The members entered the room where the meeting of the Inner Sanctum was about to begin. Around the periphery stood the agents dressed in black suits. Two armed guards opened the door after eye recognition had been confirmed and closed it after the member had passed.
The grey-haired man stood up and looked around the table as the room lights dimmed leaving only the large table illuminated. “Well gentlemen as our new, or should I say old, master isn’t present I’ll carry on my duties as Chair,” he said. He looked down at some notes in front of him.
Suddenly a figure stood up “Now gentlemen, don’t be alarmed,” said David as he took off his hat, “I suspended your brother in the toilets down the hall.” Then looking at the two guards, “You’ll find that your guns are dis-armed.”
“Take him down!” Ron Scrimgeour shouted at the black-suited agents.
“Oh, I forgot to mention these guys in black cannot do anything but breath.”
“My name is David de Longford. I mean you no harm as you can see I am powerful. My colleague also means you no harm.”
David nodded to the guards, who robotically opened the re-enforced door. Matthew walked in and looked around the room.
“I am half-human half-demon, and I have been around for a long time. I remember visiting your meetings when they were based in Rome,” said David instructing Matthew to stand next to him as he put both of his hands on the table.
“What is it you want?” The grey-haired man asked.
“I know that some of you are Illuminati and others are not. Anyway, we’re looking for a friend of ours–Joshua Collins.”
The man stared at David. “And what makes you think we’d know where this person is Mr de Longford?”
“Okay, let’s not play around, we all know what is at stake here–the Earth! There will be an apocalyptic war. I know your master is here, he’s an old adversary of mine. If you go along with this abduction, then the planet is finished.” David said and then looked around the room.
After a short time, the Chairman said: “Will there be anything else Mr de Longford?”
“Okay then,” said David lifting his hands off the table, “let’s go Mattie, this lot have forgotten what it’s like to be human!”
Outside in the car, Mattie turned to David as they were heading onto the freeway, “Do you think that will do any good?”
“Of course, did you see the look on some faces?”
“What’s the real story behind all this Illuminati thing?”
“They’re the elite rulers of the Earth. Also known as the Dark Cabal.”
“So you said before.”
“Look, the Earth is Satan’s given to him by Lucifer. He wanted to give it to Christ on Mount Sinai remember? If the Son of Man would worship him, but he refused.”
“I’m still not making a connection here!” said Matthew as he indicated to overtake a truck.
“Well, Christ put Satan, and Lucifer, into an inter-dimensional prison for two thousand years, and his followers–the fallen angels - have been pulling the strings from behind the scenes until he returns.”
“So, they’re the Illuminati?”
“Yes, they’re influence is everywhere, in politics, the media and large commercial corporations.”
Matthew watched as two cars raced one another and then turned to David. “What about this Lucifer?
“He's in charge of many other worlds. I doubt if we'll need to deal with him!”
“We’ve no chance then? Humans I mean?”
“Don’t give up Mattie. Grondin is the major worry, but even he can’t defy the will of God.”
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