208 Rescue commander 2

Ahmed looks nervously at Astila , not knowing what he can do. His anger and hurt over his daughter is suffocating,but he is still an Iraq soldier who follows orders. Astila notices his friends expression wanting to tell him it alright but the Commander speaks up instead. 

"Ahmed I know that the had your child and that he is higher rank than you. As a soldier we are trained to follow orders. You have nothing to be ashamed of or sorry for. Boys it's time for us to step up and protect our friend and get home. We know if given a choice and he would choose to protect us. Astila you know what to do." 

Astila pulls a gun from his pack and points it at Ahmed, and winks. Onacona feels the change in his garments looking at Marshal and Astila they give him a nod . They know the blood seeker is here. Marshal uploads the video to the web and sends it to every news organization Globally. He also goes live with the dash camera for everyone to see who the ghost is. While he is doing this he feverishly types what has happened and the world is seeing now. Sliding the computer under the seat out of harms way so that if the are murdered it will be live with no question of tampering. A soldier walks up to the truck and asks. 

"May I see your orders?" Ahmed hands his his papers. It shows it's his duty to covey foreign dignitaries and liaisons to their destinations . 

A crow flies above watching , seeing the fallen one it flies away. Morrigan goes to Uktena and tells him. 

The fallen one is here , he knows that they are in the truck. They have released the souls but he is still strong. It's time for back up to arrive. " Uktena grins and disappears. He changed his apearence to that of the Field Marshal Maheeb. Everyone stops and salutes him . 

"There is a situation at these coordinates you are to capture the leader of the gaurd. He has misused his rank and power. Under no circumstances can he escape."  Watching the officers looking at him in surprise he lashes out. 

"DID I GIVE YOU AN ORDER,MOVE NOW OR BE COURTMARSHALED!!!" Seeing the anger on his face the other Commander's scramble to get the troops moving. Yelling out orders and hurrying to follow orders. Uktena grins and turns and returns to Morrigan. 

" Their back up is on the way. " Uktena tells her. 

The news station is going crazy with the live feed. Wondering where is it coming from and how whether they should watch it unfold or try to shut it down. They have recurved no word from higher ups or anything from the Iraq government. So for now it will live stream till further notice. 

The fallen one walks to the truck , looking straight at Astila he asks. 

"Have you been to my estate, did you touch my things?" 

Astila looks at him and says. 

"I touched nothing that was yours. I was taken there by your own orders so I do not know what the problem is?" 

Seeing the commander , the fallen one grabs Astila by the shirt dragging him to the Commander's side. 

"He belonged to me, he carries the blood I need." Striking Astila's face drawing blood. 

Wincing in pain Astila gets to his feet. Staring down the man in front of him. Feeling the heat rise in his veins . 

" You have no right to any person, you are not God you can not decide who lives or dies. You ca not own a person. That man belongs to himself and to his family no one else." Astila spits in the fallen one face. Bracing himself for another blow. One that never came, Opening his eyes he sees Ahmed's daughter standing between them. She looks lovingly at her father and then back to the fallen one. 

" The father gave me a message for you, today you die and will no longer exist. You will be judged as a mortal and receive punishment as a mortal. He gave you a chance with banishment to become worthy of the power and grace you once had. Instead you misused it and harmed others. For this your punishment will be ten fold." She lowers her head and walks to her father wrapping her arms around him she says good bye. Ahmed as if sensing his daughters presence sinks to his knees and silently cries. 

"If I am to die , then I am taking all of you with me.  I am a God compared to you, I have decided the deaths of many and many have given their lives to further mine. You think someone with no power can defeat me. I can kill thousands with just a wave of my hand. Sending pestilence and disease through towns till they are all dead. " the Fallen one lunges at Astila knocking him to the ground. 

Astila thinks to himself " not today I am going to beat you , I can't have you coming for my family. Kneeing him in the gut Astila knocks him off and jumps to his feet. While circling each other Astila  silently asks God for strength and victory. Before he even thinks Amen his body begins to tingle and he can feel heat rising from his core. The knife inside of his pocket begins to vibrate . Taking it out Astila is ready to fight . The fallen one taunts Astila as he gets ready to attack hoping to throw him off. 

" I wonder if the little visitor the other night does she belong to you? Her energy was so delightful I wanted to feast on her. If so will she come to Daddy's rescue like she tried with the old man?" Astila grins at him 

"Not going to work she isn't mine, but you will never get to touch her. Your filthy hands will not get even close. I wonder though do you know Macha?" 

the fallen one stops a moment and growls .

" How do you know that name?" 

Astila starts to laugh and takes joy in telling him. 

"We killed her and her child, I assumed you knew her since you are using a spell from the book of the dead. Now I wonder was her first born yours by chance ? If so he has been sent to God for judgment along with his mother. May I have the pleasure of knowing who I'm killing today?" Astila lunges at him and cuts him. Letting out a loud scream as the steal of the cut turns to ash leaving a bloody whole. 

"I am Marbas , and it is you who will die." He throws sand in Astila's face trying to blind him as he lunged towards him.

Astila closes his eyes and thank HeJin for the hours of teaching him to fight in the dark. 

stepping aside Astila lands another cut in  Marbas's side. Twirling around and breathing heavily he grabbed the crystal necklace from his neck smashing it with the knife. Making it worthless to him and releasing the soul inside. Marbas is becoming weak from not having the soul energy so Astila linged at him and knocks him down on his back. Raising the blade he plunges it into Marbas's heart. 

Standing Astila says a prayer to send him to judgment.  The knife in Marbas chest disappears and Marbas body begins to catch fire. Astila not wanting to explain anything makes it appear as if he throws something onto the body to burn it. Falling to his knees Astila begins to pray. 

"Heavenly father , I ask that you set the souls of those wronged by Marbas free and give them a chance for a new full life. Let them be reunited with their families in some way. I ask Father that you bring peace to Ahmed and the families of those Marbas killed. I thank you for the strength that you bestowed on me to defeat him and for keeping my family safe I thank you for all the blessing you give in your sons holy name Amen." Standing he goes over to his friend Ahmed and hugs him. 

"My friend , you should be proud of your child. She lead me to where she was trapped. She told me what to do to release her spirit from his evil. She is at peace now with God in a beautiful place. " 

Ahmed looks at Astila his face streaming with  tears. 

"I know I felt her, I always thought the rumors were fairytales about you. They are true you can communicate with the dead. That is how you always were able to find and retrieve the bodies of those fallen. That my friend is a scary but good gift." Taking Astila's hand he gets to his feet. They hear a loud noise as a squad of Iraqi solders arrive to capture the guard leader. Only to find a mangled burned body. The Commander walks over to shake his old friends hand thanking him for arriving to clean up Astila's mess. He tell him. 

" I'm sorry that my boy can't ever leave a suspect alive. He gets a little carried away at times. In the burning house you will find the bodies of many missing persons. One of which is Ahmed's daughter. He used a bio chemical weapon on them and  their bodies needed to be burned in fear of an outbreak with no cure. That is why his body needed to be burned as well. Now do you mind if we go back to the base and get some rest?" 

the Lieutenant looks at the scene in confusion, wasn't he ordered to bring his men to capture and contain the situation. Instead they are here for clean up . 

Marshal swears as he rushes back to the truck. He needs to end the live stream before the media shows up. Looking for his computer he breaths a sigh of relief as he stops the live stream. Wondering if anyone actually watched it. Taking the thumb drive with the recording of the ritual and of the confession earlier he hands it to the Lieutenant. 

"Here is some recordings of what he did to his victims and today where he confessed his crimes. He was a delusional person. "