Their faces were not clearly recognizable and he didn’t understand what they were doing inside that circle. He was sure that they can’t easily find him at his hiding place. So he slowly moved towards another tree and hid behind it where he could see them more clearly. All the people in that group had carried black candles in their hands. The candles vomited out red fire that danced in the air. The dark smokes from the fire raised into the air and disappeared in the darkness.
Again, he moved more closely towards the group. Suddenly, he heard someone warning him from the darkness: “Stop and hide behind that tree trunk!” He was shocked to hear that unexpected voice. To escape from the stranger in the darkness, he started running. Suddenly he stumbled and fell down onto a marble slab. When he fell down a lightning appeared in the sky and he could clearly identify where he was. It was a tomb of someone. He read the words that engraved upon the tomb:
“ADAM ANDREW
(The real son of Satan)
Born : 12th March 1872
Born in Hell: 23rd July 1913
EVE ADAM
(the beautiful wife of Adam Andrew)
Born: 24th February 1876
Born in Hell: 11th October 1914
You are the leaders of the Anti-Apostles. You are cursed to be the ancestors of the Antichrist, and he may curse you for your happiness in Hell. The Lord Satan may strangle you with his cursing love, and drown you into the lake of fire with him. Long Live with Hatred in Hell.”
He was shocked to read these strange words engraved upon the tomb. Yet, he was a bit happy in his mind as his adventure is almost finished now. His only intention behind coming to that cemetery was to discover the same tomb where he is now. In the lightning followed, he looked at the head side of the tomb and stunned to see a still worst thing. It was a terrifying sculpture of Satan carrying an upside down cross in its left hand! Besides, a snake was tangled around that cross. Nearby that sculpture stood the statue of a demon, that pierced the same cross with a spear.
In another flash of lightning, he felt like the Satan statue was staring at him. Behind that hideous sculptures, a woman’s figure emerged. She had worn a black dress and carried a baby in her arms. Suddenly Jack remembered the lady, who came to visit him before the beginning of his adventure.
“Who is that?” Jack asked himself.
By saying this, Jack got up from the tomb and approached her. He couldn’t see her face, yet he felt that he knows her personally.
“Hi, dear young lady, who are you and what are you doing here? Don’t you know that, it is not a safe place? Come with me…Please come with me!”
Before he could complete these words, he heard an ear-splitting crack of thunder from the sky, and a heavy rain followed. The lightning sustained in the sky and Jack could see the pathway which can help him to take her outside from that hellish place. Jack grabbed her right arm and tried to pull her towards the pathway. But the lady wasn’t willing to move!
Jack insisted her to escape from that hellish place, but his effort was in vain. So, he grabbed her child from her arms, with an intention to save that child at least, from danger.
When he snatched away the child from her arms, he felt the baby like a lightweight object. But, suddenly, the child’s body weight started to increase every second. The lady stood there like a statue and didn’t turn her face towards him.
Suddenly a heavy hand caught on his wrist and the child slipped onto the ground from his arms. He tried to bend down and take the child, but he couldn’t move even his fingers, as though his whole body was numbed. He stood there like a statue soaked himself in the rain. Lightning and heavy rain continued…. He turned back to check, who was holding his hand. It was the same lady, whose life he tried to save from the cemetery.
In the next lightning, she turned towards him and he could see her face clearly. It was an old woman with wrinkled skin and one eye, who resembled someone whom he met before.
“Agatha!” Jack yelled.
When he said that name, her eyes became red with anger, and glistened like ember in the darkness. Her teeth were very sharp like the vampire women in the horror stories.
Jack tried to escape from her grip pulling and twisting her hand, but, he failed. When he tried to escape from her, she tightened her grip more firmly. Suddenly, another hand gripped around his right wrist. Hiding his shock, he looked at the right side. It was the child, who fell from his hand. In fact, he was not just an ordinary child; he was possessed by thousands of demons.
When Jack looked at him, fire was sparkling from his eyes. The demon opened his mouth widely and a colony of bats came out from it. The demon shut his mouth and opened it again. Jack noticed his sharp teeth, and suddenly he started to roar like a wounded lion.
Meanwhile a horrible thunder echoed in the sky, and suddenly the rain stopped. In the meantime the satanic cult finished their rituals, and approached Jack and the rest in a procession. Everyone in the cult gathered around them and stared at Jack.
“Who are you stupid angel? How dare you to come into our territory?” The old woman Agatha shouted angrily.
“I am not afraid of anyone. Who are you to threaten me?” Jack bounced back.
“I am the mother of Antichrist!” She replied.
It was not a long answer, but it was an unexpected shocking answer that turned him upside down with terror. The lightning continued and he could see her face more clearly. She reminded him of an old sorceress from the medieval period.
Suddenly a heavy hand fell upon Jack Batson’s right shoulder and he turned his head to know who was standing beside him. He could see the child had grown up to a man of 30 years! He had a thick moustache, long beard, cat eyes and 7’ feet tall. His reddish eyes bulged out when he stared at Jack angrily.
“Who are you and what do you want?” Jack asked, hiding his fear.
“I am the Antichrist!” He roared.
When he said this, the earth started to quake and hurled Jack into a distance. He could see the cemetery ground quaking furiously, like it was the doomsday! Suddenly, the middle of the ground opened widely, and he could see the lake of fire in the abyss. He nearly fainted and trembled to see many moaning souls in it.
Jack had never seen such a horrible view in his life. He could identify many of those souls. Among them were the departed souls of the rich and famous people, who are honoured by the world, for their success in this worldly life. When they saw Jack they started to yell and groan at him. They were speaking blasphemies and cursing God for their sufferings.
Then suddenly he could see a horrible monster with complete dark body. It started to climb up from the lake of fire.
“Satan, my father, I pray to you, to come for my aid!” The Antichrist begged.
Satan increased his speed, as though he was in a hurry to reach the ground. Besides being dark like night, he had two dark large wings at the back. The next moment, he used his wings and started to fly upwards, finally landing in front of Jack!
Satan was very tall, taller than an elephant. His eyes were vomiting out fire sparks from it. He had no hairs upon his head, but had thick dark sparking eyebrows. He stared at Jack, such a terrible look of hatred. He had two horns, like a bull has upon its head. He wagged his long dark pointed tail while staring at Jack. He was completely naked, but a type of black smoke had covered his nudity, below his waist. From the smoke, he could smell sulphur, that gave him severe headache. Many souls from hell followed Satan, climbed up from the abyss of hell and finally reached the cemetery ground.
After these terrible incidents, Jack feared that, he can’t accomplish his mission. He decided that he would fail in his mission. He looked at the people gathered around him, and identified a few among them. Among them were a famous atheist and a young actor, who died a few days ago. Again, he recognized many celebrities, living and expired, from that group. After the living souls and deadly souls, many devils also climbed up from the abyss and reached the cemetery. All of them were yelling and groaning and cursing
God.
“Satan, my father, I could trap many people and mislead them to the wrong way. Very soon, they will be yours, father.” The Antichrist said proudly.
Satan hugged Antichrist and his mother, and finally he started to talk to Antichrist:
“I am giving you my power and authority over this world. Go and defeat Catholic Church, which is His own foundation. Defeat and destroy His Vicar, and mislead every people in the world who was created in his own image. Generate hatred among the people, believe in different religions. If you succeed, I will enthrone you, and give you the position after me, in Hell”
Jack then remembered the prophesy of Holy Mother Mary about the birth of the Anti- Christ that She revealed to the French visionary, St. Bernaditta Gonsalves of Lourdes.
While he was thinking about this, some souls of the deceased started jumping back into the fire lake. But, those who hesitated to jump back were hurled by Antichrist, Satan and his devils.
“The next is you Devil!” Antichrist and Satan approached Jack by yelling sacrileges. Jack moved backwards and searched for a way to escape.
Suddenly the rain and lightning stopped. A heavy thunder, like an atomic bomb explosion, reverberated in the sky. The sound and power of that explosion was more than enough to shake the whole world and tear it into many pieces. The earth started to shake and Jack fell down onto the ground. He could see Satan, Antichrist, his mother and all the other devils falling back into the fires of Hell. After this, peace spread everywhere.
Jack stood on the ground, and looked at the sky. He could see the vision of Heaven there. God, the Father Almighty, was crying and his tears fell down into the lake of fire. At the same moment, the fire in the lake extinguished, and the vision of hell disappeared.
Suddenly the sky illuminated with many stars and full moon and it emitted as much light as in the day time. The whole cemetery was flooded with light.
Jack felt like somebody standing beside him. He saw a beautiful lady with a baby boy in her arms. It was the same lady and boy, who visited Jack one evening in his home and gave the Rosary in the very beginning of his adventure. Beside that beautiful lady, two young men of around 30 years of age were also stood. One of the men had thick moustache and beard, but other was clean shaven.
The infant in the lady’s arms, gave Jack something, and he received it with his both hands. He looked at it, to know that it was a golden chalice, decorated with many gems.
“Thank you Jesus, thank you Holy Mother, thank you Saint Joseph, thank you Saint Michael the Archangel.” Jack kissed that chalice. He couldn’t control his emotions and started to cry. It was the Holy Grail used by Lord Jesus Christ, which he was looking for all these days!
“My dear child, it is not the end of the battle. You must continue your battle against Satan and his evil spirits. But, don’t be afraid. I am always with you.” Infant Jesus said.
After saying this, Infant Jesus placed His right hand upon Jack Batson’s head, and blessed him. Again, Jesus breathed upon him and said:
“I am giving you my Holy Spirit, the Giver of life, Who will lead you through the right path. He will empower you to fight against the darkness and defeat all the evil spirits. Besides, with His help, you will attract many people to me.”
“Oh Lord, now I understand; it was Four of You, who directed Father John of the Cross to visit me. In the beginning when Father John visited me to entrust this duty, he had told me that four people instructed him to handover this duty to me. He also disclosed that the group of four included a charming infant baby, a beautiful lady and two handsome men. Am I right?”
“Yes, my child, it was we who insisted Father John to handover this duty to you?” Infant Jesus said.
Jack Batson raised the Holy Grail, and kissed it with awe. After kissing it, he asked another question to Infant Jesus:
“Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for finally hearing my prayers. Lord, I need answer for one more question. Would you please allow me to ask that?”
“Yes, my dear child, ask me!” Jesus replied.
“Lord, many people achieve great things in their life. Some people make wealth, marry their sweet heart, or may reach higher positions, even then many of them are not completely happy in their life. I have read the life of the saints, who are completely happy, even when they could achieve nothing belong to this temporal world. They never possessed any wealth or positions. Other people ridiculed them and called them crazy. Even in the middle of these sufferings and sacrifices they could be happy. How, Lord…how is it possible? I want to be happy like them!”
“TO BE HAPPY IN YOUR LIFE, GIVE OTHERS EVERYTHING YOU HAVE, WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING BACK.”
After this, four of them blessed Jack and disappeared from the cemetery. Then Jack heard a song from Heaven and Purgatory:
“Sanctus Deus, Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Immortális, miserére nobis.”
The song continued with the support of Heavenly musical organs. After that song, Jack could see the following written in the sky. He read it:
NEVER LOSE YOUR HOPE AND TRY HARD UNTIL YOU DIE. BECAUSE, NOBODY KNOWS WHEN SUCCESS WILL HUG YOU.
EPILOGUE
After Jack discovered the Holy Grail, he went to meet Fr. John of the Cross. Fr. John was very happy to see him with the Holy Grail. Jack gave information to the Police and they arrested Martin Springfield from the Monastery of the Holy Face of Jesus. The Police charged three murder cases upon him. His coldblooded murder victims were: Father Damian, Inspector Davidson and finally Father Jerome. It was not Fr. Jerome, who talked with Inspector Davidson when he went to investigate the murder of Fr. Damian. It was Martin Springfield who disguised himself as Fr. Jerome. Martin Springfield is notorious with his other name Baal.
After the arrest of Baal, the Supreme Court of Billston sentenced him for lifelong imprisonment. Subsequently Monastery of the Holy Face of Jesus regained its usual serenity which was lost after the serial murders of its priests.
After these incidents, Jack and Fr. John went together to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. Jack narrated the whole story, how he retrieved the Holy Grail. Pope Francis and Father John was amazed to hear his adventure story and congratulated him for his braveness and dedication.
Then Jack got the opportunity to have dinner with Pope Francis and Father John. During the dinner, Father John handed him a nine hundred thousand Hostos cheque, as promised. Jack deposited the total one million Hostos in his bank account.
Jack, who was once ridiculed by everyone as useless, became a celebrity and adventurer as he dreamed.
After this, Jack’s fame started to spread through different media, all over the world. His hard work and dedication got answered. Jesus’ blessings helped him to become successful in his life and people started to call him: ‘Jack Batson, the Adventurer’, and ‘Jack Batson, the Detective’.
A few days passed and Jack Batson was sitting in the same park with Nova Flower, where they met last time, just before the beginning of his adventure.
“So, what do you think now, my sweetheart?” Jack asked her to know her opinion about their marriage.
“Dear boy, why don’t you understand me? You told me many times that you know my heart better than anyone else in this world. Yet you couldn’t understand my heart! If a girl tells you to come and ask her parents’ permission to marry her, what does it mean?” Nova pretended to be angry.
“Honey, don’t take it seriously!” Jack hugged her. Then he continued:
“That means, you love me more than I love you!”
“Please meet my parents, and tell them everything.” Nova requested and looked into his eyes.
When Nova looked at him, Jack looked back into her beautiful shining eyes. She was very proud of his success and tears filled her eyes out of happiness.
He kissed her cheeks and held her closer to him.
“My dear child, the tears that are coming down from your eyes are more than enough for me to understand that you are mine and I am yours.” Jack Batson whispe
red in her ears.
“Please come with me to see my parents!” Nova said calmly while placing her head onto his chest.
“But, if I come and ask your parents, will they agree for our marriage?” Jack asked doubtfully.
While they continued their conversation, Jack’s mobile phone started to ring.
“Hi, Jack Batson speaking!” He answered coolly.
“Sir, my name is Arthur and I am from Garry Field. I wish to talk to you on an urgent matter regarding my family. We are a big family of more than thousand members. Many of our family members are committing suicide without any reason. I am worried sir. Could you please allow me to meet you today? I came from faraway only to meet you. Now I am staying in Hotel Alfred in Beccurshare. This year 23 people in our family already lost their life. Father John of the Cross gave me your number and advised me to meet you. He suggested that, you are the right person to unravel the mystery behind the curse that is haunting my family. So, I beg you, please help me.”
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