The Glassy Sky

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Welcome to the Underworld

I lost the entire gang because Morpheus tried to shoot his flames on us. We were scattered all over the underworld and I honestly don't know what to do. Sully tried to woke me up by pecking my head as hard as he can. I woke up in a place where there are pillars all over the place. The sky is all red and it rains fire everywhere. There are mountains here that are as high as they can be without vegetation and I can't help but notice that there are towers everywhere I set my eyes on. Is this the underworld or is this hell? I'm not sure anymore after everything that we've been through confusion becomes normal to me. I tried to enter one of the giant towers, and it's filled with doors as I look above. Then when we tried to open one door inside the tower, someone flew above. He looks like a muscular African-American man who has black armor covered his entire body. He came from above to stopped us and said, "Don't open that door!" Someone said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because that is where humans whose damned souls are being placed."

"So is this hell?"

"Yeah, what else do you think?"

"Who are you?" Sully asked. "And why are we in hell?

"Oh my goodness! A talking crow!" He said, jokingly. "I'm Azazel, and you're not welcome here."

"I thought we're heading to the underworld?"

"And you did. This used to be the underworld, until the God's have condemned us to live with the damned and guard this place for many eons."

"I see."

"Who sent you here?"

"Hypnos did. He said that we can train in this world for time doesn't exist here?"

"He's right, but why do you badly need to train here?"

"Because we formed a contract with Azrael to defeat a certain person."

"Oh, so you've made friends with our enemies. How wonderful is that?"

"I assume that you're not friends with Azrael?"

"Azrael, Thanatos whatever he wants to call himself. I don't like him! That means you're an enemy too." Azazel said as shown his big black wings fit for being that was condemned in hell. And a black snake appeared from his back, slithered as fast as it could to his hands and transformed into a black sword. "Be prepared for a fight, Sully." I said.

"I'm right behind you." Sully said. I took the sword out of its scabbard as we are preparing ourselves to fight. Then a sudden flash of light blinded Azazel and we noticed that Azrael appeared in front of us. "Run!" Azrael said while defending us from Azazel. As we ran away from the tower, we noticed as we look back that the wall was busted and Azrael was thrown out of the tower. I came back because I can't afford to lose him. Without him, there's no one to guide my brother to the afterlife. So I called upon the sword's name and it shined a bright blue flame so beautiful that it stunned him. I slashed in the air aiming directly towards Azazel, but Azazel fended my attack with his bare hands. "Why do you have that?" Azazel said.

"It was given to me, and I'm not afraid to use it." I said back. While Azazel was busy approaching me, Azrael stabbed him in his back, as quick as he can with his sword aiming directly to his heart. "Azazel is dead, you don't have to worry about him."

"Why are you here?"

"I was back in the dream world to see if there's any progress with you. Then I saw my twin brother gave you gifts, and I saw him being killed by Morpheus."

"So, you went all this way just to save us?"

"Indeed, I don't know what's going on with my brother that he sent you here. This place is very dangerous especially without my help. But he told me that you're in desperate need for training and this place is suited for your training since time doesn't exist in this world."

"Yeah, that's what he said. But how am I gonna find my brother and the rest of the gang?"

"You can use the sword's power to teleport us from their location."

"How?"

"You just need to call the sword's name and concentrate on which person do you want to see. When you have a clear vision of where they are, then feel the sword's power and command it to teleport you to their location."

"That sounds like a lot, but I'lltry." I did what he said, I called upon the sword's name, closed my eyes andconcentrate on which person I would like to see. I want to see Sam and where heis, so I concentrate and the sword gave me a clear vision of where he is. I cansee Sam lying on the floor with demons about to attack him. He's in greatdanger, but I don't want to lose focus so I stay concentrated and command thesword to teleport us towards Sam's location. The bright blue flame of the swordencircled Azrael and I and whirled and it tried to swallow us, then the nextthing we know is that we're now on Sam's location.