The Shadow Dwellers

[Shashuko]

In the time of Jugdement or the End of Days, all things fortold in all religions had come to pass. Every faithand religions scary emagining occures and man kind is smack in the middle. It is said that hour riders would bring the beggining of Jugdement Day. However what man has forgotten to take into account is that proffacies are describbed only as that person percieves what he sees. Could anyone truely forsee the purpose of the four riders on mighty steads known only as the horsemen? Could it really be said that they start or bring with them the apocolips? To the point of what this man can percieve today in this new hell on earth, the writtings might have been off in their understandings. War, Phamen, Pestelence and Death. When I was younger I would have believed scrips had it not been for my own eyes and underdtanding.

I was 24 when the sighns first appeared, a young man just starting out on his own and fresh out of night school was doing what any grad in a shitty economy would do, hunt for two jobs. Now other then being broke most of the time, I thought things were going pretty well. I got a hot girl friend to pine over in my day dreams at work; on a slow day mind you but damn if that woman didn't have enough love for a plane guy like me. Perky tits, a cute butt to grab on to, funny how she always makes this cute little shreak even when she sees it comming; oh yea let's not forget some of those freckles she didn't loose threw puberty, dark blond hair with a natural red tint to it and saving the best feature for last; some killer blue eyes, and not just blue or hazel but that type of blue that changes color on the type of mood she's in. I could never stop looking in them and maybe one day I might read her mind.

Moving along I got my internship as an RN working for this very larg four story retirement home, not what I had in mind when I picked the field but medicin is medicin.

 

[Shashuko]

So how dos a normal guy who goes to work and has a decent way to make a living and bearly knows anything past a stethescope know about the four horsemen? Well I guess its pretty easy when a year ago he finds out he is one. You want to talk about the heavyest knews a man can get right? I don't think there is anything more nerve reconing. Having a baby unexpectedly or dieing, those cane be delt with in time but being one of the four to bring such havack and suffering just was too much to put on my shoulders. I found that the news wasn't the worst part either, its the woundering. I had many sleepless nights asking myself whitch one was I?

So inorder to keep myself from going nuts I tried to barry myself in to things, my work and my Jenny my girlfriend. I guess somethings about me are still typical male traits.

"What are you typeing Chris?" Asked a voice that's gotten equally freeky and annoying, the I. Reolize to introduce myself as Chris Dameon Johnson later.

"My journal, incase someone gets curious Samuel...." I save my data and shut my laptop fustraited how this guy can just pop in whenever he felt like it. I use to think angles were the cheezy fat kids you would see on christmas cards and old churches in Rome. Not this guy though, no I think he would have fit in with those crusader and semerian types in that era killing in supposed "God" name. Fanatics are always the scary type of peoples and as far as I understand he's one of the solier drones sent to be my anoying shoulder angel, dose a horseman really need one?

"You know Jenny can't read in sagoi right..." He tried to point something out and granted it took a minute to sink in. Flipping the laptop open I reolized I was writting in angelic text, whitch I never knew was a feature in any text format.

"You swicthed it when it was clothed you dick." Before I would have thoght myself to be going crazy but I come to find out this guy loves to play bad jokes on me even with the whole judgement day approaching.

 

[Shashuko]

"Come on Chris lighten up abit, your a horseman learn to enjoy the thought never dieing or getting sick or starving, most people would." He had that smug smile on his rich boy little face just rubbing it in and enjoying me squrim.

"Yea till you tell them the price of such a gift, I was always told it was a bad thing when we come to town, not really bearing gifts anyone wants."

"Being dramatic is soo human, stop that and besides don't see the horseman as a bringer of doom but more like a refferiee or a peice keeper of dooms day." He stood there in my small ass kitchen in his fancy suite and coat popping grapes in his mouth from my fridge, telling me some dumbass point of view. War I wouldn't see as the bouncer type in Party Appocolipse 2020, I'm seeing famine making people go on a drink or drug beng just to get the party started. "Humans have never had the capasaty to see beyond their own perceptions even when doped on angel dust; well, our version of it anyways."

"Is there a point there?" I asked now getting fustraited with his preaching its no wounder I didn't go to church. Sence I was going to stay up for a while listening to his stories I went and poured some coffie I had mad 2 hours prior and I couldn't stand cold coffie.

"My point is this, the horsemen are neutral characters in this show, you work for neither the gods nore the demons however you can not help mankind either." I stopped pooring once I heard that little detail and whitch he thought it was the most decent timming to use his jedi powers and snatch my mug from me. Then took a chug whitch followed by a revulted expression. " gyahh..how do you people drink this stuff, its terable." I proceded to walk over and just snatch it back from him.

"Don't drink it then dick..." I poured the mug into the sink and just tried to rub my eyes to stay awake long enough to get all the info I needed. "So why can't we help the humans?"

"Well to be honest you should figure that one out on your own, I can't tell you everything ya know. As you humans say, its not in my pay grade. Only an arch angel or one of the lower abysal demons can tell you about the big picture when you boys come to play."

"Ok so how do I get one of those to talk to me?" I leaned against my sink still in my old wrinkled tshirt and sweats.

"You don't, those guys have too much on their plate as is planning for the big day, however I can say this much. Mankind is on its own, ever sence eve and adam bit into that apple."

"That makes very little sence." I said just before I yahned and when I opened my eyes he was gone.

 

[Shashuko]

I slepped the rest of the night away making sure that jenny was in arms reach just incase, one of those nice little perinoias I picked up sence I heard the news of the litterel bearrer of bad news.


"How did he take it?"
"As well as any human would I suppose."
"But he's not human, you need him to adjust to that fact and soon. Lucifer has no patience to suffer fools or their mistakes."
"I understand however we can not rush into this, if a single horseman is caught aware of who they are then the balance will be tipped and things get messy for all of us."
"....just have him ready."

 

[Shashuko]

The morning started out pretty normal Jenny went to school early for a presintation, I went to work to a old folks home full of sick and soon to be dieing people. I will admit I had my favorit customers at this place, there was Jacob one of the few remaining veietnam vets who pinched the butts of nurses who would pass by, he is such a dirty old man and all I could do was laugh, until I got the evil stair from the nurses later.

Then there was Anet, I can't say for sure were she originated from but she was a sweet old lady to me and didn't take shit from no body. I always woundered if that's how she was in her younger years.

Then there was Tomas, a borne preacher who gave his whole life to the service of god and his church, in a way I admired him for such dedication and hopped to be like him when it came to my life be it work or Jenny, the old man had the stones to comment on how if he were my age he'd steal her right out from under me. I gave that bastered a dose of boner pills in his food latter, he couldn't get the old soldier to at ease for 2 hours. You think I would punish him but next thing ya know he's struttin it around like its his new toy. I swear old people are funny.

In away it makes me sad, not only cause I know now I will never be like them but I also know when and how they would die. Its terrable no matter who you are, its bad enough to know how you might die and when but everyone elses as well. I woundered if the others had issues like this. To think all this started two days ago. When I got to the sighn in counter and punched in Susan one of the other RNs stopped right in front of me. "Chris we got a problume,..." I cut her off and answered for her. "Tomas, Jacob and Anet passed last night in their sleep." I said as if it came out like a reflex no emotion at all, how else could I explain that I knew already? I could only wish they didn't think I did it just cause I knew.

"That right there is way too creepy, how long have you been around old folks?" You know now that I. Knowtice she had a southern style accent, not too mississippi but bore casion.how could I have missed that? Ill just assume when I was more human I couldn't see passed Jenny when women were involved. "By the way spookie man tou got a package, be glad I got cause you know how pookie gets with personal mail."

"Thanks Susan." She hands me a yellow envelope and I'm already feeling chills at the thought what it could be and in all places to receive it too. I quickly went to the mens locker room and found a place to hide then quickly opened the envelope pouring the contence in my hand what fell into my palm was a ring with a horse insignia on it, a black horse a stone so dark it envelopped the light within the room. "No...." I said in a dry breath not so much louder than a whisper. "Death."

 

[Shashuko]

It was then that all my fears and uncertinties came to light, who else could know when a person passes at their final years or how they would do so and no one could tell me what I was suppose to do next other then just put the ring on and by impluse did I do so. The ring seemed to be a little too big for my fingers, this lead me to believe that last guy who played "Death" might have had bigger nuckles then me, the ring itself changed size just to fit my finger spacificly.

"Ok...why am I not supprised." I asked casually, sure why should I freak out? I am death after all, I have angels dropping in unannounced and I can predict terrable things most shouldn't. "What now?" I asked myself trying to bring myself from having a nervous break down.

"Now you wait for the calling." Said a voice next to me that I hated oh so very much.

"What calling?" I asked the angel of bad news who once again popped in at the time I didn't want him.

"The one that implies to slughter the sinners of god, gods, whatever..point is, your a horseman, your going to be called to do your job, you'll know what it is and you'll stand along side your brothers "War, Pestelence and Famine." He smiled and patted me on the shoulder like I just won some stupid prize. To my suprise however he didn't die; it was my understaning that no one could touch death without falling over of some heart attack.
Then again he was an angel, maybe the rules didn't apply to him as much as we the human race.

"I can't do this, make them take it back." I said as I tried with so much effort and pain to pry the damn ring from my finger only to have the thing fuse to my very cells.

"No can do buddy, the ring knows you for who you are and chose you for some reason. The burden of man is now on you, however the up side is your death, no one can stop you but you. Ain't that just peachy." He asked giving a light laugh. I knew very well how much he enjoyed seeing me in solefilled torment.

"In that case whats to stop me from killing you?" I asked with looking him eye to eye. I guess when you feel like the whole world, supernatural or not is shitting on you, you tend to feel like you just have nothing left to loose and staring down a warrior of the heavens and being on the same playing field felt less binding. To my agony and supprise however that was not the case. I soon found myself being lifted off my feet by my throat.

"Don't get cocky yet boy, just cause you have the ring, dos not mean you have the power yet. Besides I'm the least of your problumes. You'll have monsters and demons all wanting to stop the change you'll help bring about. They kind of like how things are so you'll have to be ready for them, might as well leave your girlfriend if you want to save her life. You could accedently bring them into your home or you could kill her without meaning to just by touching her. Tragic I know."

 

[c0rd7]

Believe me! This may sound like a normal story but the truth is that there is some truth to it. After all, according to the Mayan prophecies, the end of days is coming fast and they have predicted it on December 21, 2012. I think all religions say about an end to the world we live in and I think the shadow dwellers and all other enigmas will reveal itself on that day before God comes and save us all!

 

[Shashuko]

(Sorry for the disappearance everybody, I kind of bounce between stories I write on pc and others on paper. Or I kind of loose track of where I want to go with the story.)