Chapter 1: In the Flesh
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Mankind is dead.
Blood is fuel.
Hell is full.
Gabriel meticulously watched over Hell, ensuring each and every sinner's punishment would go through without fail and without mercy.
Gabriel's belief in justice is what drove him to watch over Hell, as well as his being appointed to this position by the council. He fought for justice fiercer than any angel before him, making him quite well respected and feared among the citizens of heaven, as well as the council. Gabriel's appearance was also quite daunting. He stood around 5’10 and had lustrous white armour with gold trimming the edges, as well as fully gold spaulders. His wings and halo were a transparent, feathered blue and shimmered like an endless, clear sky. On his helmet bore a golden cross to symbolize his loyalty and devotion to God and the citizens of heaven. As he was the will of the father.
The father that was gone. A world without a god was left to his merciless angels to rule, and hell was Gabriel's jurisdiction. It was his job to judge who was worthy of heaven or eternal damnation. Gabriel had not needed to judge anymore, as it was not needed. Humanity wiped itself out long ago . And from all the fighting and the chaos that happened on earth, the intricacies of war led the humans to come up with new and horrendous machines to fight the war for them, each one worse than the last. The humans had designed said machines to use blood as fuel, meaning they didn't need to be taken out of battle to recharge.
After two centuries of technological advancements, they made machines so complex and intelligent that they became sentient. They were alive. And now they were in hell. Whether it was Gabriel's judgment that condemned them to repent for their sins or their hunger for life that led them there in search of fuel, they were here, and they craved blood.
There was, however, one machine that stood out from the rest. One machine that stood the test of time and was far superior to the rest.
Its name is V1.
V1 stood for Vampire One for it being a prototype and possessing a unique exterior plating that allowed refuelling through contact with blood rather than through a separate refuelling process. When it comes in contact with blood inside, V1’s circulatory system takes the blood and strips the iron from within it and uses it to repair his outside plating. Making its outer plating very brittle but easily fixed.
V1 was a very tiny machine compared to most other machines the humans created. Humanoid-looking, standing about 5 feet 2 inches tall, tall enough to be practical in battle but small enough for manoeuvrability in combat and fitting into the tighter spaces of the machines. His external plating coated in a cobalt blue paint, albeit the paint scraped and chipped in several places from years on the battlefield. V1’s head resembled an outdated camera with the lens having a dull amber-yellow glow to it. V1 also possessed wing-like protrusions from his back that aided in aerial combat and mobility. They were the same cobalt blue, with the tips possessing that same amber glow. They had 4 different wings attached to their upper back plate on each side, spread wide and proud, almost like a seraphim. Ironic, isn’t it? These “wings” simultaneously acted as holsters for V1’s various weapons that it acquired in Hell.
Gabriel watched as said machine entered the lust layer through the convenient elevator located a few kilometers north. Gabriel watches V1 dash through the door and immediately, like wasps to fruit, zero in on Lust’s first victim. Gabriel watched as V1 tore through the Lust layer like paper. Slaughtering anything in its path to satiate its never-ending hunger. Gabriel had never seen anything like this before.
The way it fought with such ferocity.
The way it so quickly adapted to its tumultuous environment.
And whether they realized it or not, they were destined to collide.
Because of this, Gabriel was deeply disgusted and honestly quite afraid of the human mind . which was precisely why he had to put a stop to this.
“If this continues, heaven is next. I cannot let this happen.” Gabriel thought to himself.
Truth be told, Gabriel couldn’t care about what happened to the sinners. They defied the word of God, and now they must pay the price. So V1’s massacre had little to no effect on Gabriel after all; he was an archangel; what could a creation of man do to him? The Gabriel
Soon the machine found themself in the gluttony layer of Hell. Gluttony is located inside of Lust, more specifically the husk of the King of Lust, whom Gabriel had previously dethroned. His victory against the Lust King – better known as King Minos – then led to the council appointing him as Hell's new judge, and so inside of the husk of King Minos he remained, where the new layer, Gluttony, had been created from Minos’ defeat. Gabriel witnessed V1’s murder spree through Gluttony and how quickly he was moving through the layer of hell, and so he spoke.
“Machine, turn back now. The layers of this palace aren’t for your kind. Turn back, or you will be crossing the will of God.”
Unfazed, V1 persisted. Gabriel’s words were just rain on their back, slowly dripping off to be forgotten about. Nonetheless, V1 moved on. Making its way through gluttony with quick and deadly precision.
"Your choice is made. As the righteous hand of the father, I shall rend you apart, and you will become inanimate once more."
Gabriel awaited V1’s arrival with much anticipation. He wanted to end V1 for his crusade through hell, disrupting the justice that Gabriel fought viciously for.
It has arrived.
V1 stood outside the main room where Gabriel was, and as the doors slowly opened, V1 stepped inside. Walking through the long, dread-inducing hallway that soon opened to a massive room. V1 stopped at the end of the hallway. Gabriel stood about 5 m away from them. Gabriel stopped and slowly turned around to face this wicked machine as he shouts.
"BEHOLD! THE POWER OF AN ANGEL!"
Chapter 2: Update!
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hi guys!!! It's certainly been a while. I just wanted to update you all about what's going on rn.
I don't know if anyone is following this fic, but to anyone who is or discovers it, I do plan on finishing this fic at sm point. Things have js been kind of hectic in my life, and I lost motivation to write (the AO3 curse on the first fic, ikr?!). I'm currently working on rewriting chapter 1 because I didn't like how it flowed, and I wanted it to be smoother and more detailed. Originally, Chapter 1 was a school assignment I made where I had to write a story from a different perspective, so I chose Ultrakill and thus my idead for a fanfic started; however, it was a timed write, so I obviously didn't finish and my story was kinda all over the place. but i didn't change much, just fixed spelling errors and uploaded it so it was very rushed.
once im done with that, I will start with chapter 2 and try to get it done ASAP. chapter 2 is basically going to be just the fight with V1 and Gabe so i hope i can write good fight scenes. anyways sry for the 4 month delay and the lengthy explanation. i hope you guys enjoy what i have planned!!!