Inferno closed his eyes for a moment.
When he opened them again, he didn't have eyes anymore - only two blazing flames.
"THE COWARD...RAN AND HID...I TRUSTED HIM... I... I THOUGHT HE WAS MY FRIEND..."

Mawthrough very wisely gently pulled Chastity away from her father, who was starting to shake. In fact the whole house was starting to shake.

"HE KNEW... HE KNEW... EVERY TIME HE LOOKED ME IN THE FACE AND SMILED HE KNEW... I... I...MY BLOODLINE...MY CHILD...MY...MY WIFE... ALL NOTHING BUT A LIE!!" He rose from his chair, his face now almost blurred through the sheer volume of fire emanating from it.
"ALL THE THINGS I MADE YOU DO... ALL THE THINGS I PUT YOU THROUGH... ALL IN THE INTEREST OF MY LEGACY... IT WAS WRONG!! YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER BUT OF HIS BLOOD!! HIS!! BLOOD!! HIS!!!! BLOOD!!!!"

Mawthrough grabbed Chastity and his wings opened, shooting them backwards out of the room, across the hall, towards an open window at top speed -

KERFWOOOOOOOM!!

The house exploded, becoming a crater in the ground in less time than it takes to sneeze.
Inferno stood in the center of it, a living fiery tornado. His great wings spread and he looked up at the sky and bellowed.
"UUUUUURRRRRRRRRRIEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Then like a meteor in reverse he soared upwards, carrying the flame with him until he vanished from sight through the clouds.
Mawthrough helped Chastity up. His lower feathers were singed, but he ignored them.
"Well," he said after a moment. "I wouldn't want to be Uriel right now."

Mawthrough made Chastity look at him.
"Now you listen to me. Inferno will see you the same way as he always does, an annoying stubborn little girl that he watched grow up and loves with all his heart. In fact, I think the person he's angriest the most at is himself."
Mawthrough looked up at the reddened sky, holding her close.
"I know I would be."

A sound like a thunderclap boomed through the sky.
"No. If we get involved it might make things worse. This is a problem for the archangels to fight out. We have our own tasks."
He kissed her, softly.
"You gonna be ok?" he whispered.

Mawthrough closed his eyes for a second.
Various thoughts and plans tumbled through his brain.
Then...
"Oh, screw this! COME ON THEN!"
His wings opened, and they were soaring up into the clouds, following the blazed trail Inferno had set across the sky.
"NEVER LET IT BE SAID I DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU!!"

A chaotic firestorm with beacons of light stabbing out of it at odd angles the size of a skyscraper blazed into view through the clouds. Mawthrough let Chastity go and let her wings unfurl.
"You take point here. You're naturally immune to Uriel's power and practiced at being immune to Inferno's. And to answer your question..."
He kissed her. Then, he pushed her towards the raging tempest.
"I can't follow. We're not going to stop them - you are. Now go, quickly, before it's too late. And for hell's sake if you die don't blame me if I kill both of them, now hurry before I stop you myself!"

At the center of the maelstrom, Inferno and Uriel were REALLY going at it.
Inferno wasn't being coherent in the slightest, merely screaming and howling as he slashed and hammered down at Uriel.
Uriel was silent, his lips tight as he defended against Inferno's titanic assault.
Neither noticed her arrival in the eye of the storm.

Inferno didn't even pause, pressing his blade resolutely towards Uriel's throat.
"WHY ARE YOU DEFENDING HIM!?" he roared, looking like he was going to rip Uriel to pieces.
"Stay out of this, girl!" Uriel hissed. "This is not something a petulant child has any right to interfere with!"

"DON'T,"
The air around Chastity turned white hot,
"YOU DARE,"
Uriel's calm composure gave way to fear as Inferno started blazing a searing white, his rage beginning to incinerate his whole body,
"TALK TO MY DAUGHTER LIKE THAT!!"

BOOM.

The sky exploded and Chastity was hurled backwards through the clouds, which helped cool her down.
Though her view was obscured, she could see two comets, white and red, clashing and sparking as they flew towards the earth.

Mawthrough dived straight after her, catching her just before they made contact and they skidded across a cornfield or two.
Mawthrough spat out an ear of corn and looked down at Chastity in his arms.
"Wake up, come on..."

Mawthrough helped her up.
"Let me help you. You're in no fit state to fly."

Mawthrough rolled his eyes and lifted her into the air.
"Put that wing back in. I've got you."

The area the two archangels had crashed in was now a crater the size of a city. Gouts of flame and beams of light blasted out every direction imaginable, creating a seemingly ceaseless tornado of divine powers that only grew and grew in size.
Mawthrough flew as close as he dared, feeling the holy energy sting his skin from just the tiniest of flecks.
"Have you thought about this?!" he yelled so Chastity could hear him above the ruckus.

Mawthrough placed her down as close as he could.
"Good luck! I'll be waiting out here!"
Small patches of his skin were on fire.
"I might be a little indisposed but I'll be in this general area!"
The tornado widened, driving him back a few feet away from Chastity.
"I believe in you! Love you!"
The tornado widened again and Mawthrough was lost to sight, leaving Chastity alone.

The pair were dueling fiercely, neither holding back.
Their weapons were moving so fast and so dangerously that a single mistake from either angel would immediately result in their defeat.
Both of them were too locked in the intensity of battle to notice her once again.

"STAY-"
"out-"
"OF-"
"this!"
A surge of energy nearly whited out Chastity's eyes, and the pressure pushed her back a few feet as the angels seemed to escalate in ferocity.