The Seed of Hope

Chapter 21: Fata Morgana

-"My God, Elohim, It's true. Logan is the one we know. He is protecting the Seed."- Ariel kneeled in front of the throne where Elohim sat.

Elohim remained silent but thunder began gathering above them.

-"Protecting her?"- His rumbling voice asked. Ariel nodded.

-"Preposterous! How can he be protecting the Seed even after everything he has done!!?"- Thunder clapped around them.

-"They are on their way to Zamcain, Hosún and he is with her, along with others."- Ariel stood up,

-"We must keep that Logan man away from her...what was Bassilisk thinking of letting him on the loose like that!?"- Elohim pondered, his hand upon his chin.

-"Bassilisk must know, Logan is his prized possession, he must be there for the same reason he has always had."- Ariel looked down to the marble floor, puzzled by Logan's memory.

-"Why didn't you kill him?"- Elohim's voice was low. Ariel gasped lightly and lifted her gaze at Elohim's dismissive eyes.

-"My Father, Elohim, I couldn't, there was something different about him..."- Ariel kneeled once more, in fear of Elohim's presence.

-"Must I do everything around here!!?"- Elohim stomped once on the floor. Sending a strong lightning bolt to crash next to Ariel.

Ariel, without flinching, turned to the destroyed part of the floor where it struck.

-"Either you destroy him, or I destroy you..."- Elohim leaned forward on his throne.

Ariel pressed her teeth together.

-"Are you willing to kill her for not taking the necessary steps without your instructions, Father?"- Yenziel appeared behind Ariel.

-"I don't need you to be defending me, Yenziel..."- Ariel didn't turn to face him.

-"Clearly, Logan has been getting stronger in the past thousands of years he has been M.I.A, Ariel was just seeking guidance."- Yenziel continued. Looking up at Elohim, eyebrows slightly frowning. After what Kate was hypothetically explaining to Yenziel, he no longer feared God. All he has ever known was to obey him above all else so, his old habits threatened to creep back into him but he remained strong. Elohim looked down at Yenziel as the ambiance around them darkened.

-"You will leave us without an army or faithful warriors if you keep this up."- Yenziel ended. Elohim's eyes slightly widened. Ariel looked back at Yenziel, shocked at his words. -"How dare you speak to Father like that!"-

-"I'm God as well, Ariel, We are equaled,"- Yenziel shifted his stare from Ariel to Elohim. -"Is that correct, Father?"- He asked with a teasing tone.

Ariel turned back to Elohim, -"I know, but that doesn't excuse your attitude toward Him."-

Elohim took a deep breath. -"You're saying I should direct my anger at something else, Yenziel?"- His voice was sinister in a way. Yenziel's spine tingled but he didn't let it be known.

Elohim slowly lifted his arm, his elbow not leaving the armrest of his throne, palm open.

-"Perhaps I should..."- Elohim suddenly closed his hand into a fist and the loudest and spine-chilling thunder and lightning clapped around them. As everything calmed down, Yenziel felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.

-"What did you do!!?"- Yenziel shouted at Elohim.

-"I directed my anger at something else...Just like you said."- Elohim whispered.

Yenziel's ears began to be taken over by hundreds of screams all at once. He covered his ears and fell to his knees.

-"Good idea, Yenziel, humans are less valuable than Celestians anyways, right?"- Elohim's face was stoic, and half-lidded eyes showed no emotion as Yenziel screamed before him. Ariel stared at Yenziel with widened eyes, thinking of what sort of thing Elohim did to have his strongest warrior scream on the floor like that.