CHAPTER 10 (Words of War)
Samuel returned Renzo to the cabin. One down and many to go. “Are you alright?” asked Samuel.
“Yeah, I am, wow, Hell-hounds in the flesh, they sure are nasty looking buggers.”
“Yes, that they are, thank you for the info, I would never have thought of Lydiana as a vengeful spirit. We have to find Sam. That has to be a priority. Renzo, because he is a hybrid, I am asking you to find him, but, if you do, call my name three times, and we will include you again, please do not attempt to do anything to his Father.” Renzo shook his head no. “The thought never crossed my mind.”
“We will try and find Tyler, and the Sons of Sam, do not attempt…” Renzo held up his hands. “I have seen enough, I will do my job, but what I have witnessed, will stay with me, if I find any clues, I will text Hunter, and please, keep an eye over my men, they all have families, so do I, and I cannot explain this to them, they are cops, not philosophers, they will never believe me.” Samuel shook Renzo’s hand. “See you soon.”
Tyler had taken the first body he could find, he was angry, and out for blood. The body belonged to a street-boy, about his age, he could see from his memories, that he was an orphan, his name is Louis. He has been trying to push Tyler out. “Louis, I am borrowing your body, once I have killed my Father, you can have your body back, now shut up, I need to think.”
“NO, you are using my body to kill, if the cops find my prints, they will execute me, for your crimes.”
“Oh tell them the devil told you to do it, they will send you to a mental hospital, and you will be fed and educated, now shut up.” I don’t know why Lydiana killed those nice people, I killed, to get my Dad’s attention, and so far I have failed. He failed me, twice. He allowed Abrux to turn me into a freak, and he allowed Ryan to kill me, I never did any wrong, I fought my demons, I fought, that demon, and my Father let me down. I will show him. Tyler took a train to Guila’s house, then a taxi, he had to have a bath, he was drawing attention to himself, not the attention he wanted. He knocked on Guila’s door, she was old, and kind, she offered him a meal, and he ate. “Lady, this is not personal.” He slit her throat. Then skinned her, and crucified what was left of her, his demonic-tendencies came through, all Abrux wanted him to become, he was. He beheaded both the cats. Then had a bath, he had stolen some clothes. He left the house, and walked right past Hunter. “Fool.” He said it in his mind, but Hunter heard it. “Guys, call Renzo, I have Tyler. He is about eighteen, he is wearing a brown jacket, and blue jeans, the clothes are too big for him. His hair is black, and very long, he is a negro. I feel so sorry for the boy trapped in there with him, please don’t kill the host.” Hunter walked the other direction. He then came back, he first had to check on Guila. He sobbed. “Guila, forgive me.” Hunter sent her into the light, and the cats as well. Samuel had arrived. “Find Tyler, I will wait for Renzo.” Samuel left, and said a prayer for Guila, he headed to the hospital, and called Michaelus and Thomas, to meet him there.
Tyler had no idea what Andrea looked like, so he read the name tags on all the doctors. Eventually he gave up, and said he had a message for doctor Andrea, but the security guard threw him out of the hospital. “It’s you, Louis, your body isn’t good enough, you are too fucking ugly, no one trusts you.” Louis didn’t reply to that comment. He knew he was ugly, he tried to get work as a gardener but no one would hire him, then he tried to become a painter, but no one would teach him, so he became a petty thief, that was the only way to survive the streets.
Thomas had Tyler in his sight. He told Michaelus, to go the other way, and for Hunter to grad Tyler the second he could. Hunter walked up to Tyler. He had to play the part. Renzo, was ready to pick them up, and drive them to the cabin. “Hey dude, how are you, do you have a light?” Tyler scrutinized Hunter’s face. “I don’t smoke mister, but I do need a haircut, can you spare a few coins?”
“Yeah sure, kid.” Hunter punched him lights out. Renzo arrived with Michaelus and Thomas, and they drove off. Thomas had tied Tyler to the chair. Samuel would have to do the exorcism. He didn’t want to accidently kill the host. Thomas threw water over the host. Tyler was spitting mad. “Too late for that now, Tyler. Let this innocent boy go, or we will have to do this the hard way.” Explained Samuel. “The hard way?” Tyler spat at Samuel. “The hard way is being raised by Abrux, while my Father played in heaven, you have no idea, what the hard way is you dumb prick.” Samuel would not hurt the host. Renzo watched, as the Angels, prepared themselves to capture the soul. Samuel began the exorcism. “Stop, or I will kill this boy.”
“No, you don’t have that kind of power, Tyler.” Samuel continued. Louis threw his head back as the silver soul escaped his body. Thomas grabbed hold of Tyler. “Forgive me son.” The floor parted, a hand reached up, and pulled Tyler into the pit, the ground became solid again. “Louis, are you alright?” asked Samuel. Louis was terrified. “No, son. We are friends, we will not hurt you, and that is Renzo, he has found a loving home for you, out on a farm, with animals, and horses, and large lands, you can go live, and be happy.” Samuel opened his wings and enfolded Louis. He became calm. “So, you are not going to kill me? I never hurt no one, he did.”
“We know son.” Said Renzo. Hunter picked up Louis. And they flew to his new life. The couple on the farm where used to Hunter, he had helped them with a demon problem a few years back. He compensated them well for taking in Louis. “Take good care of this boy, he has been through hell, and please give the guy a haircut, and get him to a priest, he really, has to be cleansed. I will come visit. God be with you.”
Guilt surrounded Thomas, he felt as if he killed all those poor souls. He let Tyler down, he made so many bad choices, and now his son is in Hell, because he didn’t save him. “You best go home Thomas, you are no good to us in your current state, I think the best thing for you would be to join the Elders. Shit happened, and there is nothing we can do to change the past. But I do think your fighting days are over, so listen to me, and go home.” Thomas embraced Samuel. “Please take care of my crazy Father, he means well”, said Thomas to Renzo.
“That I can do.” Renzo embraced him. “Thomas for what it’s worth, I have done many things, I have to live with, watched men die, because of an order I gave, I even watched a rapist go free, because my evidence was circumstantial, and he raped again. We all have a smiley face on the mirror, so please, go in peace, speak to the Big man, and throw in a plea bargain for your son’s soul. I would if that was my son.”
“That is really good advice, I will thank you Renzo, and I will let you know what the outcome is, you are the best cop I have ever known, thank you, I will be in touch.” Thomas pulled out a feather, and placed it in Renzo’s hand. “A secret, no bullet will ever touch you, as long as you have this on you.” Renzo smiled as Thomas flew to heaven, he tucked the feather into his coat pocket, oh he would super-glue it to himself if he had to.
They attended the funerals, but too little too late. Tessa watched them, she had been observing them for months now. He found her again, she was close to her delivery date. He gave her two choices. Have his offspring or die, that was not a difficult choice now was it. She lived with him and Sam. In a beautiful home, in Keystone. He lived in the body of the man that owned the house, Jack Marshall. Rosemary was carrying his other son, and Ruth, way to biblical, would help raise the babies. I think he I sweet on Ruth, it will not surprise me if she is pregnant, I know he needs five-keys to keep this body, and it is a very handsome body, that I might add. He has four, only one to go, ot two depending if Ruth is expecting, I think he would chose, Emma, the lady that cleans that enormous house. I have heard him talk about Abigail Marshall, and her love for the Fallen, but I have never met her, I think she is dead. Well I like him, I like being with him, I wish he didn’t want those other women. I will talk to him, after I give birth, I think I can persuade him, to let them go. For now I will be innocent, as innocent as I was at miss L. He told me, he would come for his son, and he told me he would take me with him. I don’t know why Miss L believed in the Angels, I believe in him.
He is my Master, and I am in love with him, I will give him anything, even my soul. Well I best get back and tell him that Tyler is in the pit. I am sure Abrux is having fun right now. But I won’t tell him about the Fadehu, no, that will take him away from me, I want him there when I give birth, I want him to put another baby in me. So, there are some things I shall not divulge. Ariel can have her fun, while I have mine. And the Angels can run around with their heads cut off, for well, forever.
I took a cab to the airport. I know my lover will be waiting for me when I land, oh I missed him.
Hunter had noticed Tessa, he heard the second heartbeat. He would talk to Samuel after the funerals.
“Did you not feel we were being watched?” Samuel shrugged. “Hunter, no, I didn’t. I was praying for the souls we laid to rest. What would make you think Tessa is carrying His child in the first place? She could have Fallen on a dick and gotten pregnant, you know she is not very bright.”
“The heartbeat, Samuel. it is not human, and it is not Fallen. It is utter demonic.” Samuel poured a drink. “Are you sure?” I shrugged. “Now is not the time to doubt me.”
“I thought, Ariel had taken her some place safe, or has all of this been one colossal rues again?”
“I think Ariel took her to safety, only she chose not to be saved.” Samuel sighed. “So, you want to tell me, we were played, again, and that something worse than Sam will be born into this world?”
“Yes, Samuel. I think that was his plan all along, divide and conquer, right from the start, using Abigail, then Lydiana. The longer we were gone, the easier it was for him to manipulate the humans. We spent so much time in heaven, we never even knew, Lydiana was expecting. As for Tessa, she is used to abuse, she would willingly lie down. The thing with Tyler, and the five-keys, he never intended for them to live. No, they had expired at the age of six, he was keeping them around to keep us off his tail. We never realised what our absence had given him, free reign. He played us, and we danced to his tune. Now there are so many people dead, and the Sons of Sam will walk the earth, in his stead, until, he has created the perfect army. It has always been us, and the daughters of men, all the prophecies have come to pass, and we allowed it to happen, he has all the blood he needs, I am sure he is living the life of a king inside a host body. Renzo, try and track down Tessa, if we can find her, we can find him.”
Renzo went past the precinct on his way home. It was a long, and sad day, and he wanted to see Giorgia’s beautiful face. He parked the car in the garage. “Hey honey, I am home”, teased Renzo as he walked in the door. “In the kitchen, Renzo.” He hung up his coat, and kicked off his shoes. Mario, his was at a sleep over, so he had some down time. Renzo kissed his wife, she looked pale. Then he noticed the man sitting at the table. “Sit down Lorenzo, and don’t be a hero.” Renzo knew who it was, instinctively, as he knew the Angels meant him no harm. Renzo took the coffee his wife offered him. “You have a lovely home, and a handsome son, we Father’s place all our pride in our sons. I am not here to make idle threats, Lorenzo. So call off your dogs and I will call off mine. I am very amicable, I don’t want to kill you, I want you to tell the Angels that you lost Tessa, she is too important to me. That is all I ask, and you will never see me again. My war is against the Angels, not you and neither your wife. I would never have taken Lydiana’s life, I needed her to raise my son, no boy should ever be raised without a Mother, I never knew mine, my Father never told us, how we came to be, so as I said, I am no threat, now take out your phone and call Hunter, while I enjoy my coffee.” Renzo did as he was told, but he also knew, Hunter was a blood hound deep down, he could not be easily fooled. “So, that is it, she bought a ticket to New York, and my man over there says, she most likely took another trip, only God knows where. I bid you a good night Hunter, it has been a long day.” Renzo cut the call. “Thank you Lorenzo, and don’t believe everything you read, there is always two sides to a coin.”
Renzo hugged his wife. “Did he hurt you?” Giorgia shook her head no. It was five minutes later, and Hunter walked into the kitchen. “Are you alright?”
“I don’t know, Hunter. If you can define all right, I think I might be able to answer you. I will not…”
Hunter embraced Renzo. “I will not do this to you, or your family, we can find Tessa on our own.”
“Hunter, I don’t know the rules, I don’t understand the feud, but as a friend, I think you need to back off. Let him have his children, he seems very content in the host body, and all he wants for now is to see his children born. I think that buys you all time, to build up a larger army, you have gone in this vicious circle, over and over again, so as long as he is in that host, he is no threat, so my advice is, don’t poke a snake while it is sleeping.” Hunter thought about that. “You are right.” Hunter left.
Hunter narrated what Renzo had said. Samuel nodded. “That is a very wise man, I think, we will drop it for now, let him think we have backed off, I honestly can’t bury another person I love.” They all drank to that.
“Did Renzo, maybe, say who’s body, he is using?” asked Samuel. Hunter shook his head. “Samuel, you are worse than a dog with a bone, no he didn’t say, but I did take a look in the file, in his study. The name is Marshall. Jack. Yeah I remember correctly, Jack Marshall, Samuel what’s wrong?”
Samuel sat down hard, so did Michaelus. “That is Abigail’s Father. He took over her family in Keystone.” Hunter didn’t like that at all, he flew out, and sat on a ridge, all the windows of the Marshall home were bare, well the house was so secluded, it didn’t need drapes. Hunter watched as he made Tessa giggle. Hunter could hear the heartbeat, and others. Rosemary was pregnant, then he listened closer, so was Ruth, but not far along and the lady that was cooking. They all seemed really happy, he was good to them, he played ball with Sam, and he doted on the women. Renzo was right. They need to leave well alone. Hunter got up, and dusted his pants. He looked up, and waved to Hunter. Hunter was out of there as fast as his wings could carry him.
He narrated. Samuel agreed, just let him be, he knows now that we know. “Hunter, he will think Renzo double crossed him, come, all of you.” They barged through the door. Renzo and Giorgia were having dinner. “Oh, my bad, I am so sorry, eat, have a lovely evening. Truly I think I am getting paranoid in my old age.” Hunter was the first to leave, and the last to shout. “Lock your damn doors, man.” Renzo looked at his wife and laughed. “Yeah they are an acquired taste, but they are growing on me. Hunter is right, I need to lock the doors, our lives have changed, and we need to change with it.” Renzo, got up, and locked the doors, the windows, and put the air con on.
“Gio, I need a shower, put the plates in the washer, and come join me.” Shouted Renzo.
“Will do. Don’t use up all the hot water before I get there.”
“Then hurry up, Gio.” The shower was wonderful. Renzo felt a hand on his shoulder, and washed the soap off his face. “Took you long enough.” Fear gripped his soul. “Well, I am here now, Lorenzo.”
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