Free Pursuit of the Zodiacs by Nathan Walsh Page B

leave. “Farewell, my Brothers. Your sacrifice will not be in vain.”
    He treaded through the tall grass.

    Blessed with power over water, Abdeel used it to break free from Lucifer’s ring of fire. “I’ve had enough with these games, Lucifer. Come out of hiding and face me.”
    Lucifer answered, “You will cooperate, Archangel?”
    A strange woman removed herself from one of the corners of the room waiving both her arms. With a soft, but elevated, voice she said, “Please stop!”
    She was beautiful beyond words.
    Lucifer backed down and locked Abdeel and the woman in the strange room. Great power sealed the door.
    Abdeel yelled after Lucifer. “Come back here!”
    He heard Lucifer’s laugh fading away the further he got down the hall.
    “Damn!” Abdeen turned to the woman, who happened to be equally upset.
    “I suppose that we are both prisoners?”
    Abdeel answered, “Yes, I’m afraid so.”
    The woman asked, “When did you get here?”
    Abdeel answered, “I’m not sure. I don’t remember.” He sat on the bed to think.
    The woman continued, “What is your name?”
    Abdeel really didn’t want to continue the conversation, but answered, “Abdeel, and yours?”
    “Saraii. I don’t remember how I got here either. You seem to know your name, but do you know who you are? My memory escapes me.”
    The innocence in her eyes made him open up. “My name is Abdeel. I’m an Archangel on an important mission to stop an alliance from forming. An alliance orchestrated by the same Devil who has imprisoned us here.”
    Abdeel avoided eye contact. He found himself battling against the flesh due to her stimulating beauty. She moved closer to him. “Woman, leave me be. Your advances seem questionable.”
    Saraii implored him, “But please, I am scared and all alone.” She moved closer to him on the bed.
    He ignored her advances and got up to think. “Where were you this whole time? And why did you hold your tongue for so long?”
    Saraii said, “I was afraid, so I hid myself over there.” She pointed to a spot across the room.
    The only means of escaping would be to rattle the walls with his gift, but that would surely kill the woman. “I don’t understand … why didn’t he just kill me?”
    Saraii replied, “Maybe he has something else in store for us?”
    “Whatever it is, coming from him, it’s not going to be of any benefit to us. We need to leave this place at once.”
    She got up to walk around. Abdeel made the mistake of watching her. He surrendered to her beauty. They locked eyes, spiraling the Archangel into a deep trance.

    While boarding a plane, a flight attendant initiated protocol. “Hello, my name is Mary, and I’ll be your flight attendant today. As a reminder, this is Flight 118 heading to Kenya, Africa. Passengers are advised to turn off all cell phones, computers, tablets, and any other electronics. Put any luggage in the overhead compartment or under your seat. Fasten your safety belts.” She demonstrated how to fasten a safety belt and continued giving further instructions.
    She carried on while Mr. Clarendon adjusted his seat and unfolded his newspaper. A strange man several seats in front of him placed his luggage in the overhead compartment. Mr. Clarendon had a keen sense and read the man’s every move. Ozias, completely unaware of the danger, sat down in his window seat and promptly went to sleep. As ordered, he took the Mortal route by boarding a plane to see if he would hear or see anything unfamiliar in regards to their mission. Enemies travel in various ways.
    OZIAS’ DREAM
    A week passed by since their children’s kidnapping. Ozias and his wife London hardly slept since. The detective on the case wrote down their statement and proceeded towards the door. “I’ll contact you as soon as possible if I get any leads. Please get some sleep, the both of you.”
    London let the detective out the door; she then fell down the hall. Detective Bishop reached for his gun only to