Heaven is For Real Part 19

"MIKE!" Rosemary and Regan screamed for joy. "YOU'RE ALIVE!"

Mike fully woke from his sleep and looked around. This certainly wasn't his childhood bedroom or Oblivion that he dreamed. This wasn't any place inside the Archangel Citadel. He was in a hospital room, somewhere in Paradise. His armor was removed along with his shirt. No scars or marks were left on his bare body. The magic of the archangles worked a little too well.

Rosemary and Regan jumped onto their uncle's bed and hugged him. "OW!" Mike groaned as he felt their small knees ram his gut, where the wound would have been. It may have been healed but he could still feel some pain from it.

"Sorry," Regan said. "Did we hurt you?"

"No, it's fine." the archangel coughed. "This is a good kind of hurt." it still hurt but he gladly ignored it. The sight of his nieces were enough to ease the pain. Overjoyed he wrapped his arms around their bodies and hugged back. "Ha, it's good to see the both of you. How the heck did you get here?"

The door to his hospital room automatically slid open. "Mike!" Gabi entered the room followed by her fourth brother Uriel.

"Gabi! Uri!"

Gabi and Uri ran and hugged their oldest sibling around his neck. Once they let go, Gabi lightly rammed her fist into Mike's shoulder. "You jerk," she cursed. "You had us worried."

"Thank g-goodness your alright, Mike," Uri stammered with joy. "I came as soon as Gabi n-notified me."

"Oh that reminds me," Rosemary reached into her pockets and pulled out the disc that contain MARI inside. "You probably want this back, Uri. MARI was a big help."

"So you've already met, huh? Figured that's how you got in the citadel." Mike then said. "Guess that means we gotta change the security codes, again."

MARI's body took form on top of the disc. Her attention was directed at the bedded archangel. "Greetings, Michael Sunday, Archangel of Justice. The Champion and Savior of Paradise. The Slayer of the-"

"Nice to see you too, MARI," Mike interrupted. He cared not for any of the titles people have labeled him in the past.

"I am pleased to know your injuries are in full recovery. My apologies that I could not aid in your conflict with the fallen angel. I am not designated for combat protocols."

"Speaking of which, whatever happened to Abbodon?"

"Gone." the third-born sibling Raph entered the room. The Gravely sisters watched as the hulking man slowly approached Mike's bedside. Both sisters hopped off to give the third archangel room to speak with his sibling. "We never found her body. It's likely she survived this ordeal as well. We've managed to round up at least seven members. The rest are dead. This whole thing was a cluster-crap. Over forty casualties. Most were civilians. Plenty of property damage. And then there's you..."

Raph stood there, still scowling at his brother like earlier. He then leaned in and hugged around his brother's neck, much to the surprise of everyone. "We almost lost you, big brother." he whispered sorrowfully.

Mike was quiet. It had been a long time since his brother Raphael did that. He could only respond by patting his brother's back while he continued embracing him. "It takes a lot more to take us down."

Raph finally let go and grinned, another action that he rarely did. "Damn right."

"Swear!" the sound of Regan's voice made the Archangel of Virtue flinch.

Raph turned his head and noticed the two mortal children standing by. Both were staring at him with fear and awe. "What?!" the archangel growled.

"You're our uncle Raph, aren't you?" Regan asked him.

"It's Raphael. Don't call me any of that 'uncle' crap."

"Raph, play nice." Mike groaned, irritated once again by his brother's behavior.

"And I know exactly who you two are. You're Lu's brats, right?"

"Step-brats!" the eldest Gravely sassed back. "And yeah, you're definitely him."

"Lu said you're cranky a lot," Regan commented.

Rosemary's and Regan's eyes then directed at Raphael's left bionic arm. "Whoa!" Rosemary said. "Dude, you got a robot arm. That's so cool!"

Raph finally had enough. "Alright, let's finally address the two elephants in the room. What are these humans doing here? A better question: why are they still here? An even better question: how did they get here?"

"Calm down, bro," Gabriel tried to ease the tension. "It doesn't matter why or how. They're here. So just deal with it already."

"Well they can't stay here. They don't belong here. Get rid of them."

"Not until they've both received a full check out." everyone faced the doorway and noticed another angel enter Mike's hospital room. "It's company policy, of course." Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, and MARI immediately recognized the strange woman that entered. Rosemary and Regan—on the other hand—gasped at the sight of the latest visitor. White coat, flawless golden skin, pinkish red long hair, lively pink eyes, and the most friendliest smile they met today. It was her. The doctor from earlier. "Nice to see you all here," Cassiel Odinseye greeted. "but I wished it was under better circumstances."

"Any excuse to see you is good for me, hon," Gabi said after she wrapped her arms around her girlfriend. The archangel then kissed Cassiel's cheek, which made the doctor giggle. "By the way, Cassiel, this is-"

"Rosemary and Regan... from Valhalla, right?" Cassiel winked at the mortals. "I think we've met already, haven't we?"

Both Rosemary and Regan blushed and smiled. They realized their lie from earlier did not fool her. Nevertheless, Cassiel was still happy to see both of them again and to see that they were safe.

"Were you briefed about them?" Mike asked his doctor.

"Gabi told me the whole story," she answered. "Every little detail."

"Can't keep anything from my girl," Gabi confessed, much to Raph's annoyance.

The angelic doctor pressed a series of buttons, which activated a holographic computer. She took a scan of Mike's chest and tapped on the transparent keys of her device. "You were extremely lucky, you know." Cassiel addressed. "That blade went right through you and the combined Healing Touch from the whole council was enough to repair your wound. There appears to be no signs of any internal damage. However I would recommend to the Council not to take that chance again. It was luck that your organs were not mish-mashed while they performed this procedure."

Mike chuckled. "Hopefully we won't have to. And as long as we're here, I would like to finish the trial."

"B-b-but Michael," Uriel muttered. "You're still healing. You can't possibly-"

"Hey if he wants to continue, I'm fine with that." Raph snapped at his younger sibling.

"Then allow me to interfere," Cassiel interjected them. "As you're doctor, I think it's best that you withhold any sort of trials until we know for sure you're 100% better."

"No. I'm fine," Mike said. His chest still ached from his vanished wound but he ignored it again. "We need to finish this now."

"You sure about this?" Gabi asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure. Gabi, Raph, inform the rest of the Council. We'll finish the trial here. Besides, I got two people they should meet in person. And can somebody please get me a shirt?"

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