The Rebellion of The Angels, page 17
While in another area Hope, advancing crouched, threw herself behind the altar and from a kind of strongbox she took the sacred Holy Grail; protecting it then among her clothes and waiting for a focus of pause at the incisive battle, she was once again exposed to death by running between the benches returning to the place that her group occupied, being protected by Youth and Light.
Already in safe area, near the cylindrical columns Hope shouted:
—Youth, Light, leave... —And when doing so, Youth saw that in another part of the large and extensive room, far from her, Rage and her companions reached Rahab, who shouted:
—¡No... Help... Help me Youth... Help me...!
And when she discovered that Rahab was in the hands of the demons, his father answered:
—¡Daughter…! —Although without doing too much for her, since he was not only handcuffed by strong reins, but also by the demons themselves who kidnapped him.
The young Rahab was dragged by Rage and her people to the access closest to them, which was the farthest from their enemies, and shortly before losing themselves in one of the many underground tunnels that projected dark and infinite, Rage ordered the group of demons to capture and hold Abed hostage:
—Make sure no one follows us. There must not be even a single hesitant soul. And do not return to the camp unless you bring the Holy Grail with you —After which she was lost by the passage along with a small group of demons, taking Rahab with her as a hostage.
The demon who received the order of Rage from an access next to the one used by his leader, immediately placed emphasis on what was requested, and with a stern gesture sent several demons to kill their enemies, who in a circle and protecting themselves with the benches located in the room still resisted the fight. That demon was surprised shortly after and killed by an arrow that reached his back, starting from inside the tunnel that he and his group used to get there, because a last group appeared in the messy battle field... They were the eight friends of Abed who, after following him and his captors, had come to that place from the fruit market.
Between crossed and crashing swords and arrows that flew in all directions, Abed's friends opened a new focus of combat, and while four of them fell under the weight of the weapons of the demons of which some also lost their lives, the remaining four could untie and rescue the handcuffed and hostage Abed, then they escaped to the room, where the arrows came energetically not only from different parts of the ground floor, but mainly from the gallery on the upper floor.
This movement allowed the distraction of several of the demons, who until then had threatened Love, Compassion and the neutral angels that formed a defensive circle among the benches of the room.
—Run Abed, run... —One of his friends said, who was then hit by an arrow.
—Love, Compassion, now, run to take refuge behind the columns —Youth shouted, without abandoning the battle and running towards this place followed by Light.
Then, from a near end, Eyes of Heaven and his two companions heard the names of their old and well—known brothers and sisters, who resounded at the top of the wide and extensive room, —Because their physiognomy in the earthly life made them not recognise each other unless they mentioned their names— and without hesitation they ran behind the columns throwing arrows against the demon enemies, until they placed themselves close to Hope, who for a moment had left the Grail on the floor, lending herself to the fight in aid of Peace who did the same without giving truce.
—¡What... You ...! ¡And the Holy Grail...! —Eyes of Heaven exclaimed between amazed and perhaps paranoid, while his friends, Temperance and Offer, seemed to witness a utopia.
—Who really are you? How do you know the Holy Grail? Were not you a horseman called Oilim? —Hope asked shouting.
—And you are not a simple librarian called Mairim, aren´t you? —Eyes of Heaven answered.
Until Peace, took refuge behind the same column as Hope observed her guardian angel that inside her jacket pocket twinkled in a very intense light—blue, indicating the presence of angels followers of God and without hesitation she said:
—They are old followers of God, they are our brothers...
—You are Eyes of Heaven! —Hope guessed in the middle of the fight.
—Yes, and from what I see you are Hope, but you... —He looked at Peace, but she only said:
—Hope, get us out of this place —And Hope once again took the Holy Grail and hiding it among her clothes, she ordered:
—Watch my back; let's go back from where we arrived. Let's return to the town of Chacra.
Then Hope was lost through the access by which they arrived, protected by Eyes of Heaven, Temperance and Offer, while Peace did the same protecting Love and Compassion who, like some neutral angels who were lost by the same tunnel that the first ones used to escape as soon as the battle began, were able to get rid of the enemy's torment that took place among the benches of the room, where a few lost their lives.
Youth and Light joined shortly after, while the demons that shot arrows from the ground floor tried to approach, and those who remained in the upper gallery attacked Abed and his friends and two more were hit by enemy weapons.
—Come on Abed, cover yourself behind the column —His only surviving friend shouted at him, to which he, disheartened, answered desperately:
—I must go after my daughter. They took my daughter —When suddenly a hand extended behind the column saying:
—Soon you will have your daughter back —Youth took Abed from the jacket and pulled him to hide him behind the column, while Light protected her friend and soon after all, Light, Youth, Peace, Love, Compassion, Abed and his only survivor friend, escaped through the same access that Hope, Eyes of Heaven, Temperance and Offer used little before.
Then all the demons, including those who fought from the gallery on the upper floor, gathered on the ground floor of the room, the protagonist of so much battle, which now remained silent and perhaps in peace, although with the unfriendly company of the demons.
—They looked for their commander —Whoever received orders from Rage— and when they did not find him, or what was worse for them when they found him dead, they began to push each other, as if blaming each other for what happened, until one of them, a little more mature than the rest perhaps, shouted: “Death”..., catching everyone´s attention, and his companions approved the word with a deafening scream of euphoria that made the strong walls of the room roar, and led by the one who shouted, all ran and entered the same access through where Youth, Hope, Eyes of Heaven and all that group escaped, who the demons sought to find and kill.
Hope arrived at the underground station —the seventh of them— with the Holy Grail safe and in the company of Eyes of Heaven, Temperance and Offer in the first instance, adding then Youth, Light, Peace, Love, Compassion, the recently rescued from the hands of the demons, Abed, and one of the eight friends who, after losing him in the fruit market, came to his rescue.
—They have used all the platforms! —Hope exclaimed—. Help me, we must leave a single transport to escape and divert everyone else to anywhere —She continued.
—It is strange... —Eyes of Heaven said.
—What is strange? —Light asked
—That supposedly we were the last ones to arrive at this station and that platform was unoccupied —He said pointing at one of the many that in this case was occupied by a transport with three wooden carriages —the ones that took the form of wagons—. This underground train was the one used by Hope, who apparently also came from the library of the town of Chacra and found the passage that led to the roads that led to the room where the cruel battle took place moments before. She had lost in them without finding an exit and what was worse, without remembering which one took her back to the station...
Hope remained thoughtful.
—What happen? —Youth asked.
—I do not think that many enemies have arrived on that train, but even so we must be more careful than before. Come on, start the cranks of the trains up and they will automatically move to wherever... —Hope ordered, and many of them collaborated with her.
In a hurry they started the cranks up, and leaving a single precarious train to be able to return to the town, they allowed all the others to leave the station starting in different directions, assuring that way that no enemy followed them, although they could do it on foot, but that would delay them for several hours.
But in order to make sure that their enemies did not even follow them on foot, and intuiting possible manoeuvres that they could perform, the group met as if to wait for them.
—Who are you? How did you know that the three of us, or particularly me, was an old follower of God? —Eyes of Heaven asked Peace. Temperance and Offer were also waiting for the answer.
Immediately Peace took her guardian angel out of one of her jacket pockets and let him fly around the place saying:
—I am Peace, and this is my guardian angel, which according to whom we are it changes its colour —She summed up without giving too many details, by the urgency of time and fundamentally by the possible appearance of enemies, but even so, those who were unaware of the information that the guardian angels granted, could appreciate how the one of Peace changed from transparent to white, and from white to light—blue and so on—. The important thing, what you really should know, is that when it twinkles red we are in presence or future appearance of demons.
—They are Temperance and Offer —Eyes of Heaven introduced them and many of them smiled, because although they knew each other by memories of their angelic life they had to recognise each other in their current life, their earthly life, and that meant a whole ritual of re—found feelings, in which, in turn, it was difficult to accept that they already knew each other.
—We listen to your name; you are Love —Temperance told the young man who enthusiastically confirmed what had been said.
—And you, Compassion —Offer said in this case, and he also confirmed what was said.
—And who are you? —Eyes of Heaven asked Youth and Light with interest, which Peace answered quickly extending her hand as a sign.
—She is Youth, and she is Light...
—We are happy to see you again —Offer said full of happiness.
—It seems that part of the twelve angels closest to God, our Father, come together again, although it may not be in the happiest place for us... and although we will always miss our now enemy Lucifer, the one who maybe was my best friend... —Eyes of Heaven thought out loud, asking then:—. But there are still two members missing... Where are they...? —Eyes of Heaven did not complete his question, because Hope, as if reading his thoughts, answered:
—Kindness was not in the place of battle. She commands the group that had as function to watch the stations near the secret road located to the East. There were many. I hope you are well.
—And what about Experience? —Temperance asked this time, interrupting Hope, who, like the others who knew what happened to her, remained silent. For a moment everyone looked at each other uneasily, until Youth communicated the misfortune:
—Experience has died. She has returned to our angelic life. To the life she would have wanted to return as soon as our mission on Earth was finished and not before, because if we do not fulfil our mission, the existence of man will be just a illusion. Only she, Light, Peace, Love, Compassion, and I, can return to the Kingdom of Heaven, as soon as our mission ends that we hope it will be successful... Once it is over you will have to take care of the Holy Grail, until it reaches the hands of the man, child of God, for its own will...
—Then, those of us who abandoned the Kingdom of Heaven at the time... —Eyes of Heaven was interrupted by Light.
—You will return to the kingdom at the end of your existence in this earthly life, and not when you want, as we can do it through our guardian angels —Those who would not return to heaven once that mission was over, could not hide their sadness.
—Could you explain what all this means? —Abed asked, confused by so much information that surprised him, and the recently loss of his daughter, Rahab—. How is it that you left the Kingdom of Heaven? Were you or are you angels?
—A long time ago, many years ago, when God decided to create you, men, and of course women, long after he created us, the angels, there was opposition from a brother of ours called Lucifer. He refused to revere and love and care for man as we did with our Father, creator of the entire universe, of our highest God, and precisely for that reason, Lucifer was sent to hell by God —Youth said—. She, Hope, followed by those who think in the same way, took with them the Holy Grail, while a brutal battle started between those who followed God, and those who, like Lucifer, opposed the creation of man and woman, your ancestors, Abed, because you are part of the genealogical roots of the first man and the first woman to inhabit the Earth. Do you know that? —Abed confirmed what Youth asked—. Then, Hope and her followers left the Kingdom of Heaven pursued by the followers of Lucifer, called from his descent to the Hell, Satan. In turn, God, our Father, sent Eyes of Heaven, Offer, Temperance and many others following the steps of the demons, in the protection of Hope and her followers, whom we baptized at that time with the name of neutral angels, yearning for those will reconsider the return of the Grail and its restitution to our home. But as you will see, they all abandoned the Kingdom of Heaven and for years and years may have remained hidden or sought in this one, the Earthly kingdom. The Holy Grail will give man the freedom to live his own life and not that which Satan intends, that you do evil and end up eliminating each other, if not before he does it with his army of demons. Some of which you already know —She said now, looking at Abed's friend—. The army that at any time can go to the town of Chacra, as we believe, to destroy it. Now with a worse addition... we do not know why they took Rahab, but this search will lead us maybe to the camp of the demons, and maybe that way we can kill them, thus fulfilling the will of our Father, God, who will kindly give you men and also women, this possibility of experiencing your own lives, choosing between the possibility of doing good or evil, although always wishing that they choose the first option. All this that I just told you and what happens from now on, must be transmitted to your daughter Rahab and her descendants to all the people from time to time, from era to era, and history will transcend the masses, and will become a legend, passing from century to century — Youth completed.
—How do you know my daughter? —Abed asked.
—Our wills decided that we will find her —Youth said—. I have lost my best friend, my mentor, a mother... I know how you feel.
Abed and his friend were shocked by everything they told them, without even thinking about asking questions.
—Now we'd better move fast, the demons will appear at any moment — Light said, watching at Peace´s guardian angel, which was still fluttering around the place, but not only twinkling in transparent, white and light— blue, but also in red, as a signal of the approach of the demons. In this case, those demons who went after their steps asking for “Death”.
—Quickly, let's hide in the bridges —Hope ordered.
—I must find my daughter —Abed insisted, after a moment of silence and recovering his lucidity, after the story of Youth.
—And you will find her, trust us, you will find her —Youth said as he passed by her side.
The whole group hid on top of the short wooden bridges, which, passing over the platforms, allowed them to communicate with each other. All were equipped with their bows and arrows, waiting crouched for the arrival of the demons that did not take so long...
However, only three of them appeared first on the main platform of the station, because they were trying to fool their enemies if they were there, because if there were enemies and they were not so clever, they would shoot against them warning in that way the rest of them, who apparently still waited inside the secret passage next to the wall, in the less illuminated area.
Guessing what their enemies did, Youth, Light, Hope and Eyes of Heaven from different positions according to the occupied bridge, made a quick gesture with their hands, asking their close companions not to attack... situation that fluctuated when by that secret passage were appearing one by one all the remaining demons that little by little went to the bridges, being surprised in the first instance by a female cry.
—¡Fire! —And then several enemies that appeared from the bridges shot arrows again and again without allowing the demons to counterattack, and on the contrary they were disoriented without knowing what to do, whether to hid behind a column —action that did not succeed, because those who tried it, fell under the weight of enemy arrows—, or to take their weapons out —which they also tried but only a few could do— being in any way reduced by their enemies, who, after making sure they won, inspected from their places on the bridges, that no adversary would rise and then yes, they descended from the bridges although keeping guard, in case some pretended to be dead and then attacked them in a surprising way.
Then they walked among the fallen bodies, corroborating the first impression they had from the bridges that the demons no longer breathed. However, one of them was able to deceive Abed, and when everyone returned to the bridges to get on the carriages, they heard his footsteps and when they turned around, they all realised that a demon had survived that attack, although as a sequel it had a huge cut made by an enemy arrow.
Not satisfied with the wound the demon had and seeking revenge for having made fun of him, Abed drew an arrow and without hesitation he put it on his bow saying to himself:
—You will not go anywhere... —However a friendly hand lowered his weapons saying:
