floor. The ground began to shake violently, knocking down chairs and books. The class began to scream over the teacher who ordered us to get under our desks for safety.
I was unsure of what was happening; it seemed like the world was falling apart from underneath us and as I was about to duck under my desk, I got a text from Jophiel.
Meet me outside bathrooms.
Nikita had given me my own cell phone, so we could keep in touch. I was still getting used to using the technology and instead of taking the time to try and text back to most likely fail, I rushed out of the class as the ground still threatened to crumble beneath me. As the door swung open and closed, I ignored my teacher's and Jenna's cries and ran to the bathrooms, dodging debris that fell from the ceiling. Parts of the school were giving away and falling, attempting to hit me as I tried to make my way to Jophiel.
When I arrived, there was no one outside the bathrooms and I stood there, looking around frantically. A support beam across the ceiling broke apart and flew towards me and my arm was seized. Someone pulled me into one of the bathrooms. "Jeez, Uriel," Jophiel's voice said from behind. I turned to him, still rattled at the moment of being more than knocked out by the beam. "You said outside the bathrooms, not in... are we in the men's bathroom?" I asked as my face became hot. He nodded and we scooted under the sinks. "This is protocol when there's an earthquake. Though, I'm not sure this is a natural earthquake," he said maneuvering himself under two sinks. He looked funny under the sink; a tall boy trying to take refuge under such a small place. When he spoke of this not being natural, I had to wonder how he could tell when something was natural or unnatural. Seeing my confusion, he tried something else. "You feel that, don't you? Try. Tell me what you feel when you focus," he said.
I closed my eyes and listened with my other senses. My energy reached out to touch everything around me, expanding into the air and hovering, only to retreat back to my body without exploring further. Though I didn't know what natural disasters felt like from its energy, something in me knew that it shouldn't have been radiating such a dark energy. It seemed that once I had opened my energy to the ones around me, I could feel everything; those radiating good energies and those radiating corrupted energies. It was a whole different world and when my eyes went to Jophiel, a small smile formed at his lips. "I felt that. Good work," he said. "But I think we need to figure out what is going on. Hey, what's that?" He asked pointing to my jean pocket. Looking down, I noticed the piece of paper Jenna had written the bible verse on and pulled it out. "Jenna has been reading the bible. She showed me this quote about a horseman after we had talked about the end of days," I said. Jophiel was silent.
"The end of days is when the worlds fall apart. The same thing Gazardiel was telling us about. I don't remember everything but there were signs of the end of days. We need to get a hold of a bible. I know Nikita has one and my Guardian had one too. It's somewhere in his study.”
"Speaking of Nikita... I should call her. Maybe she knows something about this."
"Good idea."
Pulling out my phone, I dialed Nikita's number, not needing the address book the phone provided. The phone rang several times, keeping us in a suffocating suspense. My heart soared when she picked up on the final ring, only to drop three feet into the pit of my stomach when her voice was rattled and worried. "Uriel? Thank the Father! Listen to me, something is happening. You feel it don't you?" She asked in a rushed voice. I shot Jophiel a worried look and put her on speaker. "Yes, we both feel it. There's an earthquake in the school. It's tearing the place apart," I replied, speaking loud enough for her to hear.
"Listen to me. This isn't natural. Something dark is creating it, and I fear we are running out of time.
I was unsure of what was happening; it seemed like the world was falling apart from underneath us and as I was about to duck under my desk, I got a text from Jophiel.
Meet me outside bathrooms.
Nikita had given me my own cell phone, so we could keep in touch. I was still getting used to using the technology and instead of taking the time to try and text back to most likely fail, I rushed out of the class as the ground still threatened to crumble beneath me. As the door swung open and closed, I ignored my teacher's and Jenna's cries and ran to the bathrooms, dodging debris that fell from the ceiling. Parts of the school were giving away and falling, attempting to hit me as I tried to make my way to Jophiel.
When I arrived, there was no one outside the bathrooms and I stood there, looking around frantically. A support beam across the ceiling broke apart and flew towards me and my arm was seized. Someone pulled me into one of the bathrooms. "Jeez, Uriel," Jophiel's voice said from behind. I turned to him, still rattled at the moment of being more than knocked out by the beam. "You said outside the bathrooms, not in... are we in the men's bathroom?" I asked as my face became hot. He nodded and we scooted under the sinks. "This is protocol when there's an earthquake. Though, I'm not sure this is a natural earthquake," he said maneuvering himself under two sinks. He looked funny under the sink; a tall boy trying to take refuge under such a small place. When he spoke of this not being natural, I had to wonder how he could tell when something was natural or unnatural. Seeing my confusion, he tried something else. "You feel that, don't you? Try. Tell me what you feel when you focus," he said.
I closed my eyes and listened with my other senses. My energy reached out to touch everything around me, expanding into the air and hovering, only to retreat back to my body without exploring further. Though I didn't know what natural disasters felt like from its energy, something in me knew that it shouldn't have been radiating such a dark energy. It seemed that once I had opened my energy to the ones around me, I could feel everything; those radiating good energies and those radiating corrupted energies. It was a whole different world and when my eyes went to Jophiel, a small smile formed at his lips. "I felt that. Good work," he said. "But I think we need to figure out what is going on. Hey, what's that?" He asked pointing to my jean pocket. Looking down, I noticed the piece of paper Jenna had written the bible verse on and pulled it out. "Jenna has been reading the bible. She showed me this quote about a horseman after we had talked about the end of days," I said. Jophiel was silent.
"The end of days is when the worlds fall apart. The same thing Gazardiel was telling us about. I don't remember everything but there were signs of the end of days. We need to get a hold of a bible. I know Nikita has one and my Guardian had one too. It's somewhere in his study.”
"Speaking of Nikita... I should call her. Maybe she knows something about this."
"Good idea."
Pulling out my phone, I dialed Nikita's number, not needing the address book the phone provided. The phone rang several times, keeping us in a suffocating suspense. My heart soared when she picked up on the final ring, only to drop three feet into the pit of my stomach when her voice was rattled and worried. "Uriel? Thank the Father! Listen to me, something is happening. You feel it don't you?" She asked in a rushed voice. I shot Jophiel a worried look and put her on speaker. "Yes, we both feel it. There's an earthquake in the school. It's tearing the place apart," I replied, speaking loud enough for her to hear.
"Listen to me. This isn't natural. Something dark is creating it, and I fear we are running out of time.
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