I was pissed off. A demon kept acting like she wanted to get freaky then would laugh and run away. I was worked up and hot as hell. I had to get out of this place. I knew Satan had a weakness for whiskey and gambling. I also knew I was very good with cards. I knew what I had to do. Satan came by late that night and I said “Hey dark one I hear you love a good drink and Game of Texas hold em.” He replied “Hmm ssssssssssooooo what isssss it you are propossssing. ” I said “one hand if I win I get set free.” Interessssting,” he said “and if I win?” I quickly said, ” Then my sons soul is yours as well.”

 
I then sat down and dealt out the cards. He was so lustfully driven he did not notice that I had not shuffled the top 8th of the deck. I knew what he had in his had two aces. I had a pair of twos. I looked at him and said “since it is just one hand lets lay em down and let em play.” He agreed and layed his down with a sneer. I placed mine down and gave him a worried look and said as I poured him a drink which I had laced with my last roofie I had stolen off a demon “doesn’t look like I am getting out of here, so tell me this how do you get back to Earth from here anyways?” He laughed and pointed at a chain on the wall and said “you climb that.” He then gulped the rest of his drink…. I had him. I dealt the first three cards an ace a two and a king. At this site of this Satan chuckled knowing he had me now and poured himself another glass and gulped it on down. I had to stall so I said, “How is it you came to rule this place?”

 

He then went into a long drawn out story (I will not bore you with the details here), but as I noticed his speech slowing to a crawl, I layed down the next card a 4. As his eyes began to swim, I layed down the last card a 2 I had beaten him and he was falling asleep. I sprinted for the chain and began to climb. I climbed and climbed for what seemed like hours. Then suddenly I heard an Ear piercing scream. I looked down he had waken up!!!!!!!!
I began climbing feverishly all the sudden I felt a pain like I had never felt before, as Satan grabbed my feet. I would not let go though that chain was my way to freedom. Knowing he was a little sluggish still I pulled one foot free and kicked him he fell and I got the rest of the way up the chain. I had beaten the devil at his own game of deception.

 

Now it was time to get back to my life and find my place again in this world.
Mickie_Zapponi is now Mickie-Fratesi