Chapter 17: No Joking Matter

Nate stands there, not looking at Michael, but looking at the ground. Michael still has Autumn in his hands. He drops her at the sight of Nate standing up.

“I stabbed you, and from where the stab was, you should not be able to stand.”

Nate doesn’t answer. Instead, he puts out his left hand and the blood from his wound goes down his body to his hand to make a sword of blood.

“Autumn Pine, get William out of here now.”

Autumn grabbed Will and ran.

“I am amazed you can still stand, Nate Ward, my sword is different. Whenever I hit my target, it does double the damage. So how are you up right now?” asked Michael.

“I am not Nate.”

Michael looks confused.

“Then who are you?”

Nate doesn’t answer, he attacks. Michael is forced to dodge Nate. He’s not fighting the same, he’s fighting like he’s wild, yet focused. Sword after sword, swinging at Michael, one of the swords hits him. The blood from Michael gets sucked from his wound into Nate, healing him. After that Nate, was fighting even faster.

Michael can’t keep up. Nate puts the blood sword in Michaels knee and then his other blade in his foot, taking it out to put it in the same place Nate was stabbed by his golden sword.

“I am not the only one. God’s army will come for all of you,” said a weak Michael.

Nate picks up Michael’s sword. He puts it through the chest of the angel, then walks behind him, grabs his wings and rips them off. Nate lowers his head to Michael's ear.

“Your god is not here. It’s only the hand of death.”

Nate looks on as the man before him dies. Then Nate falls unconscious. He wakes up in a room. Looking around, it’s all black with a white table and chairs. In one of them is a man in purple and black robes.

“Sit Nate, it’s time we talk.”

Nate takes a seat.

“So you are death.”

“Very good, lord Ward. Yes I am.”

“Why do you show up now?”

“What do you mean? I am always there with you, you are my hand.”

“But you only helped now.”

“Only. Nate, we all know that’s not true, I mean I am the reason you are still alive.”

“Were you the one there with the spider?”

“No. You will find out who that was, but not now.”

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“Ok, well what is this? Where are we?”

“We are in your mind.”

“My mind?”

“Yes, because you are unconscious, so I am speaking to you where no one will know.”

“Am I going to die?”

“No your wife has you, you will be fine.”

“Ok, well why did you choose me?”

“That's a hard question, but to put it in a way you can understand, you were the best choice. I was looking for a while before we brought your world into the game.”

“I feel like you can’t tell me everything.”

“Now you are starting to get it.”

“So how long will I be here?”

“As long as you want.”

“Oh, then I think I would like to wake up.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, Nate started to wake up. He seems to be in his room. He sees his wife asleep in a chair beside him.

“Ash,” said Nate.

She wakes up like she was never asleep in the first place.

“Nate. oh my god.”

She gets up and walks to him.

“Are you ok? How do you feel?” asked Nate.

“I’m fine.. I mean… I feel kind of weak.. but other than that I feel fine.”

“What happened? When we found you, you were unconscious and had that man next to you.. but when we got you here, your body was fine.”

“I don’t think I was in control of my body, I think it was death.”

“As in the god death? The one you now serve under?”

“Yes.. I think it was a lot on my body.”

“Are you going to be ok?” asked Ash/

“Yes, my love but I need to talk to West, Will, and Autumn.”

“Ok, I’ll grab them.”

When Ash comes back, Nate sees Will in a leg cast.

“It’s ok brother, don’t worry about my leg, it’ll be fine in 2 days,” said Will.

“I'm sorry, I didn’t know how powerful he was.. I think his sword was doing something to me.”

“Hey, Will is fine and you kicked that man’s ass, so I think everything is going to be ok,” said Autumn.

“No, he wasn’t the only one,” said Nate.

“What do you mean, lord Ward?” asked Westcut.

“He said that he wasn’t the only one. He said God's army will come for me, for this place. I think there's a place just like Thanatos, but they think it’s god, as in the one true god.”

“Christians, gross,” said Ash.

“No, I think It’s more like a Knights Templar.”

“Catholic, yay,” said Autumn jokingly.

“Guys, I don’t mean to be rude, but this is no joking matter. From what I can understand, they’re on the way. I think Michael was a scout, and he was strong, so who knows what’s happening? But I need my own scouts to go out as soon as possible,” said Nate.

“Yes, lord Ward, it will be done,” said Westcut.

“They can be here any day now, so autumn get the black cloaks ready and Will get the gray cloaks along with them.”

“Yes, lord Ward,” said Will and Autumn.

Nate gets out of bed.

“We are officially at war. We will only kill the enemy if they have captured people with them, make sure they live.”

Westcut, Will and Autumn take off to get their jobs done. Nate stands at the window looking out at his town.

“Ash, I love you,” said Nate.

“I love you, Nate.”

“Can you get my armor and Michael's sword? I need to get ready for war.”

“Yes, my love.”

“It’s time they meet the hand of death,” said Nate