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Chapter 7 - Requiem For A Dream

Tad feels gentle sun rays hit his face. His eyes open slowly as the scenery before him looks unfamiliar. This is not the place he remembers falling asleep. He is unable to speak instead his thoughts haunt him "Where am I, what am I doing out here, and who are all of these people". Suddenly hears an echoing voice call out to everyone beside him, " Be at the ready." Tad looked around trying to see who was speaking and noticed that everyone was looking up. To his surprise it was angel flying over the field and what caught his eye next terrified him. About four-hundred yards away from where they are all standing the field turns pitch black with all of the vegetation insight to be dead and wilted and giving off an eerie aura. The angel noticed Tad looking around too much and the look of horror on his face. " What is your name young man?" The angel asked

" My name is Tad, how did I get here I was just in the hospital" Tad said with a bit of a stutter.

" It's okay Tad my name is Micheal I am an arch angel and Gods right hand we are preparing for a battle between angels and believers that have surrendered themselves to God to fight in his battles as the end times draw near" . Hearing this Tad felt the weight of the armor on his chest and arms. " It's heavy right? Good that means you feel the weight of what's at stake here today, no worries you have dawned the armor of Poseidon" . Tad looked down at his chest and noticed the chest plate was the same dark navy color as his guardians wings and the inscriptions were similar on his arm plates. " Where is my weapon I see everyone else has one?" . Before Tad finished his thought Micheal handed him a short sword, helmet with the lords crest on it, and a small pouch of holy water. " Why do I need the water?" . " If the time presents it and you feel your gift speak to you to use the water that is why you have it." . " I have never used a sword before, how do I know I won't be a burden here?" Tad said hanging his head.

" Raise your head and hold out your dominate hand." . Tad did as instructed and felt a small electrical shock through his body that made him feel a bit disoriented. After a few moments Tad felt like he had just experienced years of training in just seconds, " This is only temporary so do not be surprised when you get back if you can't replicate what you do here. Everything you do here can be achieved in your world but with practice and patience so remember to be patient and take it easy at the start so you don't pass out from the transfer, understood." . Tad straightened up and saluted the angel in front of him. Micheal took a couple steps back and shot back up into the sky and yelled " Charge!" With a thunderous shout, in that moment everyone began to run straight toward the dark side of the field. Tad hung back in the rear guard for minutes like instructed, hearing the screams of people falling in battle and the shrieks of what he can only imagine to be the enemy. Everything inside of him told him to run backwards to safety, but before his body could react a dark figure with torn wings and black eyes charged at him. Tad let his body go loose and let the magic Micheal gave to him surface and in an instant Tad had slashed at the beast driving his short sword down the shoulder into its torso, the beast fell after shrieking loudly alerting others nearby. Tad felt a rush of adrenaline come over his body and smiled welcoming the challenge of the beasts coming at him. After slaying half a dozen or so of these beasts Tad felt the familiar roar from earlier that day. " Now? Am I ready for this? Screw it let's give it a shot." At the moment Tad finished his thought he put his hand out and the water shot out from the bag and shot straight toward the next wave beasts charging at him. In a flash they all fell screaming and cursing him for his dirty trick, the next moment the beasts turned to ash. Shortly after that attack Tad felt his knees go weak and braced himself with his blood soaked sword. Breathing heavily Tad thinks back to what Micheal had said and stopped to take a moment, but the beasts were not as forgiving to him, Tad took a blow to his chest plate hard enough to dent it and knock the wind out of him. Seeing this happen one of his comrades sees this and rushes to his aid with shield and crest in hand. " Can you stand? I need you to get behind me and regain your strength they won't get through me." The stranger said in a half yell. Tad mustered the strength to move behind the shield man and take a few deep breathes, Tad put his hand on the mans shoulder and thanked him for the rescue. With that Tad side stepped and swung his sword at the beast clinging to the shield severing both of its arms and sending the monster tot he ground where the shield gave it the final blow. A few minutes later a horn sound can be heard off in the distance signaling the enemy retreat back to their territory. Tad found a spear lying a few feet ahead of him and picked it up with the last of his strength threw it at group of the beasts hoping to hit at least one. The spear sunk into two of them as Tad hit his knees on the blood soaked grass holding himself up with his sword. The shield man ran up to him and put Tads arm around his shoulder and picked him up to help him back to camp. When they reached the camp Micheal found Tad and the shield man and congratulated them both on a job well done. " Did…we…win" Tad muttered with a shallow breathe. "Yes we won for now, get some rest you passed this test but barely you got to carried away, lean on your supporters and friends." With that Tad nodded and passed out the similar pulling feeling came over him as he was sent back to his body in the hospital.

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