2 Ch.2 Red

As I sat crumbled with tears running down my cheeks, I heard a voice

"Who are you?" it asked.

I didn't lift my head but I answered

"I'm Cassandra... "

"But I don't know who you are!" he said.

"Well I don't even know where I am .. One blink and I'm drowning in a sea of blood... "

I burst out looking up.. That's when I saw HIM. His face looking at me astonished. His eyes red ,his skin pale, his lips dry, covered in wounds. I asked shakily,

"Who are you?!"

"Nah. I ain't telling you that. I need to know who you are and why you are here. I wasn't expecting you"

I started sobbing and I fell at his feet "Please tell me . What is this place? I want to go back!"

He just kicked me off and walked unfocused away. I didn't know what to do so I followed him. He looked the least abnormal so he was my only hope.

He entered a place with red ambience. He sat there, closed his eyes and started to recite some mantra. I didn't know what to do so I simply glanced at him.

Suddenly he started flying!

He opened his eyes and looked at me deeply into my soul.. And the next second, he pushed me to the wall, grabbed me by the neck and shouted at me,

"WHO ARE YOU? DID HE SENT YOU HERE ? WHAT DO YOU WANT?"

I didn't know anything. I just cried more loudly and he let me go.

He stopped everything and came near me.

"Do you know who I am?"

I shook my head.

He came close to my ear and replied "YOU SHOULD NEVER KNOW!" and he started laughing like a lunatic.

That's when I suddenly remembered the piece of paper I had received earlier.

'MATHEW 4:8' What was the quote? I tried so hard remembering it.

"Again the devil took him to the mountains. Showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory"

Wait what does that mean? I looked at the man in front of me.

"You... You are ... The ...D..De"

He put his finger on my lips. "Yes , I'm the devil. I look after the sinners. I look after the abandoned. I look after the lost. When your god refuse to do so . Why? Because he is mighty and just? When was he ever just? He loves everyone? He never shows love to the sinners! He loved only those who praised him! He loves only those who sacrifice their lives for him! And I chose not to. And they call me the devil.

YES I AM THE DEVIL AND I DON'T KNOW YOU! YOU DON'T BELONG HERE"

He screamed into my ears. My tears rolled down faster than ever before.

He stared at my pathetic face and suddenly the veil of rage was lifted from his face. He slowly raised my head.

"Hey, don't cry. I think you're clueless just like me. let's think about this rationally"

He said patting me.

Wait? This was the Devil ? The king of Evil I've always been terrified of? The devil is sweet? How is that possible?

I felt pity at my own beliefs. I never once remembered to pray to god when I was left alone earlier. All I had was this man who claims to be the Devil.

Suddenly the one eyed person from earlier entered and exclaimed

"Sir, she is perfectly okay and has no part infected. How is that possible?"

"Did you check everything?" Devil replied

"No , I didn't get to see her naked"

Wait. I ain't getting naked in front of this creepy man. Reading from my expressions the devil knew I was terrified of this man. So he asked him to leave.

"Why do you want me naked?" I asked

"Everyone who comes here, have some defects.. The part which made them do most of the sins are infected. So we cut the parts and burn it in the great fire so that we don't have to burn ourselves for the sins.

That's why that man does not have eyes. But you lack nothing. Maybe it's something under your dress and I need to check. I will not touch you so please understand."

I was really sad and annoyed but I didn't have an option other than listen to him. So I got undressed in front of him. He began to analyse my body and it was the most embarrassing thing I've ever been through.

From my lips to my collar bones, from my nipples to my belly button, from my clit to my toes, his stare ran through every part of me.

He finished examining and found nothing.

"This makes me more confused. No matter how much I think, you don't belong here" he said as I dressed myself.

"I was actually expecting one ms. Isabelle right now"

Isabelle... Is it the same Isabelle I'm thinking of? It was a mistake.. She was supposed to be dead . Why did I die? Why did I end up in this misery?

"Follow me. I'll show you what goes on here" he said and he started to lead me.

I followed him helplessly . The whole thing had me fascinated . If this was hell, all that I've read in holy books were fat lies.

We reached a place with no end , just infinite people walking around. It was scary but intriguing . I walked in and everyone greeted me. Everyone missed some body part.

I saw a girl who looked at me from a distance. I approached her. She had one of her ear cut. Guess she must have heard something she shouldn't have.

She smiled at me. I knew she was a person I could talk to and we started clicking immediately. Her name was Zora.

Zora wore her hair in heavy dreadlocks and she had piercings all over her body including her tongue which fascinated me. Her deep brown eyes looked sad as if they had a story to tell. Her skin was pale with contrast to her bright personality

"Hey there, I'm Dan" a handsome man approached me and said.

Dan looked like a typical playboy with his hot body and dashing style.His blonde hair was perfectly resting on his forehead. But that's when I noticed that he did not have any body part cut off. I was curious.

"You.. you.. look normal... why do u not miss anything?" I asked .

"oh.. I do miss something. Something really important" he said and pointed downwards.

Was he talking about it....?! Pathetic I guess. But Zora laughed suddenly. I couldn't help but join her.

I was laughing. In the midst of my evil forever, I was laughing. I was trapped in this dark room forever, yet I was laughing. I was living with people missing their body parts, yet I was laughing.

Well...Hell's not that bad I guess.