[ WP ] War breaks out between the legions of hell and heaven , humanity joins and surprisingly is winning against both

*I'm not a writer, and this is my first attempt at a Writing Prompt. Hope you enjoy* 
 
 When the moon shattered 6 years ago religious fanatics worldwide rejoiced. All of their failed prophecies and broken promises came true overnight, or so they thought. The angels appeared first, greeted by the rapturous cheers of millions. They were here to restore Eden. 
 
 Armageddon, `` the ultimate battle of good and evil'', turned out to be a bloody meat grinder. Angels and demons had not fought for thousands of years, and the overconfident heavenly host underestimated Satan ’ s forces. After two convincing defeats the Angels brought forth God ’ s request for the first “ offering ”. God ’ s forces were depleted, and the only thing to reinforce the heavenly ranks were the souls of the righteous. Countries offered their armies as an alternative, but the Angels refused. `` Angel armies are pure, and you humans are anything but pure. Death purifies the soul and makes it worthy to fight alongside us.'' Angels went to religious leaders around the world with their simple request; sacrifice your followers and be reborn as a soldier of the Lord. 
 
 Millions, willing or not, were sacrificed that first month to reinforce the Angel ’ s army. I watched the scenes on CNN of parents slicing their own children ’ s throats, mass drownings, and congregations of every religion wiped out by machine gun fire. 
 
 Satan, not willing to be outnumbered, took a different approach. Promises of power, money, sex, and drugs received tepid responses. Demon squads resort to scouring cities for souls not worthy of heaven and assassinating any doomed soul they happen upon. After a majority of organized worshipers had been sacrificed the Angels resorted to the same tactics. Entering the third year of the war over 1.5 billion people have been sacrificed for “ the effort ”. Additionally tens of millions have died of starvation and collateral damage. 
 
 Funny how things turned out. Our heavenly `` protectors'' went around killing the righteous, and the evil, depraved subjects of hell were killing sinners, degenerates, and the apathetic. I always imagined Armageddon being the opposite... 
 
 Humans were killed by the millions monthly, and our governments sat on their hands. The American president holds weekly worldwide addresses, but after months of promising peace people stop listening. The killings increase, but every week the President looks at the camera and asks the world to stay calm and give the process time. Several of the smaller countries, already ruined by the holy war were further damaged by small civil wars within their borders. 
 
 The world had lost faith in America as the world ’ s peace broker. On August 6th, 2020, 75 years after America dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a joint military force of Chinese and Russians shocked the world again. The Battle of Taiyuan, raging for over 5 months, was brought to a sudden halt when over 125,000 angels and demons were wiped out in an instant by a strategic nuclear strikes. America was furious the peace process was undermined, but most of the world cheered. My wife and I drank and made love all night. It was the first thing we'd been hopeful about in over 2 years. 
 
 The following week a majority of Asian countries, Russia, and France declare war on the forces of God and Satan. After a month an additional 45 countries are part of the coalition. The United States declares they will remain neutral, but at the Battle of Samara there are reports of French soldiers shattering the Angel ’ s southern flank using American M1A2 SEP tanks and Taiwanese using Black Hawk Helicopters against a light Angel scouting party. 
 
 The war will be over soon. Satan ’ s demonic forces were defeated last year outside the city of Volgograd. With Hitler and Napoleon in hell one would think Satan would avoid Russia in the winter. Just one heavenly army remains, and in the morning it too will be defeated. 
 
 I lay awake at night wondering what will happen once the war is over. Will there be a heaven and hell when this is over, will God exact vengeance for his lost angels, or if God is even calling the shots any longer? A month ago we found a mortally wounded angel, Nuriel. He was in shock, and he just kept whispering “ where did you go, my Lord ”. My captain joked about “ the shit done in God ’ s name and the guy isn ’ t even around anymore ”. My last thought before I fall asleep is *I hope Captain ’ s wrong. I don ’ t want to hear its God ’ s will; I want to hear the real reason he has forsaken us. * I clasp the wedding ring hanging on a chain around my neck, and fall into a dreamless sleep.
