Chapter 37: Chapter 37

Daddy Daughter Say Out

CATALAYA'S POV

"This still feels so surreal i can't believe you and Andreas are finally mated I'm so happy for you" Aquarius squeals for the umpteenth time

"Trust me it still feels unreal to me as well" i laugh

"Well we're just glad you're finally with someone who'll love and treat you right" Freya puts in

"Thanks guys and I'm happy for you all too its hard to believe that four months ago i hated my life and now I'm so happy it's unbelievable" i say

I smile as i looked at my friends who are all happy and mated just like i am, despite war looming over our heads our lives have taken a great direction the past months.

"So guys i know we've avoided the topic for some time now but i think we need to have a serious talk about it" Merlin says with a somber look on his face

"Talk about what?" Harley asks

"Alana" Merlin sighs

"Merlin's right with this war around the corner we need to know the full truth if she's really betrayed us or not" Aquarius says

"Its hard not to believe she didn't i mean she up and left with no explanation she even left poor lucy behind if she wasn't a demon and a sin at that she'd be dead already" Freya says

"I understand what you guys are saying but we cant jump to conclusions after all we haven't been able to sense her she could have been kidnapped by Gabriel for all we know" i add

"Yeah but this is alana we're talking about she would have found some way to get to us if that was the case its been almost a month now and we've heard nothing from her she completely disappeared and lets not forget her reaction after she saw you go full on mini lucifer on Jasmine's ass" harley rebuts

"That's a good point"i sigh

"Listen guys lets not get ahead of our selves here, the war could happen any day now so we have to be focused and when we get to the battle field we keep an eye out for her if she has joined her father and brother then she'll be sure to meet us in battle and if she's just gone to clear her head then I'm sure she'll come assist us in battle either way i have a feeling that when this war commence we'll come face to face with our friend once again" Merlin says

"That's true but the question is will it be as an allie or an enemy" freya adds

"There's only one way for us to know and we'll have to wait until then" i say

They all nod in agreement each of us now sporting a somber look on our faces. This is a touchy topic for us and we've done our best to avoid it so far but we're gonna have to face the music one way or another.

Before our discussion could go any further we were thankfully interrupted, well at least i was.

"Hey baby sis could you meet me in the office please" Sam voice pops up in my head

"Sure I'll be there in a minute" i respond

"Guys Sam wants to see me could y'all give me a moment I'll be right back" i say

"Sure go ahead" Merlin says

"Okay be right back" i tell them before casting a spell to take me to the doors of Sam's office

You might be wondering why i didn't just go straight inside, well for two reasons. One, Sam's office is his private space i can't just barge in and second i love my Bro's but i don't wanna pop up on him and Adonis doing the dirty. No thank you!

Sensing my presence Adonis opens the door as soon as i got there.

"Cat!" He says giving me a hug

"Hey A" i say sinking in his warm embrace

"How come you never hug me like that" Sam complains behind his desk

"Aww is someone jealous" Adonis teases

"Ha as if. I am Death, Heir of lucifer and Prince of hell i don't get jealous"

"Oh really" Adonis muses

"Yes really"

"I see so i guess you won't be jealous if i go hang out with that hot billionaire human who asked for my number when paige and i were in the city the other day then"

"Go ahead see if i care. Just know when one of America's most eligible bachelors turn up dead its on your hands not mine"

"I thought you weren't gonna be jealous" i say as adonis and i erupted in laughter

"I'm not jealous but i didn't say i wouldn't kill him if he even comes anywhere near Adonis" Sam defends resulting in me and adonis laughing even harder

"Ha ha ha very funny" Sam grumbles

"And Cat I'm your brother you're suppose to be on my side here i didn't call you so you and my troublesome husband could make fun of me"

Ending my laughing fit i say

"Why did you call me here anyways?"

"Funny you should ask that, i have a surprise for you" he grins

"A surprise?" I lift a brow in confusion

"Yes now close your eyes" he tells me

I do as I'm told taking a breath before closing my eyes and slowly plotting my revenge if this is one of his and Nic's pranks again. I'm telling you those two should never be allowed in the same room together for longer than a minute nothing good ever happens.

Standing there with my eyes closed i mentally prepare myself, i sense a ripple in the air before hands went over my eyes and i felt a familiar presence.

"DAD!!" I say turning around immediately

"Hey baby girl" he smiles brightly at me

"I can't believe your here I've missed you" i say hugging him tightly

"And i you princessa" he replies

"Wait how are you here i thought with this whole war pending over our heads and the natural order in chaos thanks to Gabriel and Aphrodite you couldn't come to earth because it would cause too much damage"

"Its ok i used one of Micheal's feathers, well more like a lot of them to open a portal to get me here"

"Huh?" Sam Adonis and i say at the same time

"Remember when the sins i went to that meeting with sylvia and the others that Micheal orchestrated"

"Yeah"

"Well i was a tiny bit angry at him for allowing Gabriel to escape his custody so i kinda ripped off one of his wings and i kept it knowing it'll come in handy one day"

"What!?" I all but yelled

"How- why would you even do that aren't angel wings supposed to be a big part of you know being an angel"

"Its fine darling, besides it grew back by the end of the meeting so its not like he suffered any damages" he says nonchalantly

"Sigh, what am i to do with you" i say mainly to myself

"That's a good question and i have just the answer" dad says

"Which is?" I inquire

"Would you my beautiful daughter like to have a daddy daughter day with me"

"Are you serious you mean we can spend the entire day together?" I ask

"That's exactly what I'm saying"

"Yes! Of course" i squeal

"Wonderful, are you gonna change or is your outfit to your liking he asks"

"Its fine, I'll just wear this" i say bouncing on my feet in excitement as i quickly link the guys to tell them I'm heading out

"Ok i can see your excited so lets go" he chuckles

Wrapping my arm around dad's we made our way to the door

"Wait, if were going out Sam would you and Adonis like to come with us?" I ask

"Cat there's a reason its called father daughter day" Sam chuckles

"Yeah besides we've all had our day out" Adonis adds

"Wait really?"

"Yup we even went and got ice cream" Dad nods

"Did you have to tell her that part" Sam complains

"Oh my gosh i would have paid top dollar to see you and dad in an ice cream parlor" i laughed

"Yeah yeah laugh it up" Sam grumbles

"Don't pay him any mind Cat behind all that macho man facade he's a big softie. He still has this little loach lucifer made and gave him on his fourth birthday. He wears it all the time he won't even take it off" Adonis Says

"Babe! Quit spilling my business would you" Sam groans loudly

Laughing i say

"No worries bro don't prank me and i won't use your little secret against you, I'm sure dad has a picture or two i can use in my defense" i blackmail

"Thanks a lot Adonis" Sam grumbles while dad and i laugh making our way through the door.

Outside we hopped in the car, dad in the driver's seat and i on the passenger's side.

"So... Where we going?"

"Anywhere in the world" he say

"I know your powerful and all but the hours in the day doesn't warrant us a trip around the world dad" i chuckle

"Nonsense what kind of father would i be if i couldn't take my daughter around the world in a day"

"Uhm..... a normal one"

"Luckily for you I'm not a normal father now am i?" He grins cheekily

"Sure" i drawl

"So, do you have any place in mind" he chuckles

I wasn't really sure of where to go then an idea pops into my head resulting in me putting in in the gps coordinates to our first location. I decided to take dad to the mall, not to shop but because i remembered there was an arcade there and i haven't played any retro games in forever. After putting in the coordinates we head out, the car silent, other than the sound of the breeze swishing. We soon get there and dad finds a parking spot then we made our way inside and head to the ground floor, dad completely confused as to where we were going. When we reached the arcade a triumphant smile made its way to my face.

"What tha-" dad trails off as he looked around at the room filled with retro games

"Dad, welcome to the arcade" i say stretching my arms out

There weren't much people down here because teens aren't interested in these things anymore which i was glad for because i could go all out.

I see a smile graces dad's face as he and i walked around deciding on which game to play. Finally i saw what i was looking for, i squealed in excitement and rushed up to the machine.

"I see you've decided, so what game are we playing?" Dad asks

"The most awesome game ever, dance dance revolution" i all but screamed

"And how do we play this dance revolution"

"Its pretty simple actually. Dance dance Revolution is a rhythm game, as a song plays, arrows flow up the screen, spaced out in a certain rhythm. As an arrow floats into its arrow-shaped slot, the player must press the corresponding arrow on the floor pad. The floor pads have four arrows: left, right, front, back. Typically beginners stand in the center of the arrows, stretching their legs out from this home base. But as the songs get faster and more complicated, you'll find there is not always enough time to return to the center position" i explain

"Hmm i see so the machine plays a song arrows come up on screen and we match the corresponding arrows on the mat" he summarizes

"Exactly"

"Okay i think i understand, lets get started"

I nod and turned on the machine placing the required coins in the slot, the machine lights up and I'm given my options, i start with single player at first to show dad how it's done. I select the type of music some retro song i didn't know but it sounded groovy, then i pressed start.

"Dance dance revolution, are you ready" the voice from the machine says

I step to the center of the mat getting ready as the machine counts down

"Three, two, one DANCE!"

The rhythm starts and i move along with the arrows on the screen starting off steady. The pace gradually increases and so does my steps. Since I'm a bit rusty i miss a few steps and each time the machine would shout 'miss'. When the song ended my score wasn't as bad as i thought, smiling i turn to dad and say

"That's how its done, its quite easy"

"Okay my turn" he says taking my place on the mat

Dad chose his music the machine counts down and then he begins. He started off good in the beginning but as the rhythm sped up I had to fight so hard to control my laughter as dad awkwardly tries to match up the arrows missing every other step. I take my phone out to video him a he finishes up, his score is so bad the machines cries boo as a sad face appears on screen. When dad glared at the machine and gave it the finger threatening to send it to the lowest depths of hell for booing him i lost all control and was unable to hold back my laughter.

"This thing is obviously cheating" he argues

"Dad its not you're just a terrible dancer" i say in between laughs

"Nonsense I'm an impeccable dancer" he boasts puffing his chest out

"Oh really?" I say, he nods in return

"Okay then i challenge you to a dance off"

"You're on missy I'll show you how its done like a pro" he gloats popping his collar

"You're going down old man" i reply starting up the game once again

"DANCE!" The machine yells and we began

As the rhythm moves at steady pace we both make accurate steps on our respective mats. Then the speed increased and that's when the challenge really began. Both of us trying not to mess up inorder to out do each other. The rhythm goes faster and faster and at this point we look ridiculous as we stepped on the arrows, our laughter filling the air. When the song ended my score was rated good and dad got a perfect score.

"Booyah, that's how its done" he shouts

"Beat you at your own game" he boast

"Only by a few points, if i wasn't laughing so hard i would have won" i told him

"Doesn't matter, fact is you still lost to this 'old man'" he says giving the word quotations

"Whatever I'll beat you in the next round" i say

"You're on" dad challenges

We play a few more rounds of dance dance revolution then moved on to other games. By noon we had raced cars, went to space and slayed zombies. Laughter never leaving us as we competed against each other vowing to defeat the other each time we lost. After a few more games we couldn't deny our growling stomachs any longer and decide to go grab lunch. Leaving the arcade we went back to the car teasing each other about our losses and debating over who won the overall match up. I unconsciously placed in the coordinates for a restaurant when the car started then we went back to discussing who won. After deciding on calling it a tie the car became silent once more until i decided to turn on the radio music blasting through the speakers. Singing along to the song i entertain dad with my not so lovely singing voice as he drives us to the restaurant.

We pull up outside the restaurant in no time, dad parks and we make our way inside.

"Hello and welcome how can i assist you" the hostess says as we enter though her eyes were glued to dad and i highly doubt she noticed i was there

"We'd like a table for two please" i say breaking her from eye raping my father

"And who are you" she says turning to me with a glare her hips turned up in a scowl

"I, am the most important female in his life" i say pointing to dad

"Something that you'll never be, so if you don't mind I'd appreciate it if you stop eye fucking my father and get us a damn table for two" i snapped at her disgusting behaviour, my happy mood from earlier ruined by the thot

The shock on her face when i said father was the most comedic thing i've seen all month and if i wasn't so pissed I'd be on the ground laughing right now. Dad on the other hand had no such restrictions resulting in him belting out a loud belly laugh much to the hostesses discomfort, he didn't stop laughing until we had been escorted to our table and was told our waiter would be over soon.

"Dad stop laughing the poor woman looks like she wants to crawl into a hole and die"

"I-I'm sorry princessa its just that was so funny i mean did you see the look on her face when you told her you're my daughter" he says in between fits of laughter

"It was pretty funny" i say not being able to hide my smile any longer

Pulling himself together dad says

"Though her behaviour was rude it's not entirely her fault humans tend to react out of the norm when they come into contact with me. Situations like these are why the man upstairs had forbidden angels from any contact with humans and why demons rarely came to earth"

"But if angels are forbidden from coming here how come there are so many here now?" I ask confused

"In the begining it was forbidden but after i had been casted down, out of spite i started messing with humans and Micheal was sent to bring me back to hell, then there was that whole thing with the scum that killed your mother. After that a limited amount of angels were permitted to dwell on earth in order to protect its inhabitants and now here we are" he tells me as the waiter cones over to take our orders

We both order our food then dived into our conversation once again.

"So how's mated life going so far?" Dad asks with a smirk

I felt my cheeks heat up at and i prayed they weren't as red as they felt.

"It's going great" i say

"That's good, Andreas knows what's at stake if he breaks my baby girls heart so i trust he won't make any foolish decisions. But besides that I'm glad your both happy you deserve this i only wish your mother was her to see you"

"Yeah me too i miss her and i didn't even get to meet her" i say tears filling my eyes

"She may not be here but she's always with us sweetie" dad says placing his hands on top of mine and looking me in the eyes.

I could see sadness reflecting in his blue orbs that mine were replicas of and its then that i realized that despite his ever cheery persona dad was actually still grieving the loss of mom and i think even more so since he and i found each other because i reminded him of her. Getting up from my seat i walk over to him and pulled him up and into a tight hug. Because of his height my head barely reached his chest. We both drew strength from each other in that one hug ignoring all the stares we got, only releasing each other when the food came.

"Thank you" dad says after the waiter placed our food down and left. I nod my head needing no explanation for his thanks i think we both needed that hug

"I wanted to ask you something about the war" i say a few minutes into eating

"Go ahead" he urged

"We know Gabriel has retrieved your light sword and its the only thing that can kill you but i don't know what you have. I mean i know your power is vast but a good portion of it is still sealed and i just i-"

"I understand what your saying princessa i know your worried about me but i can handle gabriel, light sword or not. It is he who should be worried. I may not have what is sealed but with what i do have i can more than defeat him"

"But what about the prophesy the one about you betraying hell"

"That old wise tale was written long before i became the person i am today it was written when i had intentions of going back to the silver city so it no longer holds any merit"

"So if given the chance you wouldn't go back home"

"I already am home Catalaya. The silver city is not my home I've lost interest in that place centuries ago. I've had many opportunities to enter and i didn't. Hell is my home and i will never leave it nor its people, why would i want to go back to the place i was betrayed when i have a perfectly good home with a loving family"

I beamed at my dad a bright smile on my face, i knew he would never betray hell but hearing him talk about our home like that made me smile because i knew if the world betrayed me just like it had my father I'd always have my home.

"Come on kiddo lets go for a walk all this food is starting to make me swell" dad stretches, getting up from his chair.

Pulling out his wallet he paid for our meals and left the waiter a generous tip then on his way out he winked at the hostess who glared at him which would tell you she was upset with him but the reddening of her cheeks told a different story.

Not bothering to go back to the car we walked out the restaurant and onto the streets and began our stroll. As we walked talked and laugh catching up on our time apart. Yes we had been going to hell to train with levi but everyone had been so busy dad and i never got to spend anytime together. Over the past couple of months since we've reunited I've come to realise that I'm a daddy's girl.

"Oh by the way i was thinking of signing up on another dating site" dad says

"Oh really which one" i say barely containing my laughter at a reminder from the last time he joined a dating app

"Christian mingle" he says looking straight ahead

Stopping in my tracks I all but yelled

"What, dad no!"

"Why not?" He pouts

"What do you mean by why not you do realize that you're the king of hell right?" I ask, laughter bubbling in my throat

"Besides aren't there enough women in hell already plus they are demons so its a perfect match"

"Yeah there are demons in hell but I'm expanding my field"

"Dad you can't join christian mingle matter of fact no more dating apps" i say in finality

"You don't want me to be happy" he pouts

"Boo hoo" i say sticking my tongue at him

We continue walking, dad still pouting like a child and me trying not to laugh at his craziness, hes just too much. Of all the dating apps to go on he wanted to join christian mingle as if Grindr wasn't bad enough. I spot an ice cream shop across the street and suggested we go in. There wasn't a line so we walked up to the cashier.

"Welcome to benji's ice cream palace what will you be having today?"

"We'll have two waffle cones with strawberry cheesecake ice cream please" i ordered

"One scoop or two?" The cashier asks

"Two" i say cheerfully my love for ice cream getting the better of me

Dad chuckles at my excitement as he hands her the money then looks down at me with a smile, love shining brightly in his blue orbs. He ruffles my hair playfully before planting a kiss on top of my head. I smile brightly silently thanking the man upstairs even though he may or may not be fond of my father and by that extension, me. I'm still grateful because he gave my dad life and as a result i have the worlds greatest father.

"Here you go, two waffle cones with strawberry cheesecake ice cream" the cashier says handing us our ice creams and breaking my reverie

Dad takes the two cones handing me one, i thank him before diving into the creamy goodness as we leave the shop

"Ice cream is best thing on earth" i moan as the cream melts in my mouth

"That I'll have to agree with" dad says licking his

"This has been the best day ever so far I'm really glad you're here dad"

"Really?" He muses "And here i thought you'd be too wrapped up with Andreas to have time for little old me after all a little birdy told me you guys had to be forcefully separated"

"Psshh what? That's so not true" i say turning my face away to hide my blush at the thought of me and Andreas

"Mhmmm" dad belts out a loud laugh

"I'm glad you're happy princessa that's all i can ask for and of course for you to visit regularly oh and grandkids. But not now anyway in the future the reeeeallly distant future since I'll be getting one from Sam quite soon"

Laughing i say "I'll be sure to remember that"

"Oh by the way how is paige, Adonis mentioned he and her went to the doctor the other day"

Paige is a demon and the substitute mother of Adonis and Sam's child. Originally they'd wanted a human to be the substitute so as not to disrupt the child's DNA because there's would over power a humans but being the powerful creatures they are a human wouldn't be able to carry the child, she'd must likely die. Instead lilith suggested someone of our circle, and that's how Paige was chosen after being vetted by Sam and Dad's demonic eyes of course.

"She's great as far as i know, everything is fine with her and the baby so far" dad tells me

"Hmmm, that's good. I still can't believe I'm going to be an aunt i was so shocked when sam told me, he and Adonis are gonna be great parents"

"That they are" dad nods in agreement

"And I'll be sure to spoil him or her rotten" he says with a mischievous grin

Laughing i shook my head, such a devil.

We continued our walk enjoying our dessert, basically continuing our already great day. And that's when everything changed, literally. One minute we were in the streets and the next we were on an astral plane. Normally i wouldn't be worried but this time i was since we'd been summoned in our actual bodies which means if we died here we die in real life.

Throwing away his half eaten cone dad goes on full alert standing in front of me as he assess our location. We heard a shrill laughter and then the two most evil persons on any plain appeared before us

Gabriel and Aphrodite.

I felt my blood boil at the sight of them abd before i knew it I'd shifted to my demon. Gabriel's eyes widened for a second since its the first he's seeing me like this but the shock went as fast as it came.

"Well well well who do we have here if it isn't the devil and his spawn" Aphrodite sneers

"And who do we have here if it isn't the bitch and it's dog" dad retorts

"What did you just say" Gabriel growls

"Why don't you come over here and I'll tell you in person" dad dares

Gabriel taking the bait moved off only to be stopped by Aphrodite

"Calm down Gabriel he's just baiting you don't fall for it, they're beneath you. Besides this isn't why we came here"

Scoffing at her comment of that scum being better than us i address the other half of her statement

"Why did you bring us here then? I question

"Well someone's getting bolder i see" she muses

"Don't fuck with me bitch I'm one second away from redecorating that face of yours" i growl

As the words left my mouth i felt like i was being pulled away but before i move dad gripped my hand pulling me to his side. Scoffing he says

"You really think I'd allow you to get your filthy hands on my daughter"

Suddenly Gabriel charged at us at lightening speed, light sword in hand. Quickly dad pushed me out of the way and spread his wings out to protect me but Gabriel changed his course and instead thrust the sword into dad's chest while he was monetarily distracted.

"Nooo!" I screamed in shock

Stunned by the glowing weapon sticking out my fathers back i didn't see Aphrodite come up behind me grabbing me by the throat but all i could think about was my father who for the first time in my life i saw bleeding.

"Daddy!" I cried

"Oh don't worry sweetie your dad won't die, not yet at least. The sword didn't pierce his heart, we're waiting on the war to actually do that. He'll heal once i pull it out. You see I'll kill your father the right way and as a result free the world from his wicked grip then I'll continue to purge this each by getting rid of each and every demon including you and your brother" Gabriel smiles

"You fucking psychopath I'm gonna enjoy killing you" i say as my eyes glowed a deeper red than it ever has before veins popping up under my eyes.

"Oh really in that case I'll just kill your father right now" he says twisting the sword but not once did dad make a sound

"Gabriel be careful your quite close to his heart" Aphrodite warns

"I know what I'm doing woman don't tell me what to do" Gabriel snaps

"Who do you think you're talking to if it weren't for me you wouldn't have your little toy so don't pull that tone with me and stop spoiling my show i didn't come here for this" she shouts

Sighing Gabriel says "fine" before pulling the sword from dads chest and immediately the wound starts closing but not as fast as it usually does infact he was healing a lot less slower. Nevertheless i find myself releasing a breath i didn't realize i was holding. Gabriel then moves the sword to dads neck still keeping him in place then turns to Aphrodite with a grin

"Sorry for the interruption continue with your show" he tells her

"Thank you" she says before turning me to face her since she held me from behind

"Hello Catalaya" she smiles at me

I rolled my eyes at her failed attempt at a smile that looks more like she was just trying to move her face after getting botox.

"Not in the mood for pleasantries i see, well then I'll get to the point" she says

"Please do" i retort

"Fine, i wanted to tell you something when more like a servant of mine wanted to tell you something and so i brought you here"

"And why would i want to hear anything one of your servants have to say"

"Oh trust me sweetheart you'll want to hear once you see who I'm talking about" she grins wickedly

She then pulls a pin from her hair and ripped through the fabric of the astral plane opening a portal. At first nothing happened and i looked on in confusion but the a foot stepped through the portal then an arm and before i knew it the whole body had come through and when i saw who it was my heart stopped while Aphrodite's grin grew wider.

Releasing me she steps forward to the person stretching her hands out and beckoning him to her.

"Come" she calls to him

"How do you feel, have you adjusted to the change" she asks him

"Yes mistress" he answers bowing his head

"Good" she answers

I stood there still in shock unable to process what took place before my eyes. This couldn't be real it had to be a sick sick dream.

"So Catalaya, I'm sure you have questions" Aphrodite says snapping me form my thoughts

"Yes i do"

"What the fuck did you do to my mate" i growl.