Hello dear readers! Hope you're having a good weekend! Needless to say, winter is coming, the nights are longer and the days are shorter, but there we go!
Last place we left off here, Jake had infultrited the Cult, and was inside the church wondering if Diablo should attack, and at the same time, the reluctant member Patrick proved his loyalty to Diablo and mutated into the Loctus Ravage!
Now it's time for the Disciples to attack the Church!
WARNING: Contains upsetting content as well as strong language and homophobic slurs.
Chapter Fifty-Seven
Church Carnage
Meanwhile, on a building near the Straight Truths Baptist Church, Tyroth stood on the edge watching as the last of the members filed in.
He picked up Jake's message and sent a thumbs up emoji to him, before turning to Sephie, Monalisa and the Chicago Knights who were sitting on the roof behind him.
"Okay, he's in!" he informed.
"I'd hate to be Jake right now!" Sharky said "The very idea of being in a room with those…people…brrr!"
"Agreed!" said Jack "My tails fuzzing up just thinking about it!"
"I can see that!" Percy said looking at the mutant wolf's tail as well as the hairs that were standing up on his back peeking between his tee-shirt and trousers.
"You know, if I weren't so concerned about Diablo causing so much trouble, I'd say let him have his wicked way with that so-called Church!" Kate growled "Those fuckers deserve what's coming to them!"
"As much as we agree, we can't let Diablo risk exposing our existence!" Sarah clarified.
"True that!" Devina added.
Heather and Amber just nodded.
Mona sighed as she looked at the church ahead.
The other Knights looked at the Lizard Lady and took in her new appearance.
Her hair was tied back in a tight high ponytail almost identical to Sephie's, she wore a pink crop top that covered her shoulders and the tops of her arms, and she wore her black fingerless gloves. She also wore a black waspie belt around her waist with pink detail.
She wore tight black leather trousers with matching leather boots, as well as a small pink side skirt over the top of them to match her top.
After she had settled into Mutopia, she decided to upgrade her ninja outfit and with the help of Tania the Panda, who was more than happy to help as she always enjoyed doing dress and clothes making with the lizard Lady, helped her achieve that.
Taking out one of her fans, Mona ran a finger over the top blades thinking about how she was going to confront Diablo should he show up, as well as carrying her signature weapons, she also carried kuni knives and ninja stars.
Sephie chewed her lip and walked over to the Lizard Lady.
"Mona?" she asked, "Are you okay?"
Mona turned to look at her friend.
"I don't know Sephie." She said, "I'm worried about Jake in there amongst those horrible people, as well as when and if Diablo will appear."
Sephie placed a comforting hand on Mona's shoulder.
She wanted to say it was going to be alright, but she didn't know what to say to Mona, she wasn't sure of what the outcome of today would be, but whatever was going to happen, they were ready for anything.
Looking at the church, the Gecko swallowed hard.
"Be careful Jake." she whispered softly then looked at Mona.
"He's strong Mona, he's worked hard and he's a tough man, we know he is."
Back in the Church, Jake sat at the back and observed everyone taking their seats.
He knew it wouldn't be long before the preacher appeared, and he was dreading it.
He tried to think of something different, part of him was hoping Diablo would show up, just so he didn't have to listen to the crap that the preacher was going to talk about.
Before long, the preacher appeared and addressed everyone then got everyone to stand for their opening song.
Jake stood with everyone, then looked at the hymn sheet, if one could call it that.
The hymn was to a tune he didn't recognise, but it was filled with homophobic and racist slurs and he mouthed the words as the other members sang loudly and enthusiastically as well as off-key.
"I wish I'd hadn't come here." He thought to himself "I really want to get out of here…but I have a job to do…just get on with it!"
After what seemed like forever, the song was finally over, yet everyone kept standing then the preacher began to shout and state such disgusting words about homosexuals, transexuals, Muslims, Jews and many more.
Jake took a few breaths as he tried to remain calm and stoic, but it was so hard, and he felt like he wanted to scream.
After a few minutes, the preacher stopped then looked around at the audience.
"And now…I wish to call two of you to the front!" he announced.
Jake looked up curiously, his heart was beating so hard it hurt and he almost wondered if it could be heard by the other members sitting next to him it felt so loud.
"Theodore Hensley, and Ricky Jackson, please come to the front!"
Two men from the opposite sides of the room then got up and walked to the front, both were looking perplexed, but also rather nervous.
Jake peeked out from under his cap, wondering what was going to happen until two members from the sides of the alter pushed them both hard and made them go on their knees!
"What the hell?" Jake thought.
"Disgusting Fags!" the preacher shouted at the men who both looked up shocked as well as terrified.
"What?" one of them asked.
"You dirty this church! You dirty yourselves!" the Preacher screamed "You think we don't know?"
"What are you talking about? The second man questioned, sweat pouring from his forehead both in fear and embarrassment.
"There is evidence that you two are involved in sexual desires for each other! You filthy fags decide to join Child Molesters and Rapists!?"
The two men looked horrified, and Jake put his hands over his mouth to prevent himself from throwing up or screaming at the horror at the humiliation those men were being put through and before the eyes of young children!
"This church is mad!" he thought "Evil!"
Just then, before the Preacher could say anything else, the lights suddenly went out!
Everyone gasped in shock and looked around.
There were barely any windows in the room apart from some small ones near the ceiling and it was dark outside which didn't help.
Jake practically jumped and leapt slightly the side against the wall.
"Don't panic guys!" the preacher called out "Probably a power-cut!"
Yet no sooner did the words leave his mouth then something red and sticky was dumped over his head!
He shouted in horror and shock as he felt it cover him, then screams around the church were heard as smelly rotten food, urine and pig's blood fell from the ceiling, planted there earlier by Diablo and his Disciples.
"What the hell?"
"What's this stuff?"
"It stinks!"
Jake luckily had avoided getting covered in the stuff as he had jumped up from the darkness falling earlier, but he was alarmed, and he gagged as the combined smells of the waste and blood filled his nostrils.
"Oh my God! It's trash!"
"Ewww! Urine!"
"This is blood! But what kind of blood!"
As the shouts and cries of disgust and fear filled the room, a light came on at the front showing the aftermath of what had happened, and the blood-soaked preacher turned around and let out a scream!
And it was then Jake's jaw dropped in horror as the Black wings of Diablo appeared!
As the mutant Raven emerged from behind the alter, Jake gritted his teeth and glared through his glasses.
"Brother!" he hissed "I knew it!"
He looked over at the other members, all of them were terrified as they fixed their eyes on the Raven.
"It's him!" The members shouted.
"He's real!"
All the children in the room behind crying and screaming in fear and the parents grabbed them and pulled them close.
Jake looked around the room wondering if the other Disciples were present, then looked back at the alter where Diablo punched the preacher in the face making him stumble into the alter, then the Raven grabbed him and turned him around before slamming him onto the alter face down then he looked up at the terrified and trash covered, blood and urine-soaked members.
"Sinners!" the Raven hissed "Bigs and haters! Your evil disgusting ways called me here! You dirty the world with your filth and now I am here to put a stop to it!"
As he spoke, the other Disciples began to make themselves known!
Chastity appeared by the doors and opened her wings blocking them so people couldn't get out.
"You!" she shouted as she glared "Are not people of God! You use religion as an excuse to bully and discriminate! You have no place in the World of the Lord!"
Then Rex and Samson appeared from the side doors.
"A fought for the country you claim to love!" Rex shouted, "Yet you treat me like some worm after I returned injured from service!"
"A plague on your Church! A Plague on your cult! A plague on you all!" Samson roared.
Jake was shocked.
He reached for his phone, but as he did, he dropped it and it slid under the bench in front!
"Shit!" he cursed then tried to kneel so he could find it without drawing attention to himself.
He was also worried that if the other Disciples spotted him, especially Samson and Rex, or even smelt him, he'd be brought to Diablo himself!
As he knelt to the floor to look for his phone, he saw Lamia appear with Regan, and he saw the little Vampire Bat mutant looking around hungrily at the members.
Jake was stunned as he saw the little bat.
"No way!" he thought "Tyroth wasn't bluffing! Diablo really did mutate a child!"
He observed Lamia take off her gloves and hold out her hands towards some of the members near her who tried to back away.
One man who was behind Lamia went over to try and attack her, but Lamia saw him and held her bare hand out to him and she touched his face!
No sooner did she do so than the man cried out in shock as he was electrocuted, and he fell unconscious to the ground!
The members nearby cried out in shock then Lamia held her hands up towards them.
"I'd stay still if I were you!" she hissed.
Diablo chuckled.
"Atta girl Lamia!" he smirked.
Rex and Samson looked at the members who were rooted to their seats terrified and they held up their paws ready to attack if they dared to move.
"Everyone will remain in their seats!" Diablo ordered "There is no escaping your punishment for your sins! You're no longer safe here! God is not here! God will not protect you! There is only fear! And Punishment for your sins!"
"Fuck you!" one man shouted at the front, and he stood up. The other members watched him, wondering whether he was brave or stupid as he shouted at Diablo.
"Let him go!" he shouted pointing at the dazed preacher on the alter under Diablo's taloned grip "Let him go! There's only a handful of you and there's all of us! You can't take us!"
Diablo just smirked.
'Oh really?" he asked, "You going to try and take on us?"
As he spoke, he looked to the side and Ravage appeared! He hopped from the side door, his wings buzzing loudly and he leapt in front of the man before grabbing him by the throat.
The man shouted in fear and the other members gasped.
"You shut up!" Ravage snarled "I've had it with all your bullshit! I'm glad I'm leaving this church! I'm leaving this place of filth and hate and I'm happily joining Diablo!"
The man stared at the mutant Locust and his eyes widened.
"No way…" he said as he recognised his voice "Patrick?"
"Not anymore!" Ravage hissed "I'm Ravage now!"
A man and a woman suddenly stood up and pointed at Ravage.
"No!" they cried "Patrick?" they then glared at Diablo.
"What did you do to him you, Devil?" they shouted in fury, yet Diablo smirked.
"What did you do to our son?" the father shouted.
Ravage glared and threw the man down before walking over to his parents.
"He didn't do anything father!" he snapped "I joined him myself! I'm not part of this sick church anymore! I wanted out years ago!"
"What?' the mother cried in shock.
"I'm not one of you anymore!" Ravage shouted "I never was! I'm through with this shit! And I'm a proud Disciple!"
The father stared at Ravage, then his shock turned to fury.
"You…you…" he stuttered "You're no son of mine!"
Ravage just smirked.
"Thank Fuck!" he snapped then punched his father square in the face making him fall senseless then roughly threw his mother down onto the middle of the room.
"I encourage all those who want to leave, to go!" Ravage announced, he then turned to the two men by the alter who were being humiliated before they interrupted the service.
"Go!" he said, "Get out of here!"
The two men held each other with fright.
"Patrick?" they asked, "is it really you?"
"Just go! Now!" Patrick demanded.
"That's an order boys!" Rex barked as he pulled the two men to their feet and went over to a fire exit Lamia was standing by.
The Eel moved aside as Rex kicked open the door and threw the men outside.
"Trust me boys!" he said as his eyes burned, "You're not gonna want to stay after this!"
The two men were stunned as well as shocked, yet before they could say 'Thank you' Rex slammed the door leaving them outside.
No sooner did that happen that the two men looked at each other.
"What the hell just happened?" the first one asked.
"Damned if I know Ricky!" the second one said, "But we better get out of here!"
"Aint gotta tell me twice Theo! Well, I wanted out ages ago!"
"Well, our prayers were answered in a way…" Theo said "I wonder who those guys were? And what happened to Patrick?"
"No idea!" Ricky said as he got up and took his friend's hand "But come on! Let's get out of here!"
The two men scrambled to their feet and ran as fast as they could away from the church.
So Mona's changed her appearance as she's ready to face her Raven brother.
Jake's stuck in the church and he's dropped his phone! Can he get it and alert the Chicago Knights and his sister?
And now the Disciple's Punishments on the Cult is about to begin!
At least the two gay men the Cult were going to humiliate got out thanks to Ravage and Rex!
Hope this was worth the wait, yet more action will occur in the following Chapters! Stay tuned and until then! Have a great day!