"You know, once word reaches Luce that you destroyed one of his legions and freed them all; he will come hunting for you. He won't stop until your head and your heart are his forever."
LET HIM TRY!!!!"
"Night, what do we do now? Who knows if our families down there are still alive. Nowhere was our home! Is there anywhere to go from here?"
"I have a place for you!!!"
"Son, what are you talking about? You said yours was for the future?"
"Is this not the future!
YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE A PLACE FOR ALL YOU ALL, and with room to spare. LET US COMBINE OUR WORLDS AS ONE. WE HAVE TRIED IN VAIN TO SEPERATE LIGHT FROM DARKNESS, BUT IT CANNOT BE SEPERATED. WHEN GOD MADE THE SUN AND MOON, HE MADE ONE TOO LIGHT THE DAY AND THE OTHER TO LIGHT THE NIGHT!!!! COME, PLEASE PARTAKE!!
BREAK DOWN THE BARRIER!!!!!
MY HOME....IS YOUR HOME!!!!"
"Star, what about…."
"What? Oh! Oh yes. I almost forgot them. EH….EH…EMMM!!! LISTEN TO ME BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!! THE HOME SHADOW PROMISED YOU WILL NOT BE IF WE DON'T DEFEND IT!!! MY GIRLS ARE ON THERE WAY HERE…."
"To kill me?"
"They're not here for you, Shadow."
"What about me?"
"It is not your blood that needs to be shed, Nightmaster."
"Then who?"
"ALL OF US!!! THEY WILL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED FROM WRECKING THIS PLACE. THEY MAY HAVE AN ARMY, BUT SO DO WE. THEY MAY HAVE A DRAGON, BUT SO DO WE. THEY MAY HAVE LOVE AND FAITH...….BUT THEY HAVE NOT HOPE!!! I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SHOWN YOU ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, BUT I ASK YOU…..ARE YOU WILLING TO LIVE FOR IT?"
"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
"I SAID, ARE YOU WILLING TO LIVE FOR IT?"
"YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!"
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU?"
"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Then brace yourselves!!"
"What are we bracing for?"
"Adalyn, the future is unseen so we must prepare for what is, not what is to come."
"What do you see?"
"It's not what I see but what is no longer there."
"What did Star do this time?"
"She destroyed one of Luce's regiments and the Nightmaster's legion. The result of this monstrosity is that all of the captured are now free."
"How is that a bad thing? You know what, maybe I can see my family now."
"You may, but it won't change anything. Once you go back to the future, they're still going to be dead."
"What if we stay here in the now?"
"They'll still die. They might not die in the ways they previously have but if they already were dead and you went back in time to stop it, you couldn't. Freaky aint it?"
"Yea, just like the angel that's helping us?"
"What? What do you mean?"
"If you're an angel, shouldn't you be here stopping us or at the very least telling us there is another way? Why are you helping us kill if indeed you do know the future?"
"I don't know the future. I just know as much as God tells me or of what has happened already."
"So, all you angels are are just people who are making educated guesses on our life based on past experiences you have gone through?"
"Adalyn, what are you doing? Just have faith. Stop questioning her."
"Why shouldn't I? You told us to have faith, but if you knew the future I'm certain you would not have had us go through all of these trials and errors. You would have told us the safest way across. Seeing you haven't and the revelation of you making educated guesses has come to me, it makes me question…..your very existence. Why are you even here?"
"I'm just trying to help. It's not everyday that an angel gets the honor of taking over a human body and coming down to the beautiful creation God has made."
"You say we're beautiful?"
"Uhh, my mistake. I don't even get why God made such a helpless creature such as yourselves. You get annoyed over the stupidest of things sometimes."
"Excuse me? God made us to have our own free will. That is what He says in the Bible. Must be nice being an angel. You know exactly what to do, when to do it, and how to do it, without even needing food, water, rest, or the strength to rise from the sun."
"Hey, girls stop it!! If you don't break it up right now then I'll send you both burning to hell!!!"
"I'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE."
"ME TOO. IT'S A REAL LOVELY PLACE."
"Don't mock me."
"Then why are you judging me? Tell me, what makes angels so cool even though they act just like a lost human? You know what, better yet, if you're an angel; then show me your form!!!"
"You'd cower and tremble underneath my image alone. I wouldn't even have to say anything and your 'NIGHTMARES' would be haunted by nightmares."
"I am scared of no human."
"Who said I was one of you!!! You said it yourself, angels take on human form when they want to come visit, but their heavenly.....is far scarier."
"Tell me why I should cower? I know all the angels."
"Do you? You did a pretty decent job describing what they do, but not what they are. Let me appease your mind."
"I'll go find the next Dragon on my own. You two can fight it out, but I will have no part. See ya!!"
"There are four types of angels, but there are ten plus occupations that angels keep in Heaven. The first are the Malakh. These are the messenger angels below the archangels. Archangels can give you messages that God told them to give, but Malakhs are the more well known angels that frequently come down in human form to help walk beside and strengthen people. I am one of them. My form is that of something of a human but not complete. Two heads govern my body and wings cover it from view. The next are the Cherubim. These animal-human hybrids have four heads. One is that of a man while the other three are all animals. They have the hands and feet of a man but again are not complete like you. Four wings govern their body and they are the guardians. Places where Jesus tells people not to go, He places them to hold it. They yes, have flaming swords that stretch their body and are known to keep stuff that needs to be kept in and keep stuff out that needs to be kept out. Nightmaster is one of these. Moving on, we have the Seraphim. These also have four heads, but no sword. They do sport six wings however and are the ones who caretake God's throne, attend to Him whenever He needs, and sing praises to Him whenever deemed fitting. Luce is one of these."
"Question. So would triplets connected by chord all having their heads joined together would be the best representation of you?"
"You could say that. Just pop another head on there and then give them wings. Walaa, you now have your visual of us."
"Those things are freaky. I heard stories of those people and they never end well."
"THOSE….PEOPLE….ARE GOD'S CREATION AND YOU WILL SHOW RESPECT."
"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!! It's just hard to visualize when you think of the scariest thing being an angel. What's the last one?"
"The last one….is the freakiest of all. All the angels can talk and move for themselves, except this one. They are called the Orphanim or the WHEEL ANGELS!! Three huge circles are intertwined together and eyes dot every inch of gold ring they can. They cannot move themselves and have to have a Cherubim stand in the middle of them and control them. These are the Holiest, and sometimes when a Cherubim is called to leave Heaven, God tells an Orphanim to go with them so that they can see farther and wider than even their six eyes could ever see alone. The wheels cannot move until their spirit moves. Now you asked why I am here, and to that I will tell you why, as well as why other angels do what they do."
"Sit over here, Star, and let me tell you a story."
"Our first upkeep of angels is known as Thrones. These are the ones who stand by God while the Seraphim's are singing. They often share their concern about God's justice and act upon it by helping people such as yourself right your wrongs. The overseers that supervise all the other angels and make sure that they are outworking their God given duties, are called Dominions. They also are the ones who open your eyes everytime God shows His mercy to you so that no one can later say they didn't see it, since the Dominions opened their eyes to look. Next we have the position of the Virtues. These are the angels who help encourage people to keep their faith up. They also come down to earth and perform miracles that you asked to be answered in your prayers. Three left, we have Principalities. These angels help encourage people to pray and continue to practice their spiritual disciplines by teaching them and educating them in the arts and sciences according to God. When they are not doing this, they help give people ideas of what they should be doing while they are waiting for their prayers to be answered. Moving on, we have Archangels. Most of their day is spent watching over relics in Heaven, but every once in a while God tells them to deliver messages of great news to people like you. Then lastly, there are the Angels. These are the ones that deliver messages to people, true, but also they spend most of their day investing in your time by praying guidance for you, guiding you best they can, protecting you best they can, and they are the most active angels that physically spend more time walking and talking beside people on earth. Jesus says that people like me are so well hidden from people like you that whenever you hear a stranger knocking on your door, you should let them in because who knows. They might be an angel wanting to give you a message!!