DerpySmiley

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"The Department of Demonic Forces for the Good of the World."

My job. Every evil you can think of exists here. And yet we are united under one cause. "World Protection". Right there in the gold plaque. Everyone here has contacted the Devil and got some sort of power. I am no exception. 5 years ago, when I was 17, I would get bullied. I made one of the greatest mistakes of my life. I contacted the Devil himself. I got a power. I could summon sasquatches from Hell. I could control them. They would do whatever I said.

But the Devil doesn't give stuff away for free. I was in debt to the Department for life. This place is worse than Hell. The building is hotter than any location on Earth. The imps will spear you repeatedly for slacking off for more than a minute. And the missions. I've seen things that only appear your worst nightmares. My co-worker was suffocated by a tree in Australia.

And now it was my turn. My turn to be speared by the legs of a giant 20-legged spider. My turn to be hit by a living action figure. My turn to be grinded into little woodchips by a cheese shredder.

"Alex Taner Hexta, please come to Room 27," the PA system says. Thats me, I think, as I walk towards Room 27.

"Hello, Hexta," says my boss, Jacob Maximine. A balding, gruff man who was the former Devil, before accidentally letting a man escape to Heaven, then being re-assigned to here. "Today, I have a special assignment for you. We have detected a strange demonic force in a cave, on an island, west of Caribbeans," Normal day, I think to myself, "But this is special. The demonic force appears to be the Devil himself, or at least a descendant. Your job will be to extract whatever you find in that cave. You will have until sundown tomorrow. I will now transport you to Teleportation Fields."

Maximine flips a switch in his office, and suddenly, everything starts violently shaking, like a scale 10 earthquake hit the office. The wall behind me begins to cave, and it reveals a giant, foggy green field, with a stone structure sitting in the middle of it. A sign next to the structure says Teleportation Fields. "Good luck, Hexta," says Maximine, before the wall rebuilds itself. I've been through this routine hundreds of times of times. I step into the structure, and a blue energy begins to build around me. Suddenly, I'm hit with the sensation to vomit, but through hours of training, I hold it back. After all of this stops, I open my eyes, and there it is. The cave.

I walk into the ominous cave. The ceiling is dripping, the walls are covered in algae, and the floor is a gross, soggy texture. I hear a moaning deep in the cave. I cautiously walk towards the sound. Up ahead, I see a blue light. I walk towards it, and find myself in a giant room full of water. The ceiling is covered in a brown, fur-like substance, and the walls are covered in blood. In the middle of the room, floating on a wood plank in the water, I see a red hairy imp, curled up into a ball. I begin to walk towards it.

"Hello?" I say, cautiously. The imp turns around, and screams "DEVIL!!! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!" The imp begins to use his hand to push the plank towards the opposite side of the water, but falls in. He climbs back on the plank, and says in a timid voice "W-what do you want from me?"

"I'm with the Department of Demonic Forces for the Good of the World," I say, "I came investigating a strange force."

"Ah, y-y-yes. I could feel your sasquatch powers. You see, I am the sasquatch goddess, Hendra. The-the-" the imp is cut off by a sudden red tinge in the room. "Oh n-no. He's here!" Suddenly a red face appears, just floating by itself. This face could only be recognized by one man. The Devil. His horns, red face, evil glare, and red eyes.

"HENDRA! YOU ARE ON DUTY!" shouted the devil, in a voice that could strike fear into any man, on Earth or in space.

"S-sorry, sir," says Hendra, trembling.

"You will be punished for this!"

"NO! PLEASE SIR!" Suddenly, a red rope appears out of thin air, and jabs into Hendra's side. Hendra's screams and cries echo through the cave, as Hendra slowly begins to collapse.

What do I do, I think, I shouldn't disobey the Devil, but Hendra did nothing wrong. He was interrupted mid-thought by the pleas of Hendra. "PLEASE, BOY, HELP ME!" Hearing Hendra's suffering voice made up my mind. I ran towards Hendra.

"BOY, BACK OFF!" screamed the Devil. "I WILL HAVE YOUR POWERS!"
"I never wanted these," I say, then scream "JANSAN!", the word to teleport back to the Department.

When I arrive back, Maximine is waiting there.

"What happened, Hexta?"

"The d-d-devil," says Hendra, struggling to string 2 letters together. "He drains my l-l-life for everyone's powers. He's gone m-m-mad." Hendra says, then collapses.

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