Chapter 2
The Old Man
Around 2:00 we started to see our daily visitors. Chase was one of those visitors, he came in at 2 and left at 4, he is about 60 years old from the looks of it. The next person who walked in was my favorite. i dont know his name, no one does, but he was still the coolest guy in town. He also was one of my friends, he would come in and insist that I serve him everyday, and he would order the same thing, Salmon with a side of mashed potatoes. When he comes in he always looks happy and strong, even though he looks like he is about 70, but today he looked sad and weary. I walked over to him with his normal meal and with a smile asked him how he was doing. He promptly stated, "I am fine Eric, but if i dont do it now you will be in danger." I sat there astonished and asked, "What do you mean John?" "Why would I be in danger, are you okay?" I was very worried about him so I sat down at the table and again asked him waht was wrong. He repeated what he said the first time. I was starting to get scared because I have never seen John this scared before. John looked up at me and said, "Listen to me boy, you need to pack your things before it happens, you must get out of this town and go as far away as possible!" I was getting a little annoyed now since he wouldn't explain what was going to happen, so once more i asked him, "What is going to happen?" He got up and straight faced said one word that chilled the whole room, "Armageddon." I nervously laughed and said, "How about I take you home and we can talk about this, okay?" He nodded in agreement and I walked him out to my car. Once we were settled I started to drive him home. I tried to make small talk with him but he was glued to this big, brown book he always carried around, so I gave up. Once we got inside his home I helped him sit down and then sat down myself. "Okay John", i started, "Can you please tell me what is going on with you?" He finally put down his book, ignored my question and asked one of his own, "Are you having nightmares or really bad dreams Eric?" I froze and said, "How did you know that?" He sighed and cursed himself in some language, it sounded like he said, "Черт!" It sounded like Russian but i couldn't be sure. He looked back up to me and said, "Then I am too late, but I can still stop it before he comes for you Eric." My mind was racing a million miles per minute with so many questions, but the only one that managed to come out was, "Who is he ?", "War, the first of his brothers." He said this with a trembling voice. Then he walked into the kitchen grabed something from the cabinet and walked back to me. When i saw what was in his hands i did a double take, in his hands he held a pure black knife that was the size of my forearm. "No time for panic Eric, take this and if you meet him or one of his brothers, use this, it will not kill them but it will sure as hell slow them down" He shoved the knife in my hands, when i felt the metal it felt wierd so I asked him what it was, "Obsidian Sanctum, or in modern terms, Obsidian, the most deadly metal to all of which that is not from this realm, do not ask questions yet young one, all will be answered in due time, right now you need to worry about were you are going to go." Before i could say anything a sound peirced the air and shook the house, it sounded like glass breaking. John jumped and slowly turned towards the door, then looked up at the roof and yelled, "YOU TOLD ME THERE WOULD BE TIME FOR ME TO SAVE HIM, WHY DO YOU TORMENT ME WITH THESE LIES!" He turned back to me and said, "We need to run, right now!" But before we could do anything the door exploded which sent me flying backwards, i slammed into a wall. When I looked up I saw a big figure walking towards me, in his hand he held a giant, red sword. Right before he got to me John got in the middle of me and the other man and shouted more forgien words at the man, "Daemonem effugare!" The man stumbled then laughed and said in a cannon deep voice, "You really think those magic tricks will work on something like me?" "I am not a regular demon old man, i cannot be banished!" He then hit John across the room and then turned his attention back to me. He slowly walked up to me laughing, "You must be confused with all of this, but dont worry I will make this quick." He raised his sword, but on some instinct i took my knife and shoved it in his chest. He screamed in pain, his screams were so loud that the glass broke."Vermis!" "I am going to carve your heart out!" John yelled at me saying, "Run Eric! "Get your car and drive until you get a call from me! "Go!" I followed his advice and ran out side past the man with the sword who was now slowly getting up, jumped in the car and drove towards the interstate. "What the hell is going on" I thought to my self, "Hell is exactly what is going on, Eric" I jumped and almost wreaked the car. The voice said, "Dont speak Eric, just listen, my name is Lucifer and i dont want to hurt you, i just wanted to help by saying that all of this is going to backfire on you Eric, come to me and i will help you, you can have whatever you like and all of this madness will be over, I will be waiting Eric, dont disipoint me, I have high hopes for you, good luck." Then the voice stopped. I kept driving and when i reached a crossroads, I had the instinct to turn left and i knew that this Lucifer figure was there, waiting for me, but he was my best bet for figuring out what the hell is going on, so instead of going straight, I went left.