Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 6
Chapter 9: In Chuck We Trust
(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.)
Chuck was in his dog form as he saw the members of the Red Inquisition leaving the Golden Tiger Resort departing for their own lodgings in the town. Like most of us, he was concerned about what the band of religious fanatics were doing as they weren't representing the core values that he once sown. He never liked them one bit as he skittered off towards the Carninal and hiked up his leg to mark at his robes. Anger flooded the religious nut as he kicked Chuck so hard in which he ended up hitting the wall. He was itching to kick at the dog as he was staring at him directly, for he hated dogs and cats due to the mixed stigma that they brought. Just as the Cardinal was about to do away with Chuck, the dog was rescued by a familiar Arrancar as he steered him out of the way from danger. It was Noldorin as he was there on business, but he held a grudge against the Red Inquisition, for they stood only for themselves instead of those who had faith in me.
"You sure have the gall to come here just to spew out your vitriol," he said as he scooped up Chuck in his arms while facing off against the group in front of him. "You're no different than a certain Messiah in Oompa-Loompa clothing the moment he clenched his moment to be president!"
"You're from the Middle Ground, aren't you?" said the Cardinal as he was not fazed by the insult that he got earlier. "You're there to stand up for the false shepherd that thinks he's greater than God of all people. As for that dog in your hands, it's nothing but a monster for Lucifer and nothing more just like cats are monsters for witches."
"Oh, I've seen what Lucifer looked like in which two familiar allies of mine were once vessels for the bastard until he took over the body of a washed-up rockstar who went rock bottom. It was the worst since he got yanked out of Castiel and went downward and that was in the Elder Days when God and the Darkness reconciled just to prevent the sun from going out."
"Lucifer is dead, but his spirit as an imprint still lingers in and out of his cage in which Torune Mitani was to blame for causing this form of blasphemy."
"Torune Mitani was the only High Elf who had the balls to put Lucifer in his place, but at a high price when the archangel was placed in his cage for all eternity. You should be thankful that a dangerous form of evil has been put away."
"Lucifer may be put away, but another form of evil is brewing in the form of the false shepherd who has the raw power in his brain. He must be silenced or else we will suffer the consequences of what could happen. God called me and my brothers to give Sam and his allies a warning, for it is the will of the Lord and the sanctity of the Mother Church that beckons us to do so."
"Do you think that God can listen to you of all people? He had his fill of people who roll in their wealth like pigs wallowing in their own shit. I've seen people like that harness such power in the form of fear, but their actions posed a downfall for them. As for what you call the sanctity of the Mother Church, there are those who welcomed people who were diverse in which they thrived as a whole instead of being put under the ringer of dictators. Sooner or later, Sam Winchester will be the new god of this galaxy and his ideals will include diversity, not divisiveness. I've seen it play out like an episode of The Simpsons in which a certain crooked businessman won top dog, but he wasn't safe from the midterms hereafter. As for your crap, I suggest that you leave before you do worse, you got that…, Princess?"
The Cardinal and his group left without any further incident as Noldorin was carting Chuck to safety in the form of the men's restroom. Setting down the dog, he noticed him change into his human form as he was reeling from the kick that he endured. It really wasn't his day as he was up on his feet without any further delay, but he really loathed the Red Inquisition for what they truly represented, for they were nothing but trouble on the sly.
"Are you alright to walk?" asked Noldorin.
"I've had worse," said Chuck.
"The Cardinal kicked you around after you peed on his leg, didn't you?"
"He's definitely not a dog person..."
"The Red Inquisition are in cahoots with the Executive Division and they won't stop until they get rid of Sam."
"The Red Inquisition doesn't give a rat's ass about anything other than keeping the rich fat and happy while the little guy suffers poorly. They think they speak for Me, but they don't. They think that I'm greater than anyone else in which I even had to deal with Darbus Toller of all people who thinks that he has it all, but he ended up dead for what he tried to do. For the record, I'm the son of the first being of the Middle Ground, Pendragon, and My mom is known as a Draaza deity known as the Matriarch. Mom had two different sets of eyes: one blue and one brown, but I got one pair and the Darkness got the other. I had a childhood that was similar with the worst dysfunctional outlook that ended with my sister stealing everything on a terrible scale until Dad put his foot down. After that, my other three siblings: the Arbiter, the Messenger, and the Mediator, were born, but they had to manage Dad's dimension on a daily basis. I may have had siblings, but the oldest one from Pendragon and the Matriarch was the one who cultivated most of the big bads in the first place."
"It was Eve, wasn't it?"
"The Cultivator was her original name, but she was cast out into Purgatory in which her crimes to create most of the monsters that we see got so bad that Dad had to cast her in there for the rest of her days. As for the rest of us, I wanted to create the universe, but the Darkness kept getting in My way until Dad imposed imprisonment on her that led to a revolt in the later years and that was when I created angels in My image in many colors and ethnicities, but the most favored and beautiful of all was that of Lucifer, who bore my sister's prison in an unholy mark that our dad made. As for the first things I did, I made the first monsters, the Leviathans, in which I added the to the later things I mixed up until I got an ultimatum from Dad to seal them up in Purgatory or else he would strip my creativity away. So, I did that, but I strived for something more after that. Even when my mom and dad perished, the legacy of me and others in front of me was a mixed bag in which Lucifer got so rebellious that he incited what the Darkness made him do and that was to go into the garden, set up one of My sentries to take the hit, and even got into some further stuff that had Adam and Eve get kicked out of My garden. With the famiy life in the form of the first sons, Cain and Abel, we all knew that Lucifer wasn't done when he posed as Me in which he wanted Abel to be his pet, but Cain took the wrap and got the brand that my sister was in and that was what the first Knight of Hell was and that was how the first son killed his own brother, which was the first murder.
"After Lucifer transferred what is known as the Mark into Cain's arm, he made the first son a blade in the form of a donkey's jaw that powered him in the form of rage that my sister put into. The Father of Murder became the first Knight of Hell while carving his weapon of choice to keep him that way. Therefore, Cain may have been the first, but in Heaven, Abel, who is now an archangel in his own right, forged the Knights of Heaven in which they were there to put My fear into what Lucifer wrought, only to have some followers betray us after that. He even had his own realm to rule and that was Hell itself, but he was cultivating tortured souls that are known to be demons. Still, he attracted some attention from the Knights of Heaven in which they subdued him for Michael to kick his ass in real time. With the smackdown put there against Lucifer and his trickery, one of the Knights of Heaven, Abiasaph, foresaw Michael putting him in his place in which he decided to forge a cage with his fellow brethren to hold him there. Therefore, My other archangel children; Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, and Zachariah were concerned for Lucifer himself in which he stood besides them while I kept busy crafting my creations that rubbed my other children the wrong way. After all that was said and done, Michael went up against Lucifer in combat that resulted in the deaths of many creations I wrought until the Lightbringer was finally put in the cage below where he stood until he was let out twice. I know that I talk too much, but I have a gut feeling that the Red Inquisition would be worse than what Lucifer was once before..."
Chuck was not too happy with what the Red Inquisition was doing as he feared the worst into reviving what was lost and that was none other than Lucifer himself. Still, that was on the back burner, but the dangers of the Executive Division were mounting and the Destiny of Worlds was in grave danger, for they wouldn't stop their war until they extinguished it in order to win this war...
I was up for the day after last week's K-Pop festival as I was busy tending to the twins in which they were making a mess out of their breakfast in the cafeteria. I was busy with the necessary duties as I was also cleaning up Aora's face after he got into his oatmeal with fruit. He was cute, but messy as he was being cleaned up from his breakfast earlier, for he was someone who had a taste for food. After he was finished, I decided to focus on Ghimru as he was a lot worse than his brother. As usual, my fair-haired son had a thing for eating healthy foods as he couldn't get enough of the raisins and dried cranberries that were put in his oatmeal. Even though he finished up his breakfast, the mess on his face was priceless as I couldn't get enough of what he had until I decided to clean him up. By the time I finished, I placed him in a baby stroller next to Aora as I was ready to wheel them back towards our hotel room.
It was a feast for the eyes as I couldn't get enough of the twins in which they were getting bigger and almost ready to start in the terrible twos the moment they get at that age on their birthday. By the time I left the cafeteria, I noticed Chuck standing in front of me as he was concerned about my safety in spades. Still, I never expected him to show up before as he was there to give me a warning about what he saw last night, for the group that he despised was on the same level as the Executive Division, but a lot worse.
"So, you've retained your hairstyle since you did away with General Wetzel, didn't you?" he said.
"It's been like that, but I'm used to it," I said.
"It's not the reason why I'm here in front of you, Sam. Last night, Kazuo had to deal with a group of religious nuts who aren't too happy with you for being on top instead of Me and it pisses me off to see them rub salt into the wound when you have so much on your plate."
"Well, most people kill in Your name, don't they?"
"I've seen people in the big three religions that worship Me go at one another that results in prejudice, disease, intolerance, and even death to those who are different than the perfect status quo. I've seen different people that get singled out because of their disability, other religions, skin color, ethnicity, and even gender identity and sexual orientation end up on the short end of the stick and it burns My ass to see this on a daily basis… in My name. I love all sorts of people, not the ones who thumb their noses in front of the little guy. As for those who fit in the category of LGBT, they get pushed around, ostracized, discriminated against, and even dead by either murder or suicide. It sucks that I see people flash out that Leviticus quote when I make mistakes by having a gender identity put in different situations. Ever see those talking Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls with their voice boxes mixed up in the wrong toy? It's what's wrong when a male brain is in a female and the other way around. As for the religious group who threatened Kazuo, they're the same way and they don't give a rat's ass if you're fervent towards Me or not. They'll keep sticking it to you until they force you to accept their twisted sense that depicts Me in an awful way like that."
"And the religious group that stood in front of Kazuo made a threat towards me, didn't they?"
"From what I know, those people are called the Red Inquisition and they dress up in the same color that intimidated those lower than they are. They're also not the type that dress up like Cardinal Richelieu and Snoopy in his World War I flying ace getup while breaking into people's houses to expect surprise and alarm. They mean business in which they deem you a threat just to cling to the twisted words that were taken out of context. I know that I've done My fair share of things, good or bad, but I've had My fun in which I want a sendoff in the form of Me riding a horse into the sunset at the end of a western flick. As for you, Sam, you've become the god of this entire stack of planets in which you and Reiko will welcome this golden age in many ways that I can't seem to realize."
"You've done great things, no matter how many times you came in and out of the picture. It's what You're made to be, right?"
"After all the many wonders that I put on Earth and beyond, I stayed out of the limelight when the angels revolted in which I was even labeled a deadbeat dad and absentee father to them and that upsetted Lucifer the most, but he was caged until he was let out, caged back in, let out again, and so on… Even though it's been over four thousand years since I brought out My words to people to live a good life and help others, there are those who twist things in the Bible in which I find that to be upsetting to the one who put My teachings out to mankind in the first place. As for the Ten Commandments, they mean a lot of things, but with the 'Thou shalt not kill' and 'Thou shalt not have any gods other than Me' still rolling around people's tongues when the heavy ones came around long before I hit the scene, it's been hell in which I see people twist what I put on the Earth."
"And I'm the new deity that is in competition towards You..."
"Do I look like I'm competing with you? No. I'm here to tell you to start showing more gratitude for yourself 'cause all those times that you call yourself lesser or worthless is one huge kick in the balls towards Me and it hurts so bad that I have to resort into wearing a padded jock strap in my human form. As for the Destiny of Worlds, it's here to stay whether we like it or not and I hope that you overcome that hurdle of worthlessness and get to the top because you shine better when you have balance."
I was moved by Chuck's words as I vowed to devote my time into bringint the Destiny of Worlds into fruition. When I saw him disappear without a trace, I was ready to leave the cafeteria as I noticed Dirk and Gyatso coming towards me with a bag full of snacks that were similar to the usual ones in Trainfell. Both boys were most likely to share the spoils as they had many handfuls of Pocky and Pretz with a side order of other things. Still, they were children that were there with their snacks, but I was ready to put my foot down as I couldn't let them have too much of what they had in tow.
"So, have you had your fun with what you spent?" I asked.
"Gyatso walked into a pachinko parlor and ended up winning fifty thousand dinarii and the first thing that he did was goad me towards Frank's Market to get all this stuff," said Dirk.
"You have a lot in your bags of snacks, but if you eat too much of them, it'll spoil your dinner and it consists of what I make in the kitchen."
"Can we take a box of Pocky and a box of Pretz of our choosing?" asked Gyatso.
"You can have one of each, alright? After that, I'm putting them up so that they won't spoil your dinner afterwards."
"I got the chocolate Pocky with pizza flavored Pretz!"
"I got the tom yum flavored Pretz with strawberry Pocky," said Dirk.
It wasn't long until Dirk and Gyatso got what they wanted as they left the bags of snacks with me before going back up towards the hotel room. With the bag of snacks into the spare compartment of the twins' stroller, I was carting them up to the elevator as I was on my way back up to where I needed to be. By the time I was going back to the hotel room that I stayed in, I entered inside as I saw members of the Medical Corps here on standby in which they were busy examining Reiko, who was under the chagrin of a sonogram that was done on her. It was also at that moment that I saw Kazuo on hand into supervising this examination in here as he was busy using the scanning part on Reiko's stomach, which was shown with a gel where her baby bump was.
"How were the boys?" she asked me.
"They enjoyed their oatmeal so much that I had to clean them up," I said.
"Your timing is bad, Sam," said Kazuo. "If this place had an infirmary wing, it would be feasible, but the castle has gotten monotonous due to the influx of patients coming and going."
"Please, don't be harsh towards him," said Reiko. "He has his faults, but he always bounces back when everything is at a standstill and that includes looking at what I have."
"The twins are male and female, but their growth is starting to accelerate. We can't take any chances with your life at risk, but putting them towards the due date can be dangerous."
"Aora and Ghimru came prematurely, but they had a growth spurt after Sammy saved me last year."
"It doesn't matter. The twins are almost seven months into the pregnancy, but there's no telling when the next raw power surge in the womb might appear and this isn't the first time, either."
"They're doing fine, for they are happy..."
I saw the image of the second set of twins on screen as they were functioning nicely in which I saw them to be what I envisioned them to be. Both of them had jeweled sigils on their foreheads as they were also doing well despite the fact that Kazuo fears for a possible accelerated pregnancy. I noticed them to be thriving as I was thankful that they were alive and healthy inside of Reiko's womb in which I was eternally grateful that I was having more blessings to add to what I had now. I was happy that I was there to see the twins moving as they would soon join their brothers into the world, for they also had a part to play like the rest of us…
Minara was in the meeting hall of the hotel as he was waiting paitently for Ryosuke to arrive. Even though this was considered to be an emergency meeting, he had to show up momentarily as he was there to air his grievances due to his ongoing grudge against Julilla. Still, he missed her as he also vowed to get revenge for her death in which he swore to track down his beloved's killer and do away with her after what she pulled four months ago. Sooner or later, he would get his revenge, but his path on going dark was already starting to take hold over him. For a while, he vowed to eliminate Julilla for what she did as the deaths of Lentulus and Penelope would soon be avenged, for their death didn't deserve to be included in the first place. By the time he was about to look for Ryosuke, he spotted Castiel coming into the room as he was concerned about his behavior, for this wasn't normal at all.
"You've been distracted by Julilla's crimes, haven't you?" he said.
"My main concern is to find Julilla and slit her throat," said Minara.
"No matter how many times you try to seek vengeance, it will end up forcing you into an early grave in the end."
"Vengeance works, Castiel. It shows how much one's life is taken away in which one can get the justice that he or she needs right now."
"I'm here to give you a warning not to pursue Julilla, for she can entice you if you're not careful."
"This isn't my first run-in with Julilla in which she continued to pursue me until she set my hotel room on fire. Her madness can't continue, for she will suffer a bleak downfall in the end..."
Minara's words were true to the max as he vowed to get his revenge on Julilla for her crimes altogether. As for Castiel's warning, it wasn't heard all the way from deaf ears as the time to eliminate the Executive Division's new leader was just the beginning of one's worries, for she wasn't going away anytime soon right now…
Chuck was outside as he was enjoying a bowl of bibimbap with a glass of ginger beer at a fancy Asian restaurant that was in the resort. Even though he was adamant into keeping me on the straight and narrow, he was also concerned about the infamy of the Red Inquisition and what they represent as he despised them to the core. By the time he finished up his meal, he was ready to go until he noticed two familiar archangels coming forth, both Gabriel and Abiasaph, as they ordered up some pork gyozas with a side order of rice. While they waited for their order, they decided to pay Chuck a visit as he wasn't about to leave just yet, for he wanted to tell the two archangels about the rude awakening in the form of a certain religious nuisance.
"Did you two boneheads hear about the Red Inquisition coming here last night?" he asked.
"We saw them close, but once again, they paint you as something awful," said Gabriel.
"The Red Inquisition aren't like those guys who burst into your house and say 'Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition,' all the live long."
"We've heard all about them causing trouble in your name, but their main purpose is to eradicate Sam Winchester's existence as the new god of the Ashizoka System," said Abiasaph.
"That's the problem in a nutshell in which the leader of that group of religious nuts is not to be taken lightly and he goes by calling himself the Cardinal. From what I saw in him, he says that he does those deplorable things like culling the insignificant to praising the rich all in My name and that's pissing me off to the max! I deserve to have a little more street cred with all the love that I have unto everyone, not have the usual fearmongering asshats come and use fear just to do so to add all the fire and brimstone everywhere. I have an image to protect and I'm not gonna be jerked around by those who have the usual 'Fear God' complex to scare everyone. No wonder I left when you took over the roost..."
"Hey, don't take it personally, Dad," said Gabriel defensively. "We're not too thrilled to having the Red Inquisition just to barge in here to jerk Kazuo around, but throwing Sam under the bus? That's just wrong after all the good he did, including sending General Wetzel into a long meteorite nap in space."
"We can't let both the Executive Division and the Red Inquisition get their hands on Sam, you got that? I can't allow those scumbags to just either have their way with him or have him killed. If that ever happened, then you can kiss this galaxy goodbye!"
"Keep it down," said Abiasaph cautiously as he noticed a few customers staring. "You're making them restless, so I suggest that you be a little bit more careful in what you say."
Chuck, Gabriel, and Abiasaph noticed several customers concerned about what was going on as they couldn't get out of their predicament that was started up in the first place. Even though they were trying to remain incognito of their actions, Noldorin himself had listened in on their conversation as he was concerned about the situation about the Executive Division and the newest problem with the Red Inquisition altogether. Even though he helped Chuck out earlier, he wasn't too happy with what the group of religious fanatics are up to, for they are a dangerous threat in the form of piety.
"We see you over there, Noldorin," said Chuck as he spotted him sitting at the table behind him.
"I heard all about the Red Inquisition trying to cash in on Sam's demise," he said.
"Well, they're wolves in sheep's clothing, I can tell you that," said Abiasaph.
"The Red Inquisition is in cahoots with the same scum that are not there to 'Make the Ashizoka System great again.' They're here to twist things and that's all."
"And I thought that Lucifer was bad…," said Gabriel.
"The Red Inquisition want Lucifer to be resurrected, only to counteract with what was foretold by the Draaza. We all know that Sam and Reiko are poised to be in the Destiny of Worlds, but this would end up unraveling and this isn't the first time that it happened in the Elder Days. It was poised by your fellow archangels that the Winchesters of Old would be taken over by Michael and Lucifer as their vessels, only to have it fall in the favor to stop the Apocalypse. This time, Sam's gonna have to watch his back in which he has to not only keep clear from the Executive Division, but to stay away from the Red Inquisition as well. Both groups don't like having a new god here, but we're sure as hell that we'll protect him when the times are tough."
Noldorin made his point clear as he also had nothing but disdain for both the Executive Division and the Red Inquisition altogether. Even Chuck and the others were not impressed by what was going on so far as both threats towards me were getting intense. This wasn't the first time that my life was at risk and it wouldn't be the last, for I was caught in the crosshairs of the dangers that the Second Galvanic Uprising had wrought…
I was in the lobby of the resort after I was busy tending to the twins earlier. Still, after all that has happened, I was on my guard as I was looking all over the place to see any more of those meddling mechanical birds that were put here for no reason. The searching was there to get my mind off of things as I had to stay sharp into doing my duty for the Destiny of Worlds. Even though I did away with General Wetzel, the presence of Julilla was unnerving as her role as leader of the Executive Division was a grim threat that was hanging over the heads of her victims, allies, and enemies. In the end, I couldn't let it get to me as I was most likely to be put in the crosshairs of what was going on so far, for there was a large form of uncertainty looming in the balance. By the time I was about to go bac up to my hotel room, I had a gun pointed to my head as I turned around and saw a man dressed in a red clergyman robe with a black scarf around his neck. He meant business as he was ready to take me out without warning, for he had his reasons to do so.
"Hands in the air, Sam Winchester," he said to me as I obeyed him.
"You're with the Red Inquisition, aren't you?" I said.
"My boss isn't too pleased with you trying to take over God's turf, so I'm here to send you a message from the Mother Church on His behalf."
"If you do this, then you'll incite the wrath of God Himself and He doesn't take too lightly to those who twist things in His name."
"God only favors those who have wealth, not false prophets and heathens! In the Book of Further Revelations in the Galactic Testament 21:18, 'No false shepherd shall speaketh thy word, nor steal from my anointed, for I am thy Lord, thy God.' He has the utmost rule into having his chosen to come with him to the Kingdom and-"
Without warning, I heard a loud scream from behind me as I turned around to see the man in red be attacked by Abiasaph as he placed his hand on his head in which he melted his brain and liquefied his eyes on the spot. Even though the hired assassin was there to kill me, I noticed him dead on the floor as his eyes were missing. Still, I wasn't out of the woods yet as I noticed Abiasaph snapping his fingers and making the dead body disappear before the maintenance crew arrived to clean up the mess, for he didn't want any commotion coming forth right now.
"Sorry, but I couldn't let that asshat spill your brains on the floor," he said.
"He was from the Red Inquisition, but he and his cohorts don't represent God," I said.
"You're gonna be looking at more than that in which the leader of the Red Inquisition has become dangerous so far. To most of his allies and foes, he calls himself the Cardinal in which he believes that Father should be top dog instead of you. So far, those people have no respect other than to tarnish Father's name in the mud while doing it in His name, but all of that will soon change when He passes the torch to you."
"I'm a lot of things, but I could never replace God. All I am is just-"
"-a simple Man of Letters? You can't just be stuck with that title forever. You're reaching full status as a deity in which you can't escape this destiny, Sam. You can't just let our Father do the work all the time in which he got fet up with being the typical 'Mr. Fix-It' all the live long. You have to live up to the hype of love, hope, kindness, equality, and diversity in your heart. If you continue to go down the path of hate, despair, rage, inequality, and divisiveness in your heart, you will never be able to grasp what you have. It is crucial that you stand up for your reasons to protect everyone and listen to what they say or else we fall under those who twist things and even crave the ongoing lust for power that would never go away, are we good?"
I reluctantly agreed as I was concerned about the dangerous activity of both the Executive Division and the Red Inquisition altogether. Both threats were a danger as I had to be careful where I walk around in. Still, I was concerned about what was going on, but I had a gut feeling that I would end up being a target by the people that considered me to be a threat. Just as I was about to go back towards my hotel room, I saw Chuck approaching as he was most likely to be giving me another warning of what was yet to come. He wasn't about to let me shirk away my duties so quietly as he was most likely to be telling me how it is instead of scolding me for trying to wriggle out of what was put in front of me, for I had to know more about my true destiny at hand so far. Basically, I had no other choice but to piss on cue as I had a gut feeling that Chuck would appear again, for this wouldn't be the end of it anytime soon.
"It's high time that you hear me out, Sam," he said to me.
"Sorry, but I can't ever replace You as a new deity. Everything is old school, but if someone upsets You, those in Your name will strike me down. I got a word of warning from the Red Inquisition before he got killed by Abiasaph earlier, but there will be those who will destroy me because of my status as a deity."
"You're a lot more different than that because you display kindness, no matter how many times you get pissed off. You're afraid that you're gonna be like Caligula, Marie Antoinette, or even Donald Trump, but you're the type that sticks to your guns and not cave into pressure from those who would use you for their own purposes."
"And what makes me different than the rest?"
"You're the type that matters the most in which you have your reasons to be a part of the Destiny of Worlds because I instructed the Draaza to paint those murals to welcome you out sooner or later. For the record, I was the one who wanted to welcome you to be the new savior in the first place in which this whole bread basket full of planets needs a god to offer guidance."
"What about You of all people? Don't You offer guidance in a time of uncertainty?"
"My place is on Earth, but I've wandered around all over the place in which I went from planet to planet, but I wasn't satisfied about how a primal force was left unchecked. I want you to be a just and compassionate god in which you make the best decisions that will impact us all, for your raw power is the key to everything here in space and I'm not talking about the Final Frontier at this time. In the end, no one should be silenced, nor can they ever give up the fight. Didn't the phrase, 'Always keep fighting,' resonate with everyone else other than you? Yes. Did you have more faith in yourself? No. All I'm saying is that you need to step up to your game and start having the balanced faith that you were born with, not put down with disparaging and misleading labels. I'm saying this to you just to put my foot down, so I suggest that you do good and become the god that was meant to be all over this nest of planets in space, are we good?"
"If you're wanting me to be Your replacement, then why are you passing all of your problems on me in the first place?"
"It's because I don't have much time left, Sam. It's like before in the Elder Days when my sister died out, but her entire essence was sealed into the First Blade until Hideyono Kuronaga went and got her bad habits in the form of that mark. I'm not doing too well, but I can't go without a successor who has a much more kinder and just heart, for you and Reiko are the ones who can listen to reason, for the key of destiny will be put in front of you to open the kingdom with."
I saw some clarity in Chuck's words as I was most likely to be accepting the reality of being the god of the entire Ashizoka System altogether. I also had a gut feeling that I would be a target of those who clung to the twisted truths of their makings, but the reality of this matter was just the beginning of my ongoing worries that were put in front of me. I was also concerned about the repercussions that were lingering as I had no other choice but to answer the call to be in tune with what balance that I had, for I needed to come to terms with how I loathed myself over the years…
Ryosuke was out and about as he was coming back towards the hotel after enjoying a nice bowl of ramen earlier. He was ready to meet with everyone in his emergency summit as he was also aware of the Executive Division's tactics to include me in their own abusive chess game. Just as he was about to return, he heard footsteps approaching as he turned around and saw several members of the Red Inquisition coming towards him. The manner of his pursuers were a bad omen in the making as he wasn't about to take their rhetoric lightly. When they drew out their guns at him, he drew out his own weapon as he shot at one of them in which he fell to the ground with a bullet in the knee. Ryosuke was a man of many things, but he wasn't one who can tolerate his pursuers so readily as he was standing in front of the injured member of the Red Inquisition, for he was there to deliver them a stern warning.
"That smarts!" yelled the man as he was clutching at his knee.
"You're from the Red Inquisition from the description of the clothes that you wear," said Ryosuke sternly. "Your presence here poses a problem for all of us, so I suggest that you leave before you get reprimanded by something other than your superior."
"You think that you can silence the Mother Church, but you're wrong! We speak for God, not the false shepherd who is striving to take the Heavenly Kingdom's throne for himself!"
"You can't get past the prophecy and you can't interfere with it, either!"
"The Cardinal will hear of your insolence! He will come forth and destroy what you covet!"
"This is about Sam, isn't it? This is about how your superior attempting to terminate the prophecy that was set in stone long before you were even born to begin with."
"You will regret going against the Cardinal, Ryosuke Ashizoka, mark my words!" The injured man gets out his gun as he presses it against his left temple. "LONG LIVE THE MOTHER CHURCH!"
BANG!
It wasn't long until Ryosuke saw the injured man kill himself as his body fell limp onto the ground the moment his cohorts gathered him up. Still, he had to warn me about the Red Inquisition having their agenda to get rid of me as he had to warn me about what they were doing. By the time he was about to go back to the hotel again, he saw Chuck standing in front of him as he was concerned about how the Red Inquisition could do more harm, for their wrath was absolute without warning.
"So, did you tell Sam about his upcoming responsibilities as the new god?" he asked.
"I told him, but I'm guessing that the Red Inquisition's still up to no good," answered Chuck.
"With the Red Inquisition up to no good and the Executive Division still pulling their crap, Sam's gonna have to watch his back after all that has happened."
"The Red Inquisition make me sick! Every day, it's the same thing in which I had to deal with those with twisted takes on the stuff I wrote and it pisses me off to the extreme..." Chuck begins to cough as he had blood in his hand. "This sucks… I travel all over the galaxy to offer guidance over the years and I get the short end of the stick… It's like what Nathan Hofstra wrote in the epilogue of Trial and Error in which Sam suffers the worst of trying to seal Hell shut."
"Try not to overstrain yourself. It'll look bad for you if you don't calm down. As for the two problems on our hands, they can't get past the prophecy of what gets put in front of us."
"I hope that neither one gets under Sam's skin and that's the worst that can happen right now..."
Chuck was fearful for my safety as he had a gut feeling that the two problems that were discussed earlier would put a damper on my plans as the new god. As for what was going on so far, it only intensified as the wingnuts who were going after me weren't about to let me off the hook anytime soon, for this was only the beginning of my true worried on the side…
I was in the cafeteria as I was enjoying a bowl of hot ramen that was warm enough to keep me sated for the time of winter. After the pep talk from Chuck earlier, I was ready to take charge as I had my reasons to abide by what He said to me. By the time I finished up my ramen, I was on my way back to my hotel room until I spotted the Cardinal arriving with his entourage as he was there to give me yet another warning. I wanted to get away, but I saw the Cardinal's entourage surrounding me as they were not too happy with me for achieving a much higher status than Chuck anticipated for me.
"You were warned not to step the toes on God, Sam Winchester, but you've overstepped the line," he said to me. "You think that you can take the place of our Lord, but you're wrong! No one will have a false shepherd to helm this galaxy, but the only true deity that will be worshipped for the end of one's days is God Himself!"
"I just got a talk from God earlier and he doesn't have much to live," I said.
"You're lying. I received revelation that God spake that you must be eliminated or else chaos will engulf this universe. 'Whosoever putteth one deity over thy Lord will be struck down with a rain of blades.' You know that you've been a thorn in the Lord's side and it ends now, for we will are His true servants who reside in the Mother Church."
"Do that and I'll kick your ass," said Chuck as he was standing behind the Cardinal. "You and your boys better not be messing with the prophecy or else I'll have no other choice but to smite you, is that clear?"
"You're bluffing and you're not our Lord!" The Cardinal turns around as he is angry all over while he faces Chuck in person. "All you are is just a homeless vagrant dressed up in a sweats and a housecoat!"
At that moment, Chuck snapped his fingers as he made the Cardinal and his entourage disappear for now. Still, he wasn't too happy with those who twisted his words as he had the last laugh, for he was a force to be reckoned with. I was also impressed with what he did as he put his foot down for once, for he got fed up with those who smeared his reputation for far too long.
"Well, Sam; aren't you gonna get to work?" he told me.
"Get to work towards what?" I asked. "I can't replace you, no matter what I do."
"You're wrong, Sam." Chuck continues to cough up blood as he wasn't doing too well. "I had my fun, I had a few laughs, and I even helped to pen those Supernatural books before the Apocalypse started up and I wrote them up to that point. Therefore, you can't just put yourself on the back burner all because some religious wingnuts think that I could kill you for replacing me. All you need to do is to add balance with your life and that includes adding more great things about yourself. I know that everyone else matters first, but you also matter because you are loved the most." I began to see Chuck slowly disappearing as he was getting weaker by the seconds. "Remember, you should do the right thing and that is to always keep fighting, alright? I'm grateful that you're living up to your expectations as the god of the Ashizoka System, for it's the greatest honor of them all..."
It wasn't long until I saw Chuck fade away completely as all I saw was nothing but the clothes he wore. When I noticed Gabriel and Abiasaph approaching, they were stunned to see what was left of the man known as God in which He would never be forgotten. By the time they saw me with tears streaming down my cheeks, they didn't say a word as the bowed in front of me, for they were hopeful that I would usher the Ashizoka System into the golden age that was foretold from the beginning…
To be continued...