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the only one thinking about this. Burn the
records, man. Who is ever going to come looking for those souls? They've
already been deemed unfit for release, and rejected by Him."
Lucifer thought about it a minute, and began to laugh heartily as
if he understood the punch line to a cosmic joke. A big belly laugh
rang through the cavern. Cedric could feel intense warming build
around him as Lucifer's mood improved, and heat waves rose from his
body.
"That's a great idea! Any thoughts on how accomplish this?" Lucifer
asked.
"How fond are you of Azriel?" Cedric asked.
"Ugh, that guy. Azriel stresses me out more than any of the other
demons. I'd like to send him on a permanent vacation, if you know
what I mean. But there's nothing I can do."
"What if I could?" Cedric asked.
"You can't kill him--even with that sword of yours. I'm amazed that
you've gotten this far without encountering a high level demon that
could kill you. Baphomet was a mid-level who had aspirations for
greater status." Lucifer said.
"I need him to roll back time for Angeline, and return her since
his influence is the reason she's dead. But, when he completes the
ceremony you strike him down with my sword, and his power vacuum
will allow you to concentrate your eternal power. Essentially, when
you strike Azriel down just think about the chaos dimension and your intention will
open the portal." Cedric said.
"How do you know all of this?" Lucifer asked.
"I don't know, I guess like I know we're standing on the earth. I
can't explain it any better than that."
"I'll transport us both to Hell. You ready?" Lucifer asked.
Cedric nodded and a gate adorned with skulls from many varied races
of humanoid and beast alike, formed before them in the cavern.
Smoke spilled from between thick, black, iron bars, and Cedric
could hear the sounds of Hell's inhabitants growling, wailing, and
crying with such sorrow that the experience gave Cedric
pause.
"It ain't pretty, but it's home." Lucifer said.
The gate creaked open and they entered Lucifer's dominion. Hell's
walls were lined with ancient weapons forged from hellfire, used in
battles fought long ago, before the dawn of mankind.
"See that morning star? I used that in the last great battle and
slammed Gabriel a pillar of Heaven. You should have heard him cuss!
Ha ha!" Lucifer boasted.
They entered Satan's office where Azriel was watching soap operas
and eating a basket of charcoaled human fingers.
"Hey, Lucifer! You're back! Good job, Cedric." Azriel said.
Azriel stuffed a few more fingers in his mouth. Cedric shook his
head in disgust as Azriel munched and talked.
"Your boss is back, so how about returning Angeline to the living
plane? Our deal, remember?" Cedric said.
"Oh sure, one sec." Azriel replied.
He reached inside his desk, pulled out an antique clock, and wound
the hands back to a moment just before Angeline's gun misfired. On
the wall they could see a pool of water appear, and saw Angeline
putting the pistol down on her nightstand. Angeline looked around;
appearing confused, and then shrugged her shoulders and placed the
gun in the nightstand beside her bed.
"She's reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, cool." Azriel
said.
"Thanks, Azriel." Cedric said.
While Azriel was transfixed on the Angeline show, Cedric handed his
sword to Lucifer. Satan took the demon slayer blade and drove it to
the hilt into the top of Azriel's head. Lucifer picked the
squealing demon up and tossed him into the wall of his office.
Azriel shattered like glass, leaving a gigantic imprint in the rock
that began to crack like an egg shell. Lucifer walked over and with
Daisy, he poked through the wall, and dragged Cedric's blade up and
down until there was a gaping black hole. They had done it.
Faces, and partial bodies of humans, ant people, reptilians, and a
host of other exotic races floated in and out of view in a sea of
darkness.
"It's like a lava lamp." Cedric said.
"I'm filling that lava lamp with assholes later on today.