A Lover's War: Heaven Vs. Hell (rp)

Nex stood in an ancient white marble hall, in the centre was a large circular font- a man, clothed in white robes stood next to Nex.

"And so, it has ended?" asked Nex.

The figure in white shook his head "He does not understand, it will never end."

Nex looked into the font, in the water was the image of Satan and one of his minions, the one he had taken as a bride.

"I love him" said the figure "truly I do, as I love all my creation. Yet, he is beyond grace- not because I do not extend it to him for I do-but because he does not forgive himself."

Nex turned to the figure, "The order on Earth is collapsing, your servants loose faith...what if this Devil you have unleashed succeeds in his task?"

"Faith?" God turned to Nex and put his hand on Nex's shoulder, "My loyal servant have you lost faith in me? Where were you wen I first fathomed the cosmos? Where were you when I breathed the first life? Where were you when I created the earths and the skys and the darkness and the light?"

Nex bowed his head, "I had not yet come to pass"

"No," said God "You had not...and neither had he. He who would seek to supplant me...his knowledge, his power is but a grain of sand upon all creation. For there is no power in lordship of lands long bereft of salvation and glory. There is no power to be found in the destruction of my gates for it is by my will the are destroyed and by my will they will be rebuilt stronger than before."

"He is a pitiful figure, truly that is what he has become. Once the highest of my high, a servant of glory and all that is good. Yet, he was cursed with pride, a curse I placed upon him a challenge for him to overcome, the purpose of his existence, his true task. He fell, further than I would have wished but not further than I can will. His test is not over, his betrayal was greater than Adam's and will require a greater penance...you said Faith my loyal reaper, well I say this to you, have faith in him. Have faith that the grace in which he was created has not diminished and that he will win his true war. Not upon Hell or Heaven or Man or Angel...but upon himself."

Nex bowed his head and understood the purpose. "And of his companions?"

God's hand fell from Nex's shoulder and he smiled.

"They are all walking roads I paved for them, there is good in that"

Nex bowed again "And of my..."

"The one you love as a son will be spared unto your desires."

Nex bowed his head and faded from the hall...the figure of God turned back to the pool...he saw Satan at the feet of his throne rejoicing in his "victory".

"I feel your pain my child, I do not blame you for this failing." Then God too, faded from view.

[GMG, you never cease to amaze me]

Originally posted by Mandos
Gabriel was menacing, moving full speed ahead with his rapier. He was strong... and yet...

As Ezekiel's blade collapsed of the rapier, there was nothing for awhile. And then the rapier broke, cut in half, and so was Gabriel's holding arm.

Ezekiel, calmed, spoke.

''There is yet some suprises with this blade of mine, Destroyer of Hate. The only reason they attack is by you putting anger and fear into them. You are not capable of anything else. And my blade uses this power and channels it right back at the attacker. Yes, you can say my blade was meant for you.

As the earth started to tremble, it seemed that all grass, leaves, bushes, lost their colors. Something was swallowing energy. Ezekiel, Spirit of Destiny, connected with his surroundings. They gave him strengh, power, along with his own.

''Now pay the price for your foolishness'', as he stuck the blade in Gabriel, sucking all the hate and anger out of him.

Turning back to Metatron.

''I beleive this blade could kille your entity''.

The Celestial laughed, "true I use anger, to manipulate my angels. But the anger does not convert to hatred" he pointed to Gabriel who stood his arm limp from the Ezekiel's parry. The wound was still seeping of his essence as the sword pierced into his being. "They anger merely becomes motivation, and from the seed of their anger grows the fruit of righteousness." The broken rapier stood shattered in his hand, and with a flick of his wrist the rapier now was returned to it's original state. Gabriel, without a moments hesitation charged towards Ezekiel in a flash of lightening. In the blink of an eye, Gabriel had broken from Ezekiel's sight, to reappear, our of the corner of Ezekiel's eye, at his side. With two lightening swipes he cut through Ezekiels armor placing an "x" mark where the two marks converged. And as quickly as he appeared he disappeared to perform the same swiping move on the opposite side, his back, and finally the front where in a simple glimpse Ezekiel could see in Gabriel's eyes a pain and suffering beyond comprehension. The pain that comes from someone who is devoid of life and has become a mere shell of an existence. When Gabriel returned to the spot where he had begun, he fell upon a knee and clutched his broken arm and open wound. The sudden movement drained much out of him and was defenseless at the moment. But though he was weak, he held his sword firm, glaring at Ezekiel with an icy stare of complete indifference but zeal to do away with him regardless.

The Celestial laughed at Ezekiel's current predicament. "Of all the angel's and demons here, you have got to be the most ignorant of them all. Truly diluted, you have surly killed Metatron in vain." His laugh continued, "But please continue to create you swords to face you enemies. Continue to pour your falsehoods into your petty friends who suffer from you ignorance. You and I aren't much different. We are both puppet masters, except you go so far to manipulate the ones you love. To control them so that as long as you live, they will do your will. You threaten me with your Destroyer of Hate, then I shall not hate you when I fight. Threaten me with your devourer of souls, and I simply will separate myself from such a concept. Threaten me with whatever contraption you can possibly fathom and believe me I will find a way to negate their effects. For as powerful as you think yourself to be," His wings parted wide blowing a gust of wind towards Ezekiel and in consequent a great cloud of dust and ash, "I am greater." And with a mighty flap of his wings soared above the battle field towards the gate where he rested upon the still standing wall. "March on legions, hell will be ours tonight."

And indeed due to the pacifism of hells army, the lack of leader, and the chaos surrounding the combination of the two, half of hell lay in ruins while the rest of the forces marched to capture the throne of Satan.

Ezekiel closed his eyes, as the X's on his side dissapeared.

''My friend, even puppets can have their strings cut.''

As he said it, a bolt of pure energy exploded from inside Gabriel, where the blade hit, shattering to pieces the carapace it had taken.

''The greatest of us is not you, fool. I, the spirit of Ezekiel, shall make you see''.

And with a swing of his sword, unleashed waves of hard light, destroying all the siege engines Ezekiel could see at the moment.

''You, like I, know where this his heading if you do not turn back now''.

Nex appeared in a netherworld between Ezekiel and his foe.

"Fly you fool!" he called to Ezekiel then he faded from sight.

Ezekiel was in shock. Nex appeared to him, but it's been such a long time. However, never did he give bad advices, and altough Ezekiel was a spirit, he didn't want to upset the very being that fathered him.

''We will meet again'' Ezekiel added.

And as he dissapeared, a powerful wind blew and destroyed what rest of siege equipment they had.

It wasn't much, they could rebuild them. But at least it would take some time.

Originally posted by Mandos
Ezekiel closed his eyes, as the X's on his side dissapeared.

''My friend, even puppets can have their strings cut.''

As he said it, a bolt of pure energy exploded from inside Gabriel, where the blade hit, shattering to pieces the carapace it had taken.

''The greatest of us is not you, fool. I, the spirit of Ezekiel, shall make you see''.

And with a swing of his sword, unleashed waves of hard light, destroying all the siege engines Ezekiel could see at the moment.

''You, like I, know where this his heading if you do not turn back now''.

The Celestial Looked back at the sudden destruction, he smiled un-wavered at the thought of the countless fallen angels that had manned the engines. He looked down at the angels who turned their heads to face the sudden explosion, "Do not turn back but march forward. It isn't a war without casualties, march on! Let their deaths be a sign, Hell retaliates!" and the angels began to disperse between the streets torching homes and houses in white fire. Countless demons lay slaughtered in the streets as most of the demon population flee towards the castle fortifications. Certain demons, regardless of orders begin to attack the angel army. But these splinter groups stand no match against the organization before them and their efforts quickly falter and disperse. The Celestial laughs crying out for death, "come and witness this, Nexus Mortus! Look at the countless souls I send to your judgment!" His smile of sarcasm quickly disappears to a glare of contempt. "You will join them soon," he spat cleaving the bridge he stood upon with his blade sending the massive chunk of rock into some burning buildings. He levitated in place as the dust subsided. The army had reached the outer wall, "soon it will all be over..."

As Ezekiel ran the ground at his feet began to change, he could now hear his feet running across oak...he stopped running. He was in what appeared to be a small room, its walls and floor made of wood.

Nex was standing at the other end of the room.

Satan pulled his hand out of his wife and laid her down to rest. he watched in his soul what was happening back in Hell. "soon, i will watch all that oppose me die. but for now, i need to stay by my wife's side"

Nex walked towards Ezekiel and shook him by the shoulders...

"Hmm, your all together I see, a little injured...I advise you not to tackle your new friend again, until your ready. This is a safe haven for you to recover in, sadly I must go, I am breaking the Order as it is by interfering for you yet again...now, I must go...that door will take you to whereever you want to go"

With that Nex turned and faded from sight...Ezekiel was unable to say a word.

Nex now walked through a series of misty spinning tunnels...all around him where the souls of the recently deceased- many of them the Celestial's making. The world around him began to take focus...he was standing next to the Celestial, who turned to face him with a smile.

Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
Nex now walked through a series of misty spinning tunnels...all around him where the souls of the recently deceased- many of them the Celestial's making. The world around him began to take focus...he was standing next to the Celestial, who turned to face him with a smile.

"It's beautiful isn't it," he said turning back to the war zone. The army was settling to begin the siege on the inner castle. Most of hell lay in ruins while the rest was badly damaged. Most of the army that wasn't preparing for the siege, was patrolling the remnants of kingdom and collecting stray demons. It didn't matter, women, children, men soldiers. They were all captured and linked to in chains. resistance was met with field execution. It was horrific, but the Celestial stood unfazed at the madness. "I will say this, I had hoped the demons would have made a greater struggle. I feel that the angels will need to fall by my hand. Don't worry old friend," he cocked his head to the side, "I will not allow the scale to spin erratically out of control. You do not have to worry about Satan, I will deal with him. But keep your son at bay." He turned his body to face, "his confidence out weighs his reason, and I will make sure his soul passes straight to oblivion instead of reaching you. Let God come down and stop me," he turned his back to Nex gazing out towards the castle where the siege had commenced, "this is his doing after all..."

Originally posted by King of Blades
"It's beautiful isn't it," he said turning back to the war zone. The army was settling to begin the siege on the inner castle. Most of hell lay in ruins while the rest was badly damaged. Most of the army that wasn't preparing for the siege, was patrolling the remnants of kingdom and collecting stray demons. It didn't matter, women, children, men soldiers. They were all captured and linked to in chains. resistance was met with field execution. It was horrific, but the Celestial stood unfazed at the madness. "I will say this, I had hoped the demons would have made a greater struggle. I feel that the angels will need to fall by my hand. Don't worry old friend," he cocked his head to the side, "I will not allow the scale to spin erratically out of control. You do not have to worry about Satan, I will deal with him. But keep your son at bay." He turned his body to face, "his confidence out weighs his reason, and I will make sure his soul passes straight to oblivion instead of reaching you. Let God come down and stop me," he turned his back to Nex gazing out towards the castle where the siege had commenced, "this is his doing after all..."

Nex gazed at the destruction unfolding beyond him.

"Long has this destruction been written, if anything we both know it is controlled...The Father wills Satan to be allowed existence, it seems you were right he does love the Lower Orders more." Nex gazed for a little while at the Celestial before turning back to the carnage. "As for the child, I can no longer allow myself to interfere in his destiny, he has wandered further than I had wished and in doing so has left my protection...I shall not save him again." Nex put his hand onto the Celestial's shoulder, "You prophesied that all things become dust, even the foundations of the cosmos will die...is this your wish...to consume all things?..you were the prince of our Order, creator of the others, the strongest in will and power...yet, I worry that you too have fallen to the same fate as the Morning Star..."

Nex's hand fell from the Celestial's shoulder.

"There are things my old friend...that even you have failed to see"

Originally posted by Mando' Ade
the technical meaning of imortality is simply to live forever and not suffer illness. however, this does not make it so that you can not be killed, but can not die from natural cause. therefore, immortality is not something you can give or take. however, it is possible to kill an immortal being. however, this simply sends them back to "death/ the grim reaper/ nex/ etc." to walk the path of death. this would send them to heaven, hell, or purgatory to start the cycle again. mortal beings on the other hand go to heaven, hell, or purgatory for a fixed amount of time before being reincarnated. my guess is that spitits in heaven can choose when they go back, while the souls in hell are kept until deemed. "punished enough" which is when they are are sent back. in purgatory, you simply wait until you are sent back. so purgatory is just a big waiting room, while hell is jail, and heaven is well, heaven. so i'm imagining that satan would be seeing a lot of spirits right now.))

not in my story))

Ereshkigal's eyes snapped open and she raised her hand as if she were commanding a puppet. Nakir screamed and put her hands to her head as her eyes began to glow yet again. She stood, and pulled a sword from the body of a fallen. "Verin..." She looked to her master. "Step aside."

Azreil watched Nakir and smiled, waiting to see what the fallen angel will try to accomplish now

Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
Nex walked towards Ezekiel and shook him by the shoulders...

"Hmm, your all together I see, a little injured...I advise you not to tackle your new friend again, until your ready. This is a safe haven for you to recover in, sadly I must go, I am breaking the Order as it is by interfering for you yet again...now, I must go...that door will take you to whereever you want to go"

With that Nex turned and faded from sight...Ezekiel was unable to say a word.

Nex now walked through a series of misty spinning tunnels...all around him where the souls of the recently deceased- many of them the Celestial's making. The world around him began to take focus...he was standing next to the Celestial, who turned to face him with a smile.

When Ezekiel awoke, he was in an unknown place. What has transpired exactly? He did not know. But a headache, tremendous, stood in his head. It took him awhile before appeasing it.

He used the safe haven as a meditation room. Is seemed that time did not pass inside of it. That he was in a static trance. Why has Nex brought him here? There was only one answer he could think of. Perhaps he was destined to train here, mentally and physically, into understanding. Had he been blinded before?.

''Nex, he tought, for what purpose have you brought me here. The ancient scriptures told of a day of darkness, greater than any of the ones before. I beleive it had started. Is it possible to change the course of time? For me to oppose against the Celestial? Is this what this room is for? Solitary discipline?''.

He waited for an answer, knowing too well that Nex had gone farther than what he should have been by saving him.

''Can I become the asset in this war...''

Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
Nex gazed at the destruction unfolding beyond him.

"Long has this destruction been written, if anything we both know it is controlled...The Father wills Satan to be allowed existence, it seems you were right he does love the Lower Orders more." Nex gazed for a little while at the Celestial before turning back to the carnage. "As for the child, I can no longer allow myself to interfere in his destiny, he has wandered further than I had wished and in doing so has left my protection...I shall not save him again." Nex put his hand onto the Celestial's shoulder, "You prophesied that all things become dust, even the foundations of the cosmos will die...is this your wish...to consume all things?..you were the prince of our Order, creator of the others, the strongest in will and power...yet, I worry that you too have fallen to the same fate as the Morning Star..."

Nex's hand fell from the Celestial's shoulder.

"There are things my old friend...that even you have failed to see"

For a moment, the Celestial paused to here these words. The tone, the sympathy, the truth. Beyond the fall of hell he had not seen. "I have come to realize that many are called to live life as they are called. To live life as God had willed so long ago. But many stray, and fall from the path. They choose for their destinies a way not of God's. And they suffer, they pain, they perish." The solemnity of his words conveyed sincere remorse and yet determination. "To balance such a detriment from so many, one must rise to show them the way." He turned to face Nex, "we know it will be inevitable, friend, so I ask of you one favor." He placed his hand upon Nex's shoulder, "Let God judge me, I wont place upon your shoulder's such an enduring trial." He turned and faced towards the castle, the siege had already begun. "I must go friend," and as he opened his wings, he turned his head back to say, "your son awaits." With a mighty flap of his wings, he flew away towards the siege to lead the angels in their final effort against Hell.

Nex gazed at the Celestial as he flew into the distance, then Nex himself disapeered with a loud crack-he was back at the cabin with Ezekiel.

Ezekiel ended his meditation when Nex came to him. It seemed many centuries had passed since he was in this strange place, but he was sure that only seconds passed in the world's realm.

''Tell me what I must do''.

Nex let out a snort of amusement.

"Now now young one, things are not as straight forward as that. There is no task for you to fulfill, no quest for you to complete, whatever destiny awaits you is yours to make."

Nex crossed over to a large wooden chair and sat down

"The world is changing, Order is fighting to maintain balance...everything is facing doom...this age will die..."

Nex turned to face Ezekiel

"but do not be so foolish as to mourn the Natural Order of things! It is brute fact! All things must die! Am i not testament to that fact?"

Nex sighed as he saw the look of sadness on Ezekiel's face

"Do you not hear me child? I said not to mourn!"

"But, if all things are to die and we cannot save it...why do you speak of my destiny being mine to shape?" asked Ezekiel

Nex rose from his chair

"Have you learned nothing from me? How many times have you died and how many times have i wrenched you back from the abyss? Yes this age is to die and yes this order will fall...but it is irrelevant...the universe will continue regardless there is no power great enough to break that circle! This is an age of absolutes of dark and light, of good and evil, life and death! Your foe seeks to create an age in which nothingness triumphs- where all things are nothing and that is everything!"

Nex walked over to Ezekiel and grabbed him by the shoulders

"What are you to do? you asked...I say this to you...do as I have done and resurrect that which is on the verges of death..."

With a pull Nex took Ezekiel off his feet and threw him out the door

"Good luck my young friend, on you the world depends"

The door closed behind Ezekiel and he was seperated from Nex and the safehaven...he was falling through the sky.

Opening his wings, he drifted all the way down to earth.

Perhaps he had been all wrong. Perhaps things were bound to be destroyed, as his body. And yet there he was.

''...resurrect that which is on the verges of death...''

As he sat down, he closed his eyes. He would have to give into those words carefully, leaving his childhood behind, and make place for Nex's wisdom.

Verin roared as pain shot through his arm, he then swung back and delivered a kick to Azreils chest. He then heard a voice in his head translating as 'run'. After knocking Azreil back, Verin took the moment to pull the dagger from his arm, and as Nakir stood he paused. "Nakir..." He whispered. He watched her eye's grow red.