Hey, Luci

Chapter Seven

Lucifer is in his room, still lying lazily in his bed. It is almost daytime now and his ceiling proved it. But the King doesn't want to move at all. He is looking blankly at the clouds and sun in his magnificent masterpiece.

“I am attracted to that filthy mortal. Lucifer, you are so disgusting,” he whispered.

The famous demon Lord is not yet done with his twisted perspective. Lucifer can't accept the fact that he is attracted to the innocent girl that he used to play with. He believes that mortals are poor and low creatures. A King like him does not deserve a lowly species like them.

A soft knock interrupted his peaceful me time. Then, a familiar voice echoed through his door.

“Lucifer, are you okay?”

It was the demon of wrath, Asmodeus.

“Do you want to go to the human world? I have something to do with the mortals.”

Lucifer sat and messed his hair. “Why am I hiding here like a child? TSS.”

Then, he stood up and fixed himself. Lucifer put his coat on and combed his hair. After that, he went to the door and faced the annoying red guy. He immediately closed his door as soon as he goes out.

“What’s up?” Asmodeus asked.

“I overslept,” Luci answered.

The demon of wrath nodded. “Do you want to go to the humans with me?”

His boss shooked his head. “No. I have some important things to do.”

“Okay,” Asmodeus mumbled.

The devil waved his hand at his boss then, vanished. Lucifer sighed and went to his office through the portal. He sat on his chair and put his elbow on the desk. He clasped his hand and put his chin on it. He’s now on deep thought.

Lust is a psychological force producing an intense desire for something, or circumstance while already having a significant amount of the desired object. Lust can take any form such as the lust for sexuality, money, or power. But, in his case, the King is attracted to a mortal that he can't believe can happen. Lucifer considered humans as playthings and poor lowly creatures. So, he cants move on to that nonsense idea.

Lucifer shook his head to wipe his thoughts away. Then, he called his secretary. He decided to do his job today and ignored his urge to go to the human world. A couple of minutes later, Ukobach appeared at his door. His hair is messy and wet maybe, he took a bath before going to the King’s office.

“Lucifer.” Ukobach greeted him.

“What is my undone works?” his boss asked.

Ukoback show his palm and a red notebook suddenly appeared. He opened it and scanned through the pages.

“You need to bring the oldest souls to the space and the announcement to the newcomers.” the secretary answered.

Lucifer nodded. “Okay. Let's do the announcement first.”

Ukobach nodded as a response. The Demon Lord stood up and went beside his secretary. They composed their selves and in a blink of an eye, they both vanished in thin air.

Shairelyn and her Mom are selling bread in front of their house. The family decided to have a small business and the two brothers are willing to give funds on it too. The innocent girl’s talent in baking is so good that makes it in demand.

Lucifer and Ukobach appeared in front of an arc. It is the opening of the C layer of hell. At first, it's like nothing unusual and nothing to see behind the arc but, once you entered, you will be greeted by blazing fires and screams. There is a wall made of fire in each section. It is like a room where hundreds of human souls are on it to suffer.

The King cleared his throat and snapped his finger. Then, the terrifying screams vanished. All of a sudden, the pain and heat are gone.

“Welcome to hell. I am Lucifer and this is my kingdom.” Luci announced.

His voice is echoing around the whole place of layer C. Even though it's just his normal voice’s volume, all of the souls in there can hear it loud and clear.

He continued. “You are all here for one reason. It is because you are a sinner. We have three layers of hell. First is here, layer C which is all for minor sins. Layer B is for those who committed semi-difficult sins and A is the torture chamber where all criminals are thrown. After ten thousand years of suffering, your souls can be put to space. It is where you can no longer feel alive. You will be buried in deep slumber and can't feel anything nor think of something. Completely nothing. So, enjoy staying in my world.”

After his announcement, the scream of pain started to begin again.

“That was a very good announcement, Lucifer.” Ukobach praised.

Lucifer nodded. “I am a King so, why amazed?”

“Next is in layer A for those souls we need to put in space.” his secretary said while checking his notes on his notebook.

“Let's go.” the boss replied.

Ukobach nodded. Because Lucifer is lazy, he used his power to teleport in layer A of hell. His secretary followed him with no reaction at all. If there is a good devil, Ukobach suits in it well. He never protest or argued with his boss. He greeted, praised, and adored the King too.

They appeared in the black arc of layer A. Together, they walked through the aisle between fires and boiling lava. Rotten flesh filled the air and screams of agonies are echoing around the place. It is the cries that no one wants to hear.

“Call the gatekeeper,” Luci demanded.

Ukobach took his pen out by waving his hand in the air. Then, a unique pen appeared on his palm. It is black with red highlights. It looks like a bone with a fire on its back tip. He holds it and started writing in the air.

Succorbenoth is lazily sitting on his usual post in the hell’s gate. Minutes later, the air become stiff and letters appeared in the air near him. It is written in Latin which means he needs to go to layer A. He sighed and stood up. Then, he erase the writings and it all vanished.

“He’s coming, Lucifer,” Ukobach said.

Lucifer nodded as a response. A couple of minutes later, a black whirlpool suddenly appeared in front of them. Then, a guy with white long hair walked out through it. He is wearing white long sleeves and black pants. He has a large golden chain in his neck with a big key as a pendant.

“Lucifer,” he said.

“Open the gate of space. It's time to put some dead souls in it.” the king commanded. Then, he turned to his secretary. “Gather all the wasted souls.”

Ukobach nodded and disappeared in an instant. While the two walked further in the hell until they reached the oval shape podium. It is for Lucifer’s announcements and other related to the souls and hell. Every layer has a different podium. It is in the middle of each layer with a size of seven soccer fields.

Succorbenoth moved his hands in circles and stopped when his two palms reached each other. He is now in a praying position with only his index and middle finger are up. Then, the rest is clasped with each other. After that, the wind blows around him and a dark circle appeared in front of him. White spirals begin to move into it until he pushed his right hand towards it. Another dimension opened. The other side is filled with color gray like ashes with glitter sparkling on it.

“The door is opened, Lucifer.” the demon of gates said.

“Very good,” Luci replied.

Several minutes later, Ukobach returned together with the chained human souls. They are all skinny and full of fresh cuts and wounds. Some of them have burned and scratched flesh. The mortal souls aligned in row obediently and faced the king with their heads held low.

“Cheer up, filthy humans. Today is your lucky day. I am congratulating you all for completing the ten thousand years of torture, multiple deaths, and so on. You are now going to space.” Lucifer announced.

“First line, come forward and proceed to the portal,” Ukobach commanded.

The first row of human souls followed their instruction and gently walked towards the portal. Small smiles are written on their faces. At last, their sufferings will come to an end. Once they entered the door, they will no longer feel nor think even move a thing. They are completely blank.

Lucifer was known as a lazy leader so, there is no doubt that the King called it space. He cants think of a proper name to be its title. And all of his subordinates sighed when he announced that they will call it space. No one dares to argue and they all agreed without any hesitation.

Space is a place where the souls who successfully completed the ten thousand years of torture are thrown. Every soul will be there after that said time. It is a space with no barriers, nor floors, or even anything. Once the soul entered the gate, it will be light as a feather that will float and place somewhere in there. They cant feel, move or think. They are as blank as paper. Dead is the best word to describe it

The podium is crowded with souls. Even though five rows are already gone, it seems like there's no progress at all because of the number of souls. Lucifer is standing near the portal. He is just watching them enter the space.

“Succorbenoth, be sure to close the portal well. And Ukobach monitored them. I’m leaving.” Luci demanded.

“Yes, Lucifer,” Ukobach answered.

“I will,” Succorbenoth replied.

The King of the Underworld can't resist the power of boredom. So, he can't wait and sit in a minute. He wants to spend his precious time with something than sitting and monitoring the filthy human souls.

Shairelyn’s little business is getting good. Their neighbors and other peoples love her bread. She even bakes another batch of pastries for the fourth time. Her mother is very happy about their progress that is willing to make their old garage their bakery. Shaire is shocked at first because since her father died, her mother locked the garage. It is her father’s little office for his car parts and tools. But, seeing her mother smile and nod at her as approval makes her wants to cry. She is happy about her mother’s changes. At last, she is now ready to let go of the past.

Lucifer appeared in the air. Below him is a white sandy beach. It is an island so, there are no humans around the area. It is as big as one country and it is full of enormous trees. In the back of the island is a rocky mountain. He is floating above it so, he can clearly see everything. As he is observing the whole place in the air, an idea popped upon his head. An imaginary light bulb is blinking.

“I want to have my own kingdom here,” he whispered.

He thought to make the island as his. A creepy smile occurred on his lips when he imagined all of the possible things he can make. Lucifer wants to have a cottage for all the demons that has an assignment here in the mortal world. He is thinking of a bar area, pool, and his majestic mansion on the top of the mountain. He wants to have a small city of demons.

“Yes. Yes. I am so bright, isn't it?” he mumbled. “And I’m going to call this, Hell Island.”

As expected to the lazy King that has poor knowledge of naming, Hell Island is a very good name, indeed.