Fate

I groaned as I saw Josh's body twitch. I realize I may have killed him. A wave of relief washed over me as I saw his body change back to normal. He groaned, and then sat up. His eyes opened, and I saw a very quick flash of silver in his eyes. They regained their normal composure of a yellow brown. I never noticed it before, but Josh's eyes were almost like a cat's, except instead of verticle slit's, they were horizontal. Huh.

"Ugh....what happened...?" Josh asked slowly, rubbing his head and blinking his eyes.

"You...." I paused here, wondering if I should tell him the

truth. On one hand, He tried to kill me, but on the other, he was

always kind to me before, and I know this was a one time only

thing. "You tried to kill me, and I had to subdue you." I explained, hands stretched out. A white glow covered my fingers as I healed Josh.

"Are...are you ok?" He stuttered, eyes wide in shock.

"Oh, I am fine, dont worry about me, you know Im fine. I was worried about you!" I chuckled, laughing at his absurd

expression. "Wait a minute....wheres Monarch?" I cry, grabbing his shoulders.

"I...dont know..." His eyes darken, and he looks around, as if she will just pop into existance. I take a better approach. I

transform. As my angel form emerges, I activate my newest

power. I focus on the Divine might and holy light.

"Monarch" I mutter, and think of her image. The light that

surrounds my hands as I say this flicker quickly, but then regain their composure. Suddenly, I get an image of where she is. "Josh, you up for a trip to Heaven?" I ask, grabbing him before he can answer. My wings engulfs us, and when I open them, Micheal is there to greet us.

"Hello young one. Ah, I see you brought Joshua with you. Excellent. There is much to discuss. Follow me." Micheal greets us curtly, turning swiftly on a foot and walking at a brisk pace. I grabbed Josh, who was slightly dizzy from the teleporting, and dragged him behind me. I then realized that Monarch was no where to be seen. 'Hmm....strange, where is she?' I thought to myself.

"All of your questions will be answered when we arrive at

our destination, little one." The all-powerful Angel told me,

reading my thoughts. Sure, it may be a little rude, but it sure

saved time in explanations! After a few minutes of aimlessly

walking, we arrived at a golden pillar of light that put our halo's to shame.

"We have arrived, my lord." Micheal murmered, lowering

himself to one knee.

"My...lord?" I whispered, then got it. I got down on one knee hurridly, pulling down Josh with me. "I apologize for my

ignorance, and humbly beg for your forgiveness." I prayed to

Godfry. This was the first real interaction I had ever had with him.

"Rise my child. Now, I wish not to waste time." God

announced gently, soothingly. "Your friend, Monarch...well..."

God stopped speaking for a moment, then quickly resumed. "She is no longer pure Angel, as she was when she only had Micheal's powers." Micheal's smile retreated slightly. "When you had fused Micheal's and Damien's powers, Monarch gained all of Damien's powers...to an extent." His voice lowered. "Monarch has split personalities now, each one with a different set of attributes and powers. The first is Monarch, whom is still the same, and the second is Raven, her opposite in every way. Including. Her feelings. For. You." He punctuated each word. I knew what he was doing, he was trying to make me see that I shouldnt treat her the same when she was Raven.

"I understand. Thank you my liege." I murmered. "Where is she though?" I asked, raising my head to stare at the piller.

"She is in the desert, talking to your creation. He is teaching

her, as Raven, seeing as you are teaching Monarch." He chuckled gently. "Be careful my son." Were his last words before I found myself (with Josh beside me) staring at two blurs of light. After a few moments of staring, I finally realized that Josh hasn't moved or said anything since we arrived in heaven. Oh my God! Josh is human, he cant survive here! I spun on my heel towards Josh, then freezed in my tracks. Josh was in the same form he was in when he attacked me earlier.

"Woah..." I muttered, staring, wondering why he was like

that. He was just a skeleton, albeit a skeleton that was bleeding acid, but a skeleton nonetheless. "How....What...huh?" I burbled incoherently. Suddenly, I felt a precense join us.

"I heard you were a great fighter from Micheal, but I had to see for myself, so I possessed Josh, and fought you. I hope you are not injured. " An Angel was standing at my side, arms

crossed. "I also had to strenghthen his angelic side, which only had a few strains here and there, as all humans did. He now has this form, as a side effect, or gift, depending on how you look at it." The Angel suddenly focused on Monarch...er, Raven. "She is quite good, excellent choice, my child."

"Thank you...just one question. Who are you?" I asked

bluntly, still in shock.

"Oh, yes, of course. How rude of me. I am Uriel, the third

Angel that will be teaching you." Uriel told me, stretching a hand to shake. I grasped it firmly, and nearly jumped back as an electrical current shot through me. I grinned, and sent my own shock back at him. He began to increase the current's level, when an idea hit me like a train hit a penny. Hard, fast, mercilessly. I released my hold over electricity, and shot Electric Agony at him. I then realized that I was using a demonic attack against an ANGEL. I swiftly went through Lucifer's memories from when he was an Angel. I learned how he transferred some of his Angelic powers to his Demonic side. I did the entire process backwards, taking a total of 15.8 seconds. Now the real fun could begin. My grin grew wider as I unleashed another bolt of Electric Agony at Uriel.

"What....what is this?" He grunted through clenched teeth, trying to ride out the pain. I relished in his suffering, and upped the dose. Suddenly, without warning, he violently lashed out with his mind, trying to dismantle my attack. Always the swift thinker, I sent up many mind shields riddled with currents of Electic Agony. "Aaaaaagh!" He grunted, and I let go with a start. His once Blonde hair had become a toasty black, and his angelic, soft blue eyes were almost opaque.

"What...what have you done?" The anti-Me spat at me, while trying to prop up Uriel's crumpled form. I felt like a criminal, or terrorist or something to that extreme.

"I....I figured It was all a game..." I cried sheepishly, hiding

my softly smoking hand behind my back.

"Yes, I figured that out on my own, thank you very

much...but that attack...Did you know Electric Agony is how

Lucifer made other angels, like Bane and Weave, join his cause? He used it to subdue them..." Suddenly, I felt Monarch's hand clench my own. Thank God she was back to normal. I noticed a few cuts and scrapes heal on my body of their own accord, and grinned. "I guess it's time you had 'The Talk'..."

"Woah..woah...What talk?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

Monarch stifled a giggle behind one golden hand.

"The talk that explains how Lucifer broke through Godfry's control. In the beginning there was only Godfry. Almost as soon as God created Earth, he created the other planets and such and such. One of the galaxies he created ....

"Yes, I know all of this..." I paused here...I still havn't told

anyone about obsorbing Lucifer's memories AND Damien's

powers. "Hold on..." I searched through Damien's powers and

found the one I wanted. Picking up three rocks from the ground, I activated the power. They glowed pure red for a moment, then went back and remained dull. I pressed one into Josh, Monarch, and my clone's hand. Concentrating, I activated the second step of the information sharing stones. The rocks surged with the same red energy, spreading onto all three bodies.

"Woah...headtrip..." Josh mumbled. Monarch shivered a

little, but was otherwise fine. The anti-Devon, however...

"But..how..you..when...what?" He muttered incoherently

after that. 'This is going to take too long to explain...' I thought.

As my memories and thoughts took place, The three (or four,

depending on how you count Monarch) instantly saw them.

"So that is how you learned those moves..." Uriel muttered,

awake and cranky. I nodded, and quickly excused myself, after recieving a telepathic call from none other then the big G himself. My white, soft, heavy wings covered my entire form as I willed my form and the air particles in front of Godfry's piller to change places.

"What is it, my lord?" I kneeled, and raised an eyebrow.

"What I thought would take 500 years only took a few

months. I will keep this short and sweet. Dante has returned." His crystal smooth voice shot from the pillar. This was bad. If Dante corrupted another Angel, we were doomed. Not because there are so few of us, but because the ones left are the strongest. If one of us turned...well lets just say God would need to use his secret weapon.

"What can I do?" I asked deeply, rising to the challenge.

"Excellent, I knew I could count on you." I felt a wave of

adrenaline rush through me, invigorating me. "I am going to need to your help in finding a new planet for these people to inhabit while we fight Dante. None in this solar system will keep them alive very long. I suggest we create a new planet...Well...not really We...more like you..." Slowly, the pillar shifted, contorted, and finally "settled" on a form that constantly changed the shape into everyone I ever saw.

"Not to question you, sir, but I have never created a planet before, I wouldn't know where to begin." I hoped he would understand the real meaning, I was scared.

`"I understand. I have more news, however. I figured out how

Lucifer transformed himself into that shadow that you

obsorbed." With that, The swirling memory blob became a whiteyellow blob. "Now you will know everything." Was the last thing I heard before the light rocketed towards my head. It took a humming birds heartbeat for it to connect. Everything went white.

I was floating. There was me, and nothingness. That

wouldn't do. I stretched out my hands, and willed another figure out of the blackness. "I name you Time. You have say over when anything happens." A nod was all I got in return, so I nodded back. I stretched out my hands again. This time I willed a women out of the blackness. "I name you Space. You have say over where anything happens." Again, a mutual nod was the only other communication. The two figures stretched out their hands as well. Out of Time's hands flew a white beam that hit and bounced off everything. Out of Space's hands shot a beam of multicolors.

When the beam hit the blackness, an eruption of color's emerged. after the light subsided, I drew in my new surroundings. Surrounding us were millions of flaming orbs. I named these stars. I gave the one closest too us a name, Solarius. I noticed I wasn't floating anymore, I was standing on a hard, dense substance. "Earth." I muttered, naming the planet. Time appeared beside me, and shot another time-beam at Earth. It grew. It multiplied in size by a couple million. I nodded in appreciation, and continued viewing my surroundings. I quickly named 8 more planets off.

Then, violently and with a resounding crack, Another rock smashed into Earth. Not wanting the planet scarred before its inhabitants settled into it, I removed the stone with a wave of my hand. I shot it into space, and watched as Time made it grow as well, by elevating the atoms speeds, and widening them, effectively createing a larger object. "Moon." was the only response he got, but I knew it didnt bother him. I almost laughed as he floated away without a second glance, so cold, so uncaring. I realized that was my fault. I cast my gaze over the two beings. They began convulsing and writhing in the air. I lowered them onto the ground, and stared helplessly.

Finally, they stopped writhing and stood up. Twin grin's stared back at me, and I was a little shocked when they both hugged me.

"Thank you....You have given us the power of emotions...now...we sadly must part with you, for we have much to do..." The two beings then dissapeared in a puff of smoke and sharp tinkling. I knew I would see them again, someday.

The next thing I saw consisted of a replay of every single thing that ever happened on Earth. This included grass growing. I was amazed that the entire vision, including the initial creation of the universe, only lasted about 30 seconds. I felt the information would destroy my brain. It only took a few minutes for the pain of omnipotence to subside. Then I knew. I quickly took off from Heaven and flew straight to what the other angel's and I affectionatly called "God's Hand" because of the constellation that surrounds it. The solar system had an atmosphere that was very close to the Milky Way.

"I summon the two beings known as Space and Time to assist me during this ritual." I shout, raising my hands into the air. I project my voice out to every being in the universe, because sounds can't travel in a vacuum. I drifted for a few minutes, but nothing happened. I tried again, and again, and again. Still nothing happened.

"We heard you, It just took a while to get here!"A sharp "voice" cut through the silence.

"Sorry......I wasn't even sure if that would work..." I muttered, finding a particulur star below me interesting.

"Oh, Don't worry, we were just kidding!" They responded at the same time, and laughed again. I explained to them what I needed, and they both stopped laughing and looked down at the same star I was staring at, floating closer to me all the same. "What you are asking of us is very difficult. We did it in the beginning because God gave us extra power. Now we are using only our own. Besides, a planet is not just rock and water. What we need to do is give it the necessary life force to grow and support life, plus we need to hook it up to the natural time stream, and that is very difficult. We are sorry." The twin voices droned.

"Damn...ok, well now what am I going to...do...wait a minute, I got it!" I then explained how I absorbed the two rulers and Damien.

"OUT OF THE QUESTION!! If we stopped existing, then the entire universe would cease to exist." They shouted with unexpected force, anger pulsing out of them, warping the fabric of space and time around them by about a meter cubed.

"Woah, woah, woah...I didn't mean your essence, I merely meant your memories. It's like printing off something. The original remains in the computer, but someone else gets an exact copy." I blurted out a little too quickly, and stuttered slightly near the end.

"Very well. However, when you are finished creating this new planet, you must give us back the memories. That knowledge should not be known to any but us in the first place." The voices of the two beings stole into my mind. I agreed quickly, and raised a hand.

" Omnipotence Spark." A spark appeared in my hand that was a color unlike any seen before on the human world. "SURGE!" I screamed next, and new all. I then grabbed Space and Time's hands, and probed into their mind. I found what I was looking for, and ripped it out. I let go of both their hands, and my spark. As I fizzled back to normal, I was already looking through Space's memories. I finally found how to fuse a large quantity of space dust and a star to make a core. I did that, and then began building on it with layers of magma. Finally, when it was roughly bigger than Earth, I stopped. I stood there, and said 'What the hell' as I added more layers. Finally, when it was about 1 1/2 the size of Earth, I put the final layer on top. This really tired me. I dug into the reserves of Damien's strenght. I felt a wave of relief and instantly recharged.

I raised my hands to start adding the atmosphere, and paused. I didn't know how! I turned to Space, and lowered my hands.

"Umm...How do I create an atmosphere?" I asked her, scratching the back of my head, embarassed.

"I...I don't know either...God created that...I just made everything else..." She laughed too, looking at the same star we'd been staring at earlier.

"Oh..well..WAIT!" I punched towards the sky...er...stars. I searched through Godfry's memories, until I found the one I wanted. "I summon the essance of Heaven to guide me through this." I Shouted, hands clenched into fists. The air contorted in front of me, as a large hand formed from the blackness. I grabbed it before it could grab me, and unleashed Electric Agony, full blast Demonic version onto it. The hand froze, and I heard a shriek of agony coming from behind it. The hand went from black, scarred, and ugly to Golden, flawless, and beautiful.

"You pass." Was all I heard from behind the hand. The hand moved forward, and shrunk as it did so. From behind the hand came an arm, and behind the arm, a Woman.

"Sorry..." I murmered, and held out my own hand. She grabbed it, and shocked me back, returning what I had given her. I felt as if I would explode. I felt when I was sparring with Lucifer, and I had my arm torn off. I felt when I was having the surgery to activate my sparks. I felt like all of my injuries I had ever achieved were back, and three times as worse. I did not scream. I merely stared blankly. Finally, after it seemed an eternity had passed, she let go. Instantly the pain was gone. I stared down at my hand, and saw that it glowed with a strange mark that looked like circle, with a square in it, with a triangle in that, and finally a star in the triangle.

"What is that?" I inquire, perplexed.

"That is the mark of Akasha. This shows that we are together until your task is complete." With a flash of light, I felt my energy drain, and I appeared back on Earth. In front of me gurgled a small stream. On the other side of it stood the girl. "Flowing water, I hear your sound, until complete, we are bound!" and with an explosive burst, a tenril of water came out, and wrapped around my arm, until my entire arm was covered in it. Then another tendril shot for the girl, doing the same. Then they pulled toward the stream, until our hands were close. I grabbed hers quickly, and suddenly, the both turned to water! To my horror, the transformation continued up our arms, and onto our bodies. Finally, we were one with each other, with the stream, and with the Earth. I felt everything the Earth did. Suddenly, I rose up. Feet formed, then legs, until my entire body was back. The girl was no where to be seen, however.

"Aenath?" I shouted her name, hoping she would be close.

"Yes?" I heard the voice in my head.

"Woah!" I jumped at the sound, and fell into the water. As I got up, embaressed, I noticed the Mark of Akasha was a different color, and a new pattern was completely covering my body. It consisted of chains that were covered in thorns. "What the....?" I whispered, studying it.

"The chains signify that we are bound, and the thorns protect us from being seperated." Her voice explained from inside my head. I nodded, seeing it made sense.

"If that's all then..." I cracked my neck and back, and went full angel. I rose up towards the sky slowly, looking down towards the stream. It was then I noticed the water had a slight yellow tinge to it. Cool. I looked up after that, and focused on a spot beside the sun. The light didn't burn my eyes.

"Wait..." Aenath's voice stopped me. 'What?' I thought back, looking around for danger. "We must collect some of the atmosphere from here, so that we have something to work with. Pure atmosphere is incredibly hard to make, and we don't have much time." She explained to me.

"Makes sense..." I muttered out loud, and concentrated on my eyes. Immediatly, I saw a giant Spirit stretching across the world. Two giant eyes formed as It sensed my presence.

"What is it you seek, young one?" The spirit asked, directly into my head.

"I am creating a new Earth, and as such, I need some of your essance, to create the atmosphere." I explained quickly, and smiled as it chuckled slightly.

"Of course, child, of course." Suddenly, a portal which only I knew I could see appeared. A dragon-like creature flew out of it lazily.

"I am known in this language as Drifter. I shall help you on your quest." The dragon growled, blue flame snorting out of her nose. "Hold still" She growled once more, and inhaled greatly. Suddenly, she let it out, but it was no longer air. Out came a blue flame! It showered me, but I felt no pain. The heat tickled me. Finally, she finished the outburst. I looked at my body, and noticed the chain tattoos were now blue.

"Great...these will never come off!" I joked to the dragon, who made a strange coughing sound. I realized she was laughing! "Heh..alrite, lets get going!" She nodded, and breathed a strange yellow flame. From it, the air itself burned, until a portal appeared.

"State your destination." Growled Drifter. I took a deep breath and focused on the planet that I was creating.

"Earth two." I stated in a loud, booming voice. The portal slowly began to swirl. Finally it was ready. I flew in with Drifter right behind me. A bright light shot through my eyes, blinding me. Just as fast as it was there, it was gone however. My eyes slowly adjusted to the new surroundings. When I opened them and blinked a few times, I noticed Drifter was gone.

A bright light caught my attention from the side. When I turned to look, I noticed a very beautiful girl rivaling that of Monarch stood there. "I figured a form more like yours would freak you out less..." She explained, spinning. "What do you think?" She asked, winking.

"You look great." I complimented her, then turned and stared at my planet. "Now how are we gonna do this?" I asked her, scratching my chin.

"Easy...we merely take the atmosphere that I have, and multiply it, so that it stretches across your world. Be careful, however, because if you do not create Just the right amount, it will either let in too much sunlight, or not enough..." She explained, reaching inside her pocket. From it she drew a blue orb that swirld occasionally with a grey mist. As she threw it into the air, I focused on it, and it expanded. It stopped growing at around a meter squared. Taking the cube, I transformed. My body molded around it, until finally I was completely covering it. I stretched out, causing the cube to stetch out lengthwise. Finally it stretched around my planet. Finally I adjusted its depth and width, until it was near-perfect.

"Thank you for your assistance." I transformed back, wiping off dust from my shirt. I stared at my arms, and noticed the blue flames were gone. As they left, the chains followed, but the mark of Akasha remained. "You may leave now, if you wish it." I said to Drifter, still studying my hand.

"Actually, I think it would be more fun if I stuck around here with you..." She said, transforming back into her dragon self. She winked a giant eye lid at me, and dove for the earth. I watched her descent for about 10 minutes, until she landed on a soft patch of grass, close to a river. I then teleported beside her, figuring it was faster then flying.

"When shall you create life?" She growled lazily, twirling a claw through the air.

"Me...create life? I don't thi-" I begin to say, but am interrupted by a shimmer in the air beside me. A figure steps out, and greets us both harmonously.

"Good day Young one. Pleasent afternoon, Zalekameshun-Tamunra" He said, adressing the dragon and I.

"Excuse me sir, but what did you call her?" I asked, confused.

"Her true name. I am aware that you call her Drifter, but Zalekameshun-Tamunra and I were previously introduced." He explained, nodding to the dragon, who nodded back.

"Please, Lord Jesus, I despise my true name. Please call me Drifter, or at least Tamunra." She growled with a hearty chuckle.

"As you wish Tamunra." He nods, and chuckles himself. Turning to me, his eyes gained a special light around them.

"Your...your...your the...the...the...the real Jesus Christ?" I stuttered, checking myself for flaws.

"Yes my child, but have no fear, for I have news." He said, waving a golden hand. "Father wishes to speak with you." He explained, looking around. "Nice Job by the way, very homey. Reminds me of Eden."

"I have to complete this though..." I muttered, looking around now for any flaws.

"Worry not, for I shall finish where you left off." as he took a step towards me, I noticed that the grass unflattened itself from where he stepped.

"Thank you..." I whispered, and smiled as he nodded. I quickly changed to full angel, and teleported to Godfry's piller. "How is the pillar back? I thought I absorbed it?" I asked, slightly confused.

"No, that was merely a shadow of my powers and memories. I am sorry that I decieved you. Now, onto business. The day that I have been dreading has come." He explained.

"What day?" I asked, hoping it wasn't the one I thought it was. My hopes were crushed with his reply, however.

"Judgement Day..." He revealed, and my whole life flashed before my eyes.