Deus ex Machina - part II

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"That is ridiculous. We couldn't possibly choose one."
"There is yet another solution. The two Sabrina's can merge into one so that only a single entity remains. The risks to this are inconsequential."
"Are those our only options? Death or a merge?" - One of Sabrina's asked
"Correct."
She left. Wow, are all angels this uptight and tense...
"There has to be another way. I do not support this." - Ambrose said
"Will you fix that telescope, please Ambrose"
"Sure cousin."
"I will help" - I said and went with Ambrose

****

"There we go. Let's test it, shall we? Oh no, no, no, no, no"
"What is it, Ambrose?"
"We need to stop the merge. Come on"

"Stop!"
"Stop the ritual!"
"Ambrose, Calisa, what is it?"
"It is much bigger than we could ever imagine. Everything we've experienced is a mere prelude to our annihilation. There are three new realms approaching... on a collision course with our own. They are the next Eldritch terror, bearing down upon us, causing these tremors, promising our extinction. They are horrors from the stars, the Cosmic..."
"Which is why it is strange that our celestial friend here didn't know about it." - I finished
"Unless they did. They just chose not to share it with us." - Lucifer said
"Had you known of the duplicate cosmos, there was an 83% chance you would have tried to preserve both of Sabrina's lives. And yet, the probability of those efforts being successful would be approaching zero. You would only have birthed more chaos. The merge must proceed, or the rouge cosmos will destroy three realms."
"Hold on, what is the chance of merge to be a success?" - Nick asked, the smart question I must admit
"Fifty-six percent"
"Those are terrible odds. What was your backup plan?"
"One or both Sabrina's must die."
And they say Angels are good.
"Step away from them right now!" - Zelda and I yelled at the same time
"It is statistically the only way. Order must be restored!"

As she was about to continue, Lucifer paralyzes her.

"You forget, sibling, that you are not the only celestial here."
"There will be order at all costs."
"Then you leave us no choice."
"Us? Who is this us? The witch magic does not work on me"
"He meant me. Say hello to Lailah for me, will you?"
"You are.."
"Yes, now goodbye"

-Haec sancta viventem
hic locum non habet,
Et fregit votum fecerit sanctis
Et propter eam debet mori-

"Well, did the merge work?"

****

"Behold, the latest Eldritch terror, the Cosmic, as foretold by Harvey Kinkle's sketch."
"There are three duplicate realms approaching our own." - Mambo Marie said
"The infernal, the mortal, the celestial." - Prudence said
"The existence of two Sabrina's in our cosmos has brought about the existence of a parallel cosmos that is hurtling toward ours, being pulled towards our by the Sabrina's. However, I do have a simple idea as to how we might stop this other cosmos from crashing into our own. We could possibly avert this deadly impact and cause the Eldritch cosmos to dissipate by sending one Sabrina from our Earth to the other Earth."
"Like in offering, or a sacrifice." - Mambo Marie said
"Just one question, are we needed here, or can we go back to our realm?" - I asked, tired of being here all day.
"Well, no, but.." - Ambrose started
"Great. It was nice seeing ... some of you, now goodbye."
We were about to leave when I remembered something. I turned towards Lucifer.
"Did you forget something?"
"What? Oh, yes. I will be right back."
* a few minutes later*
"Done, now we can go."
"But where is..."
"Not now."

****

"So?"
"She baked her own son. I think that is a punishment on its own, having to live with it."
"Now what?"
"We hope that the next Eldritch terrors does not come near Hell."
"Like that is going to happen."


🕸🕷Two more chapters after this one and we are at the end of the story. The last two chapters will be published on Friday when I write a fitting ending. I was so happy while writing this and I hope that you all liked this story. Below is the translation of the used spell and an explanation of one of the names. The spell is original, and I found it very confusing for witches to kill Metatron just like that. She, or he, or whatever, is an angel. If they killed it that easy then they could've done it with the Dark Lord.🕷🕸

The translation of the spell:

This holy creature
has no place here
She broke the holy vow
And for that, she must die

Lailah - angel of night and conception, Persephone's mother

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