Aelius stood gazing out the window of his office, his crystal eyes scanned the once holy city, now in smoke and darkness. It was almost time to re build this world of ash, the darkness still had to embrace the whole world. Yet with these lights giving off by these supposedly chosen being it would take longer than expected, placing his right hand firmly against the window he could feel the coldness of death in the atmosphere. What would it take to have complete control of this world, of this realm? His mind drifted in thought and he knew he must not linger with his thought because he knew that The Teacher was in all and all was in him.
Suddenly he was push back to reality by the entrance of the other elite, Burkhard and Charmiona. Burkhard was 6'7 and had brute way in his walk, while on the other hand Charmiona had a grace a rhythm with her way that seem to be like a hypnotic dance. There were three leather padded chair in a circle surround an average size wooden coffee table, each sat down in one of the chairs.
"Why is that you summon us for?" Burkhard said while gently stroking his thick beard with his massive hand.
Aelius adjusted self in the chair and slowly crossed his leg.
"I have talk with The Teacher, and even though everything is going to what was planned out, something new has come up… something unexpected."
"Seems like something… interesting," Charmiona said with a seductive voice as she crossed legs showing off her right leg from the slit of her dress.
Aelius paused and look down her right leg, his gaze was smooth as he was caught staring at her special tattoo of rose that faded in and out of life constantly. Moving his site back to her light green eyes, he smiled and said:
"Oh Charmiona… This is something we did not think off with all our knowledge combined… let's put it this way this world is still in its' last breath and it does not want to die. So, nature has chosen special being to fight back the darkness, I don't know how but it seems that there are sparks of light or star light still around this dark black sky called earth. Therefore, The Teacher wants us to purge this lasting light from this earth."
"Chosen beings," she murmured with a croaked smile. "Who chose these so-called special beings."
"A higher power, at first I was caught off guard but The Teacher made it clear. Also, with this new world anything can be achieve as He said we are breaking the natural law, and nature is fighting back."
"Maybe there will be a champion for me to face," Burkhard replied while chuckling.
"Maybe," Aelius said under his breath.
"Ha Ha Ha… Let us not worry and celebrate," Burkhard roar while getting up and walking to the bar on the far side of the room away from the window. "What will you two have?"
"Bourbon on the rocks," Charmiona stated with excitement.
"I'll pass," Aelius responded while stand back up and looking out the enormous window.
Burkhard handed the bourbon to Charmiona who now was excited on what was unfolding, on the other hand Burkhard drank out of the bottle in between smiles.
"Just to think we waited all this time and I was getting bored… Finally, we have some excitement," Charmiona said while slowly moving her cup side to side watching the bourbon clash between the two-ice cube floating in her cup.
"Tis a good day, we finally get some action," Burkhard said with a mouth full of whisky.
"I guess we're going hunting," she said while taking a long sip of her drink. "One thing is for sure, where are we going to find these chosen beings."
Aelius looked at his right palm and then moved back to the center of the chairs and stood in front of them holding out a black sphere with different star light scatter around the sphere that slowly rotated above his hand. When he closes his fist it disappeared, his crystal eyes looked at each one of them and they knew that this was relic giving to him by The Teacher. And they also knew he wasn't called The Teacher for nothing; everything was a test and had an immense cost to the soul.
"Ha ha ha, one of his relics… glad you have not me," Burkhard said while toasting to him.
"Not much of hunting if we know where they are…" Charmiona said sadly sinking low in her chair as if someone popped the excitement out of the room.
"Don't worry you will get your chase, we are not going to use this sphere; first of all, I have no idea what is the toll and second I prefer the old fashion way. We will look at it once and write down all the region each light is located and not use ever again."
"I guess we will get our hunt," she said joyfully as she signaled to Burkhard to fill up her cup.
"Yes time to feed my blade, with blood of the chosen," Burkhard responded rejoice fully pouring her cup and finishing off the bottle.
"Using this once… We will have to get help from the Seven Great General…" Aelius said while asking for Diva Vodka bottle.
"Oh yes, the seven great generals… Nothing great about them only hungry for more power," mumbled Charmiona while placing the cup down on the table and play with her golden bracelets.
"That is true Charmiona, but there is too much ground to cover on our own," stated Aelius while slowly pouring the vodka into the cup Burkhard handed to him.
"While don't we send the bishops too," whispered Charmiona with an evil smile that would pleasure any man.
Burkhard stop drinking and looked into Charmiona evil eyes, and spit some of his new drink on the carpet floor. "Those things in the shadow are not to be trusted, they are not of this world and only serve the shadow from which they come from," Burkhard said angrily.
"Not my first choice either, let us save them for the ones that escape our grasp," Aelius responded while taking a slow drink.
"The Seven Great General… Where are they now?" Charmiona said while gaze deep into her cup as if find the simple beauty in the way the bourbon looked.
"They have landed in India, not to long ago," address Burkhard who knew all the moves of the world's military force.
Burkhard stood high while he took another drink of another bottle, from his appearance you would think he was a brute Viking but his skill was in aspect of warfare and that was what he thrives at. But his passion where two; one to fight great warriors and the other he exceled in torture techniques. Both he studied with a passion, something mixed these dark passions with fiery force, he was someone nobody should take lightly. Burkhard took another big drink and sat down again with a bottle in each hand, the size of his hand made the bottle look small and he place the left-handed bottle on the center of the table.
Aelius still standing with his cup in his right hand, looked at each of them and the atmosphere change in the room. He knew it was time to prepare, now knowing where the generals were, he sent word via satellite phone for them to spread out and search for any special being before the next step. The next step that followed was developed by The Teacher himself, it was rare bell that was made by a metal not of this earth. Each time the bell was rang it would let out a magnetic pulse that will travel the world and cause anything electrical to be render useless. This being his own relic He made will bring the world one step closer to total darkness, and the beginning of new world where any technology would be limited to non. Bring back the days of old, a simple world more easily to mold and control.
"As you know, the bell that The Master made will be the next step in this new world," Aelius stated as he looked to the door, feel the presence of The Teacher near.
The black door opened slowly and terror like movement, in walked Him. The Teacher walked in with his slick white long sleeve shirt and under his arm was a long rectangle box, his step was silent as if his steps were not even taking at all. He walked around behind Aelius desk that was in front of the circled chairs about four meters away, gently placing the wooden box on the black wooden table. He moved to the side of the desk and sat on the left side table. His sight fill with blackness looked upon the three and they all felt the attraction to abyss that his sight gave us and with a smile showing pearl white teeth, he addressed the three.
"I see that you are celebrating, where is my drink?"
"Sorry Master," Aelius gentle replied placing his cup on the table and moving towards the bar. "The usual?"
"You know me, nothing can surpass a vintage wine age perfectly well. Yet I would like something strong on this special occasion. How about some Russian vodka, I'll have Russo-Baltique… straight!" he said with tilted smile.
"Yes sir," Aelius replied while moving with a gentle quickness within a few second he handed him the cup and moved back to his seat.
The three-stop drinking, as The Teacher sipped away at his cup, they all fell a tension in the presence of him, He was a person wrapped in so much mystery and his power spewed forth from his dark essence, The Teacher place ever so gently the cup on the table and began to speak.
"Now that we have that out of the way, I see that you are handling these so-called special people and I hope you get the job done because this is something I want done right."
All three nodded and agreed with The Teacher. Burkhard took the other bottle on the table began to drink slowly this time, while Charmiona sight was fix on The Teacher with adoration. Yet Aelius head was high, just waiting for the next order business to handed down.
"Charmiona will you do me the honor ringing this old bell of mind that I have here," said The Teacher while tapping away at the box with his left hand.
With a gentle quickness she moved in front of The Teacher, her green eyes reflected the love she had for him and gently placed her hand on his thigh.
"Yes Master, for you anything," Charmiona whispered in a seductive voice as she then opened the box, inside was a forearm size bell that was wrapped with a red slick cloth. She unraveled the bell like mother would unravel her small baby. Gazing about the now naked bell it was all one piece of metal; this type metal was new to her it was smooth but with tine brail like symbol riddle all around the outside and the inside.
"Can I Teacher?" said Charmiona eagerly.
The Teacher nodded his head and went to Aelius office chair and gently sat down leaning back. Charmiona took once last look at this rare piece of metal and then with mild movement of her arm made the bell rang three times. With each ring it set out a vibration and high pitch noise like a dog whistle, but the vibration raddles the room for a moment and the high pitch sound lasted for a few minutes. The three-vibration sound cause the lights flicker in the room then turn to pitch black, circuits were now all fried and the city loom even closer to darkness, the only light that was cast down was from the cursed red moon, that gave the city a dark crimson haze about it.
"With this man's worshipped technology will linger away into the past, opening a new path into this new dim world," The Teacher said while hiding his face in the shadows.
"Teacher you did not give me enough time to tell the general where these chosen few were located," Aelius replied in cautious way.
"Pay no mind to that, there are many ways to communicate to the others, it is a matter believing and shall be done," The Teacher address with his arms opened.
The Moon of Abyzou cast down her red glare in to the windows of the room that four met, the red light gave a sense of evilness all around them something the four dwelled and thrive in. The three elite now all setting down began to converse and proceed with how they will attack the light scatter around, all three were hunch over planning who would go where and what was to be done when they across these chosen few. The Teacher looked on with his malice glare and slowly smiled to see the world arriving and complete darkness, it was so close he could grasp nature and kill it once for all. He looked at his open hands that were bath in crimson dark light, the only light he could accept as he slowly turned his hands into a fist. He felt excitement he had not felt for so many lives time, he was origin of evil, the first to be cast down into this world. The Teacher looked on and began drift into his own story, where it all began but now he had what was needed to destroy all who stood in his way not even God himself could stop what he patiently constructed for thousands of years. Pebble by pebble he moved through the history of man to final build an empire, His empire that will be paved by the bones of these few measly beings the carry light of other supreme beings that can never let darkness prevail. He moved his hands to his mouth as he began to chuckle to himself, nothing can stop him now he had woven a detail web to trap all the lasting human being into his own world. His chuckle subsided and made room to his malicious grin, and gently moved forward took a few steps toward the immense windows, His sight could see beyond time itself; He was The Master, The Teacher, He was Ophiuchus The Serpent Bearer and this is His story.