Chapter 6 - Reconciliation

This is the sixth chapter of the book.

Kenan and the others have successfully returned to Kafziel’s mansion. The group have set the unicorns free and have them return to Heaven. “Okay everyone. Let’s go in.,” said Kenan. “Right.” said Astaroth and the others as they walked over to the mansion. Fortunately for the group, Kafziel was already waiting for Kenan to return. Kafziel gasped, out of shock and surprise as she noticed Kenan standing alongside Astaroth, Elysia and Byleth. “Kenan. What is going on here? Why is Astaroth set free? Why are my children with you?” said Kafziel. “Kafz. It is time for you to be quiet and listen for a minute. I know you have been lying not only to me but your very own children.” said Kenan. “And what proof do you have?” said Kafziel. Before Kenan even spoke, he showed Kafziel the cage containing the shakin, unlocked it with the key, released the demon from it and held onto it with an extremely tight grip. “You care to explain this? Wasn’t this the same shakin you took out from my body?” said Kenan. “Well, uh…” said Kafziel. “And Raphael told us that you could’ve released dad at any time.” said Elysia. “Um…” said Kafziel. “Another thing Kafziel, I have only been working for you under cover for Asmodeus. You are a fallen angel. Aren’t you?” said Gordon. “Well, you see…” said Kafziel. “Give us a straight answer. What are you really?” said Asmodeus. To stop the bombardment of questions, Kafziel laughed as hard as she could. Kenan's hands shook and took a step back from Kafziel as he heard the laughter. “You all want to know the truth? Yes!! I am a fallen angel. Elysia and Byleth I absolutely can set demons free from the containment jars. Yes, Kenan, that is the same shakin from your body. Gordon, I knew you would turn on me, but I had no idea when.” said Kafziel. “What are you after?” said Kenan. “You want to know? I want to rule the Earth. That is what I am after. That is the only reason I protect it.” said Kafziel as her wings sprouted from her back. One of her wings as well as one half of her body turned black. A shockwave struck the ground causing it to slightly shake as Kafziel’s body transformed. “What the hell is that?” said Kenan. “Kenan. What you see now is a fallen angel. When an angel makes the choice to live for evil, their bodies begin to turn black. Once their body completely turns to that color, they become a demon just like me and Astaroth.” said Asmodeus. “I see. She is really looking like a female version of Two-Face from Batman.” said Kenan. “Mom…” said Elysia as she approached Kafziel, but Astaroth stopped her. “Elysia. Byleth. I will manage this. As your father it is my responsibility.” said Astaroth as he approached Kafziel. “What the hell are you going to do?” said Kafziel with a more sinister and monstrous tone. “Kafziel. I am tired of all this. Come back to me. Come back to your children.” said Astaroth as he grabbed onto Kafziel’s head and kissed her on the lips. As Astaroth kissed Kafziel her body began to revert to its original form. Kenan and the others stood back and watched the scenery. When the darkness on Kafziel’s body had completely faded, she embraced Astaroth tightly. The ground stopped trembling as well. “Astaroth. What just happened?” said Kenan. “Demons as well as angels have the power to absorb the energy that creates them from each other. The downside of that is that the creature that absorbs it could become an angel or demon depending on which one they were from the start. The energy that I took from Kafziel was negative demonic energy and had no effect on me since I am already a demon. Once that negative energy was gone, she turned back to normal. That explains what you saw.” said Astaroth. “Astaroth.” said Kafziel. “Kafziel. Instead of trying to rule the world, how about we live as a family? The fighting must stop. I still love you.” said Astaroth. Elysia and Byleth joined in the embrace. “We love you too.” said Byleth. “Mom. I am sorry for beating you up.” said Elysia. “It is fine. I have forgiven you already.” said Kafziel as she hugged her children. “Oh, come on.” said the shakin. “What did you say?” said Kenan as he looked at the parasitic demon. “I cannot believe that no one is doubting each other let alone themselves. Isn’t Kafziel the one who locked Astaroth up and lied about being able to let him out? Wasn’t Elysia the one who beat her mother up? Is not Astaroth the one who possessed Kenan’s brother and almost used him to kill people. Isn’t Kafziel also the one who lied to Kenan about that blood drink? What is it with all this reconciliation? Just fight each other. Fight!!! Angels and demons are not born to just put every matter as water under the bridge. They are not to love each other.” said the shakin. “Well, you thought wrong. When doubt fades and it turns into trust you ache at the sight of it. You are just a jealous disgusting pest. That is all you are. Nothing more and nothing less.” said Kenan. “This is a waste of time. Any way now to follow Lady Satan’s orders.” said the shakin as it bit onto Kenan’s finger to make him let him go. “Ow!! You piece of garbage!!” said Kenan as he attempted to crush the demon with his foot but failed to do so when it slithered out of the way as fast as it could. When the shakin managed to get away as far as it could there was a loud voice in the air. The horizon began to turn dark as it spoke. “My pet, have you absorbed enough doubt?!!” said the voice. “Who the hell is that?” said Kenan. “It’s Satan!!” said Astaroth. “Yes, my master!! I am ready to act out your orders to kill everyone here once I have it.” said the shakin. “Then grow!!!” said Satan. “Yes master!!” said the shakin as its size began to increase rapidly. Kenan remained frozen stiff as he watched the demon become as large as a two-story house. “What the hell am I seeing?” said Kenan. Gordon grabbed Kenan by the arm, but he could not even budge. “Kenan. Come on. We must get the hell out of here now!!” said Gordon as he pulled Kenan from the scenery. When Kenan pulled back to his senses, he ran from the Newton estate with Gordon and the others. The shakin’s size stopped growing as Kafziel and the others reached the front gate. The demon growled as it tore off half of the mansion with its tail. Tears came down Kafziel’s eyes as she saw her house destroyed. “My beautiful home. That pest is going to pay.” said Kafziel. “Kafz. We will fix it.” said Kenan. “Yes, but what are we going to do about that shakin.” said Kafziel. At an instant, a large portal appeared behind Kenan and the others. Peter, the heavenly beasts, and the angel army marched out from the entrance. “We fight. We fight it together. All of us.” said Peter. Kenan gasped at the sight of the unexpected reinforcements and said, “Saint Peter. What are you doing here?” “I told you Kenan. We owe you, our lives.” “Thank you so much.” said Kenan. “You are welcome. Now what is the plan?” said Peter. “Kafziel and I can use our time magic to stop it in place while the rest of you strike it endlessly.” said Kenan. “Kenan. Are you sure you can do that?” said Kafziel. “Let us not doubt Kafz. We must believe. We must stop it.” said Kenan. “You sound very confident.” said Kafziel. “We are going to need that to defeat it.” said Kenan. “Kenan is right. Let us take that thing down.” said Gordon. Kafziel nodded her head and said, “Right.” And with that, Kenan and his newfound friends and allies stood shoulder to shoulder ready to thwart the shakin. The shakin then spat on the ground. At an instant, the saliva turned into a duplicate that was the size of a couch that multiplied into thousands of parasites. Without any warning, the parasite army slithered toward Kenan and the others as fast as they could. “It begins.” said Asmodeus as she transformed back into her demon form. “Yes.” said Elysia, Byleth, Kafziel and Astaroth as they transformed as well. And with that, Kenan and the others rushed into battle with the parasite army. The time mages Kenan and Kafziel froze handfuls of the duplicate shakins’ for the demons, the heavenly beasts, and the angel army to tear them apart. Unfortunately for the group, the shakins’ continued to multiply every time a batch of them were killed by them. “There is no end to them. What can we do?” said Gordon. “We have no choice but to take out the big bug first.” said Kenan. The moment the leading shakin heard what Kenan said shuddered with fear. “I did not hear that!! I did not!!!” said the shakin. “Wait. That is it. Everyone, we have to say what it really is. A bug!!!” said Kafziel. “No!! Stop it!!!” said the shakin. The shakin’s army remained motionless, unable to attack. Kenan and the others stood shoulder to shoulder again. The shakin screamed as its body began to shrink. Kenan and his friends continued to say bug until the shakins’ body was the size of a car key again. “Yes!! We did it!!” said Kenan. At the same time with the shakins’ body size reduction, its army disappeared. “I do not believe this. I could not have failed.” said the shakin as it tried to crawl away. Kenan stamped on the tip of the shakin’s tail as hard as he could. “Unfortunately, you are not going anywhere.” said Kenan. “Well Kenan, whatever you decide to do with him is your call.” said Astaroth. “I’ve already decided what to do with it.” said Kenan. “Come on Kenan stab it with the dagger I gave you.” said Kafziel. Kenan reached for the knife he placed in his pocket and pulled it out from the sheath. Kenan gave the shakin a glare as he pointed the dagger right at the parasite. “Go ahead you fool. Do it while you have the chance.” said the shakin. Gordon and the others watched Kenan closely. Kenan took a deep breath, put the dagger away and placed the shakin back into the cage. “Kenan, what are you doing?” said Gordon. “Yeah Kenan. Why are you not killing it? That thing could have killed us, and you are locking it up like a rat.” said Asmodeus. “I am not going to kill it. I will not do it.” said Kenan. “Well, if you are going to just lock it up then what are you going to do with it?” said Kafziel. “I want to send it back to Hell. I want to give Satan a message.” said Kenan. “Kenan. You do know you can kill it right here and now.” said Astaroth. “Again, I will not do it. If I do that it will not make me any different than Satan.” said Kenan. “It’s not human.” said Astaroth. “Yeah, and neither are you, your children, your wife, the heavenly beasts, or the angels. Sending Satan a message is a better approach.” said Kenan. “You never cease to amaze me with your human spirit. What is the message?” said Astaroth. “I want Satan to know that taking over the world will not be as easy as she thinks it is. There are those who are willing to defend it with the right reason.” said Kenan. “Please allow me to take care of that.” said Astaroth as he took the caged shakin. “Of course.” said Kenan. And with that, Astaroth opened a portal to hell and tossed the cage at it. The shakin screamed for help as it jettisoned to hell. The horizon turned back to normal the moment the parasitic demon was never to be seen again. Kenan and his party cheered together for their victory. “Well Kenan. We love to stay but we must go back to heaven. The Almighty must be getting anxious for me to come back especially since welcoming new souls there is my job.” said Peter. “I see. The Earth will always be a home for you all as it is for us.” said Kenan. And with that, Kenan and Peter shook hands. “The Earth will be in good hands as long as you are around Kenan.” said Peter as he, the angel army and the heavenly beasts disappeared into thin air all at once. Kenan sighed quietly as he watched them leave. “Kenan.” said Kafziel as she approached Kenan. “Kafz. I know you are about to apologize but you do not need to.” said Kenan. “Why? Why just simply let that go after I lied to you?” said Kafziel. “Because I forgave you the moment you chose to fight with me.” said Kenan. “Like Astaroth said, you never cease to amaze me. Your human spirit is extraordinary. Well anyway, Kenan, what are you going to do?” said Kafziel. “I am going to keep living as a time guardian. Boston needs me. No. The world needs me.” said Kenan. “Well, if you’re going to do that there is something I want you to have.” said Kafziel as she ran back to the mansion. Kenan patiently waited for Kafziel to return with a white suit. “What’s with the suit Kafz?” said Kenan. “I figured if you have the blood of an angel in your veins then you can dress in a color suitable for one.” said Kafziel. “Why thank you Kafz. I hope it fits me.” said Kenan as he took the suit. “I measured you while you were sleeping last night for a suit for you to fit in.” said Kafziel. “I see.” said Kenan. “If you don’t mind, I'd like to see you wear it.” said Kafziel. “Of course.” said Kenan as he went into the limousine to put the suit on. Kafziel and the others kept their eyes on Kenan as they saw him in his new suit. Elysia blushed red at the sight of Kenan. “Kenan, you look great.” said Asmodeus. “I side with Asmodeus.” said Elysia. “You look like a million bucks Kenan.” said Gordon. “Thank you everyone.” said Kenan. Out of nowhere, a unicorn approached Kenan. “Wait. I thought we released them and had them go back to heaven.” said Byleth. “I guess one of them chose to stay and wants to be Kenan’s horse now.” said Astaroth. “I like that, but I honestly don’t know how I can keep her either at my dorm or at my parent’s house.” said Kenan. “You can keep her here Kenan. “We will get a barn house for her to live in.” said Kafziel. “Thank you again Kafz.” said Kenan. “You’re welcome, Kenan. What are you going to name her?” said Kafziel. “I’ll name her Priscilla.” said Kenan. The unicorn whinnied with excitement when Kenan gave her new name. “I guess she likes it.” said Elysia. “Yeah. That name is my mom’s name.” said Kenan. “Oh, you named her after your mom. That is lovely Kenan.” said Asmodeus. “Thanks. I never told you this, I named my watch after my father Cassius. Now I feel like I will always have both my parents with me no matter what happens to them.” said Kenan as he stroked Priscilla’s mane with the arm his watch was on. “That is so wonderful Kenan.” said Elysia as she held onto Kenan’s other hand. Kenan and Elysia both smiled at each other for a split second. Kafziel and Astaroth, both watched them the entire time. “Oh, I see. Kenan you like her.” said Kafziel as she approached Kenan. “I do…,” said Kenan. “Well then say what you really want to say to her.” said Kafziel. “Okay. Say Elysia, would you like to go out with me?” said Kenan. “Yes. I would like that.” said Elysia as she approached Kenan to kiss him on the cheek. Unfortunately for the newfound couple, there were the loud sounds of the sirens of police cars chasing a lone car down the street. “I hope they catch that suspect.” said Gordon. “Elysia. I am sorry but would you mind waiting for me to go help the police.” said Kenan. “You are not going alone. I am going with you. Where you go. I go.” said Elysia. “Very well.” said Kenan as he mounted Priscilla's back and pulled Elysia right on behind him. “Hey Kenan, wait up for a second.” said Asmodeus. “What is it, Asmodeus?” said Kenan. “I just wanted to say thank you. Because of you I learned that not every demon deserves death. I will never forget that.” said Asmodeus. “I am glad to hear that. You and Gordon take it easy now.” said Kenan. “Ha ha. Of course, my new friend.” said Gordon as he and Kenan bumped fists together. “Now go get him time guardian.” said Kafziel. “I will. Now let us go Priscilla.” said Kenan as he pulled the reins and flew away after the threat. As Kenan and Elysia left together, Kafziel and Astaroth continued to catch up in their moment of reconciliation. Should evil be a threat to this world Kenan Johnston will be there to defend it.
          Meanwhile back in the bloody palace of Hell, Satan was talking to Astaroth through her viewing window while holding onto the caged shakin with a furious expression. “What the hell do you mean you are quitting?” said Satan. “I am done working for you. I am done with my family being separated from each other. We are going to live on Earth as humans. I know it will be tough, but I do not care because I would rather struggle with moving on with my life then continue it being your slave.” said Astaroth. “Do you have any idea of what you are saying?” said Satan. “I am fully aware of what I am saying.” said Astaroth. “You mouth me like that again and I will send legions after you so many times you won’t even be able to live a human life.” said Satan. “I have said my piece. Send the toughest demon after us. Take care of yourself.” said Astaroth as his face disappeared from the window. Satan punched the window, destroying it into pieces. “My lady, please calm down now.” said the shakin. “Do not you dare give me advice after you failed me. Now do you have any last words to say before I kill you.” said Satan. “Yes. Go ahead and kill me. If I am to be killed it will be by you, my lady. I vowed to serve you to the death. I wish you nothing but the luck to succeed with your plans.” said the shakin. “Thank you for that at least.” said Satan as she destroyed the cage along with the parasite. At the same time, the viewing window restored itself completely and showed her two women standing together on the blue hills hiking trail in Boston. A large invisible flying vessel was on the ground close to them. “So Etsilla, what do you say? Let us bring justice to the evil people in this world.” said one of the women. “Yes.” said the other woman. Their eyes glowed a dark purple as they held hands and ran towards Boston together.