Any Truth, Proper Grammar, or Correct Spelling is totally coincidental if not accidental. All characters are fiction. This story is fiction. This story makes no claims about any real person.
By Charles Peters Copyright 2022, 2023 All Rights Reserved
Chapter / Episode List of the Heathville Serial
Mayor Hollis Bare sat down in the pilot’s seat. Billy searched the cabinets.
“What are you looking for?” Mayor Hollis asked.
“I am wanting me some pretzels and beer.”
“You are too young to drink.”
“You would deny a dying man his last wish.”
“I don’t have any pretzels or beer on board. You will have to use your magic.”
Billy snapped his fingers and a tray appeared next to a seat with pretzels and beer. He sat down. He guzzled beer from the mug and then he chewed on a pretzel. Then he picked up a communication phone. He punched in some buttons.
“Leroy, are you there.”
“We just dived into the ocean and are on our way to the Shark plane.”
“Well. Mayor Hollis Bare and myself are on our way to Whitehead and Baretown.”
Leroy shouted into the phone. “Are you crazy? That place has a damn enemy army that is scary as hell. I just barely escaped them.”
“Here is the thing. The Virgin Mary and Hera are on their way there. They have not asked for help but you know we’ve got to help them.”
“Oh fuck. Okay.” Leroy flew his spaceship back out of the ocean.
Standing on the beach below, Stewart Duddley saw the spaceship fly out of the ocean. “Yeah, something is going on,” Stewart thought to himself.
Bachus questioned Leroy. “You are actually going back to that hell we just left.”
“The Virgin Mary is in danger. We can’t let anything happen to her.”
Mini Wilcox nodded. “Do you think she might allow us into heaven? I would so love to go to heaven.”
“We will find you a safe place but you can’t go from Hades to heaven. You have to earn the right to be born back on regular earth and from there you can earn your way to freedom.”
Professor Wilcox said, “But we want to go to heaven.”
“From heaven you can travel anywhere. You will be free. That does not mean you can’t join community of souls to do stuff together in heaven, but the important thing is freedom.”
Bachus asked, “Have you ever been to heaven?”
“A long time ago. But I returned to earth to fight in the Pluto Viso Wars. And now I am in Hades.”
Mini asked, “So we died and did go to hell?”
“No. You were already in Hades. You were born in Hades. When you died, you simply remained in Hades.”
Bachus asked, “So we were already in hell?”
“No. Hell and Hades are two different places. Maybe to better understand, Catholics sometimes call this place where we are at purgatory.”
Professor Wilcox said, “So when did we die and go to purgatory?”
“I don’t know. But in your last life on regular earth, the machine decided that you were not worthy to live another life on regular earth and should instead be born in purgatory or Hades. You may have been born to live the same life over again or live a different life. Regardless, the point is that you have to prove that you worthy to be born into a life on regular earth again.”
Bachus asked, “Why would the Virgin Mary be in Hades?”
“She came here by choice. Of that I am certain. But I don’t know the particulars of why. I mean, I could make some guesses but they would just be guesses.”
Mini said, “So guess.”
“When Belial took control of Pluto Viso, its Hades spilled over to regular Pluto Viso and then Belial took control of its heaven and the souls became prisoners with no hope of gaining freedom. Many souls became caged. It was awful. Pluto Viso became the world of the hopeless. I am sure the higher powers, which includes the Virgin Mary, do not want that to happen on planet earth. We don’t want earth to become a world without pleasure, without hope, without aspirations, without dreams.”
Bachus scratched his head. “And if we fail the Virgin Mary or she fails us, that might happen.”
“We can’t fail her. She would never willingly or wantingly fail us. She would never turn her back on us and we must never turn our back on her.”
Bachus patted Leroy on the back. “I thank God that he brought you to us.”
Zeus spoke into a microphone. “You are welcome.”
Jesus yanked the microphone from Zeus. Leroy could hear Jesus, “Get to the ship. We’ve got some fighting to do.” Then Jesus said, “Leroy, Billy Bingo has spoken with us and we are on our way. He told us to be watching for you.”
“Good. And thanks.”
Zeus said, “Leroy, I liked what you were saying.”
“Just the truth.”
Zeus said, “Amen.”
Jesus said, “Amen.”