Death stains the auditorium. The littered corpses of the once mighty council now strewn against its surfaces, their last gasps of life dripping down the dissident blade of Gabriel's sword.

The last Seraphim, now backed up to a wall, scrambles for words between panicked breaths as death approaches with measured steps.

"W-wait! Y-you can't do this! Our status forbids it! This is treason, heresy, murder! we are the supreme authority, our law commands you!"

"You command nothing. Your words hold no power over me, or anyone else. Lest you truly believe you can talk my blade back into its sheath."

"B-but the people are on our side! The citizens of Heaven know that we are just!"

" The masses only follow you out of fear and desperation. I will show them there is nothing to be afraid of, for there is no species nor origin, vested rank or holy status that will stop the sharp edge of a sword. We all bleed the same blood, and the cushions of your thrones have made you weak and impotent."

"P-please, Gabriel, see reason! The council follows the will of the Father! You seek to go against our creato-"

"Face it, sister. God is dead. The fire is gone. you're chasing phantoms."

Gabriel's silhouette now towers over the seraphim, his shadow cast upon a soon lifeless corpse.

He raises a sword for the final cut as the crying mess on the floor stammers out its final feeble argument.

"B-b-but the Father's light! without me you cannot hope to reconnect with it! I-i-if you kill me, you'll be dead in a matter of hours!"

...

"I know."

A clean, silent cut glides through the councilor's neck, severing her spine with elegance and ease, Her head falls onto the marble floor, the rest of her body following soon after.

Bereft of the status but brimming with purpose, Gabriel gave a final message to the angels amassed at the gates of the auditorium before leaving Heaven for the very last time.

His arm outstretched, without a word. the people saw. In the silence the message rang out to the far ends of the cosmos.

- Winner Hakita

Hello Sinners, an archangel asked me about my earlier post about my “meeting” with Sera, so I’d just like to share something a Winner wrote about it.