I Am Death (Chapter 8 Final)

Vengeance

I have to get out of here, I have to stop my master; I WILL get out of here. Death has been trapped in the timeless ninth circle of hell where Abbadon banished him and his two comrades. Frozen to a wall for eternity, they could neither speak nor even look at each other; they could only hear their own thoughts within their minds. Not even the mighty Semiazas could break himself free from his frozen prison so it was impossible to break the ice trapping him and his friends. Death, of course, had thought of a different technique. "Why didn't I think of this sooner? I must've been too consumed by the thoughts of my past; thinking through all my mistakes and what I could've done differently. I have reviewed my entire life up to this point, and here is where it stops? No, the Grim Reaper will not be stopped by a little ice. There's only one thing that can free me." Death had thought of using his first and oldest power: teleportation. All he had to do was picture where he is now and where he wants to go next. He pictured the bitter ice surrounding his entire body and then moved on to the frozen arena that lay before him. In a split second he was on the other side of his jail, starring at the other two demons. "It worked? Yes! Now I need a way to free Alocer and Semiazas." His first response was to use brute force; he struck Semiazas's crystal again and again but to no avail it did not even crack. He landed one last hard blow on the ice and rested his hand on it and dropped his head in disappointment. "I'm sorry my friends, I could not save you from your eternal prisons." Just as he looked up, the souls that made up his robe began to converge on the ice. Once it had been completely engulfed by the spirits, it started to melt. With the sheet thinning every second, Semiazas gathered the strength to break himself free. "Death, how long have we been down here?" "I don't know Semiazas. Just free Alocer so we can wreak our vengeance on our former master." Semiazas turned around to see his demon comrade still frozen to that same wall and with a strong blow from his massive hands; Semiazas broke through Alocer's prison. He immediately fell to his knees. "Alocer quickly recover your strength, we have a battle to finish." "Wait, both of you can use the same teleportation technique that I used, why did you not take advantage of it?" Death inquired. "It never crossed my mind; I was too focused on getting revenge on that traitor." Alocer responded. "I agree with my brother." Semiazas acknowledged. "Come both of you, our job is not yet finished. When we return to the surface, be ready for anything; we don't know how long it's been and what Abbadon has done to the earth. Will you two stand beside me in one last battle?" "Of course Death, I would not abandon you now." Semiazas answered. "Neither would I. Now why are we still standing here? We have a demon to destroy."

I could return to the surface by teleportation for I was the last one up there before Abbadon went on his rampage, but Alocer and Semiazas could not join me, at least not immediately. Our plan was to send me to the surface, and when I arrived at my destination my two demons would picture me and hopefully appear next to me. I thought of the city streets of where I left hundreds dead in roads, and in an instant I was there. Once I left my comrades' sides they thought of me and soon reappeared by my side. Our eyes widened and our jaws dropped from the awe of what Abbadon has done to earth. The entire sky was no longer blue, but blood red; and to add to the effect, the sun had also changed from it bright and blinding yellow to pitch black. The once tall buildings lining the streets were now reduced to piles of rubble on the cracked and broken ground. Burning and rotting bodies lay at every step we took across this wasteland. The dehydrated atmosphere slightly burned my friends' skin; it was impossible for human life to prevail on this God forsaken world. Far off in the distance there appeared to be a tornado touching on the ground, but that was no natural disaster; it was a spiritual war ground. The three of us quickly warped to that location and was shocked by the scenes we saw. Angels fighting demons, demons fighting angels; our former brothers were being vanquished by the hundreds, but we did not pity them, they chose their path and we chose ours. "Look there! Our weapons." Alocer pointed out. "I would like to keep the element of surprise. Let me try to bring them to us." I said. I focused as hard as I could for this was the farthest distance I had ever tried to use this power on and this time I was using it on three targets. I pictured the three demons in my mind and then swiftly clenched my fist. Soon afterwards, three hands appeared below each of the three demons, and they were now being pulled to us as I brought my hand closer. They paid no attention to where they were heading but only at the battle that they were quickly being forced out of. When the three turned around they saw a fast approaching large, powerful demon charging them. Semiazas only meant to tackle them but instead he ripped their upper torsos from the rest of their bodies. "Here, I believe this belongs to you, Death. And this to you, Alocer." We both gave him our gratitude and returned our focus on our main target. Up in the air, flying high above his army was Abbadon, mocking his enemies as they also fell before his minions. "Semiazas, do you think you can launch me?" "Yes of course, you're still a skeleton and your very light, but why would you…O… I would love to. Come close." I walked closer to my friend and he picked me up over his shoulders. "Are you ready Death?" "Yes, but one thing, as soon as you throw me, both you and Alocer rush to my location as fast as possible; I'm going to need as much help as I can get." "Yes sir, I understand." Said Alocer. With those last words, Semiazas used all of his strength to launch me at the same being that had recently banished me for eternity. I flew through the air with ease readying my blade for a power strike to bring this Demon back down to earth. Abbadon was distracted with his army, but when he took the time to look up and saw me coming at him, I swear I saw a glimpse of fear in his eyes. He had no time to react for I was already within striking distance. I spun my Devil's scythe around to gain more momentum and dug the blade into the middle of his chest and moved to the side to try to bring him to the ground. He tried to fly back up using his huge bat wings, but I had more power and momentum and forced him back down to the hellish world that he created. With a thundering slam, he hit the crust, causing a deep crater in the landscape. All the millions of demons around stopped their fighting and turned their attention to their fallen master. "See? You're 'prince of darkness' is weak and pathetic! Do not follow this treacherous monster, but instead look to your former Lord: God the Almighty!" The angels also took interest in my words, one out from the crowd yelled, "You chose your path demon! It is too late to earn redemption now." "I made my mistakes I know, I plan on burning for eternity in the dreaded Lake of Fire, but at least let me take this beast there with me personally." "You're not taking me anywhere!" I was scared to turn around to the voice coming out from the pit. I took a few steps away from it as Abbadon climbed his way out of the crater. "You are persistent Death. I have sculpted a fine and determined warrior. If you want vengeance so bad, then come get me, I'm right here." He gave me that same evil smirk that he had in hell as I sprinted after him, but in a quest for my own revenge I had forgotten Semiazas's teachings: 'the one who makes the first move makes the first mistake.' The Devil dodged to the right and used his free hand to grab me and throw me far, far away: at the feet of an all too familiar angel.

"Why are you still standing around? Keep fighting you brutes!" Satan ordered to his demons. "I see we now fight for the same cause." A voice came from above me. I looked up to discover the commander of these angels: Michael. "You're not going to strike me down, Archangel?" "I would if you were fighting alongside that monster, but you are not. You seem to have felt guilt in your heart and now you are trying to redeem yourself of your past mistakes." Michael couldn't have been more accurate in describing the reasons for my actions. "I take it that we are temporary allies?" "At this moment, yes we are." "One more thing, angel, I also have two other demons who feel the same way, they want redemption fueled by revenge." "I know, they're behind you." I turned around to see that the angel was correct; my friends were once again by my side and ready to finish this battle once and for all. Michael had given the order to his angels to force the demons away from Lucifer and isolate him, which left him open for the four of us.

We swiftly made our way to Abbadon, and when we arrived at his position he looked on at his three former minions with intent of destroying us, but looked at Michael with fear in his eyes. He looked all of us over and over again, growing impatient by waiting for one of us to attack. As he became more and more anxious, he finally charged us; which is exactly what we wanted. He came right down the middle and passed through us as Alocer and his brother dodged to the left and Michael and I evaded to the right. He dug his claw into the ground to stop and when he stood back up we were completely surrounding him. His back was turned to Alocer who took the axe end of his halberd and made a large gash next to his spine. "AH! You wretched little…" When he turned to Alocer his back was then facing Michael who hacked a chunk of flesh from the left side of his back using his long-sword. "RAWR! How dare you!" Abbadon picked up on our strategy and took to the air, but only one of us could fly: Michael. He too took to the air and followed him high above the ground. "Why don't you join my ranks, angel? You would make an excellent commander and I could grant you powers beyond your imagination." "I shall only utter the words of your destruction, Devil." Abbadon's once smirk turned to and angry frown and attempted to strike the Archangel down. Michael flew under his flaming sword and used his long-sword to work on the gash on the back that Alocer had recently delivered to the Demon. "AH! You shall not bring me down Archangel!" The three of us looked on with astonishment as we watched the legendary battle between evil and good. Lucifer pulled out his three-tailed whip and wrapped it around Michael wrists. He started to bring him in, but Michael used this to his advantage to fly even faster towards Abbadon and land another blow to his left side, working on the other gap in his flesh. This, of course, only angered The Devil more which made him more careless and open to attack. He charged at the angel at full speed but Michael once again dodged it. This time he flew upwards and aimed his attack at the Demons wings, cutting them off and letting him fall back to the earth. "Demons finish him off!" the Archangel yelled at us. Before we had time to attack, Abbadon had returned to his feet, preparing for another fight. "You will fall before us Devil." Alocer said with confidence. Semiazas then attacked him with his axe, but Satan wrapped his whip around his blade and pulled him close enough to grab and hold him as a shield that covered half his body. Semiazas was strong, but not strong enough to break free of this beast. Alocer was closer to him while I was slightly farther back. We both attacked at the same time, but Abbadon parried Alocer's blade and he too was captured. By the time I had seen what had happened, it was too late to stop my scythe from making contact with flesh. The scythe had built up momentum to the point that I could not stop it and I watched in horror as I decapitated my only two friends I had in this world. Their bodies soon burned up as Satan dropped them and turned to ashes on the ground. "Look what you did Death." He said laughing with his maniacal chuckle. "You…you…I will kill you!" I said with unbelievable anger. "Have fun." "Death, wait! Do not strike at him!" Michael tried to warn me, but I would not listen, I was only consumed with more vengeance. I used all my current strength for one blow, but I was careless and paid for it dearly. Satan had used his fire sword to impale me through my robe and onto the other side of my body. Michael quickly swept down and knocked Abbadon back a few yards. I stood up, appearing that I had not been injured at all. "Wait, how are you still standing? That strike should've killed you!" My body was feeding off the pure hate and anger that had built up and was now unleashing itself.

At that point, the entire earth began to shake, and massive crack tore open the crust and fire started to spew out from it. Lava poured out the sides and was quickly spreading across the landscape. "What is that?" I asked. "God has opened up the Lake of Fire. This is our chance, Reaper, to condemn this Devil once and for all eternity." Michael replied. "I have an idea, angel, but it cannot be done without you." I said as I strained just to get every word out. "I need you to attack him with all your power and launch him into the air; I will take over from there." "Very well Reaper, I will go along with your plan." As soon as Satan stood back up, he was stabbed in the gut again by Michael who then proceeded to throw him into the sky. I gathered what was left of my strength and ran and jumped on Michael's shoulders who gave me a boost towards the doomed Beast. I raised my scythe one last time, "I AM DEATH AND YOUR TIME HAS COME ABBADON!" I struck my Devil's scythe down into his skin with all my power and brought him with me into the Lake of Fire. We were the first to enter this eternal torment; the other demons soon fell to the angels' blades and were too thrown into this Great Lake. "You fool! I was so close to reigning over this universe!" "You were nowhere close Devil. God wouldn't have let you come anywhere near close to His position! Now you shall get what you deserve, and suffer with me in this Grave!"

I am now floating here, in this Lake, under eternal torment. I keep repeating this story over and over again in my head, thinking of ways I could've changed it, maybe I could have saved my friends, but the outcome would've remained the same. I may be inflicted with this ageless plague, but it brings some peace to my mind knowing that I have accomplished my vengeance and because of it, Abbadon will no longer walk this earth.