"I also remember the voice that said I had something to attend to before I left. And that voice was just a little nicer than yours. Sorry, but burn in hell." Ryan lifted the gun and pulled the trigger.
Daimien flew backwards and hit the wall grabbing his stomach. Moaning he tried reaching in his pocket and Ryan fired another shot. Daimien?s head fell forward and his hand fell to the ground clenching something. Ryan walked to him to check his pulse and make sure he was dead. Then, when all was safe, he looked at his hand. What he found dropped Ryan to his knees. It was the razor with which he used to kill the ones he loved the most. He remembered everything that happened that night. How he began and how he finished. What he thought of as he did it and the feeling of power when he finished. Suddenly then, he heard something.
"Don?t move. Put your hands in the air where we can see them and drop the weapon."
Ryan looked and saw 5 police officers with their guns pulled and aimed directly at him. He knew it was his time to go. He knew there was nothing he could do and that if he stayed there would be no way to explain himself. He raised his shotgun to his chin and looked at the police.
"PUT THE GUN DOWN! Come on you don?t want to do this. This isn?t the way to go. Come on now just put the gun down." Slowly the police inched closer trying to convince him to put the gun down.
Ryan looked at them and saw something else. He looked harder and in the falling snow he could see the girl who he earlier killed by accident. The girl looked at him and smiled as she walked closer and approached him.
"Ryan, you did the right thing. We are proud of you. I don?t blame you for what you did. I forgive you and I only hope that you can forgive the people who hurt you. Otherwise you won?t make it here." She kneeled next to him.
"How…I thought you were….this isn?t….," Ryan stuttered and looked for an answer.
The police looked at him staring at nothing. They continued to try and convince him to put the gun down.
"Who the hell is he talking to and what is he looking at. SON put the gun down. NOW!" the police tried but Ryan heard nothing but the little girl?s voice.
"We have a place for you up here. Can you forgive and accept your punishment?" the girl looked at him placing her hands on the ground
"Yes. I forgive the debts of my debters. I forgive," Ryan cried and he felt something in his mouth. "I can?t…I..mmmhhh..ammmhhhh…," He couldn?t speak then he heard a voice in his head.
"Speak no evil; commit no evil."
Then his eyes began to burn and bleed. He screamed and the police just stared at him scared.
"What the hell is going on?"
Another cop looked at Ryan.
"I have no clue. This is really fucked up."
Then Ryan heard the voice again.
"See no Evil commit no Evil."
Then his hearing disappeared and the voice again appeared in his head.
"Hear no evil commit no Evil."
Then Ryan felt a soft touch to his cheek. It was the lips of the child and the voice appeared in head again.
"You may now enter. Come and live without fear, pain, and regret."
At this Ryan pulled the trigger and entered a world in which he thought could never exist. Ryan forgave and was forgiven. Ryan was changed and forever he would watch and care for the girl who saved him.
"From The Depths of Hell He Arose, An Armed Angel."
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