Why Change? (Straight furry story)

37. Dining With The Devil

As I followed, the scenery changed, from a white room, to a crisp morning in Japan, and the cherry blossoms were blooming. He continued with "I have to listen to others, you know? being the devil doesn't nessesarially mean that I get free reign over things, but I was told that you can do great things" he said, again with his grin, "so, I ask you to join me" he said and pulls out a chair of a meeting table and sits down. "ok," he said "I need you to nod or shake your head when I ask these questions". I nod my head to signify the beginning.

"Are you religious?" I had to think about that one, I had gone to church once or twice, I nodded my head "ok, are you willing to accept death if he presents you opportunity?" he asks. I shake my head, as that wasn't to appealing. He looks at me as if I had something wrong on my face, "ok, that was all I needed, but for now, let us eat" I see that the table has changed and it was covered in apple themed food and drink, apple pie, apple sauce, apples, I saw an orange in the middle of the table, as I don't pariculary like apples. I stared intently at the orange and the Devil saw that "here, let me make things easier, the table shrunk rapidly and he was following the end, when he stopped, we were face-to-face with eachother and he said "pick now" in a gravelly angry voice.

I reached for the orange and peeled it, the tiger sat back in his chair and softened up, "I will send someone, and they will be so happy to see you, that you may... die" he paused for a while and said "well, that's about all, Wake up" the last thing I saw was his expression as the cherry blossoms faded away. It was dark, cold and I could hear a low pitched buzzing come from above me, I kind of freaked out that it was another cube, but I was just looking at the back of my eyelids, and the airconditioner wasn't exactly silent. I got out of bed, detaching a cable that clung to my index finger. A monitor next to my bed flatlined and I made my way to find Vex.

I asked the front desk whether they knew, but, alas, she didn't know, then she said "I think I saw you last night, you were brought her by ambulance, right?" I nodded and said "yeah, that was me" I was excited to know what she was hiding, "and if I remember correctly, you were shot in the back", some of the waiting patients looked at me.  "Yeah, that was me!" she then came up close and said to me  "get back into bed, they still haven't properly removed the bullet. I feel around my back and am met with a round hard object, I reach in through the back of my shirt and pull it out, I slam it on the table, That was when almost everyone looked at me, "I want to see my wife, please" I say, I was angry that she wouldn't tell me, then I remember what 'the devil' said, "I was told about you" I was wondering whether my subconscious knew that I would anger easy today and reimbodied that as the devil, that would mean two things; I have some things tucked away in the back of my mind, and I would have short term foresight that doesn't just tell me, it presents me with a situation, But I doubt it. I decide to go back to my hospital bed as the receptionist won't budge.