The Revelation: Search for the Apocrypha

By Albert Armbrister

Revelation I: Book Blurb

Mutiny... Dark forces everywhere he goes...Watching his close friend betray him during the first war in Heaven… How much can one angel take? Uriel a casualty of the first angelic war now wakes up to meet His Majesty for a mission he does not understand. The search for the Apocrypha. With no knowledge of the world he is about to enter, Uriel takes on the mission. As he begins to understand the true nature of his mission, another ‘revelation' is revealed...The N.E.P.H.I. Project… What secrets does this project hold? And how is it connected to his search?

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jan 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781663234902

Albert Armbrister

This is inspired from an idea of a multiview storyline. I wanted A story from two views. Two fighters from two different backgrounds. Lucien and Najl.

Book preview

CHAPTER 1

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T here was darkness to the left, darkness to the right. Absolute silence. The cool air encouraged a person to sleep for eternity.

Suddenly, the sound of a foghorn blared in the room as a bright red light quickly flashed over a door, then the sound stopped. A second later, another blare of the foghorn filled the room, followed by flashes of red light, then silence. Finally, the last foghorn sounded, and the red light remained radiant. White lights illuminated under the red light, then along a light fixture that went from one side of the room, to the other.

As the white lights ignited in sequence, a being moved in the large, king-sized bed covered by a white blanket. A humanoid being removed the blanket, draped a long white robe over its form, and planted its dark brown feet on the ground.

Its feet emitted a faint blue aura, then the being pulled white boots from the left near a white dresser and started to place them on. The boots had seven white straps on the front, two upper straps that secured the top, the mid-section had straps that overlapped diagonally across each other, making an ‘X’, and three white straps near the foot region.

The being got off the bed as its long wavy black hair swayed while it walked to a changing room nearby. The being removed the white robe, then draped it on the outside of the door. White lights emanated from inside the changing room as clamps affixed armor to its body.

The being exited the changing room wearing silver armor adorned with blue jewels affixed in the center of the breastplate, sides of the rib cage, and stomach region, with two large blue jewels on the sides of the pauldrons. The arms of the armor were metallic, as a white mask donned the face of the dark brown being that had a metallic blue cross on the right cheek, while its eyes glowed blue.

The dark brown being walked to the white door while donned in its white robe, as its long hair swayed behind it. Now under the red light, it opened the door to the outside. The being looked up to see a glorious blue sky with a golden palace that hovered high in the air.

The palace exuded an exceedingly bright light, almost blinding, as many angels flew to the golden palace. A dark blue multi-ringed creature with many eyes on each of its rings appeared in front of the dark brown being. Ancient Aramaic runes were sprawled over its bands as they orbited over each other. The construct sent a bolt that left its form and entered the being’s ear.

After listening to the message, the being glowed with a bright blue aura, then rocketed toward the palace.

As it flew, the masked being saw other angels were waiting in front of the palace. The tall palace doors gave slight shade, unlike the walls of the palace that glowed. There were two golden doors with seven magnificent jewels ranging from fire opal to deep amethyst, like a rainbow in a circular pattern. The doors were 70ft in height. When the masked angel came close to the doors, it placed its hand on them. In a few seconds, the doors opened up and allowed the masked angel to enter the palace.

A commanding voice in front of the masked angel shouted, Take off your mask, Uriel and approach my throne! The voice said to the being. Uriel took off his mask as commanded, walked forward on still water that was as smooth as a glass floor, yet deep blue in color. The water rippled with each step Uriel made. The great doors closed as Uriel walked toward the throne.

Walking forward, Uriel looked up to a being 30ft in height and golden in color, sat on a large throne surrounded by four unique angels with six wings. At this time, their faces were covered, but the many eyes on the outer marginal coverts of their wings could be seen observing Uriel. He continued walking and realized to his right, there were a small group of men sitting on unique thrones, but their faces were obscured by shade.

He passed two bowls of fire next to him, and another at the end as Uriel arrived at the Great Being’s throne.

It’s good to see you, Uriel! The 30ft being said as He observed a prostrated Uriel. It is good to see you too, Your Majesty. Uriel responded. I have work for you, Uriel. I need you to visit earth to search for the Apocrypha.

Earth… Apocrypha, your Majesty?! Uriel said, with his face still over the sea of glass. Yes, earth and the Apocrypha. You and six other angels shall be leaving for the earth.

I know not of this earth nor this Apocrypha you speak of sir.

Do not worry Uriel, all will be understood soon enough. -His Majesty said, comforting him- Stand up Uriel and take this. As Uriel stood, a bright object descended to him. He took it, then placed it under his armor. I have opened a door for you, and a scroll will advise you on what to do next. Uriel turned left to a dark door. He walked through into the darkness of space. Outside the door, in the darkness, there were six other angels waiting.

Upon exiting the door, suddenly, a scroll appeared to Uriel’s right, in the midst of space. Uriel opened it and observed the glittered scroll. He closed his eyes, and the scroll quickly disappeared. Ok angels we have a job to do! Uriel said looking at the six angels, then turned around to observe a large boulder drifting in space. We will use this meteorite-Uriel paused for a second to ponder how he knew that? It was his first time seeing this object- as our decoy. Uriel and the six other angels followed the meteorite with him in front until it hit the earth’s atmosphere. Ok angels get ready to heat up! The angelic group appeared as smaller fireballs, with the main meteorite in front of them. Uriel and the angelic group continued tailing the meteorite until it crashed into the Pacific Ocean with a great splash. They skimmed over the water. Infiltration to the land of the living was a success. One angel said behind Uriel. Yes, the humans remain none the wiser. Another one said in response. Ok angels we’re headed to Israel to speak to an old friend. Uriel and the group sped over the water in their specter state.

CHAPTER 2

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T he summer of 2013. Three black Mercedes jeeps sped downhill as they shredded through ankle-high grass, while their tires kicked up dirt into the black forest of Germany. Three desert brown Abrams tanks with black Islamic State flags on their sides, barreled downward in pursuit of the SUVs, uprooting the grass in their wake.

We got the dossier guys! A dark brown man with slightly curly black hair and dark brown eyes wearing a black business suit with a white buttoned shirt, said excitedly to the passengers of the SUV he was in. We can see that John, but we still have tanks on our rear! And I don’t know how or where they even got them! The tawny driver with dark glasses, who wore a black business suit with a dark green silk tie replied, veering the G-class jeep left then right expeditiously, nearly overturned the vehicle in an attempt to avoid the trees.

Oh come on Lawrence! We have the dossier we need in case an attack happens! Isn’t that right Lucien! John said, excitedly patting Lucien on his right shoulder with his hand. Lucien simply nodded his head up and down in agreement with John. Lucien was clothed in a black armored suit with a closely knit layer of metal that appeared snake-like in design. Additionally, it had added armor on the neck, torso, upper limbs, thighs and knees for extra protection. He donned a helmet that was black as the armor itself with a round top. The face portion of the helmet was form fitting as it appeared to slenderize the cheeks and lower jaw, compared to a normal combat helmet. It also had a small flashlight embedded in the right side of the helmet and a thick glass visor, tinted so dark, it appeared almost black, but internally it gave Lucien a Head-Up Display (H.U.D.) from his perspective. One of the tanks caught up to the jeep they were in. Guys-Lawrence said, observing the tank in his rearview mirror– I don’t have a lot of trees around me, and it’s only a matter of time before that tank is ready to fire!

We have no choice then… John said, then turned to look at Lucien, who nodded once again. John ordered Lucien to attack the tank in pursuit. Lucien opened the door and jumped on a tree ten feet away. John quickly leaned over and closed the jeep’s door. Lucien scurried high up into the forest canopy. High above the forest, he looked back down as the words A.N.M.B.A. appeared on his inner visor display. Under the acronym, the words Advanced Nano-Machine Body Armor showed up in lime green color.

Lucien targeted the tank that John ordered him to strike, then jumped. The armor’s lining glowed a bright red as the suit bulked up, while Lucien closed in on the tank. The suit enhanced Lucien’s physical prowess which granted him superhuman strength. Lucien with a single downward punch from high up in the trees above, caused the tank’s gun barrel that aimed at John’s jeep to snap with force so great, the remnants of the barrel flew up into the forest canopy.

But unfortunately for Lucien, a nearby tank noticed the assault of its comrade, then the tank’s gun turned and fired at him while he attempted to recover from his attack. The attack caused Lucien’s armor to explode which exposed half of his face and forced his head to the right simultaneously. The armor explosion revealed a lightly tanned fawn skin, bright blue eye like the sky, white-gold-haired Lucien. The effect of the blast left Lucien concussed, which caused him to fall off the cannonless tank onto the dirt road. Dammit, Lucien took serious damage. I gotta help him… John said, watching the scene out the rear windshield. A pink fawn-colored hand gripped John. Just make it back safe.

Sure, translator. John said with a smile while he opened the jeep’s door. John turned right, pulled back the door quickly, barely avoiding the nearby tree.

The investor did say to try keep these jeeps in one piece… John said turning to Lawrence. My apologies sir will try to avoid the trees… Which we need for cover. Lawrence replied still driving forward. John jumped out of the speeding jeep to a nearby tree, as his business suit was unusually flexible. The pink fawn-colored hand reached out to grab the open SUV door to close it. John grabbed a branch with his left arm, then placed both feet on the tree’s upper trunk with his left leg extended while his right leg remained hunched. He observed the forest floor, while the damaged tank accelerated away. Lucien’s body laid on the ground motionless. John’s right eye glowed red, then he leapt across to three other nearby trees and finally landed on a tree above Lucien. He dropped down, picked Lucien off the ground one-handed and threw Lucien’s unconscious body over his shoulder. John sprinted a short distance to gain momentum, then jumped to a nearby tree.

As his right eye still glowed, he leapt off the tree onto the damaged tank that was forty feet away! The tank with the destroyed gun remained in pursuit of the jeep. He pulled out a small cell phone from his left pocket while he kneeled and dialed a few digits to call the translator. Chaya, tell Lawrence to slow down so I can jump. I only need eight feet of distance.

Ok. Chaya replied. Chaya said over the phone, "Lawrence, we need to slow down for-

Done. Lawrence said slowing down the jeep for John to jump. John noticed the jeep getting closer, gave himself a small running start and lunged. He landed on top of the roof, opened the door he exited, and hurled Lucien into the jeep. John blinked his eyes, so the red eye disappeared, then jumped in succession, with Lucien slowly coming around. As the chase progressed, the black forest had reached its end and an alarm from the jeep’s GPS indicated they were approaching a cliff.

Simultaneously, incoming radio chatter stated, This is Sand sparrow with some friends. We see you are approaching the cliff. Just drive off and we will catch you. Over?

Roger. Lawrence said in response. The three jeeps sped up. Suddenly the sounds of a wastegate could be heard from the jeeps as if they had a turbo switch, then the jeeps flew off the cliff and were caught by the Heli’s. The sudden jolt from the electromagnet caused the passengers in John’s jeep to jolt from the sudden catch. A little while after the three tanks emerged, but only one of the tanks were ready to fire. The tank aimed and fired at Lucien’s helicopter.

Oh no… Lawrence said as he viewed his rearview mirror. We’re screwed… John said with his head down. Suddenly, Lucien jumped out and levitated in midair over 400ft off the ground! He stretched out his right hand before the shell could strike while his right eye glowed blue. The tank shell swirled two feet in front of Lucien, then exploded. With John and others surprised of the event, the smoke dissipated with Lucien still in midair while the remaining piece of the shell dropped to the ground. In that span of time, everyone close to the ordeal was caught off guard, even the tank fighters were shocked!

They climbed out of their tanks dressed in black clothing from head to toe, and a black mask covered their faces. Afterward, Lucien levitated back into the jeep and his entourage continued their journey back to the base, as the tank fighters continued to look on in disbelief. Ya Rab… What are we going to do? One of the masked Islamic state fighters said in a panic. Do not worry brother… I doubt they will be coming back, so we will tell them they died after driving over the cliff. We shot at the vehicle that the loud mouth American was in, but the dossier burned with them.

Ok brother that may work.

It will have to. Let’s return to camp my brothers. The masked Islamic State fighter said as he climbed back into the tank. The tanks reversed and retreated into the Black Forest.

CHAPTER 3

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O ut of Germany, the entourage traveled to a small desert military outpost 80 miles north of Israel. There was a sandstorm that affected the Heli’s, warping their radar systems. This is Sand Sparrow again, we cannot take you any further, so we will have to airdrop you. Hopefully, you land safely.