Forces of Nature (06/04/2022)

## Arthur's Bay [06/04/2022]

The first thing Wizard could hear was a soft voice saying, “Awake.” he slowly opens his eyes and sees a woman with bluish hair and a blouse looking down at him. There’s a soft glow behind her head and her eyes are a deep brown. He looks around and sees that he’s in the Infirmary of Geo-7. He says slowly, “What…I thought-”

“That you were dead?” the woman says, finishing his sentence.

“Yeah…how am I alive?”

“I brought you back to health.”

“Who are you? And how?”

“My name is 12th Disciple. I’m part of the Seraphim. A Dominion, to be specific. I brought you back to health by willing it so.”

“Willing it…so?”

“Correct. I prayed for you to be in perfect health, and now you will not have to meet the god of the Underworld.”

“But, that’s not possible.”

“You want to say that after all the Group agents you’ve worked with and the entities you contain?”

“You have a point.”

“You are fully recovered.”

The lead doctor gets up from his desk and walks up to Wizard. He admits, “I don’t know how she did it, but without her, you would’ve been dead. As much as we tried to help.” Wizard sits up and checks his body. All the burns, scars, lashes, and holes in his body were completely gone. He felt his arms and his stomach to check if it was real. A ringtone is heard and 12th Disciple checks her device. She smiles and looks at the doctor and Wizard. The Archmage of Defense has been successfully secured. There were no casualties.” The Wizard looks surprised. “Wait…really?” he asks. 12th Disciple casually nods and says, “The Precocious Squadron assisted in the operation. They were requested by the Director himself.”

“Precocious Squadron?”

“Correct. A special battalion of the Seraphim that stays in this universe to assist in Grail affairs as well as finding intel and doing special operations on the Syndicate. They were trained directly by dear Seraph.”

Wizard thinks over it, still not used to getting help from a basically Alien organization. He looks up at 12th Disciple and finally says, “Thank you. All of you. Though we still have work to do to stop Archfiend.”

“Of course. They also identified two new Archmages as well. One seems to be able to manipulate the world on a spatial level. The other one did not reveal their abilities.”

Wizard nods and gets up. “They’re all in the main office?”

“I would assume so. I must go too to regroup with Precocious Squadron. My duties are needed in Jericho.”

She gets up and bows towards both the doctor and Wizard and leaves the room. The doctor looks at Wizard and asks, “I don’t quite get it, but they’re quite the group. My pride kind of broke when she walked in and did her work.”

“I wonder how much more we’ll see of them.”

“Knowing Archangel, we’ll be seeing their help a lot. Especially for the coming times. Something tells me this Archfiend problem is reaching its climax.”

Wizard nods in agreement and pats the doctor on the back. He grabs his robes and dresses, then walks to the main office of the Roundtable. He sees Archangel dressing and grabbing things. He inquires, “Going somewhere?” Archangel looks and smiles at Wizard, “Ah! It’s good to see you back in full health.” He hugs Wizard and pats him on the shoulder. “I’m leaving for a few days to get some training from the Seraph. To debrief, something big will happen in seven days. We have to be ready for it. My abilities are…still juvenile. The one I know who can help is Seraph. I suggest brushing up on your magic. Maybe take a look at that Codex finally to see what you can get out of it? I didn’t get to suggest it to Witch but I will later.”

“Okay…this is all happening very fast.”

“I know. Which is why I’m in such a hurry. Our world is in danger, time will not stop for us like it can for the Seraphim.” Wizard chuckles at what seems like a joke, but realizes that the organization is so colorful the joke might actually have truth to it. He nods and wishes Archangel luck. “Void will be in charge in my absence. As per usual. I hope you all make substantial progress. And I know you will,” Archangel says as he adjusts his shirt. He hugs Wizard again one last time and walks out of the office. Wizard sits at his seat and processes all the information he received. He steels himself and promises to himself that he won’t fail like last time. This time, the Archfiend will be sealed. Forever.