Author's Note: Major Characters Death ahead. This might be the last chapter. So, don't be surprised, if I don't upload any more chapters.
Chapter 23
Death's Door
When Jack, Sam and Thor got closer to Hell, Thor decided to build a suit to protect both Sam and Jack from the heat. Sam grabbed Jack's hand in fear. They heard screaming and wailing from many souls. They shuddered at the sounds and were surprised to see a human teenager girl sitting on a throne. She looked at them in surprise as well.
The Antichrist looked at his demons. "Has any of the off-world planets called to accept our offer?" They shook their heads and he nodded. "I think enough time has passed, don't you?" They nodded. "Well, looks like we're going off-world. Where do you think we should go first?"
"We've heard that Atlantis has all this information. Perhaps, we should start there and get the map to where all the off-world planets are located." A demon suggested and Pilate smiled.
"Perfect. Let's go."
They entered the Stargate Command and the General looked at him. "Why are you here?" He smiled and looked at him.
"Oh, you know why. I've been very patient in waiting on the off-world planets to give me their loyalty and unity, but they've failed. Forcing me to have no choice, but to go to them. Now, would you kindly tell your men to activate the Tau'ri?" The General sighed as Walter looked at him.
"What will you do to me, if I refuse?" Pilate came closer to his face.
"You refuse, I heard that Area 51 is a great place to stay for a while until you decide to join me and my army."
"Very well. Walter, activate the Tau'ri." He was shocked.
"Sir?" He shook his head.
"Just do so." Walter shook his head and began to activate the Tau'ri. Pilate smiled.
"I'm glad that you didn't go down with a fight. You can go ahead and try to warn your team that I'm on my way. Have them take their best shots. Really." He and his demons left and went to the front of the ramp.
"Locked!" The Tau'ri was activated and they went through it.
The Atlantis saw the Tau'ri was activated on their side and exchanged looks. Daniel swallowed and closed his eyes. He knew that he had been prepared to die for so long that this should become like a second nature to him, but no matter how many times that he had died, it still made him nervous. While Heaven was shut up, did it also mean that the higher plane was on the lockdown? He could only hope that it wasn't. He reminded himself that there was life after death, Noelle proved that. She had shown him that he would have a life with his team. He took a big breath as his hands were still on his gun. He looked around and saw that the others were matching his nervousness. They knew that weapons might not be enough for them to beat the Antichrist, but they were still going to try.
The demons stepped out first and Pilate came next. They all fired shots at him, but like they thought, it did nothing. Pilate looked at his nails; bored. He waited until all the humans were done giving him all that they had. When the guns finally stopped, he looked at them. "Are you done?" They put down the guns and nodded. He came to Daniel. "Now, I only have 1 question to ask. Will you accept my tattoo and chip?" Daniel looked at them and back at Pilate.
"No." He nodded and looked at the others.
"Do you all feel this way?" They nodded and he looked at Daniel. "I've heard that you've died more times than we can count."
"How could you have known that?"
"Here's some news flash. God and his army- they're not the only ones that know about the lives of humans. Satan and his army do as well. There are some things in your life that can't be avoided, changed or edited. Your deaths were all something that couldn't." He put his lips to his ear. "I bet you're even wondering, if the higher plane is still accepting people." He looked at him in the eyes. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, the higher planes are also on God's radar. He had them shut up as well. So, this time, my dear, Dr. Daniel Jackson, you're going to stay dead." Jackson looked down. "Consider me gracious. I'm going to ask you a last time. Do I have your loyalty and you'll think of me as your god?" Daniel looked down, swallowed and closed his eyes.
"I'm not afraid; rather I stay dead this time or not." Pilate looked at him confused.
"Why? What do you know?" Daniel smiled.
"Guess Satan and his army don't know everything." The Antichrist studied him.
"You're not lying. Now that God has Heaven and the higher planes shut up, he has allowed me to have all power. So, I'll just use one of my many powers to find out what you're referring to." He put his thumbs on his eyes as Daniel began to scream. Pilate closed his eyes and saw the video that Noelle had left. He stared at him in surprise.
"You've seen it?" Daniel was trying to get his eyesight back. "No one has ever came back from New Jerusalem and lived to tell the tale. How is that possible?" He grabbed him. "Where is the girl? Where is she?" He finally got his eyesight back.
"Where do you think? The virus killed her. That was one of her last gifts to us." The Antichrist shook his head.
"Kill them, kill them all!" He walked out as the demons killed all the humans with their own guns.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" They exchanged looks.
"My name is Samantha, and this is Jack, who are you?" She got off the throne and went to them.
"My name is Colleen Passion." She shook hands with them both.
"What are you doing in this throne room? I thought this was where Satan had lived." She gave them a kind smile.
"Satan is the false prophet and is in Rome. He asked me to rule, while he's away." She poured herself a drink. "Where are my manners, would you like to have some?" She gave them a friendly smile.
"Are you human?"
"Yes. Would you kindly explain, why you are here?" She crossed her arms.
"We need a weapon that can be used against Satan and the Antichrist. Do you know any weapons that can harm them?" She frowned and sat back at the throne.
"Humans still want to kill him than to listen to him first." She shook her head. "Why should I help you?" Jack sighed.
"If you have any humanity left in you, you would be considered about your planet. They want to destroy it. Not only Earth, but the galaxy."
"Pilate would never do that."
"Oh, but he did. He threatened that the planets accept his rule or die." She looked at a mirror.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, show me what's true and what's false? Did Pilate force the people in the galaxy to accept the chip and the mark or be destroyed?" The mirror came alive and bowed.
"Your majesty, he did. As you know, he's for world peace, how else can he get it, if not to united the world. He's giving them a chance on the account of you." She nodded and looked at them.
"Very well, you speak the truth. The mirror never lies. I don't know much about weapons. However," she walked to a bookshelf and got a book. "This is a book of all the weapons in Hell. Satan likes to keep track of the things around here to make sure that none of them are missing. He won't be home any time soon. So, you have a while before he gets back." Jack took the book.
They studied it and found a weapon called, 'Death's Door.' They saw that it had the ingredients to build it. It would kill anyone from Hell, rather they were on Earth or not. They came to her. "We found a weapon called, 'Death's Door,' we see that it has these ingredients. Can you help us find them?" She took the book from his hands and studied it.
"When I first came to Hell, I had to go through a red brick road to find Satan. Along the way, I saw the ingredients that this book mention. So, follow the red brick road and you'll find what you seek." She closed the book and gave it back to them. Colleen went towards a drawer, opened it and took out a water pistol. They looked at her confused.
"What's this?" She sighed.
"Demons can't have water because they're made out of fire. While the water pistol won't kill them, it will keep them away from you for a while, giving you enough time to gather what you need." She gave it to Jack.
"How could you want to follow him, he's so evil." Samantha told her and she looked down.
"He took this kid; whose parents didn't want her and pay any attention to her. Who was like an ugly duckling and made her into this. I was native in thinking that I could escape from him, when there's so many humans out there. But no, he won't let me go. He wanted me to be his."
"We can help you to escape?" She shook her head.
"I go with you, he'll come after you. He won't share me with anyone, rather it's just a friend or more. To protect both of you, I rather stay." They exchanged looks.
"If this weapon works, we'll come back for you, if you don't mind to escape from Hell." She smiled.
"You kill Satan and all that resident in Hell, I'll go with you. It's been so long, since I can remember, what's it like not to belong to him." She sat on the throne. "Good luck to both of you." They nodded, took the paper that had the ingredients and instructions on it and started to head towards the red brick road.
The demons and Pilate searched for the list of all the planets. They found it and looked at the map. "Where do you think we should head to next?" He asked his demons.
"We think that you should kill all of Stargate SG-1, first. That way they won't use the Tau'ri and it will be ours." The Antichrist nodded.
"Good plan. Where is the next Stargate SG-1 team located."
"Considering that we've already killed Daniel, I'm assuming that Teal'c is next and he's on the planet of Dakara."
"Let's go." They nodded and began to walk back to the Tau'ri.
Jack and Sam were keeping an eye out for the ingredients. They noticed that there was a demon using what looked like to be Satan's pitchfork as a way to torture the lost souls. They remembered that was one on the list. They were grateful that Colleen had gave them the water gun and prayed that it would work. They started squirting the demon with it and he looked surprised at who it was. Jack noticed that it was only working a little bit. "Sam, see if you can call in Thor to get us a bigger water gun." She nodded and began to contacted Thor. The demon was getting hit and weaker.
"Why are you doing this to me? Who gave you that water gun?" They exchanged looks.
"Who do you think?" Jack asked and the demon nodded. He walked up to him.
"I warned Satan not to fall in love with her, but did he listen to me, no. He thought she was worth it, wait until he hears that his own chosen betrayed him." There was a bigger water gun in Jack's hands, and he squirted the demon. He fall to the ground and refused to move.
"Sam, quick, get the pitchfork!" Sam picked up the pitchfork as Jack continued to hold the water gun towards the demon. "Let's move!" They began to follow the red brick road again. They were hoping that the lost souls screaming, and wailing would drain out the sounds that the water had made.
Pilate had arrived on Dakara with his demons and watched as the Jaffa began to shoot them with their weapons. He sighed as he looked at the demons, who shook their heads. After seeing that their Ma'tok staffs and Zat guns were not working, they tried to bomb him with no luck. They sighed and the Antichrist walked up to Teal'c. "Are you done with fighting me? Because this is really boring for me."
"What do you want?"
"Oh, you know what I want. I want all of you to show loyalty and follow me. All that I'm merely asking for is that you accept the tattoo and the chip. Why are you fighting so hard against it?"
"Because the humans have said that taking the chip and the tattoo will change your soul."
"That golden tattoo that you have on your forehead," Pilate pointed to Teal'c forehead. "Humans were probably scared of that. But, some of them were willing to give you a chance to prove that tattoo didn't make you an evil person. Yet, when I ask to be given a chance, I'm flat out denied. Humans and species are complicated creatures."
"We fought for our freedom with thousands of enemies, why should you be any different?" He smiled.
"I'm not asking you to give up your freedom. I'm simply asking that you consider me as your god."
"We have no need of gods."
"I suppose that you had watched the same video that Daniel had; about New Jerusalem and how you come back together as a team. You think that girl was telling you the truth? She was lying!" Teal'c shook his head.
"She was right about the virus. Why would she lie about New Jerusalem? I saw myself on there. I choose to believe." The Antichrist crossed his arms.
"And, if you're wrong?" He challenged.
"If I'm wrong, then, I die free." He looked at the other Jaffas.
"Do you all feel this way?" They nodded. "Very well. Demons; you know what to do." The demons closed their eyes, got their weapons and began to fire on them. They began to scream and die. Pilate looked at Teal'c as he was dying on the ground. "For your sake, I hope that she was telling the truth because if she wasn't, I'll see you in Hell." He threw the Ma'Tok staff on the ground. "2 Stargate members dead, 2 left. Let's go to Galaran."
Sam and Jack found a mansion that could easy pass for a haunted house. "We've no idea, if that is Pilate's place or not, but it wouldn't hurt to look." She nodded and they carefully went inside. Inside was just as scary; red walls with black borders. "We need to get his necklace and fast. I don't like being here." Sam nodded.
"We've been to many places, but this is far the scariest place I've ever entered." He nodded in agreement.
"Let's go upstairs." There were no demons in the place or any lost souls. They saw a room with a fire roaring in the fireplace. In front of the fire were 3 Hellhounds. They exchanged looks. They scanned the room for the Antichrist's necklace and saw it was over the fireplace; hanging on a candle vintage vector candlestick that had 3 candles in it. They decided to, carefully and quietly, tiptoe to the front of the room to get it. They kept an eye on the Hellhounds to make sure that they stayed asleep. When Jack got the necklace, they woke up. Sam began to shoot them with the water gun. Jack began to run out of the room as Sam covered him. Once she was out, he shut the door and the Hellhounds were stuck in the room barking. "Okay, that's two, just one left." Sam nodded.
The Galarans have been keep tabs on where the Antichrist was moving. "He's on his way here." Sylvian, the President of the Galaran said. Cam looked at her.
"Look at all these other planets that have already been destroyed by him. I have no doubt that they have used all that they had to kill him. I doubt our weapons will work on him either."
"Then, what do you suppose we do?" He sighed and looked down.
"I want you to do me a favor." She looked at him puzzled. "I'll blast him with whatever I have. But, if it doesn't work, take the mark and the chip. Hopefully, it won't change your soul. That way you'll have more time to come up with an idea to how to kill him successfully."
"You're willing to sacrifice your life for ours? Why?"
"I saw myself living in New Jerusalem and a new Earth. I don't fear death." She came to him.
"So, you really think that there's life after death?"
"I choose to believe that there is." She nodded as she looked out the window.
"Then, I'm going to choose to believe too." He turned her to look at him.
"You don't need to be brave. If you really want to fight, you can and should. Someone needs to beat him. Save him from others."
"Why do you think it has to be us, who do it?" He shrugged.
"You don't want the responsibility, then don't. Do what you feel is right. I'm going to go and wait for him."
"It's amazing that you don't mind coming back to this planet, when we had falsely accused you of murder." He shrugged.
"It was a long time ago and I don't hold grudges. I'm just glad that we all learned the truth."
"Maybe, we can capture the Antichrist and plant some false memories in him." He smiled at the suggestion, crossed his arms and leaned against the counter.
"That can work. How do you suppose that we do that?" She began to think.
"Why don't you bring him here. Lie to him and say that we have developed a technology that he can use on Earth and the galaxy to force them to worship him and show loyalty." Cam nodded.
"That could work. We'll try that." He left to go wait for the Antichrist.
He arrived a short time later. "Colonel Cam Mitchell, I would never think that you would be waiting for me and no weapons? Your teammates, Teal'c and Daniel were waiting for me with weapons. It's too bad that they are gone now." Cam looked at him in surprise and felt anger raging inside of him.
"Well, I wanted to do something different for you. You like a challenge, right?" He smiled.
"How did you get to know me so well?"
"I've told the Galaran of your power and ability. Instead of fighting you, they have agreed to help you."
"Agreed to help me? How?"
"They are in charge of developing various of technology for us to use. They have developed a technology to have all of Earth and the galaxy to bow down and worship you. They asked me to invite you to see the technology for yourself." Pilate raised his eyebrows.
"Now, this is a first. A planet in the outer space that actually wants to help me. Why don't you lead the way, Mr. Mitchell." He gestured for them to proceed. Cam nodded and lead them to the room.
"So, exactly, how would this technology work?"
"In order for this to work, we would need you to lay down and allow us to gain access to your mind. You see, we have the ability to plant false memory in people. We thought that you would like to use it to convince people that they have already accepted you as their god. Once they have believed to do so, they would not resist to take the mark and the chip." Sylvian explained as he nodded.
"Would you volunteer, Cam to show me, exactly, how it works?" Mitchell sighed. He laid on the bed and they hooked him up to a machine. Pilate watched as they entered his mind. They decided to show an example. They stopped with when they got to the conversation that took place between her and Cam.
"You see, instead of this boring conversation between me and Cam, we could replace it with you and him. We would have a false memory of him claiming that you're his god. When he wakes up, he would believe that conversation took place. You can tell him that as his god, the way to worship and serve you, is to take the mark and the chip. He will do so without resisting. In order for it to work, we need to have an image of you into the system." He nodded.
"What would I have to do?"
"First, you would need to lay down on the chair that Cam is. Have it in your head that you're telling him to worship you and to accept the mark and the chip. Afterwards, we'll put it into his head. Is this something that you would be interested in?"
"I would like to test it out." She smiled.
"Let me unhook Cam." They unhooked him and laid him on another bed.
They began to hook up Pilate. They nodded as they entered his mind and watched as Satan had drilled his son on what to do. They watched as his plans unfolded. The demons were looking around and Sylvian was trying to replace his interactions with Satan with normal things. When a demon noticed that, he took a gun. "You better change the story back to its origin or I'm going to shoot you." She shook her head.
"I rather die than to have this man rule over all of us." The demon nodded.
"Your wish is my command." He shot her. He looked at another Galaran.
"I suggest you do what I've asked, or I'll shoot you as well." The man sighed and began to have the memories back to where it used to be. He also ordered the man to unhook Pilate. Once he did so, the demon shot him. The Antichrist looked around.
"Demon, why have you killed these people?" Cam was starting to come to, and the demon went to him.
"How dare you deceived the chosen one. I hope that you're prepared to die." Cam closed his eyes and the demon shot him. Pilate grabbed the gun from the demon.
"Why are you shooting people?"
"My master, they have deceived you. They tried to get rid of your memories of Satan and replace them with something else. They had to be punished."
"And Cam?" He looked at his dead body.
"He deserved to be punished for bringing you here to be deceived." Pilate shook his head.
"1 Stargate SG-1 team left to go. Where is Sam?"
"We can't find her."
"What do you mean, you can't find her?" The demon shrugged.
"We've searched everywhere and she's nowhere to be found."
"That means we're going to have to go back to the Stargate Command to get some people to start talking. Let's go."
Sam was holding the necklace as Jack was holding the pitchfork. "Okay, one last item; Angel's wings."
"Sir, you don't think Angels' wings would be found in Hell?" She was confused and Jack looked at her.
"Remember Sam, the demons were, once, an Angel. So, there has be Angel's wings somewhere." Sam nodded.
"Let's follow the red brick road." They came to a room that had in white letters, "Hell's Storage Room."
"Maybe it's in there." Sam nodded in agreement.
They went inside and was surprised to find no traps or any kind of cameras. They began to look for the Angel's wings. They found some other things. An Angel's wing that looked too big to be a demon's. An Angel's outfit, female clothes, harp, a fruit that both Sam and Jack thinks was from the tree of good and evil, ashes that looked like to be from Sodom and Gomorrah, nails that look like to be from the cross of Christ, the Bible in what appeared to be in its original language, and the 3 gifts given to Christ as a child. Then, they saw it; regular sized angel's wings. They got a pair and set all the ingredients on the table. They started repeating words in Latin that Sam had wrote on paper. The things began to form into a shield. Jack held it with his right hand. "I think we're ready to go back to Thor now. I just hope that it works."
"What about Colleen?" Jack sighed.
"Once, the Antichrist and the Devil are dead, we'll come back for her." She frowned.
"What if, Hell is gone, and we can't save her?" He sighed again.
"Sam, we can't do both. We have to choose. Save the girl or save the world?" She nodded.
"Let's go save the world. Thor, we're ready to be beamed up."
Thor beamed them up and they were stunned to see Pilate in front of them. "How did you like my home? Sorry that dad and I are out for the moment. As you see, we're both very busy." Sam sighed.
"Why do you have a teenager in your possession?" He nodded.
"She belongs to Satan. He's in love with her." He rolled his eyes. "He says that he's saving her because she's supposed to be this Great Whore of Babylon. I think dad has been in Hell for way too long that he's starting to go." He gestured crazy. "Lucky, the world only needs me more than him."
"I would like you to release her." He sighed.
"He'll never let her go."
"We'll worship you and take the mark." Sam was hiding the weapon behind her back. The Antichrist shook his head.
"Dad will never let her go for anyone. Even I protested. He wouldn't, even, listen to me."
"Then, I guess we have no choice, but to kill you." Sam showed the weapon to him and he looked at it surprised.
"How did you get your hands on those items? Who told you about them?"
"Well, your dad might be in love with her, but she isn't in love with him. So, she helped us to get these and form this weapon." He looked down and shook his head.
"Wait until dad hears about this. He won't be happy to know that he was betrayed by a woman. That's why women can't be trusted." He continued to shake his head in disbelief.
"So, release her or I'll shot." Sam repeated and he looked up at her.
"Do you really think that dad and I are stupid? We know, not to trust any human. That weapon, won't do anything."
"You lie!" He shrugged.
"Take your best shot." She pushed back the necklace and fire began to shoot out of it. The Antichrist looked at them bored. "Are you done trying yet?"
"Why doesn't this work?" She looked at Jack as Pilate took it out of her hands.
"Because there was never any weapons to fight us with. She sent you on a wild goose chase. She's clever." They were shocked. "Now, I'm going to give you, both, one time to answer. It has been exhausting killing all of Stargate SG-1 today and I'm tired. So, will you accept the mark and the chip or no?" Jack looked at Carter and she looked at him.
"It was an honor to serve with you, sir." He smiled.
"It was an honor to serve you, Carter." They shook hands and he gave her a hug. "I'll see you on the other side. Maybe, we can have some fun?" He whispered and gave her a kiss on her cheek. She nodded and they looked back at him.
"No. We'll die."
"All of you are foolish to believe Noelle; thinking that there's a New Jerusalem and a new Heaven. Did she, not mention, that it's only where the believers go? I doubt all of you are all Christians."
"Rather she's right or wrong, makes no difference. We're all going to die, and we rather die free!" Sam told him and he nodded.
"It's been an honor to watch Stargate SG-1's bravery. Now that you're all going to be gone, no one will save Earth now." He looked at his demons. "Shoot them!" Samantha and Jack took a big breath and closed their eyes. Shots were fired and the Antichrist looked at the Earth from the galaxy.
"Call the Lucian Alliance." The demons nodded and began to call them. Once the Lucian showed up, Pilate looked at them with a smile and his hands behind his back. "It's done. All of Stargate SG-1 is dead. Now will you and your people accept the mark and the chip?" Rameris looked impressed.
"They are all actually dead?" The Antichrist nodded.
"It wasn't that difficult. My powers are in no match for this world as I didn't come from it. If you prefer proof…"
"What proof, would you have?" He smiled and nod to a demon, who brought over an iPad. He closed his eyes and it came into Rameris' hands.
"As you would see, I've recorded all the ways that they had died." He looked the dead bodies of Jack and Sam. "Jack and Sam's lifeless bodies are on the floor of this ship right now." Rameris nodded and looked up at Pilate.
"Very well, you've kept your end. I can see that you have powers that no other has. My people and I will receive you, the mark and the chip. Would I have the powers over all the galaxies?" He nodded.
"Yes. As agreed, you'll be appointed as the overseer. In exchange of the tattoo and chip, you agree to spread word to other planets. Should they refuse, you can kill them or do whatever you want with them." He bowed.
"Hail Pilate! It's an honor to serve you."
"Don't disappoint me." The video call ended, and the demon looked up at him.
"My dark lord and prince, what shall I do with the dead bodies?" He looked down at the bodies again.
"Whatever you want with them." He sat down on the commander's chair.
Rameris came to the planet of Gaia. "So, this is where the Nox lives?" Anteaus looked at him puzzled.
"What do we owe to this visit?" Rameris stepped closer to him.
"There's a new leader in the galaxy and that's me. It's part of my contract to tell you to worship Pilate. Receive his mark and chip or die."
"Where are the Stargate SG-1 team?"
"Dead. They all are. But, you shouldn't be sad, they died doing what they loved best-fighting."
"We've been peaceful people and have stayed out of the wars. While things are changing in your world and galaxy, things will remain the same to us."
"To clarify, you're not going to accept the chip and the mark of the beast?" Anteaus shook his head.
"No. We see no reason why not." Rameris nodded.
"Actually, I can see one reason. I'll kill you." He held a gun to the back of his head. Anteaus sighed and shook his head.
"What's it with humans and guns? Why do they think violence solves anything? You would think that they have learned by now, it doesn't." He turned around to face him. "At least, when a man dies, he can look at the face of the one that shot him."
"We can hold your family to hostage and take them for ourselves."
"You could, or I could do this." He snapped his fingers and a ship was visible. "I have people on that ship with guns towards you. All it will take is one. So, please give me your best shot."
"You're bluffing." He looked up at the ship and a fire shot, missing him by inches. "Well, you might not be bluffing, but they didn't hit the target." He smiled.
"That was a warning shot. We tend to warn people one time and usually, the smartest ones get the hint." Rameris looked at his men as they looked back at him.
He decided to call up his ship. "Can you blast the ship in the sky?" The men on the ship looked at each other in confusion.
"What ship in the sky?"
"The one that's right above me!"
"There's no ship above you."
"Yes, there is!"
"If it is, my lord, we can't see it." Anteaus looked at him; bored.
"They really can't see it. It's invisible and harmed. Only I allowed you to look at it, since you're threatening me and my family." Realizing that he had no choice, he lowered his gun and sighed.
"Very well, I'll let him deal with you. He has powers that we don't. Be on the lookout for him." The Nox watched as Rameris and his men left.
Anteaus went into their hut and snapped his fingers. A bookshelf appeared. His wife and son looked on with curiously with what he was doing. He began to study the Bible. He wanted to see, exactly, who he was going to be dealing with. He put it on the table and began to think. "Husband, what is it?" He looked at his wife, Lya and his son, Nafrayn.
"This, so called-Antichrist, is from some place evil called Hell. According to this book, he can only be destroyed by being thrown into the lake of fire with the false prophet. So, we're going to have to find a way to lure the false prophet here, so that we can kill them both."
"How are we going to do that?" Lya asked as he sighed.
"That's what we have to figure out." He began to study who the false prophet was supposed to be. After he was done studying the human aspect of it, he decided to study his own. How was he going to make it work? He was grateful that he had time to plan and time to know what was coming. After a few days, he announced that he had a plan. "Will we be able to pulled it off? We'll have to wait and see."
Pilate arrived a few days later with the demons acting as his bodyguards. "So, I've heard that you're refusing to accept my mark and chip? Can we discuss about this? I'm sure that I can give you whatever you're seeking." Anteaus smiled.
"That won't be necessary. You see, we're not from Earth, so we had no idea, who we were dealing with. We had to look up about Earth's culture and belief system. We see that you or rather, the Antichrist is supposing to be someone evil and powerful. We also see that your mark is the 666 and the chip is the way to track us." Pilate gave him a warm smile.
"I can understand that. Have you and your family came to a decision?" Anteaus nodded.
"Our asking terms are simple. Our first request is that you would allow us to have the privilege of meeting this false prophet also known as Satan?" Pilate nodded.
"Why do you want to meet my father?"
"Humans are not the only curious creatures that are living. Like I've mentioned, I've only came to know about you and your father recently. We would like to know more about you and your family. We would like to see who we are serving; assuming it's not just you?"
"Again, I can see your point. Of course, you can have the honor to meet my father. Let me call him, do you mind?" Anteaus shook his head.
Pilate went to his chip and pulled out, something that looked like an address book. He clicked on the name, 'Pops.' Satan showed up. "Son, what do I owe to this call? I was planning on going to Hell to be with my bride." Pilate smiled.
"Can you do me a favor and come to this planet? They want to meet the family and we should show them, who they are serving."
"Do you want me to bring her?" He shook his head.
"No, someone needs to rule Hell, while we're away. Let her do it. Afterwards, you can go and be with her."
"I'll see you soon." They hung up.
"Satan has a bride?" Pilate shook his head and gave a small smile.
"Dad's crazy about this female. Don't worry about her, she's not important as her only duty seem to be to please him."
A few minutes later, Satan showed up. "Who are you?" He held out his hand and they shook it.
"We call ourselves the Nox. I'm Anteaus, this is my wife, Lya and our son, Nafrayu." Satan smiled.
"Now, that you've met me, would you accept our chip and mark?"
"There's another planet that we would like to take you to; that we think would need the mark and the chip as well. Let us take the mark and the chip, once we've arrived. That way the people that live in this planet will see that it's okay to do so." Pilate and Satan exchanged looks.
"Wow, you seem like intelligent species. Where do we go?"
"Since we've read about your culture and your history, we've seen that you like fire and heat. But, our bodies can't be on any planet like that. So, we'll have to put on our protection suits. You understand?" They nodded as the Nox began to put on the suits. They had Pilate and Satan join hands with them and they closed their eyes.
Once, they opened them, Satan and Pilate found themselves in chains. They looked at them puzzled. "You see, we also found that to beat you, we must throw you into the lake of fire and be bound. So, this will be your new home. Take them away." They looked at the beasts, who nodded. Satan and Pilate tried to get out of the chains; but was not able to do so. The Nox held hands again and closed their eyes. They were transported back to their planet.
On Earth, people that accepted the mark and the chip, soon, began to die. The people that have refused both, looked at each other puzzled. Birds began to eat the dead flesh. A voice spoke. "Rejoice for Satan and his son, the Antichrist has been casted into the lake of fire for all eternity. Walk up the stairs for you will enter my home for a while. I'm going to create a new Earth and it will only have New Jerusalem in it." The people began to walk up the golden steps.
In Hell, Colleen was wondering why she hasn't heard from both Satan and Pilate. "Demons, have you heard from either one of them?" The demons shook their heads.
"Evil Queen, we've tried contacting them with everything we have. We can't find them." She screamed.
"Nothing was supposed to happen to either one of them! Nothing!" The demons looked down.
"What do you advise us to do?" A demon asked and she looked at them.
"Keep trying to find them!" She went back on her throne.
The demons decided to walk on Earth and found it was black, there was nothing. They exchanged looks in fear, went to the throne and bowed. "Our dark queen, they are gone." She stared at the demons in shock.
"No, no, they are not!" They nodded.
"We went to Earth and it has changed. There are no humans and no sign of any life." She looked at them in shock.
"Then, what are we going to do?" They shrugged.
"You're the Queen of Hell now. Tell us our dark one, what do we do now?"