5-strange tattoos and the amulate

where was I.., I kept asking myself. I then recalled Gorata had stabbed me with a dagger, I inspect myself to realise a huge difference with my body.

I had tattoos, the same ones Gorata had on her chest., I had another one that Dikeledi had on my forearm and another hieroglyphs kind inked from my shoulder blades to my waist. what is this? was I dead?. I couldn't comprehend anything. I struggled to stand when something fell off my leather pants.

what??!. I wasn't wearing these when I was dying. I check to see what fell off, it's the amulate.

something was not right, I didn't have the with me when I was being stabbed, something must have went wrong. I heard faint footsteps approaching. I hold the amulate firmly in my hands and peeked behind the rock to glimpse at whoever was coming my way.

it was a man in a leather throbe, with a hoodie. he had a huge sword like material behind his back which was very familiar, where have I seen it before?. "who are you?" I asked cautiously he removed his hoodie to show his face with extra pale skinned face. he stopped a few feets away from me. "This is not a safe place for you, Go home" his voice had a bass depth making it strange, in a wired kind of way. "what is this place, I don't know how to get back"

"how did you get here?" he asked I looked at him in a serious face "I died". he twisted his eyes to the amulate on the around my fingers. "where did you get that?" I raise my hand to glance at the amulate "you this..?". I was about to speak when I raised his hand to stop me. "we need to go, they're coming" I was about to ask who was coming when he runned towards me. holding my torso tight and lifted us off the ground. I look to the sides to be met with large sprouted wings propelling to the air. I couldn't process anything else because I lost consciousness after.

I wake up to the sounds of people talking in low voices, "Are you sure they didn't see him?"....

"No I made sure of that....."

"you didn't leave any trail behind"...

"it's not possible, they can't cross the portal"....

Memories of a guy with large wings flying me to the air came back and I shot up in full speed, I turn to see the same guy with another man similar to his looks, I backed away from them. "whoo, who, what are you?"

the new guy raised his hands in surrender. "calm down, I'm Raphael this is Michael".

He was generous than the wings guy-Michael. "what happened to you? why are you here?" he asked calmly,

"I'm mark", I said simply "so how did mark get here?" he asked again calmly. I didn't answer instead I stared at them like the grew mashrooms over their heads.

"okay let's start over," the Raphael-obviouslyawings guy too uttered convincingly "I'm Raphael and this Michael, the archangels"

I processed what he said and I remembered in my latest history class, I've studied the archangels history, Raphael, Michael, Lucifer and Gabriel. the four strongest archangels with powers which surpass demons. I look at the sword like structure on Michael's back. it's a scythe!! yes! I remember now. it's the weapon held by archangels! "you are real, you exist" it came out as a statement than a question

"Now mark, if I got that right, how did you get here?" Raphael asked kindly now. I stared at my arms, shoulders. I touched myself surprised that I'm still breathing."I'm supposed to be dead" I said to myself rather than answering the question. "please be comfortable and tell us what happened".

I began explaining to them from the disappearance of my mother, to my trip to Africa and how Gorata stabbed me to death to sacrifice me for the betterment of the world. they looked at each other and they began conversing while walking out the cave like room.

"the portal was opened by the human race, that's how they gained entrance here"....

"what are we going to do then...?"

"we must reconnect with Uriel... "

They left me dumbfounded,I called after them but they walked out of the cave without paying attention to me.

I was wondering, if I was around angles then I was definitely in heaven. the sacrifice was successful. but what's the amulate doing here?. and how did i get inked with all these tattoos.

I stretch my hand to examine the mysterious amulate, I flip it over to the back, I see the cravings which are now inked to my chest. I train my eyes down my bare chest, surprisingly I wasn't cold and for the first time I notice a tattoo just below my breast bone which grabbed my attention and widened my eyes. I brought the amulate to my breast bone to compare the craving with the tattoo on that area.

it was the last tattoo on the amulate.

the one Gorata didn't have.