The divine Comedy: Lucifer's second act

Ch.25 Betrayal,spite and envy

"I'm sorry"
"Son"
Said Greed as Safer-Free slowly removed his cloak.it was none other than Free's very own father, Richard Valerius

"NO"
"THIS CAN'T BE"
"THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE"
"THE ONLY SLIVER OF HOPE THAT I HAD FOR YOU NOT ACTUALLY BEING THE PERSON THAT FUNDED THE DOWNFALL OF SOLARIS HAD DISAPPEARED"
"TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE YOU'RE PART OF THE BLIND EYE"
Said the Half angel as he grabbed onto his father's cloak.

"WHY DID YOU DO THIS"
"WHY FATHER"
"WHY"
Free said as he shook his father up and down.

"Didn't I entrust you and mother to take care of my dear Cellinia AKA MY DAMN FIANCEE WHILE I WAS GONE"
"And Does mother know about this"
Said free in a furious tone.

"First of all yes you did but I decided to come here instead"
"And second of all no she doesn't"
Said Richard as he held his head down.

Free hit his father who was still bonded with mammon with the hilt of heaven piercer.
"Why must you of all people be the one to do this"
"I thought you were a good man and an even better father"
"A brilliant one at that"
"And who is your little disciple"

Free's father looked free dead in the eye, powerless as his son had found the truth.

"Look Free"
"I didn't know you were in Solaris"
"We needed to attack the country nonetheless because of one of the sins orders"
"I hope we can just forget about this alright?"
Said his father.

"I mean even I thought you were gonna turn out good"
"But look around you,all the death and destruction that you caused"
Said his father attempting to distract free from the topic at hand.

"Though vengeance is what I sought for my people"
"But alas there is no honour in it"
Free said as he threw his father to the ground.

Richard saw his son in this half angelic state, with dual halos and a dark red wing with glowing ashes flying off as he approached Heinz.

"Who's the boy"
Questioned The angered warrior.

"As long as you don't hurt him I'll tell you"
Said Richard as he sat down on the floor.
It was at that moment Richard realized what his son had truly become after his disappearance.

"Fine"
Said the one winged angel as he readied his blade near Heinz's throat.

"Heinz Zimmerman is not just my disciple"
"I raised him after I first found him during a cult gathering in an abandoned village"
"He was like my second son"
"I treated him just like you"
"But never brought him home"
Confessed Richard as he looked at Heinz.

"YOU REPLACED ME"
said Safer-Free as he neared the blade no Heinz's throat.
"YOU DIDN'T EVEN CARE TO LOOK FOR ME"
"SO YOU REPLACED ME WITH SOME VILLAGE RAT IS THAT IT"
shouted free as his enraged voice echoed throughout the rubble and debris of their surroundings.

"NO DON'T KILL HIM"
Shouted Richard as he reached his hand trying to send a blast of energy to knock heaven piercer out of Free's hand.

"He meant a lot to me"
"He Reminded me of you"
"When all was lost he was the only one that reminded me of you my dear son"
Said Richard as he begged for Heinz's Mercy.

Free looked down on Heinz reluctantly as he showed him what was supposed to be mercy.
"Scum"
"I'll just leave you disfigured"
Free said as he raised his sword and punctured one of Heinz's lungs, Cut Heinz's right arm and left leg, and released a blast of heat that left his face disfigured beyond recognition.

"As for you father"
"Death is the only punishment suitable as it would avenge my people and fulfill my duty"
"But you still being my father have left me no choice but to spare you"
Said Free as he looked down on his father.
"There is no honour in vengeance.."
He said as he began to tear up realizing the massacre he had committed

The amount of emotions Free's father saw coming from his son made him truly realise what he had become after his disappearance.
From the wrath he showed as an angel delivering 'punishment' to his fwllow cult brethren to the envy and spite he felt after Richard revealed the identity of heinz.

The boy began to walk away until he stopped in his tracks before he approached heinz.
A wry smile grew on his face as he looked at his father once more and said.
"Let's go home...."
"Dad"
He said as Safer-Free transformed into his celestial self' and flew away into the night sky heading towards Aetheria.

"How am I supposed to go home now damnit"
Said Douglas as he was stuck amongst the flames and the piles of corpses.
Thankfully a cultist took pity on him and decided to offer Douglas a car to go home in.He gladly accepted.

It had hit the witching hour as Phanes soared through the air finding his way back to Aetheria.
"He replaced me with another boy"
"He joined the cult that turned me into the monster that I am"
Phanes thought to himself as he contemplated the actions of his vessel's father or in this case His father.

He entered the city's airspace and flew upwards to find the penthouse.As his shadow eclipsed the moon a shiver was sent down everyone's spines be it sleeping or awake,The angel of death was watching from above.

Phanes saw the penthouse with its lights still turned on.
"I can bring this to three conclusions"
"Cellinia is being held hostage"
"Or she's having an affair,which is quite literally impossible"
"Or mother decided to spend the night there"
Phanes thought to himself as he approached the apartment complex.

Phanes flew down to reach the apartment complex but crashed into the pavement Infront.
Car alarms were blaring as the angel made a crater in the ground.
The dust settled as it revealed free running to the apartment building.
After the events of what just happened in Lunaris,his emotions were no longer in control.
He was constantly shifting between Phanes and Safer-Free,with tears running down his face grasping onto his blade for dear life he ran to the elevator and went to the highest floor.

He ran to his door constantly shifting and barged the door open.

"FREE"
"YOU'RE BACK SO SOON"
Said Cellinia as she looked at him through the door still shifting between  angel and man.
Free collapsed on his knees with inlyhis sword holding him up.

"Father"
"Cult"
"Father......"
Free said as tears rolled down his face as he finally stopped shifting and stayed as a normal Free.

Free gathered the rest of his strength as he drag his exhausted body and sat down next to Cellinia and collapsed onto the sofa drifting into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile in heaven,
A familiar voice was heard,a man in a golden goblet had finally spoken after decades.

"Well"
"He's finally awake"