Within The Ash

Chapter 27

"You can spare us the religious bullshit" I said bluntly as the smoke escaped my mouth and filled the air around me.

"I'm trying to save your soul" he said with more pity.

"I understand this, however, if God existed he wouldn't allow an innocent man to be killed"

"Who's innocent here? I don't see innocent men" he said with a blank expression as he read John 3:16 from the thin pages he rested his eyes on.

"I'm not innocent, however Zero is an innocent man" Said Lucifer as the pastor continued to read the same verse, only periodically glancing at us from the top of the bible he held.

"That's the problem, you don't know me or what has happened but you're so quick to declare me guilty" I said as I pointed my finger at him. "I don't need God and I sure as fuck don't need your pity" I finished as I continued to stare at him from behind my hair.

Finally, Lucifer got sick of listening to the words of the pastor and began chanting something in Latin. His growled his words as if he was saying something completely evil and demonic.

"Carissimi pastorem sequens: Spero te quotiens de lecto surgere in matutino, et pollicem super lectum omni tempore experiri XVI pedicabo tu et uxor tua, tu autem cum un potest pro crepitu." The pastor looked down at Lucifer with fear and ran away from our cell screaming.

Lucifer looked down at me and chuckled. "The man calls himself a man of God, but doesn't even understand the language he calls the devils language" Laughed Lucifer.

"Why, what did you say to him?" I asked.

"I basically just told him that I wish hes never able to get it up while fucking his wife, he thought i was putting some kind of curse on him"

"ah" I said with exhaustion as i yawned and put out my last cigarette.

"Do you have any more cigarettes" I asked Lucifer sense smoking was the only thing we had to do.

He reached in his shirt pocket and a smile grew on his face from ear to ear as he pulled out a joint from his pocket.

"Dude, i forgot that i even had this, did you wanna save it for when we get out of here or did you wanna say fuck it and smoke it now" He said as it rested between his fingers so elegantly.

"I say we smoke it now, because lets face it. We aren't getting out of here with our heads still attached. If we are going to die, I say we choose to die happy"

Lucifer let the joint hang from his mouth as he scanned his pockets with his hands for a lighter. I already had my lighter on hand just in case he asked for it. I handed the lighter to Lucifer and he lit the joint before throwing his head back against the brick wall.

Closing his eyes he exhaled the smoke and laughed out loud.

"Trust me man, we aren't going to die, we are way too young to die. The universe wont let it happen if it ain't meant to be" He said before handing me the joint.

30 minutes went by and the joint was only a little nub now and our eyes were blurry and squinted as we spoke through deep coughs.

Lucifer's smile grew upon his face as he only chuckled.

"Hey dude, I wanna remind you. don't forget to enjoy the little things in life"

I glanced over at him and raised my brow. "Yea, like what" I said already knowing he was wanting to crack a joke.

"You know, like bathing......in the blood of your enemies" he said through a laugh and a cough at the same time.

I tried to think of the funniest joke i could think of at the moment.