CHRONICLES OF THE FOURTH HORSEMAN

ROGUE

In the Westcraze motel in Florida, a beautiful lady was giving instructions to a group of guys I believed to be her workers.Her white trouser suit and white high heels were a sight to see.I wasn't sure talking to her was the right thing to do but Tom, John and Duke had convinced me to give it a shot.I had thought it was wise to give it a shot and maybe having them on my side was the best thing to do.I hadn't figured out what to tell her yet but Duke had assured me that whatever I told them they will.have to do it whether they liked it or not.I was their superior and the had to do whatever I told them.She seemed hard to talk to and I thought that maybe she could turn me down without even listening to what I had to do.I waited on the cafeteria while she gave orders, watching her every sophisticated move.She had completely possessed the guys standing in front of her and if I didn't know better I would have thought she was just very persuasive.After she was done talking to them, I slowly walked up to her and tapped her from the back.She turned with her mouth open, probably ready to say something negative.But then she stopped."Hello young miss," she said respectfuly.I was impressed by her acting skills.I answered and went on to tell her what I came to but before I could she received a phone call that said she was needed somewhere else urgently.She looked at me for a while trying to figure out how to tell me that without making it sound as if she was trying to avoid to talk to me.She had no idea I had already heard.I told her it was okey but I gave her a meeting point and meeting time.

A thought struck me.It was easier to tell all of them at the same time while they were together so I wouldn't have to explained myself too much.I had already given the lady a meeting place which was at a hotel where I was to meet Tom, John and Duke after all the briefing was over.Maybe telling the three of them in the presence of my two friends and Duke was easier.I would have them to back me up.

The second place I was to visit was a gym.There they said I could find the other horseman.His name was Anthony.He was a boxer.Well known for his remarkable performance and the fact that he had never been beaten even ones.He was the face of the RED HORSE boxing club.Today he had one hell of a fight and I understood the place would be filled to the blim.All the tickets had sold and unfortunately I wasn't be allowed to the fight.The fight was scheduled at one o'clock and I was there a whole hour earlier. I could go into the gym with a pretty good excuse and maybe I could get a chance to talk to him before the fight began.

I had just the perfect excuse.I went in with the story of I wanted to sign in with them as a fighter.I knew if they even considered me to join them the would have to test me.most of those tests involved the ring and that was the place my guy Anthony could be found.Fast I was taken to the manager, then the owner.He approved me for the trials.They measured my height, weight and calculated my BMI.The next stage was to make sure i was phisicaly and medicaly fit and for that they made do some fe exersises and drew my blood.I was to wait for the results in about an hour but before then i was permited to go around the gym and check it out.It was huge and perfect.People of all types were busy going about their daily exercise routine.I was not concerned by them.I needed the boxing sector and specificaly one boxer.

I went through from the mass training area to the ring area.There a few boxers were going on with training.Some with the help of their trainers while others were just doing their stuff all by themselves.From lifting weights to rope jumps all the way to punching bags.The air was salty and sticky.The Temperatures were sky rocketed but the trainees and the trainers looked as comfortable as ever.I looked around for one specific person and right in the ring i saw him seated.He looked as if he had just come out of training He looked a little bit bumped up but their was no single bid of sweat on his face.He was seated all alone.I walked up the ring and called for him.

"Hey beautiful, do i know you from somewhere?"He asked coming closer to me."Yes you know me from somewhere.Listen , i dont have much time but i need to tell you something.You are going to the ring in about twenty minutes and you should be preparing your self which is why i won't take much of your time.Meet me here at that writen time tomorrow and i will explain everything to him,"I said as i handed him a piece of paper that i had written just in case i never had enough time to tell him in person.Just then one of the trainers took him away.I made my way back to the waiting area and stayed a little bit before making my way out the place.I never cared for the tests or for becoming a boxer.I had finished my job and I was moving on to the next business of the day.

My next visit was to a supplements making company.Here they created nonfood nutritional sibstances that were to completely replace the normal foods.Why eat a whole plate of salad while you can just swallow one tablet equivalent to that plate? Even more, why eat food and get fat while you can just take supplements that could give you the same satisfaction just like eating but you will never get fat.

The owner of this place was my next call.His industry was growing faster than a bush fire.Everyday was a money making day for him.He had convinced people that they didn't need food to survive.He said he was teaching them to deal with hunger, keep them fit and help save the time people spends preparing and cooking food.The agenda was selling like hot cake.He had grown from a guy with an idea to a guy with money and influence with no time.People no longer relied with farming to grow food and those who still farmed never had market for their products and therefore lowered their farming levels.The world was going into a dangerous place.On the supermarkets and shop shelves, the foods being sold were synthetic.fake foods.

I had to go through layers and layers of security check ups before getting to the main factories.I wondered why food had to be all that guarded but I had no one to ask.I just followed the two gentleman in black suits and goggles.They were two hard a*s dudes standing at least six feet long.Their huge muscles and well build bodies made them look like giants.One of them, slightly taller than the other, had a what I assumed to be a cut scar running from his forehead to the left cheek.He wore a hard but somewhat handsome face.He seemed friendlier than his partner whose face was not that hansome but had no scar.His face looked as if it was made of stone.Maybe attempting a smile would cause it to c***k or maybe even break.

At the main office they showed me in and they were left standing outside with their hands held together at the back.One was busy talking to someone over the earpiece while the other just stood their like a statue.I walked in feeling a little nervous."Hello, my name is Stella, Mr Ham's Secretary.How may I help you," Came a soft respectful voice from behind the reception desk.At that point I hadn't seen her face since she was down their doing something I couldn't quite comprehend."Is Mr Ham in? I need to speak to him, its argent," I answered still trying to figure out where the voice had come from.I heard some phone dialing noises and then I heard the phone ring in the next room.A few moments of speech and then she rose up from where she was.

"Sorry was on my insulin break.I had misplaced them but, here just found them, sorry if it felt disrespectful.Follow me," she said while showing me the way.I followed her in silence.Listening to the sound of her heels going all tipity tap all over the place.Looking at the white halls as if expecting them to change color or something.Comparing myself to the people here, I felt tiny.Standing at only five feet.Everyone else including the sweet lady walking me to her masters office were over five feet eight inches.I felt odd.

She reached the door opened slightly and peeped.She then told me to ho in and I deed just that.I walked in ready to relay my message and be on my way but then the place took all my plans away.It was a huge bright office.Every war painted in shiny white.It was well arranged and the light fitting was breathtakingly beautiful.The large sofa at the center was made of leather and it was as comfortable as it looked.His desk was also white with a flower vase.The flowers inside were however black and those and his suit were the only blacks on the wide room.He was standing next to some sort of a stand.Pouring liquor into a glass.When I had said nothing for about a minute, he turned back towards me and showed me to the couch.Without another word he poured another glass and handed it to me.I took sometime to look at him and I realized I knew him.He was the guy from my church.He also looked at me for a while.

"My lady," He said while handing me the glass.I wanted to say no to his offer.After all, I had never even tasted alcohol in my life.The look on his face though made me take the glass and even sigh a thankyou.He was just as I remembered him.Thin, weird and he wore a hard face.He was not the sort of people you could keep talking to if you could help it.I just went down to business, totally ignoring the small talk he was trying to make.I gave him the message just like I deed others and made my way as if to leave.He however stopped me, he reminded me of the drink I was trying to "forget to drink" He told me that he hated it when his hospitality was not appreciated.I had to drink the bitter stuff with my eyes closed and in haste.All I wanted was to get the hell out of there and be on my way.

Outside I thanked the Secretary who was now settled reading a book.I made my way out and the two gentleman were still out there waiting for me.The escorted me outside before going back.They never even said goodbye or answer to my "thank you"."Tough guys," I thought to myself as I reached into my pocket for the phone.I called in a cab and five minutes later I was on my way back to the hotel I was to meet the two gentlemen and a lady.It was also the place I was to meet my two friends and Duke.Looking at my watch, I only had two hours to the meeting time.First with the three horsemen and then later with the three seekers.

The ride was only forty five minutes and I even had some time to freshen up and eat something.I then sat on the table I had reserved at the corner.With a magazine on my hands and my earphones.One could think I was busy reading or listening to the music.Well I wasn't doing either.I was busy thinking about what I was about to do.Maybe the three people i was about to bring to my world had no idea whatsoever about what I had to say.Or maybe they need but they were for "let the world burn" either way I was about to tell them who they were and who I was supposed to be to them.

Tom and John feared me because according to them, I had wings and they had seen them yet after that day I had been trying to make them appear but soo far nothing.There were no wing marks on my back and neither did they show on the scan i had told the doctors I needed to see two weeks ago.Maybe they were lying to me.Maybe Duke made them see what he wanted them to see.After all, I didn't trust him.There was something about him that told me he was not the good guy he was trying to make me and my friends believe he was.He was in alliance with the elements and up to this point I believed they were who the lady Philomena had warned me not to trust But they were not on Duke's side in the moment.I was having way too much thoughts that I never even saw the three guests I was expecting arrive .They were making their way through the reception and one by one they were being directed to my table.

"You were coming here too?"They all asked in unison.I came back to the real world just as they were answering each other."Yes you were all coming here because I called you," I said now realizing they were all staring at me with different looks.You know the kind of looks that makes you think you have something on your face or teeth.They had realized it too and they all looked away together.The moment was both awkward and uncomfortable.I felt like I needed a mirror to make sure it had nothing to do with my looks.But their was none and I couldn't excuse myself at the moment.

"I called you here because I have something to tell you.I know by now you may have seen or felt things that made you feel or look different," I started not sure where to go next.The silence was soo thick that one could even touch it.The whole hotel area had cleared and I hadn't even noticed it.Did people know who we are? Anyway it never felt such a big deal.When I opened my mouth to speak again, Ham stopped me."Is this about the Crazy government that is trying to discredit my business?" he asked.All over a sudden everybody had questions about their business, or their family.But Anthony had a different question that changed the flow of the conversation.His question was exactly what I had been speaking of."Could it be about the dreams I am having lately about the world ending?Because I have been having a lot of those lately and in the last few weeks I am having them even when I am wide awake," He said before realizing he had said way too much.

The floor then opened up once again.Everybody was talking about the dreams and the feelings.Apparently they were all feeling what I was feeling.As if they didn't belong, as if they had something better to be doing with their lives, something important, impossible even.We all felt different.I was for ones glad I wasn't alone.I knew now how to tell them what I intended to tell them.

"Yes that is precisely what I wanted to talk to you about.Apparently we are not like everyone else.We are what people believe to be natural calamities.From what I have found out up to this point, we realized we were going to be the means to the end of the world and we decided to hide away to prevent it.We disguised ourselves as humans so we couldn't be found.But the prophesy has caught up to us.Someone or something is out there setting our path into motion.By now, about twenty seals have been broken.Twelve more seals and their will be no turning back.The world ends and we...we will be on the front line of destroying the it.That is not all of it, if twenty five seals are broken, the world of the magix and our world will merge.All creatures and monsters of legend , folklore and fairy tails will loam the world.The old world of migic brought back.When that happens, you my beautiful lady here will be unleashed.Everybody will feel the need to have it all to themselves.Power, wealth ,you name it they will want to have dominion over each other feel the urge to conquer.When that happenes, you, Anthony will be tranformed into you true self.War will range.And I mean the big boom war with you the master in it.The world will fall into chaos.Property destroyed infrastructure kapish! and Ham here will surface.Famine, hungers of all sorts.People will fight over everything including food.That is where I will be unleashed and then... the world will burn.People will kill each other for no good reasons.Due to hunger, others will fill themselves to death.The creatures of night and monsters will feed on others.Believe me even for us that will be hard to take.Remember we only feel like that is bad because we are in human form.We feel, we get hurt , we know their struggles but when that time comes, we won't.That is why I need you to be by my side.Together we can find a way to make sure that doesn't happen," I cocluded, now hoping they would consider siding with me.

Looking at my watch I knew Tom, John and Duke were almost here.I needed the three with me to give me their answers before the others arrived.I wanted so bad to keep my friends and I thought giving them some good news would bring them closer to me.I also knew if the four of us plus the tree of them could go after whoever or whatever was breaking the seals and stop them before they ruined everything.I prayed to God that I never found myself in a situation where I had to choose side.Because I had no idea what would happen then.The three people with me now were like me.Special, feared and the only people who could understand what I was going through.The other three out their know me, understands me and two of them have been there with me.They have fought for me, stood by me, they are my best friends.How could o choose between my world and my friend.It could be disheartening.

I was still in a little bit of thoughts while waiting for them to take in what I had just told them.I know it would take a moment and actually I was surprised at how well they had taken it.Personally I didn't take my first revelation well and I had gone rogue for a moment.I expected the same from them.They were however unusually calm.They were still discussing it when I first discovered that everyone including the hotel stuff were gone.I had no idea when that happened or how.It was strange.I turned to tell the others but even before I could, there was smoke everywhere.Eye burning , throat hurting smoke.I figured it was tears gas.We all dropped to ground with our eyes shut while holding each other, we were all coughing uncontrollably.What was happening.After a few moments, everything went pitch black, I was out, again.

I woke sometime later to find myself tied up to hook with chains.I was dangling in the air with my feet a few inches from the ground.My arms were numb, my chest hurt when I breathed and my throat felt swore.My eyes were swore and irritated probably red too.My whole body was on fire.The room was dimly lit but could see three other figures hunging up just like myself.I had a pretty clear idea who they were.What I couldn't understand though was why we were there.Nobody else apart from Duke, Tom and John and maybe the elements knew who we were or where we were holding a meeting.Who could have sold out? Did someone else know about us?Maybe the elements found another powerful friend to help them get me.But then they had told me the wouldn't hurt me All the wanted me to do was to choose my weapon wisely.Whatever that meant.All I had to was wait and see who would walk into the room.

"Hey you are up?" Anthony voice floated in the air.It was just but a whisper but I heard it, and so did the others.We started whispering around asking each other what was happening and discussing what could have happened.I thought the would blame be for being here but they didn't.They were determined to get the answers and a way out of there and none of them pointed a finger at me.I had hated them all this while for nothing.I thought the could turn against me and that was the reason I never went to then first thing after discovering what was happening.I now knew they were not my enemies.If we got out of there with our humanity side still intact, I would ask them to help me and my friends find the house that John and Tom were still looking for and maybe together we could figure out a way to stop the seals from being broken.But first we needed to figure out a way to free ourselves from the chains.The place felt familiar but with the poor lighting everything was blurry.

"Enough with the whispering!"Someone shouted.I knew that voice, why did I know that voice? It was with no doubt Johns voice.Was he shouting at us? Stupid question.Of course he was.We were the only one whispering.Everything else out there was quiet.Not even the sound of the wind could be heard.There was a click, and then the door opened.The sound of a flipping switch and the whole place flooded with light.Our eyes had started to adjust to the darkness and they hurt due to the sudden light.It took a moment for them to readjust and now I knew why the place felt and smelled familiar.Three days earlier I was standing right where John was standing at the moment.Staring at an impossible phinomena with the lady Philomena right where I was hunging from surrounded by the elements , slowly dying.We were in her house.How the hell did they find out about her or this place? Another stupid question.The elements knew.They probably told Duke about my meeting with the lady.Maybe the wanted to know if their job was well done and if she told me anything.

"What did you do to her?" Tom asked.I had not noticed him.He had been in the room all the while.Seated on an armchair at the corner of the room while we were busy whispering about getting out of their."Who are you talking about?" I asked knowing very well who he was talking about but wanting him to clarify." Philomena, the owner of this property.Duke says you were here when last since then no one have heard from her or even seen her,"he continued."Wait...You haven't seen her?" I asked clearly confused.I had left her dead on the couch three days ago.That day I was busy talking on the phone with John that I didn't even remember to call and ambulance which was my plan.I had no idea what to do with her and I was running out of time and that was why I figured calling an ambulance or the police was the best option.I had left her and dogs right here on the farm that day.

"Stop acting, in case you don't know, I know you inside and out.I know you are not a good actor and I am not buying the constipated look on your face," John said walking closer to me.I had never seen him like that before.He was a different person.His face was all serious and I could see something cold and evil behind his eyes.He looked like a vicious monster ready to pounce.I was scared of him.At that moment, breathing was getting more and more difficult.I could still smell the liquor on my breath and I figured that was the reason behind my heads throbbing and the spinning vision and feeling.I knew a bit about alcohol but it was what I had read on internet and heard from people talking from experience.

"The dogs too, why did you kill the dogs?" Tom joined in pushing John aside with his elbow and momentarily stopping him from smacking me as he had planned."Just answer me.I know you and something tells me you are innocent but you have to prove you are.Show John you are not the monster Duke have told him you are, please," he concluded looking at me dead in the eyes with a look full of pain and pity.

"I didn't kill her, the elements deed, when I came in she was being held right here where I am trapped by them.I helped her but she died on me.About the dogs, I didn't kill them I left them very much alive.I swear.Tom, look at me.You know me.You I can never hurt a dog, those creatures are just soo devine you know i love them," I answered.I knew Tom would believe me.That I had no doubt about.But John, he was and always have been skeptical over everything.You could call him the doubting Thomas, ironic...I know.He ways always haste to ask questions to sight for prove.He always believed in the tangible most reasonable prove.Annoying to see that even after all what he had seen, he was still not willing to change into a more open more understanding person.I was starting to hate the John that was standing in front of me with his sleeves folded up to his elbow and hands folded into fists ready to strike.He didn't believe me even a little bit.I could tell that because it was written all over his face and he was getting even more annoyed.

"Where did you hide her body?" He asked now getting even much more closer and pushing Tom back.There was a tear hanging dangerously on my eyes.I didn't want it to fall since I believed tears were a show of weakness.I couldn't let my hunging friends see me cry.I know the tear was not as a result of fear but that of anger but the didn't.I was soo angry now that I was gasping for air and I had decided not answer.I hated that he was my friend.He knew me He knew very well I couldn't lie to him and yet he kept interrogating me as if he needed me to plead guilty or something.When I delayed he punched me on the stomach.For a moment I was completely out of breath and my heart missed a bit.The way I was hanging was by itself enough to lender me breathless.It was only obvious what a punch to the guts would do.It took me a moment recover.Tom was still telling me to tell the truth and I only answered ones by telling him I had already told what there was to say.He looked even more hurt by the punch than I was.His eyes were becoming watery and I knew he couldn't stand this any longer.When John smacked me again on the face, Tom shot forward and pushed him to the wall.He was asking him to stop but John punched him in the face instead.I felt so hurt.

Tom of course punched him back and they both fell to some sort of a friendly, foe fight.Duke heard them and he came in ordering them to stop before asking them what was going on.John of course answered and instead of Duke siding with Tom he hit him on the head dropping him to the ground hard.He then picked him up and tied him to the chair he was seating on earlier.They put him there in front of us to see.Duke then walked out leaving John to his business.John was now tired of hurting me since I was not saying anything .He turned towards the others and totured them.Asking them questions and demanding answers even though they had none.Beating them up if they didn't produce the answers or the answers were not to his satisfaction.All that while I was looking at Tom praying that he was alright and feeling bad to have brought him into this mess.He was a good guy who didn't deserve what was happening to him.He was still unconscious on the chair.What hurt most was the fact that John was supposed to be his best friend he was supposed to be on his side or at least check whether he was okey.He seemed unbothered not even glancing ones at him.

My other friends were being hurt and I didn't have a way to save them.Maybe admitting to have killed Philomena and the dogs would give him that satisfaction he was soo badly looking for and maybe he could leave us be for a moment.By now I had raise myself up every ones in a while in order to breathe.With time I knew I would grow too tired to do so and then maybe I will die, my friends too.I had to do something before then.

"What if I admitted I killed the lady and her dogs? will you stop with the t*****e?,"I finally asked and immediately realizing what a mistake I had done.John turned towards me with an evil smile." That wasn't all that hard now, or was it sweetheart?," he said.

Now I could clearly see.The person standing in front of me was not John.John could have never said such a thing to me.This time round he walked towards me with a smile.And their they were.Two purely white eyes with no pupil.All ugly and scary.

"Father will be soo proud of you," He said as he came closer and closer."Who the hell are you and what have you done to my friend," I asked.Trying to pull my eyes away from him without much success.He was too ugly.