Mikael was filled with vengeful fury as he watched the more foolish and self-important mortals ignore the deadly pandemic by traveling and gathering in large groups - totally ignoring (and often ridiculing) basic safety precautions. The more these galling wastes of flesh imperiled the health of those around them, the more furious Mikael became – until the point where he could endure no more.
As a Greek demigod, he had the ability to kill any individual or entire groups of people – with just one thought. There were no protections – not wealth, power, being surrounded by security, not distance; his fury would reach its victims – with inexorable certainty. The end result, a pandemic of rage-induced death. His victims knew a brief moment of searing agony in their skulls, and then fell dead to the ground.
Soon, the wave of unexplained deaths exceeded the number of deaths from the deadly virus. The authorities were powerless to explain these deaths – and of course, to stop them. You see, Mikael Shadows was a Greek demigod at a point in time where few believed in mystical forces. “Death by thought? Who could possibly fathom such a possibility” was the prevailing notion. There were learned observers who noticed the pattern of which people were dying – those who’d put their own wants ahead of the well-being of society overall – but the more brash and impatient people refused to acknowledge this observation. And so the more audacious continued to flout the public health protocol, continued to expose others to the deadly disease, and of course, continued to be smitten by the fury of Mikael.
The timing of these unexpected deaths wrought frequent destruction. Someone who died while cooking fell forward into the fire, gloriously cremating himself. Someone involved in knocking down an old building, who died from Mikael’s fury, lost control of the wrecking ball and demolished an entire block before someone could wrest control of the wrecking machine away from the corpse.
And through it all, Mikael laughed, delighting in each death; delighting even more in the fact that each death was entirely righteous, and for a good cause – to help restore a civilization to health and to a sense of communal moral obligation. As the worthless and self-absorbed continued to die off, society as a whole became more caring, more community-oriented, and better able to weather the original pandemic. Eventually, as more and more people observed health precautions, the deadly pandemic ran out of people to infect. The journey through the virus and through the rage-killings had been arduous, but now it was finally over, and the society was much improved.
Written by: Anonymous Online User
