ESF: The Return of Comet Nebula

      Galaxy's disappearance happened about a week ago. Let me tell you, I was panicking like crazy. My hsband was lost somewhere with his psycho brother Comet off doing who knows what. Once I thought they were at the local Canterlot Club, which had some of the hottest mares in Canterlot. No, I know my Galaxy. He'd never do that, although with the way he is right now, anything was possible. I knew that deep down he still cared if I was hurt or not. Meanwhile, Comet and Galaxy were in fact at a bar, but only Comet was paying attention to the mares. He nudged his brother's shoulder. "Come on, Galaxy. Look at all the hot mares here!" Comet laughed as he gulped down his drink. "Some of these mares are just begging for attention." He added. Galaxy turned around to see a mare staring at him, licking her lips in anticipation. Galaxy turned back around to the table, facing his brother.

     "I'm sorry, Comet, but I'm faithful to my wife and my daughter." He said. Comet chuckled.

     "Same ol' Galaxy, faithful until the end. How's the Mark?" He asked. Galaxy shrugged.

     "All I know is if I don't get a kill in every once in a while, I turn into a demon." He told his brother. Comet pondered.

     "Well, looks like you'll have to kill soon, judging by the way you said that." He replied. Galaxy nodded. At Mocha's Cafe, I was going crazy, pacing up and down the walkway, with Mocha at the counter looking worried.

     "Crystal?" She asked me. "You alright?" She wondered. I shook my head.

      "If I could just call Galaxy, I'd be fine knowing he's OK." I admitted. Quillton sighed. Suddenly, we heard a high pitched whining sound, and we all covered our ears and averting our eyes as a bright light appeared. After it vanished, a pegasus was standing in front of us. He was white like Quillton with a black mane and tail, a tan trenchcoat with a white shirt, black pants and blue tie, blue eyes, and he looked around his thirties. Mocha, me, and Quillton stared at him.

      "Hello." He said in a gruff voice. I gasped, as did Quillton and Mocha. He looked around. "Is this Vanilla Mocha's Cafe?" He asked. Mocha nodded. "Ah, good. Thought I made a wrong turn, but clearly I didn't." He said.

       "And you are?" I asked him. He turned to me.

       "My name is Castiel. I'm an Angel." He explained. I couldn't believe it. "I came because I heard about your husband, Ms. Harmony." Castiel told us. Soon we were sitting down, talking. "I recently got a message in Heaven saying that Galaxy Nebula has turned demon. Most of my kin wanted him destroyed. I told them I would handle it, I just never told them now." He added, smirking. "If any other angel had come, they would've murdered your husband on site. However, I believe that....we can save him." Cass told us. I leaned in. Castiel could clearly tell I was interested in saving my husband.

        "Do you know how without hurting him?" I asked, worried. Castiel shook his head.

        "No. I'm sorry to say that I don't." He replied. I sighed. "But..." He started, causing my ears to perk up. "There might be another way. It's dangerous, and possibly could get us all killed, but something tells me all of you have handled dangerous before." He guessed. Quillton nodded.

         "Yes, dearie. We went to Dragon's Cove to retrieve the Thaumaturgy Gemstone, stopped an army of Changlings and saved our friend Joy, saved Galaxy from his inner demons, stopped his brother from taking Equestria, and just recently stopped Crowley." He said. Castiel's jaw dropped.

          "I'm sorry, did you say Crowley?" He asked. Mocha nodded. "I'm guessing you used the First Blade and your friend is a demon because of the Mark of Cain." He said. We all nodded. That's when Valerium walked in, jaw dropping after seeing Castiel.

           "Mocha? Guys? Who's this?" He asked. Mocha rubbed her neck nervously. Castiel stood up.

           "I'm Castiel. I'll explain everything to you as quickly as I can. I'm afraid we don't have much time. Galaxy's brother may be planning something, and we need to stop him." He said to Mocha's husband. Val nodded and sat down, listening to Castiel's story. After an hour, Valerium whistled.

            "So, you're an angel from Heaven and you've got a way to save Galaxy? Awesome. Just one question." He asked. "Why should we?" We all looked at him like he was crazy. "Hey, he's with that psychotic brother of his. That was his choice, not mine." He said. I snapped, and slapped Valerium, hard. Mocha gasped. Val looked at me like I was insane. "What the fuck was that for, Crystal?!" Val demanded. I was not happy right now.

             "You listen to me, Valerium. We are going to find and save my husband, whether you want to or not. Got it?!" I yelled. He yelped and nodded. Mocha knew how protective of Galaxy I could be. Galaxy meant everything to me. I wasn't about to let that asshole brother of his convince Galaxy to join him. "Alright, guys. Since Galaxy's not here, I vote Quillton temporary leader." I said. Quill looked at me.

             "Crys, while I admit your devotion to your husband is touching, I can't lead us!" He protested. Sunset looked at him, including Soul and Mocha.

             "You lead us to the First Blade." Soul admitted. Quillton raised his hoof to protest, but realized what Soul said.

             "Ohhh, I hate it when you are right, Soul Melody." He growled silently. Soul giggled. Sunset put a hoof around her husband, looking at me and Castiel.

             "So what's the plan?" She asked us. Me and Cass looked at each other, and smirked like we both knew what to do next. I just hoped Galaxy was alright, hopefully not doing anything that could give him his black eyes. All I knew was, if Galaxy didn't kill, black eyes. It wasn't only that, buy the Mark was affecting him as well. We needed a way to cure Galaxy and get the fucking Mark of Cain off his foreleg. I just hoped we could find out how.