Mal'Ahk "The Origin"

Chapter 9 (Rough Draft)

As I watched a swarm of demons come at me in the night sky, I think back to everything that has happened in my life. I use to be a CSI Agent for the local police in the biggest city in the world. One crazy night I was called to the crime scene to investigate a murder and it was my supervisor. His body was mutilated by a demon who was possessing him. Just thinking about that makes me wonder if my brain is already warped. I mean it sounds so normal to say that. Then the next thing I know I'm given angel powers. I'm being trained by the first commander of the ArchAngels and then I'm rescue that very same angel from a hoard of demons. It is a lot to think about, but the more I do think about it the easier it is to comes to reality of everything. I look over my shoulders to see how far Ariel and Michael had made it to the spirit realm. They didn't get far. Without Michael's wings it is a lot harder on Ariel. I took both blades and held them out in a defensive position. The Demons were right on top of me. "Okay it's now or never." I charged them and they pulled out there blades. The clashing and swooping of demons all around me kept me on my wings. I started to slash and dice up some demons left and right. I had to make sure they didn't try to go after Michael. One or two demons escaped my grasp. I took my sword and threw it at the closest demon and it with through his body and killed him. It went falling to the ground. I took my left hand and built up a ball of fire in it. It wasn't the black fire that the demons had, but it was a white fire. I shot it at the demon who was getting close to Michael and Ariel. The fire hit the demon and singed his wings causing him to fall. My focus was on that demon so much I didn't see the other demon take a stab at my side. "AGH!" It hurt so bad. I turned towards him and he was smiling. I swung my word at his neck and chopped his head off. He went falling to the ground. Just then more demons started to come at me. "Okay I think that gave them enough time." I turned my focus on Ariel and Michael and they both had reached the spirit realm. However I turned around to see that I was surrounded by the demons. I pulled them demons sword from my side. I tossed it to the ground. I took my left hand and reached on my back again and my sword that I threw earlier materialized in the sheathe again. I had my double swords once more. "Well what are you all waiting for?" They all charged at me and between my swords and my wings they couldn't land a single blow on me. I kept knocking them around. I was slashing and dicing them up left and right. Then I felt this blast him my left leg. I looked over to see level two demons coming at me. "Great, not these demons." I took my sword in my left hand and put it in the sheathe. I started to match them blast for blast. I started to get over run and I realized it was time for me to take my leave. I put my last sword in the sheathe and took one great big spin and it made a whirlwind that sent the demons in the air spiraling out of control. Then I took one great flap and was heading towards the spirit realm. Haniel always says I have rather large wings and it is a blessing at this point because it allows me to fly super fast. I was gaining some distance between the demons. As I face forward I see some demons up ahead of me. They made a barrier between me and the spirit realm. I pulled both of my swords out and held them out. As I got close I started to do a spiral roll in the air and sliced through the demons barrier. I made it to the clouds and started to get into the spirit realm. When I came too I saw fire blazing up from the temple. Ariel and Michael were waiting for me. "What are we going to do? It would seem that Gabriel has already started the attack." Ariel looked on with concern. "Get me to the human post." Michael said with such weakness in his voice. We headed for the human post. As we were getting closer I could see the humans taking refugee in there quarters. Kim was watching us out of her window. She came running out. "Mark it's terrible Gabriel and some demons showed up and started to torch the place. Haniel and then ArchAngels are out numbered." "It's going to be okay. You take Steph and Michaels host and take refugee. We'll handle this." I watched as Michael espérate himself from the human host. He angelic body didn't look that badly damaged, but his wings were gone. He looked at me and had so much shame on his posture. "Michael, it's going to be okay. You're still the commanding ArchAngel" "Yeah, but I'm already at a slight disadvantage." Just then I got a crazy thought. "Hey Michael why don't you absorb me?" He looked over at me like it was the craziest idea he had ever heard of. "Michael host your body?" Ariel said with laughter in her voice. "We don't have a lot of time and it would give you an angelic body and would allow you to aid in the fight." He looked like he was giving it some thought. "We could try it. Not sure what will happen." Michael said. "Well we won't know until we try?" I said with confidence. "Okay, let's give it a try." I stood there with my eyes close and Michael started the absorbing process. I felt this warm feeling come over me. The light started to get brighter and brighter. Just then I felt this burst of energy hit my body like none other. My wings started to glow a goldfish yellow color. My human clothes were stripped away and this body suite started to cover my whole body. It was tight and a little like a diving suit, but in cased in armor. I looked down and there was this symbol on my chest. "What is happening?" I asked myself. "Oh my word. I've never seen something so majestic before." Ariel said with amazement. Just then Kim said something I wasn't expecting her to say. "You look like a superhero." I sure felt like I had the power to become a superhero. "Yeah, you even have a mask coving you're face. You look really awesome!" Steph said with excitement in her voice. "Michael you there?" I asked myself waiting for a reply. Everyone's stared at me waiting for Michael to speak. (I'm here) "Woah he's in my head." I said with relief. "Yeah, that's how it feels. You can hear them in your thoughts." Kim said. "How do you feel Michael" I asked with anticipation. (I feel great, but I'm not able to take control of you're body, so it would seem you've gained more power from my angel body, but you are in control of it kid.) "Okay, so I guess I'm in control of the body. I have gained Michael's increase in power." I said with confidence. Ariel, Steph and Kim looked on with awe in there eyes as I reached for a sword out of my sheathe, only this sword was on fire. "You have the sword! The Flaming Sword!" Ariel said with shock in her voice. "Okay Ariel you ready?" "Yes, I'm ready." Ariel said with anxiousness in her voice. I looked at Steph and Kim. "You two need to find shelter now. Make sure that Michael's host is taken care of. We will protect you all." Just then Kim came up to me and gave me a hug. I knew that she didn't want to make a scene, but wanted to express her love for me. (Kid if it's okay with you can we go now. This is a little bit awkward.) "Sure thing." Kim looked up knowing I wasn't talking to her. "Be careful." Kim said with love. "I will. I'll be back. To check on you all shortly." I took my majestic gold wings and flapped so hard. I went up in the air faster then ever before. (Wow! I've never flown this fast before.) "Yeah, it would seem our powers combine has made us into a Super Angel. So quick question can you hear all my thoughts?" (No, I can't hear your inner thoughts unless you direct them to me.) "Okay, let me try. Because everyone's going to think I'm crazy if they see me talking to myself." (I agree) Michael said. (Can you hear me now?) (Yes, I can hear you Mark.) (Great. We're almost there. I can see the demons fighting the other angels) I said with anticipation. I've never seen such a horrific site. The temple was on fire, but with black fire. It was watching something beautiful be torn to shreds. (Okay here we go.) Michael said with nervousness in his voice. I landed down right next to Haniel. She had just sliced up a demon. "Mark?! Is that you?" "He's, Michael had absorbed my body to help me gain some strength to help out. What can I do?" Haniel paused for a moment to take in my outfit. She didn't know what to make of it. "You look like a superhero." I was getting a little frustrated. "Haniel. What can I do to help?" "Oh, sorry. Gabriel is inside. He has taken out a few of the angels. The rest of us have the perimeter covered if you want to take him out." I looked at her and felt this confidence growing inside of me. I wasn't sure if it was the power of Michael combined with mine or if it was all me. (Let's get him Mark.) (Sure thing.) "I got this Haniel. The moment you are able to get these demons destroyed make sure the barrier is guarded until we can get Gabriel destroyed." She nodded her head. I took off for the temple. Even my legs felt different, it felt as if there was lightening coursing through my legs allowing me to run faster. We blowed through a couple of demons that were fighting some angels. I sent them flying through the air. The angels that were fighting them jumped up and sliced them in two. They looked at me as I kept on running and had the same look that Haniel had. (I guess your angels have never seen a super angel before.) (No they haven't. Mark what we are doing is something that's never been done before.) I let out a smile at that moment and it was so hard not to be enjoying this. Then I saw Gabriel he had slain 3 angels by the time I got there. He was fighting one of them now. I let out a huge burst of air and it sent Gabriel flying through the air and slamming into the wall of the sanctuary. The other angel looked at me with shock and awe. "Go and help Haniel with the perimeter. We've got Gabriel." The angel didn't question me at all, instead he took off to help with the perimeter. A few other demons saw me standing there and decided to try to attack me. I looked over at them and two balls of flames came from my hands and I shot it at both demons burning them to ashes. (It's amazing how much power you have Mark. It's unreal.) Gabriel got up from the ground and looked at me. I thought he would be a bit surprised, but he figured out what we had done. "So you and Michael have combined your powers. I have to say I'm not the least bit surprised. If that is what it takes to beat me I should feel honored." I thought I would have had anger swelling up me, but instead I had this overwhelming calmness about the whole thing. Almost as confidence has taken the place of anger and I was able to control my emotions. "Gabriel you tell yourself whatever you want, but you are not leaving this temple alive." His smile on his face was replaced with a look of anger and fury. "You come into my house and you mock me! You will be the one who dies Mark. You and Michael both!" He charged for me with his sword held height. I pulled my flaming sword up to block him and when the two collided you could almost feel all of Heaven watching as we do battle. We clashed with every blow. One after another Gabriel kept swing and I was blocking. It felt like it went on for minutes, but it was hours. The rest of the angels had disposed of the demons around the temple and had gathered to watch Gabriel and me fight. "Gabriel! Why did you do it? Why would you hurt your brother angel?" "Because I wanted to be first in command. I wanted to be the one who was in charge of the arch angels. It was my time. Michael had served his time and he refused to retire." (He is fueled with rage. He is changing into something else. Mark you be careful, I'm not certain as too where Gabriel has gained this much power from. This is definitely the hands of Satan. Watch yourself.) (Thank you Michael I'll keep me eyes peeled.) "Gabriel you've changed. You're not the same angel we all know and love." He stopped swinging his sword at me. We were about ten feet apart. He started to pace around me. I stood there in place and regained my composure. I thought I would be out of breath, it I was actually quite calm. "Gabriel what makes you think you can even win?" He stopped pacing right in front of us. "Because I've got something you don't have." Just then his sword started to flame up, only the flames were not of red and yellow like normal flames. No they were black flames and I recognized them flames. (He has dark magic. Mark be careful. It's never good when an Angel wields dark magic.) "Gabriel, what did you do?" "I did what I had to do. What I was born to do. You are going to die today." He charged at me with the black flaming sword. He hit mine and they sparks started to fly all over. It felt he had an energy boost from somewhere. The clashes went back and forth. He took a swing at me and I was able to spin away from the attack which left is right side vulnerable. I took my sword and slashed the side. He let out a cry. "Argh! You're going to pay for that." He came at me wildly from all angles. I blocked each one and countered with an swing. I hit his left thigh. He let out another cry as the flaming sword burned his skin. "Argh! This is not over." "Gabriel there is no part of this battle that you win. Give it up. We can try and help you." "Help me?! You are the one who needs help!" The fury and anger behind Gabriels power was growing immensely. He charged at me wildly from all angles once again. (What is he doing?) Michael asked with confusion. (He is not thinking. He is allowing his rage to control him.) He came at me and took a swing, but when I countered it he countered at a split second and hit my right side. The pain of the slash had my side on fire. "Argh!" He let out a chuckle. "I got you. See you're not invincible." "Gabriel that will be last time you hurt me. This is your final chance to change your mind." He started to laugh and then what happened next was totally unexpected. The parts of where I cut his body started to let out a black smoke. (What's happening to him) I asked Michael. (It would seem I was right about the increase of power. We need to be careful.) Gabriel picked up his sword and started to growl. "What's happening to you Gabriel?" "Nothing is wrong with me." He charged at me with his sword held high. He came down and I blocked it with my sword. He was so focused on forcing his sword down on me. I took my left hand and released it from the handle of the sword. I poured every ounce of power I could muster into a fire ball. I show it at his mid section. He went flying back into the pulpit. "I think we did it." He didn't move. (Hang on Mark, something doesn't feel right.) I looked and Gabriel started to get up. "What, there was enough power in that shot to destroy any demon." Gabriel looked at me and his eyes were flaming red. "Oh, no!" I said with worry in my voice. "That's because I'm not a normal demon!" (Oh, Gabriel what have you done?) I looked at his stomach and where the majestic robes of an angel would have been was skin of a demon. "Gabriel you don't have to do this. You're going down a dark path and it can't lead to glory." "What do you know of glory, you were given your powers. You didn't have to work to get them or slave over and over to a master who would never give you a chance." (Mark do you see his wings?) I looked at Gabriel's wings and where the white majestic feathers were was turning dark and black. Almost as dark as a crows wing. "Gabriel you realize you're not going to win. Why are you doing this?" "I would rather lose with a decision that is mine own then win as a pawn!" At this point Gabriel was no longer an angel, but a demon. "You know when I cut off Michael's wings it liberated me. I became something more powerful. I heard you went up against a level 2 demon, and Michael has slain level three and four's. However have you ever been in battle with a level five demon?!" (There's no way he can be a level five?) (What's a level five?) Michael didn't answer me right away. (It's the most powerful demon I've ever heard of, the only other person who is higher then that is Satan himself.) I thought for a minutes then responded. (That means he is second in command to Satan.) (So you mean he traded being second in command of the arch angels to being Satan's pawn?) Michael didn't want to respond to that question. (Yes. He was tricked and he is not going to learn the price he paid for.) Gabriel's face had been changed into a hideous beast and he was no longer an angel, but a demon. He blasted a fire bolt at me. I blocked it with my sword, but it pushed me back a bit. (That was a big blast) Michael said with concern. (Yeah. We need to end this fast. I can feel the power starting to wear off.) (Yeah, I wasn't at 100% when we merged. I'm trying to hang on, but it is getting difficult.) Michael was injured and not at full strength when we absorbed, so if we don't destroy Gabriel I'm afraid I'm going to lose the boost in power and then we will be in trouble. Gabriel took another blast at me. I fired my blast at it and they both exploded in the middle. "You're getting better with that ability then I expected. No matter, I'll have to see how you fair with this." Gabriel shot a beam of black energy from his eyes and hit my right shoulder. "Argh!" I looked over and the golden yellowish armor that I had was scorched and my skin was burned. (Okay we definitely don't want those to hit us again. Can you do that?) Michael asked with haste. (Shoot lasers out of my eyes? I'm not that kind of superhero.) I took off towards the sky and tried to put some distance between Gabriel and I. He took his dark wings and flapped hard and was off the ground too. He shot another beam of light from his eyes at me. I rolled to the right and dodged it by an inch. One of my feathers caught the light. (You okay?") Michael asked with concern. (Yes, I've got an idea. Just bear with me.) I flew up to the son in hopes of blinding him. As I barreled into the sun's rays. I looked back to see Gabriel holding his hand over his eyes. "Perfect. Okay Michael hang on." (Wait what are you going to do?) I charged down towards Gabriel and I had my sword hung up high. Gabriel was still blocking his hand over his arm. I took the sword back and came down hard over his left wing. I sliced straight through it. He let out a cry like none other. "AHH! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" He started to fall uncontrollable towards the ground. As I was hovering over him he focused his eyes on me and shot out another beam of black energy. It went right through my right wing. "Argh!" (We're hit, Mark are you okay?) I tried to maintain my height, but it was hard with my wing being hit. I tried to land us as gently as I could, but ended up slamming into the wall. I looked over to see Gabriel laying on the floor. We were back in the sanctuary again. All of the angels were still watching us in awe. I couldn't move my right wing. So I retracted them back in so that it could heal. I looked over at Gabriel and he was having a hard time with his wing. He was trying to pull it back in, but was having difficulties. I stood up and concentrated the last bit of energy I had. I fired it and hit his right wing. It was singed and burned. There was no way he was ever going to fly again. "What did you do to me!" Gabriel looked at me and with another blast of dark energy wave from his eyes he hit e in the chest. I went flying back towards the wall again only this time I felt this burning sensation happening from my inside. As I slammed into the wall I noticed that Michael was rolling across the floor. I looked at my chest and there was a major burn mark on it. I pushed my way up to stand. I looked over to see Michael laying unconsciously. I looked on at Gabriel and he was on his two feet. "So I see you've used up all the energy. This is perfect a leve five demon against you. There is no way you will survive this." I knew that the chances of me going head to head with him in my condition wasn't good, but I had to try. I pulled the sword from my sheathe and ran towards him as fast as I could. He shot another blast of energy from his eyes and I blocked it with my sword. I had so much momentum going for me that it didn't stop me it just bounced off. As I got closer he pulled his flaming dark sword out. I went to slice his side and his sword blocked it and mine was cut in half. I looked down at my sword and it was in two pieces. Gabriel was laughing with a snarl. "You're sword doesn't stand a chance against mine. He took his sword and sliced my left leg. "ARGH!" "It's quite painful isn't it?" I fell to my knees as he was hovering over me. He started to laugh "You see this is your place Mark. Bowing to your new king." I looked up at him battered, bruised, burned and bleeding. "You will never be my king." He looked at me and started to growl. "What did you say?" I looked at him and said it again. "You will never be my king. I serve the one true God. Jesus Christ." He took his sword and sliced my right arm off. "ARGH!" The pain was so wrenching that I fell to the ground. I took my left hand and placed it on my right forearm. I looked down and my hand was laying next to his feet. "You dare mention his name. You will never mention his name in my presence." I tried to muster a little bit more power from my left hand to form a fireball, but nothing was happening. I knew at this moment I had failed I had let all the angels down and most importantly I had let Jesus down. I lowered my head in shame and disappointment. "This is a good look on you. The look of defeat. You see this Angels. This is your leader. The one who was going to lead you into glorious battle. I was given the pleasure to see the future and you are all blind. You are the ones who are fooled by your master. You don't win in the end, we do. The Bible is wrong and so is your God." The other angels looked at me and knew the end was near. They knew that once I was gone that Gabriel would march into Heaven and take over the kingdom. "I'm sorry Jesus. I've failed." I said in a small voice. Gabriel turned around and approached my head. "I'm going to cut you're head just like David did Goliath. Only this time Goliath wins." I closed my eyes and accepted my fate. Just then I heard a blast and Gabriel was sent back into the wall. I looked up to see if Michael had regained his consciousness. He was still laying on the floor. I look back at the other angels to see if they had hit Gabriel with something and they were all staring up towards the ceiling. I looked up and my eyes were focusing on a figure coming down from the sky. As the figure got closer I realized who it was. It was Jesus, he had came down from Heaven and he must have hit Gabriel with a blast of energy. I looked over at him and he was hit pretty bad, but he still managed to get up. I looked over to see Jesus walk next to me. I looked up at him and he looked down at me with that same compassion in his eyes he first showed me. "I'm sorry father, I've failed you." He looked down at me and with a calm voice he said. "You're faithful my good servant. You've shown true love and faith in me even during your last breath. For that I'm going to help you." I watched as Jesus approached Gabriel. He stood up and shot a beam of dark energy from his eyes. Jesus lifted his hand and blocked the beam of light. It was truly marvelous to see. "You fool. You are going to die. You're going to lose you can't beat my Master!" Jesus looked at Gabriel and didn't say nothing. Then at that moment he spoke. "Gabriel you have been the one whose fooled. You have believed a lie from the enemy and for that you will die. Jesus took his finger out and blasted a beam of light energy at Gabriels side. It sent Gabriel to the ground. The other angels started to close in. Gabriel got back up and was grabbing on to his shoulder. "This isn't over, you all are going to perish and die. You mark my words this isn't the last you have heard of me." Just then Gabriel screamed at the top of his lungs and a blast of dark energy flooded the sanctuary. Jesus absorbed all of the dark energy, but when the black light went away Gabriel was gone. "Where did he go?" I asked with curiosity. "He is getting away!" Shouted one of the angels. I got up on my feet and wobbled to the window. I got there just in time to see him fall from the sky down to earth. "He is not going to be able to fly. How is he to survive?" I asked Haniel. "He probably has a swarm of demons waiting for him to catch him and carry him back to Satan's lair." I looked over at Haniel and she gave me a hug. I tried not to show my pain. "Mark you were awesome." "Yeah, but I couldn't beat him." Haniel looked at me with her eyes and he could tell that she was seeing something in him that she hadn't seen since her husband. "Mark I don't know how to explain it, but you are going to be great. I just know it." Haniel kissed him on the cheek and she went to check on Michael. As she was walking by Jesus came up to me. "Sir, I'm sorry I couldn't beat Gabriel." "Mark, you did something extraordinary today. To come up with the idea to allow Michael absorb inside you to combine something that was truly beautiful was a stroke of genius. I've got no doubt in my mind you are the right person for the job." Jesus comment sent peace down my spine and his soothing voice made me feel content. "I feel it's time I take my leave back to Heaven. You have this under control here." Jesus said as he made his way towards the center of the Sanctuary. I watched as he ascended back into the clouds above. I looked over at Haniel as she was helping Michael up. I raced over to see if he was okay. "Is he going to be okay?" "Yes, he will be fine. He just needs to rest." Haniel said with confidence. "Well I wouldn't have been able to do what I did without his help." "Mark you were the root of it all. It was you who did it all. I'm sure Michael will be getting with you once he recovers." I looked down at my arm and realized the pain had already begin to stop. "I think I'm going to rest up myself." I wobbled my way back towards the human post. As I approached Kim's front door she opened it up before I could grab the handle. "Mark, oh my word. Are you okay?" Kim said with concern. "I'm okay I just need to get some rest." She helped me into her quarters. "Where is Steph?" I asked. "She is helping some of the others host." "How is Michael's host doing?" Kim was silent as she helped me to the chair. I sat down in the chair. "Kim, what's wrong?" She walked over to the sink and got some water. She grabbed a towel from the drawer. "He didn't make it." "What? He's dead?" "Yes, the injuries his body sustained couldn't be healed." I sat there in silence. Kim started to clean off the blood on my body. She wrapped my wounds and helped me get into the bed. "You need to get some rest okay." "Thank you for everything you do." She looked at me with those beautiful blue eyes. "Mark, it's I who should be thanking you. Every time I would see you in the hallway or outside the building. You we're always smiling and being nice to me. It was a nice habit to have. I know I didn't seem to pay you any attention, but I think deep down inside my heart. I felt something special about you, but I was so consumed in my career and all." I smiled at her and put my left hand on her cheek. "I have always had feelings for you from the moment I saw you. Even then I knew you were the one I wanted to be with forever." She leaned in and kissed him on the lips. I started to fall to sleep and my eyes felt heavy.

I started to hear voices again in my dream. I couldn't quite make out who it was. "Glad you could make it in such little time." Said a familiar voice. I've heard of that voice, who's voice is that. "Well Satan told me it was rather important." Said another familiar voice. Ive heard of it before. "So how did it go?" Said one of the voices. "It went great. I put a serious hurt on the temple and Michael's lost his wings. He is crippled and the chosen warrior Mark. He is hurt pretty bad." Said the voice. That's Gabriel. How is this happening? Who is the other voice he is talking too? "Well be careful my Son is quite resilient. He will surprise you." DAD! That is my Dad Gabriel is talking too. "So did Satan tell you what your next mission is?" Gabriel said. "He briefed me on the events. I'm to give you this host and in turn you're going to give me a bump in my power level." Said my Dad. What is going on? How am I able to hear what they are saying. This is so strange. "Great, I can't wait to see Mark's face when we do battle again and he goes up against his father." Gabriel said with such delight. Gabriel is going to possess my Dad's body. I have to stop him. He can't win, he can't be in my Dad's body. I knew that my Dad was possessed and all, but had no idea this was going to happen. If Gabriel possesses my Dad then I will work twice as hard to save him. Dad don't you worry I'm going to help you, I will free you and Mom from your possession. Mark my words.