International Legends

Chapter 42 - Ozara

I feel a light power flowing through me as demons and vampires run around the boat. The ground is shaking as I see Lucifer emerge from hell in his Cherubim form, looking angry. However, I am just as strong as dark clouds surge around me and lightning strikes across the sky. My energy sensed his a mile away.

I watched Leo as he was touched by Lucifer, falling instantly to the floor, stepping quickly under his spell. I hear Naomi shrieking - the sound piercing through the cacophony of the battle.

Light energy pulses through me like lighting.

I sense Leo's spirit form trying to get back to his body and wonder for half a second if Jasper was able to get him back to it. It seems Leo was a lifeless husk but there's a chance to revive him - which I see from Jasper's reaction.  I cover for David and Antonio as they take Naomi and Leo to safety. I get a flash of tree vines rooting themselves somehow. I know that Naomi and Leo were safe at this moment.

I know it is the will of God to slay these demons, nothing that is in the dark stays that way. I feel righteous fury about the situation. All the sinners here refused to listen to the all mighty and now it is too late.

Lucifer growled and snapped with his animal heads saying, "I shall take the  mortal worlds that are mine and take the sinners to the pits your God has clearly given up on you. He knows his creation will disappoint him."

I see the other realms trying to fight demons as well unsuccessfully and they are all screaming. I can feel the hopelessness of the situation as they struggle for their lives. He lets this happen and claims to be the father of all creation. Evil exists no matter what since the beginning. 

The Bible said that a new world would be created after Armageddon. He wasn't saying it, but the demons would be going to an even deeper hell-pit than the sinners they tormented.

I knew Lucifer had to be lying. He would say anything to gain power we all knew it. This is a realm of disappear and evil. Like a weighted chain, it will fall; but I refuse to let it get to me. We made it this far and I am not stopping now. All the signs of the end were here and even death itself can't stop the will of God.

Speaking of which, it appears that Jasper disappeared - which was fine by me. I'm guessing he is busy reaping souls somewhere. I realized something: I no longer wanted to fight him about reaping souls for it seemed necessary in a way to lay down the dead. It didn't mean I would not attempt to kill him if he got his scythe anywhere near me, but regardless.

Oddly enough, in Starlia's realm, it was all about creating yourself to be a better person and be remade. Why was it that she needed to die? Yet it was obvious from the way the Guardians fought the Angels that they were on the losing side. None can resist dying, not even the Guardians themselves.

Jaina and I paused time so Jackie could deliver her baby. Even though time was flowing through me again, the power of the Time Guardian was now activated through my inner being. I had watched the battle in slow motion as Jasper got dragged off to where Jackie is. He seemed very angry about the situation but was unable to resist being dragged off with her. If there wasn't so much at stake right now, I would laugh. A death angel  about to protect a woman giving birth, looking like he'd rather be dragged to the afterlife himself instead. 

The whole boat shook, confirming that Lucifer was not happy about the time hold. I could feel it breaking slowly like a shield splintering into glass. The more the enemy pressed on it, and Jaina was at the front by his snake-head. Just before the time-barrier snaps,  Carmen in her full squid form slams straight into Lucifer's head, knocking him away from Jaina.

Antonio also jumped in looking like a giant hulked out version of himself -  a male model glowing with magic. He had scars on his chest, probably from a previous fight. He punched the goat-head in the face and Lucifer threw him backwards onto the ship.