Heaven, Hell, and Earth

Chapter 64

As Alastor and Angel walked through the ancient passageways, they couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched. The air was thick with an oppressive energy, and they could sense that they were not alone in the catacombs. Adding to the unease was the countless number of skeletal remains found scattered and buried in these underground ruins, All them bleached white by time and close to crumbling into dust. Some had been left in these horrible positions when they died, that indicated a slow, torturous death.

"Hmm...I wonder if this was what Pompeii was like after it was destroyed by that volcano." Alastor thought out loud.

"Okay how are you not disturbed by all this shit?" Angel asked, looking utterly disgusted by these findings. "We're surrounded by corpses! Everywhere we look, there's another dead body! And all you can do is compare it to Pompeii?!"

"Angel I'm the product of Beelzebub raping a nun, I was raised in a facility that hunts paranormal beings who are evil and twisted beyond all reason, I have a natural craving for human flesh and blood, I ate a man when I was ten years old, I grew up with a violent, temperamentally unstable moth for a sister, and a shameless sex-crazed, ugly spider for a brother. After all that there is nothing in this world that could possibly disturb me."

"Hey! I won't argue with being shameless and sex-crazed, but how dare you call me ugly! I won a beauty pageant!"

Alastor chuckled at Angel's indignant response, but his amusement quickly faded as a sudden noise echoed through the catacombs. It sounded like the scraping of bones against stone, followed by a low, guttural growl that sent chills down Angel's spine.

"Another reason why I hate underground, you never know really what's down here." Angel shuddered.

"I find it intriguing." Alastor said. "A new discovery under each layer of dirt. I mean look at this Angel, a whole entire city buried under another city. This is like the equivalent of discovering Atlantis, if it was real."

Continuing  deeper into the cavern, they noticed strange markings on the walls, symbols that they couldn't decipher but Alastor knew they had to mean something. There was one collection of markings in particular had his attention especially captivated. They had been made on an ancient tablet. On the right side there was a marking of a 777 next to a hand print with the cross marked beneath them. In the left side there was a marking of a 666 next to also next to hand print but with the pentagram beneath them. Further downward he discovered the mark of the cross bleeding on to a key and the pentagram having the mark of the beast reigning above a gate and a tree within a circle.

"What do you think that all means?" Angel asked.

"Well if Solomon's teachings on hieroglyphics, the Bible, and symbols were correct, I'd say that this is where Pentious may have gotten the idea that he could create another Eden using me and Charlie." Alastor hypothesized.

"Are you sure?"

"Not exactly but take a look at this. There's a triple 7, that means the only trinity or heaven, and it's next to a hand print which symbolizes humanity or man for short. Underneath it is the cross, which is a common symbol of redemption, Christianity, basically when heaven and humanity come together. Now Charlie was born technically born from heaven and humanity so I'm guessing that cross is supposed to be her. Now over here is a triple six which means hell, Satan, evil, and a hand print with the pentagram underneath. The pentagram is often a symbol of evil, Satanism, basically when hell and humanity come together. I was born from both elements so the pentagram must be me. The symbol of the gate and the key must represent us opening the gates of hell, and the mark of the beast must mean that the faith in God is lost and it triggers an apocalypse in which hell is unleashed. And the tree in the circle is the symbol of the Garden of Eden, and it was marked underneath all this chaos. Giving the implication that this would be the result of Hell being unleashed."