CHRONICLES OF THE FOURTH HORSEMAN

BEYOND GAME TIME.

"Azzy, I know its late but can talk to you for a moment?," I showed her to sit on the side of my bed.I knew she was having a really hard time trying to go through what had happened a few days earlier.She had done her best to avoid me but with the fact that we lived under the same roof, it was proving to be hard. She had even stopped taking breakfast and dinner in the hall with us.I figured she was still mad at me but I still couldn't understand why.Even after living with her for all those years, I still didn't fully understand her.Just like I never understood every other human in that matter.One moment they agree with you, the next they blame you for misleading them.

"Yes Ally you can tell me anything," I sat on my bed waiting for a scolding and I could already picture the fallen tree a few meters from the house where I would go to clear my head afterwards."I know right now you might be hating me, and I know I deserve it.I felt from the beginning that something was up with Alex but when I was around him I felt comfy and thought he deserved the benefit of the doubt.The reason why I wrote down his details in the fast place was so i could spy on him.I wanted to know what kind of a person he was.But I never did that and I was wrong not to.I feel very,very bad about how I treated you.You have always looked out for me and I shouldn't have done all those dumb stuff.You know i love you Azzy.You know I will forever be grateful to you for saving my life.I should have given you benefit of the doubt but instead I gave to someone I barely knew.Yet in the end you saved him and you don't even seem mad at me and it is scary,"She said.

"Why should I be mad at you Ally? You only reacted as every person would.You wanted to believe and there is nothing wrong with that.I accept you apology even though I am not sure you did anything wrong.You have to stop avoiding me though.Also I am still going to roast you come game night which is tomorrow by the way," a smile formed on her face.She breathed hard and then went on to wish me a good night.She walked out of the room and I listened to her footprints until she got to her bedroom and sat on her bed.I didn't have to take that night break after all, but I had already planned for it and so I went outside.

All the others were fast asleep, except for Phanu who was incapable of sleeping.By then she knew when I needed some me time and she never followed me in such occasions.I however knew that she was listening.Outside, the sky was clear and the moon was huge and visible.At first I didn't take note of the red moon but soon enough I did.I knew something was terribly wrong somewhere.The moon only went red whenever a devine war was declared.Heaven must have already made up its decision.I didn't know what to do with the newly found info.If i told the others, I would probably scare the death and yet if I didn't tell them, I would be withholding some pretty important info and I had made a promise to not do that.

I looked up the sky hoping it was just my imagination but nope, the moon was still red and if something, it had only gotten more so.I decided to go back to the bunker and rest for a bit as I figure how I would break the news to my earthly family the next morning.As I got up, I heard the flappy flappy, I was pretty sure those were not Phanu's wings, hers were much more slower and she wouldn't choose to fly just a few meters from the bunker.I knew there was only one other angel with such power who would care to visit me." Michael...I hoped not to hear from you in like half a millennia.What bad news did you bring this time, brother?," i asked trying hard to keep calm.I could feel this storm of mixed reactions forming in my chest.They were burning me so bad and I knew it was just a matter of time before the came storming out.

"It is written all over the sky sister.The heavens have made its final decision.The elders had considered your proposal and it was revised but the bill was never passed.You were almost there, but your foolish actions sold you out.I think they would have spared earth if you are not all this stubborn and resistant.It is over sister, we are way past the game time.The war is happening and earth will be on the way of it happening the way it should.We don't want the righteous to suffer.I am only here to tell something you will be hearing very soon.You have to free your three servants and usher in the apocalypse.You have to do your part sister.I know you don't believe me but soon enough you will.Please, do this if not heaven, the do it for earth, for your family right down there in the bunker, or at least for your other family in Africa. They can't be here when the war commences," he didn't even wait for me to give him my answer, he just flew away without anymore words.I liked that he had thought of warning me early in advance, but i didn't like that he coulddo something to stop the war from happening and yet he was not doing a damn thing.

I walked back to the bunker and sat on Ophie absent minded.It was just but a few minutes to his night round but he was still fast asleep.I could feel him breathing and i wondred just how long he was to keep it going.The war of heaven and hell was never a thing anyone would like to witness.It was messy and just thinking about it made me shiver.I was seated in the dark and didn't even care to use the angel vision.I thought i was alone because that was how it felt."Hey, what do we do now?," It was Phanu.Still seated at her corner.That spot had grown to be her favourite and by then even the bunker Referred to it as Phanu's solitary corner.She would seat there whenever she was deep in thoughts or when the others were doing something she could not join, like eating and sleeping.

"I have no idea Phanuel.The moon is red, my proposal was over ruled, and for the first time I don't have even the slightest clue how to get up from here.It is only a matter of time before Gabriel is sent to officially inform me what the heavens expects of me.I can already feel the devine tension in the air and I don't like it.Even worse, I have to tell everyone in this bunker about it but I can't figure out how to tell them without completely breaking their hearts and probably taking away all their faith and hope in this course we have been sailing so far. Michael asked me to free the other and I know all too well that if I don't, someone else will.It is no longer a game Phanu, the crap is finally happening and I don't know how to stop it or even where to begin.I feel doomed,"

I felt Ophie move, the next minute I was falling backwards head first.He had heard everything.The crazy thing was that I was seating on him and I never felt him waking up.Perhaps my head was way too loaded to even pay attention to tiny details."Woo! when were you gonna me all that? have you stopped trusting me? also, sorry for dropping you," It was Ophie.The confusion in his words and questions got me wondering how the rest would react to the news."I thought I would wait until game night so I could tell of you," I answered.To be honest, I had not thought of that, at least not until I said it.It was a nice save but I knew it would not change anything.We would still be in trouble.

"Okey, that is not a bad call but, shouldn't you wait until after Christmas.Clearly you can't afford to ruin game night or Ally's prom night or Christmas.I will keep the secret provided you will not tell them that I knew when you finally decide to ruin their lives which I hope will be after the festive seasons.Until then, we can't talk about it whether alone or not.Even the bunker could hear us.Lucky for us its asleep and will be until everyone else is awake.Now, you two need to go to bed.We wouldn't want the others waking up to find all three of us together and awake.

I walked to my bedroom.Ophie took the night round and went back to sleep.Phanu stayed at her corner where everyone had gotten used to finding her in the morning.It was not at all suspicious.Throughout the night, I felt alone and confused.I wished I was much wiser than I already was because then maybe I could figure out to stop the war before it even began.Maybe I could speak to one of the sides and reason with them to not fight, but, which one. I knew both sides all too well.When heaven decided something, it was next to impossible to stop it.How could reason with them and with whom exactly.I had avoided the almighty ever since I lost the flaming sword.The elders didn't like my behavior at all and I doubted they would waste their precious time listening to me.The council had executed me ones and I knew they would do it a billion times over if it meant not listening to me.I could talk to Urial but that wouldn't change a thing, and oooh, I was soo scared of arch angel Raphael, I could not even say hi to him without biting my tongue due to the uncontrollable shaking.

Morning came and I got up, went to the hall and pretended everything was okey.I watched the group prep for training and later listened to them train.It amazed me how energetic they were even when they had not taken breakfast.I wondered what the news of the end of time would do to that energy.I felt broken on the inside and I felt sad for all of them.Throughout breakfast, I avoided looking at them which they didn't notice as they too busy to.They later cleaned up and talked a bit about the game night before each one left to attend to their businesses of the day.

Geo had a dental appointment, Miss Griffin has to fly to Australia for something he wasn't willing to tell.Ally had to go to school as they were still preparing for the last party and she still had to choose from a long list of universitys.Tom and John planned to clear their stuff from the mansion and move them to the bunker as we were having our last days in the mansion.They also had to prepare to go home in a weeks time.It still worried me that the two didn't seem to miss home even after not being there for three years.They had not even visited over the holidays.They seemed to gotten comfy in the bunker. Maybe more comfy than they were supposed to.

Ophie was out to try and enjoy as he was dared by Duke to.Duke, Nandi and Squishy would be accompanying him in the fun day adventure.He was not okey with it but it was either that or he had to take Duke fishing and he really hated seeing his reptile friends get hurt.He had to do the dare.I on the other hand, I planned on staying in the bunker and plan for the game night, or so they thought.I just couldn't bear being around them and not telling them the truth they really deserved to know.I felt like I was just being selfish.After they were all gone, I made a quick stop by the fridge and got myself the remaining strawberry ice cream.I had grown to love the flavor and I could not get enough of the berries themselves.

I stayed alone through the day until finally the group came back home just as I was doing the last minute preparation for game night.The bunker had helped me with all the clean ups and honestly I could not account for anything I did that day.I felt like I was going through teenage years all over again.The group seemed so hyped over the night and was so not going to ruin it for them.I had decided to go with Ophie's idea on not telling until Christmas was over."So, how was your day," I asked all of them in general.Ophie looked at me and then stormed into the kitchen.He surely didn't want anything to do with having to explain his.

"We boxed everything and Geo and Phanu will be bringing them in tomorrow," Tom answered for him and John."We had like a tone of fun, but Ophie wouldn't admit it and he is getting all feely when someone asks about it," Duke answered for Nandi, Squishy and Ophie.The four seemed pleased with their day, but Ophie, well, didn't."I lost two molars and two thousand dollars and now I have to burn again, I can't be good for the military if I don't have all of them by the next check up,"Geo's day didn't sound good at all.Miss Griffin didn't want to share about his top secret day and we were not interested.We had quite a good idea what it involved as the fresh wound on his forehead clearly indicated.Geo would eventually help with that.Ally was too happy to even talk about hers.The only thing she asked was for us to be in the mansion the following day so Alex wouldn't have a hard time picking her up. We were all ready to start the game night as I didn't have much to say about my day.I however had to explain where three cans of Ophie's favorite ice cream went and I had a simple answer for that which I didn't give.I lied to him that the bunker had thrown them away because they were no good.He probably didn't buy that but I didn't care all that much.He would get over it eventually.

After dinner, we played D&Ds for an hour before a heated argument began and we switched to world of Warcraft.That too didn't stand for long as another argument still happened.Within no time we were gone from praying games to telling stories and roasting each other. The best roast of the night being that of Tom bull and the disappearing cow udders.We talked about his last conversation with the cows and he was not at all happy about it and that was what made it funny.We ended game night with Nandi's scary story about the Magix dimension.I surely wouldn't have dreamed of being in there.