A few more pages of my novel: Introducing the characters Enlil, Tiriel, and Sophia in Poetry

Enlil briefly pauses to gather his thoughts, “We are going to conduct an experiment with your species that begins with annihilating everyone. Your planet will be a planet of Hell. It will be a prison for the souls we deem belong here as we harvest the energy that your planet and souls create. You are the ether food that will vitalize us and our home. Most importantly, Tiamat will be the beginning of many hells that will be created in this universe as the True One takes dominion of what is his and has always been.”

Enlil hovers his fingers over a small device on his wrist and points it at Sophia’s left thigh. Enlil touches the device to activate it, and the metal device wraps around his right hand. His fingers lit up, and a laser came out of the metal glove, slicing Sophia’s flesh on her left thigh. Sophia screams and cries in agony. She starts to say something, and Enlil slaps her in the face knocking out a few of her front teeth, “Shut the fuck up. I did not say that you can talk. Do you still not know your place? You are a slave!”

All this surprised Tiriel, and he did not fully understand how technologically advanced the Anunnaki had become. As soon as the laser cut through Sophia’s flesh, Tiriel’s blood begins pumping faster. He forgets everything except this moment as he starts running toward Enlil, and Enlil’s palm strikes Tiriel with Enlil’s right metal hand, smashing Tiriel’s face. “What the fuck do you think you are doing?” Enlil says while questioning Tiriel’s actions.

“I’m going to kill you!” Exclaims a desperate Tiriel.

“STOP!” Screams Sophia as she squirms to break free. She looks at Enlil and spits in his face, “Fuck you—you strange, creepy, wicked bastard!”

Sophia’s jester angered Enlil, so he balls his fist and decks her in the face, “This is war! Do you not understand that I don’t give a fuck! I am in control! Bow to me! I am your fucking God, and the two of you will be my bitches–forever!”

Enlil smiles, “I am your God! How often do I have to repeat that for you to get that in your head? Ha-ha! Tiriel, and let me show you what pain and suffering await you for this moment and eternity. Why are you just standing there? Get the fuck over here! You’re pissing me off! Do as I command, or else this will be much worse!”

An enraged Enlil stubbornly walks to Tiriel and grabs his head. He walks him over to the window, forcing him to look out. “Do you see the thousands of your species we have just conquered, captured, and subdued?” “Yes,” replies a resisting Tiriel.

“Do you see those machines coming their way?” Enlil sternly asks Tiriel.

Tiriel glances to his right, and he sees these machines with eight tentacles that move by pushing up and down on the air or ground while moving forward. Their tentacles connect to a sphere that glows with crystal energy. Tiriel looks toward Enlil and hesitantly says, “Yes, I do.”

“These machines are Soul Takers,” says Enlil. “They will take your soul and keep it inside the crystal sphere. The sphere retains the soul’s energy, using it when I deem it necessary.

The soul will stay alive. A portion of the soul’s energy will go to powering my planet, maybe even reviving it. The souls will remain on your planet until my species is done using it as the planet dies.

Enki is working on a new human prototype by altering your DNA. Then, he will combine the body and soul. Everyone will be trapped in this place to repeat the same fate they will invariably forget.

A grid will be put around your planet to force souls to keep reincarnating while stealing your soul’s energy. So, part of your soul’s energy will go to a machine that will revive our planet, while the core essence of your soul will come back to recharge in a body before giving that energy back to us. Your souls will continue to reincarnate, renewing that energy until this planet explodes and becomes no more. Then your souls will escape scarred and scared of this universe. So now, watch your people be slaughtered as I welcome you to Hell!”

Tiriel watches the tentacles of the Soul Takers move up in the air while staying suspended in mid-air. The suckers on the tentacles open up with a beam of light that seems to paralyze everyone in fright. He could see them standing absolutely still, but their faces portrayed a horrific horror as if they were stung and paralyzed by a scorpion waiting for death to devour them. The beam of light begins to separate their souls from their bodies. Everyone starts screaming because the pain of having their soul ripped out from their body while they are alive is excruciating. The souls travel inside the head of the Soul Taker, which transports the souls to be trapped by a glowing spherical crystal.

The machines just sucked their souls out of their bodies while they were alive! Tiriel’s mind fell into a dark, gloomy place, and he was so confused. His heart sank and filled with rage. His body fills with adrenalin, and he starts to shake with tremors from his arms and legs. He takes deep, methodical breaths and turns around to face Enlil.

Enlil looks at Tiriel, “Don’t worry, you get to watch as I slowly take the life of your wife.” Enlil slowly walks over to Sophia with the bracelet on his wrist. Enlil’s bracelet begins to transform, overtaking his hand as the material wraps around his arm.
Tiriel realizes there is not much time left, and he keeps thinking, I just need to wait for his weakest moment as he bides his time.