Chapter 15

Felecia and the Giant Dog

Marine exited the portal to find himself in a dark and hot place. Every structure around him was made entirely of rock. The environment glowed orange from flames that were spread everywhere. Orange light came from many crevices on the floor. In the distance, he could hear the sound of hundreds of tormented screams. He felt his body shiver as he finally realized where he was.

He was in Hell.

He saw nearby the floating cube named Felecia. She had spinning blades coming out of her body that allowed her to fly in the air. She looked at Marine, slightly surprised. She opened her small mouth to talk.

"Oh, hello," she said. "I didn't think anyone else would be here. I came here to hide from my husband because he's dumber than a rock." Suddenly, her form started to change and she grew bigger. "Oh, I'm transforming!"

Felicia's size increased exponentially, transforming into a large four-legged creature. "Oh, now I'm a giant dog!" the creature said in a low growling voice. "I want to play. Play!"

Then Marine teleported in front of the dog, even though he was already in the area. So it made no sense why he would need to teleport there, but who cares about details?

The dog gasped at the sight of Marine, and shouted with excitement, "Play! Play."

Then the dog started to feel pain coursing through its body. It thrashed around, shouting, "Oh, I forgot I'm twenty years old and it's time for me to die!" Then the large animal laid down on its side, and its final breath was drawn as its body remained still.

Marine felt bad for the poor creature. "Aw, that's too bad." He approached its corpse and gently caressed its head. "I actually wanted to play with him."

Then he turned around and was surprised to see Felecia floating right there behind him. "Oh," he said, looking back at the dog, confused. "Well, now you're not a dog?"

The cube-shaped woman tilted, which Marine assumed was a shrug. "Yeah, I know," she said. "It doesn't make sense. I don't really get it either. But I've been thinking it over, and I guess I'll go back to the real world and apologize to my husband for disappearing for so long."

Marine nodded with an approving smile. It would be nice to see this marriage go on happily.

"Even though he probably forgot that I was gone," she continued. "He probably forgot he was even married. He's so stupid. Haha! Oh well."

Marine's smile had faded into a look of disapproval. Perhaps "happily" wasn't the correct word to describe it.