My Cosmical Romance

Chapter 27

The arena was so silent you could've heard a fly sneeze.

The Doctor stood, petrified with horror as Ray was munched up by the Minotaur.

The crowd held their breath until the Minotaur was finished. He burped loudly, then spat out a pair of converse trainer.

A singular wail filled the Arena

"NOOOOOOO!!!" Mikey fell down off his seat and onto his knees, his hands raised in the air and his face contorted in agony.

There was silence again as a single tear rolled down his face. Then he broke it with a big barking sob, that shook the air to its core and echoed around the circular building.

Rose put a hand on his shoulder as Mikey broke down into hysterical tears.

"Dudes," Bill and Ted had tears forming in their eyes as well. "What just happened?"

"RRAAYYYYY" Mikey wailed "OHH RAYYYY MY BELOVED"

He wrapped his long, lanky arms around Rose's shoulders and nestled his snotty face in her hair. Rose patted his back gingerly as he shook with sobs.

The Doctor stood shakily in the arena, stumbling backwards in his attempts to get away from the Minotaur.

No one could believe it. Was Ray truly gone?

All of a sudden the most bizarrely spectacular of all events began hinting that it would unfold. The tiny blonde hairs on the back of Mikey's neck all stood up.

"Whu- what's happening?" He stopped crying and wiped his eyes on Rose's sleeve.

"Nothing.." murmured Rose, but she almost spoke too soon.

From the deathly silence there came a gentle hum. Quiet at first, but it grew, little by little, into a chorus of angelic voices.

The Minotaur threw his great head back and opened his tremendous jaws. And out of the creature's mouth, streamed a bright white light. It coincided perfectly, almost too perfectly, with the crepuscular rays, shining down from the heavens.

Angels sang out in immaculate chorus as the skin of the Minotaur began to fall away.

"R-Ray..." Mikey gasped, as Ray's lifeless body rose up into the sky.

The light had hit him at such an angle that he looked as though he were glowing. His luscious golden locks seemed a glorious halo. His hands fell limply at his sides and his feet were bare. Yet his head was angled back, so that his closed eyes could meet with the sun.

"Halle fuckin lujah dudes" gasped Bill

"Amen" Ted nodded.

The chorus of angels sang louder and Ray opened his mouth and joined them.

Suddenly his body jolted and he began to writhe and wriggle in the sky. He opened his eyes and a golden light shined out of them.

"RAY" Shrieked Mikey "RAY CAN YOU HEAR ME?"

Ray gave no response, yet his limp arms floated upwards and he began to slowly fall back down to earth. A gust of wind gently blew him in Mikey's direction.

Mikey stood up, gawking. He held out his arms as if to catch a ball at a baseball match. Instead he caught Ray.

"R- Ray" Mikey could barely speak

"I am not Ray" sang Ray, in the voice of infinite angels 

"I have become a God, an ethereal being... My name is Ray, A Drop Of Golden Sun"