zg_shadows | Jun. 29th, 2009

he had returned to the church that was now his base of operations, St Michaels of course, and there before the altar he unwrapped the Silver sword that had been made from the crucifix and placed it upon the altar, and then Father Michael kneeled,

'The One is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the One for ever.'

he looked up at the windows before him at the scene upon the glass, there stood the Archangel, Michael, resplendant as he stood above the dragon, the serpent lucifer, casting him down into the pit of hell,

'lord michael pure servant of the one, hear now this your humble vessel within the world in this the hour of darkness rising, even though the battle be bleak and the hour late, and the time be all but doomed, i cannot turn from thy path and not act in accordance with thine will and path, and now as the dragon rises once more from the pit of malfeas from which it was cast yea shall i stand forth and attempt to cast back the beast, be it by challenge direct or by combating its influence and servants, if this be the final battle i shall not turn from the path of righteousness but shall stand firm and fight the dark until the very end of days'

the assistant watched from the rear, Father Michael had shown him so very much over the years not just the power of the church but the other faiths, had taught him much but even then his understanding and will as a chorister lacked a little, but now seeing the light around the Father giving the impression of a halo and that angelic look that he had come to recognise so much, there seemed something new, something else, something was n the air, like the pressure before a great storm,

then a brief motion broke the stillness as infront of the windows two objects twirled down to fall upon the ground, Father Michael stood and walked over to examine them,
upon the ground lay two feathers one across the other, the one on the bottom, blood red, the one on top of it pure white, at this Michael smiled,

'Father michael is something amiss?' asked brother jerome

'The beast and his legions have risen forth from the pit to make war upon the light, now is the time of Judgement, now is the end of days,'

for a moment silence echoed between the two in the church as the enormity of that statement sunk in fully to both of them

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him