Armagedon chap. 1 The Arrival

it was early morning of saturday, the fresh mountain wind touched my face, waking me up, i was traveling through my memories, to where the eyes of my father and mother were different, when the eyes didn´t show emptyness, neither that black hole; they were most likely shiny, filled with joy, love, hoping to watch their children grow up happy.. but they were only memories, nowadays is different; my father´s eyes doesn´t show up hope, nor joy, much less love, all what was in my father´s eyes was an emptyness that was devouring my parents´s soul... bit by bit, i couldn´t do anything to help them.1

the day was waking up, with it our new life, in a new community, in a new house; we´ll miss our home, no matter what we do here, we´ll never forget the day that we built our home, or when we fixed my grandma´s floor, those memories will be more pain than joy. My family was waking up, my father was awake all night long,-i admire his resistance and energy that brings to the family- my mother was waking up as the new day did; my sisters were still asleep they were like babys hugging each other.2

My father decided to stop by to rest a lil and stretch the legs, at least i tought that, becouse he stopped the car, and jump off it withot saying anything; his silence, was something that i have never seen on him before, he was always talking, saying, going, coming and doing, but now nothing; it was a unbreackable silence, it wasn´t a silence part of a punishment where the lips doesnt move, it was more like a silence when someone dies, it looked like he wasn´t alive, i saw him move, but his feet didnt make any noice, he wasnt even breathing, it was like a neverending silence, when the body is dead. My mother was in the same condition than my father, in silence, empty eyes, just the body was there, with her family, but not the soul; they took away, far away their soul, it was they prohibited the soul to be in those bodies; it was a mistery.3

A few minutes later, my sisters woke up and joined us to take breakfast, it was the most quiet breakfast that we have take ever, no sound was there; all the mornings, my mother turned on the radio and started to make our breakfast while my sisters and i were waking up, while we eat the radio was playing songs, and the birds that had my mom singed along with the music making more comfortable the breakfast but this wasn´t one of those; this one was quite, no sound, no birds, no music... no life.4

30 minutes later, we have eated the breakfast, we continue our travel to where our new ¨home¨ would be.5

it was an hour since we ate the breakfast, and there were no sign of the village, my parents were with the same sight than before, i was very worried, like if they brain washed them.6

-no, no one has brain washed us, we just changed a lil-my mother said7

i felt a chill that went through all my body, how the heck my mom would know what i was thinking?, it was a question that was taking all my thoughts, all my mind to answer, but nothing came to my mind, looking to the sky, to the ground, hoping for the answer to come, but nothing.8

While i was thiking about that, i realize that this landscape was just beautiful, out of words to describe how good it was, would be this kind of plants that will be in our future home?9

-yes, it´ll be like this, as a matter of fact, we are almost there- my father said.10

Now it was my father, i didnt liked thos habilities niether the way they were doing, they were odd; i didn´t know what i felt, fear or curiosity, but the only thing that i know is, that thise new ¨home¨ , will bring me a lot of challenges, but instead of doubting about my faith, it filled me with courage, my sight araised to the sky, and almost swearing to the lord that, i´ll take all the callenges and i´ll pass them.11

After an hour of those emotive thoughts, we entered into the village, it was a simple lil town, bigger than a village; the first thing i saw was the cementery, all the graves were marked with days before 1992, that after the year that i borned there havent been any descease.12

-that´s weird, since i born no one has died here, o well that means that this is a peaceful lil town- i tought.13

- yeah, it looks like- my mom said.14

When we entered the town, the expression of the people was way to far of the ones i expected, well it was most likely like my parents expression; it was the emptyness, like if someone had take all their emotions with the soul, and they only left was the body... or something like that. all the houses were lil, they were normal buildings, but, of them there were one that took my atention, it´s size was 4 times bigger than all the others; the walls werent of concrete like the normal ones, they were like windows but in a black paint, that doesnt let the sun rays go in.15

my father took the direct path towards that building, among the villagers they were whispering, as loud as i can barely hear them, and they were saying something like this....16

¨the arrival of the foreigners..... bad luck....something bad will happend... his son will start everything¨17

In our path, we found a lil plaza were young people were gathered playing soccer, my father stopped the car in front of that building, what name was OTIDLAM, the whispers had ended, i was just hearing the whisper of the wind, the trees moving, no human being was making any noise after my father stopped the car.18

He opened the door, so he told me to follow him, i opened my car door, n i just heard the sound of the door moving, then everyone that was around there started to leave the place, young, old and middle age. I was following my father like he told me, we entered the place, the darkness there was blinding i couldnt even see my own nose, it was very weird, in the reception, where is used to have the logo of the company, there were a weird simbol, very weird really, with a red light in the center of it.19

through the darkness, i barely could see a switch, n i turned the lights on. A lot of people appeared around me, my father was talking to the recepsionist, i got closer to him, the woman turned her head to watch me and asked my father, is him?, he didnt said a thing, just moved his head [saying yes] she took the phone, marked a number then she just said...sir, is here.20

she changed her sight, then smiled, from the desk she showed us a lil box, that my father took, then he looked at me he said- what will happend, will do-. saying this he turned the way of the principal door, so we started to walk towards it, i felt the sight of everyone there, not staring at my father, staring at me, i felt the sharpness of a knife touching my back, then i felt like if something will atack me, after we passed ahead the door, i felt nothing.21

-what does the box have?-i asked22

-the house keys- he answered23

when he jumped on the car, he let me see a beautiful girl, very beautiful, the most beautiful that i have ever seen, she was covered under a silve hood, i couldnt see her face pretty well, but, her eyes were the ones that i were paying attention, becouse, in a girl of her age its not normal to see that kind of innoscence, her eyes were blue, like the sea, they had a special glitter, of hope, but deep inside of her, there is a story wating to be telled and answered, there were a enclosure soul, a hidden one, that i couldnt look; i felt like i were watching a miracle come true, like a great surprise. My father told me to get in the car, i looked him and said ok, then my sight got back where the girl was, but she was gone.24

Feeling strange, i got into the car, thinking in those eyes, it was 10 AM, we started the last jurney before reach our new house, but it was a lil far from the town, i thought it would be like all the others..¨lil¨, but great surprise when we look for first time the house, it was great, it had 2 floors and its back yard was clean. We entered in it then, and it had a good furniture inside, then my parents order us to look a room for ourselves, i was looking, and there were one with my name on the door, i started to think about my fathers job, the weird building, but above of all, thinking bout those sweet blue eyes.25

i touched the door knob of that room, i was nervous about what i might find in the other side, i move it slowly, hearing how the mechanism move till it stopped, i was opening it bit by bit, then i open it quick, inside of it, there were a shadow, a figure that was moving like a solid object, then it tackled me, i felt like if a bull hitted me, i felt the darkness it was like the wind in a wave, it launched me against the wall of the doorway then it vanished in the air, when i opened my eyes i was laying on the bed, inside my room, i looked at the clock, it was after noon, i went down to the kitchen, in the refrigerator was a note that said...26

Ulises27

we went to your room, but you were asleep28

we didnt wanted to wake you up, thats why you´r alone in home29

dont worry, we went to inscribite you and yours sisters30

and buy what you´ll use31

theres no food, but we left you money so you can buy something32

in the town33

kisses, your mother and father34

i went back to my room, take a shower then i got some good clothes. After that, i went for the money that my parents left, then i get out of the house and walked towards the town, outside of it i watched the girl again, the sweet blue eyes one, with the same hood i yelled at her-hey!-. She turned her head and she looked at me, and she started to run. I followed her, she take me through some streets, and even through a restaurant, after that she headed to the plaza, where i lost her, i looked at my watch it were 2 PM, i was starving, in that plaza i noticed an odd restaurant, its name was ¨il cuartte di esperance¨, i thought it might be italian.35

The starvation was taking over me, so i decided to get into it. After i opened the door, i noticed a cross then... that i was on the floor a girl was sitting above of me. Before i entered she was trying to put a cross in the top of the door, the ladder was unstable, so when i opened the door i moved the ladder and she fell on me.36

-are you comfortable?-i asked37

- o im so sorry, i didnt think that i fell on you- she said with a sweet voice, then she helped me to stand up- forgive me please, i didnt noticed...38

she stopped in that exact moment, when our sight connected, her eyes were just like the ones i were looking for, for a long time, then there were no need for words what she was telling me the wind was taking it away, becouse everything that my body might feel that time was the beautiful blue eyes and her white hair, a pure white, like the purity of her eyes.39

-... i was putting a cross and.. are you ok?- she passed in front of my eyes her hand breaking the spell on me.40

-sorry the sky is talking to me, no i mean your eyes are like the clean sky, hehehe- we both were blushing when i said that- no what i meant was that yes, im ok-.41

she sweetly laughed becouse she was blushed, then she told me- sorry for that, tell me, how could i repay you for the accident?-.42

-with a kiss of yours... no no no, sorry i didnt meant that- we laughed a lil just to hide that she was blushing very often- to be honest with you ma´am, im starving, i would like something to eat, but i dont know if with this money i can afford something.43

I took the money of my pocket and with her hand of a tanned skin reached mine and both hands touched accidentally, then our sights connected again, her sight was sweet, honest, pure and clean, something that i havent found on girls of her age.44

-Dont worry- she told me while i noticed the color of her cheecks- the food will be free just couse ur kind, i mean...- she was thinking bout what to say45

-yea i understand... just couse you fell on me- i said.46

we laughed up a lil, then she showed me the tabler were i would eat, i smiled her and then i sit, i were waiting for the food to come, while that happends i was watching around, watching the walls that had pictures of saints and all that kind of stuff, then i saw some pics that i was used to see only in the church, the via cruxis, then some other appeared, about battles between angels and demons, but from all of those theres one angel that i like the most, and it was in front of me.47

-thats weird, the most pretty angel picture of all looks so near to me- i said.48

-thats why im not a picture, im for real- she answered49

-sorry, but i.. you are...- i couldnt speak as well, my mind get nervous when she is near.50

-its ok everyone does mistakes- blushing a lil- lets eat is just maded- she said51

-will you eat with me?- i asked52

-if you want, but if u dont, i can go back to the kitchen-53

-no please stay, i enjoy a lot from your company, please dont leave me- i smiled her and she blushed.54

we were eating, not exactly, i wasnt even watching the food, i was watching her, she was so pretty, but she noticed that i wasnt eating.55

-you dont like the food that i cook?56

-yes i do, very much, look- i tasted it, and it was way to good for my mouth to retain my will for eat it, so i eat as much as i can n i finished it57

-yea, i noticed that- she smiled and we both laughed58

then she told me that if i want, we can walk around the lil town, so i can know the zone, something that i liked a lot59

-and who do i owe this much attencions? i dont know the name, to who i shall thank, what´s your name ¨bela seniorina¨?60

-the name is Penélope, and yours?- she asked61

-my name is Luis Ulises, but call me however you want, just by hearing your voice is great-then she blushed again62

when we get out of the restaurant, there were no one in the plaza, no soul, no person, no animals, not even the wind, a total silence just if it was an abandoned town; it was a really weird situation, i understand that the people in the town doesnt like us, but it doesnt explain the reason of why the plaza was alone?, 15 minutes ago was filled of people, it is amazing that its empty, we were the only ones there, the only sounds there.63

-whats going on?, any idea?-i asked64

-yes i have one,but, i dont think that this is linked with the familiar legend- she said it worried.65

-what legend? what do...?-i couldnt finish it, there was a hideous smell on the air-what is that?66

Penélope wasnt moving, she was staring at the sky, where the light was hiding, it wasnt a normal cloud, where the color changes to gray, it was completly black, even darker than the night itself, it was the wolf´s mouth, i was looking around, that darkness was falling among us, everything was so dark, i noticed that in Penelope´s chest a light was glowing, a blinding one, and her eyes was glowing like a star.67

Suddenly she took my hand and pulled me, we run towards the restaurant, quickly we started the race so the darkness wont touch us, then we entered, and she quickly close the door, i saw how the shadow touched her arm; her eyes showed fear, a very deep fear inside of her, she knows that something will happend, but not now, sometime, something that only she knows, but i had to be in it.68

-are you ok Penélope?- i asked69

-yea, some- she answered when she showed her bleeding arm, then she feint.70

i catch her while she was falling, she was unconscious, her arm was bleeding way to much blood, it was very long, almost all the arm, and also it was wide, but the wound was like a burn, and around it, there were a silver powder, like some sort of metal, the form that the wound had, was like a scar, but it wasnt a normal scar.71

i had to do something quick, it was a lot of blood, i have to stop the bleeding, so i ripped my sleeve and i tied it in her arm, very tight and i lay her down in a table, i went to the kitchen, looking for water and wash the wound, i took a glass it was like it was ready to go, it had already water in it, so i went back and i wet my hands into this water, but i didnt felt it, well i did, but it was something different from wather, something even more fresh, even more pure, it was weird, that glass had an picture on it, it was the battle of an angel and a demon.72

i touched her wound with my wet fingers, and quickly the flesh was healing, taking back the way it was; i stoped, how could this be possible?, whats does this glass have?, how did it happend?. While i was wondering, i better touch her in her whole arm, slowly to dont inflict her more pain, after i finished, i noticed that the fingers were turning into a silver color.73

then i picked the glass and take it back to the kitchen and wash my hands, but i were confused after what i just see, i couldnt understand how that wound healed that quick, that glass, that picture, everything was very weird, not only that, since the begining, since my father accepted the job, the building, my room, the town, the girl; in my mind started a silence after i think bout the girl, Penélope, there was something familiar in her, those blue eyes, i knew that in her deepest part shw was hiding somehting, her prettyness had something different to the other girls, above all her hair, i have never seen a girl like that before, white.74

After i washed my hands, i left the glass where it was and i went back where Penélope was, she was sitted in a chair with her legs crossed, staring at me, she was looking at me in a weird way, she wasnt looking at me like a simple guy, but like a honorable man, with thanfull, atencion and love, all that together i was glad that she was better.75

-how are you?- i asked76

-good- but she wasnt to happy bout it, it was odd77

-whats wrong?, why that sad face?-78

-no, everything its ok-smiling me- but its a lil late, you should go to your home before the night falls... dont worry, im ok thanks to you.79

she walked with me to the door, the silence of the room was big, but the silence wasnt the only thing i could feel, in the eyes of the ones that were around that room had a different glitter, like if the problems didnt existed neither pain or sadness, they were free; like if in that room they were recluid from all the world, the whisper of the wind, of the animals, of the plants, like if we were in our own world.80

when we reached the door we stopped, in that single move our hands toched, our fingers tangled to dont let go, we saw each other then, the sight crossed again, i felt that i knew her from another part, somewhere, may be in the other life, in other universe, but the warmth of her hands, in her sight. we were like this for 15 minutes, no movements, no sounds, no nothing just the sight, just the intention, it was the simple fact of being there, being together, our hands together, making me think that there were no other room, no more space, no other persons than she and i.81

I was gettin closer to her lips, i was trying to kiss her, suddenly she opened the door, i stopped inmediatly, and i didnt moved again, i knew she want two things that were very different, at the same time, she wanted me to go couse that she opened the door, but she wanted me to stay with her, thats why she didnt let go of my hand.82

-will i see you again?- i asked83

-a lot of things might happend, as much as i couldnt be sure of them-84

-but, will you remember me?-85

-yea sure, but tomorrow will be a different day than today, different than yesterday-86

-im down with that, i just hope that i can have the same company than today, thats the only thing i want to repeat-87

-yes, i say so, but u must leave- she stared at me with the most cute eyes i have seen in my life, saying leave, but the eyes were saying stay-88

-see you soon, Penélope-.89

i was heading outside, but i felt that someone was holding me back, it was Penélope, she wasnt letting me go, i turned to see her, and i found the most beautiful woman, with the shiniest and purest sight, i stared at her, and losing my will against the desire, i kissed her, i took her in my arms and i kissed her, she put her hands in my head, that gather to her in a love touch, in a love show; we paused the kiss so we could stare at each others eyes, i watched purity, honesty and a bright, when she was in a dark sight, enclosed in itself, like inside of a unpassable armor, but in that time, she crossed it to see my soul.90

I noticed a change in her face, she shivered and her skin was white, she pushed me away form her, and was ordering me to leave, i was trying to no the reason of such an action, but her orders were louder than my questions, i asked her to look at me at my eyes to tell me the reason why she did something like that, but she only was saying ¨nothing is wrong, please leave, leave before something bad happends¨ then i do as she was saying, her voice was like if she was going to cry, i somehow felt that i did something to her.91

the sun had setter, but there still was sunlight, i noticed that the plaza was normal again, when i did 3 steps away the door, she slammed it, i felt the warmth wind from that restaurant, i looked in my watch, it was 7 PM, i walked peaceful to my house, where my parents would be waiting for me, My sight was taking a quick tour on the plaza, the people were sitted outside their houses, resting from a day of work in the fields, smoking their cigarretes, then i saw the big building; the wind was bringing me some whisper of the people around there, look they said, look at the new boy, he is watching the gigant, the one that no one has fighted, neither resisted.92

I started my road to outside the town, to where my house would be, when i got out of town, almost at the same time the light that was there, left, letting me in a total darkness, the wind touched the trees, the whisper of the animals were breaking the senseless silence of the nature, i looked at the sky, the stars were very shiny, like if they have cleaned them, but still the moon was more than they, what a beautiful moon i thought, size and bright was more that the ones that i normally see.93

i heard a whisper behind me, i turned my head back to see from where it comes but there were nothing, i kept walking, i felt like if someone breathed in my neck, and whispering to my ears, ¨listen young brave, the mission that you have in your hands is the bigger that a mortal can take, be carefull and fight, dont fight with your braing, fight with your heart...¨ the whisper ended, just like the begining, out of nowhere, i looked behing again, there were only trees, looking for the one that whispered that, the meaning of it, but nothing came, there were only the trees, the wind, the moon and me.94

i continue in my path, the silver light of the moon was guiding me, the trees were peacefull so the wind was, it was like if the nature wanted to tell me something but, what would be that?, everything was so strange, the way my parents were doing, the building, the house, my room and... i paused there, and look over the sky, where the moon was, in it the face of Penélope was drawn, her eyes, her cheecks, her skin, her smile, watching her face in the moon was enough to clear my mind from my fears and my worries, like if nothing bad was happening.95

i follow the path till where the house, where my family would live, without thinking in Penélope, the whispers, all that mistery was no doubt, it was a true challenge, so i liked it very much.96

When i get home it was like 9 PM, it shocked me, how does it happend that the time went that quick?, my parents and sisters were eating dinner, i get into the kitchen, i surprise very much when i see all what we need there, and from the dinning room they were saying..97

-not just that, we inscribite you in your new school- it was my father interrumping my thoughts like allways98

-where is it?-i asked99

-dont worry, just get the guid from the OTIDLAM building then turn left-100

-and my sisters?-101

-they are already in the school-102

-that means... you will leave my mom here alone in a place like this??103

-dont worry about me son- my mom said- nothing will pass104

i took out milk out from the refrigerator, and then i took a glass, and i drank milk, it taste was way to different from the one that i drank in the city, it was more fresh, i was looking at the kitchen stuff, it was like its filled with everything we need, after a while i finished with my milk.105

when i get out of the kitchen, the dinner room was empty, the lights were off, and there were no more light than the moon that dared to interrumpt the darkness in the room, my sight was lost among that darkness, i were alert, looking everywhere, since a shadow atacked me i was paranoic, i started my way to my room, not fearing anything, ready to fight, i headed for the stairs, climbing one by one, the darkness eated the sounds of my steps, i was touching the walls so i dont get lost or fell, i passed 3 rooms then i found mine, this time i opened without fear, i looked all over the place to make sure there wasnt any shadows or whatsoever, there were a shadow starting to take form, quickly i start searching for the switch the shadow was getting bigger, getting pumped.106

it was such a relief when i found the switch, the weird shadow was getting closer to me, then i turned the lights on and it desapeared with the light. i couldnt even understand what was happening, if it was real or it was from my imagination, while i thinki bout it i aproached to my stereo and put some music from Mägo de oz.107

while i was looking at the stars, it was playing the song ¨sin ti, sería silencio´[without you i would be silence] brings the image of Penélope in my head, her blue eyes into the stars, my eyes was closing by itselfs, i was tired, i closed the windows and turned the gray stereo off, turn the lights off, looking at the roof, whispering the name Penélope, in my bed, i felt sure to sleep with her face, with her eyes nad her smile.