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  Angels of the

  Second Earth Age

  Noah’s Book

  Mike Montgomery

  Copyright © 2017 by Mike Montgomery.

  Library of Congress Control Number: 2017905450

  ISBN: Hardcover 978-1-5434-1464-6

  Softcover 978-1-5434-1463-9

  eBook 978-1-5434-1462-2

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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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  Rev. date: 04/07/2017

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  CONTENTS

  Chapter 1 - The Beginning

  Chapter 2 - Kingdom Of Kings

  Chapter 3 - Armies And Angels

  Chapter 4 - One-Way Ticket

  Chapter 5 - An Accommodating Able

  Chapter 6 - Desert Oasis

  Chapter 7 - Volcanic Activity

  Chapter 8 - Ground Of The Gods

  Chapter 9 - Book Of Glass

  Chapter 10 - Noah’s Story

  Chapter 11 - Fight To The Death

  Chapter 12 - The King’s Birthday

  Chapter 13 - Death Of The King

  Chapter 14 - The Reign Of Seth

  Chapter 15 - White-Haired People

  Chapter 16 - Runaways

  Chapter 17 - A Way Out

  Chapter 18 - Fire Of Freedom

  Chapter 19 - Lessons Learned

  Chapter 20 - Journey’s Journey

  Chapter 21 - A Different Nod

  Chapter 22 - Can Mara Kill

  Chapter 23 - Surrender

  Chapter 24 - The Creeping Willow

  Chapter 25 - Arachnophobia

  Chapter 26- Two Fights, One Day

  Chapter 27 - God Of The Ring

  Chapter 28 - Chaos

  Chapter 29 - Back To Shannon And Boy

  NOAH’S DREAMS:

  FIRST DREAM OF THE FUTURE

  DREAM OF JOURNEY

  DREAM OR NIGHTMARE

  CHAPTER 1

  The Beginning

  On the sixth day, after creating land, oceans, and creatures that walked, flew, and swam, God created pairs of men and women to populate and hold dominion over the land. On the seventh day, he rested. He wanted someone to share his new home, which he called the Garden of Eden, so on the eighth day, he made a child out of dust and named him Adam. God taught Adam how to hunt and take care of the land. As time passed, he noticed that Adam was lonely so he decided to make another child and name her Eve. The years went by, and God noticed they were growing and touching each other. He told them they weren’t allowed to touch at all. It was his rule.

  Years later, Lucifer, one of God’s most beautiful angels, came to the Garden of Eden.

  “What are you doing here, Lucifer?” God asked.

  “I came to see you, Lord. We all miss you very much.”

  The two young humans, Adam and Eve, were standing nearby. God smiled at them and asked Lucifer, “Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?”

  “I thought I was the most beautiful thing you had ever seen,” said Lucifer, eyeing the humans.

  “I think you should leave. I want to show Adam more of my creations.”

  Lucifer was furious and jealous. “I’ll show God how pathetic his humans are,” he growled.

  Lucifer instigated a fight between two angels, and Michael called for God. As soon as God left the garden, Lucifer returned.

  “Adam! Eve!” called Lucifer.

  “God isn’t here,” said Eve as she came out of the bushes.

  “I came to see you, Eve. You’re so beautiful,” Lucifer cooed. He caressed Eve’s body.

  “Adam and I cannot touch like this. It’s God’s rule.”

  “I am not Adam,” said Lucifer. “You’re beautiful—just like me, Eve.”

  Lucifer took Eve’s, the fruit was broken. The first seed was planted, all while Adam watched in the distance.

  When Lucifer saw Adam, he said, “Adam, come and join us.”

  “Yes, come on,” said Eve.

  And the second seed was planted. They knew what they were doing was wrong, but it felt so right.

  As Lucifer left the garden, he turned and said, “God will be back soon. You better hide.”

  They did, because they were afraid they would pay for breaking God’s rule. When God returned, he called for his humans, but they did not respond. He found them covered with leaves. He knew what they had done and was furious. Thunder roared through the sky as God stormed toward them.

  “Who did this to you, Adam?” he demanded.

  “Lucifer,” Adam replied.

  God was so angry that he threw Adam and Eve out of the garden and locked it from all humans. He banned Lucifer from Heaven and broke his wings and legs so he would crawl upon the land like a snake.

  “You love them more than me!” cried Lucifer. “Please, my Lord, forgive me for my mistake.”

  Adam and Eve cried to God for forgiveness, too. He eventually forgave all three of them, but decided to leave earth, so he called upon the angels to protect the humans. Then he held a meeting with the angels and humans to tell them that he was leaving.

  “Who will protect us while you’re away?” asked a small man named Solomon.

  “My angels will protect you,” replied God. “They will become part of you, but they will not be seen. Call on them, and they will protect you from evil.”

  “What if they’re bad or lazy and won’t help us?” asked Solomon.

  “I will teach you the words to use in my name,” said God.

  He taught Solomon the words that would draw an angel from a human. He also told him how to put good angels back in.

  “Angels will not harm humans. That is a rule,” God continued. “They won’t protect you from another human being unless he or she has evil in them. You will be protected from beasts and evil spirits, but not humans. Solomon will take bad angels from men and replace them with good angels. They will call him Priest.”

  “God, who do we pray to? You or the angels?” asked a man.

  God replied, “You pray to me and only me. I am leaving to build more universes, and I will return one day. I love you all, and I will never forsake you. Believe in me, love me, and all things will be possible. Would any angels like to go with me? What about you, Lucifer?”

  “My Lord, I’d like to stay and help with the humans,” Lucifer said. “I want to make up for my mistakes.”

  “Lucifer, I leave you and Michael in charge of Heaven while I’m away. Make sure nothing happens.”

  “Yes, Lord. I will protect them for you.”

  After God left, Solomon did God’s work. Men, women, and children possessed by evil were brought to him. Sometimes he had to travel great distances to do God’s work. Over two hundred years passed. Solomon said his prayers, but very few were answered.

  CHAPTER 2


  Kingdom Of Kings

  Three hundred years into the second earth age, the first king was crowned. His name was Hahira. King Hahira built an underground kingdom and called it Eden Two. He built a big castle on top of Eden Two and called it Enoch, after his first son. When King Hahira died, Enoch became the new king. King Enoch was a ruthless leader who loved to hear crowds chant his name.

  King Enoch loved to show his power. He had men kill each other for entertainment, but watching people kill each other for a hundred years became boring. He set up competitions in which people battled animals. This didn’t amuse him much, either. Then he sent a message to everyone in the kingdom. “Subjects who successfully entertain the king will be allowed to stay in the castle and be made royalty.”

  He didn’t tell them that if they failed, they would be killed. People died, one after another, until no one came to the palace anymore. This made the king angry. One day, an old man came to the palace to see King Enoch.

  “Sir, there is an old man here to see you. He demands to talk to you and only you.”

  The king shrugged. “I want nothing to do with him. Send him away.”

  “Sir, he said he will give you the greatest battle you have ever seen.”

  “It might amuse me,” said the king to himself. “Fine. Let him in.”

  The old man soon appeared in the hall, and without invitation, walked up to the king. “I have a gift unlike any you have ever seen. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it, but I do have demands. I have always wanted to be royalty and live in a palace. I ask that you make me your royal overseer.”

  King Enoch nodded. “If I am amused, you can move in today. If I am bored, I will cut your eyes out and send you into the desert for wasting my time.”

  The old man wasn’t frightened. “Bring me two of your best soldiers.”

  With the wave of the king’s hand, two strong-looking men marched into the room and stood in front of the old man, who anointed the men with oil, waved his hands in the air, and began chanting. Slowly, a mist stretched out of each soldier and took form. They were angels. The angels looked at each other and then at the old man.

  “Solomon, why have you brought us out of our bodies?” asked one.

  “Shush! Fight each other or we will kill the humans,” Solomon commanded.

  Full of dread, the angels turned to each other and began to fight.

  “What will happen to the soldier after his angel dies?” King Enoch asked.

  “The human will die. He cannot live without his angel,” explained Solomon.

  Eventually, one angel killed the other. Minutes later, the soldier fell to the ground, dead.

  “How do you get the other angel back into the human?” asked the king.

  “Watch, Your Majesty,” said Solomon.

  Solomon muttered the ancient words, and the angels disappeared. The king loved the demonstration. “You will be the most popular man in Enoch, and you will stay in the palace with me and my servants.”

  “Thank you, Your Highness.”

  “What do I call you?” asked the king.

  “Just call me Priest.”

  “Done,” said Enoch. “Bow down and kiss my feet. You can call me God.”

  Solomon did as he was told.

  Later that day, the king introduced his generals to the priest and had the priest show them his power.

  “Priest is now second in command, even over my brothers, General Seth and General Black,” bellowed Enoch. “You will all take orders from him and protect him at all costs.” He turned to face the priest. “Take over, Priest. There is something I would like to do.”

  CHAPTER 3

  Armies And Angels

  “We need slaves to fight in the arena,” Priest exclaimed. “General Seth, General Black, take your armies to every village. Bring back their strongest men.”

  Seth stood. “We can’t take our armies from the walls.”

  “You should only need about fifty soldiers each,” Priest replied, smiling.

  “How can we do this with only fifty soldiers?” asked Seth.

  “I will summon the angels from every soldier, doubling your force. No man will have the courage to fight you.”

  “What if they do?” asked Seth.

  “Kill their wives and children until they understand that we aren’t messing around. Are there any more questions?”

  “No, sir.”

  “Okay. Get to work.”

  They went from village to village for months, gathering men. Seth took his army north, and Black took his south. The angels amazed people, and when they laid eyes on the army, they ran in fear. The armies took thousands of men back to the king. King Enoch used them to entertain him and his people.

  One day, Seth’s army came upon the village of Nod, a peaceful, quiet place. One of them ran to the common area, shouting, “There are angels at the gate!”

  “If they are angels, they are of God, so let them in,” said a quiet man.

  The man looked frightened, so the quiet man went to the gate and opened it.

  “I’m General Seth, son of King Hahira, brother of the king of Eden Two. Who is the leader here?”

  “There is no leader. We are all equal here,” replied the quiet man.

  “What is your name?” General Seth demanded.

  “My name is Bardon.”

  “Bardon, the god of Eden Two ordered me to gather strong men from around the country,” said Seth. “Nod is next. If you don’t do what I say, the angels will kill your families. If you do as I say, no one will get hurt, and the rest can stay. You have my word.”

  “We will comply. Just don’t hurt anyone,” Bardon said.

  The men gathered. Bardon’s brother Steven was among them. Steven’s wife followed him out to the gathering place. When she saw Bardon, she fell at his feet.

  “Please, Bardon, don’t let them do this!” she cried.

  “I have no choice, Lilly,” Bardon said. “He is a strong man, and they promised no one would get hurt. I’m just thinking about the kids.”

  “Steven goes,” said Seth as he tied the men’s hands together. “There are some rules. No praying, or you will be killed. No trying to escape, or you will be killed. This goes for everyone in the village. We will be back.”

  Before Seth took his army out of Nod, they burned the only church. The villagers were devastated. They didn’t know what to do.

  Bardon motioned his son to him. “Go to the shore and find a seashell.”

  The son went to the shore and searched for the best seashell he could find. It took hours. He wondered why General Seth wanted so many strong men. Then he saw the most beautiful of all the shells on the shore. It was bright white with red dots and spiraled into a long horn. It reminded him of a strawberry.

  He put a message inside the shell and sent it to God. The hard part was removing the sound of the ocean and replacing it with the message, but he had learned to do this when he was young. After he finished, he threw it into the ocean and waited, hoping that God would get the message through the ripples of time.

  CHAPTER 4

  One-Way Ticket

  It was 2011. Shannon, a volcanologist, had just returned from British Columbia. He took a cab from the airport to the laboratory in Toronto, Ohio.

  “Hello, Mary, you sexy thing. If you were younger, I would take you away. How’s the secretary life?” asked Shannon as he flopped down in his chair.

  “It’s a job,” she replied. “What are you doing back so early, blue eyes?”

  “Some things went wrong,” Shannon said, looking at the floor.

  “Maybe if you put some meat on those bones, things would be different.” Mary smiled.

  “I love you, Mary, and you look better with your teeth in.”

  Mary laughed. “I heard some good news. The team is leaving tomorrow for
Alaska.”

  “That’s great. Is Mr. Almighty in his office?” asked Shannon.

  “You mean, Larry, the project supervisor?”

  “You mean my uncle?” she said archly, then laughed. “Who else?”

  “I apologize. I’ll see if he’s here.” Mary hit a black button. “Larry, are you in?”

  “Yes, Mary, what do you want?” The voice through the intercom sounded tinny and frail.

  “Shannon is here to see you.”

  “What is he doing back? That dumbass can’t be back yet. I told my brother not to marry out of the family.”

  Mary laughed. “He can hear you.”

  There was a pause. “Send him in.”

  Shannon got up and walked into Larry’s office.

  “What are you doing back?” asked Larry, frowning.

  “I don’t have any equipment.”

  “Where is your equipment?”

  Shannon at the floor and said, “There was an accident.”

  “You lost everything, didn’t you?”

  “Yeah, pretty much. The truck door hit me, but I’m okay.”

  Larry exhaled, his breath whistling through his nose. “What happened this time?”

  “I didn’t know that I had to pull the emergency brake when parking on a hill, but I learned a very good lesson.”

  “Where is the truck?”

  “In the ocean,” admitted Shannon. “They’re still looking for it.”

  Larry got up and walked around the room. “What am I going to do with you, Shannon? It’s always something. If you weren’t my brother’s son, God rest his soul, you would be gone. Now get out of here.”

  “When are we leaving tomorrow, Uncle?” asked Shannon.

  “For what?”

  “For Alaska.”

  “Who told you about that?”

  “Mary mentioned it when I arrived.”

  “You’re not going to Alaska. I’m sending you somewhere else,” Larry said.

  “Where?” Shannon asked.