Hey guys, this chapter was really long, so I cut it into two parts, I guess this is the first special chapter or something, I don't know, enjoy.
In the city of Berlin, people were celebrating harvest. Many Germans came to the town square to sell their products, happily conversing with others. The entire city was filled with joy, and no problems were thought about on this day. But under the city, it was another story.
Cultists walked through an abandoned bunker under Berlin, eagerly awaiting to meet their once again revived master. One cultist got too excited, and was told to leave so he wouldn't offend the emperor. Eventually, the time came for them to enter the room, trying to hide their excitement for the master. In a single file, they entered the room, which was furnished greatly with bookcases and tables. At one table, a man sat as he stroked his mustache.
He wore a military uniform and had on his head a cap, much like many commanders wear in the military. He stood, revealing his uncanny face, almost perfect as he was no longer fully human. That man was Adolf Hitler, reborn as a cyborg.
The cultists clapped and cheered as he walked toward them, unable to keep their excitement from their faces. The bus driver who almost hit Cory entered the room, followed by a few other men in hoods.
"How did it go, bus driver?" Hitler said, not amused.
"W-well sir, we dropped him off in Iowa but he was able to survive the depression and didn't kill himself…" the bus driver stuttered, unable to make eye contact.
"You are a fool. You," he pointed to one of the men with the hoods, "remove your hood."
The man removed his hood, revealing himself to be Kanye East, the poet and less known of the Kanye brothers. He enjoyed writing poetry about nature and taking walks in parks. He was also a philosopher who studied France for a living. He was the epitome of human suffering.
"Are you ready to take Cory to hell?" Hitler asked him slowly, Kanye nodded, "Excellent, go on then."
The man ran away, leaving Hitler behind with the bus driver and three men in hoods. One of the men stepped forward.
"Ay Hitler, my gang and I were gunna try to take Cory again, dey are ready dis time." He said, similarly to how a mob boss would speak.
"Good, only do it if Cory doesn't survive hell, though. Knowing Kanye, you won't have to worry about that, though." Hitler sighed, "Our destinies will soon reveal themselves, we will defeat the president and bring back order. Dismissed."
The remaining people walked away, leaving Hitler alone.
Cory was relaxing in his room, trying to count the holes in the wall and pass the time quickly. He was grounded by order of the president, and couldn't leave his room. Cory had tried to get two pieces of bread instead of one at breakfast, a direct violation of the White House terms of service. While his room was searched by the CIA, they found more rations of bread in his room, resulting in his in house suspension.
Cory felt very guilty, as if he had betrayed the entire country. He had sinned, and his sin was treachery. Cory decided he wasn't fit for modern life anymore, so he began cutting a hole in the wall with his katana, breaking another law of the land. He then ran away to the woods near DC, running toward a nearby mountain.
Feeling eyes watch him, Cory cautiously walked on, only to be attacked by a mountain lion. Cory fought off the mountain with his bare hands, punching it and kicking it until it was dead. An ominous presence watched from the bushes, unmoving and awaiting the right moment. The right moment came finally, and he made his entrance by jumping from a tree, right in front of Cory.
"Sire, dost thou have no place to go?" Kanye East said, pacing around.
"Sorry, I don't speak German," Cory began walking away.
"No-no sire, it is English, I wish to show you a splendid new place!"
"Ah, splendid? Show me."
Kanye led Cory to a sign next to a cave, Cory couldn't read it because it was old English.
"Basically it says everyone in here should give up hope."
Cory excitedly walked into the cave, having already given up all hope. The dark wet cave became smaller and smaller until it ended at a small hole only a skinny person could fit through. Cory could not fit through it. Eventually they found if they blew up the wall Cory could fit through. It worked, they were in.
They looked around at the dark cave full of people. All the people were being chased by swarms of hornets, as maggots ate at their feet. Luckily, Cory was wearing shoes. They made their way across the field of people, avoiding the swarms.
"So, what is this place?" Cory asked, curious.
"This is inferno or in your simple minded language, h- e- double hockey stick, or in your somewhat more smart but still stupid language, hell."
Cory looked around in amazement at the people being chased by swarms, seeing the fear in their eyes made him excited, "So all people in hell get chased by swarms?"
"Oh no, these are only the neutral people, the people who didn't do anything wrong but didn't do anything good." Kanye smiled evilly as he took Cory toward the entrance to the next room, where a boat awaited them to cross into hell.
They made their way across the river, noticing how calm the water was. Cory reached down to take a drink, but was stopped by Kanye, who told him the river was made of mercury. As they reached the bank of the river, Kanye jumped from the boat and landed on the shore, looking upon the first part of hell. Cory got out and looked upon the people of this part, seeing the people wandering around, forever looking upon the plain landscape.
"So what did these people do?" Cory asked, looking at the dead faces they made.
"Them? Probably nothing. They just didn't believe."
Cory, not understanding, accepted that he was stupid and didn't say anything. They continued on. As they walked through the barren landscape, Cory recognized figures such as Ghandi and a few people dressed as popes. There was nothing these people could do to escape, and they were forever burdened by their choices.
As they approached the next level, Kanye turned to Cory, "This next layer is where the punishments begin, be ready."
Cory nodded and followed Kanye into the next layer, only to be stopped by Minos, the judge of hell.
"You mates ain't going in unless yer ready to be judged," the serpentine creature said, sounding very Australian.
"Ah, it seems as if Minos is going to stop us, isn't that pleasant…" Kanye began pointing at Cory's sword, telling him to use it with his lips.
Cory didn't get the message, and stared up at minos in awe. Reluctantly, Kanye pulled the sword out of its holder and handed it to Cory, telling him to fight the monster. Cory slowly walked up to it and stabbed it gently with the sword, slaying the beast. Minos's boomerang collection fell out of his pocket, and they each grabbed a few boomerangs, stealing his emu in the process and entering the second layer of hell.
As soon as they entered, they covered their eyes with their hands, shielding their faces from the harsh winds. Kanye took his coat and covered himself with it, while Cory hid behind the emu.
"What is this one?" Cory yelled over the storm.
"Lust! They are forever whipped around by the storm, hurry up let's go!"
They ran across the circle, reaching the end with their emu, who was very whip-lashed from the storm. They slowly walked through the cave toward the next layer, noticing that a slush was starting to form on the ground as they moved on. Soon enough, they entered the murky, slush filled part of hell. The people instantly ran toward the emu, eating it and leaving only a few bones behind. These people were hungry. Among the people, Cory could make out many actors that went on to be fat, lazy bums.
"Before you ask, this is the layer of the people who were greedy, and ate too much."
A loud howl was heard from the other side of the circle, seemingly near a large silhouette Cory could barely make out. As they came nearer, Cory could see it was a large, three-headed creature with claws and sharp talons. It turned as they approached, screeching with it's mouth as it clawed at the gluttonous people, causing them to howl.
"Ah, Cerberus, hello again, you seem to be doing well," Kanye smirked at the creature politely, it shrieked back at him.
Cory began to inch away from Cerberus, but the creature moved with him, reading his every move. Cory then looked down on his stomach, and saw he was only hungry. He ran over to one of the people and grabbed them with his strong glove, throwing the person into the creature's mouth. He repeated this process for the other mouths, feeding the creature and gaining them access to the next layer.
"That was good, Cory, but remember that there are other types of greed."
They entered the fourth layer and were instantly greeted by Pluto, a mystical person and the guardian of the greedy.
"Hey guys, welcome to the fourth layer, or as I like to call it the fun zone! Want some gold?" He held out a tiny chest of gold, holding it in front of Cory. Cory grabbed a handful of gold and put it in his pocket, weighing him down and making him slower.
"Ah, you'll fit right in here, C- dawg. Now, let's get onto that tour, shall we?"
The deity led them up stairs and into the actual layer, where many people were jousting with long, heavy weapons. Cory realized that they pushed with their chests, as if they had a heavy weight on their chests due to their greediness in real life.
"Here's the entertainment, dudes. As you can see, it's free and if you're not satisfied you can have more gold. Who knows? Maybe you'll be here forever one day," the deity shrugged, smirking at them.
They moved across the field, avoiding the jousting matches and kicking away people who had been stabbed. Cory tripped and fell into a small pond, unable to swim with the weight of the gold in his pocket.
"Drop the gold, idiot," Kanye screamed at him.
"But it's money, I love money."
"Shut up, Kanye. He can do whatever he wants," Pluto said, waving his hand around.
Cory had to make a decision, money, or his life. It was tough. Was he greedy or not? Cory dropped the coins and instantly could swim again, finding his way back to the shore and walking on with Kanye to the next layer.
"Make sure you stop by again soon, yes?" They ignored Pluto.
They boarded another boat, this time to get through a disgusting greenish reddish swamp, the fifth circle of hell. The people of this layer constantly fight each other for dominance on the surface of the muddy water, pushing others down into the depths of the water. As Cory looked down into the water, he could see people down below the water, not moving.
"Are those people dead?"
"All these people are dead, young Cory. Those are the people who were passively aggressive during their lives, this is the fifth circle: the swamp of wrath, for those who were aggressive during their lives."
Cory nodded, still not understanding, as he looked upon two mud covered people fighting. One pushed the other below the water and stood upon them, only to be pushed away by another who kicked them both. This fighting was pointless, no one ever won.
Eventually they found their way to the shore, where they hit a large, strangely shaped wall, the entrance to lower hell. They walk up to the gate and, noticing the gate needs an angel's touch to open, blew it up. They were now in the sixth part of hell.
Cory instantly noticed the temperature increase, fire was all around them. Within the field were many flaming coffins, each with a person screaming inside.
"These are the heretics, those who go against the word, openly defy everything," Kanye said profoundly.
"Ah, so these people did things against their country?"
"No, that's later, these people went against everyone and mocked them."
Cory looked upon the flaming tombs as he walked through the scorching field, reading a few names such as Bill Clinton and Napoleon the third (not the king, the loser one who didn't do anything). They eventually reached the other side, only to be hit with a terrible odor.
They slowly climbed down the cliffs surrounding the seventh circle, avoiding the minotaur that guards the layer, and entered it. Within this room were many people desperately trying to get out of a lake of boiling blood.
"These people were violent against others, people they may or may not have known, terrible people."
The two continued on to the next room of this circle, which was divided into three rooms. The next room was much larger, filled with many trees and bird ladies, harpies. Strangely, the trees seemed to have faces.
"These are the people who committed suicide, those who were violent against themself. They are turned into trees, and cannot speak unless hurt. The harpies hurt them many times, but they can only speak in whispers."
Cory turned to a tree with a woman who was trying to sob. He took out his sword and cut her bark, making her suddenly burst out crying, and she spoke.
"Please, help us. Kill us all. It's the least you can do… please…" she begged.
Cory nodded and walked back to the first room, getting some fire on a piece of cloth, and threw it at the trees. Cory and Kanye ran as the forest of suicides burned, the people screaming with joy as they were brutally burned. Cory and Kanye then walked to the final room of the seventh circle.
Cory stood in awe as they entered the room, seeing a large area filled with scorching sand as fireballs slowly fell from the sky. It was mystifying, even though it was horrifying. The people in this area were doing three different things, some were stretched across the burning sand, with faces of agony as their backs were scorched. Some others were running in circles infinitely, never ceasing. Finally, the last group sat weeping, for their sins were too great.
"The ones lying down are those violent against HIM, the ones running were violent against nature, and the ones that are weeping are violent against art." Kanye scratched his chin thoughtfully.
Cory looked down upon one of the people lying down, but got over his ability to care for them soon enough and was ready for the next circle. Soon enough, they heard the roar of the waterfall that led to the eighth part of hell. As they approached, Minos, the judge of hell, appeared again before them, holding a boomerang shaped sword.
"Yer not gettin in dere, mates," he said, holding his sword high above him, his snake-like arms coiling around the handle.
Cory stepped forward with his katana, ready. The two sprang at each other, each releasing a barrage of attacks that were blocked by the other. Cory jumped off a rock and flew above Minos, aiming his sword downward, only to be blocked by Minos, who recoiled and knocked Cory back a few feet.
The two locked eyes as Minos slithered forward, using his tentacle appendages to try to hit Cory. Cory jumped over the tentacles and did a downward thrust, cutting them off. The creature screamed and began throwing boomerangs at Cory, all of which were blocked by the young boy.
Cory did a slide attack and sliced at Minos's hips, tearing a gash in his side. Minos screamed again, throwing another barrage of boomerangs, taking Cory by surprise. Cory was hit by a boomerang and quickly recovered, rubbing where the blade had cut his shoulder. Angry, Cory charged at the creature full force and released hundreds of swipes, surprising the monster, who was chopped to pieces.
Kanye clapped as Cory sheathed his katana, following Kanye into the eighth layer of hell.