Free Agent finds a Warrior by Guy Stanton III Page B

from hell came at me, but I held
my ground as it roared into my face, “To feed! There are fresh
souls to plunder as we make their bodies over into our own. Now
stand aside Elon before we destroy you once and for good!”
    The demon made as if to pass by, but I
reached out and gripped a hold of what really wasn’t even flesh,
but a manifestation of a dark spirit that had enthralled a long
dead person into giving up herself as a habitation.
    “You will not transgress a righteous man’s
dwelling without the authority that binds us both in our existences
being given to you. Your kind is always hungry and looking for a
fresh soul to inhabit, but it does not give you the authority to
consume what has been consecrated to God. You will fail and your
punishment will be severe for this offense this night against those
loved and cared for by the Lord God Almighty!”
    The arm I gripped twisted into the sinuous
cord of a snake, which wrapped around my hand and arm binding me
fast, even as its fangs sank deeply into my neck. Eye to eye with
the demon I saw how it gazed at me hungrily.
    “Even if my brethren fail to attain the new
life yet unborn within the house we will still have you. Behold you
are a man of many faults, sins, and mistakes and I will use them
all to show you the pathetic worm that you are and what it is to be
broken. I will break you and inhabit you an invite all my brethren
into you as well and our victory will be all the sweeter tonight,
as a highly favored servant of the Lord falls into darkness.”
    “Your vain words deceive you to believe that
you have any power over my eternal fate, but so that my God might
be glorified and your punishment performed let your trial of me
begin, as I trust in no might of man for my defense for I am wholly
kept and preserved of the Lord God Almighty and He will deliver me
from the very pits of hell itself if need be. His love for me does
not fade and His strength to save never diminishes so child of hell
spawn do your worst, for my future is secure and my path is set
down for me by the I AM and I will not fear for I trust God to
perform even that which His Holy Word has promised to all who put
their faith in Him and His son Jesus Christ.”
    Fire licked all around me and my torment
began.
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    Maria sobbed at the sight of Elon ensnared
in a fiery matrix, as he gripped a hold of the dark creature of
hell that she hated to even look upon as it was a nightmare to
behold and yet Elon stood gripping it by the shoulder. She marveled
at the man she had been paired with to walk life’s journey
with.
    She found herself terrified for him.
    “Oh God help him!”
    The words weren’t but said for a moment
before her own torment began. A dark cloud of twisting hate pressed
against her so thick that it was hard to breathe and she feared
that her heart would stop from terror alone.
    Voices assailed her. There were too many to
count and their dark whispers overwhelmed her as she pressed back
against the double doors.
    “She is weak!” “I want her for mine!” “No
she’s mine!” “Oh can you sense the new life beyond!” “There is more
within!” “Step aside puny weak human and let us to our
feast!!!”
    Maria thought of the children within the
house both born and unborn and something firmed within her soul, “I
am weak, but my God is strong and by His strength I declare that
you shall not pass!” Maria said, as she was prepared to die for the
sake of the children.
    The pitch of the sibilant whispers rose to a
fever pitch of intensity as they prepared to assault her, but
before they could two swords of living fire crossed over before her
and drove the sudden shrieking horde backward, as the bearers of
the two swords drove forward pressing the foul herd of darkness
back.
    Maria gazed at the two individuals before
her with more terror than she had felt at the exposure to the dark
menace of the horde. There was something far more powerful in