Thursday, August 10, 2023

Afterlife Warriors (Rough Draft)

 Chapter 1

    A young man wakes up, surrounded by light angelic glow as he grabs his head and rubs his eyes, images flicker before his eyes of hell fire and fury. He checks his surroundings to see an angelic figure with large beautiful white wings before him, femininely in beauty. She floats down with paper work in hand. She asks in a kind tone, "would you like to go back to hell or would you like to become an Afterlife Warrior?" The young man fumbles with his words.

    "W, wait what? What did I do?" He remembers his past actions as the pit in his stomach starts to turn as he asks, "what does an afterlife warrior have to do?" The angel gestures to outside, showing people manifesting weapons in front of where their heart is and pulling out different kind of weapons with them shooting at corrupted looking creatures to angels alike.

    She explains, "don't worry; you won't be assigned to something that powerful but you get the gist, purge demons and angels alike that try to throw off the balance."

    He firmly asks, "why am I here?" The angelic figure shows pictures of him using a gun.

    She says, "your track record should speak for itself." She hands the paperwork over with him signing it without a second thought. She firmly smiles, "thank you for choosing this."

    He sighs, "not like it's much of a choice; this or hell."

    She replies, "oh trust me; this is worse than hell." A collar snaps around his neck, firmly on.

    He panics, "what the hell!" Then braces around his arms and legs. He looks down to see he's naked and cover his crotch area.

    She giggles, "oh relax; this is just a safety measure, anyways let's get you set to your dorm." He follows her up the stairwell that forms in front of them with the blinding white light turning down the further up the stairs they go. 

    As the two travels the man asks, "so are you an angel?" The feeling of her aura tips him off of something much too, different from what he hoped.

    She flashes him a smile, "an angel? I could be."

    He prods with a question, "afraid to show your true form? To see how a human would react?"

    She sighs, "No I just don't want to deal with another horny or scared human."

    He pleads, "just a peak; I am really wanting to know." She rolls her eyes as she reveals an arm that forms in twisted spiraling tendrils with eyes that appear between them and her wings turn rotten with her skull morphed to be more animal like. She pulls back her form with his mind still trying to process what he saw, after images appear from what she showed. He questions her, "what is someone like you doing in heaven?"

    She casually speaks, "Oh I was having a little too much "fun" with the angels and one thing lead to another." Once they reach a room he's given clothes to wear, an orange jump suit with a number on it.

    He scoffs, "prison garbs; some things never change I guess."

    She informs him, "If you're skilled enough this won't be a problem for you for long."