Catching the Fallen Stars

“Would you rather my sister? She’s an actual Angel, no murder on her plate.” 

"You tell me pretty boy. Can she help me more than you?"

“A doppelganger is a double of someone else. I’m a doppelganger, she’s a doppelganger, and then there’s another that looks exactly like us. Our blood is laced with our ancestor, whom we look like in order to.. you know.. be a doppelganger. The blood of a Petrova doppelganger is used to make hybrids. Half werewolf, half vampire. Thing is, they have to kill the doppelganger during the ritual or it doesn’t work and all the hybrids that were to be created die. So, I was thinking that when she gets this child out of the way, I’m going to rip her heart out. Problem is the angel. He wouldn’t let me touch her.” Katherine scoffed. 

Well now the word was being thrown around more than a tennis ball at a match. Skylar's head had begun to swim at the mention of doppleganger and all the lore that apparently came with it. Not one to openly show her confusion though, she simply stared a moment, trying to understand.

He smiled.”My name’s Jayden.” he said with a huff. “Well, we’re in the same place. My band’s bus is prone to breaking and wouldn’t you know it, it did.” He yawned and the looked at the female.”What’s your name?”

Skylar observed the bus a moment before shrugging nonchalantly.

“I think we’re going to have some fun tonight.”

"Some fun? That's just the start of it."

An attempt to change the topic, I see.

Unless you want to keep talking about my failing love life?

My line of trajectory isn’t the most… precise.

...Honey, I might not be a warlock, but I don't quite get how you can confuse deserted Arizona for New York.

Beth looked at him worriedly, taking a step towards him, her eyes filled with sadness. 

Her eyes, he could see them--the clear emotion of sorrow. But for what, he still couldn't comprehend. It seemed to be related to him, that was for certain, but why? He had known this woman for all of a few moments yet it seemed like they had known each other for eternity. At least, she had known him for an eternity.

Beth took his hands and gently ran them over her swelling stomach. 

Too shocked to do much else, Isthymael let her move his hands, feeling the gentle warmth of her swelling belly beneath his fingers. Leaning forward, he placed his chin on her shoulder before leaning in to kiss her cheek. Briefly, his own lit in a faint, fiery blush  as those two little words left her lips. Plenty of times, he had heard it, but never had he had the pleasure of feeling it as intensely as this.

“Mm…” Adrien began.

When he began to pace, Sky immediately began to get even antsier than before, if that was even physically possible. And oh ho, when he gave her his initial response, she was ready to give out an antagonized scream and make a run for the hills.

“It’s more deadly than a deadly sin.”

Murderous angels, check.

“Killing an ArchAngel.”

"I uh... Oh."

Katherine watched the woman before her, wondering if there could be some advantage to have someone in cohorts with Beth on her side. She rather stop Beth before she even started, because she figured it’d just be another Elena situation, which Katherine really didn’t want. 

Though she had said it before, Katherine mentioning the word "doppleganger" again brought Skylar's attention to it. It took her a moment to pin down the meaning--seeing as it wasn't a vocabulary word you came across often--but once she did, her eyebrows knit together.

Skylar raised an eyebrow and let that snicker free.

“I’m not a wackjob. I swear. I was framed.” 

"Uh huh. Well, I'm sure 90% of wackjobs don't think they're wackjobs."

“Hmm… well, you could try but best of luck. Seems my little doppelganger is following in my footsteps, already pregnant, though she is a bit of a brat. But, I can tell you aren’t too fond of her either.. And it’s obvious why.” Katherine smirked, crossing her arms as she watched the witch. 

A series of curse words and smart aleck remark were dancing on the tip of her tongue at the sight of the stranger. But the way she spoke and the fact that she was referring to Beth as a brat made her think twice. Sky had to pause a moment to make sure it wasn't Beth before speaking.

“Probably the fact that I’m a fallen Angel.”

"Oh are you? And why did you fall?"