The Story of the Gate Keeper

Part II of the Armageddon Trilogy

This is the story of Zuul the Gate Keeper. A demigod who holds the gate for Gozer. Her coming represents the beginning of the Armageddon, but it is not her that brings it but the keymaster who brings the Armageddon by the two of them releasing Gozer. This is the story of the most recent incarnation of Zuul and how she came to be.

Our story takes place in New York around a year ago. It was the coldest winter in recorded history and snow had fallen to deep even for the weather worn New Yorkers. The ice packed streets were deserted except for a few brave souls who had donned snow shoes and heavy winter jackets to ward off the cold. Among them was a young woman about twenty or so. She had on a large red and green jacket with a parka hood. She scurried across the frozen street and into a shop that was still open even in this cold weather. When she went in the old man behind the contour looked up from his book a little on the amazed side.

"Wow! I can*t believe that anyone is still out there running around." the old man greeted her.

"Yes, I came in to warm up and look around. I*ve never seen this place here before are you new?" the woman said taking off some of the lairs of clothing she wore and put them on the clothes rack.

"Yes we just opened before the storm hit." he replied.

The woman wondered around looking at the items for sale when she noticed a picture in the corner. She walked over to it and took a closer look. The picture was four feet by four feet framed in oak. It had a picture of a man with blond hair, brown pants, and silk shoes. The mans jaw was solid and his reddish brown eyes seemed to pierce her body and look into her soul. He was very handsome, and she could swear that she had seen him before but she couldn*t place where or for that matter who he was.

She turned to the old man behind the counter and said, "Excuse me, how much for this?"

The old man got up and walked over to where she was to see what she was talking about.

"I*m not sure, most of our antiques have been marked. This one I don*t recall pricing or buying for that matter." he stated.

He looked at it for a few minutes and measured it then turned to her with ruler in hand and scratched his head.

"Hmm...lets say twenty-five dollars and it*s yours?" he offered.

"That*s understandable." she nodded and handed him the money.

The little old man wrapped up the woman*s new master piece and handed it to her with a smile and she promptly left. On her way out the old man waved his goodbye but she didn*t even acknowledge him. She rushed back to her apartment where she quickly unwrapped the paining and looked at it again. The closer she looked the more details she could make out.

There was of course the amazingly handsome man in the front of the picture, but then there were a few more things in the background that when you managed to look past the devastating man. The first thing she noticed was that he was on an old worn path, then there was what seemed like a castle gate that the path led to. This gate held her attention for a few seconds, there was something about this gate she couldn*t place it but there was something very familiar. Then the phone rang. And the woman had to rush to get it.

"Hello" she answered.

"Hi sweety" the voice from the other side greeted her.

"Tailor! Hi doll. How are you?" she said excitedly.

"I*m good, I was just calling to make sure you got home safely."

"Oh ya, no problems. I*m fine, kinda hot but fine none the less." she said realizing that she hadn*t taken off her winter clothes when she had gotten into her home.

She took off the first few layers of clothing revealing her splendid body to the empty room. She took the phone and put it on the ringer and turned the speaker phone so that she could talk to her boyfriend and start her dinner. As she did she turned back to the picture and stared it again for a few minutes, Tailor*s voice broke her trance and she picked the phone back up.

"Oh sorry, I was distracted." she lied not understanding what had just happened.

"It*s ok. We*re still on for tonight right?" he asked.

"Of course, I wouldn*t cancel it for the world." the woman said.

"Alright then, I*ll see you in a little bit. I*ve got some stops to make before I get there, so I*ll see you then." Tailor informed her.

"Ok, well til then love ya." she told him.

"I love you to sweety, see you soon. Bye." he said and then hung up.

The woman went back to her food, which she had forgot to turn on. She turned the oven on so the meat would cook and then went back to her new house piece. The man was still standing there, looking as regal as before. She stared into his wild eyes for what seemed an eternity. This trance was broken by the smell of something burning and the room being filled with smoke. She leapt to her feet and ran to the oven where her dinner was burning. She turned off the oven and pulled out the now charred meat. She took the burnt remains of her dinner and tossed them out the window. Afterwards she went to the freezer and pulled out a microwave dinner and stuck it into her microwave and turned it on then went back to the picture. This time it seemed that the man had been adjusted. His left foot was now a little in front of his right foot. She looked into his entrancing eyes again. This time he seemed to reach out to her with his hand, she extended her own and took his. She pulled him to her and he wrapped his arms around her. She looked into his eyes and it seemed that she had known him before she just didn*t know where. He bent his neck and kissed her softly and breathed into her mouth as he did. Her arms encircled him and pulled him close as she took in his breath. As she did this she began to notice a green glowing light around them. It was odd but this felt natural to her. Their kiss ended and she stared back into his eyes, she felt something inside her. Something that had never been there before, it was an odd feeling like there was another person inside of her, she was sure there wasn*t but it was still odd none the less. He let go of her and stepped back into the picture, she reached out for him but missed his arms by mere inches. Then she felt something cold on her face. She sat up and bumped her head into Tailor*s.

"Good, your still alive." Tailor said rubbing his head.

"What happened?" she inquired wiping her face of what seemed to be water.

"When I walked in I found you laying here on the floor as pale as could be." he explained.

"I tried to wake you but you wouldn*t wake up, so I got some water and splashed you with it. It seems to have done the job." he smiled as he said the last few words.

"Oh I*m sorry, I must have fainted from the heat from the oven. It was quit hot a little bit ago." she said.

"Yes, it*s still kinda warm in here. Well here let me help you up." he said extending his hands to her. She took them and got back on her feet.

She walked into the kitchen to check the microwave. When she opened the door the sweet aroma filled the small apartment. She felt a pair of arms wrap around her as she reached in for the food. She turned her head and Tailors lips met hers in a passionate kiss. He turned her in his arms so that they were facing each other and he could run his hands over her body. She pushed him onto the table and started to pull his shirt off. He pushed her away with an indecent look on his face.

"Someone is a little on the jumpy side. It hasn*t been that long I know." he said moving back to her and taking her back into his arms. As his arms wrapped around her she bit into his neck and shoulder.

"OUCH! What was that for?" he asked as he pushed her away and rubbed his shoulder.

"Just a taste of what*s to come." she said licking her lips.

She strode over to him and he moved away still rubbing his shoulder.

"What*s come over you? You aren*t like this. Is something wrong?" he asked as he avoided her arms that were trying to grab him.

"No, nothing not ordinary here. Just excited to see you. Come here and let me make love to you." she said to him.

"There is something not right here. Your never like this."

"What you can*t handle me? I*m to much woman for you? Then leave!" she waived her hand at the door and Tailor went flying towards it. He smashed into the door then got up and ran out slamming it behind him.

She walked back to a seat and dropped into it starring once again at the painting.

"Well at least you wont leave me." she said touching the paining.

The man reached out and grabbed her hand and pulled her into the tapestry. Before she knew it she was in his arms and they were kissing again.

"He is afraid of you know isn*t he?" the beautiful man asked her.

"Who?"

"Your boyfriend, who do you think I*m talking about?" he asked.

"Oh him, he*s nothing." she said starring into his eyes.

"Well, there will only be one person who can satisfy you know. He is the key master and you are the gate keeper. Do you know your name?"

"Yes, I am..." she started.

"No, not your mortal name. The one that I gave you. Think hard."

She closed her eyes and thought as hard as she could trying to remember this man and his paining. Then it slowly came to her.

"Zuul, that is my name." she said looking into his eyes again.

"Very good. You have had a hard time with that before, I*m glad it didn*t take you very long this time. I*m going to sate you for the time being, but you will not be satisfied until you meet the key master." as he said this he started kissing her neck.

She threw her head back and put her arm around his skull. He worked from her neck to her shirt which he took off of her. As her shirt came off his tongue ran up her revealed body and she tensed up for a second. Then she went to his neck and started sucking on the spot where his neck and shoulder met. He took off her bra and ran his tongue over her now exposed nipples and she moaned with pleasure that she had never known. He kissed down to her pants and used his teeth to unbutton them. He dropped down to his knees and removed the offending cloth from her lower body. He kissed her feet and then up to her knees and rocked back to his feet and kissed her again. She ran her hair through his golden hair and started sucking on his neck again. He ran his tongue around her right ear lobe and nibbled slightly on her ear. He then slowly kissed back down to her waist and pulled her panties off of her. He then stood up and turned and walked away to a tree. She stood there with a look of disappointment on her face. When he reached the tree he bent down and picked something up and walked back over to her. He handed her a red silk gown.

"This is how the key master will know you."

"Oh." she said with quite a bit of disappointment.

"We aren*t through, but I need to give you this now." he said with a smile on his face.

"Ok. I was a little scared you were not going to finish." she said taking him in her arms and kissing him again.

His fingers started exploring some of the more sensitive parts of her body. She let out a sigh and started riding his fingers. There was pleasure but not like it should have been, something wasn*t right. She enjoyed his body, the way it looked and felt, but it wasn*t what she wanted. So she pulled away from him.

"Is there something wrong?" he asked.

"Yes. It*s hard to say though." she said shyly.

"I*m not the one you want, am I?" he said reading her like a book.

"Yes, I*m real sorry." she said with all sincerity

"I expected it. There is only one who you will ever want from this moment on, you can have a million lovers but not one of them will compare to this one." explained the comely man.

"Who is he?" she pleaded.

"You shall call him the key master. It is he who you are destined for, and him only. No other will ever be able to take his place if you lose him. He will feel the same way that you do so there is no need worrying about losing him. He doesn*t know who he is yet, it is your job to show him. Now that you know I must leave you." he explained.

The next thing the woman knew she was standing in front of the painting again. All was the way she remembered it, with the exception of a few cob webs that hadn*t been there before. She walked over to where her paper was always delivered and looked at the stack, there had to be over a hundred. That meant she had been gone at least half a year, wow and it seemed only a few minutes to her. She shrugged and walked back to the picture and picked up the night gown that the man had given her, it was all red and see through. It had thin shoulder straps that were made of fine silk. The bottom reached just above her knees when she put it up to her in the mirror, she would look good in it. As she looked into the mirror she noticed something, very minuscule but there was something in the mirror besides her. She looked at it, it looked like a dog, well not really a dog per say but a more evil version of a dog. It was sitting on the couch behind her, she spun around, but there was nothing anywhere but her furniture. She turned back to the mirror and the thing was still there. It wasn*t that she was scared, quit on the contrary she was fascinated by the thing. It was very large in stature and hid something inside that she couldn*t see, and it was this that captivated her. She watched it for a few moments and it didn*t move.

"Here boy." she called to the mirror. "Oh god this isn*t going to work"

The dog rose up and walked to the front of the mirror in front of her reflection. She put her hand out to it and saw and felt it lick her hand. The beast had a large horn sticking out from either side of it*s great head, was covered in what looked like granite, and had very large teeth. It*s tongue felt a little odd to her hand since it was covered in the rocklike substance that covered the rest of it*s body. She stepped back and called for it again and this time it came across the mirror to her and sat at her feet. She looked at it and it stared back with a look of near lust in it*s eyes. She bent down and kissed the animals head once, twice, and a third time again. The animal rose up on all four legs and then up to just its hind legs and pushed her down to the floor. She rolled over to get up when she felt something long and stiff shove into her body. She moaned with pleasure like never before. She turned to see that the hound had mounted her and was now pushing its self into her. She turned back as the beast slammed its body into hers again she looked down at her hands while the ecstacy started to build in her. She was a little startled to see that her skin had darkened to the color of granite and her skin was beginning to crack like the monster behind her.

"Oh yes! Harder!" she moaned to the hound.

"Roar!!" it replied and slammed harder and faster than before.

Her arms began to grow wider and she could feel her legs doing the same. This seemed natural also, much like the hound riding her. Then she could hear the beautiful mans voice again.

"This is the only pleasure your going to be able to have for awhile, so I suggest you enjoy it. Because you will change every time you have sex from this point on. So if you value your own pleasure take it while it lasts." she herd in her head. And the animal, if it had herd the message hadn*t missed a single stroke.

She could now feel the wood and concrete start to creak a bit under the combined weight of both of their, now, granite bodies. Her body was almost ready to explode when the animal stopped and pulled out of her. She wheeled around and snapped at it, it just pushed her over with one of it*s powerful paws and walked around to her lower half and started nuzzling her lower area. This excited her body even more than anything before, she wrapped her rock legs around the beasts horns and started lifting her lower body up towards the monster so that it could go deeper inside of her. The more she wanted it the more the animal gave it to her until her body erupted into an orgasm. The beast the stopped and was gone.

She lay there in a heap breathing very hard and slowly turned back into her human self. She looked around the room but there where no traces of the thing. Then the voice invaded her head again.

"That was a gift, you can only fully be satisfied by the key master from now on though. Now leave and find him, because he will be better than any lover that you will ever have in your mortal life." it said.

She gathered herself up and got some clothes together and left her apartment. When she walked out the sun was shining and birds where singing, she drove to the bus station and bought a ticket.

"Where are you going to?" the portly man behind the counter asked.

"Where ever the next bus is going." was her reply.

"Well we have one leaving in about twenty minutes to go all the way to Little Rock. The one in Arkansas that is." he smiled.

"That will work." she said and paid for her ticket.

The bus came about ten minutes later and she got on. The ride was very boring and the woman next to Zuul was snoring and kept tossing and hitting her with an elbow or a hand. Two days and four busses later she arrived in Little Rock. She got off the bus and went to the rent-a-car counter where she rented a small car to find a house with.

She promptly drove out of the bus station parking lot and went house hunting. The first place she saw was a very old house, it had door knockers and everything. She bought it with some of her savings and went out and bought some furniture. When she got back she walked up the stairs to put the stuff on her bed, she noticed a door that hadn*t been there before. She walked over to it and reached out for the handle but could not turn it. It seemed locked. She nodded knowingly and continued to work on the house.

Over the next few months she went through boyfriends like paper, but she couldn*t find the one that she had been told about. The more she searched the less she could find him. Along the way she purchased some large statues of the hound, which she found was called a hellhound, which she put on both sides of the outside door and one up in her room. It was late early October and she was starting to lose hope for the key master when she had an odd feeling. She looked out the window and saw someone running up the street towards her house in the rain. When he got to her house he walked up on the porch and sat down. This was the one she thought to herself, she could feel it inside of her. She put some wood on the fire and went down when she herd him knock on the door.

This is the end of the Zuul the Gate Keeper, there will be more installments to the trilogy. The next installment will be "Twisted Love." It will explain how Zuul and Ash where chosen the first time and why. After "Twisted Love" there will be one more issue which will cover what happens when the evil that enslaves the lovers is released for the first time in a thousand years.