Hell's Company

Chapter 2 (Edited)

"This is absolutely insane... I wasn't expecting anything like this." I gasped as we descended the staircase and circled around the city as Lucielle led us to our sector. The urban expanse was becoming more and more massive the closer we got to it.

The few people in my group, various ages, shapes, and colors, muttered agreements. The youngest were a couple teenagers, which made me wonder if younger children got sent here and what they did to cause it. Perhaps it was only the really messed up ones, those rare sociopath kids that kill younger siblings and have no moral compass whatsoever.

I seemed to be the only one to have a voice in this group, so I trailed closely behind Lady Lucielle and asked questions. "So what's happening now?"

"All of the sector leaders are taking their new batch of souls to their sector, and showing them the ropes. Each of you will receive an apartment, the only designated safe areas in Hell, and your afterlife begins and you can live it as you see fit."

Someone else in my group was surprised. "We get our own apartments?"

"Yes, and they're very extravagant. Only for the best, right? Living in luxury was practically a sin on the mortal side." She paused. "I should correct myself as a warning to all of you. The apartments you start off with are nice, but if you do anything to me that has the slightest possibility of annoying or disturbing me, you will get thrown to the Outer District, and that's why there are openings."

"How do we know what that could be?"

"You're close to finding out."

"What do you mean by safe areas?" I accidentally cut her off, suddenly worrying what it meant.

"Safe areas, yes. In your home, you are safe from violence and ill will, but anywhere else, you're fair game. If anything should happen, like being raped or having your property stolen while you're in your home, you report it to your sector leaders, and in your case, that would be me, and we take care of the perpetrator."

"But what do you mean?"

"They're aren't any rules, Persephone. It's Hell. You can fight all you want, you can fuck all you want, you can drink all you want, you can eat all you want, you can party all you want." She paused and smiled devilishly, trying to scare me. "That reminds me, once you're assigned apartments, you'll find anything you could possibly want in there, and start getting ready. We have welcoming parties once a week and your batch has just made it in time for the one tonight."

"Are we only allowed to explore our sector?"

"No, of course not. Go wherever you want. The sector you're assigned to, if I can use a baseball reference, is basically considered home base. It's the only place you'll find that people are similar to you. But there are excellent casinos in Sector Greed, and lovely strip clubs in Sector Lust, delicious restaurants in Sector Gluttony, a massive fighting arena in Sector Violence where all kinds of tournaments are held. Bars are located all over, but I suggest you avoid the ones in Sector Violence. They're sketchy and rough, even for Hell's low standards. Although, maybe Persephone might like it there." Lucielle grinned at me again, her way of intimidation. I had noticed and tried not to let it affect me.

Maybe I can meet up with Fia sooner than we planned, though I don't know how I'd find her.

Another from my group found the nerve to ask a question. "So I noticed from up above that some of the sectors look like they are split in certain ways, any significance?"

"Yes. Pride, Gluttony, and Greed are split into different areas; border, business, housing, and outer districts. Lust and Violence combine their housing and business into one area, but Violence is mostly built around its arena. The outer districts tend to be more unsavory than the other parts."