Calling
Father Dominic Sanctus was a supremely religious man. His life was entirely dedicated to God and the banishment of evil from the world. Anything that was deemed an offense to the faith by him was immediately demanded to be taken down by the priest. That included two certain episodes of the television series: Doctor Who. Upon airing in the United States in the late summer of 2006, the two part story The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit was received well by the fans of the show, but not the priest. He deemed it an outrage.
It was heresy; a complete mockery of the faith that he held so deeply to his mind.
He contacted the BBC, telling them of the millions that may have been offended by the episodes. He was, of course, shot down entirely. Nothing he did could spread the word that the episodes and the show itself were works of 'demon possessed scum'. He couldn't do anything.
The days have passed after the show. It was now a Sunday night, albeit an unusually cold and cloudy one for the season. Father Dominic was in his office, still very much angry at the episodes that have been shown. He sits in a reclining chair, bathed in the soft glow of a laptop screen. In one hand he holds a rosary, praying. The other, a bible, turned to the Book of Revelations. In his thoughts he tried to speak to God.
He receives an email.
From: HiR
To: Father Dominic Sanctus
Hello, father. I see that you have seen me. Odd that the human race has actually tried to recreate me before but this is the very thing that I like to witness. Imagination from your minds, the very thing I gave you. Free will. You made me into something that humanity should have feared and continue to fear. Do you know what the message was within those episodes? It was not hope that the human race would eventually rise into the stars. No. It was me.
I am returning.
The father reads it and shrugs it off, replying with a half-hearted message.
From: Father Dominic Sanctus
To: HiR
You are a misguided, arrogant and selfish man. You think that those words would make me into a beast such as yourself? You are nothing. Burn in hell you coward!
As soon as the priest had sent the message, one immediately popped into his inbox.
From: HiR
To: Father Dominic Sanctus
Why would I burn in hell when I am already there?
The priest was now furious. Some sick teenager, probably, was portraying the Devil himself, 'The Beast' as he was portrayed in the show. Father Dominic would not have any of this. He begins to type a reply, when he receives yet another message.
From: HiR
To: Father Dominic Sanctus
Father, Father, Father. You have disappointed me. You didn't ask who I was. You didn't ask where I was and I know that you are about to. You've said many times before within your liturgies that the Devil was a creature that manifested within your mind. That it feeds on sin and hatred for humanity. No. I am also physical. My body lives as it had been when I was cast from the gates of heaven, abandoned by God. I was the first fire, the creature that truly has conquered the human race, the faceless dictator of Earth. Father, He is returning.
Now, because you think that the Devil is within your conscience, consider this: who do you think is reading this in your mind right now?
