk it-he’s essential to our victory.” Lily said as she rubbed at her arms and then suddenly she was covered by a black leather jacket. Michael had formed one and draped it over her shoulders before they continued on their walk.

“But sometimes getting hurt is worth it if you’re happy in the time before it happens. Stop being so serious all the time…you’re like the female version of Gabriel.” Michael joked and Lily only smiled as she let her boots scuff across the sidewalk.

“Yeah well someone in this group of rag tag bunch of hooligans needs to be thinking about something other than guitars, girls and gigs. Wait till you meet them Michael…they are all such a trip.” Lily laughed and Michael only smiled, but held out a hand, stopping Lily from moving forward.


She followed his gaze and soon enough Lily found herself squinting at the scummiest looking strip club on the entire strip. The outside lights were blinking, but the sparks flying from the bursting bulbs did little to hide the true identity of the people hanging around outside. Their black eyes were shining in the dim light and as they laughed and moved around, Lily could tell that they weren’t natural. This, this was the place where they were coming from. Probably from some sewer access point in the back and as the two Angels stood across the street they noticed that they too were being watched. Lily said nothing as she straightened the jacket on her shoulders and looked up to Michael.


“You ready for this?” She asked, her smile wicked as Michael only looked towards her. His usually kind eyes were filled with something she had rarely seen, something that was rare for someone as gentle as Michael. Hate. Pure hate.

“I was born ready. Lets do this.” He said, his jaw clenched tight and the two Angels made their way across the street.


Everything seemed to explode as they walked inside the dingy looking building and as Lily began to fight, she gave it her all and hoped that she would walk out of this situation alive.

She needed to tell Andy something and she needed him to know that she really did love him…before she would leave him for good.

Notes

Michael's here! Now the two Angels can kick some Demon ass, but that means Andy gets left out from all the fun : (

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