Free In Rebellion (Archangel Jarahmael and the War to Conquer Heaven, Book II) by John J Higgins Page B

Heaven’s eastern sky and towards the gateway into the Fourth Heaven.
    As Jarahmael fell towards the floor of the Fifth Heaven, he thought it best to aim himself directly to where Luciferael was standing. As he flew past the Hall of the Virtues, he caught a glimpse of Ariel confined within the Hall, chained off in a corner by himself and surrounded by four rebel Cherubim guards.
    “My l ord Luciferael,” Jarahmael said as he landed, and made a bow in front of him .
    “Greetings my l ord Jarahmael!” Luciferael responded, again delighted that one of his Archangel brethren had sought him out. Although he should have been suspicious after his experience with Ariel, Luciferael was fond of Jarahmael, for it was Jarahmael that had provided Luciferael with one of his favorite possessions, the large mirror where he could look at himself. Luciferael knew that Jarahmael was not as subservient as his Auxilium Angels were to him, which made Jarahmael's love and allegiance all the more valuable to him. “Have you come to join me?” he asked.
    “Join you? Yes, of course,” Jarahmael said, walking up to Luciferael. “I am just not sure exactly what you are doing.” Jarahmael asked with a wry grin on his face, “Are we destroying the Earth creatures?”
    “Yes, that and more,” Luciferael said. “ But only those on the Earth, your loyalty to me lord Jarahmael guarantees the safety of your Human, Lillith. As you know better than anyone, those Humans and Simians have created all sorts of havoc . But even more important, I am also going to take over the Heavens and restore them exclusively for the Orders of Angels. We need to get rid of this nonsense of worrying about or worshiping these Human or Simian creatures once and for all.”
    “What about the Almighty, won't He oppose what you are doing?” asked Jarahmael.
    “I doubt He will interfere at all,” said Luciferael. “He has seemed quite content to put His attention on these small issues such as the Earth creatures at the expense of paying attention to us Angels up here in the Heavens. And He promised to destroy the Humans if they disobeyed Him, yet H e has not.”
    Noticing the trumpet weapon in Jarahmael's hands, Luciferael asked suspiciously, “How did you know to arm yourself or to come here? I thought all of this was a closely held secret.”
    “I must confess, my l ord Luciferael, that I could not help but notice the shortage of Cherubim in their Sixth Heaven,” Jarahmael responded. “Looking about the Sixth Heaven for the rest of them , I found that the arms warehouses seemed to have lost a lot of weaponry. Finally, when I asked what had happened to the weapons, I was told by the Cherubim left in charge that you had come and taken a third of the weaponry recently. So I put two and two together and figured that it must be you that was arming our Angels. What do you intend to do next, my l ord Luciferael?” Jarahmael asked.
    “I have split my army of rebel Angels. One half will go off to conquer the lower Heavens and then kill off the Humans and Simians on Earth, while the other half of us will head into the Heavens and conquer all the upper Heavens. Once I am firmly in place with the Heavens conquered, there will be nothing that can stop me from becoming the next Almighty. And you, my dear Jarahmael, will be along with me and perhaps earn a position of authority under my reign in Heaven. You can have your pick of assignments. Lord Jarahmael, would you like to cleanse out the Earth or cleanse out the Heavens?” Luciferael stated, proud of his battle plan.
    Jarahmael stood there and thought for a second. Despite Luciferael’s statement that he would not harm Lillith, Jarahmael imagined these rebel Angels finding Lillith in his mansion and destroying her. She would be safe for a while through the way he prepared the invisible rooms. He also had a quick vision of the Almighty's powerful Books in the Throne Room in Heaven. Someone had to keep them out of