For the past 17 years, he never did take his chance to call out to someone like God, ever in his life.
As a kid born in a secularized neighborhood, he have not encountered any presence from a church or something like that.
As he got older, he got interested with books, from ancient Greek writings to the present day literature, all of them doesn't contain any hints about the goodness of God or even mentioned he's name.
He's influenced by modern day science and the advancements that were created by humans themselves whom didn't glorified God.
Atheist books from the likes of Dawkins and Hitchens are his go-to read that pushed him more to the rabbit hole of atheism. Even his family have grown with this kind of attitude towards faith especially his parents who were both from secularized sectors of the government agencies.
Florian and his brother have been indulged in this kind of belief that there's no God to believe. Well except for his sister who once have been invited to the church and attended seldomly, but at least she goes to the church.
And you know what would happen next, scolding from parents and brothers is there, but Florian could not get to it since because it's still his sister.
Instead, he blamed the religion again for poisoning his sister's mind with something like faith.
And he said to himself, "God or whatever, I cannot believe in something like those other than myself," an arrogant and confident statement.
But who could so thought that he was actually an hypocrite, but on the other side of the coin. He later then realized that he is, indeed, just human, a powerless being when in front of something like devils or any spiritual beings.
"Lord, why thou shalt thrust this unto me?", he said.
Now he is actually enlightened, in the midst of a life or death situation, that he has actually a soul and not just a biological being that moves in response with stimuli.
"Why thou letted this happen to me?", Florian Judahaiah says after mustering up the courage to for the first time in his lifetime, pray and call unto the Lord Christ.
Silence felt between the whole space that even the devil stopped its giggle and the gnashing of teeth from the outside have ceased to produce a sound. It's as if like it just actually happening in that very same moment.
"Know ye that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. (James 1:3-4)"
"Huh?"
He felt crying in his position not out of anguish or despair but from the new found hope. "The Lord have heard my plead... How should I thank thee?", once again he asked but now he have the answer.
"In you God I trust my soul unto thee."
After that deep prayer, he remove his hand from his face and started to look for the surroundings.
"My arms, it's not painful anymore but whatsoever... But why?", and again he wondered. But there's still something that caught his attention.
"Something is not right. The devil... It's not moving, what's happening?", he pondered to himself when he saw that the harrowing creature doesn't moving any inch neither winds have blown off from any object inside the house.
"Is this... Is this he's work?", he's referring to the one who talked from his prayers. "How could this be? I haven't thought that that could stop something like the devil."
He stood up from his position while carrying his decapitated limb. Once again, Florian gaze around the room before walking slowly towards the creature.
"I just thought it's from just myth or fictional stories, I cannot fathom how this thing exist in the real world?"
He turned his attention to what the devil's holding. "Frank... I'm very sorry. I've not been a good brother to you," he said while pointing to his brother's impaled and scarred head.
"Sean, William, please forgive if...*snort... Forgive me for killing you two. It's all my fault." He once again shred a tear after putting his fingers to his eyes.
"I don't know if I could get out of here alive or become heads like you... But at least you gave me time for repentance. Now I think I'm ready to follow up with you without any regrets."
*thud *bzzzzz
"Huh?" Out of nowhere, a creaking sound appeared and an eerie essence followed through again.
"Wait, don't tell me!"
Something emerged from the ground where the headless bodies were lying. Once again, a hellish creature appeared from behind the freezed body of the first one.
"Oh, hohoho. It looks like one of our servers have been late from his duty be-bebebe-cause of this," the second devil said. It has a darker shade than the previous one and slightly has different tone of voice.
"This is bad! This is bad! I haven't thought that there'll be another one," Florian have gradually lose his cool again after encountering the another devil right in front of his eyes.
"Oh, it seems like that our server haven't serve you well. How about we silence you out to avoid staining our delicacy House's name, should we?", the devil joyously said while pointing its fingertips towards Florian.
The devil holds out another sharp weapon, a machete, good for cutting right through the bones.
"Oh Lord, what should I do? This is bad. I haven't thought that it would be actually granted faster than I would thought," Florian said to himself after regretting his words of following up to his friends.
"Hohohoh!!! It looks like we have hit the jackpot after this free meat. Thank you, Satan," the devil said thanking their lord while swinging its blade right into Florian's neck.
"Hufff!!!" Florian used his one arm to cover his face, but is it actually enough to stop it?
*bang *thud *boom
A loud boom echoed around the whole space as if an object crashed into it. Rubbles fall off and smoke and dusts have engulfed the whole space for a few seconds before it settle down. Behind those mist appeared figures.
"My, my, I haven't thought that you would have a party here. If you have told us earlier we don't have any need for barging here by force, right?", a man who suddenly appeared out of nowhere said.
He's wearing a black suit over white polo shirt and a black necktie,so thus his companions.
"Excuse us," another guy said with a calm voice.
"It's been tougher than I thought. If you have said way sooner, I should have bring more 'Elohim' with me. I mean to destroy this pandemonium of yours, Mr. Devil," the another guy said while he's sitting on the corner, exhausted.
Florian is puzzled on know what's happening, "What's this now? I cannot handle the pace of the situation. Who are this people?", he said to himself.
"Oh, haven't we got here new guests?", the devil says after being startled.
"Did you come here with reservations?", it added.
"Yeah, we're here in the name of the Lord!", the guy who's holding an halberd out and pointing it to the devil said,
"And we're here to exorcise you!"