9Chews by 9 Tales Told in the Dark

Author:9 Tales Told in the Dark [Dark, 9 Tales Told in the]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bride of Chaos
Published: 2016-10-25T22:00:00+00:00

THE END.

HARVEST OF THE CHRIST by D. A. D'Amico

I didn't believe Michael when he told me I'd betray him three times. I thought he was being Biblical and mysterious, especially since he'd been somewhat of a jokester when we'd known each other in college twelve years earlier. It wasn't until much later, the day after the incident in Toledo, that I feared he might be correct.

"Daniel, my brother..." Michael smiled as I dabbed at his forehead with a damp cloth. The old Catholic priest had caused quite a gash when he'd thrown that stone. "You've been a good and true friend. That's why I forgive you."

"For what?" I was still a little hot over the way he'd been treated, but my anger faded with the same startling rapidity as the gash in Michael's forehead. I couldn't believe I'd ever doubted him when he'd come to me out of the blue, telling me he was the new Messiah.

"You'll see." He gave me one of those looks full of Spirituality and Grace, and went back out into the crowd to heal the sick, the lame, and the stupid, with nothing more than a touch of his divine fingertips.

I sat there for a moment telling myself I'd never pull a Judas on Michael. It just wasn't my style to seek my thirty pieces of silver. Yea, money was getting tight because Michael refused to take offerings for his work, but I grabbed what I could when he wasn't looking, and I managed to pay the bills every month. Still, if there was a way to get him out there more, to have him heal people who had access to real cash instead of just the indigent and downtrodden...

My fingers hurt. A small cut, more like an abrasion, covered the knuckle of my right hand. I must've gotten it from Father Mulroney's teeth when I'd punched him for lobbing that rock at Michael's head. Catholics could never get behind the "New Savior" proposition. Without thinking, I dabbed at it with the cloth I'd just used to staunch Michael's bleeding... and lo, a miracle occurred. The cut healed almost instantly, and without Michael actually having to be present.

That's when a light bulb went off in my mind, and I began planning my first assault on the New Son of Man.

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