Case Files of Detective Kenneth Cohl

Character File Five: Original Deal with the Devil

It was in Salem in the year 1692, and a young man at the age of twenty-two, watched as the love of his life was burned at the stake. The reason behind this, the simple minded villagers believed her to be a witch, all because she saw life through a different light. She wanted to be more then what they were going to let her be, and because of that she must be a witch, and he, cast aside as a witch-lover, never to belong with the other people in the village again. Which suited him just fine, he didn't want to be a part of their damned society, he wanted nothing but to make them pay for what they did to his love.

Her screams from being burned alive echoed to him every night, so he would go out and steal books, anything that may have something to do with dark magic. He went out to the woods one night, dragging the body of a slain virgin by the hair. He found a nice opening and started a fire tossing the body inside of it. He called out for the dark one to appear, appear and help him seek out revenge.

"In the name of Satan, ruler of Earth, the King of the world, the Chief of the Serfs, I command the forces of darkness to bestow their infernal power upon us. Save us, Lord Satan, from the treacherous and the violent. Oh Satan, Spirit of the Earth, God of Liberty, open wide the gates of Hell and come forth from the abyss by these names: Satan! Ba'al Zəbûb! Leviathan! Asmodeus! Abaddon!"

The wind suddenly picked up and in the fire a face appeared before him. He was startled by it, but not afraid.

"What is it you want mortal?" the face called out.

"I...I want life, and I want the lives of those in the village to pay for burning to death the woman I love."

"That's all you want mortal; that is but a simple task for I." The voice said with a laugh.

Suddenly a knife shot out from the fire.

"Put your arm over the fire and cut any spot of your arm enough to cause blood to fall into the flames, our deal shall be made, and you shall have your revenge."

"Thank you oh dark lord."

The young man did just that, and with no fear of being burned put his arm over the fire and cut himself, causing a large amount of blood to fall into the flames. Once the blood hit it, the fire went out and the knife disappeared. He felt unchanged and wondered if it was just his imagination.

He returned home and went to sleep, when he awoke the next morning, they began another trial for a woman marked as a witch, this happened every few days, a new woman was burned at the stake, he realized this was his work, from the deal he made with the devil. He watched with a smile on his face as the women of the village one by one, burned to death, and the heartbroken look on the faces of the men that loved them appeared. After all the women were burned to death, he left the village in hopes of finding a new reason for his own life. As much as he tried, he was never able to love again. It saddened him that his wish for life did not bring back his beloved.

The years went by and he realized his looks never changed, it was as if he was not aging, Satan did in fact grant him a wish for life, he now had eternal life. When he first realized it, it made him devastated, he tried to kill himself, but he was not able to die. He lost a connection to the outside world just keeping to himself. After a century, he got tired, an itch began and a new life started. He began stealing, killing, anything to quench this thirst in him that began. Another century past, and in that time, he began to master some dark arts; he was rich and filled with power. In fact he had everything anyone could possibly want, except love. He began screwing with anyone that seemed to show promise and a sense of knowledge, that of a detective.

He spent the next century doing nothing but that, and it soon became the year 2000. This man in a black suit; may have never found a woman to love, but he certainly found love in messing with the lives of others.