GODS OF ASEROTH: The Prodigal Son: A monster is born (38 page)

    
Virgil yelled at Leosher “What have you done—you fool!”

    
“I did what was right. Now, tell the guardians not to take me to Ratarus.”

     Virgil said with anger in his voice
“I am afraid I cannot, for it would be unjust. You have to pay for your mistakes.”

    
Leosher was jaw dropped, for he had expected his brother to help him but instead, he did not. Leosher ran towards Virgil and put his hands on his shoulders, and just as he did, something drastic happened. There was a blast and Leosher was sent flying into the walls of the castle and the walls collapsed on him and buried him. No one knew what had happened or why it had happened but all thought Virgil had done that on purpose.

    
When Leosher walked out of the rubble, they all noticed that the arm that was struck by the blast had turned black. There was lava flowing through his darkened left forearm. His nails had turned into sharp claws and the hand had immense strength. This was the result of the blast. All the dark energy was stuck and trapped inside the forearm and the blast occurred because it clashed with the pure white energy that Virgil was filled with.

     His hand was stuck in the demon form and he could do nothing to bring it back, because there was too much dark energy trapped in that one specific area.

     Virgil could not do anything either, for he could not take out the dark energy out of Leosher’s heart and his mind. Dark energy was home to evil and evil was home to dark energy and Leosher was evil, and could not be stripped away from the dark energy until he became good.

     After Leosher walked out of the rubble and stood close to all again, the guardians began talking to him.

     “Come with us” said the guardian while approaching Leosher, who was jaw-dropped with shock “You deserve it.”

    
“Stop,” Virgil yelled at him “I will escort him there myself, but first I shall make some changes.”

    
He dismissed the guardians and sent them back to Ratarus and then walked over to the cliff. He looked at the distant Mount Dabbacan, the place in whose bosom existed the worst place known to Thraeniuns, Ratarus.

    
“It should not exist on Thraenus; it should exist in a remote dimension where nothing else exists.”

    
He raised his hand and flicked his finger and suddenly, the giant mountain shook and was stripped away from Ratarus. It jumped out from its bosom and levitated in the air. It was like a mountain, a smaller version of the volcanic Mount Dabbacan. It levitated over the Mount Dabbacan until a giant hole opened up in the sky and engulfed it. It was a dimensional gate that sucked Ratarus in and in an instant, Ratarus no longer exited on Thraenus but instead, in a place no one except Virgil, knew of.

    
After he was done, he turned around and had sadness on his face and tears in his eyes “Brother, say your goodbyes, for this is the last day you will see your loved ones.”

    
Leosher was no longer shocked but had anger on his face but he said nothing, for he thought it was Virgil’s fault he had to go to Ratarus for eternity.

    
He hugged Meagon and kissed her “Take care, and remember my dream. You are my last hope. Conquer the world, conquer Aseroth and wait for me, for I shall escape Ratarus. I am destined to escape and come back. I am destined to rule; you just wait for me, loyally, and faithfully.”

    
She nodded and burst into tears because she loved him too much but Leosher was cold hearted and focused. Then he turned to Ezhak who had tears in his eyes too “You were a good servant. You served your purpose well but now, I burden you with a new purpose. Serve Meagon and do whatever she says. Accompany her in everything she does, and take care of her and yourself as well.” Ezhak nodded and backed away. Afterwards, Leosher walked over to the cliff where Virgil stood and stood next to him and said to him while looking over the sea, “I am ready—let us go.”

    
Virgil snapped his fingers and a small dimensional gate opened in front of them and both walked in and when they did, they saw a gate at the end. The gate had no knob but only had thorns and spike on it. The door was red hot as well, and only gods and the guardians could open it. This was a Ratarus that Virgil had designed. When he moved Ratarus, drastic changes were made.

    
When Virgil opened the gate, the guardians welcomed them. The gate led to a thin bridge. Only 3 fully grown men could walk side by side on this bridge. It had lava flowing on either sides and had nothing to keep one from falling. It was a rocky bridge with a sudden end and it looked over Ratarus.

    
This Ratarus was a mountainous terrain. All these mountains were cells and there were many cells and all these cells were hot, hot like lava, for the ground was molten rocks. There was a huge mountain at the end, which was the cell of Shamaun, Samael’s father. All of the prisoners were allowed to roam freely on the molten ground except one, Shamaun, for he was too treacherous to be left free.

    
The sky of Ratarus was dark and filled with stars. The air was thick and filled with fire and sparks and smoke. There was no water and food, all starved and were only given food once a week, just to keep them alive. 

    
After the guardians thought Leosher was scared enough, they began talking to him “This is your home from now on, and there is no exit except the one you stand before and this exit is guarded by us, therefore you cannot escape it. This is your punishment.”

    
Leosher laughed and thought in his head “This might be guarded, but I am Leosher. I will escape it and get my revenge on Aseroth.”

    
Virgil took Leosher to the end of the bridge and told the guardians to stay behind and talked to him alone “Brother only if you had listened to me, you would not have ended up here. Only if you had stayed good, only if you had not gone power hungry and stayed the same, innocent Leosher, just like the one you started out. If you had done that, you would not have ended up here, but alas, here we are, and there is nothing that can be done anymore. Therefore, we shall say our goodbyes.”

    
Leosher smirked and nodded “You might want to think no one can escape, but I will and I will get my throne. There is nothing you can do to stop me and when I get out of here, you will be the first one to die….”

    
Virgil got angry and kicked Leosher off of the cliff. The time seemed to have slowed down. Both had tears in their eyes and both, even though loved each other, were angry at each other. Both brothers recited their creed, Leosher for revenge and motivation to get out of this place, and Virgil recited it out of sadness, and out of anger, for he knew this was not the end, and Leosher was going to come out and when he was, he was going to be there to stop him:

“We are not ordinary,

for we battle with destiny.

We have great power,

the power to write our own fate.

There is a beast rising within us,

and our revolt is weakening.

The beast is at the edge of our souls,

and its might is strengthening.

The beast is raw and pure,

its power is like lightning.

We cannot begin to describe,

the storm that is inside.

But the beast will rise again,

to bring forth the eternal pain.

The sun of hope has risen,

and the battle has begun.

But we remember one thing,

we will always be one.

We let the beast within us, rise,

to bring forth our enemy’s demise.

We move forward with one creed,

for it is our need,

Clearly, we are not ordinary,

                                                                for we battle with destiny….”