I sat there, trying to process everything that Luther was saying, and if it was true that Michael was watching Lazarus, then that could only mean one thing.Since Archangel Michael was the ultimate warrior and had actually led the charge in the fight between Heaven and Hell, then that meant that Lazarus was not going to be left in the background for this fight.Like Michael was the ultimate shield from harm, Lazarus was also going to be the same for me.
Looking at the man that everyone had pegged as crazy, I said, “Well, I’m going to do my best not to let you down, Luther.”
“Not just me, Dr.Batya,” he replied, those brows furrowed again.“All of us.”
His words got me to thinking about something that probably should have occurred to me sooner.“Luther, is there anyone else at St.Dymphna’s that’s...that’s a part of this?”
Instead of the eerie smile that he’d given me earlier, this smile was filled with a brightness that I’d never seen on anyone before.“We’re all here foryou,Dr.Batya.We’ve all always been here for you.”
Tears immediately formed behind my eyes, the very thought was overwhelming in a way that made me feel like I couldn’t breathe.Despite what all the textbooks said, every patient in this hospitalbelieved.They believed in something bigger than themselves, and they’d been labeled crazy for it.Now, while some of these patients could actually be suffering from some kind of mental psychosis, Luther had just confirmed that a lot of them weren’t.Instead, they’d all been waiting for this moment.
“Can I ask you something, Luther?”
“Of course.”
“Are you scared?”
“No,” he answered, and he’d said the word with such conviction that I had no choice but to believe him.
“Why not?”
“Why would I be?”he countered.“After all, God knows what He’s doing, so He knew what He was doing when He chose you.”
So simple.
He made it sound so simple.
Since Luther seemed to know more than I did, I asked, “Do you know when we’ll be called to fight?”
“When God’s helper commands it,” he replied easily.
There was only one reason that Lazarus would ever begin a war.“They’re going to come for me, aren’t they?”
Luther nodded.“Yes, Dr.Batya.So, you need to be prepared.”
Though Luther was doing his best to tell me what he knew, only Ramiel could tell me what I needed to know, and it was finally time to find out.It was time to face this thing head on, and I knew that I needed to commit to this like I did everything else in my life, or else we’d fail.
“Thank you for talking with me, Luther,” I told him.“I hope that we can talk some more later.”
“You’re welcome,” he grinned.
Leaving him to it, I left his room, then headed back to my office to finish up some stuff before meeting Lazarus at The Knights Group.I was also going to have to make time to go visit my parents this week.While I seriously doubted that they knew anything about any of this, I still had some questions that I needed answers to, and maybe their answers could help me in some way.
If nothing else, it was still time for a visit.
