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Chapter 21: Within Thy Self.
Lilith looked up at the darkened red sky and sighed. She had done
something much worse then she ever thought possible. The idea of Douglas
becoming corrupt was only a faint thought in the back of her mind at the
time she created her plan. But now the thing she least expected had come
to haunt her, and the whole world would suffer. Unless she ended him,
once and for all. She could kill him after he had finished his job. But
do the ends justify the means? Did Douglas deserve to be used as a
puppet in the game of world domination? And how was she any better then
anyone else trying to use him? Could she sleep at night if she killed
him? All of these and more questions went through his mind, but no
answer came.
Maeyli and Sarah were sitting down, leaning against the wreckage of
a building. They didn't say anything, even though the same thought was
on their mind. The thought of what was happening to Douglas, he just
wasn't himself. He seemed to be someone else, someone evil and dark. A
monster, rather then a man. And what could they do about it? There was a
battle raging within his mind, and only he could fight it. If only
Lilith's mind tapping ability could work on everyone, but it only works
on people unable to protect their mind. But any half-decent magic user
could protect themselves.
If only there were easy answers..............
I walked through the destroyed city, trying not to step on the
wreckage. But I did not mind all the destruction, not at all. It was as
though my conscience had been pulled out of my body and hanged. And why?
I didn't know. And I didn't care either.
As I looked around I felt a stab of pain in my mind and I blacked
out.............
I awoke in the floating depths of my sub-conscience. The eternal
darkness where the Messiah part of me lies. Where all the secrets and
answers are. The place that is hidden from me, even though it is me,
myself, I.
I looked around, trying to find a sign that someone was here, but I
didn't look long, for a voice came from behind me. "Nice to meet you."
Turning around, I saw a man. He was short, about five foot five, and
rather skinny. His body was hid underneath a black robe, which seemed to
be made of clothe. His face was square shaped, and a dark, blood red
colour. As were his eyes and his short hair that was well kept. From his
head came long black horns that poked through his hair. And out of his
back came out two large, bat-like wings, a blackish-red colour. He wore
a smile on his face which showed two fangs.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Well I'm another part of you. One amongst many."
"Where's the Messiah part of me?"
"Locked up. Well after I stole his power that is. What a pathetic
man. So kind and considerate, a little vain, but all around a nice guy
none the less. While me, well I'm the opposite."
"What part of me are you?"
The man put his finger up to his mouth and bit it a little. He was
considering how to explain this to me. "Okay. Let me see how I could
explain this to you. Hmmmm....... Okay, think about when you killed your
parents, or when Lilith killed them, or whatever way you want to look at
it. Lets say before then, I was a shadow, after that event, I was whole.
I am a representation of all the evil within you. And now, because of
recent events, I have become stronger then any other part of you. To sum
it up, you no longer have a soul. You lost some of it when you killed
your parents, and some more of it vanished after the years. And then
when you killed the two Angels, well lets say that you're a whole new
person. You're now, me and you, not you and him, the Messiah guy."
I was confused beyond belief, I couldn't really grasp the whole
thing. All I could understand was that I no longer have a soul. "What
are you talking about?"
He sighed and shook his head. "Let's try this again. Because of all
the stuff that's been happening to you, the evil part of you has taken
over. Now I am that evil side, and therefore I will be the dominate
personality in you, which means being cruel and evil and such on. You
will still be in control but you won't have things like a pesky
conscience and such on. Understand?"
I nodded. For some reason I wasn't angry at this man, maybe it was a
sign that I had truly lost my conscience. "I see."
"Well then good. See you again! You gotta go! If you want to talk to
me again, just say so. My name is Mondo, just in case you're wondering."
And I awoke.................
Alice sat down in a soft, red velvet chair, waiting to be served.
This was the church headquarters, and to be more specific, the waiting
lobby. It was a wonder why this place had a waiting lobby, because
anyone who really knew about the location, and purpose of this building
was a important person, and wouldn't need to wait an second. But yet she
had to wait, for a Mr. Maddocks to come, who was now the new member of
the church, elected by the council.
She looked around the room, from the half a dozen identical oak wood
chairs, to the oak wood walls, the silk carpet. And to the torches on
the walls, as well as the paintings that were hung close to them. This
whole building was supposed to be a monument to human art, but Alice had
never been here, and would have to check to see if that was true.
After waiting for nearly a half an hour, a man came through the
door. He was tall, slim, with short, dark brown hair and dark green
eyes. He wore wide brim glasses on his face which had rather thick
lenses. He wore a black t-shirt and black jeans, which were partially
covered by the white lab coat he wore.
"Sorry about the wait, we have been busy lately." He paused for a
second and then smiled. "It is rare that we see a high ranking officer
of Heaven to visit us. We usually don't get guests."
Alice nodded half-heartedly. "Okay. Now I came here to ask some
questions."
"About what, may I ask?"
"Recent declines in reports on projects that have not been done to
the full capabilities of the Church. May I ask hy this is happening?"
Mr. Maddocks's smile never left his face, he was totally calm. "With
the recent war between the Demons and the A.C.M, and the Messiah, and
the Seven Angels. The church has had a hard time dealing with it. As was
filed in the report we sent to Heaven."
"I see. Now on the subject of the Messiah. There was an
assassination attempt on him by one of the members of the church. Would
you care to explain?"
"Again, all explained in the report. It was ordered by the last
leader of the Church."
"The one who died of a heart-attack?" Alice had a hint of sarcasm in
her voice.
"Exactly. It was a terrible tragedy, truly. He was an old man
though, and not very healthy, it was not unexpected."
"Well, it seems you can explain everything. Well then I best be on
my way." And Alice got up and began to exit the building.
But before she could reach the exit, she was stopped by Mr.
Maddocks's question. "May I ask why such a high ranking official was
sent to do such a small, pointless job?"
"No you may not. Good day Mr. Maddocks." And she left, leaving Mr.
Maddocks wondering what to do................
Later on that day, Mr. Maddocks was sitting in his office talking to
the four Angels he had working for him. He was discussing this new
development.
"It seems that a high ranking official from heaven is onto us."
Corruption was the first to respond to that. "Should we kill her?"
Mr. Maddocks shook his head. "No. That would just raise God's
suspicion, it might ruin the whole operation. It would be pretty obvious
that someone is trying to cover up a secret, if someone investigating
that secret befell an, accident. It's best to let her go on her merry
little way. She won't find anything if we just leave her alone."
Next, Spite spoke up. "Now, to derail our previous conversation a
little, what are we to do about the Messiah?"
"Either one of two things. Death or friendship, either is fine. It's
good to have your enemies either dead, or friendly."
Then Fear decided to join in. "Well next on the list of things to
discuss, what has happened to Plague? He's missing. One of the Seven
Angels doesn't disappear."
Despair then entered the conversation. "Maybe he's dead?"
Fear shook her head. "No chance, we would have heard about it.
Something else has to have happened to him."
"Look. Either way, that's not important at the moment. Right now we
have to discuss how to use Pandora's box. Tell me everything."
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