Contract with the Devil

{Welcome mortals, names Lucifer, Satan, or Lord of Hell}

The devil's voice shook the cavern etching a terrifying feeling on the three friends. Where they shocked? Absolutely. Where they terrified? Yes. But they were glad to see each other none the less.

{Well? Speak up, cat got your tongue?}

Daniel looked at Stephen and Jeremy, but they were also looking at him as to ask "is this real" "Welp... hell huh..". Although they didn't speak, it was crystal clear what they wanted to say.

In every situation they were in, Jeremy would always "go with the flow". Daniel would try to solve the problem and Stephen would actually do the thinking. Yet there wasn't a solution or even a way to escape their predicament.

Looking down on his body, Stephen saw an ethereal arm that had a translucent glow and looked as if transparent. His lower half was gone, it was literally nonexistent. The same could be said for the other two, while Stephen and Daniel was more rational and levelheaded in times where their problems get or become absurd, this time was just beyond human comprehension, but Jeremy just chooses to accept it.

"Nothing much, just... flabbergasted and scared."

Jeremy didn't even try to speak in a humble manner, he just outright spoke in a nonchalant way as if it was a normal tuesday for him.

{Hmmm... Well in any case, welcome to your punishment.}

This time the devil's voice was less fierce and now more calm. But it's smile was giving all three doubts if the devil was just gonna do an introduction to what they'll be experiencing.

While Stephen was still in a state of denial, Daniel was already thinking of how to get themselves out. Humanity's strongest ability was their mind.

"Hold on, aren't you a being made of pure evil? by doing evil, aren't we giving you strength? you can't punish as from doing evil when its benefitting you!"

Jeremy tried to bargain with the devil by a twisted logic, though he just spoke someone's thought that he heard a long time ago.

{Nice try kid, you aren't the first to try that on me.}

With a blank look, the devil answered Jeremy.

"Understandable... wait, aren't you a bit too casual? I thought the devil was like, some sort of god like entity?"

The question actually snapped Daniel back from thinking and helped Stephen from breaking down. It was a legitimate question than needed an answer.

{Well, first of im not god like. Second, God punished me from my wrong doings, though he is still merciful and granted me the enjoyment of human technology. Basically he allowed me to interact with humanity through the virtual world. I've been busy understanding humans and your way of speaking. Do you have any idea how many people die by pointless sh*ts? Some jump down a building, others got hit by a semi-truck, another from daily accidents, and i can't stress this enough! some died from drinking cleaning products!}

An absurd answer came from the devil, they were expecting a something but the answer was just... on another level of weirdness.

Stepping or more accurately floating forward, Daniel came face to face with the devil.

"Can't we... make a deal?"

{Hahahaha! What do you have to offer? Your trapped here in hell with me, i basically own you.}

Although Daniel wanted to argue, he couldn't. They were now prisoners of hell as well. A contact needs to benefit both parties but the devil couldn't grant their wishes in exchange for nothing.

"How about we do your dirty work?"

Out of nowhere Stephen spoke.

{What are you getting at?}

"If you, the devil, is real then... some myths are real. Hypothetically speaking... transcendent beings, immortal entities, or power individuals should exist. You're more or less a warden and prisoner of hell."

Stephen was crossing his arm while his right arm moved to hold his chin in a thinking pose.

{Very clever... Yes, there are some beings that actually escape the reaper's clutches and manage to become godly entities. While i could easily slap them so hard that they get flung to the next iteration of the universe, i can't really get out of hell.}

The foundation of the contract was being constructed as they spoke. Naturally Daniel and Stephen had a smile suggesting that they like the way that this was going. Jeremy on the other hand was doubting the devil, something wrong was bound to happen.

"So what say we take on that role as your reapers?"

"Does this sound like a fair deal?"

{Hahahaha! I like it, fine. I, Lucifer, shall grant you a ticket to the world of the living in exchange, i'll send you targets on who to kill. Speaking of which, Isn't killing wrong to you humans?}

"The irony of having the devil speak about morality."

It was jeremy this time who spoke.

{Hahahaha! i like you three. Then the contract's been made}

Purple flames appeared out of thin air and slowly subsided revealing a piece of papyrus paper.

{Hmm.}

Purple flames burned the paper and subsided once again revealing an ipod that had a "Terms and privacy policy" page.

"You serious?!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Laughing his stomach off, Jeremy found the situation hilarious. Daniel however was flabbergasted, Stephen... he was just accepting anything rather than trying to denying everything.

Daniel just pressed the accept button and not long after, black flames devoured them which scared the life left out of them but strangely enough it didn't hurt.

{I'll be arranging a list on my hit list then sending them to you. So long my reapers}

From the black flames, the three friends vision became dark until they couldn't see at all.

****

In an open plains, the night sky which was shimmered in stars and moonlight shone its gentle light to the grassy plains beneath it.

*Swoosh*

The midnight breeze passed by. Swaying branches move and created a sound in the silent night.

Then suddenly a man stood up from the tall grass. He came out of nothing and just appeared out of nowhere.

He moved his head to the left and to the right, as if to search for something then looking straight up into the cosmos.

'Guess we were separated'

'Daniel?'

'Dan?'

'Wait what?!'

The man, presumable Daniel, was now shaking his head from looking left to right intensely.

'Gees, stop moving left from, to, and right!'

'Its making me... dizzy'

Stephen and Jeremy's voices were coming out of nowhere.

"What the hell!?"

Daniel was extremely confused. He thought he was going insane and were starting to hear voices as no one was around.

'I KNEW IT!'

Out of nowhere, Jeremy's voice which sounded like a scream bellowed on his eardrums. He tried covering his ears but to no avail.

"What! The! HELL IS GOING!"

'Please don't scream, im having a headache already.'

'You didn't really think that making a contract with not 'a' but 'THEE' devil would work in your favour did you?!'

"I get it, so i guess..."

'Yeah, were all trapped in the same body, but it appears as if you have the control over the body and both me and Steph can just feel the five senses'

'Well... this is better than hell'

Daniel sat down on his butt. Though they're currently sharing a body, it was a much more luxurious circumstance than burning in the fiery pits of tartarus.

Placing both hands on the ground, he leaned back and stared at the starry sky. He never knew why but looking straight into space gave him a came feeling, probably because of its beauty.

A lot has happened that gave them stress, first was processing the fact that they DIED! Second was literally meeting SATAN! And not having to live in the same fucking BODY!

*Sigh*

It wasn't just Daniel having a hard time going through the process of denial. All three of them spent an hour long without sound just staring straight into the sky.

Remembering all their mistakes and problems, their past and would be future, and now their current situation. It was really a wild ride, too wild if you ask Stephen.

*Ding*

A black transparent screen appeared in front of them.

[Yo wassup, So i couldn't do anything about the whole "one body three souls" thing so, i gave you a... handicap of sorts. Don't worry, in this world there is something called "skills" "talents" and "abilities". Oh and also "magic" so i'll give you a very special [Talent] when you kill the first target. I've also given you powers that would help you take on powerful individuals but they're not strong at all. With hell restricting me from using anymore of my strength, i just gave you [Talents] that have high potentials rather than fire power. Brief explanation, you're in a world called "Gaia" which is just earth but more bigger and less dying. And for the "Handicap" its basically just a program-ish thing that allows you to check your self... selves and give you an explanation of what you can do, Just say open in your mind. The hit list is on the "Handicap" as well. Well see ya, bye]

A long message came from the devil. But the three of them just ignored it and kept silent. Several hours passed by from just utter silence till they finally read the message.

Ch:End