CHRONICLES OF THE FOURTH HORSEMAN

REVOLVE

As i walked in, the church was filled to the blim, except for a lone chair at the corner.The noises of happy people chanting about their week floated in the air creating a sweet harmonix that felt like music to my ear. I was seated in the corner quietly.For the first time ever feeling bad I had no one to talk to.I couldn't recall anything to do with Tom or John.All I knew was that the time had come, heaven had called and I had answered as I should.I had left everything behind , holding on to the one task I was supposed to do, not willing to do it and planning to delay it as much as I could.I still remembered the message clearly."The world have turned into an ugly, sinful globe and I am tired of carrying its weight.I have cried with them, fought by them, fought for them and even died for them.I am tired of holding their hands and carrying their sins.It have to end," the words from heaven had echoed my head for days at a time.I wanted a way out but the will of heaven is like water.You either flow with it or you drawn in it.It is like the wind , as deadly as it is soft, or like the fire, you use it ,well it will serve you like the good master you are but if you don't...you burn! For days now I have been trying to run away from it.Hide where I thought I couldn't be easily found.

My tiny body can't carry me and my will as well.I eventually got tired of running without getting anywhere and I entered a church which seemed to have come from nowhere.The only seat that was unoccupied was the one on the left corner of the church.I walked in and sat down without anyone as much as glancing at me.It was just like I ever wanted.To walk into my church back at home without anybody looking at me with those judgey eyes.I then sat down and my ears were suddenly open and hearing every conversation in the room.Everybody sounded happy and contentented .Nobody was interested with the talk of the weather or the town or about other people.It was a good day to enjoy the testimonies of the people.If the whole world was like these people here, their would be no need to end it.The heavens would give it yet another chance to revolve, evolve and spin.I wouldn't be here now knowing what was about to happen to the poor good people if I was found.I felt lonely and insignificant.All i ever do is follow them, watch them turn and toil to make their dreams come true.To watch them struggle through and through without helping them or even trying to.I wait in the shadows for them to go through all the way to the too and then,then I take them away.I leave their loved ones in pain wondering whether their loved ones are in a better place.

I should have been a part of their lives.To prepare them for me.To give them a timeline so by the time I visit, they and their loved ones would be ready for be.Now I was seated amongst them.They had no idea who I was or what I was capable of.Still hiding on their shadows.For no one to see.

The priest came in and stood on the alter.But it wasn't a priest at all.It was a brother.The one brother heaven and hell fear the most."Michael,"I called out loud.Everybody turned to look at me.That was the moment I realized what was going on.My brothers and sisters had played me.It was a trick.Now, let me take you in on a secret.Do you know why one can't go to heaven with an earthly body? I know you think the answer is simply what" belong to earth is earth's and it have to be left on earth" right? wrong. there is more to it than that.A human body can be fine around a single angel, or maybe ten but it can't stand the presence of hundreds of them.Their essence will burn it to ashes if not blow it into billions of pieces and heaven is full of them in all their glory.My little body was trying to hold on but it was failing badly.

The flesh started piling off of it.First it was the teeth, then the nails then the hair, before I knew it, my earthly body was on the ground burned to ashes.Now it was clear that i couldn't run.I had to stay and make the will of the heavens known.In my real self, I have no feelings, no regrets whatsoever.Whatever I do, I do it without second thought or Pity.Now I knew exactly what to do.I was free.

I couldn't believe I had held back from whom I was meant to be for soo long.My pale wings all free and out for all the angels and humans if I let them to see.I was unleashed and now...now I had all the power over the three others, to rule and to reign.With me and my army of ghosts and the undead.It was finally my time to raise.I called onto my three humble servernts and the ghosts followed.

"It is time my friends, it is time," I said as I sent them out in the world to do what they deed best.By the hour, people were being admitted in the hospitals at an impossible rate.Hunger had given his best shot.Making people want more and more even when they were already full eating themselves to death.Those who thought they were unfit decided it was time to stop eating and they starved themselves to death.Those two lovers n***d in bed ready to love each other also loved each other to death.The would have the feeling that kissing was not enough and for that they would go on to real biting.

Brothers and sister who always had stupid fights now escalated them to fighting till one or even both of them dropped dead, mothers and fathers with pointless and forgivable flaws went all throat pressing and punch throwing at each other.Strange happinings all around. World governments that were tired of pardoning each other went down to war.From word fights to missile bombing.If you were not killed by your brother or sister, then the enemies of your country were out to get you.Blood was flowing all around.News of death were all over.Plagues of all kinds swept over the world. Aimless fights everywhere.People's need to own it all.People on the streets were stealing from each other causing fights and then the killing stage came.Me and my reapers stood ready to feast.The world was burning and I was laughing myself out.with every death i became more and more powerful.I was the order of the day.

While we were busy having one hell of a feast as the humans were ending each other, The angels of heaven and their enemies the demons of hell were looking for a ground to level the battle field .It was an ugly world with the war of wars and I loved it.The angels against the demons.Humans against other humans and the Magix.My reapers and I, just doing what we do best wait in the shadows to be feed.We never deed the hard parts.

The war was still happening months later by then I had grown too power.Drunk in the my power and feeling like I was above all.Every time I raised my voice, even the junk in the outer space would come raining down onto earth.I had forgotten completely my stay on earth.The humans may be self destructive and jealous and weak but they are capable of soo much good.They do what they do to survive, but I had by then forgot all of that all I wanted was more power and that only happened with them dying.But then I heard Tom's cry.It was the call to death.You know the last cry that says"Hey its me, you win now get me out of here".My whole being shivered a little bit.I now remembered him.He was my best Friend, he helped me coop with life, he fought for me when I was too weak to.He didn't deserve to go out like that , he had to be spared.I came out of the shadows to go see him.Totally forgetting about staying in the shadows rule.Everybody knows me and everybody hates me more than they fear me even though none of them have ever cared to really know me.They believe I am the cause of all the loss and pain they go through every time they see the lifeless body of a loved one.Every time they lower them to the grave and walk away .The tables had turned and I had no idea.They of course were tired of javing dark ugly me in their lives.By the time I got to Tom, another reaper had already answered to the call I tried to look around and see if I could find him amongst the ghosts but he was nowhere to be found.By now the humans led by Duke had decided to take me out of the picture.He knew too much and he knew how to bind me and my army.I was in hot soup.

I attempted to run or to even hide, but it was no use.Duke knew Azzey way too well and for some reason I was behaving just like her.Their was no place I could go to hide from him.All was coming to an end.The world could not recover from the blow this time but I had forgotten that after the world ends I would have no power anymore.I just never knew that the power would be taken away by the humans How did I let this come to happen? All I remembered was I tried to stop it.I fought to keep the seals from being broken but from the look of things I never succeeded.

My hiding place was not all that good and while I was trying to figure out how all this came to be, I found myself surrounded by thousands and thousands of people.They only had to believe I was no more and that would be it.The big bad wolf called death will be lost forever and ever into the nothingness.This was the end of me.I never even had the chance to see Azzy's papa again or her mother for that matter.Living like her had taught me a lot of things that were no more use for where I was going I would be all by myself.Lonely and forgotten even by my friends.

I was slowly fading away just about to let my last cry when I suddenly woke up.I was seated on my bed all sweaty and tired.My whole body was shaking violently.The back of my throat felt dry and irritated.My heart was thumping loudly in my chest that for a moment I thought it would blow the rib cage right out of my body.I felt weak.My eyes were almost completely healed but my head still hurt.Turning was painful and I knew I was about to have a rough day but at least the world was not ending and I still had my tiny little human body with me.I understood that I was not going to have it around for long but it was there and that was what that mattered for the moment.It was one hell of a nightmare and I hoped it was just that.I was willing to do whatever it took to stop the impending doom now that I knew my whole being depended on it.

A quick glance on my watch then my phone and I jumped out of the bed, I had an exam in an hour that I couldn't miss.The last time i recieved a text from the school which was on a friday it said i had two papers but this girl Larry had texted to inform me that the time table was moved up and I had three papers instead and I had to get to school a whole three hours earlier.Larry was this friend I had made from archeology class.I had become sort of a member of her g**g and lately she had invited me to a shopping trip that was to happen coming Saturday.They were also holding a party that same day that was to go all night and I was invited.I have never been to any adult party except maybe the ones in a long time wedding or engagement party back in Africa.All my life I believed the only gathering fit for me was a mass or maybe a church conference.I wanted to say no to the offer but I couldn't ruin the one chance I had to make friends at school and at least be a member of a group.They called themselves the wolfs study club.Mostly their meetings involved studies and discussions but a little fun was due.I was also turning nineteen and their party was the closest I would have to a birthday party.Not that I cared that much for parties but this one was causing a thrill.For the first time ever I would go to a party, enjoy all night without worrying about my stepmom finding out or my father scolding me for it.I was happy to be a grown up. The day would be a busy one and I couldn't go on with Azrael's quest since by father would be arriving later that day.I couldn't let him find me away from school because then I would have to explain a lot of things military style and I didn't like it.My father was not the kind that asked things nicely and he treated everyone like a soldier.I hated it when he ordered me around and that was the only way he knew to get work done.I preferred being on his soft side.

I walked into the bathroom taking off clothes one after the other as I rushed.A quick stop by the mirror and I remembered about the wings.Thankfully they were gone and I was just me again.Another problem solved.My big toe felt different though and when I bent down to look at it I was a little bit shocked.It was missing a nail and so did my pinky finger.The falling off was happening faster than I thought and now more than ever I needed to come up with a solution.I had to worry about that latter though since I was running out of time and I needed to keep up with my normal life.I jumped into the shower , turned on the water and stood there for a moment doing nothing.The feeling of the water on my skin was sweet and I was thankful to feel it.I ended up staying too long in the shower and I had to skip breakfast in order to spare some minutes.Time was still ticking.

Living two lives was not easy.I had to sit on the cab for twenty minutes watching the traffic move slowly and listening to the driver go on and on about how drivers were careless and bad while he was honking madly and cursing other drivers on the way.The music playing on the car wasn't my favorite one yet and I couldn't ask him to change as he had a note on the back of his sit reading "The music is none of your business, you worry about reaching your destination and paying up" from where I sat, it was not the best message to give to your customers but as it said, it was non of my damn business.I could just flap my wings a few seconds and be in class without having to listen to all the honking and the cursing and the music but I couldn't.

I had more to live for,people who loved me and people whom i loved and I needed them to live long so I could have a purpose.So I could be In their lives even though it was just for a bit.I could live with all this crazyness for a while since now I knew if it went away I would go away with it too.Maybe then I could learn a bit more about being human and I would come in handy ones by human body was gone.The time on my watch indicated that if I stayed out for ten more minutes I would be locked out of the class.I was getting restless.The traffic was also clearing and that was the first good sign I had seen all morning.

Once I paid the driver I broke into a run.I got to class just a few seconds before time and I barely had time to do the last minute preparing.I winked at larry and her g**g before seating and all winked back.When the paper was presented to me, I said a little prayer before opening it and writing my name on it.I read the instructions and went down to answering the questions some of which I was pretty sure I had never read about or heard of before but through Azrael's memories I had answers to.The test felt all simple and the worries I had about failing subsided.I was done answering all the questions within the next one hour and the paper was rated for three hours.I had time to look at my weathering nails.From the looks of it, I knew they wouldn't last the week and if they deed they would be completely gone by two weeks.Doing the maths, in about a month the body would have given up.Now though, i had sometime to go through what had just happened in a years time.

Just the previous year I turned eighteen.A pretty much normal girl.Smart but not beautiful due to an ugly scar on my face.I had a dream to get into a good university and study archeology.I had a plan to a bright future of living my dream and that of my mother.Be out of my stepmoms roof and live a simple happy life of traveling the world, discovering facts to put history straight or making history but now looking at me.The scar was gone and so was the idea of a normal simple life.

I know now that there is a crazy world out here, the kind that revolves in the opposite direction.In this world magic and beasts are real and I am the angel of death.The four elements that holds life itself take me for an enemy and if there were a way to take me away without upsetting the world balance they could have taken me out a long time ago.The two worlds barely separated by a tiny veil that could easily tear if the seals that have put it into place are broken.In the moment, only me and my few friends knows about it and can do something about it and if we don't do that something soon, the veil will be no more and the world would know some of it too and if that happens, then it will be too late to do anything about it.And oh! I have wings that are hanging somewhere in there and I can feel them.I also haven't figured out how to control them and they could come out any moment and I couldn't know how to return or even explain them.

The first paper was over and I was on to the next and the last one.Soon school was over.There was a short club meeting where we discussed a little bit about the past papers and the remaining ones.A short study period before we went on to talk about the shopping trip and the party which according to larry was already planned and the only thing that remained was for the day to come and for us to show up ready to party.Everybody was to bring a plus one and that was a conflict I preserved for later.I never had the heart to choose between Tom and John and I had a decision to make.Papa was still three hours away and that meant I had about two and half hours free before going to the airport.I had no plans for the remaining time and I thought maybe I could help Tom figure out the last bit of the riddle.The dreams from the night were still bothering me and I couldn't help but feel like they were more than just dreams.Maybe I would feel better if I told Tom about them he would look me in the eye, assure me everything was going to be alright but then freak out later when I was gone.There was particularly the memory of this girl about five feet with long shiny black hair on my dream.She felt soo real to be just a dream.She was not from the apocalypse dream though.It was a tiny dream that came before the crazy one.She was trying to tell me something but i couldn't hear or tell what she was saying.I could still see her lips moving in my mind.

The way back was smooth and since I wasn't in a hurry I just took the bus.It was easier and cheaper and I looked forward to save a little cash to go shopping with the new friends I had made.The cash I had on me was not enough for the rest of the school days and shopping.I knew my father would give me some cash but I had a plan on those too.I would probably ask for more but I had to get my story straight before asking.

I had applied for a a part time job at a cafe downtown near where I lived.They were not paying that much but the little they were giving would help me cover for my needs and extra expenditure to which I could not ask my father for some extra cash.My interview with them was scheduled for the next day and I was feeling a little bit nervous about it.The little confidence I had was because I knew Azrael had done it before even if it was over seventy years back.His memories would come in handy.I depended on them.I also am a fast learner and in about two weeks I would be an expert.That was a sure bet.For now I had to figure out who to take and who not to take to the party.Given the choice i could always choose Tom.He was always soft and sweet and preferred silence.He was the best company between the two of them.John on the other hand kept everything alive.He knew how to create conversation and keep them going.He was a debater that one and most people liked him for that but he was also full of questions and he loved to have the last clap and that meant in a drunk congregation a war would erupt.He also never shyied away from a fight and you can tell what would happen with him there.I was certain there would be alcohol since that was Larry's squad way of having fun.Staying with Duke had seen to John being introduced to the world of smoking and drinking.I didn't like the influence Duke had on him but they were both grown ups and since he was not being pushed or forced to do it there was nothing I could do.I was just starting to realize that most of my life happened in my head and I had to step up a little bit.If I couldn't have both of them then thought it was only wise to not have any of them.I know they would understand me taking one but I couldn't understand why I had to choose between the two.

As I alighted the bus, I looked at my watch once more and I had two hours and some minutes to kill.I headed for Tom's and I found them playing guitar and having fun.The place was shabby.Clothes were scattered everywhere and their shoes lay carelessly on the ground.The tiny kitchen was a mess with utensils packed into a mountain.They seemed totally unbothered by the situations and that meant I also had to live with it.After all, its not in my place to dictate how they were to leave their lives.I wondered what happened to Tom and his love for a well maitained space.

Tom went to the kitchen to prepare coffee while John pretended to have just realized the mess and he was out to clean it.I had a suggestion, we all sat down enjoyed coffee and then split the house work amongst ourselves.I was starving since i hadn't eaten anything all day and with the three of us together it was easier to cook.John took to cleaning the floor and putting the clothes and the shoes away while Tom prepared the food.I took on the worst job of cleaning the utensils and putting the kitchen in a much better state.Within no time the house was in order and the aroma from the kitchen was the one that calls.Tom was a good cook while John was good at singing and playing the guitar.His piano skills were also on point and I loved to watch him play.

As the food was cooking we looked at the map and the riddle to be solved was one about time.It was a bit complicated but together we figured it out .We finally had the location of the house.All we had to do was to wait for the weekend.Then realizing I had to tell them I had a plan for Saturday and explain why I couldn't take any of them.They were both annoyingly understanding and for a split second I thought maybe they were okey with it because they didn't want to go with me.

Tom stood up to go check on the food and while making his way he stepped on my toe.It was not painful at all but he checked down and found blood.There was no way that a toe would bleed that much just because of a squeeze.He went all the way down to see what was wrong and that's when he discovered I had no nail.Two more had just fallen off just then.He was concerned.John of course knew Tom well to know he had now completely forgot about the pot.He rushed to the kitchen and came back five minutes with the food.All that while Tom was examining my toes.Only two were left with their nails on my left foot now.The others seemed pretty healthy and I hoped the pilling was over.I now had the task to explain to them but luckily the alarm to remind me it was time to go to the airport went off.I excused myself and left.Totally forgetting the food and feeling glad the explanation part was delayed with a few more hours.I just had to make sure my father wouldn't discover them because then I couldn't run or excuse myself from explaining.

Outside there were soft showers from the rain.It was not raining hard though but I needed an umbrella.The distance from Tom's to my place was just but a short one and I rushed to my place to get my umbrella.Going back into Tom's place was bad business for me at the moment and I would rather get rained on than have to explain.By the time I got back I would have a story put in place to tell them about the missing nails.In the house I stopped briefly to make my bed and I noticed the b****y sheets and the nail from earlier.quickly I put them away and replaced them with some new ones just in case.I freshened up a little took the umbrella and I was on my way to the bus station.

I had to wait a little bit in the airport for my papa to be cleared.Once he was out I ren towards him and hugged him tightly.I missed him a lot.I wished I could tell him about my failing body and the ending world but that was a path I wasn't willing to take.First I knew getting him to believe it would be a task.I would have to present evidence and prove I wasn't just going crazy and then after he had believed i would have to watch him suffer.

It was one thing imagining his daughter was an angel and it was another thing to actually know she is a real freaking angel.To make the matters worst she is the angel of death.The one who would eventually reap him after his time on earth was over.I looked at him and felt for him.He was getting old and by now the lines in his forehead were clearly visible .Years had gone by soo fast.

He claimed to be hungry and the first thing he needed was food.I was starving myself and that idea was the best one I had heard all day.Lucky for me he had booked a hotel and it was just a few miles away from where I stayed.He would not be too close or too far from me and that meant I could see him whenever I wanted but he could never catch me by surprise.We wouldn't have to brush shoulders and then it was hard for him to find out about my failing body.He requested a cub and we were on our way.

Once in the hotel he presented his receipts and papers and he was given the key to his room.I waited on the table at the cafe area as he went upstairs to freshen up.From where I was seated I could see the pool at the back of the hotel.Couples and children were having fun in the grounds.Enjoying the little time they had to live.If only they knew what was in motion.They could grab this moments, hold the dear, as if their lives depended on it because it deed.My father came down while i was still staring at the enjoying cloud and promised to do the same with me before weekend.We ordered food and as usual we ate in silence.