GENESIS

Sodom and Gomorrah

Genesis chapter 18 and 19

"I have heard the cries of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah..." said the Lord to Abraham " I have beheld their iniquities..." Abraham listened carefully, he was a bit scared considering the fact that the Lord was talking about where his nephew, Lot lived. " and I have decided to destroy the city"

"But my Lord!" Abraham suddenly said " surely there will be some righteous ones there, are You going to kill them along with the others. Are You going to slay the innocent for the sins of the rest?"

The Lord seemed to think deeply. The silence was overbearing.

"If I find 50 that are innocent I will spear the city" Abraham seemed to calm down but he wasn't still satisfied

"My Lord" he said as humbly as he could " what about if they are only 45, will you leave the city for the sake of 45?"

"Yes I will" Abraham saw the chance to save his nephew and he continued to reduce the number until...

"What about for the sake of 10?" he said, a little uncertain and there was silence again, everything seemed to be still as the Lord thought deeply about his request

"Okay my son, I will spare the city for the sake of 10" with how long it took for Him to decide, Abraham knew not to push any further.

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Timon's POV

"More beer please!" roared Rem, the one perceived to be the strongest and ruthless of all in the city, as the nearly naked lady, if not covered by a thin cloth wrapped only around her chest and waist, poured him his beer.

"Careful Rem" I said as I relaxed into my seat, the two women at either side of my arms ran their hands up and down my bare chest " if you keep up with that, you might just end up in the gutters again" I laughed to myself as he finished his drink in one cup"

"Who said I'm going home tonight" he winked at me as he grabbed one of the younger men beside him and led him to a room behind the bar.

"Your brother seems he might have fun tonight" the woman at my right said, holding my face towards her and batting her eyes seductively.

"Don't let him have all the fun" the one at my right said, running her fingers up my thighs.

I looked at the both of them with utmost pleasure as I drew them closer.

Yes, unlike my brother, I was much slimmer than the average man, and I liked women. This was like an everyday ritual in Sodom. I could never ask for a better city than this. Almost everyman had had a taste of every woman. Although there were those that didn't follow us in our little habit. Those weaklings could never show their face in public.

At the other side of the bar, where the men had gotten tired of the unsatisfied women, they found it satisfying to do it among themselves. And it really was an interesting sight watch.

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Lot's POV

I walked out of the house only to find two angels of God standing at the entrance to Sodom. My heart immediately began to beat faster. What could they possibly want. What am I thinking, there could only be one reason.

"Welcome, please come stay the night in my house." I immediately said

"No, we would like to travel the streets tonight" fear gripped my heart again. No they can't do that. I said to myself, knowing what goes on at this time of the night.

"Don't bother you can do that early tomorrow morning. Come stay the night in my house, please it's my pleasure to accompany a soldier of the Lord" I said, trying to hide the agitation in my voice.

They reluctantly accepted and I couldn't help but sigh in relief.

Timon's POV

A man, fully drunk, stumbled into the bar with a ridiculous smile on his face.

"You guys, Lot's got some visitors" he announced and cheers chorused throughout the bar.

My brother entered back in the main bar with his little 'friend' behind him

"New blood?" he asked and the man nodded

"Two men and they sure look delicious" a wide smile spread across Rem's face. Of course he would be happy, he must have gotten tired of the local men already

"Then what are we waiting for!" all the men cheered and walked after Rem towards Lot's house. I sighed and walked out after them

"Sorry ladies, got to talk sense into my brother"

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Suddenly there was a hard bang on the door of Lot's house and he rushed out to see what was happening before the angels could notice.

"Come on brother" Timon said as he stood beside his brother " couldn't you give them at least the night to settle down?" I said mockingly but before he could answer, the door opened up to reveal Lot.

"It's pretty late in the night lads. What do you want?" he said, but he already knew the answer to that

"I heard you have visitors Lot" Rem said, menacingly looking down at him " let us have them" with that, the crowd cheered again.

"Please" Lot said, frightened " have my daughters instead, there are still young and undefiled" Rem laughed and Timon ran his hand over his face at his statement. Lot of all people should know he wouldn't settle for that.

But before anything could be said, Lot was drawn back by the two angels and the door was shut behind them.

"There is no point searching any longer" one of the angels said

"Yes, it was a bit obvious from the start" they both tuned to Lot " get your family out of here fast."

"Wh... what, why?" stammered Lot

"We are burning this city down and we can't do it unless you are far away from here" the first angel bluntly said, as the men outside banged harder on the door.

"No please" he said but the angels threw him out with his family. Knowing they couldn't do anything, his family ran away.

"Make sure you keep on running and never look back" the voice of the Lord chorused in their ears.

"What's going on?" Timon said, when he couldn't hear any noise from inside the house. Everywhere suddenly began getting hot and the others noticed too.

He looked around him then looked up, only to see a huge ball of fire from the heavens, quickly advancing on them.

"Rem watch out!" he shouted as he ran away from the crowd only for the ball of fire to directly hit Rem mere seconds later and Timon was blasted away.

He stood up coughing, only to see where his brother stood together with the other men, a mere sudge of ash.

"No!" he shouted as the people that weren't already burned, screamed and scrambled about. Timon stood up, only to see other balls of fire crash into the ground around him. He was blown away again as every body in the city began to run out of their houses in a desultory manner.

What's going on?, he thought, gasping for air and wincing in pain as balls of fire destroyed the city.

Lot's wife and two daughters ran in front of him as the sound of explosions boomed in their ears from behind. Lot's wife with fear and tears in her eyes, thought about her home and how it was getting burnt down, looked back to see the damage.

"No!" Lot shouted but it was too late. Just as she turned back, her body quickly tuned sand-like and blew apart. Lot reached his wife just as she became a mere pillar of salt. "No" he whispered as tears rushed down his eyes.

Back in the burning city, Timon looked around. Is this supposed to be our punishment? he thought, angry and confused but before he knew what was happening, the next huge ball of fire directly hit him.

I hope you enjoyed it. :) Till next time.