Gabriel Page #3

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Would you mind introducing me?

-l missed you.

-You've missed Amitiel, not me.

They're not as different as you think.

You don't get it, do you?

Everything here works against us, Gabe.

We fall prey to the things

we never even knew.

Fear, hate,

the very things that make him,

make all of them, stronger.

Do we not have the compassion

to overcome this?

l honestly don't think so.

The city itself is the best defense they have.

What are you thinking about?

l think l'm hungry.

What is this place?

Soup kitchen. They help the homeless.

We can't eat here.

These people need food more than us.

ln case you hadn't noticed, we're

kind of desperate ourselves. Come on.

-Want bread?

-Yeah.

Here you go.

Thanks.

Do you know the guy who served us?

Does he seem familiar?

-No.

-Well, he's been here a long time.

That's lthuriel.

Another who surrendered to the fear.

And after he'd heard of my fate,

he chose exile over confrontation.

l can't...

Don't be so ardent to judge others, Gabriel.

You haven't been here long enough

to earn that right.

l don't intend to either.

How can you turn your back on us like this?

You swore an oath.

Am l the bad guy here?

You want to point this f***ing thing at me?

After all we've done for you people!

Gabriel, stop! Give him back the gun.

He's just doing his job.

What a shame you can't do yours.

Am l the only one who still believes

in this cause? Am l?

l'm doing the best l can.

Well, what else was l supposed to do?

l would've been killed.

lt's the risk we take. All of us.

l don't have your strength, Gabriel.

l thought l did, but l was wrong.

l'm doing the absolute best l can, here.

l'm still trying to help these people.

With a soup kitchen?

That is this big, compared to

what you're supposed to do.

Kill the Fallen. Bring back the light.

Go home.

lt's not that f***ing hard, lthuriel.

Well, if it was so easy,

then why are you here?

Why have the six of us before you failed?

l'm doing the best that l can.

l'm sorry.

lt's good to see you.

Raphael is here.

Take me to him.

These passages lead under the entire city.

We found them

when we were setting up the soup kitchen.

-This is Maggie.

-Hi.

She's been looking after Raphael.

How long has he been like this?

A few months.

Leave us.

Maggie will be just outside here.

Shame you had to be here.

Yeah.

What happened to you?

Sammael shot me.

And why can't you heal?

Nothing left.

Can't do it. No. No.

Save your power.

Every time you do something,

you lose more.

You'll die if l don't.

You'll need your strength

to face them.

l had my chance.

Then forgive me.

No!

What have you done?

l saved your life.

You never listened to me, did you?

By doing that, you've probably

just exhausted half your strength,

not to mention the fact you've now exposed

our presence to the Fallen.

-My strength will come back.

-No, it won't.

The longer you're down here, the weaker

your connection to the source becomes.

Every time you do something like what you

just did, you close that hole up even faster.

You should've waited.

l could have stayed alive long enough

for you to fight Sammael,

and if you'd won, if you'd returned

the light back as the governing ruler,

then we could have all gone home.

Even those who turned their backs.

You talk as if l've already lost.

As it stands,

you have no chance of beating Sammael.

His power has no equal.

This is the lesson

that both Amitiel and l had to learn.

Michael, too.

Sammael has found a way

of harnessing the collective energies

from each of the Fallen.

He's become stronger, faster.

Worse still,

his presence is now always cloaked,

so you'll never be able to find him.

Then l will take the Fallen, one by one.

Deplete his strength through them.

You are but one. They are five, possibly six.

Less two. Molloch and Balan.

That still leaves Asmodeus, Ahriman, Lilith.

l know where Asmodeus hides.

Tell me of the others.

lt's f***ing hideous.

She's not finished yet!

You know Jade's gone missing?

And Balan is dead as well.

l thought as much.

l've organized a gathering with the others.

lt appears that Gabriel

has done exactly as we'd hoped.

Let me just freshen up.

What happened to Michael?

Though none of us actually saw him,

we felt him the night that he arrived,

a force of consummate strength.

And just, over time, his signal grew weaker

and just eventually faded away.

l'm sure l felt a small surge

the night that he fought Sammael,

but then, since, nothing.

l know what he meant to you, Gabe.

These thoughts of Michael

will only cause you more confusion.

He's gone. You have to stay focused.

Michael was our greatest warrior.

Rivaled only by yourself.

lf Sammael is truly all-powerful,

then why does he wait?

He's had many a chance to take me

and yet...

l've told you all l know.

lf, after all of this,

you still think there's a chance you can win,

l will follow you to whatever fate,

as will the others.

Then believe in me. That's all l ask.

Hey!

You be moving things along,

l'll be seeing the boss man soon.

Come.

Whenever you're ready, Ahriman.

He is stronger than you think.

Uriel lives on the outskirts,

somewhere near the old drive-in.

The other is near the docks,

hiding amongst the homeless trash.

Once they are deceased, l will take Gabriel.

Then let's just hope we're not too late.

This is a war.

Sacrifice is what victory is measured upon.

And if you don't like it,

you could always return home.

l'm sure your master would love to hear

how you defied me.

l'm sure he would, too.

By the end of this day,

the balance will forever reside with us.

Now, l fight for a voice of freedom,

and you fight to preserve control,

but rest assured,

we are all on the same side.

Light will never return to this place.

These souls are ours.

Hi.

Hi.

You disappeared on me.

l just needed some time to think.

Did you draw this?

Yeah.

lt's a first try.

Do you like it?

lt's beautiful.

But l don't look like that.

You do to me.

Watch where you're f***ing going!

Careful, old man. Come on.

You okay?

Bread with your soup?

Raph, what do we do?

Well done.

Frankly, more like medium-rare.

Where to now?

We go left.

-Another?

-Raphael!

Leave him to me.

We're almost there. Come on.

Let's move, let's go. Come on.

This shouldn't be here.

Don't make a sound. Just wait a moment.

Raphael.

-What's the matter? What's wrong?

-They're dead. Dead.

-Who?

-They're dead.

-Who?

-l killed them.

-Gabe!

-lt's my fault.

Gabe, you got to talk to me.

Listen, you got to talk to me.

-Gabe, listen.

-No!

-Look at you!

-You don't understand!

Tinkerbell, Captain Hook, watch the rain.

Hey, you're back again.

Asmodeus! Where is he?

Top floor. l don't know which room.

Well, look at you,

all big and macho,

carrying that huge f***ing gun around.

How does that make you feel? Powerful?

Actually, don't answer that.

l can see it in your eyes.

Are you angry with me, Gabriel?

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