That was a good question. Electa kept her sights on the two down below

He turned and landed besides her. "They aren't lying." he said softly to her.

Electa looked at him and then looked back at the scene below. Neither the man nor the woman had moved. She shook her head in disbelief. "Okay," she said finally, lowering the rifle. "Tell them we're coming down."

"Alright." He said, pushing into lift off again. He turned and swerved down to tell them.

She began to head down the mountain

He didn't land, just hovered above the two. His strong wings beat down a heavy breeze toward them, but his voice was friendly instead of commanding. "Hi, we're coming down." he said, then turned to fly over back up to Electa to walk down with her.

As they crossed the field back to the cabin, Electa saw that the agents were sitting on the ground outside, and, grudgingly, she respected the fact that they hadn't invaded their space by waiting inside the cabin. The woman was smoking a cigarette, looking pensive; she stubbed it out when she saw them approach and jumped to her feet. "Miss Kylar," she said, walking toward them with her hand out. "Sophie Kinney. This is a real pleasure."

She shook her hand, feeling nonplussed. She was gazing at Electa with an expression akin to wonder. She seemed to catch herself. "Sorry, it's just that you were something of a legend in the office...more than two hundred angels, single-handed. And you must be Vexin Grace," she said, offering her hand to Vex.

Vexin had stayed a little behind Electa, wings retracted now. He shyly shook the woman's hand. "Y-yes....I-I'm Vexin..." He said softly. Very. Softly.

The man came forward; he was taller than Vexin, with broad shoulders. His blue eyes had the odd intensity of all angels' eyes, piercing into theirs. "Nate Anderson," he said, holding out his hand.

After a beat, Electa took it. "So what made you change sides?" she asked brusquely.

The angel's expression didnt change. "I was never on the other side," he said. "Not all of us feel that we have a divine right to use humans as cattle."

"We have so much that we need to discuss with you both," said Agent Kinney. "Please, could we go inside?"

Electa glanced at Vexin. "Okay?"

Vexin felt puny by the angel, seeming to actually shrink a little into himself around him. 'He's on our side, he's on our side. So shut up and calm down.' But he couldn't.