3. (WP)Lucifer never fell, God just needed his most trusted archangel to claim the ...

(WP)Lucifer never fell, God just needed his most trusted archangel to claim the darkness so the real evil could not.

A faint electric hum rings through the air

A young scientist sets quietly by himself, the room is dimly lit by a personal lamp, blinking lights flicker on and off in the surrounding darkness. The man is reviewing spreadsheets printed from excel. Steam rises from a freshly poured cup of coffee, On the desk beside his coffee sets a digital clock - it ticks over to 11:06 PM.

BEEEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEEEP...

A digital alarm screams out from one of the computer systems in the darkness, Then as though the room had come to life, one computer system after another starts clicking, chirping, or humming. The scientist grabs a pen and paper from a drawer in his desk, and runs over to the machine issuing the alarm - Frantically the man places his index finger on the face of the machine as he scans over the panels muttering "Coordinates... Coordinates.... Coordinates..." The mans hands are shaking with excitement and fear... HAHAH Got ya!" he shouts and quickly scribbles the information down as though he was a doctor writing a prescription. The man runs to a different machine resembling a seismograph for secondary verification. "YES!!! the man screams - his face filled with awe and colored with shades of terror. As though his life depends on it, the man runs to a red phone attached to the wall near his personal station. His hands jerking involuntarily with excitement, as though he has consumed too much coffee, he dials a number...

Ring,... Ring,... Ring,... "Pick up, Pick up, Pick up" The man mutters to himself...

A soft spoken elderly man answers the phone "Hello?"

The scientist quickly replies "Hi, this is Jon over at the local SETI research Lab, my instruments are going crazy over here can you please adjust your satellites to these coordinates for tertiary confirmation of this signal I'm getting? The elder man agrees "sure no problem Jon, what are the coordinates?". Jon begins to read the coordinates to the man on the phone, but half way through his conversation the alarm ends - the room falls flat resuming its normal electric hum. Jon Freezes in the middle of his sentence...

Hello? Hello? Hellooo? The man on the phone probes for a response from Jon... Silence Then, with crushing disappointment Jon replies "Yeaaaa, im here... But I think I got a false positive everything has stopped, but thanks for answering...* The elder man replies " No problem Jon, if you get another one let us know, we'll be happy to assist." Jon thanks the man and ends his call.

Jon sluggishly walks to his desk and plops down in his chair, disappointment fills him. Jon sets several moments silent and motionless before he sarcastically bemoans to himself "I guess I should record what just happened for scientific purposes and all..." Jon tears the first page of writing off his note pad and and places it beside his computer. He opens the top right desk drawer and tosses his note pad back inside and closes it. Jon stares at his computer screen - "What just happened" he puzzles to himself... "Did I over react to background noise? "Was that a signal or are my instruments not calibrated correctly?".

Jon stands up from his desk and begins a through diagnostic review of his equipment to make sure that everything is calibrated correctly. After a few hours of intensely reviewing his equipment he returns to his station. Convinced that his equipment is not faulty and is calibrated correctly "whelp - I guess that answers that question..." Jon whispers to himself.

Jon wrestles with the events in his mind for a few moments before he begins compiling his report on his computer. Time passes silently in the soft ambient hum as Jon types, deletes, sips his coffee and re-edits his report further refining what happened. Upon completion of his report Jon rubs his eyes, blinks his eyes rapidly a few times and continues rubbing as he tries to dislodge the floaters from his vision. Jonglances over to his clock - 6:48 AM it reads... "Christ alive" Jon exclaims "well, I guess morning shift should be here soon, I bet they're going to have a field day with this" Jon mockingly continues "Duuuur look Im the new guy - I got a signal on my big listening thing-a-ma jig". Jon smirks with amusement from his imitation of himself as he sets quietly waiting for the morning crew.

Bump, Bump, Bump..... Bump, Bump, Bump

Someone knocks at the door - "Jon, open up its Frank...I forgot my key-fob at the house..."

Jon snaps out of his mental daydream shaking his head. "Coming" he replies - Jon walks to the door and lets Frank in. "Sorry im running a little late, traffic was miserable out there this morning...." Frank explains. "Yea, well I guess that's why I volunteered for the night shift" Jon retorts. Frank smiles and then asks Jon "Anything interesting happen last night?" A jolt nervous energy shoots through Jon - With his best poker face Jon replies "Nope...nothing too special... Just a false positive..." Frank perks up a bit, "you got a signal last night ?" Jon looks kind of puzzled... " No, I got a false positive... background noise or something.... it only lasted for like a minute or so..." Franks interjects mid way though Jon's sentence again "Dude, that's awesome... this is what your 2ndish week on the job... That has to make you excited to work here... false or not..." Jon smiles "Yea it did make the night go a little faster than I expected... There is a brief recording of the signal on the computer... I couldn't seem to figure out what it was other than background noise - Anyhow I need to head home wash up and hit the sack - Later Frank".

Jon closes the door, walks to his car parked few hundred feet from Office, and returns home for some much needed rest. Several hours pass while Jon is at home sleeping off a hard night. His alarm clock rings out just as he was getting to part of a dream... "Ahhhhwwwwwwwhhhh..." Jon yawns, gets out of bed, dresses himself, grabs a bagel and a ensure from his fridge and heads out the door.

Arriving at his lab Jon parks his car and proceeds inside. Jon swipes his security key fob at the door Beep....Buzzzzzz.... Click the door opens and immediately Jon realizes something is wrong.... It burning hot inside the office. Jon walks to the thermostat - It reads 106 F... Jon sets the thermostat back to normal operating temps to cool the equipment and proceeds further inside...Jon finds a barricade of office furniture blocks the hallway to the equipment room. After dismantling the blockade enough to climb over Jon enters the equipment room near the back of the building where he finds Frank setting at the signal decryption desk hunched over the computer with a large blanket bundled over him, a pair of large headphones adorn Franks head. As Jon slowly approach Frank he notices Frank gently rocking himself back and forth back shivering, and mumbling something to himself as he chews whats left of his blood finger nails...

Jon softly places his hand on Franks shoulder... "Hey bud you ok..." Jon ask... Frank Violently erupts from his seat "JESUS CHRIST MAN!!!!" Frank shouts at Jon, "For the love of all that is holy why would you scare the crap out of me like that?" Frank ask...

Jon just as startled by Franks reaction "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU MAN... Why is it 106 in here? WHY ARE YOU WEARING A BLANKET?" Jon yells back at Frank

Frank takes a deep breath... "That signal you got last night... it wasn't false..." Jon befuddled "What do you mean it wasn't false? I double checked everything last night its just static with a few clicks and pops here and there..."

Frank is clearly on edge "I... I found something....." Frank goes quiet... Jon inquires "what do you mean you found something?" Frank "A voice... in the dark..." Jon "What? You found what in the dark..." Frank "Ah...ah... voice... in the dark"

Jon notices Franks eyes are bloodshot "are you sure you are feeling alright man? Frank looks up at Jon "listen for yourself!" Frank snaps at Jon. Jon adjust the headset and places the muffs over his hears....

Gospel music plays softly Jon looks up at Frank with contempt and then his face melts to a softer more joken tone... "Hahaha, ok ok I get it... Prank the new guy... DUR HUR..." Jon bemoans to Frank. Franks behavior unwavering... "Not.... Not that" frank replies. Jon already having enough of Franks shenanigans retorts "ok knock it off you got me.. you scared the hell out of me now drop the act..."

Frank turns off Pandora and ques the signal from last night, makes a few adjustments to place the file in a constant loop. "There do you hear anything?"

Sqerrrrrrrrrrsshhhhhhhhhhhhhh static rings through the headset, Jon looks up at Frank "I don't hear anything... Just static"

Frank types a few things into the computer program and begins adjusting a manual dial on a different piece of equipment

Sqerrrrrrrrrrsshhhhhhhhhhhhhh

...ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu n'ghft shaggornyth wgah'nagl fhtagn ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu n'ghft shaggornyth wgah'nagl fhtagn ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu n'ghft shaggornyth wgah'nagl fhtagn...

**Note Sorry guys will have to pick this up when i get home - im at work and can not finish :( but i will post 5:00 PM EST.

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