Chapter 53
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In early January 2023 president Odonnell announced that he would soon hold a peace summit with Nicolae Carpathia, the secretary of state for the Hell world. This did not exactly endear him to groups like the SBA, who felt America was already being dragged into a conflict that we couldn't really understand. They were becoming more radical. Serial killers who hadn't been caught were alleged to be alien refugees. Every unsolved murder or rape was now being blamed on ARs. It was possible that some criminals in America were secretly ARs, and that could be used to justify the SBA's claims. This was the same tctic used by Julius Streicher and Joseph Mccarthy. Make enough accusations, inevitably some of it would be proven true, and that would be enough for the SBA's supporters. The american people were indeed becoming more fearful of ARs living amongst them. Although these aliens had shared their technology with other nations, had helped end hunger and disease, some were angry that the aliens had more than they did. This envy was a good tactic by the SBA. And now, the president was going to meet with their enemy, a self-proclaimed antichrist. There were ofcourse some who were willing to give Carpathia the benefit of the doubt. Among them were Rosemary, her son Andrew, and Andrew's daughter Mary.
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It had been many years, when Rosemary's husband had sold his soul to become a big star, and he sold his wife. He arranged for Rosemary to be raped by the devil himself, or at least that world's version of Satan. The result was that Rosemary became pregnant with Andrew, whom the cult wanted to become the antichrist. Rosemary tried to raise her son to be good, and the satanists kidnapped her for it. They kept her alive, a little leverage against Andrew in case he ever turned against them. They tried to turn Andrew into their dark messiah, put the temptations in front of him. But Andrew resisted, he didn't yet know what it was all about but he renounced evil. Then, a satanic woman from their cult, she manipulated Andrew, drugged him, raped him, and became pregnant with his child. Apparently their "ancient" prophecy about bringing about Anno Satanis, the ag of Satan, allowed some leeway. If at first they didn't succeed with Andrew, they'd just try again with the next generation. When Andrew discovered what it was that they were doing, he made a plan. He rescued both his mother and his daughter. It was not easy, but in the end he was successful. Together Andrew and Rosemary raised Mary, tried to teach her right from wrong, always living in fear that the satanists would find them one day. Then, the true darkness came. For all of the satanists' scheming, they seemed as suprised as anyone when the rapture came and the fire destroyed the world. This trio barely escaped, Andrew and Mary used their long dormant powers to open the portal, evacuate at least some refugees. They had heard the stories about Nicolae Carpathia, how he was created through genetic engineering and dark magic to be the antichrist. Still, he was also know as a peacemaker, even if he was created to be evil, he might still have free will. And if negotiating with him meant war could be avoided, Rosemary and her son and grandaughter were willing to give peace a chance.
