Deicide (Hellbound Trilogy) by Hawken Tim

Author:Hawken, Tim [Hawken, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Rethink Press
Published: 2013-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

AS WE ENTERED THE INSIDE COURTYARD where the Aedicule of Ascension stood, I chided myself for my rash action. Religions had been started on less. I had turned stone to gold and told a man I was the messiah. He could have been outside the building now, showing people what I had given him, saying God on earth was inside. I only hoped that my warning to tell no one would at least keep him silent until we had risen to Heaven. A small part of me rejoiced with amusement. Asmodeus would be rankled at any influence I might have on his master creation. Earth and man were his toys to play with and no one else’s. It wasn’t my intention to simply meddle, however, but chip away at any divisions he had created over the millennia. Sometimes small actions could have large effects, given enough time.

Our group fell into a line which snaked back out of the stone building. It was an unglamorous place for a major religious site. The wall that enclosed the courtyard was basic and inside was just dust and a single pathway leading inside the Aedicule. If this really was where Jesus had risen to Heaven, it had very little decoration compared with less significant places. Perhaps it was because of the constant strife in the region that something more awe-inspiring had not been constructed, when it might only be torn down again. Mary stood at the head of our party, the others in the middle and myself at the back. The line moved painfully slowly and my feet started to itch with impatience. We were so close. While we stood, I concentrated and let the elemental vision drip over my perception. The world around turned from a normal day into a marvelous construction of glowing molecules. All my attention was drawn instantly upward. With this view, it was unmistakable that we were in the right place. A wide, sparkling staircase of pearled atoms stretched out of the building and up steeply, into the sky. No beings walked up or down. It was a deserted pathway to Heaven. The outline of the steps was clear. This was Jacob’s Ladder! My vision snapped back as the line shuffled ahead again. My heart was charging a marching beat in my chest. Mary’s flaming head disappeared into the Aedicule, while more people exited. Clytemnestra followed inside, then Germaine, then Marlowe. I stepped forward, almost pushing Charlotte to hurry her progress. Smithy looked back at us as he entered next.

“We’re here,” I whispered to Charlotte.

She flashed an excited grin back to me. This might only be the first obstacle, but it was one that we had been working so hard on. It felt like a victory in itself just to be at the base of the steps. Two more tourists exited the building and we were allowed through. Inside was a cramped, round room. The high ceiling gave an illusion of space and the windows, about ten feet up, flooded the structure with natural light.

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