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Chapter 14: The Seven Angels.
I was in darkness, the swirling, engulfing darkness of my mind. This
was where I had met the other part of me. And I was sure I would meet
him again, even if I didn't want to. I wanted to run, hide from everyone
and everything, even myself. But people persisted, trying to prevent me
from crawling away. I wish they wouldn't, I wished that they would just
leave me alone.
"Hello. It's good to see you again."
I turned around to see the other part of me standing there. He was
dressed the same as usual, in his white robes. "Go away. Just let me
leave, I don't want to be here."
"I know you don't, I know what you know. I am a part of you. And
frankly, your going to need my help. I already teleported you away from
God. Now I'm going to give you some good advice that will keep you
alive."
"I want to die."
"Well I don't. And frankly me, and you will if we don't stop the
Seven Angels. God is sending them."
"What the hell is with all this talk about the Seven Angels any
ways?"
"The Seven Angels are the bringers of the Apocalypse. With seven
blights they bear, they shall destroy the world. Every last person on
it. And it's your, and my job to stop them."
"And why should I care about this world?"
"If you don't care yourself, then think of all the people that will
die. Think if they will care. Don't be so damned selfish! Think of
someone else's ass before you think of yours for once!"
"Aren't I entitled to be selfish? I've had people manipulate and use
me since god knows when! That's what everyone wants to do, use me. I
won't let them! Rather no one get me then either of them. I would kill
myself if Lilith didn't prevent me from!"
"There's a reason to stay alive! Lilith! Alice! Sarah! They all care
about you, they all love you. I know, and so do you! Why don't you save
the world for their sake?"
"Because I can't! I'm not good enough to!"
"Then at least try!"
"Why? You've given me reasons that benefit others. What about a
reason that benefits me."
"If you fight. You can get revenge on the church for trying to kill
you. You can get revenge on God for trying to use you. And if you want,
revenge on Lilith."
"You actually make it sound tempting. But before I agree to
anything. I want you to answer my questions."
"Okay. Ask away."
"First. Why does God want to kill mankind even though he created
them?"
"A long time ago, God decided he needed a weapon. One who could
adapt to situations, plan out strategies, capable of independent
thought. Mankind was that weapon, to fight the Demons. But independent
thought is a double-edged sword. They didn't want to be used, and
rebelled. God was angry, and cast them out of Eden, to the Earth. He did
not destroy them because he knew they may be useful again some day. And
then he turned his back for a long, long time. Until a couple thousand
years ago, and so he tried again to control them. Through the church and
everything before it. Then he turned his back again, hoping that the
church would take effect and the whole world would worship him. But he
didn't check again until the late nineties, and noticed that we,
humanity, was becoming threat. So now he has decided to destroy mankind,
once and for all."
I didn't find that at all hard to accept. Everything lately was so
confusing, almost nothing would phase me. If only everything was simple
again, but life is complex. And nothing happens the way you want it to
in life. It makes me question the mean of existence itself. If only
there was a rational reason. Were we just weapons? Or were we people?
Did we have a choice about what was going on, or were we doomed to
failure? Couldn't mankind advert the tides of fate? Or was everything,
destiny?
"So will you try and stop the apocalypse?"
There was a long pause, seeming to last forever. My mind went over
the question. The reasons why and why not to do it. Everything swirled
within my mind, ever thought. Everything within me was devoted to this
question. I had the whole world in my hands. It was no small decision.
It was the choice to decide everything. And what would I choose?
After what seemed like hours, the answer finally escaped my lips.
"No."
Then came another deafening silence. My other part had a look of
defeat on his face. As though his whole world had shattered around him.
As though the whole world would suffer the same fate as him, and it
would. "Why?"
"Because you are trying to use me as well, in much the same way as
the A.C.M. You are just using me. The ends never justify the means."
"Yes they do. Some day you will realize this, if you live long
enough. You have 24 hours, 24 hours until the world ends. 24 hours to
change your decision. Think about it, will you? It's to important to
throw away, the world that is."
And I awoke.........
Nothing seemed real anymore, it was more of a hazed dream. It was so
hard to find the difference between fact and fiction. Everything seemed
like a story, but it wasn't. A story could never hurt me so much, and
stories weren't real. Yet this was real, even though I wished it wasn't.
I wished everything would just go away!
Why wouldn't they all just leave me alone?...................
"Sarah."
"Yes?"
"It's happening."
"I know."
"You're in charge."
"Of what?"
"Our forces?"
"We're moving them in?"
"Better fight united then apart. When the Seven Angels come, they
will send the world into shock. But it won't take long to snap out of
it. So they will retaliate, with EVERYTHING they have. When the battle
comes, we will join the UN forces, and hopefully drive back some of the
Angels."
"And I'm in charge. What about you?"
"I have more important matters to attend to."...........
Steven sat in a chair behind a desk. He was drinking down glasses of
wine like there was no tomorrow. He had gotten word that it was coming,
time was up. Douglas had screwed all of mankind.
"Lilith, you're our last chance, you have to do this! You have to
make him change his mind."
"Yes sir." And she teleported away.
Steven sighed and raised his wine glass up to the air. "To the end
of the world!" And he drank........
"Sir?"
"Yes?"
"How will we take care of him?"
"What?"
"We've got new orders. He didn't join."
"Stupid bastard! Betraying his creator like this. God's vengeance
shall be great!"
"And about the rebels......"
"There are no rebels!"
"But they tried to kill him before he made his decision."
"Go away! I have much thinking to do."
"Yes sir." And the man left.
"Rebels. I'll find them, no worries about that. They dare call
themselves priests! They shall pay greatly!"
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