The Crusaders II The stakes are raised higher 14.04

1.          Brooke View

The Overseer rubbed his eyes and then looked back again. He just saw Lucifer walking in with Loki, and a guy dressed like an Egyptian Lord. He was going to asked Andy and Brad to explained but the other two was as puzzled as him.

"Overseer, prepare the chamber for me and my guests." Lucifer told him. "Three more as the others would be joining me soon."

The Overseer instruct his assistant to do it while he follow the leader of the demons walked on. Loki and Seth followed the assistants while Lucifer head for the town library.

"Has he said anything yet?" Lucifer asked the Overseer. The Overseer shook his head as they headed to the library. Both of them mount the steps to the library door. There they stopped while Lucifer knocked on the door. No one answered and he knocked again. The the door opened by itself and both of them walked in.

"Come in, and no, he has not spoken anything. He's too busy I guess, to care about his children."

"Gabriel, he must had told you something." Lucifer looked to the angel named Gabriel. The figure sat there behind the librarian counter holding onto a book. His horn laid next to him on the counter as he continue reading.

"Do you know the amount of fiction written on me? Not much but Micheal gets most of the news." Gabriel looked up. "Am I not popular?"

2.          Fake Garden of Eden

Major Markov lost four squad member including Luisa who died from the fall. Of the survivors, only Major was unhurt, but he was very upset.

"Nobody told us that we would be fighting so many of them or I would had brought in more heavier firepower."

"Nobody said you can trust the devil." Miles remind the Major. They been ransacking the place for hours but they found nothing of value. There was no evidence of the whereabouts of where Lucifer could had gone and nothing to tell them where is the last location. Or even how to get back home.

"Did the ...guy get anything useful?" Major Markov was indicating to Clawler who was interrogating some prisoners. Geraldine shook her head as she sat there to looked at the living area. She looked at the surrounding area; the strewn furnitures, the discarded books and the torn off curtains. Then she saw the one odd item in the living area. It was a Christmas card.

"Major, do you celebrate Christmas?" Geraldine walked over to the fire place where the card was positioned on the top of it.

"I do. Its the tradition of ours." But Geraldine was not listening to the Major. She picked up the card and looked at the writing.

"Merry Christmas, Gabriel". It was post marked 'Brooke View, United States of America'.

"Do you know a place named Brooke View?"

"Brook? You mean ручей. The water stream." The Major brood in his mind and then replied.

"The prophet Elijah hid himself by the brook Cherith where he was fed by ravens. There are some brooks mentioned in the Bible; Arnon, Jabbok, Kidron, Zered, Besor, Cedron, Eshcol and Kison. Job 6:15; Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4,47; Numbers 13:23; 1 Kings 17:3; Isaiah 19:7 Strong's concordance H5158 and G5493." The Major more versed in the reading of the passages.

"That means the best place to hide is in plain view. I know where Lucifer is right now." Geraldine spoke up. "He is in Brooke View."

"Why did Elijah hide in the brook? He hid there as it was deemed safe by God. He was led by God to the safety while Ahab seeks his life. He was fed by the ravens; the unclean creatures but it kept him alive. What did he do? Elijah was one of the bravest prophets to defile the false Gods." Geraldine stopped in her words. Then she continued.

"Maybe we are fighting a wrong war. We been adjusted to fight but never to mend. Maybe we should had stop this war. A peace to all and let all sides be heard. We should be peacekeepers and not parties to the war. Its time we define the new Crusaders role."

3.          Brooke View

Lucifer grew tired of waiting so he approached Gabriel.

"You are his messenger to Man. You must know what he has in mind. I have done all that could be done; got the demons together. We all want to go back to our rightful place. We do not want to be the fallen angels. Why can't he allowed us to redeem ourselves. We were his children before." Lucifer bowed down to his knees. "Please, Father. Show us your mercy and allowed us to be redeemed in our sins. We have wandered too long in the wrong path."

"No, it would not be as long as I am the angel who defeated all of you. And I shall do it once more." The voice was heard from the above.