Revenge, Pain and Regret

Chapter 10: Punishment and a Dark Revelation

Grim screamed as the whip hit his bare bony back again. A demon laughed and continued whipping Grim. Daine sat at the minor side entrance of hell and smiled. He hated most Gods and pure special beings. They usually treated him like dirt because he was a hell guard. Unless you were high classed and powerful, being anything from hell had you treated like dirt. Daine wasn't weak, but his status left much more to be desired. Guards of Heaven at least were commended sometimes; but Gods didn't commend guards of hell. Oh no, most even hated those in his job more than Satan since they protected Hell from invasions that could possibly throw the devil out of power andor cause a whole LOT of disruption of hell's political and social order.

"Take a break Himus," Daine said and the demon cackled continuously and disappeared; but left Daine's 'Pain Whip' behind.

"The great Grim Reaper," Daine said with a chuckle as he got up and walked to Grim, "how do you like my whip?" he asked and laughed as the immobile Grim looked up at him.

Grim saw the Hell Guard who was making fun of him. He was about 6ft 7, he had a black leather jacket, a white shirt, blue denim jeans, black cowboy boots with spurs and leather gloves attached to the waist of his jacket. He had fire orange hair with slight tints of yellow and dark red, dark red eyes and an oval face. But what annoyed Grim was the smug look on the Hell Guard's face.

"Well I'm Daine," Daine introduced himself, "and you already know my job and I course know yours Grim Reaper," he said with a smug smile, "but you of course," he continued, "will soon be permanently retired," he told Grim.

"Those girls are Dementia's aren't they?" Grim asked.

"Why does no one call her by her birth name?" Daine asked suddenly, "she was born Mia not Dementia," he reminded Grim.

"She's the one who asked to be called Dementia!" Grim cried in defence.

"When she was on the job after become Spirit of the Demented," Daine threw back, "but most of your kind found it amusing and called her that all the time," he continued, "she used to come to me crying about being made fun of," he told Grim, "most weren't happy when she chose to become Spirit of the Demented instead of Spirit of Hypnosis and Illusion," he revealed to Grim, "you know that Finesse of course got that position instead and most Gods and pure beings hated her for her extravagant and rebellious ways," he said, "she was going to get booted out of training school because that position was the only one that she was willing to train for," he pointed out, "but Mia saved her when she revealed what she really wanted to become at graduation," he said simply, "Spirit of the Demented one of the most hated and despised positions that wasn't even taken for five hundred years before she took it," he recalled, "she was freelance so they couldn't stop her, but they hated her for taking her talents to such a despised job," he said then shook his head, "worse yet was the continuous contact with mortals that the job practically required; she got scorned for that as well," he added and sighed deeply.

"Do you honestly think that I planned to make Mia kill herself on purpose?" Grim asked frankly.

"No," Daine admitted, "but I know that you would've dated her if she were the Mia back in high school who was a bubbly cheerleader and Eris's best friend," he told her, "did you know that secretly she was always a dark person?" he asked Grim who shook his head, "only Eris and I knew," he continued, "I noticed by the books I used to see her sneaking into the house to read and she ended up telling me long before telling Eris," he said, "Eris was surprised but intrigued by what she knew about the dark forces and dark writings, poetry, beings and so forth," he recalled, "they remained close friends until Mia told her that they had to stop being friends," he said sadly.

"Why?" Grim asked in surprise, "I was rather surprised at how upset Eris was with me over her death because they seemed to have gone their separate ways and Eris even joined those who teased Dementia sometimes," he said reverting back to the name he best remembered for Mia, "but what you just said makes it all fit together," he pointed out, "why did she end her friendship with Eris?" he asked curiously.

"Because things were starting to get bad for Eris," Daine told him, "people didn't like the idea that a High Class Goddess like Eris was hanging around a hated Spirit Goddess like Mia," he recalled, "even her father disapproved and all of it was making Eris slowly but surely becoming a social outcast like Mia," he said, "Mia told her that she couldn't handle being an outcast since she was always a social butterfly and wouldn't want to sacrifice being the blonde beauty," he stated, "Eris was offended but when Mia asked what she would do if society shunned her and the only good looking guy that she could get was a human; Eris freaked," he said, "Eris quickly realized that she couldn't handle what Mia was willing to sacrifice and soon agreed; after hours of coaxing from Mia, to end the friendship," he said and his lip was a thin line, "she didn't deserve what happened to her right to how she ended her life," he said with a sigh, "but neither did those children," he added and his voice sounded angry.

"But I…!" Grim started to defend himself.

"I didn't say…" Daine started to explain.

"Say what?" a voice demanded from the side entrance and Daine turned to see Nutria in her true form.

Nutria stood glaring at him with her light grey eyes. Her waist length light green hair blew as a warm but now hot breeze blew into the inner walls of hell. She stood 5ft 7 and she wore a simple white toga dress and was barefooted.

"The ground isn't very…" Daine started to tell her but she simply stepped in and the sizzling of her bare feet were heard.

"I walk on active volcanoes," Nutria declared, "and noth…" she continued but stopped, "oh shit!" she cried and suddenly a pair of ballet looking light pink shoes appeared on her feet, "hell, this place really is hot," she said and her face looked slightly pained.

"Tried to remind yah," Daine said frankly, "so," he said, "where are your sisters?" he asked.

"Asleep or something," Nutria said dismissively, "so Grim," she said as she walked up to him, "how's life?" she asked then laughed at her question.

"Are you going to kill me?" Grim asked her coldly.

Nutria laughed loudly and so long her sanity could seriously be questioned.

"You," Nutria said between laughter, "my sisters will kill you," she told him, "I want something more enjoyable," she said with a smile, "do you love your job Grim?" she asked suddenly, "do you love taking dead souls, making humans suffer?"

"More than anything!" Grim cried excitedly.

"Just the answer I was looking for," Penny whispered, "that's what I need when I ask the Ultimate God in three days to erase human beings from existence," she told Grim, "forever," she added with a grin.

"You can't do that!" Grim cried, "your mother wouldn't want you doing such things!" he shouted and looked for Daine.

But Daine wasn't there.

"He's gone to feed the Hell Dogs in the inner underground gates," Nutria told him, "and he wont be returning because I've got Lucat to guard and torture you until you die," she told him with a grin, "and he hates humans more than me," she said with a laugh, "and by the way Grim," she said to him and kissed him on the cheek, "I hate my dumb fucked up mother," she whispered in his ear, "she was so dupped by a date rejection that she decided to kill herself and her own children," she said, "no break up or rejection can explain why a mother would kill herself and try to also kill her children," she revealed, "I believe Hatria's suffering because of her," she said frankly, "but Deirdre of course feels that it's all your fault," she said with a shrug, "so she's definitely going to kill you," she said simply, "Hatria will torture you," she told him honestly, "but Deirdre will yah," she stated frankly, "bye," she whispered kindly with a happy smile and giggle was she waved to him with her fingers as heavy footsteps came in their direction, "that should be Lucat the demon bat-dog," she explained, "good luck to you," she added and disappeared.

I need to find a way out of here. Wait. Where's my scythe? I see that my Robe is in the corner over there but my scythe is nowhere to be found. Wait? Did Nergal leave my scythe behind? But wh…? (Grim's thoughts)

Grim suddenly grinned. He knew why Nergal left his scythe behind; and he was very thankful for it.

(Meanwhile at Billy's House)

"Try again," Mandy instructed as she and Billy sat on opposite sides of the bed, "I bet I could do it properly if I weren't blind," she snapped.

"Keep your dress on!" Sperg cried as he slashed the scythe again and Irwin stepped into the opened portal. But he ran out seconds later.

"Grim's not there?" Mandy asked after hearing Irwin shrieking as he ran out of the portal (remember she's sill blind readers).

"Yes he's there," Irwin said between panting, "but so is a giant demon bat-dog!" he cried.

"What's that?" Billy asked.

Just then a demon jumped out of the portal. It had two giant heads. One was a dog with razor teeth, fierce face and leathery black skin. The other was a giant bat head with small sharp teeth, crazed looking face with eyes rolling everyway and sickeningly pinkish flesh. Both were growling and shrieking upon a giant black dog's body with huge bat wings and six long black tails and one pink one.

"So," Lu (Dog head- cat is the bat head's name) said while grinning as Cat hissed at the children, "I have a few worthless human children to eat," he said as everyone except Mandy cowered away from the dog.

"Not today," Junior said suddenly and threw a greenish blue powder into the demon bat-dog's face, "sweet dreams," he added as the monster fell down unconscious.

"Let's go," Junior said seriously and stepped through the portal.

The others followed him quickly as Irwin and Billy helped direct Mandy through it despite her protests about independence.

Done.

Death's Soulmate: Well I updated. Tell me what you think of Nutria's revelation of her true feelings towards her mother and her real intentions (extinguishing the human race) in your reviews. Thank you.