Disclaimer: "Characters belonging to Dan Schneider, Danny Gordon, Gert Verlhulst, Scott Fellows and Hans Bourlon include characters from their T.V shows Victorious, Icarly, True Jackson VP, Big Time Rush and House of Anubis. Places and other non Program Creators characters are creations of my own. This is a crossover between many Nickelodeon Television shows, but Victorious and Icarly are the shows with the main characters.
(!) "After Helping a few Spirits in a Cemetery and in Particular, a Young Black American Girl's Spirit help get her Baby Brother Back, Andre Marches on Forward to complete the rest of his daily Blessings/ Exorcisms."
Chapter 19: What Evil Fears
Tuesday
17, September 2013, 10:50 [Morning]
St. Johns, North Portland, Oregon
Andre walked out of St. John's Cemetery and walked over to the Small Church where Father Robert was at, he walked on a thin sidewalk, he looked over across the street at beautiful homes owned by middle class families. This place was different from where he lived, it was a lot quieter and relaxed. A couple of men who could have been husbands or dads or single homeowners came out to pick up their newspaper resting outside at the front of their doors.
They spotted Andre walking with his hands inside of the pockets of his sleeveless Hoodie sweater. Many of them walked back into the homes and locked their doors. Andre spotted the Church and jogged over to it and opened up the door, he walked inside and was welcomed with a breeze that came from inside of the church. Andre walked over to the room filled with statues of Saints and of The Virgin Mary holding Jesus Christ as a child in her arms.
He placed his hand on the foot of Mary and connected himself to them both, "It's finally nice to meet you both. My name is Andre Harris. I am the one who The Soul Outside has Favored this Generation. I am doing well, just doing some work for my school. I can understand if you do not want to be in attendance when that day comes."
Father Robert came out of his office and walked over to the sound of people talking, there was no one inside of the church except for him and, well just him. Over in the room of statues, Father Robert saw Andre talking by himself, but on a closer look he saw a white flame like aura surrounding him. Outside of the room were two Ethereal Guardians that he has never seen, but only as statues or in books. They showed no hostility to Father Robert, he walked inside and placed his hand on Andre's shoulder.
"Andre…is everything alright here?"
Andre broke off the connection he had with the divine in The Church and turned around, "Yes Father, I'm alright."
"Is there something you want to talk about?"
"It's alright Father, look I blessed the Cemetery and now I have to move on to my next location. Thank you for your hospitality Father. I should move on before the people here start calling the cops. If I may ask, may teleport from inside of here?"
"Teleport, you mean as in go from one place to another instantaneously without occupying the space in-between."
"Exactly, so may I?" Andre asked.
"Uh sure, you can stand in front of the row of benches." Andre took his spot and shook the hand of The Priest, "See you again Father Robert." Andre vanished in the blink of an eye.
The guardians in front of the Room of statues vanished when Andre did.
Forest Park, Northwest Portland
11:30 [Morning]
His next destination was a haunted park which was rife with invisible attacks on park goers, bicyclists, Dogs ending up dead and even one case of a young girl passing by with her family all of sudden becoming Possessed and becoming violent afterwards with members of her Family.
Andre appeared on the middle of the road of Forest Park, There was no one walking around or passing through it. He wasn't surprised, the whole area stunk of garbage where there was none, it smelled like Rotting meat and lingering smoke like that fired from a gun. Andre was definitely in the presence of Evil, evil that did its best to hide from him in the surrounding nature.
"Divine Peacock Form!" Andre readied his Powerful Divine technique to help him restrain and remove evil spirits.
"Holy Art, Advent of a Universe of Light!" Andre Clasped his hands In prayer, and concentrated. His prayer beads glowed brightly as he focused his gaze on the sun.
To everyone else, The Sun was shinning high up the sky like yesterday and the day before that. But to Andre, the sun had focused a beam of light on Forest park and only forest park. The light expanded which revealed all the dark entities lingering around Forest Park. These dark spirits and creatures of the unseen world, they looked like black wispy smoke humanoids and gargoyle like creatures.
"Now…You're All Coming With Me!" Several hundred hands from his total of Five hundred Hands of His Divine Peacock Form snaked all around the park and started to wrap themselves around these spirits and pull them towards him.
Evil human spirits were easy to restrain and pull, only requiring three hands to restrain and pull them, but other Non-Human spirits were more feral and far more powerful and resistant than their human counterparts. They required more hands, 20 at most. New ones replaced the ones being torn or ripped off by the more animal like darker entities.
With over 20 dark spirits restrained, Andre pulled them in closer to him. He Manifested the Trishula, Lord Shiva gave to him when he was at Jasmine's place. By focusing his own Divinity into the Holy Weapon, he managed to lower the weapon's "Divine Splash Damage" or remove unnecessary levels of power leaking out during it's use. One by one, Andre jabbed the divine weapon into these beings and spirits, destroying them rather than sending them back to the Lower World. Whether it was Hell, Avici, Hades or whatever one knew it by, Andre knew there were an infinite number of Darker, Colder, Hotter and Gloomy afterlives.
With the last dark spirit destroyed, Andre took a look around to see if there were no more lingering spirits wandering about in all of Forest Park. The dark, heavy atmosphere that was hovering over the whole park lifted completely.
"…Phew, I would say this counts as a mission success." Andre wiped some sweat off of his forehead and manifested the green folder Jasmine gave him in his hand, he checked off on The Forest Park Case and checked up on a case requiring an Exorcism on a person rather than on a place.
"The Richardson Family…" Andre uttered with some Disinclination, he shook off this lack of Enthusiasm and gathered up his Thoughts and concentrated his Faith in his own power and those who put their faith in him. Andre looked ready more than anything else. He made the folder vanish and focused the image of the Block the Richardson family lived on in his mind and teleported over to it.
Richardson Residence, Argay, East Portland
12:30 [Noon]
Andre had arrived to his destination, well, a few blocks away from it. Up to this point he was for fortunate that no one had seen him pop up somewhere and vanishing away at the blink of an eye. But it was because of his speed that he was so fortunate, he stopped at a Green-light to let some cars cross. Then crossed when the Street-light had turned green, Andre turned around at a corner and saw a Priest waiting outside of an American Craftsman House. It was white and blue on the outside.
A Minister, A Caucasian man with light blonde combed back hair in his early 40's stood outside gripping a Bible close to his chest. He paced back and forth waiting for someone, although he did not know that Andre would be the person he was waiting for. The priest stopped his pacing and watched a young African-American boy walking over to him, smiling. He figured this was the person who Jasmine had sent to help him with this Demon infested Home.
"Hello there! Are you Jasmine's Emissary?" Asked the Priest.
"Yes I am. My Name is Andre Harris, It's nice to meet you Father…"
"Call me Father Oscar, I'm the Head Minister of the local Methodist Church. I can already feel a powerful Presence emanating from you, inside of you, it's almost a little too much for a man of faith like myself to be around. I tried to tell my District Chair about the Demonic Activity inside that home, but for some reason only God Knows, they believe an Exorcism is not what is needed. I couldn't disagree anymore with them."
"So why call on me, I mean Jasmine for that Matter? Excuse me." Wondered Andre.
"I know Jasmine is not a normal person, and I know she wields powers no Human should have. I also know from my predecessors that her Brother was connected to The Divine. Whether it was to the God of The Bible, Torah, Quran, Buddha or Shiva…who knows, he was The only person capable of casting out an entire legion of evil spirits without so much as saying a word. She told me you showed the same ability, which is why you're here."
"Fair enough, Mind telling me of some of the activities that goes on. I know that this all started when the youngest member of the Richardson family, I think it was a girl who began to communicate with someone named "Mr. Whisper?"
"Yes Andre, I have traced this Entity's origin point as beginning from The Basement. Some of the activity was knocking, scratching, disembodies voices talking in certain rooms. When I Baptized Young Julia, which is the name of the daughter, Blood began to drip from the ceiling and walls. Screams of women and Crying children could be heard in the dead of night coming from the basement. Dragonflies would come and go inside of the house as they pleased even when every window and door was locked. A figure of a man, a really tall being at least 8 feet tall was seen, always circling Young Julia."
"Alright Father Oscar, I think I know what to do. I have to admit, how that family has stayed in this house after everything you described for that long shows a true strength in their faith."
"Putting Faith in Jesus will do that Andre, unfortunately the children seem to have some trouble discerning what is real and what is a trick from the demon."
Andre and Father Oscar walked inside of the house, where Andre met John Richardson and Celine Richardson. When Andre first stepped foot inside of the House, he could already tell that there were numerous, if not an entire Army of dark spirits infesting the home. Many of these spirits ranged from belonging to humans, Insects, Animals, monsters, and the main Demon that brought them here in it's shadow. Many of the spirits took notice of him and either did two things, they either flat out left the home just from the Sheer Divine Spiritual Presence accompanying Andre, or foolishly stuck around to try to resist Anything Andre could throw at them.
In a vision only available to Andre, The Home looked more like a dark forest whose walls resembled pulsating flesh with veins branching out all over the walls and floor. Truly a sight too horrifying for even the most spiritual hardened Men and Women of Faith to handle.
"Are you part of any Religious Sect Mr. Harris? Or are you a believer in something else." asked John, the home owner and dad of 13yr old Julia and Gerald, his 15 yr old Son.
"I believe in something else entirely Sir, something a little different. Before I start, I'm going to ask that you send your kids to their room, or yours, whichever works best for you. Secondly, all Windows and Doors are to be closed and locked. They should only come open when I'm done. And if at anytime you feel frightened, hold on to Father Oscar for support. Father Oscar, do you have anything to Add?"
"I just want to tell you John and Celine, That What you are about to see Might test your faith in Jesus, The Church and Your own Beliefs. But know this, Sometimes The Holy father has to take physical form to liberate those most faithful and precious to him. Ok Andre, I think we're ready."
Andre had all the doors and windows close and lock themselves using his telekinesis, Something That John, Celine and Father Oscar initially took for one of the supernatural activities.
"That was Telekinesis by the way you three if you were wondering. It's much easier if they all close and lock at the same time. Alright, Here I Go."
Andre Sat at the center of the house, which was between the living Room and Dining Room. Andre manifested Lord Shiva's Damaru instrument from Nothingness from the point of view of the homeowners and began to tap on it. The sounds it created started up the first of many activities in the home.
The walls began to drip with blood, scratches began to appear on the walls and much of the furniture's began to fall apart. Doors and windows tried to open up, but the most that happened to them was violent banging that came from them. The blood and scratch marks began to disappear, as if they were never there. The banging had slowed to a stop, finishing just as quickly as it had started. The homeowners asked Oscar while Andre was still playing this little drum what had happened just now, Father Oscar answered to them
"The smaller, weaker spirits were just expelled. If you focus, you can see Lotus flowers floating down onto the floor all around us."
The homeowenrs tried to see, but all they saw was Andre finishing tapping on the drum. The area did smell of flowers though.
"Now…Time to drive out the Medium level spirits who are barely hanging on after that casting out from the sounds which created a Universe. Their stubborn and think they can still hang around, let's see what they think about this next Being's Power." Andre told the trio standing behind him.
"I'll save Michael's Last Art for "Mr Whisper." right now I need to call upon someone who is no stranger to battles. Divine Art! Son of Eternal Wars!" Andre clasped his hands in prayer and summoned Ares.
The Whinnies of Horse could be heard by everyone In the home, they appeared to be coming from a distance, even by the children inside of the parent's bedroom. The trio, John, Celine and Father Oscar saw that their home became slightly transparent. Which meant they could all see the Monstrosities which were Evil spirits inside of their home still clinging on to chairs, walls, crawling on the floor and laughing at them or taking on more ghoulish forms to scare Andre. Some looked like melted humans mixed into a blob, others looked like humanoid insects. And some looked very human, but they looked more like emaciated zombies by what they could all see.
"OH GOD NO, NO, NOO!" Shouted Celine, She hugged Father Oscar who began to recite passages from the bible to her. John was more frozen in terror than vocal about the situation. The sounds of wheels riding on dirt now became audible, what came next shocked everyone, but Andre. A Tall Muscular Radiant being in golden armor and with a red cape, wielding a Sword and Shield appeared to tall of them.
Ares, God of War stepped off of his Chariot, took notice of the Chosen Young Man Andre Harris and Respectively lowered his head to him. He turned around and looked all around him, the Dark spirits which at first mocked Andre and the Father and Mother, were now cowering before Ares. Ares began to attack and vanquish the dark entities as soon as Andre said a prayer to him on behalf of the Richardson Family.
"Bright-Helmed Ares, Strong of Arm and Stern of Visage
Firm of Stance, Unyielding of Will, Ever Ready
To face any foe, to hold the line against all who come to battle until the end
Ares, Son of Noble Zeus and Wise Hera,
Cherished by golden Aphrodite, honored by those who call on you
For strength and courage, In the North were you much honored,
In times of Old, in Thrace and Thessaly were you held in esteem,
By those whose lives were harsh and whose worlds were stony,
Whose comforts were Hard-Won. Ares Who Answers the prayers
Of the despairing and still faithful, Ares, God of War, I HONOR YOU."
Father Oscar kept on Reciting passages from the good book to Celine who had her eyes closed, John watched on with Andre as this Giant Radiant Ethereal Roman like soldier slash his sword at the dark spirits plaguing his home. His sword which glimmered with light and that also vanquished much of the remaining monsters and spiritual abominations was something he would never forget for as long as he lived. The spirits did not go without a fight though, they jumped the God of War hoping to do damage, only to be pushed back by his shield which might as well have been the Sun. The way he vanquished these Malevolent spirits ranged from decapitation, knocking them down and crushing their heads with his feet, or Eviscerating them with just his powerful hands. Truly he lived up to his name and Mythical ruthlessness, but this family lived under constant fear everyday. Now it was time for the tables to be turned against the spirits.
When each room was cleared of Mid Level Evil spirits, Ares sheathed his sword and placed his shield on his back and got back on his Chariot. He lowered his head at Andre once more and spoke just a few words.
"It's good to be Back."
The God of War snapped the reins on his horses and took off, vanishing into a single point made out of fire.
"Now, it's time for the Big Fish. This Time, it'll be Michael's Art which will finally free you're home." Andre promised them.
Celine opened her eyes and felt a great weight had been lifted, there was just one Cold, Malicious feeling coming from the Basement.
"I kept Ares from Going after "Mr Whisper" for a reason. If I'm truly to follow in Michael's footsteps, I have to do this in his honor using his own Art. White Flame Art, Forgotten Guardians. Come forth!"
A Bright Halo formed around Andre's head, the light and warm nature of the atmosphere around him comforted The Homeowners and Father Oscar. Two large creatures manifested next to Andre from rays of light that beamed through the roof of the home. These creatures were as large as Bulls, Father Oscar knew immediately what he was looking at.
"Dear God…These are…"
"These are Ancient Household Guardians That Originated from Ancient Mesopotamia Father, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson. The Divine Element is different from The Holy Element, in that The Divine Element calls on Gods and Goddesses for assistance. But One must first have a personal relationship/ Direct Unrestricted Connection with a Divine entity or another one of greater power, order and magnitude to begin even using this element.
The Holy Element is different in that one does not need to have a direct link to the divine, but have enough faith in their own beliefs. Priests, Nuns, Monks, Ministers, Imams, Shamans and really anyone of any kind of faith can make The Holy Element Work. The Holy Element revolves more around blessings, Exorcisms, And calling on lower level deities to assist in spiritual warfare than in physical battles which The Divine Element can be used for."
Father Oscar had an idea of what Andre was saying, but the Richardsons were just plain confused. The beings standing next to Andre were Lamassus, creatures with The Bodies of Lions, Eagle Wings on their Backs, and The Heads of Humans with long bears. The heads were actually those of Ancient Mesopotamian Kings. They each took notice of Andre and recognized the White Flame inside of him. They spoke to him in Akkadian, a long forgotten Semitic language.
"Its an honor to serve you once more our Lord, What is thy command." Said the Lamassu to his left.
"Are You Michael's Successor? I Hope you show Some Promise." asked the Lamassu to His Right.
"I am his Successor, and I command both of you two find the Demon inhabiting this Home!"
The Lammasus Roared With Great Might which echoed and shook the interior of the home to it's foundation, they jumped forward and searched each room, phasing through walls and doors. They truly were a sight to behold just like Old God Ares. Just their presence made the homeowners feel more than just comfortable, their presence alone epitomized Guardianship. While the Lamassus searched the home, Andre and the homeowners and father sat down on the couch to rest.
Father Oscar had so many questions to ask Andre, but felt it would be rude to to aks during this Exorcism. Still, that did not stop the homeowners from asking some questions.
"Young man, I Mean Andre. how are you able to do all of this? This is nothing like the Exorcisms we've seen in Movies or read about in Articles."
"Well Mrs. Richardson, The Origins of where I got this abilitiy stretches far back before I was born. The only answer I can give you is that I inherited this Ability. As for this being an Exorcism unlike that you may have seen in movies or read about, the Truth is always more frightening and stranger than any work of ficition. I implement a Direct Assault on Evil and-"
[Roaring in Background]
The Roaring of The Lamassus were loud and powerful, Andre stood up immediately from a seat he was sitting on and ordered the homeowners to close their eyes and cover theirs ears. They did as they were told, Andre and Father Oscar approached the door which lead to the basement and saw The Lamassus violently and savagely pulling this tall, skinny spirit which looked more black tar in human shape by their vice like jaws. Their Claws which were also a weapon dug into it's skin . The Lamassus held down the Demon who cursed them in their native Akkadian language, and cursed at Andre.
Watching the Lamassus in action was like watching a pair of dogs biting and shaking a gopher or raccoon.
"You! What are you Doing here in this World! You Don't Belong Here! You're Divinity Unasailable! Why help These People!? Let Their Own God Save Them!"
Andre ignored what the Demon, or Mr. Whisper was spewing out of it's mouth. "Divine Peacock Form." Andre manifested five hundre arms behind his back and began to tear the limbs off of the demon's body. The Glowing Hands grabbed and ripped the Tar like limbs of of off the demon. When both of these opposites made contact, a hissing sound, like Acid melting something could be heard. Fearing for its own existence, The Demon began to change it's form into something more like a giant Spider/Scorpion.
The Lamassus Ramped up their Biting and Clawing, causing more pain and shouts of anger and agony to be released from the Demon. Father Oscar was very strong, watching something so few humans have ever seen since the genesis of Belief and Spiritual Warfare began several thousand years ago. Andre prevented the demon from transforming after helping the Lamassus restraining it with two hundre hands. Slowly but surely the demon was defeated and begged for mercy to be shown to it.
Andre tore it's head off and Jabbed it's limbless torso with Shiva's Trishula, Completely destroying it. The house was now Cleansed and Negativity free, there was only one thing left to do.
"You can open your eyes now John and Celine, I'm going to need you too call in your Children out here, Julia in Particular." Andre bowed to The Lamassus and relieved them of their duty for now.
Julia and Gerald came walking out of their parent's bedroom, talking about how the Sun shined inside of their bedroom like they've never seen it do before. Andre approached the young daughter and knelt before her, He pulled out a thin necklace made of white steel with a diamond hanging at the center and placed it around her neck. At the same time, Andre used one of his Hands from his Divine Peacock Form to pull out negative spiritual residue left in her when she and the demon were talking in the previous days.
"Now Julia, all the bad stuff that was happening in your home is gone. Nothing will ever be able to hurt you, your brother, Mom or Dad. If you want to talk about your problems or fears you are having, talk to your parents or to father Oscar. Never keep them to yourself."
Andre placed his hand on Her head, on Gerald's' head, on the head of Celine and John. He gave all of them an invisible barrier to keep anything else from attaching to them ever again. As One last precaution, Andre took a knee, placed his hand on the floorboard and prayed to TSO to always look out after this home in his head.
"My work is done Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, You have your Home back." Julia and Gerald cheered and ran around their home for the first time, without fear and with joy. Even the Basement was lit with the light of the sun that found it's way into the small windows.
Celine couldn't keep tears of joy and relief from escaping her eyes, John held her close to him and thanked Andre sincerely for everything he has done for his family. Andre smiled, he was happy he could be of help to good people in dire need. Andre was offered some food and soda by Celine and John to take back Home with him. Andre accepted these small tokens of gratitude and walked out of the Home with Father Oscar.
Oscar stopped Andre when they were on the sidewalk of the home and asked him something.
"I know I told John and Celine to keep faith in God despite things they might see inside of their home. But I never expected any of that to strike my own faith in God Andre. please Andre, I know an unrestricted view of the darker presences in this world is almost impossible even for priests to see. But you did things I…I don't think I'll never see again. I have to know, are you God?"
Andre who was chewing on apple chunks, smiled and swallowed the chewed up fruit/ vegetable before answering.
"Father Oscar, The important thing is to never lose faith in Yourself before your belief. The power I rely on requires a lot of Faith in myself rather than on the power itself. As for the second question, I'm going to have to withhold on answering that. Your Belief in God should not be questioned even after seeing me perform this Exorcism. Well Father Oscar, this was my last mission for the day. I'm going to head back to my hotel and rest for a bit, I'm beat."
Andre shook the hand of Oscar, turned around and Vanished into thin air before Father Oscar, he made the sign of the Cross and headed back to his church to pray.
(!) "Continued in Chapter 20."