Damned Chapter XXXIX
Are you there, Satan? It's me, Madison. Are you still writing your book about the Hell? Perhaps the book will end up looking like my beloved Persuasion where the characters outlived their authors. Or even more, the characters will run out of the book and rewrite it. That sounds exciting, doesn't it? And you, Satan, will be locked in the book and will never again rule the Hell. But perhaps I was wrong.
It's time to go. Go back to the earth where I can prove that I existed in this world. I need to find my parents. They are… alive, at least. But where can I find the Lincoln Town car where I was driven between the Hell and the Earth?
Wait a minute. What I saw just now when I was thinking about the question of going back to Earth? He was Goran! My FIRST LOVE! I dare swear that I saw him somewhere when I was at the reception table of the Hell but he disappeared soon. I saw him again, behind Archer's desk where he does the phoning to the Earth. But where is he now? Goran? Goran? Can you hear me? I'm Madison. I saw you just now! "Madison, Madison, Madison…" The phoning office is now surrounded by the echo of the chauffer, Satan!
What the hell are you going to say? Tell me! What are you going to write about me? Eh?
Madison, Madison, Madison… The echo is fading up gradually.
Tell me! Where is Goran? What are you going to write about us!
Goran doesn't exist at all. Maddi, all what you are seeing and saw is me. The voice is turning into Goran's sexy voice, and continued, Maddi, I never loved you, nor your parents. They adopted me but they never cared about my life. I was like a pet, no, the pet can even get more love of their master. But, anyway, I'm Satan. The voice turned into Satan's again.
What the hell are you saying? Tell me, where is Goran?
I've told you that Goran has never existed here, the Hell.
Then who are you talking to now?
The voice disappears suddenly. Is the dialogue just my hallucination? Anyway, I need to find Goran and go back to Earth with him. There must be an entrance or exit of the Hell. Probably it is hidden somewhere in one of the landscapes.
Gotta go now. When I was just about to get out of the office, I saw a piece of note lying in the corner of the desk close to the metal bars (There is no door in the hell, but metal bars saturated with muddy blood.). There is nothing but a cross bone and a little bug on it. It must be someone who was bored and drew them when calling people from Earth.
I walk along Plains of the Broken Glass where some drops of blood are streaming down and reflects some crimson light. I feel that I touched something soft and fluffy inside my pocket. Oh, that must be the mustache of Hitler from whom I pulled it and forgot to take it out. The plains are saturated with the bloody smell and some parts of bodies or visceral.
I don't know how long I have walked through the Plains of the Broken Glass finally I arrive at the Sea of Bugs. As I mentioned before, the bugs will split anyone who falls down into the sea in numerous pieces. I get closer to the sea and see something pink lying in the middle of the sea and the bugs have almost covered the pink piece of something. Then I see some numbers on it. Number.
AHHH! Goran! Must be Goran!
A voice comes from somewhere far away and speaks at my ears: Now you should understand why I said that you are one the character of my book? Don't forget the note I think you already saw it. Well, nice and safe trip to the Earth.