Aekhem

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"STOP!" he ordered them "DON'T FOLLOW THEM"

The Angels stopped when they were ready to go outside through the ceiling. They put all their weapons away and went back to Dulpnaer.

The room started to fill out with Angels ready to fight and others trying to find out what were happening.

Dulpnaer spoke to them right away:

"Brothers!, an intruder has come to our Celestial. One who is not allowed to put his wings in this our sacred place. The guards have taken him into custody but thanks to the help of rebel Angels he has escaped"

"Who is this intruder?" the one that was in front of everybody asked.

Dulpnaer responded.

"Aekhem, son of Dregnar. But we were able to find out his intentions"

"Dregnar?, is Dregnar here?" the same Angel asked.

"No, Dregnar was were and we got him but Lacjner freed him and he got away. Meckham went after him and in doing so,

Aekhem ended his life, I am sorry to report"

Al Angels present responded talking to each other.

One of these Angels came from the middle of the group to the front and asked:

"It's time you explain what is exactly happening here Dulpnaer. The rest please leave, I will have a conversation with Dulpnaer. This makes no sense at all. I will tell you

everything as soon as I have finish here"

Kohnet was known and respected. He always said everything exactly as it was.

They all started getting out of the room.

When they were alone, Kohnet told Dulpnaer:

"I have been observing you and Mekham. And I always thought that you had something going on. I don't know what it is or was but something is not right. Before you are demoted from your commission as second in command as a

gate keeper, tell me, why was Dregnar here?"

Dulpnaer responded without hesitation:

"He wasn't, we brought him, we wanted him to tell us Tusuer's prison location. I never agreed to this but Meckham convinced me Dregnar could release him whenever he wanted. Knowing that Tusuer is a threat to the Celestial I had to agree. He never gave us the location and while we were interrogating him, Lacjner came in and released him and they both got away. We think it was Lacjner who helped him.

Meckham went after them with two guards"

Kohnet was looking straight at his eyes:

"But Meckham was not allowed to leave the Celestial, why did he do it?"

"Kohnet, I honestly don't know, I think he felt responsible and followed him. We didn't have time to persuade him otherwise, everything happened too fast"

Kohnet mumbled:

"And found his death" and out loud" so I imagine then Aekhem came looking for revenge, or what do you think he was doing here?"

"We were expecting Meckham's return, but instead Aekhem came in and took down three of the guards at the gate where he came in, we were able to stop him, hold him down and bring him here. He told us that as vengeance he would release Tusuer to finish us all for the dead of his father"

"It makes no sense at all" Kohnet said doubting Dulpnaer's explanation "why come here? All he had to do was release Tusuer if he wanted to do it. Maybe he was coming here for revenge, kill as many as he could. May I remind you he is not like us, he has human instincts in him" Dulpnaer smiled, there was no need to convince him of anything and relaxed.

"The right thing to do is go after him and force him to tell us Tusuer's location and then put him away for the rest of his existence" Dulpnaer suggested.

Kohnet stopped thinking and said:

"That is exactly what makes no sense. Why do you insist in knowing Tusuer's location. None of us here want to know. We don't want to know anything about Tusuer. We know Tusuer wants to get out and he has provoked various nature catastrophes in trying to escape, if you can call them nature catastrophes. But he will never get out. I was able to talk to Dregnar directly right after the war and he assured me that would never happen. He can try as much as he want and maybe a lot of people will die, but if he were to come out, human race would end. So we don't care where he is at in the world. Nevertheless, you insist ... you know, there are rumors about these group of Angels that adopted Tusuer's philosophy ..."

Dulpnaer interrupted him:

"My duty is to protect the Celestial and now that Meckham is gone I will take his place in the chain of command and will make sure nothing happens here. We will go after Aekhem and will put him in prison. The same will happen to Lacjner and the Angel that was with them, whom I'm sure is part of a larger group of rebel Angels. I still can't understand why I didn't recognized him though. Couldn't feel his presence or look at his face. Too fast, everything happened too fast. Regardless, I assure you Kohnet, my interest it's only for the safety of the Celestial. And if I find out Tusuer's location, it would be for that reason only. We will strengthen the location from outside and avoid more human casualties. And I tell you, I haven't heard any rumors of any groups or group that have adopted Tusuer's destructive way of thinking".

Kohnet insisted:

"It seems here we have us an Angel who is very much attached to humans and our cause, right Dulpnaer?" he still looking at Dulpnaer straight to his eyes but Dulpnaer's look didn't change. Kohnet added "I have evidence it was Meckham who was the head of this group. He was not strong enough though. But now that he is gone it's not going to be easy find out who was with him or behind him. But I will make this weak evidence strong and then I will accuse whoever is involved, and maybe, maybe ... because he was your superior in rank ..."

"Are you saying that I had something to do with whatever you think Meckham was doing? I am a loyal guardian at the Celestial. Why would I be part of a movement against the Celestial? Against all of my brothers?" Dulpnaer said this in a dramatic way, spreading his wings and talking louder.

Kohnet noticed how his eyes were afraid of being discovered.

Couldn't look at him anymore.

"No Dulpnaer, I am not thinking that. But I think the right thing to do now is to assign somebody else to do your duty while we determine if this rumor is true or not. And if it is real we need to find out who is part of it. That is something that I am bringing to the Council" when he was finished, he turned around and started walking to the door but before he reached it Dulpnaer stood right in front of him.

"I just have one question" he said, a shadow was hiding his eyes "are you the only one that suspects of this movement or are there more like you out there?"

Kohnet answered:

"I do not see the reason for your ques..."

Dulpnaers sword was visible for a second and Kohnet's eyes were wide open when he felt it in his stomach and felt the pain as Dulpnaer moved it from left to right while holding him and telling him to his ear:

"It doesn't matter anymore. None of you are of any good to us. Believe me, there are a lot of us. Too bad you will not be part of our victory and our glory"

Kohnet's body hit the floor and blue blood starting coming out below him. Still not dead. Dulpnaer's eyes out of his orbits and his heavy breathing made him looked as if he was possessed by the pleasure and lust of a demented killer.

Two Angels came from the shadows and starting carryingKohnet's body, before they got out of his sight he saw how Kohnet's bodystarted disintegrating. He was cleaningthe blood of his sword, smiling.sI�V�4