A Warrior's Redemption (The Warrior Kind)

Then I saw two of the warriors headed my way, while the others gathered around the Kurt family, who seemed to be in a world all of their own as they prayed. I watched the warriors of fire approach and knew that I too was going to die soon. As they drew near I tried to maintain eye contact, but could not and looked down awaiting the killing stroke that would end it all. Instead I was greeted with silence and a long pause, which caused me to look up tentatively.

They stood there and seemed to be waiting for me to acknowledge them in some way. "Are you going to kill me?" I asked.

They smiled, which caused a feeling of peace to well up inside of me despite the fury of their presence and appearance. One spoke, "No, it has been appointed for you to see what is going to take place here and to be strengthened and encouraged by it. Come and see what the Lord will do."

"But I……" No sooner as I had begun to say that I couldn't because of the cage I was in that I found myself on my feet walking towards where they had gestured to.

I stopped as they did to either side of me. There on the cliff's edge seemingly unaffected by all that had transpired around them kneeled the Kurt family still deep in prayer. I felt like I was in a trance as one of the storm warriors that had freed me left my side and approached the Kurt family and knelt down by Eliak's side. He leaned forward and touched Eliak, with a pierced hand. Nothing happened for a moment and then I saw Eliak move and get to his feet followed by his family.

The ropes fell off their hands as they did so and piled up at their feet. Incredulous I turned to the warrior directly to my left, "How is that possible?"

"As it is written 'The prayer of a righteous man availeth much'." Said the warrior angel.

"Watch." The angel said gesturing with one hand towards the Kurt family.

The figure, who had touched Eliak, was saying something to them that I could not make out, but the whole family seemed to be hanging on every word that was spoken to them. The man who spoke held his hand out and over the cliff's edge, and immediately a doorway wreathed in light formed in the darkness of the storm cloud. Without hesitation, Eliak holding Samantha's hand moved toward the door walking through thin air to get to it. He paused at the door and let Samantha pass through ahead of him and then the rest of his family one by one.