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Chapter 54 - gods among us

"Get off me brother!"

"Why won't you fight me?"

"Little brother, the battle never ends well when two siblings fight; especially for the younger one. Now stop before you make me do something I don't want to regret later. Do you really want to repeat our sandbox incident?"

"If you don't fight me then Swift will gladly take my place and you don't want that. I don't want to fight you either, but to get to the church some believe we need to go through you or else there is no other way."

"It's not me you should be afraid of. Mom is on her way here as we speak and let me tell you; she doesn't look happy. Instead of walking up to us and pulling our ears to teach us a lesson; I fear she is going to do far worse this time. We've hit her last straw and she's gathered an army to help teach us why we should never get on her bad side.

If we combine our armies then we may still have a fighting chance."

"Ha, ma's old and frail. She'll topple like the walls of Jericho. Now move or be moved!!"

"I can't let you do that."

"Did I ask for your….aaggghhhh!!!!

What did you do that for? You could've killed me by throwing me into the tree. I had no intention of hurting you before but I have every intention now."

"Stay down!! If I wanted it, you'd be dead already."

"I will not cower underneath my younger sister no matter how powerful she… ouch!!"

"You want another nose bleed? Now stay down before you get yourself hurt! It's not that hard."

"Forgive me sister for I have stumbled and I'm sorry to have ever doubted you. Can you help me stand on my right feet?"

" Brother, I could never be mad at you forever. Haven't you seen the love I have for...Bro...Brot..Brother….blllo!!"

"Sister, don't die on me now. Please not now; not this way. Don't go. Sister..please!!!"

"Hopper!"

"Yes, I'm here. What do you need?"

"You're a smart, brave, strong kid. Never lose sight of who you are. You do that and I know that you will be the light that outshines the dark. Growing up; mom and I pushed you not to make you feel like you need to be disciplined in us but quite the opposite. We did it because you were always able to think outside the box even when we couldn't. So we pushed you to explore your limits further and to be ready for any resistance that comes your way. I love you now. I loved you then, and I will always continue to love you. You may not have seen or felt it but wherever you were I was there too. I was there on all your missions and also all your falls as well. And I will continue to be there for you right…...here!!!!"

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!"

"Hopper, don't cry. Who could've known she would go out this way?"

"You!!! You killed her, Swift! Why did you? We said if she doesn't stumble then she lives but if she stumbles then she dies. She may have doubted once or twice but she never waivered from her roots not once. Even now I can hear her cries and see the blood on your hands."

"I'm not a member of the church so your family is not under my protection. The reason she died is precisely the reason why she did not waiver. She is too powerful and there is nothing she can't do with the power of the Holy Spirit so we can't have all that power walking around unmatched. That is why I had to kill her, you see?"

" Don't lie to me. You know full well I wouldn't have killed her so you openly killed her out of love."

"Love? Hopper, we're on the last plague if you must have forgotten. She died because she was firstborn."

" No!! That is not true. The last plague is for the death of firstborn….sons!!! Where's my uncle and you best not lie to me this time or so help me?"

"Hop, charging at me was pointless and futile for I am a mist and a god. When Aaron bowed at my feet I thought it was out of love and praise. It was only when he didn't lift his head again that I knew he was dead. It's tragic really for I loved that boy with all my heart. Oh well; your time is soon so you need not worry. I must be off now. Loved that we could realeave our minds and chat though. Your emotions always make my day!"

"If you really are a god then I will have you know that one day we will all die but I promise that you will die first!!"

" In the beginning was the Word, and the word was with God; and the Word was God."

"You can't use the Bible against me. There is only one God and I for sure know you are not it."

" How can you be so certain. I was always there, I am here now and will continue to be. I was there when you were born. I was there when you took your first breath, said your first curse word, went on your first missions, when you got baptized; and at every birthday party. I was also there for your dad and uncle. We played together, we grew up together, and we laughed together. Little did they know that I was there long long long before any of you were even thought into being my God. See, what other S person have you recently been in contact with? Don't walk away from me. I can see on your face that you know who I am talking about."

"It can't be. You're dead. You told me yourself how you died."

" Yes, I did tell you something along those lines now that I remember but you see; I was never truly dead. I was indeed with you all but I started growing hungry for more power and hearing that Aaron had found that such power in a Bible; I knew I needed that. So I ventured out to find one and along the way found much much more than that. I led your dad to the burnt down church that housed the last Bible but while I was making my escape with it Aaron intercepted me and wouldn't let me have it. As luck would have it; I heard about this earth god named Dragon and I was already pretty powerful so when I found out I could turn into a wolf; it was only natural to assume that my power was from Dragon. So I went out to seek him and ask if I could have even more power."

"Your power is not from Dragon. Your heart is plagued with dark magic and sorcery from the depths of Satan himself."

"There may be truth in what you say but nonetheless I wanted more power. So I changed my name to Shadow and thus my adventure began. I finally found him but when I pleaded for more; it was no surprise he said no so I did the next best thing. In the Bible whenever an angel came to earth and someone knew that the other was an angel then he or she would literally fight the angel and demand they pour out a blessing on them. They would not rest until the angel did as the person commanded. So I used that same strategy and if I couldn't ask for more power then I would just take it. We fought and fought but eventually I succeeded and Dragon and I were now one. Dragon needed a vessel to go out into the world for people would run at the sight of a 'mythical flying beast' and that is not what he wanted. He wanted to get his message out there that he was the only god. So we made a deal that if he reigned in me and let me carry him around then he would keep supplying me with power beyond my wildest dreams. It was a pretty nice gig but I couldn't keep going between your family and my new family. I was helping build on Dreamworld so I had to cut ties to one. Since Dragon supplied me with power then it was an easy choice. Now I just had to die in such a way that it looked natural. So after I warned you all what would befall everyone on this journey and then summoned the ten plagues then Swift's work was done. Dragon ate me; took a crunch out of me so that I would die and my soul/Swift would enter with you and then he took me home and revived me. Now Swift is no longer my soul but instead Dragon is solely the one who makes up my soul and I couldn't ask for anything more.

"Now your mother is sadly dead. I sent a dispatch team to go retrieve her and bring her to me but she perished in the crossfire. No amount of tears can convey my deepest sorrows for her loss but she died on the battlefield where she always said she wanted to rest so I cannot do anything about that now. It's true what they say, 'whether you be religious, strong, rich, poor, meek, powerful, full of faith, or just scraping by. Everyone dies by a bullet the same as their neighbor; sooner or later. My team has died and so has members of the church but some have escaped and are on there way here so you just stay here and die amongst your friends before they all perish and I'll go deal with the survivors of the church. Be a good little froggy now and don't do anything I wouldn't do!!