The Three (DC Comics) [Chapter XX]

[DC Comics]

Yahweh was amazed. The lengths in which Miracle's faith in him could go, has gone, was enough to leave him in awe of it. He was certain that once the truth was out even the High Priestess would abandon him. But she wasn't going anywhere and it filled his heart with joy. Miracle was the female David. A follower after his own heart even after finding out the ugly truth.

"Then you will stand with me till the end?"

Before Miracle could answer however they would be interrupted by another. A native of Aircano who has been on a vendetta against the Arashi since Aper attacked the city one year ago. And she had returned to her home yet again. Mocking them. It enraged him and he made his feelings known.

"Blasphemer! Heretic! You are an offense to me! Leave this holy place at once!"

[Miracle]

Miracle opened her mouth to speak, there was a lot of things she wanted to say. To tell Yahweh. That they shouldn't give up so easily. That they can and should fight this. That he shouldn't be afraid of people leaving him behind. He still had her regardless. But before she could say any of those things Sincara's voice reached their ears and the High Priestess turned to see the hunter staring them both down, patronizing them. Miracle was used to that from people by now. People who hated God, or thought themselves better. She placed a hand on Yahweh's arm in an attempt to calm him down as she spoke to Sincara.

"You're here about The End, aren't you?"

[Sincara]

Lord Yahweh would be interrupted by the sound of the revolver roaring up into the sky after Sincara squeezed the trigger. The .357 firing up into the air only to be pulled back down into the ground by the force of gravity. Her eyes never leaving Yahweh's as she addressed the High Priestess' question.

"The End is bound to make its way through this city both because of the mark left behind by the First and Second Aspects, as well as the sun in the sky blocking its path. If you want your city to see another day then I suggest we start getting on the same page."

Sincara holstered her gun before she continued.

"When Aper came through here it was to kill all of the outsiders that was rallied up by Miracle and her people. This suggests that it didn't know the identity of the Third and Final Aspect. At the time you were still omniscient. Why didn't you inform Aper of The End's identity?"

[DC Comics]

Yahweh was cut off by the roar of the child's revolver and he looked appalled that someone would dare interrupt THE LORD. However, feeling the touch of the High Priestess was enough for him to resist the anger that wanted to explode now that it was Sincara demanding answers from him.

"I am not obliged to answer any of your questions. I am still THE LORD and I am still the leading authority here in Aircano. I will now tell you the same thing I have told Miracle, there is no resisting The End. Any plans you have to stop it when it does come through this city are futile."

[Miracle]

Yahweh was quick at dismissing Sincara entirely and refusing to answer her question, but the High Priestess couldn't ignore a legitimate question even if she wanted to for her god. Why didn't he tell Aper who The End was so the necessary casualties that day would have been reduced to one instead of hundreds of refugees seeking shelter. Surely they couldn't all have been The End. Miracle turned to her god, an apologetic expression clearly visible on her face as she spoke.

"My Lord, surely there must be a reason you saw it fit to not inform Aper of The End's identity. Please be patient with us, our minds are not capable of understanding what you do."

[Sincara]

"You expect me to believe that?"

Came the cold reply of the gunslinger, not apologetic in the least bit about her previous actions or the crude tone she has decided to take in the face of God. Now that he was a man he was prone to all the weaknesses of one and should be thankful that Sincara didn't aim a .357 magnum right for his head because that was one shot he wouldn't be getting up from any time soon. But killing him did her little good when there were still so many questions to be answered, and so many crimes yet to be answered for.

"I don't even believe in you."

It was then Miracle's turn to speak up and while there was little love lost between them, at least Miracle wasn't one to ignore a question that needed to be asked. It still didn't change anything. She was just as guilty as the man her eyes never ventured away from, not even for a nanosecond.

"Creation 101: never make something you can't overthrow when the time is right. There's a way to defeat The End, just like there's a way to defeat all of the Arashi. Your inability to allow anything else to rule over you ensures this. Now answer my question. Why didn't you tell Aper who The End was?"

[DC Comics]

"It'd have made no difference."

Answered Yahweh at long last as he appeared to be much more calmer now after the High Priestess had spoken.

"You are not aware of the Ghost of Legion; Tajna Rasha who has the ability to exist in multiple timelines which are endless. The one who can relive a single moment until he was able to manipulate it to perfection. He oversaw the events that led to the Third's awakening. He could not die from anything except the Third. Had I told Aper who The End was, Tajna Rasha would have changed it to be somebody else over, and over until it came to past. But the prophecy remains that The End must be an outsider. Only by killing everyone not a native to Genesis did I have a chance to defy the Ghost. That is why I didn't tell Aper. That is why I commanded the Second Aspect spread forth his wrath to every realm!"

[Miracle]

"It'd have made no difference."

"What?"

Miracle stood in silent amazement as she finally heard the reason behind the move back in Aircano when the Second Aspect ran through her home. She had heard this Ghost be spoken about by Amoura, Sparda and Sazan but never to such great lengths. The High Priestess never would have guessed that there was another force pulling the strings of The End's arrival. But if that was the case then what about...

"Amoura!"

[Eos]

The sun was rising in the west.

A great white light had dawned over the horizon. Like a brilliant star had caught ablaze and scorched the sky. It was pure and bright and yet never had anything seemed as ominous as its great silvery veil stretching out into the far reaches of the heavens. Like wings that streamed from the bowels of the earth, they spread out like the hands of a prophet clamouring a singular truth.

The awesome day of the end was upon us.

[Sincara]

And there it was. The answer she had waited for since that fateful day where her home was first destroyed. It was every bit as absurd as she had expected it to be. At least God never failed to meet expectations.

"I'm aware of his existence. I encountered him back at the Spiral during Maricul's attempt to combine the realms. He is far from unbeatable. I managed to stop him from taking Empress Chloe's life when I arrived."

The light from up above stole Sincara's attention, tilting her head back to see the silver veil in the sky. Her hat's rim shielding her eyes from the intense light as she could feel the presence of the Third Aspect moving closer to the holy city. They didn't have much time left.

"It's starting."

[DC Comics]

"Do not delude yourself into thinking you stopped him from anything. Those who can control and manipulate time are not so easily thwarted. If it came to past as such then he allowed it."

Lord Yahweh looked back over to his High Priestess as she came to realize the terrible fate that has bestowed the Night Angel who went after the shroud in a false hope to stop all this from happening. But with a life full of trials and tribulation was it any surprise that her story would end in tragedy?

"Yes. The woman you knew as Amoura Clarice Ethelia is no more. She has fulfilled her destiny."

The Lord looked up to the sky into the beautiful light up above.

"And we are about to fulfill ours."

[Miracle]

"No..."

Miracle couldn't believe it. The woman she considered a close friend, a person who stood by her side and even took the time to warn her and her people of the Second Aspect. Was gone. Gone forever...

"NO!"

The High Priestess' cries boomed across the sky at the same time the light did. Falling down to Yahweh's feet and weeping openly on his sandals before she brought a hand up to his robes. Clenching it with her fist as she looked up to him and begged.

"Please! I don't want this world to be destroyed. I don't want my home to be lost again. For anymore of the people I care about to perish. If it means having to take me then I will gladly lay down my life. But please... Let us fight The End. Don't make us all have to drink from this cup, I beg you!"

[Legion]

The Essence spoke to her. It told her of prophecy and what has come to past. It beckoned her across the sectors of Isafaro, to the exit and the road that led to the holy city. The heavens above displaying an intense glow as the Third made their presence known throughout all of Genesis. A trail of darkness following the Fourth as she made her way towards Aircano. With great haste, the demon child made a trek through the villages on the way there. No one was foolish enough to stand in her way as they hid indoors which was all they possessed to remain safe. Fortunately for them the demon child had no desire to harm them. She had only one goal now, and that goal lied within the holy city up ahead.

When she approached the wall of the city, the darkness soon surrounded the place. The dual suns in the sky empowering her, as it empowered Aircano. The cloud of darkness that swept over the wall was reminiscence of when the Second Aspect arrived at the city. And many who didn't know any better would have feared that somehow the Arashi returned to finish the work he began one year ago. But instead they would see something else entirely force its way through the city's wall. The last thing they would have expected as Legion now appeared before the Three; Sincara, Lord Yahweh and Miracle. They witnessed the cause of all this darkness and power with their own two eyes. It was not the Second Aspect reborn. It was not the Third.

It was a child.

[Sincara]

"He's a foolish Time Lord then if he goes through the trouble of trying to kill someone only to let another save them."

Before Sincara could ask anything of Amoura, or what Yahweh meant by destiny, a dark presence could be felt entering the city. And with a simple look over her shoulder, the memories of that dark day in her home came flooding back. Like a survivor of a war reliving their experience again and again. Sincara saw the Second Aspect Aper where the child should have been. Those bright blue orbs boring into her where instead it should have been small red eyes gazing upon her figure. Sincara held up the revolver, her trigger finger itching and desperately wanting to be used, but she did nothing. Reality started to slowly come back to the child as Aper faded away and in his stead was the demon girl that now stared at the three of them. But with the same vibes and overall essence that came with an Arashi. How was that possible?

"Who are you?"

[DC Comics]

Lord Yahweh said nothing in response to Sincara's statement about Tajna. There was no point. The child would believe what she wanted to believe and would continue to hold him to a standard similar to that of mortals. When in fact, he was a god. In his mind anyways. It didn't matter if the Creator took it all away. And he would never allow for this world to continue in a realm where he was not recognize as who he was. Lord Yahweh. God of Jherra!

Before he could respond to Miracle his attention was drawn to the wall. The same wall that Aper once stood on the other side of one year ago when he ordered the Second Aspect towards the holy city. He knew it could not be Aper. Aper was in the sky, and at the beck and call of Miracle because of her faith in him. Yahweh knew it couldn't be Veran either for The End would have never allowed him to continue on after manifesting. Naturally Yahweh thought it was the End itself. Finally come to bathe them in its light. But no. It was not the End. Or any Arashi he knew of. It was a little girl who carried the essence of the Arashi in herself. As well as the thousands upon thousands of demonic forces, with one innocent soul in addition.

"Wh-what is this!?"

Yahweh was honestly speechless. The child Legion was unlike anything he has ever encountered in 10,000 years of living. Had he known no better he would have assumed this child was an arashi like all the rest. That somehow a fourth was created. But that wasn't possible. No man could make an arashi. Only he. THE LORD could make an arashi. It was beyond the understanding of man. Beyond their power and knowledge. This could not be. It could not!

"What are you, demon!? Answer THE LORD!"