Chapter 36 The is Sky Falling
Sara and her squad of elite commandos had been teleported to Septimus' castle from a plan made by Scab to infiltrate Hell and acquire as much intel on Char's whereabouts. Scab had heard he'd been spotted in Nerreza's capital Malacath, but when Sara found Char beaten, bloodied, and unconscious at the feet of a massive Archangel, obviously she had to intervene.
"I will be taking this demon back to Flash wether you try stopping me or not, don't do something you'll regret."
Sara snarled and four clawed arms came from her LSS.
"Believe me I won't regret this."
Y'ngold and Protos rushed to either side of Michael while Gennine disappeared and reappeared behind him with Feuga, leaving Sara and Andre to face him head on.
Michael raised his halberd but was mildly surprised when he found himself frozen in place by a force field from Gennine, the rest of the squad then opened fire at Michael as Andre rushed forward to pull Char away from the Archangel. The plasma bolts struck him but did nothing as Michael struggled and broke free of the containment field and at a blinding speed rushed to the side and struck Y'ngold with his palm, shattering the exoskeleton on his left claw. Almost instantly he swung his halberd at Feuga knocking her off her feet, but Michael was utterly shocked to find himself lifted off the ground by Gennine and flung across the room. Feuga quickly got up and shot out the intense flames native to her species, yet it did nothing to the Archangel who was now getting rather annoyed.
"That's enough!"
Michael struck his halberd on the ground and unleashed a pulse of light causing all but the Novians to drop to the floor unconscious.
"What?! How can you be without souls!?"
Andre by now had gotten Char onto his back and was standing behind Sara and next to Y'ngolds unconscious body, Gennine and Protos were near Feuga, who was also unconscious. Sara quickly took advantage of Michaels confusion and pressed a button on her wrist.
"Scab! Get us out of here!"
No sooner had she said this, black sand began to envelop them all preparing to teleport them to safety. But Michael was quick and grabbed Char by the leg, pulling him from the sand. Sara and Gennine were the only ones that got away from the sand while the others were teleported away.
"You have interfered in my task and actively attempted to harm me, and for that you will perish. Young child, I will allow you to flee, I do not wish to kill one so young."
Gennine took two steps forward and began to float as her eyes rolled back to be nothing but white sclera.
"You can't kill me... No one can kill me... Even I can't kill myself..."
Gennine's LSS began to glow a bright purple and she convulsed in pain as a dark fluid filled her veins and made them very visible against her pale skin.
"You're in for a fight you uptight bastard."
When Sara said this her LSS had four arms come out and rapidly assemble a heavy set of armor on her and a dangerous looking clawed power fist on her left arm. Michael was surprised at this but swiftly went on the offensive, attempting to impale Sara with his halberd. He became pure light and instantly appeared next to Sara but was astonished to see that his halberd had not pierced her armor, although it had damaged it.
Sara was sent flying back with the force of the blow but was up again quickly. Michael turned his attention towards Gennine but didn't see her, he turned around and saw her face inches from his own. She had dark veins visible across her face and her eyes were bloodshot and rolled back, and she was glowing with an eerie purple light.
A lesser being would have recoiled in fear or screamed at such a sight. But Michael was anything but a lesser being. He attempted to grab her by the throat but found the field she emitted prevented him, so he instead shot a beam of angel grace into her at point blank range.
He was greatly surprised to see the beam was deflected by a shield coming from her LSS. Then he felt an immense pressure trying to force him to the ground, Gennine's eyes were glowing purple as she manipulated the gravity around the Archangel.
"I will break you..."
The ground around Michael cracked and a crater formed around him as the gravity increased to that of a small sun, yet still he stood with difficulty deflecting small shots from Sara. Then Michael turned into pure light and rushed towards Gennine, landing a powerful punch against the force field. He didn't break the shield but sent the young Novian flying from the force. He quickly turned and shot a beam of Angel Grace from his halberd towards Sara who tried and failed to dodge it.
"My Lord Michael! We need to leave!"
Michael turned to see one of his guardians was back but had a look of shock and horror on his face.
"Zachariah, get ahold of yourself. What has happened?"
"Flash has fallen! We've been locked out of Heaven, its under siege!"
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Marquee Midas had cleared her way through the deepest circle of hell, although not unscathed. She had deep gashes all across her body and various burns, her grand dress long sense frayed to tattered rags barely clothing her. But she didn't care, she was finally at her goal. She had reached her love and master.
"Alison, I'm here. I've come to save you."
She was standing in front of a cage, made of stone, metal and bone, with fire burning inside and all around. Inside the cage pierced to the floor by large iron spikes, glowing red from the heat, was Alison, constantly being cooked by the fire as she healed what she could.
"...M-Marquee..."
"Alison tell me, how do I stop the flames? Tell me, I'll do anything."
Alison weakly raised her head and and opened her tired eyes, having not slept the entirety of the two weeks she'd been held there.
"...a lock of...your hair...soak it in your...blood. Burn it in the fires..."
Marquee quickly grabbed her hair and cut it with one of the many sharp spikes. She then cut open her wrist, letting the blood pour onto the hair, before sticking her hand into the churning flames to cauterize the wound.
"GHAAAAAAA! Ummmph! Huff huff..."
Not wasting time, she grabbed the blood soaked hair and threw it into the fire. The fire ate the offering and burst into a green flame before withering out.
"...the spikes...turn them...to..."
Marquee understood and touched the red hot metal, horribly burning her palm, but turning the metal to gold. At that heat the gold melted, allowing Alison to move freely. She quickly pulled herself away but four spikes quickly formed and pierced her spider half to the ground.
"AAAAAHHHH! NO! NO MORE!
Her voice was raspy as she screamed, clawing at her lower half until she'd cut herself completely in half. The cage was on again and pulled the spider half into itself while Marquee carried Alison away from the hellish trap.
"My lady Alison...oh Umbra..."
Alison looked down at the bloody mess that used to be her lower half, then she looked at the cage, torturing nothing but dead flesh. Then she looked at her loyal servant and smiled.
"Thank you Midas. You have saved me."
Alison then raised her hand, glowing with magic, and held back a scream. Her lower half was regrowing itself, but now just as human legs, her power too weak to regain her old form. She then looked at her servant and saw the horrible wounds all over her body, and she used what power she had left to heal them leaving only minor scaring.
"My lady, you should save your strength for yourself. I.."
"Hush Midas, you're no good to me dead and you surly would die with wounds like those. No come on, we need to..."
Alison suddenly recoiled in shock and fell to her knees. Marquee was quickly at her side, surprised at her sudden fall.
"My lady Alison, what's wrong? Is it your injuries?"
Alison looked up, eyes wide with shock, and she smiled.
"Flash has fallen."
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"Are you kids ready?"
Scab was standing in front of Jake, Fatch, Zeke, Ra, and Mantha. All five of the kids were wearing bracelets made by Zeke that would disguise them to make them unrecognizable, for this they're first mission, they couldn't be caught.
"We're ready, just send us there already."
"Hold on Fatch, repeat the mission summary."
"Flash is making a public announcement to the entirety of Heaven and earth. You are going to teleport us into heaven where we will activate out disguises and find our way to the Celestial Courtyard where we will watch to see what exactly Flash is up to."
Scab nodded his head in approval, it had only been a few days yet the children were quite skilled and excelled at their training. Now was the perfect time to test how well they could infiltrate a hostile environment and blend into the populous.
"Good, remember not to let anyone see the real you. This should be an easy just in and out test of your skills, should anything go wrong I'll be watching and I'll teleport you all back here to safety."
Black sand flowed out of Scabs eye and started to envelop the kids and swirl around them, then they were gone.
The children appeared in an empty area of heaven with soft yet solid cloud beneath their feet. The buildings around them were large, grand and appeared to be made of marble or ivory and was decorated with polished gold. The kids couldn't help but to marvel at the splendor of it all.
"It's all so beautiful..."
"Stay focused guys, let's turn on the bracelets."
Mantha shook her head, Zeke was right they had to stay focused. They all pressed the button on their bracelets and their disguises shimmered over them making them look like angel versions of themselves.
Zeke now had tan skin with red eyes but he look mostly the same with his red hair, but now he had a pair of red wings with blue at the roots of each feather.
"Hehe, you look good as an angel Zeke."
Zeke blushed mildly and then his jaw dropped at the sight of Mantha as an angel. Her skin was bright white and her hair was its usual blue but braided, she was wearing a blue dress with white flowers that matched the color of her hair and her eyes were changed to a glowing yellow. But her wings were large white wings with dark blue on the tips, she was beautiful.
"Go give the girl a kiss already!"
The two blushed at Jakes words but Mantha walked up and gave Zeke a little kiss on the lips making him blush madly, Jake started chuckling at this.
Jake looked more human now, his wolf mussel and most of his fur gone, but his hair was still brown with red tips and he still looked rather wild. His ripped green shirt was now looked to be made of leaves and his lower half appeared to be made of wood now with vines decorating his legs and forming boots. His wings were like a large eagles, drown with black and white mixed in.
"Nice look Jake, it suits you."
Fatch was changed quite a bit with his disguise. His hair was down and now had more white in it then before but was still its original colors and his eyes were still red but glowed with a sparkling light. He was wearing a dark blue shirt with red and white starlike dots glowing on it and a pair of black pants, his wings were black with white and red tips matching his hair.
"I changed my disguise a little, what do you guys think?"
The others looked over at Ra and were quite stunned by his transformation. His bandages were gone and his skin looked smooth, but that was just the beginning. Ra was wearing a golden Egyptian eagle crown that was topped with a red ruby to resemble the sun. He wore a red robe with gold edges and a winged sapphire Scarab necklace, but his wings were different from the others as they were coming off of his arms, like a real Icarus.
"Holy Flash Ra you look incredible! You're an Egyptian Sun angel, they're kinda rare so you might stand out but I can barely recognize you!"
"Heh t-thanks Fatch, I though it suited me."
"Hey you kids!"
The group looked over to see none other then Gabriel the Archangel bounding up to them and although he seemed cheerful, the kids couldn't help but get a little nervous. Gabriel soon reached where they were and smiled at them.
"What are you guys and lady up to? Don't you know there's a public assembly from Flash going on? Come on! You guys wouldn't want to miss that, I'll take you all there."
"O-oh that's ok, I...I'm sure we can find our way there on our own."
Ra was pretty nervous, he'd never seen a real Archangel before let alone talked with one. Gabriel looked over at Ra and chuckled, patting him lightly on the back.
"Haha! Awe no need to be nervous around me kiddo! Come on I'll even treat you kids to some ice cream afterwards too, how's that sound?"
Fatch then raised an eyebrow, he was acting rather chipper for an Archangel. They're supposed to be stoic figureheads of beauty and power, but he seemed really relaxed and outgoing...what if he can see through their disguises!
"Um not to be rude or anything but, if Flash is giving an assembly shouldn't the Archangels be standing close by to protect him or something?"
Gabriel looked over at Fatch and chuckled lightly, as if he knows he's in trouble.
"Eh heh heh... You see, I'm aaaaactually in trouble with Seraphial for not reporting to him or doing my paperwork on time. So I'm trying to ditch the feather brain and that's when I spotted you all! So I figured why not spend some time with some fun loving little sparrows."
Fatch couldn't help but chuckle a little, this guy seemed a lot like Gold. He decided this guy seemed alright...for now at least.
"Anyway, as I said the assembly is gonna start soon so we need to get there soon. How fast can y'all fly?"
At this the kids all paled, the wings may look pretty but a holoprojection can't get you off the ground.
"Oh geez, I can see illy your faces you're on the slow side huh? Not to worry!"
Gabriel's massive wings quickly spread themselves out to their full length.
"You all grab onto me and I'll fly us there, I'm strong enough and fast enough that we might just make it in time."
The kids looked at each other, shrugged, and grabbed hold of his arms legs while Mantha grabbed ahold of his neck as she got on his back.
"Ok kiddos, hold on tight!"
"WHOOOOOAAAAAA!"
"WHOOOOOAAAAAA!"
"WHOOOOOAAAAAA!"
"WHOOOOOAAAAAA!"
"WHOOOOOAAAAAA!"
Gabriel shot off at a shockingly high speed and turned towards the Winchester Palace where they could see thousands upon thousands of varying types and classes of Angels were waiting to hear the big news. Gabriel flew over the crowd before finding a clear area and coming in for a landing, he dropped the kids off and chuckled at their faces, all but Zeke looked scared to death while also excited.
"Ahahahaha! By Flash you guys look like you've never flown before, or at least nothing close to that fast am I right?"
"People of Heaven and Earth!"
"Hey you guys, it's starting!"
The kids all looked up at the balcony to see Flash standing there with a massive smile on his face and a kind of glow to him that made you want to smile.
"I have called upon you all here today to announce something spectacular, something absolutely miraculous!"
Flash walked to the very edge of the balcony and looked upon the massive crowd.
"I am here to announce, the return of my eldest son Platinum!"
At this the entire crowd burst into screaming cheers and applause. Flash was beaming from ear to ear and even from as far back as they were, the kids could see tears of joy.
"GHA!"
And suddenly the crowd went silent.
Flash looked down to see the tip of a blade sticking out of his chest. He turned his head to see the face of Seraphial, his most trusted friend and ally. The color faded from his hair and his eyes became like that of a mortals, white sclera and blue irises. The glow on his body faded and seemed to pour into the blade that was protruding from his chest. Then with a quick and violent pull, Seraphial removed the blade and as Flash fell from the balcony, his wings burned away and everything angelic about him was sucked into the sword before spreading across the traitous Archangel.
"It's time for the sky to fall!"
*AN: And done! Yes! Woohoo! After all this time I finally finished the first ark of my Hellfire series! Now I need to tell you guys this, this is most likely going to be my last upload here. I'm officially moving this story over to DeviantArt where I am going to illustrate it and make it into a proper comic and my second ark is going to be posted on there as well. Now I'm not saying I'm leaving this site completely, I will still be reading your stories, I've just fallen out of this site a bit and moved into DA. Thank you all for reading this story of mine and if you want to see more, here's a link to my DA page: .com I hope to see you guys there and as always... Arriva Derchi!*