The Halo Breed…

AARON ANSAH-AGYEMAN

THE HALO BREED

SEASON 5

HELL IN HADES

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Whereas she had been so ungainly and clumsy in her previous appearance, this amazing beauty seemed to glide towards the door, her feet barely touching the ground.

Her look of disdain rapidly changed to mild amusement when she saw the young man’s stunned expression as he continued to look at her.

“You have done well, Breed of the Halos,” she said, her voice an amazing, melodious tingle that pleased him exceedingly. “Indeed, I owe you a ton of appreciation. Get up, get girded, and come with me to the pool. Everything will be explained.”

She turned and glided smoothly to a door-like entrance at the far end of the room, and passed beyond. Sena stared at her with very bright eyes, then he quickly got off the bed. He found clothes folded neatly on a table at the foot of the bed, and quickly got dressed.

He walked to the entrance and went out, then he stopped abruptly when he found himself facing a large expanse of clear water, so squeaky clean that it seemed like a mirror.

Far ahead of him, he saw the beautiful woman hovering on the water and looking at him.

“Faith, Sena, son of Gus,” she said. “Come to me, if you can trust me.”

Sena Kukah stepped on the water, and immediately began to sink helplessly towards its depths. Suddenly, a hideous place opened up beneath him, a place that burned with fury, an inferno so horrific that he could barely breathe!

He floundered helplessly as he fell fast towards the burning pit, and his heart hammered with sudden and unaccustomed fear and panic. He could see horrible demons in the fire now struggling to come out and devour him.

Sena was stressed and struggled fiercely, gasping as water rushed into his mouth and nostrils. A vile spear-wielding demon shot out of the fire and came towards him with the weapon aimed at Sena’s belly.

And then the beautiful entity was floating calmly beside him with a serene look on her face.

“Do you trust me, Sena?” she asked softly.

Sena somehow knew the terror he was feeling was irrational, caused by factors beyond human control, so he concentrated on her and shut his eyes and spoke calmly.

“I trust in you, Tatita!”

She smiled then and nodded, then she began to ascend gently, and Sena’s free-fall stopped suddenly, and he began to ascend too and breathe freely. They broke out of the surface of the water, and suddenly he found himself and the beautiful entity in a lovely garden that smelled so nice.

She led him to two white chairs under the shade of a strange, huge tree.

“Sit, Son of the Halos,” she said, and lowered herself into one of the seats.

Sena sat down and looked at her with wonder, and at his clothes with shock because he was very dry, and there was no indication that he had just almost drowned.

“You’re Tatita, aren’t you?”

A hint of a smile touched her lips, and again her eyes were amused, but she did not wholly smile.

“Tatita was a shell,” she said in her beautiful voice. “It was a curse put on me, and on my faithful disciples. “I am Deila, goddess of Gleam.”

Sena gulped.

“Goddess?” he asked in a strained voice.

“Yes, Goddess.”
“Damn,” Sena said, exasperated, and then she finally laughed, softly and with real amusement this time around. “You’re beautiful, Deila.”

“Thank you, Sena,” she said kindly. “But one thing you must know is that I am not young. I might appear young to you, but I’m not. I’ve been around for longer than Earth has been in existence. In a way, you can say I’m ancient!”

“Ah, but your youth, your beauty, and your grace quite does not agree with your assertions,” Sena said with a smile.

“You saw Lord Lastor,” Deila stated gently. “You saw his youthfulness, didn’t you? He is of bigger age than I am.”

“If so, how come you were disguised as Tatita?”

Her face clouded for a moment, then she looked at him sadly.

“It was not so much a disguise as a curse,” she replied. “Come, let me show you something.”

She glided to one side of the garden and parted a large growth of shrub as one would have parted a curtain. Sena, coming up behind her, stopped and looked with utter wonder.

It was as if he was standing on a cloud and looking down.

Spread below him was the most beautiful city he had ever seen. It was a city of gold and white, a breath-taking expanse of finery, of beauty and of indescribable glory.

“This is Gleam,” Deila said gently. “Where good souls come when they leave Earth. A place of mercy, of enjoyment, and of eternal bliss! I am the Keeper of Gleam. Lord Lastor, after his rebellion against the Creator of All Things, was thrown out of Gleam and imprisoned in the Hades with his minions, a place of indescribable pain for the souls wicked at heart.”

Deila pushed the curtain shut and turned to face Sena.

“But Lord Lastor had formed a horrible plan to go to Earth and rule over humans by defying the Tenements of Densua. His plans also included taking over Gleam, and he cast a horrible spell that changed us into hideous things. I became Tatita, and my souls became horrible creatures. But you came, as ordained by the Holy Scrolls, and your decision to marry me broke the curse, and restored Gleam! Well done, son of Gus Kukah!”

Sena was stunned.

“So Skali and the rest, Hangit… they were all under a curse?”

“Alas, yes, but your self-sacrifice brought us back.”

He nodded numbly.

“Now I understand,” he said. “And your beauty blinds me, Deila.”

She put a gentle hand on his shoulder.

“Maybe it does, Breed of the Halos, but I am not one you can kiss and hold. Do that, and your very breath will stop in your bosom, and you will die a slow, painful and miserable death!”

He looked at her, and knew she was telling the truth, and he nodded sadly.

“That is a most unpleasant bit of news,” he said with a little smile. “So, what now?”

“Now, the real purpose of your journey begins. Get up, and go and meet the Spirits. They will show you to Hades!”

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