THE ETERNALS
IV: THE BIG APPLE
by
Anthonystjoseph
The last we saw of Cassandra and Steve, or
once upon a time referred to as Akhenaten and Nefertiti, they were on the front
porch of the house in the city of rebirth.
Cassandra was hugging Steve thinking of puddles and Steve was hugging
her back thinking of making it rain.
They turned to step off the porch and that’s when Cassandra saw him
standing across the street and just glaring at them with pure malice. Cassandra hadn’t recalled seeing such a thing
since her full memory hadn’t returned but Steve knew exactly who and what it
was…
Standing across the street maliciously
glaring at them was Sinister Seth in all his diabolical glory. Staring with his blood stained eyes and
skeletal mouth that seemed to be dripping blood from a recent meal. As Cassandra screamed, Steve held her close
and told her, “Don’t worry, he won’t be a problem at all. This is to be expected whenever we leave the
city of protection. The rebirthing is
always away from the city of protection so we prepare for these occurrences.” Cassandra said, “What occurrences!?” as they
both stared at the clown and Steve held her closer. “That Cassandra, is a diabolical servant of
The Dark Overlord from the underworld who has a vendetta against us Eternals. That creature is known as a clown.” Cassandra stared at the hideous clown and
said, “The Dark Overlord! Oh Steve!”
Cassandra couldn’t help wondering why Steve sort of giggled. Then he said, “I told you that you will
always be protected now watch.”
As Cassandra watched and almost before
Steve could finish saying the word watch, The Eternal who Cassandra had come to
know as Tammy swooped down from the sky like a Hawk in the knight behind
Sinister Seth and seemed to pierce his entire upper torso centering on his
heart with a golden spear as blood gushed from Sinister Seth’s mouth. Cassandra heard the clown say, ‘no’ in a
gruff and garbled tone as Tammy laughed and then leaned into Sinister Seth’s
ear and spoke to his dying body. Tammy
whispered in his ear in her own maniacal and sinister enjoyment at slaying this
particular clown, “Tell him again I said no.”
Steve himself knew what Tammy was saying because he knew of Tammy’s
relationship with The Dark Lord and knew the Lord of the underworld wanted
nothing but the possession of Tammy in his realm.
Tammy relished killing this particular
clown and returning him to the underworld for good because even though he
looked different, she knew it was him.
She felt it in her heart and knew that Sinister Seth on the end of her
golden spear was none other than Ramesses the II, one of her previous husbands
and a former Eternal himself. As he
slumped to the ground with the spear still in his chest, she lifted her foot
and placed it on his back and then kicked him off her spear with complete
detest and satisfaction. His lifeless
body burst into a cloud of luminescent dust as he perished back into the
underworld from which he came.
Tammy walked over to Steve and Cassandra
as Cassandra gaped at her friend and protector who seemed to fly from the
sky. Tammy said, “Don’t worry Cassandra,
your full memory should return soon. As Steve told you, nothing’s going to
happen to you.” Cassandra hugged her
friend, protector, and mentor and then whispered in Tammy’s ear, “I love
you.” Tammy said, “I know.”
Steve said, “Okay you two, break up the
love fest. We have a flight to catch.”
The headed to the airport as Tammy told Steve, “I told you they were
going to make their move after the choosing.”
Steve replied, “You were right. Good thing we staged it so you could
strike like you did.” Tammy laughed and
said, “Oh please, they could have come however they wanted too. You know I have
never let any Eternal be harmed during a rebirthing. I know The Dark Lord and
his clown servants all too well.” Steve
smirked and with a knowing smile said, “Yes; you do!” Tammy replied, “Watch it
Akhenaten.”
They arrived at the airport in the city of
rebirthing and bypassed the exit to the terminal. The proceeded to the Executive Tower to catch
their private plane from the Executive terminal reserved for those who owned
their own aircraft. Cassandra stared in
awe as their car pulled right up to the largest airplane she had ever seen with
the name emblazoned on the side in huge red letters that said, “The Eternity”. Steve smiled and hugged Cassandra and
informed her that the tribe owned the plane and it was the only way they
traveled. He explained to Cassandra that
even she herself was a billionaire a million times over since the tribe as a
whole had been consolidating their wealth since even before Egypt and before
the concept of money even existed.
On the plane ride, Steve informed
Cassandra that they were headed to their true home in the city were all
Eternals lived. They were headed to New
York. He then explained that an Eternal
had actually given the city its nickname of ‘The Big Apple’ in reference to the
Garden of Eden and the original home of their first mother as told in the
ancient story of Adam and Eve. Steve
also told Cassandra that The Big Apple was safe and protected from any
diabolical clown or any type of interference whatsoever by The Dark Lord due to
a great talisman that was built an Eternal himself in France many years ago and
sent over the United States under the guise of a ‘gift’. He explained that the talisman called The
Statue of Liberty was actually sent over to establish a safe haven for all
Eternals and was manufactured with specific powers of The Eternals to ward off
and defend against the Dark Lord’s presence in any way at all. The Dark Lord and his clowns or even his
demons couldn’t come within five hundred miles of the great talisman which
graced Liberty Island. The Eternal who
sculpted her actually sculpted her in memory of their first mother, Eve.
When they landed in New York, Steve told
Cassandra that they were going to their one true home; a home they shared
before in her previous life. They were
headed to ‘The Hardenbergh’. The
Hardenbergh was the oldest and most distinguished address in all of Ney York
located in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
It was designed by an Eternal who was actually a very popular architect
who was involved in the establishment of New York as a worldwide mecca of
culture and importance. The building
itself had become an historical landmark and was a beautiful piece of artwork
for anyone to see. The Hardenbergh which
had high gables, profusion of dormers, terracotta spandrels, and balconies
stood majestic before the entire world to behold as the unknown home of ‘The
Eternals’.
Steve took Cassandra to their old home in The
Hardenbergh and she loved their huge fourteen room apartment as soon as he
opened the door. The apartment even had
hidden doors that all led to the grand hall were The Eternals held their
meetings. The hidden doors were almost
unnecessary because anyone and everyone who lived in The Hardenbergh was an
Eternal. Ramon, Tammy, Stephanie and
even Judy had an apartment in The Hardenbergh.
Cassandra hugged Steve in the deepest of
embraces staring at the home she was starting to remember and loving the man in
her arms. As more and more memories of
their lives together flooded her mind, she again thought about a lifetime of
puddles. She suddenly remembered the
last time they held each other and thought of puddles and then thought of the clowns
Steve spoke softly and said, “Don’t worry, remember, they can never come near
the Lady de Liberte.” He had read her
mind; that was his special gift.
He continued, “In The Big Apple, it’s
nothing but puddles.”
By
Anthonystjoseph
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