Setting: A vacant city park after dark.
Peter: Who is there?
Stage: PETER looks into the shadows in response to hearing
movement by a tree.
Angel: It is I fair child, an Angel of the Lord.
Stage: PETER sees the silhouette of the angel near a tree,
the angel is still covered in shadows.
A: Come hither to me, fair child.
Stage: PETER approaches the angel still unable to see him.
ANGEL shifts into the light of a nearby street lamp which illuminates him.
ANGEL is wearing white and is stained in blood, his wings have been cut, there
are feathers strewn about him and there is much blood around him. ANGEL looks
exhausted as if he has been through a great ordeal. PETER looks frightened and
concerned.
P: What has happened to you, angel? Why are you covered in
blood?
Stage: PETER continues to cautiously approach ANGEL.
A: Do not be concerned with me, for there is no hope left, I
have betrayed my father and have been cast out of his presence.
P: But you are an angel of the lord, surely he will forgive
you, is not your god a forgiving one?
Stage: ANGEL turns slowly in place to show damaged wings.
A: My wings have been cut, even if he were a forgiving god I
would not be able to return. In the beginning I was sent to earth to aide in
the destruction of the city of Babylon, but as the city lay in desolation, I
could hear the cries of the people, those who found understanding in the error
of their ways. I asked my Father if I may help those left to die, he told me “Nay,
for the people of Babylon are a wicked and conceded people and that they must
be made an example unto the world.” I
went against my father’s will and entered into the city to seek out those who
were left to die. I found amongst the rubble near the ruins of the great temple
a woman holding a small infant. She was barely alive and the infant had already
died. I collected her from her soon to be grave and carried her away into the
wilderness where we did find a grove of trees. I nursed her back to health but
could not leave her.
P: Why could you not leave her?
A: Patience my child! I could not leave her because I knew
she would perish on her own. So I stayed
and cared for her, in time we became close, I began to fall in love with her. I
decided to put aside my duties to god and have a mortal existence, her and I
married and had 2 wonderful children. We were so happy then, but when my father
heard of my iniquitous actions and shameful display he struck down my family
and forced me to return home to him. (Stage: ANGEL shows great pain in his
voice, shaky at first then regains composure).
P: How did you lose your wings? Why are you here on earth in
this state?
A: I rebelled against my father and refused to aid in the
destruction of other cities. After returning home I never did feel the same, I
could not be the Angel I once was. There came a day when my father sought to
smite down another great nation and I could not allow this. So I stood up to
him and I was punished. My wings were
taken from me with a knife by my brother’s hand and I was banished from my
father’s presence. But I must not give up!
Stage: ANGEL stands up, a little shaky at first, shows dedication and vigor. PETER looks shocked and quickly approaches ANGEL to aid him as he stands but ANGEL collapses under his own weight and into PETER'S arms, PETER helps ANGEL back to the ground.
Stage: ANGEL stands up, a little shaky at first, shows dedication and vigor. PETER looks shocked and quickly approaches ANGEL to aid him as he stands but ANGEL collapses under his own weight and into PETER'S arms, PETER helps ANGEL back to the ground.
P: What do you mean? What can you do now in this state?
A: Have you not pieced it together yet? It was my duty to
see to the destruction of THIS nation, your home. My father turned me into an
Angel of Death, and I never could be that way. So I lay here in my own blood
and despair with no hope of returning … I must do what I can to help this nation but not as
a Fallen Angel but as a man.
