Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 7
Chapter 10: The Siege at the Fort, Part 2
(DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Supernatural because it belongs to Eric Kripke and Warner Bros. So, enjoy the show! Rated M for graphic violence, adult content, and adult language.)
Castiel was hiding in the chicken house as he heard the massive guns exploding in the distance. The state of the fort was in tatters as he was seeing the carnage that was in the wake of the mixed soldiers who broke into the fort's infrastructure. He was aware of what happened the moment he was dealing with the enemy forces as he had his sword in his hands that was unsheathed to strike. He waited patiently as he spotted one of the Ketch robots approaching. What he didn't expect was that he was surrounded by the chickens who roosted in the chicken house as they were clucking up a storm. Even though his cover was blown, he fled the chicken house as he saw the Ketch robot get out a machine gun and began to shoot at him.
Dodging the Ketch machine's attacks, Castiel ran for cover as he ran towards the recreation area where he was waiting for the time to strike. When he saw his pursuer approaching, he saw it get out a gun to shoot him until he used his sword to slice it off. Quick and calculative, the Ketch machine got another gun to shoot at Castiel until he used his angelic aura to melt it completely. Even though he went up against one of the Ketch machines, he wasn't out of the woods yet as he heard gunfire coming from outside. He was aware of Liesel's presence as she was there dressed in her winter cloak, but she was wearing nothing more than black lingerie, gloves, and thigh-high boots. Even though he was dressed in his arctic gear, he was aware that Liesel was not offended by the cold due to the endurance she had, for she was itching to find and kill me in the process in this siege.
"Where is the new Messiah?!" she yelled. "I know that he's there, but this fort has no sense of security into greeting us even after a two-day delay!"
"If you're looking for Sam, he's not here!" yelled Castiel as he was hiding near a window from inside of the recreation room. "Your presence into having your true handler dominate the galaxy is fruitless and it should cease!"
"You sound like that drifter with the metal hand telling that there will be a threat of eternal night and eternal winter in the cosmos! Now, if you'll excuse me, I wanna find Sam Winchester and kill him!"
"The Destiny of Worlds will be proved fruitful the moment that Sam and Reiko will lead this galaxy into a golden age as planned. You can't stop it, regardless of what you try to do."
"Have it your way, but the new Messiah must die!" She gives the Ketch robots that were approaching a command as they briefly stopped. "Take him out!"
Castiel saw the Ketch robots getting ready to fire their machine guns as he was in serious danger on the sidelines. Just when all was lost, a surge of raw power shook the robots as they shorted out, which was much to Liesel's dismay on this matter. She was fuming as she was seeing the gunfire coming from the top tiers of the fort the moment she sicced her forces towards the main house of it. What she didn't expect was that I was there as I couldn't let her cause harm on the comrades that I grew up with, for they were in much dire need of protection in this crucial time.
"YOU!" yelled Liesel as she spotted me on top of the roof. "I know who you are and I won't let you strive even further."
I used my raw power to banish Liesel's forces as I noticed her fuming with rage the moment she saw me in the fort. With her gun in her hand, she parkoured up towards me as she was ready to shoot me in which I fled from the bullets that were marked towards me. I sensed a hint of malice within her as she was shooting at me the moment I fled behind a chimney stack in which I saw a bullet hit at the bricks that cemented it. She was quick as I was no match for her the moment I was caught and pinned to the roof. She was ready to crush me as she had my neck between her thighs in which she was ready to carry out such an infamous deed just to win the war that was started up in the first place. I was about to meet my end in which I felt the air being slowly squeezed from my body, for I was being choked out by the thighs of Liesel directly.
"Well, Sam, does this make you feel good?" she said with a cold smile on her face.
"You're making a mistake," I said as I was gasping for air.
"Am I? Well, you already did away with Toby and Julilla on both the Sol-1 and the Sol-2, but you will soon meet your upcoming death."
"If you kill me, the galaxy will suffer from dire consequences on the horizon."
"You and that Elf wife are nothing more than a threat to us and you will be choked up just in time for us to watch an old episode of The Walking Dead." Liesel continues to squeeze at my neck with her thighs as she was ready to snap it quick. "Well, it was fun, but you're no savior, for the Executive Division will win this war and no one will dare to stop us!"
I was ready to meet my end until a stray bullet shot from far away and grazed Liesel's face the moment she let go of me. Standing up, she saw Tanei armed with a sniper rifle as she was seething with anger in order to kill the young cadet. Touching at her face, Liesel felt the blood that came from the grazed wound as she charged towards the tower where Tanei was hiding in. By the time I stood up, I used my long silver hair to entrap the insane member of the Executive Division as I didn't want her to cause harm towards the young cadet that I knew over the years, for she was precious even after Chomaru's passing.
"Let me go, you freak!" yelled Liesel as she was struggling to get free from the strands of hair that bound her. "That little cunt will pay for damaging my face and I will retaliate by filling her up with bullet holes!"
"I won't let you hurt Tanei!" I yelled as I was using my raw power to cast a banishing spell.
"Let me go or else I'll kill you where you stand!"
"You're a loose cannon who will stop at nothing to silence those who do the slightest damage towards you, for your anger will be your undoing in the future."
"Damn you, Sam Winchester!"
"Begone and never cause us further harm again."
In an instant, Liesel was gone for the time being as I rushed towards the tower where Tanei was hiding in. Luckily, she was safe as I was happy that she was being self-sufficient, for she was ready to be a soldier to guard the fort. It was a godsend that I was saved from Liesel's clutches as I returned the favor by banishing her for the time being, for our victory wasn't there just yet.
"That woman should've worn more warmer clothes than go skins," she said to me.
"It seems that you saved me and I returned the favor," I said.
"And those Ketch robots…, are they gone?"
"I banished them from the fort with my raw power, but the war is still ongoing."
"Sam…, while everyone went underground, I found something underneath the tower area."
"What did you find, exactly?"
"I'll show you..."
I followed Tanei down the stairs of the tower as we reached the bottom. When we stopped at a door, it was sealed shut until I used my raw power to open it up with. To our surprise, we saw a flight of stairs that were leading downward as we walked onto the path that was unknown to us. By the time we reached the bottom, we noticed a patch of green that was similar to that of the ground where the Holy Sepulcher of the Winchester Gospel was at, but different. What we noticed afterwards was a side of a temple as we noticed the doors wide open the moment we went inside. The interior of the place had drawings of my past self and Dean's plastered on the wall as it was a continuing story of the Winchester Gospel that was chronicled in the time of the Elder Days, for we found something that was heavily etched into memory by the Draaza in their prime.
"I've never seen anything like this before until now," said Tanei as she was seeing a mural of the Impala on the wall. "This car must be old and ancient due to its design and mileage, but Dad always missed those things on warmer lands."
"This is yet another part of Holy Sepulcher of the Winchester Gospel," I said. "It says that it was once preached when the ones who lived and died finally faded into memory. The ones who built this place did a good job into doing so until the fort was built on top of it."
"I get the point very clearly now," said Abiasaph as he appeared out of nowhere the moment I noticed him dressed in winter attire. "Still, the Executive Division won't be satisfied until they destroy this place."
"Your response is late, Abiasaph."
"Not entirely, Sam. Even though you banished Liesel and her forces, she won't stop until she destroys what's here below."
"Is it this temple?"
"None other, but this place also has memories that were etched into stone and painted on walls that detail every aspect of the Winchester Legacy in the Elder Days. Even though that fort was built above it, that doesn't mean that it's not vulnerable. Liesel will make a second volley just to destroy this place and you with it, but she has competition from the Red Inquisition when it comes to seeing you dead as a doornail."
"I've heard of the Red Inquisition before," said Tanei. "From what I heard from the freelance hunters who came and went, they became a nuisance in which they were crawling all over the domed cities by forcing people to be celibate or else face death. I don't like them and they also talk about that Lucifer guy and how he will be reborn and free once again."
I saw an image of Lucifer in a mural on the wall as he was caught between the normal realm and the apocalyptic time pocket in which it was very complicated due to his time of wandering in both dimensions. Even Abiasaph was astonished that the artwork on the wall was left intact as it was a very crucial part of the temple's existence indeed. Still, I may have banished Liesel and her forces, but that didn't mean that she wouldn't come back as I felt a vision coming. The pain in my head made it unbearable for me as I saw the images of Liesel retaliating with her forces the moment they made their way to destroying the fort, for there was dread in the air indeed. By the time I returned to reality, I felt the blood trickling down my nose as I noticed Abiasaph placing a finger on my forehead the moment I felt the pain go away for now, for I wasn't out of the woods yet.
"Liesel's returning," I said.
"And her ship is closing in, but the underground is still safe due to its strength in its infrastructure," said Abiasaph. "Even though she will destroy the fort, there's still hope here below."
BOOM!
The sound of an explosion rattled the underground as I had a gut feeling that something would be wrong. What I didn't expect was that Castiel appeared out of nowhere as he was exhausted from hiding away from danger in which he had a piece from one of the Word of God tablets in his hand, for that was much crucial indeed. When he gave the piece to me, I examined it as the images of all things holy filtered my brain the moment I saw the temple walls lighting up, for I had to protect this place and my comrades in this crucial battle indeed. The images of the Draaza being forced to celibacy by the Red Inqusition and being hunted down by the Executive Division later on both worried and angered me at the same time as I had nothing but condemnation to both vile groups. By the time I gave the piece back to him, I was far more worried than normal as I had a bad feeling about what was about to happen next to the future.
"It seems that you found something, Castiel," said Abiasaph as he saw the Word of God fragment in his hand. "You may have dodged a bullet, but Liesel and her forces won't back away quietly."
"This was found when I fled the gunfire from the Ketch robots," he said.
"The Executive Division and those like them are on the verge of a starting a holy war just to cleanse the galaxy of the Draaza and what they stand for," I said. "These people who lost their homeworld and now living in arks have been under the crosshairs of the Red Inquisition and now the Executive Division in which they want to destroy the sacred places that they once built."
"And they constantly twist the Draaza to the brink of extinction because of it," said Abiasaph.
"If I become the new god of this galaxy, I will make damn sure that the Draaza will always have a sanctuary away from those who would stop at nothing to root them away from their existence."
My words have rattled Tanei as she feared for Drusus' life in which he was part of the fort that was there on Gehenna. She was concerned about him in general as she didn't want the main enemy forces to eliminate him or those like him. When I saw her running towards me, she was scared to death for Drusus as she wanted those like him to be safe, no matter how hard life will get thrown at them for no reason.
"Sam, please don't let those people hurt Drusus," I heard her say to me.
"I'll make sure that he stays safe because his people are on the verge of extinction," I answered.
"Is it true that the Red Inquisition have been hurting Drusus' kind?"
"I saw the vile proof of it when I arrived on the Doohan and it wasn't pretty. What those people did to them was by forcing them to be celibate during their mating/breeding stage, only to turn into something deadly and brimming with hunger."
"The Draaza who have abstained from sexual intimacy have turned into monsters known as Askradi, who are more carnivorous than Wendigo," said Castiel. "Once they turn, there is no reversal to what they once were, only to have no other option but to feed."
"Then I'll grow up long enough to be Drusus' bride," said Tanei. "He never ages, despite the fact that he has a lifespan similar to Elves. I can't let him suffer from celibacy, but he's one of us here in this fort."
I heard my vidphone ringing as I picked it up in which I was worried about who was on the other line. Seeing Liesel's name popping up, I answered it as I had a bad feeling that she would soon attack us once again without warning. She was egging it on as she was on the verge of destroying the fort and the underground sanctuary below, for she was ready to cause widespread carnage without warning.
"You literally fucked up big time," she said to me over the phone. "From what I gathered, there's a little safe space below the fort that I don't know about…, or perhaps I do know about it due to what those meddling Draaza etched down there."
"You're threatening to destroy the Holy Sepulcher of the Winchester Gospel, aren't you?" I said.
"Any trace of what those Draaza built in the image of the Winchester Legacy is a threat to the Executive Division and so are you. We won't make that mistake again the moment that Tobias Wetzel and Julilla Paxton ended up lusting for that raw power that you have, only to see you killing them in the end."
"They had it coming the moment they caused destruction to those who ended up getting in the way, including the loved ones that Minara Mitani lost. You and your cronies have dibs on whether by having me alive or dead, but you're in a stiff competition with the Red Inquisition when it comes to their hairbrained plans to resurrect Lucifer."
"Lucifer isn't my concern…, but you are! Once I eliminate you, I'll be glad to help the Red Inquisition finish off the Draaza plain and simple. The Executive Division will always be on top of the food chain, no matter what you try to do, so I suggest that you get out of our way!"
The call on my vidphone ended as I put it away the moment I heard more explosions rocked the fort from above. My gut feeling turned to fear as I had to do my part into protecting those who lived in the fort, for they were my comrades in arms after all. It wasn't long until Castiel decided to go out there until I stopped him, for I had to do this before something else happens.
"Let me do this," I said.
"Are you insane?!" yelled Abiasaph. "Liesel will kill you in the process again."
"Are there still people who are out there in the fort?" asked Castiel as he was concerned for the safety of those who were caught in the crossfire. "Still, you're putting yourself at risk for those who fight alongside you. In the end of it all, let us help you, Sam. Let us do our part to stop Liesel from destroying this place even further."
"You and Abiasaph find the surviving forces and bring them down here for treatment. If this fort is destroyed further, it can be rebuilt again, I swear of it."
I was both afraid and confident about assessing the damage of the fort as I had to do so in this time of crisis. Still, it was my home for years, but I couldn't let it fall as this petty skirmish was about to come to an end soon enough...
Dvora was inside of the temple's main chapel as she was looking into the ancient book of the Winchester Gospel in which she saw the details that were never mentioned in the popular Carver Edlund and Nathan Hofstra books until now. She never expected to see anything like it before as she spotted the image of me and Reiko in the center of the mural while being worshiped by Draaza priests before they disappeared from existence. When Anaira followed her, he also saw the drawings on the wall as he had a gut feeling that my presence was more than just coincidence on the sly, for it was foretold long before the rest of us were born in this day and age. When he walked towards the stone altar where the ancient book was, he noticed Dvora looking into the further pages of the chronicled lives of my past self and brother in which they once went up against the last Royalist of Hell from the time of the Elder Days, for it was true after all.
"That's one hell of an image there," he said.
"From what my mom told me once before, my ancestor and his brother had to deal with Asmodeus the First from the Elder Days," said Dvora. "There may be an Asmodeus here, but in Hell under Milverton's feet, but the one who once bore that name got into trouble from Lucifer once."
"He must've gotten into a catfight due to the scratches, but he dresses up like the evil version of Colonel Sanders."
"Before the Winchester Gospel ever came into fruition, Asmodeus the First defied Lucifer by attempting to release a horde of evil monsters that even Pendragon despises called the Shedim, which are too dangerous to house into both Heaven and Hell. When Asmodeus the First did so, he got caught in the act in which he was punished severely for his actions. He even had those scars on his face for disobeying his master long ago. I may have not known the rest of this, but the ones who once lived here had their reasons to chronicle the past and how it happened."
"Sam's gonna know anyway, but the past is one big deal."
Both Dvora and Anaira looked at the mural on the wall as they saw a huge change the moment they noticed the central part of the Ashizoka System partially revealed in the form of the planets, Bhunivelze, Benezia, and Erebor. With such timimg in our hands, the gateway to the golden age was already in full swing as Dvora noticed something embedded into the stone altar in front of her. When she took it out, she found it to be a cube in which it had Draaza writing all over it. Even Anaira was impressed to see that cube as he saw it glowing in which it showed an image from the time of the Elder Days. The image of the Men of Letters bunker on Earth was an old one in which both Anaira and Dvora saw my past self and Dean's staring at the table where they etched their initials onto it. The old image of it was now ingrained in their heads as they also saw something underneath it in which it was a microphone that was put there for no reason at all, for it was a dirty tactic that was done in the Elder Days back then. Just as they were about to put it away, they saw Rie entering as she also saw the old image from the bunker of old, for she was concerned about what could happen next if the Executive Division wasn't monitored carefully.
"The Sam and Dean of old," said Anaira. "They were the best at what they did, but something's a little off underneath the table."
"They were being put under surveillance by the British Men of Letters, who were now known as the Old Guard," said Rie. "Luckily, they yanked it out, but the damage was already done in which it's now in the hands of the Executive Division in the form of those birdbrains that have SIM-Tron chips in them."
"It's high time that you showed up, Rie," said Dvora. "For someone from the Mitani Clan to show up here, we're gonna have to defend this place before Liesel goes in for the kill."
"She's at large on her ship, but she's too busy bombing the hell out of the place above us. Luckily, this underground sanctuary was built until that fort covered it up. I've seen her go ballistic on some of her critics before in which she is known to have an explosive temper that makes her dangerous. The more she gets pushed back, the more she gets back up to destroy her target."
BOOM!
"The bitch is back…," said Anaira as he was worried about the state of the fort from above.
The explosions from above were causing the underground sanctuary to slightly quake as everyone was worried about the outcome from that petty skirmish. With a quick reaction, Dvora saw a small light from above as she leaped to one of the pillars to see what was going on from above. At that moment, she saw several Ketch robots ransacking the fort as they were combing for the inhabitants that they were intending to kill. What she didn't expect was that Liesel was there as she was directing her subordinates to kill whoever was still firing in the distance. Even though she had heard of the woman who invaded the fort, but she was concerned about the carnage that was about to be left behind in her cruel wake, for her insatiable thirst for violence was cemented in her conquest for the ranks of the Executive Division so far.
"She's back with those Ketch machines, but the above ground forces are screwed," said Dvora.
"Liesel and her brother are both loose cannons the moment they seized control after Julilla Paxton's death," said Rie. "From what I gathered, they simply acquired those Ketch robots that are blended with those artificial dolls that Darbus Toller made. It seems that Liesel's toys are slowly chipping away at the fort above just to get this place, but they're gonna have to do more than that in a nutshell."
"There's more in this place," said Anaira as he spotted a panel where he found the cube. "Shut the front door..." He sees lever on top of a pedestal as he presses it down with his foot. "It seems that we're in for a bumpy ride."
A rumbling sound was heard as the underground sanctuary was slowly starting to shift from its hiding place. With the ground rising up, the place where the Holy Sepulcher of the Winchester Gospel was shifting upward as it was more than likely to be a shining point that could change what everyone knows about Gehenna's infrastructure from the bottom up…
I rushed back outside of the fort as I saw a ship firing its lasers into the fort. My worst fears were confirmed when I noticed several Ketch robots on rocket packs flying all over and destroying the very place I spent most of my life in. To my shock, I saw a large blast decimating part of the fort's main house as it tore through the area where the mess hall was. Sprinting to where the area was damaged, I saw fragments of wood and metal everywhere, including some of the pots and pans that were housed in the kitchen. War had come towards the fort as I also saw the area that I ate at become violated the moment I saw the gaping hole in the wall where the window was. When I went towards the kitchen, I saw most of the dishes shattered and broken, except for the picture of Chomaru that I picked up. Even though I stared at that picture of the kind chef who endured Sylvanus' tyranny on a daily basis, I was also relieved that he didn't live to see the fort being reduced to a pile of rubble, for this was one brutal act of war on the Executive Division's part so far.
"Chomaru…," I said. "It's a shame that the fort is in shambles, but I hope to the gods that a miracle happens in order to stop the Executive Division in their tracks."
Without warning, I heard footsteps approaching as I hid in the kitchen pantry where I saw it barren due to the inhabitants taking it before the widespread violence that came here. From a crack between the pantry doors, I saw one of the Ketch robots searching for any survivors to kill in which I was unarmed in this petty conflict. When I saw the Ketch robot inching closer, I was worried as I felt my heart pounding in an extremely troubling panic. I was ready to lose my life until I hit a snag with the long silver hair that I had. My arm was caught in one of my silver hair's tendrils in which I noticed it beginning to take shape. I had an advantage of my own as I wrapped the tendril of my long silver the moment it changed into a sharp blade. When I saw the Ketch robot bursting into the kitchen, it tore open the pantry doors to corner me until I used my malleable tendril of silver hair on my head and sliced it in half the moment it fell onto the floor.
I may not have carried weapons after I escorted Tanei to safety, but I wasn't defenseless as I saw two more Ketch robots coming towards me. With my other arm tangling itself into the long mess of silver hair that I had, I changed it into a blade as I sliced the two robots into pieces the moment I left the mess hall. What I didn't expect was that a Hunter Corps ship arrive as it fired at the one that decimated the fort. From a viewpoint, I recognized it to be none other than the Kurokage as it fired into the ship that went down further away into the bitter cold. By the time I saw the Ketch robots coming towards me, I saw gunfire destroying them on sight as I was grateful that there wasn't any more of those awful things coming after me. With the threat put to rest, I was thankful for the backup until I felt a rumbling sound coming from the underground. In an instant, I saw the infrastructure from below emerging into a domed environment as I even noticed the Holy Sepulcher of the Winchester Gospel among the areas that were there, for this was a new beginning of what was yet to come.
What I didn't expect was that I fell under the cracks as I noticed the people who lived in the fort come out of their hiding place to see a heavily-enforced dome cover the entire area that once housed it for a long time. By the time I saw Anaira emerge from the underground as he caught me by the hair the moment he tugged me up to safety with my long hair. Even though we saw the underground getting uprooted, we noticed the remains of the fort reduced to more rubble as there was no place for my old comrades, for Liesel's rage had caused this mess in the first place.
"It's a good thing that the threat is gone," I said.
"Um, Sam; I think I had a hand into uprooting this underground place," said Anaira.
"Don't worry about it. This place now has a dome that will warm us here forever."
"Sadie's gonna be pissed when she sees the fort in shambles..."
"There's another way to clarify this place..."
I used my raw power to repair the fort that was now surrounding the underground sanctuary that was uprooted from below. The reparations of the fort's infrastructure quickly entangled the place where the temple was found as it became something new in the process. The fusing of the fort and uprooted sanctuary now became one large castle as the dome over it started to warm the place. By the time I finished up the repairs, I became exhausted as I fainted onto the ground in which Anaira had to get me to the infirmary on the way, for my duty to protect the fort was done for now…
Nibori saw the underground sanctuary being uprooted as she noticed several hidden pillars of the temple emerging from the further ground. Running to the main hall of the temple, she saw Sadie holding Stellan in her arms as she noticed the artwork from the Elder Days that chronicled the adventures that the Winchesters of old once had. She never saw anything like it until now as she was now aware of my further purpose in life. Still, I had a long way to go as the time for the golden age was still on the table, for the galaxy was depending on me to lead the way right now.
"The artwork may be ancient, but it chronicles what the Winchesters of old once dealt with back in the Elder Days," said Nibori.
"Are those suppose to be Sam and Dean?" asked Sadie as she saw the images of our past selves painted on the wall. "They look different in flannel and jeans, but we mostly wear uniforms in the Order."
"If you think Castiel looked like the Pepe Le Pew hairdo that he has now, you should see him in a trenchcoat."
"The last time I saw him, he was dressed in arctic gear the moment he healed me after the Wendigo attack three years ago." Sadie hears Stellan crying as she exposes one of her breasts to allow him to suckle on. "Even though this place got uprooted, there's no future for the fort now."
"Of course there's a future for the fort!"
Nibori saw Dvora and Rie running into the main hall of the temple as they had to make sure that nothing bad happened to the fort's inhabitants. Even though the worst was over, there was also the recovery effort to consider as the aftermath of Liesel's wrath was too much to bear until a silver lining came without warning.
"You gotta take a look at the fort," said Rie.
"But the fort's gone now," said Sadie.
"Anaira may have pressed the button to uproot this underground place, but you should take a look at the rest of it," said Dvora. "There's even a dome covering it in which you won't have to huddle for warmth inside."
"It's insane that the fort fell, but this new surrounding will do more good," said Nibori. "Even though the fort's gone, there's still hope in this dome after all because it's like what is all over Gurusha in spades."
It wasn't long until Dvora and the others saw the remains of the fort encircle the uprooted sanctuary as it was a huge castle complete with the dome to cover it. What they didn't expect was that there was a rampaging growth of flora sprouting as it was in the form of many things that were native to other planets. When Sadie finished up nursing Stellan, she rushed outside into an area that was covered in moss and grass as she noticed the entire ground lose its snow from the inside of the newly domed area, but the exterior surrounding it still had its blizzards and bonechilling cold out there.
"We're in a snowglobe without the snow in it," said Rie as she saw it falling from the sky from outside. "I bet that my in-laws who now manage the Black Gate would be floored to see another domed place set in stone on Gehenna."
"'In-laws?'" asked Nibori out of curiosity.
"You heard of Nadine and Rosalba Farragut, haven't you?"
"They manage the Black Gate after they helped out into getting rid of a drinking spirit, but are they related to you by blood or marriage?"
"To tell you the truth, I'm married to an Orc by the name of Nathan Farragut, who's in the Hunter Corps and took over the Kurokage in Dean's stead due to his duties on Shiganshina. The ship may have a substitute captain, but the head honcho wanted to have the Impala out of it before it left for this planet."
"Impala? Wait, I heard of that thing from the Elder Days in which it was black, but the interior had a plastic army toy jammed into an ashtray in one of the back doors. It also had two different license plates that were on them from a Kansas one with the number, 'KAZ-2Y5,' and an Ohio one that is constantly used with the numbers, 'CNK-80Q3.'"
"The Impala of today maintained its classic looks, but it has a lot of quirks after what Ippei Mitani put into it," said Dvora. "He's up there watching over us and the car that he once rebuilt, but we all have to tow the line in our work."
"Then we'll be here to not only protect the fort and do battle, but to protect the younger generation as well," said Sadie. "We have our priorities to fulfill, but we can't abandon them. What is unearthed now will have an impact of the parts that we play in the near future."
It was a new beginning for those who lived in the fort as the remainder of the inhabitants came out to see the drastic changes all over it. With the threat gone, everyone was grateful that the fort became a castle in its own right as this was a step into what was yet to come, for the fort was there to stay after all…
Liesel was reeling from defeat after she fled in an escape pod before her ship was destroyed not too long ago. With the fresh snow coming down in droves, she saw the newly domed fort in the distance as she wanted to get rid of me so badly. By the time she called for backup, she saw Cain standing in the distance as he wanted to kill her for her actions towards the fort earlier. Even though he was hell-bent on doing so, he was eager to give her a second warning as he viewed my status as the new Messiah to be a tipping point in his fight against Ailnoth, for he bore a grudge against him on the sly.
"You were given the benefit to back off, but you chose to do so anyway," he said.
"Sam Winchester is a threat that should be uprooted from the ground and choked," said Liesel as she was seething with anger. "He is better off dead in a ditch after what he did to Tobias and Julilla."
"Kill him and you will see more than just consequences, for there will be death looming on the horizon against you."
"You don't scare me, even though you were known as the Father of Murder."
"For the record, I am the Father of Murder and my grudge is with Ailnoth who betrayed me to the point of having my beloved possessed by Abaddon and later killed in the end. I won't forget his treachery in which he'll soon meet his demise the moment he sees me. As for your grudge against the new Messiah and his queen, I will take you down if you don't back off and don't you forget it!"
Liesel saw Cain disappear without a trace as she wanted to punch something. His warning towards her to back off on doing away with me left a sour taste in her mouth as she let out a piercing scream that filled the cold air, for she was defeated, but waiting to fight another day...
I woke up in a hospital room as I was newly cleaned and dressed while laying in a hospital bed. Sitting up, I saw plant life from outside as I found it to be a greater comfort than the snow outside the newly domed fort. Still, I was exhausted, but I wasn't about to be cooped up in my bed the moment I got up and began to walk towards the door. Just as I was about to make my escape, I saw the door open as I noticed Reuben entering with his medical bag in his hand, for he wasn't about to let me off the hook right now.
"There are others who are in need before me, Reuben," I said as I sat down on my bed.
"After overexerting your raw power to repair the fort, you should be examined after what you went through," he said as he got out his stethoscope and blood pressure cuff. "You should be thankful that you lived, but that doesn't mean that you can wander around just to do as you please." I see Reuben wrap the blood pressure cuff on my arm as I felt the diaphragm part of the stethoscope touch near my elbow. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm giving you a physical right now. On a lighter note, Castiel and Abiasaph were on hand into bringing the wounded to safety and the rest of the forces here before they were all toast, for they have a home again after all that has happened."
I felt the blood pressure cuff squeeze at my arm as I remained calm during that ordeal. By the time I was finished, I saw Reuben take off the blood pressure cuff and put it away in his medical bag. It wasn't long until I ended up sitting down the moment I had a thermometer shoved into my mouth while I noticed Reuben using his stethoscope to listen to my heart. I was at the Iron Healer's mercy as I later saw him remove the thermometer from my mouth in which I had a bit of a fever, but I had no other choice but to adhere to the usual verdict that was given to me, for I would be under the ringer of being under bedrest once again.
"You have a temperature of 101.9, Sam," said Reuben as he put away the thermometer.
"I had a gut feeling that you would say that," I said.
"It also seems that you helped save the fort after Anaira pressed a button to uproot the underground sanctuary that is in the middle of this place. Even Tanei was impressed, but she still wants to see more of what was found under the fort. As for Sadie and the others, they are impressed to see a dome over the fort in which they have something that they didn't have in a long time and that is warmth in this frozen wasteland of a planet here."
"Sooner or later, we'll be on our way back to our usual jobs in which I still have to find more of what's put in the central part of the Ashizoka System altogether."
"I hate to burst your bubble, but there's been an unusual sighting near a planet that's next to Erebor." I see Reuben fish out a tablet as he showed me an image of a Draaza ark that showed up recently the moment it hit the planet's surface. "Recently, it landed in a set of caves, but it's about time that you work your raw power to rejuvenate it like you did on Benezia and Erebor."
I looked at the image of the Draaza ark carefully as I had to look into it soon enough. When I saw Reuben put away his stethoscope back in his medical bag, he was more than likely to be keeping tabs on me until I got a reprieve in the form of Dvora bursting into the door. She was grateful that I lived, but I was most likely to be in the doghouse again in which I was very much used to what was there, for I was just simple Man of Letters and nothing more.
"Get your ass dressed, Sammy," she said. "We got work to do."
"Is it about the ark that crashed into that planet?" I asked.
"Rie's been waiting for you and so is her family, but we also got Castiel and the others in for the ride."
"Then I'm going, too," said Reuben. "The Kurokage may have a lot of things, but it can't go without a medical officer."
"Then we'll go and see what is there because of the fact that the Draaza have become endangered by likes of those who would cull them from their existence. It can't continue and I won't let the Draaza suffer in vain like that, for it is my duty as the new Messiah to protect them from extinction."
I got up as I went towards the door in which I saw Castiel and the others in my group waiting for me to my next mission. Still, we had a job to do, but we also had to tread carefully as the war between the Order and the Executive Division was still going, for there would be no end to such toil right now…
To be continued...