Let's retcon Angel back into the game!
(lets assume we're at the capital and its like... 10am.)
Nuriel stops on the outskirts of the city, partially due to a constant headache, putting Selina back on solid ground again.
"P-p-please d-d-don't d-do that again..." Selina is in the fetal position as she has a panic attack.
"Why not? We got here in record time! Now we just need to wait for the others. Moron."
Angel returned, and noticed something. "How'd they catch up? Nuriel was jetting across the sky like a...jet..."
Selina calms down a bit, she atleast stopped shaking and loosened her grip on her knees.
"I-I... n-n-never want to... f-f-fly again..."
"I'm sorry about Nuriel. I promise I'll try to figure out how to fly in normal form so I don't have to let Nuriel fly you around."
Having determined that this tended to make Selina feel better, Angel hugged Selina.
"Uh.. its.. its my Mom... I... I don't think I should... should reply till... till after the meeting with... with the president..." Selina looks a really nervous about something.
"That's logical."
Angel followed Selina at a distance, trying not to interfere with the "date". She also tried to remain unobtrusive, hoping to pass for an unimportant little sister. No one would connect her with Nuriel, right?
She practiced fire-flying, discovering along the way a method to magically extinguish fires. Due to not being Nuriel, the military folks easily ignored her--maybe they didn't even notice the little girl near all the older people.
"...That didn't go well..." Conny looks truly afraid though she tries to hide it.
"That is...obvious."
"I-I-If they... w-wanted to a-a-attack... w-why'd they c-crash...? D-do you... th-think they're... d-deserters...?"
"I would assume it had some root cause in mechanical failure and/or crew incompetence. Or there's more than one species of sapient extraterrestrials. Occam's Razor."
"I-I-If they... w-wanted to a-a-attack... w-why'd they c-crash...? D-do you... th-think they're... d-deserters...?"
"No idea. By the time we saw them, they were heading down and the SOS is only saying 'help, we are attack by dog crocodile hybrids."
"...Really? Last I saw one of those, they were with the foes. This indicates either a loss of control over the beasts, or...something interesting is going on..."
(when the rest catch up)
You head to the hole, it a jagged thing that seem at least a mile deep with scorch marks everywhere. That said, it seem easy enough to jump down to the bottom, but best in magic form so one does not break a leg on landing
Nuriel took over once they got there and shoved her way to the front, diving into the hole and leaving a trail of fire behind her to light the way down. Towards the bottom, she slowed herself with wings and flame-jets.
At the bottom of the shaft, you find blood, lots of it, caking the walls and pooling at the bottom. A trail of blood leads down a tunnel, naturally formed, away from the blood pool.
When the others arrived, Nuriel disavowed guilt for the blood.
"Prepare for battle. I don't like that sound, nor do I like the implications of blood trails on the ceiling, or those roars."
"You'n me both, Ma--Annie. Whatever.""...We forgot Miranda didn't we?" Ghost resists the urge to facepalm with a sword in her hand.
"Who?" Nuriel ignored the minor pain in her head. That was getting easier and easier. Angel was losing her grip, and Nuriel didn't mind.
In the meantime, Nuriel was growing impatient.
"Let's just go." Nuriel heads forward.