Nothing can stay hidden forever

It had never really been a secret to Ethan that he was adopted, but he had never done anything to really search for his biological family. He lived with his family, and if it was blood or not, he loved them. However, he had picked Zitora up after work, only because he didn't like her walking around in Gaia at night - so because he had an early shift, it made sense for him to drive her home. They had talked, knowing Zitora herself had been adopted and discovered only few years ago. Zitora was different from Ethan, she was always seeking out the truth and nothing but the truth - so when he had told her, she wanted for him to find answers. It was answers he wasn't really looking for, but she had awoken his interest in the matter. After a whole night of searching they had found some quite unexpected news. It had almost made Ethan breathless and he was lucky he had a few days off after that, because these news made it even harder for him to fall asleep.
The next morning he had texted Michael to meet him at the marked for some coffee around midday. Ethan had the papers printed and felt his heart beating slightly nervous about this, but he kept telling himself it was going to be just fine. Ethan sat down on a free bench and crossed his leg over the other. Once his eyes found Michael in the crowd, he lifted his hand up letting him know where the human was sitting. "Hey," he greeted the archangel with his usual smile. He had the papers in an envelope and he felt his heart beat more heavy as Michael stepped closer. "I got these for you," he announced and handed Michael it. It was now literally out of Ethan's hands how Michael reacted to this. No matter what Ethan knew where he was going after this, to look for his so called twin sister Elenora.

"I didn't either," he added underneath his breath and took a deeper breath in. He was somehow glad that Michael didn't know, because that meant he hadn't been hiding it or tried avoiding the truth around Ethan. Ethan had always seen Michael as a father figure, but knowing now that Michel actually was his father - it was hard to take in. The question about his biological mother made him take a sharper breath in. "I didn't. She is dead though," he confirmed. Ethan and Zitora had found that sad information last night. The next question about Elenora made him shook his head, "no, but I was going to find her. She is staying at The Castillo," he took another deep breath in. Just like Michael, Ethan felt overwhelmed by this. He had no idea how to wrap his head around it, so he just faked it till he made it. "I just found everything last night, everything was pretty hard to crack. But my friend is a beast with that kind of stuff," he added mostly just to keep some sort of conversation going. It had never been hard for them to talk, but right now it was just getting the information around their heads. Ethan wasn't angry at Michael for not being there with him growing up, how could he? He had had a great childhood, and even though his parents had split - it wasn't like his past had been bad or anything. "I'm not going to hold it against you or anything. I just wanted you to know," he then said and turned his dark eyes back to Michael. It would have been hard enough for Ethan to carry a secret like that, and he was lucky he already knew Michael. He was even friends with Erin, and to know she actually was his sister - that was even weirder.

Ethan hadn't given himself much time to think about the whole situation, or he had talked with Zitora about it - but she had the whole, just do it vibe going on - and here he was. He was way to worried about how this so called sister would react to see him, and nervous about Michael's reaction, to even think about how he felt about it right now. To be honest it was perhaps the alcohol from last night keeping him going right now. What separated the situation with Michael from Elenora, was that he already knew Michael, he didn't want their relationship to change. Of course the world was bit different now, but it hadn't really changed that much on his view of Michael. Ethan was lucky that Michael accepted the news, and perhaps that was why he also was somewhat calm about the idea. But hearing Michael actually saying that he was his son, it just felt right, odd but the right kind.
Was he ready to actually meet Elenora? He wasn't sure, but he was ready to take a chance on it. Zitora had stalked her on social media and on the internet - seeing the D'Avalos family had some reputation. "I have to, otherwise, I will keep procrastinating till next year," he confessed and took a sharper breath in. Thinking about Elenora and how she would react to them suddenly showing up, he had no idea - only his mind had thousand, and none of them were really great. From what he had seen she was successful and had a good life - but that was Zitora's word for the pictures, a portfolio that rarely showed the whole truth.

He took out his phone and looked through the pictures Zitora had send him. "This.. is who we are looking for," he clicked on the one photo he had off Elenora - but at least they had a face to look for. He showed Michael the photo and took a deeper breath in. He had already looked at it for hours, and he could imagine it was even weirder for a father to see a photo of a child he never had known - all grown up. "I'm ready.. are you.. because then we should get going."

Elenora outfit
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They walked towards the hotel and it seemed like forever to get their, his hands felt sweaty and his heart was beating like crazy. ”Just that she is in Gaia because of some work.. The family is rich, quite popular in the states.” Ethan replied to the question as they walked. It felt like time had gone crazy fast on their way to the hotel, and his eyes searched and searched. They walked inside and the search continued but it was just like, she wasn’t to be found. Ethan walked up to the receptionist and asked for Elenora, but as he expected, they didn’t hand out that kind of information. He tired but also took the hint, when the woman behind the desk looked like someone who would call the guards. Ethan took a few steps back and turned around, just about to tell Michael that he couldn’t get more information, when he felt a cold shiver down his spine. It was like an intense wave of positive energy hitting him, filling up the room as the hotel doors opened. He moved his gaze and there she was. Walking in walking directly towards the elevator, it took Ethan a few moments before he realised it was her and he looked over at Michael to see it he had noticed her.

Elenora walked past them but stopped when she felt a source of power from behind her. Not only was there an angel present. An archangel. There was also another force, so she turned around looking at the two men. She smiled at them first finding herself curious about what they were doing here. The human had her interest, finding herself wanting to get closer to him and it was annoying. She crossed her arms slightly before saying; ”Can I help you two with anything.” She kept her tone polite, because perhaps it was a work case, fifty fifty which kind, but you never knew. “Im Ethan,” he held his hand out for Elenora to take, because just like her, he felt an urge to simply touch her. Their hands touch and a wave of strong energy bursted out the room, with a warm yet cold feeling. There was a balance like everything in the world for a second actually was in balance. Everyone seemed it react to the boost and the twins pulled their hands back in clear shock of the event. ”..Elenora” She replied looking at her hand feeling it being sorta strange. ”What just happened? Who are you people?

It was quite odd and not what she how she had imagined her day to start off. There was something about these two strangers that felt like, they weren't strangers at all. She was keen to find out why and who they were, but she was also aware that perhaps her curiosity could corner her up in something dangerous - not that she wasn't used to that. Elenora narrowed her eyes a little looking at the angel as he said he would explain it. "Fair enough," she replied and looked over at Ethan after before breathing out. "I have a room on the third floor," she then replied and started walking over to the elevator. She knew if push came to show, she could at least find a way out. It was that annoying feeling in her gut that told her to trust these two that bothered her. It could be a simple mind trick, but what if it wasn't?

Ethan took a deeper breath in and followed Elenora to the elevator and up to the third floor. He felt his heart grow heavier in his chest - what if Elenora just send them away? They needed to be ready for that kind of rejection, and what if he wasn't? She opened the door and he walked in after her looking around, clearly he was right about the rich part, seeing she had a room that was basically the size of a large two room apartment. "You can sit," he looked back at her as she gestured them to sit on the couch. He walked over there and sat down, letting his eyes scan the sitting area. Elenora took off her coat before sitting down at the armchair. "So, why are you here? Business, jobs you can't handle.. or something else?" She asked and crossed her leg over the other. Elenora had always been quite straight forward, but the only thing she could really find that reminded her of a reason for them to be here: was business and not the marketing kind.

He narrowed his eyes a little as she seemed to be ready for a job description, it was also then he realized they all worked in the same areas. Himself and Michael perhaps a little on the surface, but Elenora, she worked under it. Quite the cover it seemed, it wasn't what he had expected when he saw her social media with Zitora last night. "Actually, it's something else. We can talk work after, do you want to break the news or should I?" Ethan then asked looking at Michael. Perhaps he wanted as their father to break the news to her. Ethan just wanted him to know, he could do it if he found it difficult - not that he imagined that.

Something else, what kind of something else Elenora wondered for a few seconds - it would have been nice to be a mind reader for those few seconds before the angel broke the silence. She raised her brows slightly before narrowing her eyes, as if she waited for Ethan or her so called twin brother to call the prank, but they both looked more serious than to her liking. Ethan then handed her some papers just few seconds before she was about to ask for them. She looked down at the black letters and numbers on the white paper, it was from the hospital she was born in, she knew that - but that her parents weren't her parents. Elenora felt a knot in her stomach grow a bit, almost feeling a bit sick with the information. She looked up at them again, looking stoic at what was supposed to be her biological father as he explained he just had found out as well. Ethan kept quite but she was somewhat clear of it being easier having the angel explain. She lifted her left eyebrow a little bit higher when he presented himself as the archangel Michael, it made sense now that she came to think about it. His last comment made a little half smirk appear on her lips followed by a little chuckle. "Yeah, I do," she responded and breathed out leaning a little forward placing her elbows on her thighs. "That is actually the reason I'm here as well."

Ethan frowned a bit, it was weird for him suddenly having a twin sister - but he was used to having younger siblings and friends he cared for as family. He had an overprotective nature and he felt it bother him that his new sister was out there hunting the supernatural alone. Or it seemed that she was alone. His eyes looked around the room, seeing if there was any signs of weapons. "So, you are here because of the supernatural, are you alone?" He then asked and turned his eyes back to Elenora. "I am, but I'm no damsel in distress - so no need to start worrying about me," she replied and took a deeper breath in. "Look, I appreciate you guys showing up and telling me all of this. But I work best on my own," she then said and looked over at Michael. Elenora had already lost her adoptive mother and brother to vampires and her fiance to a group of demons - she wasn't looking for more people to lose. "And we will let you be if that is what you want.. we just want to get to know you a little, if that is alright with you?" Ethan than said, it was odd how connected he felt to her in this moment. It was like a light tingle under his skin that told him more than her words, there was a sadness much darkness, anger and he absorbed it like it was nothing. He had never felt his abilities being so active and he was afraid if it kept going like his, he wouldn't be able to stop charging it. "Okay, that would you like to know then?"

She was herself curious about what had happened in the lobby few minutes ago, but she wasn't one to keep the conversation. Elenora nodded a bit as Michael said, they didn't asked anything from her, which made her breath more calmly out. It was news you couldn't just shake off and move away from, but she would have to make a call home to hear some more sides to this story. Elenora wanted to know why no one has ever told her the truth, and she was almost eager for a discussion. She also knew who she wasn't looking for conflict with and she could get her frustration out elsewhere later. The next question made her chuckle lightly and she slowly licked her upper lip before replying. "I've always been in this line of work, It's kinda what we do. The D'Avalos family has a long line of hunters, among other hunters we go under Lelantos, I guess my abilities luckily fell in the right hands," she added with a slightly raised brow. People in this line of work had different morals, and the Lelantos was known amongst hunters to be quite brutal and she knew that.
"Lelantos," Ethan frowned a bit as he remembered his mother having mentioned that tribe of hunters before. He would need to go home and read a bit more, but perhaps Michael knew more about them. "I know we have our reputation, but someone has to do what is necessary." Ethan took a deeper breath in and wondered what her words meant, what was necessary, and what did she mean by that? Doing what was necessary. He took a sharper breath in and narrowed his eyes a tiny bit.

Lelantos, Ethan felt like him and Zitora should have found that information last night as well, and it didn't look like them to not find the whole case - but perhaps they hadn't know where to look, but now they did. So he would most likely return to her to let her help find more information. He zoned out while Michael and Elenora talked, it was still a lot to process and he had hoped that her job would just have been her job. Being part of the supernatural fight club, was always a different case and Ethan worked to keep people safe - everyone who couldn't fend for themselves - even if it meant them to be supernatural. It seemed like they had a little different moral, but he couldn't be sure till he had at least given her a chance.
Ethan returned back from his thoughts, when Michael asked about her abilities. He was curious about that himself, Ethan himself had two abilities - one of them he actually liked and the other one scared him. Scared him enough to never talk about it, which could end up being a problem. Elenora chuckled a bit by the question. "I can channel all four elements," she replied shortly and leaned back in her seat. "My other ability.. I'm not sure what it is, but It's strongest when it's day time" Ethan frowned a bit and exhaled, "like mine is at night," he mumbled to himself, but was aware that they could hear him. He had never really discussed his other ability with Michael, perhaps mentioned that there was something dark trying to take over him a few times, but had always just placed it on demons or vampires - even witches and thought they might have hexed him or something. "Let me guess, you are filled with unnecessary postiive energy and you enjoy the heat?" Ethan narrowed his eyes a little, trying to figure out how much she wasn't like him.

She frowned by her so called brother's words. Elenora knew there was something about him that she couldn't place, and the second they have touched, it had almost felt like everything in her had been balanced out, that the positive and happy emotions hadn't been the ones dominating her. However, she had also felt the negative and dark emotions that roamed his mind even if his smile told other stories. "Yeah, let me guess, you will tell me, that you have unnecessary negative energies or what?" She looked at Ethan, then over at Michael but ended her gaze at Ethan. "Okay, this is freaky, but I'm not sure it means anything. It could be just normal differences, right?" She looked back at Michael, waiting for him to say what she wanted him to say - but also knew, her and Ethan wasn't the only two who had felt the wave of balanced energy in the lobby.

She frowned a bit, never really thought more to her abilities than they were what they were. It would be a good idea to learn more about it, because she already felt quite strong - then she imagined how powerful she would feel if she actually understood them. "I travelled alone, I arrived first in January," she took a slightly longer breath in, the beginning of her year had been everything but good. "I left back in March, and then returned here in September. I have some unfinished business, I need to take care of," she wasn't here for them hearing about what, because her need for revenge was not everyone's cup of tea. "However, I have family friends here. So, I get all the information I need," she replied mostly to assure them she got things under control. "We are quite resourceful as well, if you need more than just information," Ethan tried to get under her skin just a little, hoping she would expect that he wanted to help. He had always been like that, trying to help where ever he could. "I appreciate that, but I'm fine," she replied quite fast and kept the polite attitude up. As much as she wanted a big cozy family that seemed to be caring about more than just their jobs, it wasn't a reality she could have. "Okay, but in case you change your mind"- "I won't," -"But if.. here is my card, my number is on it." Ethan handed her the card and she took it. "I guess being stubborn is a family trait, huh?" She chuckled a bit and took a deeper breath in before looking over at Michael.

Being there for each other, the thought made a little smile curl on her lip. It had been different at home since her mother had died alongside Jonathan, her father had acted a bit as if his heart was ripped from his chest. She understood the pain, but also a reason why she didn't like staying there. It would be a lie if she said she wasn't lonely, but for her to suck up her pride in this matter, wasn't just a fitting time. "I appreciate that, perhaps we should get coffee sometime," she breathed out seeing Ethan seemed to smile naturally by her sentence. Elenora didn't blame them for wanting to get to know her, a part of her wanted to learn about them as well - she was just not sure if she could handle having more people on her list that she could lose. "That would be great," Ethan would have suggested them holding some birthday event together, but looking at her room - she seemed like the type of person who might have planned a whole birthday week. It was easy to sense people who had grown up in places where money never had been an issue. Also, he he hand't really told Maeve about this whole thing - or the supernatural for that matter, he didn't really want her to be involved with this part of the world, even through it seemed like it was about time it happened.