Lucifer's Return
By
Jordan Ricciardi
After the Great War between God and Satan, Lucifer is in astonishment that he has lost
to his creator " I Satan have been vested by God and banished to this bottomless pit of
darkness while the victor in all righteous glory gets to boast on how powerful he is
while I have nothing!" Amongst the lake of liquid fire and brimstone emerges Beezelbub
Who states " but sir you have a kingdom of your own from which you transformed prison
into paradise, and a group of conspirators into a loyal army under your rule, what more
could you ask for?" then Lucifer with a scolding look in his eye lunges to Beezelbub
and says " Heaven, that very place is the crowning jewel to Gods victory and my defeat,
I want that jewel and I will obtain it someday no matter what you say". " But of course"
states Beezelbub as he takes his leave of Satan back amongst the crowds of Lucifer's
Army. " Heaven will be ours, and I shall transform it into a even more delightful
paradise from what I have created now, and you all shall escape from this Hellish prison
that God cast us into". Amongst the loud cheers calling his name, Lucifer plots his great
escape from Hell and plans to use his transformation to wage the next Great War
amongst God and Heaven. " I have grown sick of this place, and I am sure you all have
too now let us escape together". As Lucifer spoke those words all out a sudden all the
Arch Angels spoke in unison " yes great commander under your command we stand
ready, and we shall win". Upon those spoken words, a demonic grin formed on Lucifer's
face as he took flight and remained suspended in the air he said, " Well then, let us
depart from this place", and with a great tremble the lake of liquid fire and brimstone
took the shape of a vortex. " Step forth my brothers and enter the vortex I have created
With my newfound power, this vortex will allow us to escape Gods impenetrable prison
and transport us on the world's surface from which God desires to place his greatest
creation Man, and Man shall be pure and immortal, but I can change Gods plan
when I get to it, but first let us rejoice in our newfound salvation from that tormenting
prison officially called Hell". After those words were spoken cheers emerged from the
mighty army. "For now we are free, and we shall remain free, all those resisted our will
and underestimated our power shall fall victim to the eternal inferno of Hells flame".
Lucifer and his army had not experienced sunlight's bright rays since the day of
their damnation, and not knowing the change of their physical forms that occurred
during their imprisonment the curiosity had forced them to look upon one another
with great astonishment. The feathers of their wings had turned as black as midnight
and had the appearance of those of a crow, while their skin had turned a slight reddish
color to have which none have ever seen before. "See my brothers," spoke Lucifer,
"We have transformed ourselves, our wings are no longer as white and as soft as the
clouds of Heaven, our skin no longer has the radiance of a thousand suns and we have
become the predators that lurk in the dark and strike our pray when it least expects it, we
are the enemy". "God shall not see us strike and when we do, we will strike with the
force and speed of a meteor hitting the ground". "We will become the victors while God
and his servants will be the defeated". A few seconds had passed the light was now
dimming, the sun was going down and darkness had begun to creep in consuming
every remainder of light. There was no fear in the silence of night, all fear
was cast away, and Lucifer and his army decided to partake in the deathly silence
and fearlessness of the night, in the morning they would knock at Heavens golden gate,
and enact their declaration of war.
It was morning now, and the army awoke to see Lucifer standing alone staring up
at the sky as though there was an unknown force compelling him to look upon the sky
with the greatest obsession. In a moment or two the forceful connection was broken
and Lucifer was restored to his regular state, whatever force remained was submerged
in anger and with a snarling growl he spoke " It is our time to strike and leave them in a
position from which they can never recover, it is our time to claim our prize". The army
stood by awaiting Lucifer's command and with a clash of thunder Lucifer uttered his
command, "Now my army, go and bring them to their knees", the army then drew there
swords and took flight. From the ground the army looked like volcanic smoke ascending
to the heavens, and as they ascended the sky darkened. The magnitude of their wings
blocked out the sun and within minuets they would penetrate Heavens cloud layer.
After the moment Lucifer and his army penetrated Heavens cloud layer, they then
descended and stood upon it, they all remembered the feeling of standing
in Heaven, it was like being weightless without the feeling of floating away, they then
walked towards the golden gate behind Lucifer. As Lucifer got closer to the gate he
grinned knowing that he was at Heaven's Gate and that no one could stop him now.
Lucifer then stopped at the gate and saw with his bear eyes God's Army was waiting
for them and at the front of the army was standing the angle Michael who was God's
commander of the army and his former brother who bound him in chains and cast him
and his army into Hell under Gods order. With a swift hand, Lucifer placed his hand upon
the golden gate and within seconds the gate liquefied to molten metal, the gate that was
there was no more and Lucifer stepped forth over the puddle of molten metal to show
how powerful he had become. The Golden Gate was said to be indestructible, and that no
force could knock it down or destroy or even penetrate it. The gate was part of the
impenetrable kingdom, the first and strongest defense that was ever created by God, and
it was destroyed within seconds. Lucifer spoke "This was your only defense to hold me at
bay and now it is beneath my feet, you who all underestimated my army and myself shall
feel my vengeance and be cast out of your so-called Heaven".
After Lucifer's speech, he gave the order to advance and the armies charged toward
one another, and as the armies fought, the clash of steel rained down like thunder.
Lucifer himself partook in the fight against Michael and his army, with the determination
of victory in his eyes he lunged at Michael with his sword in an attempt to bring him
down. Their swords clashed against one another generating the brightest sparks, with the
intensity of the sparks the clouds were set ablaze. Lucifer and his army were so
accustomed to the intense heat that it did not affect them as it did to Michael
and his army. The flames grew larger as their fight went on, as the stench of scorched
flesh and feathers filled the air, and it was not the flesh or feathers of Lucifer and his
army caught in the blaze but that of Michael and his army being consumed by the flames.
Their fight continued and even with the flames consuming Michaels flesh and wings, he
would not give up. With shear pain and exhaustion Michael uttered these words "You
may defeat me, but in the end I will remain pure while you will remain a traitor and an
enemy". Lucifer un-amused by Michael's speech rose up his arm commanding the very
flames to envelope Michael in a set of chains from which there was no escape. Having
defeated Michael, Lucifer and his army continued forth pushing back God's forces.
God's forces were pushed to the point to where they could no longer resist,
and hold Lucifer and his army at bay. Lucifer and his army had finally made it to
God's throne room from which God sat on the other end, by breaking down the door
God raised his eyebrows and spoke "Step forth my son". Lucifer stepped forth
and so did his army and God spoke again " I see that you have brought an army
with you, so what do you hope to gain out of this?" Lucifer yelled out "you know
very well what I hope to gain out of this, my rightful kingdom, the very one you
cast me away from". God spoke "You mean the kingdom that you cast yourself out of
by betraying my trust". "I was taking what was rightfully mine to begin with" spoke
Lucifer. "Lucifer my son" spoke God "Can't you see that I granted you your own
Kingdom from which you could rule". "You mean that prison that we were all banished
to" interrupted Lucifer. " Call it what you will" spoke God. " I see that you have
new powers that enabled you to return to me" resumed God. "I am not returning to you,
I am here to take what is rightfully mine, and enact my vengeance upon you and all
your subjects who betrayed me". "I have not betrayed you my son, and as you know,
I am all loving and forgiving as well as all knowing; I don't want something such as a
desire to keep you from being near me, so please ask for my forgiveness and you and
your army shall be able to return and reside in Heaven". Lucifer spoke "You know that
my desires cannot be killed, and I would happily destroy you and your Heaven to obtain
my objective. Lucifer and his army then charged at God with their swords drawn in an
attempt to complete their objective; God then with a clash of thunder said "Enough!"
as he hit with his clenched fist the arm of his gold and marble throne he spoke "I have
given you all the great opportunity to stay in paradise and you all insist in trying to
overthrow me, for this you all shall feel my undivided wrath". The clouds of Heaven
then turned a dark gray and thunder started to roar with the intensity of a hundred
volcanic eruptions occurring simultaneously as lightening bolts passed through the clouds
making them course and heavy like stones. All of a sudden lightening bolts started to rain
down upon Lucifer and his army striking their wings and knocking their swords out of
their hands, and out shear pain they all collapsed to their knees as the electrifying bolts
passed through them, then God struck the ground with a mighty stomp causing the
ground to collapse underneath them, forcing them all to fall without functional wings
out of heaven and back into the prison they so gladly escaped. God having defeated
Lucifer and his army resealed Hell, released Michael from the fiery chains and restored
Heaven back to its former glory as the invincible kingdom.