CHRONICLES OF THE FOURTH HORSEMAN

DUE

"Hey its me, you remember the debt? its time to pay up...I will be coming by the bunker in one hour.Please be there with all your friends," Her voice echoed through my years like a lone voice in a cave.Its true I owed her big time.She saved Ophie's life and I will always be grateful about that.What I didn't like was the fact that she used that to turn my friends into her puppets.It made me feel bad since it was not me she was using to run her witchy errands.Just a month ago she made Tom drink a portion that made him a vegetable for a whole day.Turned the brightest dude I know into a douche.For a whole day Tom could not even spell his own name.Even worse we had to monitor him as he kept doing childish and stupid things.At some point we had to get his head out of a cooking pot way smaller than his head.How he got it in there no one could tell.We had our hands full that day, my head still hurts everytime I remember.

Next she called in with the yet another task.That time she used John to test if a spell worked.She turned him into a guinea pig, like a real black and white biting guinea pig.There is no words and there will never be words enough to explain the struggle we went through that day.You can imagine the stubborn, crazy John on any other day.Now imagine the same John turned into a talking rodent.Remembering that day makes Ophie crazy.And now she was yet asking for another payment.I was starting to feel her getting into my nerves.I couldn't go out to confront her because then she could hurt one of them and it wouldn't do anyone any good.I wondered what she planned to do next and to whom she planned to do it to.

I texted the boys who thought they were going to have a cool sunday out swimming.They were of course mad about it.But by then they had known her witchy highness and what she was capable of.They answered the call even though they did not want to.By the end of the hour we were all in the bunker waiting for her.As usual she had to show up amidst drama.Today she came in on what looked like a giant bird nest.There even were eggs inside.She liked to think herself as funny but all she deed was spook everyone around.I didn't like her before but now I was starting to actually hate her.

She had this black ugly bag which seemed pretty normal in size,on the outside though it was much bigger, and I mean way much bigger on the inside.I remember when she first took out this huge clay pot from it.We all had our mouths open as she went right back and got out her portions and ingredients from the same tiny bag.Later that day she got inside it and whooshed off.Today however she had a different mode of transport.She came in with a smile that I hated to see.

As usual she took out her stuff even before salutations.She arranged them in some sort of a ritualistic alter.After she was done she chanted some really long words and then she turned around and looked at all of us."Today little angel...today you finally pay off your debt," She said smiling at me with a somewhat provocative smile.Sometimes I wondered what went on in her awful old mind, but I never asked.She walked towards me and lifted her well manicured hands with beautiful pink nail gel.Even for a lady her age, which was by now say six hundred years, she was pretty up to date.She took care of her lean beautiful body and what was even crazy was that she still looked thirty five.I never understood why she loved to get so close to me or why she looked at me with those eyes.I still hated her for it though.

Her touch on my skin was always followed by me brushing it off angrily.Yet she kept bringing those hands towards me.Sometimes she used to whisper the words " Some day little angel, some day". Today as she came closer I edged back.There was something in her eyes that told me she meant no good.A mixture of l**t and evil, a smile that at the same time looked like a frown.It was a whole new level of spooky.I never even took time to think that I was walking back towards a wall.I didn't know that until I bumped into it and I had nowhere else to go.She walked up close and brought her mouth to my years and whispered something I couldn't understand.She then ren her hands round my face and walked back towards her bag.Within no time she had her pots on a magical fire, adding stuff as she chanted and sang in some super ancient languages.Some I knew some i had never heard.She had some moods that no one could tell.

Everybody else in the room was super silent, even John had no questions to ask or lamentations to put out there.Alice was making some crazy smiles.I figured she thought it was funny, Tom and Ophie had pranked her some days back and she got back at them good She thought the whole thing was them getting even.After all she had never seen the witch in action or even heard us talk about one.I could tell they all had their fingers crossed hoping they were not the ones to be chosen for whatever crazy experiment she had in mind this time.Looking up for the first time in a few months I saw a ghost.A dude ghost and from the book of death I could tell he had been dead for over two hundred years.It was the ghost of one of my brothers through the years.The one who had died in a war.Why was he here, looking at me with the kind of look people puts on when they are about to get even for something?He grinned before leaving and I could see an evil look on his face.

Coming back from wonderland, the portion was complete, the witch put some in a bowl and placed it on the table for some minutes.She then looked up and laughed out loud " its time darling," she was walking towards me with a broad evil smile on her face, her arms opened wide as if she was coming towards me for a hug.I was still leaning on the wall where she had left me earlier.My instincts were telling me to get the hell out of there but my reasoning was holding me back.If I left there was no telling what she could have done with my friends.I just stood there and waited.She walked up to me and plucked a few strands of my kinky african hair.I didn't feel any physical pain but I sure felt something.I then knew I was chosen to be the guinea pig that day.

She went on and put it on the bowl, she stirred it with her long fingers and chanted a little more.At that point Alice laughed out loud."Wow that is a nasty prank you got there boys, she doesn't even look like a witch.There is no way you are getting me with this,".Squishy tried to shut her up but the silly uninformed girl kept laughing.The witch was angry and she snapped her fingers sealing her mouth up completely to a point that you could think she had always been like that.Alice changed from happy to freaked out within a second.She then knew it was serious than she had anticipated.After the witch was done with the stirring, she took the bowl and brought to me, handing over.I took it without hesitation and held it on my hands waiting for her next instructions even though I had a pretty good idea.

With her signal I drunk the luminous and gross tasting fluid as she stood back waiting eagerly.My insides were twitching and turning.I could feel the fluid take effect as I started feeling weak.It was my first moment of Angelic pain in all my long ,long life.Even as its true that angels could feel pain and bleed and all that, only another angel can actually hurt them.Today a witch had found a way to hurt one, who knew just how much more she could discover with time.I dropped the bowl before dropping down myself, clenching hard on my teeth while holding onto aching my tummy.I rolled over unintentionally.My whole body protesting.

I was out for a few moments but when I later came to be, I felt different.My wings were out and my senses were all over the place.I tried to control them or at least put away the wings but I couldn't.I tried every angelic trick I had up my sleeve but I couldn't pull any off.She ordered me to stand up and then she went on ahead and asked me to jump on one foot.I tried to resist but my body kept doing it.She had found a way to control one of the most powerful beings in the universe.Sooner or later her skills would be too dangerous for the world to handle.She assured everybody that it would wear off in a few hours but before then she had some pretty incredible tasks for me.

She packed up her bag and I was one of the things that went in there.She promised to bring me back as soon as the spell wore off.I was surprised by the inside of that bag which was actually a house.It had a kitchen, three bedrooms and a super huge leaving room.Complete with the lightings and a magic screen that probably worked as a TV.She walked around with her house.From inside there I could feel her footsteps and I even felt the whooshing this time.My biggest thoughts now were of what tasks she had in mind.

When all the moving stopped , she took me out of the bag and amazingly enough I was in a house that was exactly like the one inside the bag.All except for the fact that this one had normal electronics and was built on solid earth.She made me seat down on the couch and she helped me get comfortable.She then started with her first task."Soo, let's make you powerless for a few hours...shall we?," she said seating down on the couch directly opposite from me."Call off the reapers for the next two hours," she ordered.Reaching out and a glass with liquor materialized from thin air.She took a sip and then turned towards me asking me if I wanted some and of course I said no.

I wanted to resist her orders soo bad.I knew by calling off the reapers I would have a case to answer up their.That and the fact I had stayed for over twenty years without reporting back meant I would be in a bad place.My father may be all, second chances and forgiving to humans, but he was altogether different when it came to angels.You all know the story of Lucifer.I tried to explain the consequences of the call off to the witch but she could hear nothing of it.Half heartedly, I called off the reapers.A two hours window with no death.People were being shot but they ended up healing immediately,a heart monitor gone flat for over seven minutes and the doctors even calling it but then the heart starts to beat.Some guy hit by a car but walking away without as much as a scratch.Even those who names were already on the line of death lived to see a few more years and I knew I would pay for all that.I also feared people would notice the strangeness.

That wasn't however the worst of her plans.The second one was the one thing I know for sure I will never forget.It gave an answer to the question I had for soo long and I wished she never showed me the answer to that.She woke up from where she had been seated for over three hours and came to where I was.She asked me to sit still as she ren her hands all over my body.It felt weird and I couldn't even look at her.By the time she was done I was feeling like I could throw up.She was a truly filthy woman and now I hated her more than before.She deed things to me that I could never even dream of.

I felt sick for a moment and then I threw up.her control over me was gone and I could finally run away from her but my body was too weak to do so.I waited until she felt it was time to get me back to the bunker.Back their she gave Alice back her mouth and told me that my debt was fully paid.She looked at me with her usual eyes and this time I hated the fact that I knew what the look meant.After she was gone,I rushed to the bunkers cellar and came up with a really strong gin.I felt like a glass would be a waste of time and I gulped it all and smashed the bottle against a wall.I felt filthy.Looking around I knew a series of questions would follow and I was not ready to answer any. I excused myself and left the bunker without explanation.I flew home and sat on my bed feeling ashamed and defiled.

While still seated there feeling sorry for myself, a sweet smell of flowers hit my nose.I wished I could hide but I knew there was no place I could hide that he could not find me.It was official, heaven knew of my transgression.I heard the flapping and then he was right there.Standing infront of me.Looking at me with eyes full of pity, and a hint of anger.

"Your presence is requested, now," His words cut through my year like a sharp sword.I knew my evening was about to go very, very badly.I reached out for my phone, called my boss and asked for a day off.It was the third time in two weeks now.Sooner or later I knew he would get enough of my excuses and fire me that was assuming I was forgiven for the earlier events.I got up and followed Gabriel back home.My heart thumping angrily.

On arrival, I met an angry audience and a judging crowd.You see, the angels are pure goodness, they never hurt each other or even human beings, but I was given a role that made me different from them.All the others saw and knew that and they treated me different.They felt like I wasn't supposed to be one of them.That was the reason I avoided them as much as I could.That was the reason why I never went home or even joined them on their meetings. I was okey whith myself but I never felt like one of them.

In there I found a panel of angels, waiting to listen to my explanation so they could report back and then my punishment would be announced.I explained myself and waited as the message was relayed through to the highest office.I awaited eagerly for my sentence and I had a feeling it would be a hard one.It was written on a scroll and after confirmation the tiny scroll was handed over to me.

"Azrael, I have listened to your explanation and it was not pleasing.I however don't intend to be hard on you as you have one of the toughest jobs.However, you cannot let a human with that kind of power walk the earth.Take her out and your transgressions will be fully pardoned."

It gave me both relief and fear.How was I going to deal with the witch? What if she knew I was after her and she went after my friends and hurt them? That was a true punishment but it was better than some of the punishments I had seen my brothers and sisters suffer before.I went back down with one more task up my sleeves, heavens knew it was going to be a rough hunt for me but that was the point.