In Rebellion (Archangel Jarahmael and the War to Conquer Heaven, Book II) (8 page)

Chapter 9

The blue clouds in the Fifth Heaven popped into Jarahmael’s view as he entered once again. The Hall of the Virtues was still abuzz with Angels moving about, a collection of Angels from each of the seven remaining Orders of Angels, save for the Seraphim and the Thrones
. Wish I had an opportunity to discuss what is going on here with the Almighty,
Jarahmael thought as he flew silently high above. He was careful to move from blue cloud to blue cloud and keep himself out of sight. He could see that the bulk of the Angels had been assembled outside the Hall of the Virtues, now in formations and armed. They were beginning to collect as legions and move apart, one legion from another. It was only a matter of time before they flew off to the Earth to destroy the Humans.

Luciferael was still there by the Hall of the Virtues, steering the troop movements around him. Jarahmael could see the other Archangels that were part of Luciferael's Auxilium mixed among the Angels. They were in charge of the various legions and formations and seemed to be controlling the various blocks of the other Orders of Angels. Sammuael had the Cherubim ranks with him. Beelzebael had the Dominions, while Mephistophael commanded the Principal
ities
. Mammonael was with the Potentates. It was hard to keep them in a configuration because as floating orbs they just floated about, not in a streamlined movement. Looking down at their faces that filled the one side of the orbs, these Potentates were not smiling
. In fact, their
faces were beginning to turn angry, which was somewhat frightening with just the head-like orbs and no bodies.

The Guardian Angels who made up a large part of the whole contingent were split into groups commanded by the other Archangels that Jarahmael saw there. Damiel had one group while Suriel had another. As Jarahmael watched from above, the legions were being set-up under the commands of the various Archangels of the Auxilium. Angels for each of the Orders were assigned to a legion and marched into position. This took time, and as Jarahmael watched he saw the legions being formed, with squadrons of Cherubim in the lead, Principalities, Guardians, Dominions and finally Potentates bringing up the rear of each legion.

In total the army appeared to be split into two main bodies O
ne group was set under the major command of Beelzebael, the under the command of Sammuael. Beelzebael’s army
was beginning to
line
itself up
poised to enter the lower Heavens through the Fourth Heaven while Sammuael’s legions were marching to get ready to fly upwards towards the Sixth Heaven.

That means the upper regions could be under attack as well as the lower regions. So much for Lillith being safe,
Jarahmael thought to himself.

Jarahmael watched as one of the Guardian Angels was escorted by a number of armed Cherubim guards and brought directly to Luciferael. There was a discussion from what Jarahmael could see between them and it was not long before the captive Guardian Angel grew into a red haired Archangel. The orange tipped wings confirmed that it was Ariel. He must have been trying to blend in with Luciferael’s troops while spying on their activity. The exchange did not seem to go well for Ariel and ended with Luciferael gesturing. In a flash Ariel appeared bound in some form of chains and was then escorted within the Hall and out of Jarahmael’s sight.
Ariel captured? How could Luciferael be authorized to capture and confine one of the Archangels?
Something is definitely amiss!

Jarahmael
was now convinced how important it was to get the weapons down to Michael and the others from the Sixth Heaven. He felt good that he advised Zachiel to arm the remainder of the Cherubim.
Zachiel and his Cherubim would be able to buy time by denying
Luciferael’s
legions passage through the Sixth Heaven. He was a strong Cherubim, as were those who remained under his command to protect the Sixth Heaven. Getting through Zachiel’s forces would not be an easy task for Luciferael’s army.

Jarahmael knew that he still had to distract Luciferael’s legions here in the Fifth Heaven long enough to allow for the contingent of Faumiel's Cherubim to pass through this Heaven and get the much-needed weaponry down to Michael and Cerebriel on the Earth. Looking about from his perch in the clouds, Jarahmael knew that Faumiel and his squadron would most likely pass through the eastern part of the Fifth Heaven, so he would have to draw the rebel Angels' attention to the west.

Jarahmael had an idea to make a grand entrance to catch the rebel legions’ attention. And he knew the timing would have to be perfect. If the weapons never got to Michael and the other Angels loyal to the Almighty waiting below, Luciferael and his legions would hold all the weapons and power in the Heavens and on the Earth. The rebellion would
be won
without any real opposition.
Faumiel’s mission must not fail!

Jarahmael kept his eyes watching the east waiting for Faumiel to break through. But he was also watching the Angels below as they were getting ready to depart. If Luciferael's contingent of Angels heading towards the lower Heavens left before the weapons passed through, then Faumiel and his Cherubim could be trapped
behind the
rebel legions on their way to get to the Earth with the weapons. Faumiel’s small group of Cherubim would not be able to fight their way through, and would most likely simply be captured by the rebel Angels, preventing any weapons from getting to Michael and the others. It was excruciating for Jarahmael to wait like that. And there was nothing else he could do but wait.

The rebel Angels near the Hall of the Virtues were finally all formed in their legions and started to move, ready to leave for the lower Heavens. It was just then that Jarahmael caught a glimpse of Faumiel’s Cherubim break into the sky of the Fifth Heaven over by some clouds in the east. Groups of ten were carrying sleds full of weapons, pulling the stacks as they flew silently through the blue cloud. Looking down, the rebel Angels beneath Jarahmael still seemed oblivious to the movement off in the eastern sky. But to be sure they wouldn’t look over in that direction, Jarahmael began to drop out of his cloud in the western sky, and pulling the trumpet to his lips, he began to blow through it. The trumpet was designed as a weapon, but Jarahmael only used it to make simple sounds. With all the rebel Angels turning to face Jarahmael in the western sky, Faumiel and his Cherubim with the sleds of weapons glided silently past and through the Fifth 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 Luciferael's hands. He would have to find a way to do that. But he also knew that Luciferael would be hindered in the Sixth Heaven by the Cherubim. The lower Heavens, however, did not have any real defenses, weapons, or even awareness that a rebellion had begun. As much as he wanted to go protect Lillith in the upper Heavens, he knew he would have to try to sabotage Luciferael’s attacks heading towards the lower Heavens.

"As much as I would like to stay with you, my
l
ord Luciferael, I am one of the more powerful Archangels and should probably go with the other part of your
a
rmy. That way I can strengthen them. I assume you will be cleansing out the Heavens?"

"Yes, Jarahmael. That is so noble and unselfish of you to offer.”

“Thank you, my
l
ord,” Jarahmael said to him.

Luciferael continued, “The Cherubim in the Sixth Heaven will most likely put up the toughest fight. That's the reason I will be going upwards with
lord
Sammuael and his legions. The other part of the army under
lord
Beelzebael should not have as much trouble even though there are more loyal Angels in number to oppose them. The Earth creatures will be destroyed quickly, and the Guardian Angels are not as strong as the higher Order Angels.
Our attack will be a surprise, quick and efficient because m
ost of the Angels in the lower Heavens are working on the pyramids on the Earth and are not even in the Heavens at the moment. I anticipate that you as part of the
a
rmy will be able to run through the lower Heavens and block those Angels presently on the Earth from regaining their footing and returning to the Heavens. They will be stuck on the Earth, outcasts from their own Heavens, until they capitulate to me and agree to worship me as the new Almighty.”