It was a gloomy day when the Sisters Of Light convened for their ritual. They had finally found the spell to kill Satan.
The sisters, also known as the "OCULUS", had journeyed 2500 miles from their convent to Mount Ararat to assemble the spell and kill Lucifer once and for all. A prophecy which was foretold centuries ago.
Satan was furious that anyone would dare try this spell. He appeared at the altar the OCULUS had made. His eyes glowed red with fury. All of a sudden they started glowing bright purple. His bones started to crack,then a purple explosion blew him a half a mile away. as Satan lay there, broken and bleeding, he did the one thing he never wanted to do. He summoned G.U.S.
A shadowy figure starts walking up, as if from nowhere, the sound of his legendary guitar dragging behind him.
The OCULUS kept chanting. hurriedly trying to finish the ritual. They knew what was going to happen.
G.U.S. put his guitar strap on and started playing. Clouds filled the sky as lightning and thunder crashed against each other. A destructive symphony of terror and dread and light. but this wasn't a storm. It was a battle against heaven and hell.
He started to glow as he played his 'heavenly ax, kissed by evil'. The Oculus started to glow as well. A purple so bright and brilliant, kings would bow to the regality.
The light was so powerful, the sisters' hair turned purple. One by one the Sisters of the Oculus, took their ceremonial daggers, and plunged them into their own necks. The ritual…. no more.
The skies returned to normal and the wind stopped. G.U.S. walked toward lucifer, dragging his guitar.
Alright," said lucifer. "What do you want for this?"
G.U.S. put his guitar on his back and pulled out a meathook. He stabbed it into Satan's leg and started dragging him down the path. Satan knew what he wanted. He wanted to rule hell.
Three years earlier, G.U.S., who was known as Clark at that time when he had his humanity, had broken up with his girlfriend. He started a downward spiral into depression and drugs. One day, when he was in need of a fix, he decided to rob a young woman coming out of a convenience store.
Unbeknownst to him, thousands of miles away, Satan was in his cave and throwing a temper tantrum. He knew the time was coming for the Oculus to fulfill their prophecy.
In a fit of rage, he grabbed one of the souls that God had laying around. Not just any soul. A mistake! This was part of God's testing facility and this soul didn't pass inspection. Therefore, I couldn't be born. Satan angrily hurled this soul into the world with the force of a comet!
As Clark was waiting outside the convenience store for someone to rob, a nun came out with a small bag of things she had purchased. His hands were shaking so badly. At the last second he changed his mind and was going to wait for someone else. But, at that moment, the soul that was thrown by Satan hit him and the gun went off, killing the nun.
He tried to understand what happened. Trying to understand this horror.
"What have I done? Oh my God!" He tried to wrap his head around it, but he started to feel…..strange.
He started to sweat as a police car sped into the parking lot with its lights on and sirens wailing. Then,quiet. The world around him seemed to be frozen in place.
"What is happening?" He tried to make sense of it, but how do you do that? Then Satan appeared before him.
"Take heed my son, for you have done my work. Now you may rejoice in the gifts i will bestow upon you." Satan was happy because this nun that got killed was the leader of the Oculus. The one destined to destroy him.
"Are you God?" asked Clark, still trying to make sense of it all.
Satan laughed and said,"Well, I'm not not God!" That's one of his favorite jokes to tell. All of a sudden, Satan looked deep into clarks eyes and spoke pleasantly,"This woman you killed was going to destroy me. Ask anything of me and it's yours."
Even though Clark was trying to understand, he was still feeling strange so his guilt was starting to dissipate. "I want things to work out for me. Let me succeed in everything I do."
Satan smiled and a guitar appeared in Clarks hand. "This magical ax will make every dream you wish come true. So sayeth…me." Satan smirked.
And just like that, Satan disappeared and the world unfroze. The cops were about to draw their guns when Clark vanished. He reappeared hundreds of miles away in a safe and secure location. He kept watching the news, but there was no description of him. He was safe. The excitement started brewing inside of him. not only because of Satan's gift, but because he could feel the soul inside him and it was starting to speak to him. to make him understand who he was now. no longer was he clark, but G.U.S., god's unwanted son.
Little did Satan know, he created a new kind of power. A force unlike anything ever comprehended. You see, the soul that was taking over G.U.S.'s soul was never born, never set in stone. The magic of this guitar was molding it into whatever G.U.S. wanted it to be and by the time Satan realized what he had done, it was too late. There was no way to rectify this abomination. The soul inside G.U.S. had so much power, that when he wished on his guitar, the reverberations were felt in heaven and in hell.
When Satan called upon G.U.S. to stop the Oculus, he knew how terrifying the aftermath would be, but he had to take the risk if he wanted to live.
When they reached hell, Lucifer was placed in a cell in hell's dungeons. The only key was securely around G.U.S.'S neck. Seeing this, all the demons and tortured souls gathered around to see what was happening. Something like this was unprecedented and they were more terrified than they have ever been before. They had no idea what kind of monster could best the king of hell! So nervously, they waited. And waited. too scared to move or speak. the torture of the silence got to one of the demons and he started to speak. Before his first word was released, G.U.S. obliterated him into a puff of smoke. Not one more soul uttered a sound. It seemed like hours, but it could've been days that no sound was made in hell. Then, without warning, G.U.S. got up and walked to his chambers and dared anyone to disturb his sleep. Now they could finally talk to Lucifer.
His top 2 demons went to Lucifer's cell while everyone else was paralyzed by their fear. Samayel was the first to speak,"Sir! What happened? What should I do?" he whimpered. His brother Ramayel said,"Who is this person that can control the devil?" Lucifer explained to them what they were dealing with as Samayel and Ramayel listened in horror. They started to feel a bit easier when Lucifer explained that he could make a weapon to defeat him, but he needed their help. Lucifer could still project his visage on earth even though he was in the cell, but he had limitations. He needed the brothers to take care of other things. This was no small task! Their job, essentially, was to disobey and deceive the new ruler of hell! They only wanted a worthy reward for their effort.
"If we do this," Ramayel said confidently," I want to have more time on earth corrupting souls the way I choose." Samayel wanted the same thing and Satan was in no position to deny them. But Lucifer was still furious with their boldness, so he never planned on giving them what they wanted, so he agreed. Now, to get the ingredients for the weapon.
Lucifer hands Samayel a piece of parchment. As he unfolds it and starts reading, Lucifer gives him the name of a guy that sold his soul.
"This is the first piece of the weapon, you know what I want you to do." Lucifer hissed.
Samayel nodded and turned to leave. "Oh,Samayel," Samayel turned to look at Lucifer."Don't disappoint me. I mean it." He nodded his understanding and disappeared.
Samayel reappeared at the home of Daniel Johnson. A devout man, but when his business was failing, he made a deal with the devil to help turn it around. He must have thought his faith would save his soul because he was very surprised and scared when Samayel approached him.
"What are you doing here?" he yelled. "I still have 10 years left!"
Samayel chuckled,"the bill is due when He says it's due. And, it's due."
Furious, Daniel started to pray. "Oh Lord, forgive my sins and my transgressions. forgive me and deliver me from evil so that I may see the heaven you created and be in your holy light!" He dropped to his knees and begged and pleaded for forgiveness. A light from nowhere shone down on Daniel and he knew his prayers were answered.
"He comes to deliver me!" Daniel started to laugh!
Smirking, Samayel started clapping his hands."You did it! congratulations! the Lord is coming to take you to heaven! But.. i didn't come for your soul! I needed blood from a righteous man that openly challenged evil in the name of the lord!" He stepped toward Daniel and plunged his dagger into his chest. Daniel started to gurgle and choke and his eyes got huge. "I just need the last drop of your defiant blood! God can have your soul!" As his laughing faded along with Daniel's life, Samayel disappeared.
Samayel comes back to Lucifer's dungeon with an ampule of the blood he took from Daniel. Pleased with his success, Lucifer gives him his blessings. "Fantastic work, Samayel! Soon G.U.S. will be nothing more than a memory!" Lucifer reached into his cloak and handed a piece of parchment to Ramayel and he unfolded it and started to read. He stopped and looked up at Lucifer, his eyes wide with confusion. "Umm,this isn't something I do! I'm not built to do this!" Lucifer's eyes turned red and the brothers dropped to their knees in agony. "You are built to do what I say! When I say it! you were built by me!" Gladdened that the pain had stopped, Ramayel quickly went off to complete the task he was given.
Ramayel appeared in front of a ramshackled church. He felt sick for what he had to do. He changed his appearance into a clean cut man in a suit and hat and walked into the church. The church was empty except reverend Arthur at the pulpit practicing his sermon for the Sunday service. When the reverend saw Ramayel, he stopped his oration and smiled welcomingly.
"Service is not until tomorrow, son." he smiled at Ramayel, though this all made him sick to his stomach. He forced himself to smile,"I'm sorry to bother you sir, but I won't be in town tomorrow. I was hoping I could get a chance to talk to you about your troubles." Ramayel was a very convincing liar.
The reverend smiled again and grabbed the crutches that were next to the pulpit and made his way over to Ramayel.
"I'm sorry about my slow speed," the pastor chuckled." I got hit by a car a few weeks ago. A little girl was in the road and I had to save her."
Ramayel grew even sicker thinking of the sentiment of self sacrifice, but he smiled.``No worries reverend. "As the pastor approached him he held out his hand and Ramayel shook it. "I heard about your money troubles and I was hoping I could help." The words tasted like vinegar coming out of Ramayel’s mouth. ugh! Ramayel thought,niceties.
The pastor was surprised and happy about his new friend's compassion and proceeded to tell him about his financial woes and everything that was happening with the church.
"This should help everybody." He reached into his suit coat and pulled out a beautiful, huge, sparkly ruby. The pastor's eyes grew big with excitement and turned into tears of joy.
"Son, are you sure about this?" he could hardly say the words.
Still sickened by the sentiments Ramayel told the reverend to auction off the jewel and he would make more than enough. He turned around and walked out of the church. The reverend was still trying to comprehend this blessing. He did exactly what Ramayel said and auctioned the ruby. Not only did he save his church, but there was enough left for so many more acts of charity. Never did he find out that Lucifer's demon saved his church. That's because Ramayels task was not completed. He appeared in the house of the person that bought the ruby at auction and picked it up and placed it back in his pocket. When he showed up in hell, Lucifer and Samayel burst out with uncontrollable laughter at Ramayels appearance. furious, Ramayel handed the ruby to Lucifer.
"Yes,yes. It's all very amusing!"he said sarcastically.
Lucifer wiped the tears of his laughter from his eyes and looked at the gem."Ahh! A good deed, crystallized eternally! Only one more piece of the weapon to collect and G.U.S. is history!"
Their final task was to visit one of Lucifer's crypts and bring back a box. When they handed it to him and watched him open it.
"Is it a rotten apple?" Samayel asked in repulsion.
"Quince actually. From the tree of Eden." Lucifer smiled as he got to work fashioning his weapon. As he placed the final piece, hell shook and lights burned bright as this magical weapon was forging itself. Afterwards Lucifer was holding a beautiful lance made of gold. He held it high and power emanated and Lucifer laughed.``Now we take the fight to G.U.S. Gather all the demons who have not sided with G.U.S. It ends today, one way or another!"
THE WAR
The war begins. Satan looked across the battlefield at G.U.S. and thousands of demons. He looked behind him and saw his thousands of demons. He wasn't worried, not with his new weapon. Raising his spear high to the sky, the lance started glowing white, then red, then purple.
"Today, we reclaim hell! This moment, we liberate evil! When G.U.S.' head lies at my feet, we will once again rule the world!"
G.U.S. smiled and connected the strap to his guitar and slung it over his shoulder. He reached in his pocket and pulled out his pick. There was no battlecry, no words for him to say. They knew the horrors that would be visited upon them if their mission failed. Winning was their only option. As G.U.S. started playing his guitar, his demons charged into the fray. The lightning bolts from the magical weapons filled the sky as both sides battled fiercely for honor of their king…
Tiny holes of light shone through Satan's eyes, getting brighter as the aftermath of the battle became more focused. Everyone was dead. Thousands upon thousands of demon bodies were strewn across the ground. Blood pooling beside them all, some had smoke coming up from them and some were still burning. Satan clumsily got to his feet, trying to grasp what happened.
"I won!" His voice was hoarse from being so dry and he noticed blood pouring from cuts in his body. "I won! G.U.S. is no more!" As he danced a congratulatory dance, waving his hands in the air, he heard a distinct dragging sound.
"No! No! This can't be! We won, you're dead!" Satan couldn't grasp what was happening. His eyes widened with terror as G.U.S. looked him in his eyes and smiled.
"Silly,silly Satan. It doesn't matter how powerful your weapons or your armies are. You see, my soul was never born. I never lived. Therefore, I can't be killed. One that never had life, can't die."
As G.U.S. started dragging Satan back to his cell, he waved his fingers in the air and all the demons stood up and started following him. Satan never believed he was beaten completely. Only stalled for a short time. He was infinite, he would find a way. And this,this made him smile again.
THE END
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