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The present is now the past The things that once made us happy are gone Nostalgia takes me as I remember the old days When everything seemed bright and hopeful Everything is changing But my love for you remains the same After all the ups and downs After all the joy and sadness I still think that things can get better Our mistakes are behind us And the future lies ahead Where we can make things right Even when we think we're at the end, A new beginning waits for us Getting used to being wrong has been hard Getting used to the disappointments has been even harder I'm afraid to move on But then I see you and my fears disappear Nothing stays the same Except truth and love are eternal After all the ups and downs After all the joy and sadness I still think that things can get better Our mistakes are behind us And the future lies ahead Where we can make things right Even when we think we're at the end, A new beginning waits for us I won't let my failures be my future My sins won't get the better of me No challenge is too difficult for me to face with you Tomorrow is a new day And anything can happen After all the ups and downs After all the joy and sadness I still think that things can get better Our mistakes are behind us And the future lies ahead Where we can make things right Even when we think we're at the end, A new beginning waits for us
Best is Yet to Come by Red is the inspiration for this song/poem.
Once the dust settles After we hurt everyone we cared about I see what I did wrong I shouldn't have given into you I was a slave to your command A fool living in ignorance But now I'm free Free from your degradation Free from your captivation Free from your suffocation Once you're gone I'll be Free From Your Temptation You are a thorn in my side You offered a false freedom A fabrication Following you will only lead to my damnation I was a slave to my weakness A fool thinking himself wise But now I'm free Free from your degradation Free from your captivation Free from your suffocation Once you're gone I'll be Free From Your Temptation Reprobation Desecration Malformation We all the things I were with you But now I'll be Free from your degradation Free from your captivation Free from your suffocation Once you're gone I'll be Free From Your Temptation Without you I'll be Once you're gone I'll be Free! (Free!) Free! (Free!) Free! (Free!) Free from Your Temptation
I want you to be free Free from all this pain I want to see you smile Smile in the face of fear Anything that comes your way We can handle together If you're ever in need of help If you feel like you can't go on If need someone to lean on I'll Be Here I want you to be strong Strong even when you're weak I want you to be better Better than the evil in this world Anything that puts you down We can handle together If you're ever in need of help If you feel like you can't go on If need someone to lean on I'll Be Here My hand will always be here for you to take Wherever you go Whenever you need me It doesn't matter how impossible it may seem I'll always be there to give you the help you need If you're ever in need of help If you feel like you can't go on If need someone to lean on I'll Be Here
When I saw you, I was struck with fear It was so sudden like a bolt of lightning I've never felt anything like it before My hands were trembling as you stole my heart You helped me realize what I was missing My life was a struggle up until the point Up until the point when I met you Your eyes captivated me When we first saw each other Your touch calmed me When we first held hands My life was forever changed When I First Met You When I saw you, I was amazed How could someone be so beautiful? Were you sent from Heaven? Why didn't you enter my life sooner? You helped me overcome my flaws My life was a struggle up until the point Up until the point when I met you Your eyes captivated me When we first saw each other Your touch calmed me When we first held hands My life was forever changed When I First Met You Your smile gives me hope When we're together Your love heals me When we kiss My life was completed When I First Met You
This song/poem was inspired by Light Up by Thousand Foot Krutch.
Download for free on Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/997751 The Catholic space empire wages war on heathens and heretical empires and against sinners within her ranks across the universe. Follow nine distinct groups in the empire in this series of short stories where what is good and right is brought into question along with why certain things are good and/or right. Blood will be shed, many will die, and who knows who will be sent to Heaven or Hell?
“And they’re going to get a
surprise they aren’t expecting.”
The people we’re expecting come
around the corner thinking they got away with a crime only to be shocked to
find my wife and I waiting for them in the alleyway.
“Who are you two and what are you doing
here? This area is restricted for the peasant class,” one of them asks before
being stunned by our guns.
“You think we’re peasants? Heh, we’re
more than that. You better watch your stepped fellas before you call the judgment
of God upon yourselves,” I say while we make our exit.
The alarm in the area goes off, but
our secret passageways allow us to avoid all the guards.
“We have your men stunned on the floor.
They just called for security,” I report back to my superior.
“Good work as always.”
“You know us.”
“You’ll receive your payment at the
pickup location like always. God bless you.”
“You too.”
My superior cuts off communication.
“Is the pay any higher this time?”
Elizabeth asks.
“The pay is the same as always.”
“That figures. Zachary, when do you
think we’re going to get a raise? We just received a child not too long ago.”
“I’m working on it. You know how it
is with our section in the Church.”
“Right. I understand.”
“I hope so because we’re going to
hear it at the meeting.”
Sure enough, when we get to the
meeting house, the usual members bring up money and their financial situation.
“My business is in a tough
situation and I have a family to take care of,” Paul says, “An eternal war with
sin and the forces of Hell takes a toll on us with how much we have to keep up with
to stay in the competition with the other clothing businesses.”
I say, “I understand all of your
points. We have a newborn child as you know and-”
“We have four children!”
“We have ten!”
“And the Lord will provide for you,
I’m sure of it, but know that we are all dealing with the same situation. If we
keep reminding God and His Church of our problems, they will get solved,” I
say.
“We’ve been doing this for years
without any significant raise! We’re the families that keep the Church
running!”
The crowd agrees with him.
“Did you forget our part of the
deal? We need to stay in the peasant class with a certain wage limit, so we don’t
attract the attention of anyone from the aristocrats or the other empires. This
allows us to have the drop on every target we come across,” I point out.
“But our tools and access to an almost
limitless pool of resources does that better than our status. Who cares if our finances
are being tracked?”
“We’re still peasants. We’re still
the laity of the Church. There is an order dictated by God that must be followed.
Besides, without us, the Church would fall apart.”
“That’s our point! That’s why we
need more to live decently, otherwise, we might as well live like the heathens
and heretics in the ghettos.”
“There’s nothing wrong with poverty
when God has already given us so much. Appreciate what you have, and God will
give us what we need. If you lack faith in Him, then He’ll test you to remember
your worth in the universe.”
“Excuse me, but we can question-”
“Are you going to suggest we defy
the Church? We’ll be defying God as a result,” Elizabeth interrupts.
“N-no, I’m just-”
“Then learn your place and stay in
it. That goes for all of you.”
That quieted them down. Thank you, God,
for my wife.
“Thank you, Elizabeth. At least someone
knows how things are supposed to be. We stick to the plan. If things continue
as they are, then I’ll consider taking action, but we’re not like the Society
of St. Bellarmine in that we can’t exactly do whatever we want. We’re more like
Section 10:34. We do the Lord’s Will in the darkness with only Him and those in
Heaven as our witnesses. That should be all that matters to us. This meeting has
ended. Go home and get your rest. We have another mission tomorrow.”
Everyone starts to leave.
“These meetings always end the
same, Zachary. Something has to change and soon.”
“My husband said the meeting is
over, Paul. There is nothing more to discuss.”
Paul and his wife leave the room. Elizabeth
and I can finally change out of our disguise uniforms. After we pick up our
pay, we head home and take a breath of relief.
“Are you oka-”
I kiss Elizabeth to show her how
thankful I am for being there for me.
“I’m okay now. Thank you for helping
me keep things under control.”
“It’s the least I could do. I keep
thinking about hitting those who don’t forget their place and using the
admonishment of sinners as my excuse.”
“Heh, I’ve thought the same.”
I admire God’s gift to us, my son John,
and wonder how God is going to get us at this situation.
“He’s handsome like you. Look at
how he smiles at us. Doesn’t it give you hope?”
“It does. I’m sorry if I make you
worry for me in any way.”
“Don’t worry about it. I’ll be here
for you when you’re feeling weak. It’s what I’m here for.”
“And I’ll be here for you too. Always
and forever just like we promised.”
“Always and forever.”
Elizabeth and I make sure that John
is fast asleep after our nighttime prayers before heading to bed ourselves.
“You can’t save them.”
Who’s that?
“They’ll die because of you.”
What are you talking about?
“Defy God’s Church. You’re going to
go on a mission to root out the evil in it tomorrow. Root out the corruption
within it and destroy those who oppose you. You have the resources and people.”
No. No. It’s not right. You aren’t
right. Begone Satan!
“Your wife will be the plaything of
someone in authority and your son will be a slave to them.”
Lies! All lies! Hail Mary full of
grace pray for me a sinner and protect my family and me.
“Zachary? Zachary!”
“Huh? Is something the matter, Elizabeth?”
“You’re sweating.”
“I thought you like me when I’m hot
and sweaty. Ow! What?”
“Go back to sleep.”
“Okay.”
I can’t let dreams like that bother
me. I can’t afford to let anything bring me down for the sake of God and my family.
Waking up the next morning fills me up with energy. Elizabeth and I do our
daily morning prayers and rosary with John with us. We then make breakfast
together and go about our daily business as normal peasants.
The bakery we run is fairly popular
in our neighborhood. Other members of the Association of Saints Joachim and Anne
visit us from time to time to pick up our other “goods”. We hide them in fake
cakes and ice cream tubes. Since our section is the largest in the Church, we
have visitors from all people in the universe. We even get visitors from other
sections that don’t know which section we’re from. They’re told that we’re only
a contact and nothing more. It’s always funny to me seeing them act sneaky as
if they were the stealthiest section when we’re the most unknown.
The day goes by like normal and we
close the shop once the sun sets. One of our members comes over to watch our son
for us while we’re out like usual before we join everyone from the association at
the normal meeting place for the prayer of our section. We first sing the
Apostles' Creed, Our Father, three Hail Marys, and a Glory Be. I then lead the
group in prayer.
“Let us pray. Oh God, who made the family the first institution and who keeps
it together, help us to keep the family of the Church together and in line with
Your ways. We pray,”
“Help us to always love each other as you always love us.”
“Let us be your instruments of teaching and order.”
“So that thy will shall be done as it is in Heaven.”
“Help us to not fall into error.”
“Because we hurt each other when we sin.”
“As the family
goes,”
“So goes the nation and the whole world.”
“Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:”
“Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the
church. He is the saviour of his body.”
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered
himself up for it that he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water
in the word of life:”
“That
he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle,
or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish.”
“My
son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy
mother.”
“Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of
instruction are the way of life.”
“Always be in our hearts, Oh Lord, who is truth and love itself.”
“Always and forever we shall love you.”
“Saints Joachim
and Anne, Father and Mother of the Queen of Heaven and Grandparents of Our
Lord.”
“Pray for us.”
“Patriarch Abraham and his wife Sarah, Father and Mother of Nations.”
“Pray for us.”
“St.
Joseph and Blessed Virgin Mary, Father and Mother of Our Lord.”
“Pray for us.”
“Jesus Christ, Savior of all.”
“Pray for us.”
“Jesus Christ, Ruler of the Universe.”
“Pray for us.”
“Jesus Christ, Conqueror of Death.”
“Pray for us.”
“Use the families of
Your Church, Oh Lord, as you have used countless other families to set the
foundation of the coming Heavenly Kingdom.”
“Amen.”
I take out a map of the location we’re
going to and plan out our roles in the mission. This part of our meetings usually
goes smoothly since no one disagrees in getting their jobs done. Once we all know
what we’re supposed to do, we set out. The government tower we’re in is the most
heavily guarded building in the city and probably this world, but our exclusive
access and knowledge to it make it as easy to go through as a normal house. The
targets we’re after are holding a meeting for charities that are more of a
money-making business than a charity. People like this make me sick because their
position in the Church allows them to help people in need and instead, they spend
their money on themselves and they get tainted money from heathens and heretics.
Elizabeth and I jump in a meeting literally as we jump on two of our targets
and stun the rest.
“It isn’t good to be doing business
with heretics,” I say before knocking out the people we jumped on.
Our next targets are easily taken
out by a stun grenade that we throw in their meeting room. The last bunch of
targets come to us and expect to hear the results of the meeting only to meet
us in the meeting room. We stun them with our guns then set them up for the
authorities to pick them up. Another day another job well done. After reporting
our success to our superiors, Elizabeth and I go back to the meeting house
where nothing is argued about. Everyone is strangely pleasant, and the meeting
goes off without a hitch. Maybe it’s because we get a weekend break and a
bigger pay than the last mission. Still, I have a weird feeling that something
is wrong. I just can’t pin down what it is. Elizabeth might be noticing it too.
She asks me about it before we go
to bed and asks, “Do you think it’s just our imagination?”
“I hope so. I’d rather not there be
a problem in our section because of our importance to the Church.”
“Me too. Maybe some sleep will make
this feeling go away.”
“Yeah.”
“You’re a failure as a leader.”
What? Elizabeth? Is that you?
“You’re a failure as a husband.”
What are you talking about?
“You’re a failure as a father.”
John? No. This is another dream. Hail
Mary-
“She can’t help you.”
-full of grace pray for me a sinner-
“Something bad is happening while
you slumber.”
-help my family and me.
My phone’s ringing wakes me up.
“This is Zachary. What’s going on?”
“One of your members, Paul, has
taken more than his fair share,” my superior informs me, “It appears that he
took the money from your last targets.”
“I didn’t expect him to be this
much of a fool. I apologize for my ignorance on this and will deal with him
now.”
“Don’t be sorry. It looks like he
did this on his own without anyone else in the know. We will have authorities
on standby waiting for your call to arrest him. God protect you and help you to
go through this hard course of action.”
“God protect and help both of us.”
I wake Elizabeth up and tell her
what I was told.
“What an idiot! This is going to
cost all of us,” she says, “We better get out there now and deal with him.”
“Let’s go then.”
Elizabeth and I put on our
disguises and head out to Paul’s house. He must’ve known that we were coming for
him because we don’t find him at his house. It’s a good thing that he has a tracking
chip in his cybernetics that only leaders of the groups in the division like me
know about. We find him not that far from his house and catch him as he’s about
to take one of our secret exits out of the city area. I shoot him in the legs
with my stun gun, so he doesn’t get away then hide in the darkness so
we can speak privately.
“You’re so predictable, Paul, but
what I didn’t expect is for you to be enough of an idiot to steal from people,”
I say.
“I stole from sinners! They didn’t deserve
the money!”
“We’re all sinners, Paul.”
“But I needed it more for my
family.”
“The way to Hell is paved with good
intentions, is it not? Now your family will have to be supported by the association
while you go off to jail in a faraway place where they will not hear from you
for years.”
“Please, Zachary, don’t do this to
them!”
“You did this to them when you broke
the rules of the association.”
“Don’t listen to the rules, listen
to your God-given conscience and do the right thing!”
“I was handed this role by my
family just like yours. I will follow what my family taught me. I will follow
what the Church teaches. I will follow what God commands. This is the right
thing to do.”
I then knock out Paul with my stun
gun before calling the authorities and heading back home.
“Are you okay, Zachary?”
“I’m fine, Elizabeth, as long as I
have God and you by my side, nothing will ever bother me.”
I hold Elizabeth’s hand as we head
back home. It doesn’t matter what kind of challenges, how many times Satan
tempts me, or how many times I fall. If I stay by God, I’ll always have a
second chance. If I do what God wills of me, I will be good, and I will be
right.
The End
Lesser gods by Demon Hunter is always a good song to remind me of what matters in the end that's related to this story.
After we sing the Apostles' Creed,
Our Father, Three Hail Marys, and a Glory Be, I command my squads to sing the
prayer of St. George’s Hunting Party as I lead them in prayer.
“Let us pray. Oh God, who crushes evil and saves the repentant, we humbly ask
You to help us imitate your example in every way. We pray,”
“Protect
our family and friends while we are away clearing the path ahead for them.”
“Let us be your
instruments of cleansing and protection.”
“So that thy will shall be done as it is in Heaven.”
“Help us to tame
the beasts of the universe.”
“As you have tamed every being in existence.”
“Covert the
heathen before we arrive to save his soul.”
“Or else he will suffer eternal hellfire.”
“Convert the
heretic before we arrive to save his soul.”
“Or else he
will suffer eternal hellfire.”
“Death
to those who oppose God the Father, Source of Authority.”
“For the wages of sin is death.”
“Death to those who oppose God the Son, who died for us sinners.”
“For the wages of sin is death.”
“Death to those who oppose God the Holy Spirit, who is the source of truth in
the Church.”
“For the wages of sin is death.”
“Repent all ye sinners because death is certain to come soon.”
“And God will forgive your sins, but cast you into Purgatory till thou
repay the last farthing.”
“Always
be in our hearts, Oh Lord, who is truth and love itself.”
“Always and forever we shall love you.”
“St. George,
Slayer of the Dragon.”
“Pray for us.”
“St. Joseph, Protector of the Church.”
“Pray for us.”
“St. Michael the Archangel, Slayer of Satan.”
“Pray for us.”
“Morning Star, Blessed Mother Mary, Crusher of the Serpent's head.”
“Pray for us.”
“Our Lady of the Rosary, Blessed Mother Mary, who's rosary is the weapon of our
times.”
“Pray for us.”
“Our Lady of Victory, Blessed Mother Mary.”
“Pray for us.”
“Jesus Christ, Savior of all.”
“Pray for us.”
“Jesus Christ, Ruler of the Universe.”
“Pray for us.”
“Jesus Christ, Conqueror of Death.”
“Pray for us.”
“Use your tools of cleansing to separate the wheat and from the chaff as we
enter into the wild fields.”
“Amen.”
“I’m sure most of you know what to
do, but since we have a few new bloods, I thought I’d be charitable and give
them a heads up. When the mission briefing said to kill everything and everyone
that isn’t one of our soldiers, we meant everything and everyone that is alive
or looks alive. Don’t even think about being merciful to the people there nor
the wildlife that appears friendly at first. They will kill you or worse if you
give them the opportunity. Once that is done, we will torch certain areas of
the planet to make way for the Church to set up outposts, buildings, houses,
and more for the glory of God. Any questions?”
“What kind of people are we dealing
with?” a new blood asks.
“Heathens and heretics. If you want
specifics, the heathens are native pagans and the heretics are Protestants
though I’m not sure which denomination. They say they’re a united empire, but
they’re far from it. They’ve gone from about ninety-five hundred thousand groups
to about ninety-five hundred million groups within a century. This may be a
splintered faction or a small part of a larger force. Whatever the case is, you
are to kill them even if they’re begging for mercy. Any more questions?”
“How much of the spoils are we
taking?” a corporal asks.
“Whatever isn’t a heretic text,
idol, or cursed object. The Church only cares about taking the planet and its
resources, so if you want something pretty that you find or if you kill a rare
animal and want to use its skin for armor or decoration, then you can.”
The squads around me start getting
excited. That’s good since the sun is about to rise and it’s about time to attack.
“Ready yourselves. Remember to take
no survivors and that you serve the God of righteousness and goodness, so dedicate
your lives to this task.”
The squads start dispersing to the
areas I’ve told them to attack. There are certain areas that we need to clear
out today to give the Church the foothold she needs on this planet. We’ve
already been here a couple of days to set up and scout our targets. They
shouldn’t be aware of our presence. We’ve prayed our rosaries along with our
other prayers, so victory should be ours.
The squad I’m tagging along with is
attacking a village made of heathens and heretics who think they can live
together in harmony, which they obviously can’t. They endless bicker back and
forth about their beliefs without gaining any significant ground to convince
the opposing party. The arguments could easily fall into violence. I’ve been
thinking about sending down soldiers in disguise to spread rumors among them to
give them the little push they need to destroy themselves, but I don’t like it.
Battles fought using dishonesty and lies is what Satan does. The Church fights
honestly. The way we planned to execute these heathens and heretics is faster and
less painful anyway. Once we’re set, the three that are with me unleash a
payload of rockets on the village. It utterly demolishes everything and leaves
barely anything standing. We go into the village just to make sure no one survived
and sure enough, no one did.
“This is Captain Daniel. The first village
is taken care of. Moving to the next target,” I say on the radio.
“Roger. Several squads have also
reported back with their targets eliminated as well with no causalities.
Everything is going smoothly, so far, captain,” a communicator at the
communications center says.
“That’s good news. Let’s hope that
it stays that way.”
My squad and I move to our next target,
which is deep in the forests.
“Keep your eyes open. We’re dealing
with a rare animal that blends in with the environment, so put on your heat sensors.”
We carefully make our way through
the forest while paying close attention to our surroundings. Every noise and
crackle could be the sound of our prey moving. One of my soldiers shoots
something.
“I think I got one,” he says as he
goes to investigate it.
Looking over it, we find a tree branch.
“Hm. Guess it was nothing.”
My soldiers turn to keep walking,
but I keep an eye on the tree branch then start shooting it to pieces.
“What is it, captain?”
“Look.”
The tree branch morphs into one of
the animals were after. It’s an insect-like monster that looks more like a demon
than one of God’s creations.
“Good shot, recruit. The only mistake
you made was forgetting that these things can change form.”
“I’m sorry, captain.”
“Just be sure to be careful. Speaking
about that, there should be more coming in. That’s another thing about them.
They converge on their attackers when one of them dies.”
We hear more rustling in the trees
and bushes around us. Our heat sensors should slight amounts of heat so there’s
really only one thing to do.
“Light them up!” I command.
We open fire into the wilderness and
shoot everything around us. Our targets start falling and becoming more aggressive
as a result.
“Start lighting up the forest!”
“Yes, sir!”
With our flame guns and incendiary
explosives, we light up the forest. This helps to get rid of the hordes of
monsters heading this way while clearing out the forest. These things like to
hide in caves, so I bring my squad to the nearest one to find a horrifying
sight. We find the bodies of people being used as nests for the monsters in
this forest along with the other animals of the forest. These people were
wildlife ecologists who wanted to preserve this species of animal that was
going extinct.
“I was hoping to find these people
alive, but I guess it was a farfetched hope, especially with how these things
treat both animals and people.”
“Captain…what are your orders?”
“Burn this entire place to the
ground.”
“Yes, sir!”
“Do you copy that, communications?”
“Loud and clear captain. I’ll be sending
in a firebird to purify that entire forest. Get out of there asap.”
The destruction of one of their
nests has made the monsters even more aggressive. They leap at us without any care for their lives. I cover my squadmates as best as possible while guiding
them to the closest edge of the forest.
“Watch out, captain!” one of them
says before shooting a monster that’s about to protect me.
“Thank you.”
I guess I still have room for improvement.
We keep hurrying until we make it out of the forest with a couple seconds to
spare. The forest is then lit up with fire from our firebird ships. My
squadmates cheer in victory.
“It’s not over yet. We still have
more hunting to do.”
“Yes, sir.”
Our next targets are a group of
heathens that fractured from the group we bombed. We find them near on the cliffside
of a mountain conducting their degenerate activities with their slaves.
“What’s the plan, captain? Are we
going to blow them to smithereens like the previous group?”
“Nope. The Church respects the
dignity that God has given her so we’re going to do this more personally.”
“What about the other pieces of nature
we destroyed?”
“That was artificially planted by
the heathens and heretics. It was destroying the natural ecosystem around it
with its presence and allowed for the existence of those monsters we wiped out.
They think they have power over nature with their fake science and worship of
their idols, but they’re sorely mistaken.”
“You’re right. I really need to
brush up on my knowledge of nature and Church rules of engagement.”
“You’ll have plenty of time to
after this. Since this isn’t a big crowd of targets, you three can go together
while I go by myself. Remember. No survivors.”
“Yes, sir. May God protect you, captain.”
“May He protect you as well.”
I take the cliffside of the
mountains where the houses are. Everyone here is unsuspecting of our presence
so it’s easy to put them down, however, a child sees me with his dead parents.
He takes out a knife and is about to rush me before I shoot him. This happens
more times than I’d like, but I don’t have a choice. This is why I chose to go
through the houses, so I don’t make the others go through this. Thankfully, I’m
able to spare the lives of some of the other children who are sleeping in their
beds. Once I’m done, I go down to the town area where my three soldiers have
cleared it out.
“Good work, soldiers. You did the Good
Lord’s Will today,” I tell them.
“Captain?” one of them says.
“Yes, what is it?”
“There were a couple of young boys
and girls we had to kill down here. We weren’t supposed to take them alive,
were we?”
“No. Young adults and teenagers are
valid targets because they’re passed the age of reason. Children and infants
are a different story. I’ve actually left them alive since they’re still
sleeping, but if a child is aiming to kill you, do not be afraid to kill them.
They don’t know what they’re doing, and God will surely not harshly penalize
them for sins.”
“Thank you, sir.”
I call in a ship to extract us and
we get back to the base with the children who will be cared for in the Church. While
my soldiers celebrate another job well done, I pray in my tent for the souls of
those we killed who could’ve possibly repented before their deaths and to thank
God for our victory.
“Captain-oh,” a soldier says who
enters my tent.
After finishing a prayer and making
the sign of the cross, I turn around and say, “Don’t be if you have something
urgent to report.”
“I do. We found that one of our
soldiers, Corporal Delilah, captured a heathen and has been using him as her
personal play toy.”
“What?! Lead me to her.”
My soldier leads me to Delilah and
her slave. It’s as the man said. The heathen is badly hurt while Delilah calmly
looks at us.
“Delilah. Is what I heard true?”
“Yes, and I’m not sorry. These
sinners are trash and deserved to be treated as such.”
“You forget that you’re a sinner
yourself and you’re no better than them! You might be even worse because you
know what you did was wrong!”
“I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m a
member of God’s Holy Church. I can do no wrong. All of my sins past, present,
and future are already forgiven.”
“Heresy! I didn’t know you were a Protestant.
You better repent before I get back.”
I send in a priest to hear her confession.
Once that’s done, I have her and her slave brought out with a sack hood over
their heads and their hands and feet chained. Everyone gathers around to mock
them, but I quiet them down to make them hear what I need to say.
“Attention! St. George’s Hunting
Party is the Church’s colonization military division. We make the universe
safer by destroying anything that may get in her way. Our destructive nature
gives a bad reputation back home with a lot of people, but don’t let that get
to you. We deliver God’s justice to those who refuse to submit to Him. The Church
tries to make peace with those she meets first before we’re sent out. Remember that
mercy comes before justice just like how God is merciful to us despite our
sins. Pity your enemies, but don’t hate them nor should you think less of them because
you could be the next one that God chooses to bring His justice upon. Above all
you must remember that we are St. George’s Hunting Party. God’s justice made manifest
to the universe and His weapon. We will serve our Lord well. We will serve Him
until our dying day. Death to all who oppose God and His Holy Church!”
“Death to all who oppose God and His
Holy Church!” my soldiers respond in a loud voice with their weapons raised in
the air.
I then shoot both Delilah and the
heathen. I hope they both repented of their sins before they died. Otherwise, they
will suffer the second death in Hell.
The End
How could I forget to include the Winged Hussars by Sabaton as one of the songs I associate with this series of stories?
