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“Mom, I just
killed a man, I shot him. I put a gun against the man’s head and pulled the
trigger. I killed a man.” Nathaniel never, in a million years thought he would
go sobbing to his adoptive mother stating he had just killed a man.
Sister Bridget
Marie looked at her young son. “Explain please baby.”
Nathaniel looked
at his mother and nodded. “I am a Nephilim.
I know an angel is my biological father. One of the archangels trains us to
combat the demons. There is this group Κυνηγοί της Δαίμονες or Kynigoí tis
Daímones it is Greek for Hunters of Demons, and they trained us then set us out
in the world. I got my first mission to
kill this man processed by a demon. The human already dead, but this demon was
wearing him like a suit. Normally we use our swords that we are trained with;
however, we do have blessed guns with bullets that are forged in holy oil and
holy water. In the fight I dropped my sword and ended up using my gun. The
smoke of black left the body and the body fell dead. I killed a man.”
Sister Bridget
Marie looked at her little boy. “No, you freed him. Now, sleep and then you
will tell me everything in the morning. Don’t worry my son, everything will be
alright.” She kissed his head as her son lost his battle to stay awake.
The next morning
he sat with his mom and Father Richard. He sipped the tea his mother made and
looked at them both. “It all started when I went to that interview. Suddenly
the world exploded in color and a man who was about six foot three came and
grabbed me. He explained to me that I was a Nephilim, that my father was a
warrior angel. He told me he was the Archangel Michael. I, of course, demanded
proof. He unleashed his wings and after I checked to make sure they were real I
asked a few questions. According to the General all Nephilims start coming into
their powers around ages fifteen to sixteen, they all have a disability, color
blindness to deafness to being mute, one of their senses is distorted. They
take you away to this training facility where time runs different. That is why
I was missing this last month. Then they send you out to destroy those
processed by demons.” Nathaniel took a deep breath. “It is different when you
are trained for it, than actually doing it. I killed that man. No matter what I
ended that life. Yes, the man was destined for hell because of his sins, yes,
he was processed by a demon and it freed him, but it was still a living being
and I killed it.”
Sister Bridget
Marie held her son close as Father Richard thought about it. “That actually
makes a lot of sense.” Father Richard stated. “Think about it Sister. He always
seemed to know the good from the bad, seemed to be able to heal quickly and his
only defect so to say was he was color blind. It makes a lot of sense that he
went missing where time runs different as he looks an adult now instead of the
kid he was when he left for the interview that day. Why did your vision explode
in the law office?”
“Agares, Flauros and Rimmon, is ran by
demons. Higher level ones. They make sure the balance of evil is preserved on Earth.
I guess it has to be balanced; too much of one over the other would lead to the
world ending. That was the price of free will.”
“The number one defense law firm is ran by high level
demons. That is… something.” Father Richard stated shocked. “Wait! One of my friends works there!”
“Most likely a demon. Very few lawyers that work there
are human. Interns, personal assistants, they are human, but the lawyers,
especially the partners tend to be demons.” Nathanial explained.
“So Dick is probably a demon…” father Richard sighed.
“That makes sense. The man won’t come to church, he always is a little shifty,
but he seemed like a decent enough man when I met him at an AA meeting.”
“Good for recruiting I hear.” Nathanial stated. He
shrugged. “I met a Cambion, I
was supposed to kill him but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. He hated his
job. He has to make deals for souls. He goes around writing contracts giving
the person what they want and hell gets their soul. They live for anywhere
between five to thirty years after the date of the deal. Depending on what is
negotiated. I guess being killed for anybody who isn’t human is bad. Purgatory
is endless nothing. I think I would destroy my soul if I had to go through
that.”
Both adults chuckled. “That would be hell for you, stick you
in the largest library in existence and forbid you from reading any of the
books.” Sister Bridget Marie stated.
Nathanial stuck out his tongue. “What can I say, I love my
books. I am trying to figure out a way for Nephilims
and Cambions to get out of their ‘destiny.’ I think it is a forced contract
with loop holes, I just have to find the loop holes.”
Father Richard nodded. “If anybody can do it, you can.”
