by Eric Vall
Ira’s sub winked at the imp, and he let out a blood-curdling scream as he jumped off quicker than lightning. The second he landed on the ground he began to wipe his tiny hooves against the dirt in a frenzy, and then he curled up into a ball on the ground and continued to shake.
“I’m sure he’ll be fine,” I reassured the rest of the group. “What does it say?”
Eligor and Sia strutted over to the tomb, bent down, and studied the Inferoglyphs.
I knew I should have been paying attention to the symbols, but I was much too distracted by the women’s tight asses. Suddenly, all the dirty thoughts swirling around in my mind were interrupted by a slew of Italian words I didn’t understand. I jumped up, whipped around, and saw Angelo was standing behind me with his hands on his hips and an accusatory look on his face.
“Oh, please,” I retorted, even though I knew he couldn’t understand me. “Don’t act like you wouldn’t be the same.”
“Here lies a man of two minds,” Sia read aloud. “A man with many faces, who is always two places at once.”
“Sounds a lot like an interdimensional portal to me,” Liby observed. “Two places at once? And a man with many faces? That sounds just like the demons we encountered back in Earth Realm.”
“There’s only one way we’re going to find out,” Eligor exclaimed. “Help me open it.”
The knight summoned lime green Hellfire into her hands, blasted at the tomb, and then grunted as she tried to force it open.
“Here,” I offered as I called forth my bronze flame of judgement. “Let me get that for you.”
I blasted the sarcophagus with a beam of fire, and the lid began to splinter and crack as the very molecules of the brimstone trembled. Finally, a massive crevice formed directly down the middle, and Eligor’s spell forced the two halves to pull apart.
“I loosened that for you,” the knight joked dryly.
Martatelli dashed over to the side of the tomb, peered over the edge, and then let out a small squeal of glee. The scientist started to say a bunch of happy-sounding words in his native tongue as he began to do a celebratory jig.
The rest of us walked over to see for ourselves, and our eyes were met with a deep green glow as we peered into the tomb. There it was, a large portal of emerald Hellfire.
The Porta ad Terram.
“This is it, guys,” I announced happily. “Now we can travel back and forth between Earth and Hell on a whim.”
“Well?” Liby said sarcastically as she quirked her eyebrow. “What are you waiting for? Let’s jump in!”
“Ladies first,” I shot back with a smirk, and then I stepped to the side and motioned to the portal.
Liby wasted no time in taking on my challenge. The dark-haired succubus took a running start toward the tomb, threw her hands onto the side of the structure, and hoisted herself over the ledge. Her body disappeared into the glowing fire below as green flames danced up into the sky.
Superbia was next, followed by Ira’s sub, and then Martatelli.
“Looks like he wanted to become Casper after all, huh?” Todd chuckled. “Alley oop!”
The imp ran across the sandy landscape, somersaulted into the air, and cannonballed into the fiery depths below.
“You sure you want to come to Earth?” I asked Eligor one last time. “It’s waaaay different than Hell. For example, we don’t all eat Vargrats up there. Also, your outfit would turn a lot of heads, and not in a good way.”
“Wherever you will go, I will go,” the knight purred back. “My king.”
Shivers shot down my body when I heard the blonde utter the words. No matter how many times I heard it, it still felt surreal. Hearing it from a sexy fallen angel, however, made it ten times sweeter.
Eligor realized what she had just said, and the color drained from her face.
“I- I mean,” she stammered, “Lilith is my Queen. You’re only my friend. And teammate. And lover.”
“Ahhhh,” I clicked my tongue. “I heard you say it. No takebacks.”
“Do you think I’ll like Earth?” she sighed as she peered into the swirling Hellfire below.
“You’ll love it,” I reassured her. “I promise. Now, are you ready?”
The blonde woman nodded, pulled herself up onto the edge of the tomb, and then heaved herself in. She disappeared in a flash of jade Hellfire, and then I was the only one remaining.
It was time to go home.
I grabbed onto the rough brimstone, squatted down, and then pushed my body into the air and over the side of the tomb. The next thing I knew, the world went dark. I heard the distorted crackling of fire as my body and soul were transported through space and time, and then I smashed into a grass-covered ground with a hard crash.
Instantly, I recognized the loud, high-pitched sound of cicadas in the air around me along with the whispering of a light, cool breeze. I raised my head up and saw we were surrounded by large trees, towering pines that looked like they had been around for ages. Then I took in a deep breath, and my body relaxed as my nostrils were filled with an earthy pine smell.
“Do you smell that?” I said joyously as I stood to my feet.
“Yeah, the air kinda smells,” Todd answered. “Must be in Jersey.”
“No, no,” I retorted. “There’s no sulfur. We made it back to Earth!”
“The Toddster and Jakey are back, baby!” the imp said as he fist-pumped into the air and then ran over and wrapped his arms around my leg.
“No homo,” I reminded Todd.
My words took a second to register, but then the imp pulled back, brushed his torso off, and pretended like everything was cool.
“As crazy as it sounds,” Libidine mused, “I kinda missed this place. It’s a lot more laid-back than Hell.”
“It’s very pretty,” Eligor observed as she studied the night sky. “What are those things up there? Balls of Hellfire?”
“You could say that,” I chuckled. “We’ll give you the full astronomy lesson later, but for now--”
As I was speaking, I heard the loud “crack” of a branch off in the distance. All five of us immediately went silent, and then I motioned for my friends to huddle up around me. Soon, we were standing back-to-back as we waited for whatever was out there in the darkness to appear.
“I don’t think we’re alone,” I hissed and summoned red Hellfire into my hands.
“Do you think we were followed?” Eligor whispered.
“Unlikely,” Sia answered. “But perhaps there are guardians out here who watch the portal? To make sure it isn’t being used for insidious reasons?”
“Maybe it’s Beelzebub’s men?” Liby gasped.
“Nah, nah,” Todd explained. “If we really are in Jersey, there’s only one thing it could possibly be. The Jersey Devil, bro.”
Whatever the fuck was out there, we were about to find out what it was. The sound was growing closer, and I now realized there were multiple footsteps out there in the woods. My suspicions were confirmed when about a dozen silhouettes appeared through the tree line.
Each one was wearing a bright white SWAT uniform, much like the one our friend Raphael always wore. They all carried heavy weaponry in their hands, and they had their guns pointed directly at us.
We were surrounded.
“I don’t know who you think you are,” I warned the fuckers, “but you really, really don’t want to fuck with us. I’m Jacob Ralston, King of--”
“We know who you are, Jacob Ralston,” a booming voice retorted from behind the soldiers.
A tall, blond man stepped out of the treeline. Unlike his cronies, he was clad only in a flowing white robe that was draped over his half-exposed chest like a toga. His nose was thin and sharp, and his short, curly hair hung down to his neck like a clump of noodles.
“Wait,” I asked as realization sunk in. “Are you an angel?”
“Welcome back to Earth Realm, Jacob Ralston,” the man mused. “I am the Archangel Metatron, and I’ve come to collect you.”
“Collect me?” I shot back. “We just escaped the fucking Lake of Fire. Can’t we at least get a little break before you--”
“We must move immediately,” Metatron hissed. “The Exalted One demands your presence, Jacob Ralston.”
End Book 8
End Notes
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