As I looked out the window of the bus I love watching the scenery and all the sites that we drive
by. I always choose this exact bus route everyday I'm not too sure why but that's just how it is.
We stop at a red light in front of the Chinese Theatre. It always looks great this time around
with all the people in their costumes taking pictures with others for money or the street
performers doing magic tricks or dancing. These people always look so happy out here as if they
were in their own paradise but when they go home they fight the hell that slowly grows inside
of them. Some of them have families that they have to feed, bills to pay or some barely
avoid being evicted from the horrible apartments in east L.A. But if they only knew what was
about to happen to their world they would love this world and how they live it. The light turns
green once again and off we were to who knows where but I didn't care, I'm just here for the
view. As I look out the window I hear a voices whisper "Michael" I turn around but no one on
bus seems to have heard it either. The voice sounded familiar but I just shook my head I think
I'm just hearing things now. "Michael" once more the voice whispers my name and beginning
to feel a little uneasy I just signal to the bus driver to get off at the next stop. I stop in front of
Shelly Café one of the places I frequent a lot. I order a cheeseburger with a large soda and fries
grab today's newspaper and sit outside. There were lots of people passing by mostly teenagers
some of sort of field trip I suppose. As I read my paper some man came and stood right in front
of me and was smiling. He looked strangely familiar to an old friend of mine who I was very
close to but I was not sure if it was him because he hasn't spoke to me in a very long time
somewhere around five thousand years, he hated me after the downfall we had. Word from
the other angels was that he was going to start another war but this time with more demons
at his will. Anyways back to this guy standing in front of me he said "Hello Michael long time no
see." I was taken aback by this and said "Lu?" He replied with "Yup that's me, how has it
been?" I teared up a bit and asked him to sit down. "You want anything to eat Lu?"
His facial expression changed from happy to troubled and then he said "No thanks Mike I'm not
here to eat I came hoping to ask you some questions." I just replied "sure thing are what did
you want to ask?" He leans forward with his arms crossed at his chest and says "Well look Mike
it has been a long time since we have talked especially after that huge fallout we had but I still
care about you like a brother…" I interrupt him mid sentence "but we are brothers why would
you say like a brother?" He uncrossed his arms and says "not after I got sent the darkest depths
possible, but the past is the past forget about that." My burger arrives and I take a bite out of it
and Lu takes some of my fries and I remember what one of the other angels said to me in
passing "hey Lu other angels are talking about how you're building an army is that true?"
He leans back smiles at a girl passing by and he says "yeah I am building an army but that's why
I'm here I want to warn you about it before it happens so that you would have time to choose
which side to be on and you choose wisely because you can't switch once you go one way
because those demons are going to be relentless and I am not going to show mercy to an old
friend no matter how close we used to be" he just smiles as he is saying this. I lean forward "are
kidding me why would you be telling me?" He chuckles a bit "you can't really be that stupid can
you? Do you remember when we were younger and used to fight all the time and you would
always win?" Yeah I remember but what doe.." I stopped mid sentence realized he wanted me
to be part of his army." Lucifer was smiling once more "I can tell you figured it out, I want you
to be part of my army, no I need to be part of it."I stood up disgusted at the idea that he would
even try to ask me to join him in his ridiculous goal to take over heaven. He stands up as well
"you're making a mistake Michael don't come asking me for forgiveness when I storm the
castle and come to slay your throat myself." Lucifer walks away and he disappears, I go inside to
pay my burger. I hear a commotion outside and hear people screaming I run outside and see
two demons who were around eight tall very muscular had horns and were shooting flames
from their mouths and hands. One of them had a tail with a fire at the end of it and the other
one had wings on it. Pulling out my sword I run towards, I jump to try and save a mother and
her baby but I wasn't fast enough and the demon with the tail sets the mother and her baby on
fire. I take off my coat and try to put them out as fast as I could but she just screamed so loud
and was praying to god to help her. I put out the mother and her baby and pick them up and set
them inside the café and came back only to find the demons gone. The only thing that was left
were people dead or injured and bleeding on the floor people crying some in the fetal position
there were cars flipped over some on fire, a city bus on its side on fire with people inside. The
police were helping people, firefighters were putting out the fires and the paramedics were
treating the people who were bleeding. I yelled at one of the paramedics "there is a woman inside
with her baby and they're both badly burned." They thanked me and two paramedics ran inside
with their medical bag and gurney. I rush back home in east L.A. a small apartment complex
with two rooms and one bathroom but I live alone. I haven't found anyone well I don't want
to find anyone because they might not accept the fact that I'm an angel tends to scare most
people away mostly because they just think I am a crazy man. I go lay down on my couch and
pass out I wake up but not in my apartment it's a white palace like room a gold table in the
middle. God is at one end takes a bite out of his steak and asks me "sit down Michael would
you like anything to eat?" I reply "no thanks just ate" I sit in the seat next to him. God wipes his
mouth and turns towards me and says "so I heard you talked to Lucifer and had a run in with
two of his demons." I lean back "yeah but they disappeared before I could do anything just
wreaked havoc and left just a small number of people hurt." God stops eating puts his plate
aside and says "did he say anything to you?" Crossing my arms I say "yeah he said he's raising
an army and asked for me to be a general in it because he knows I could a great asset to his
cause." He smiles and laughs "figured as much he is going around trying to recruit angels from
high ranks in heaven, and if they say no he just sends a few demons to try and scare them a
bit."