There had been far too many things Raphael had let fall by the wayside, his relationships with his younger siblings among them. Perhaps the most important thing that he had let go of - and he wasn't really sure how to fix it.

These were the starts, he supposed. Seeing Samandriel settle, he withdrew his hand and nodded just slightly. Time to get to work. He spread his wings out, invisible to perhaps all but his brothers, then flew, leaving Samandriel to rescue Alec while he did battle with the monster's tentacles.

It didn't take much time before he was hit, and a human would have had the wind knocked from him though Raphael was fine and taking advantage of his strength to kick and hit, a distraction for the rescue part of the plan.