24 A Visit from The Devil (2)
"Tell me what's wrong with the Holy Father!" Cardinal Ferrari asked, his voice sounded impatient.
"I honestly don't know...his breathing is normal...there isn't anything abnormal...it's like...His Holiness is sleeping..." the physician replied.
"That's the most ridiculous thing I have heard. If he's truly sleeping, he should have woken up when we tried to wake him up." said Cardinal Brambilla "And I don't think he did something so tired that he has to sleep for a longer time than usual."
"Your Eminences, can I say something?" said Benedict's attendant.
"You can speak!" Cardinal Rossi said "Brethren, we need some ears over here."
The cardinals turned to look at Cardinal Rossi and the Young Pope's attendant.
"Uh...I...I think that His Holiness being unconscious is due to some spiritual and supernatural reasons."
"...If that is true, we can't do anything..." a cardinal said.
"...but pray and fast for the Holy Father." another continued his brother's word.
Cardinal Ferrari turned to the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding the Infant Jesus in her arms and knelt down. Other cardinal followed suit, along with the attendants. The physician also knelt down.
"O Most Holy Mary, Mother of our Lord, God and Saviour, never was it known that anyone who fled to Thy protection, implored Thy help, or sought Thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, we fly unto Thee, asking Thee to save our Holy Father, Benedict the Ninth, from the evil that is trying to take him away from us." [1]
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"You can even have Me if you so desire."
Benedict could feel that his face and ears were getting hotter and hotter. Fortunately, he was covering his eyes. Had he taken his hands off, he might have already fallen to the seductive charm of The Devil.
"N...no..."
"I know that you like it, don't deny your feeling!"
"..."
"I ~ will ~ make ~ you ~ feel ~ good, promise!"
Before Benedict could reach, Paimon was already behind him and took his hands off from his face.
("Oh no, not good. Those eyes...are...irresistible...") Benedict thought when he looked into the eyes of Lucifer.
"That's right, you should listen to Lord Lucifer and be grateful because he decided to favor you." said Paimon.
("Well done, Paimon! Thou shalt be rewarded!") Lucifer telepathized with his most loyal subordinate.
"What's your answer to my proposition?" the Prince of devils turned to Benedict and asked.
"I..."
"My son, don't be deceived by the Prince of Darkness! Look deep into his eyes, I will show you the Truth." Benedict heard a gentle woman voice.
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"ARGHHHHHHH! SO PAINFUL! HELL IS SO PAINFUL!" Benedict screamed out, fire was burning him and he was covered in disgusting worms "It's all because of you that I fell to Hell and WAS ABANDONED BY GOD!"
"What are you saying?! It's your own choice to accept my proposition that you arrived here! Remember the nights when our bodies intertwined with each other, Hell is the price for those forbidden pleasure you enjoyed on earth." said the Devil, who was no longer in a beautiful form but ugly beyond description.
"LIAR! You are a spirit, so you could never do that with me, you gave me illusion of doing that with you."
"LIAR?! You were pope and you learned enough to discern the truth! STOP BLAMING IT ALL ON ME!"
"F**K YOU, SATAN!" the damned pope began to curse then he pointed to Heaven and began cursing the Triune God, Mary Most Holy, the Angels and the Saints.
"SHUT THE F**K UP! It's already painful enough so spare us the pain of hearing you scream and curse!" said Asmodeus, who was under Satan.
"F**K YOU, ASMODEUS! MAMMON, BEELZEBUL, BELPHEGOR, LEVIATHAN, BARBATOS, MORAX, BAAL, PAIMON, F**K ALL OF YOU!" [2]
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Benedict snapped out of his vision.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Benedict pushed Lucifer, and surprisingly, he was strong enough to get out of the Devil's hold.
"WHAT?! HOW?! I nearly succeeded!!!" Lucifer shouted.
"In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, GET OUT!"
Before Satan and Paimon could react, Benedict shouted more:
"In the name of Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, GET OUT! May Mary Most Holy crush your head to the point that nothing, even dust, remained of that head!
From the point of hearing Jesus's name, Satan and Paimon were already pinched to the ground and could not get up.
"May St. Michael chase you back to Hell!"
Satan and Paimon looked up the sky and they saw St. Michael or an image of St. Michael.
"MI-CHA-EL!" Satan and Paimon shouted, shaking.
The earth trembled and opened like a mouth. Under the deep abyss was a lake of fire. Lucifer and Paimon fell into it.
"IT'S NOT FINISHED YET! AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN YOUR MORTAL FLESH, I CAN STILL TEMPT YOU AND PULL YOU TO HELL! I WILL MAKE YOU THE CHAIR I SIT ON IN HELL!" Satan shouted before he disappeared in the large fire.
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"BURN IN HELL!" Benedict shouted and sat up from his bed, to the surprise of many presented there. "ARGGHHH!" and the first thing the Young Pope encountered was a leg cramp.
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[1] From "never was it known" to "fly unto Thee", I copied from the Memorare prayer.
[2] Beelzebul, also more popularly known as Beelzebub, I'm keeping Beelzebul because it was the original name of this demon from the Bible [cf. Mark 3:20-30; Luke 11:14-23]
