"Netherworlds" Story Part 6

      Satan then put Jason through many psychological tortures which were merely illusions, but seemed very real. It seemed to Jay his entrails broke apart and his skin turned inside-out. Every organ of his body then appeared to turn on spits as the condemned infants teethed on his brains. His teeth seemed to be chiseled away to nothing and his gums bled profusely. Lucifer admired this mortal's determination or will to live, unless God himself intervened.

      Meanwhile, the Devil ordered his legions to disperse and take over the Earth through cracks in the Ozone Layer caused by aerosol spray and other pollution.

      Jason eventually realized that Beelzebub's hold on him was entirely psychological. Jay's body soon reunited, which he observed. From then on, whatever torture the Devil tried Jason would laugh it off as if he were in a funhouse.

      Before he realized it, though, Jason's comatose body started to die. His friend Ian tried CPR and other revival methods all to no avail as Jason's body contorted (or seemed to) into a pretzel-like shape.  Jay's body would have died and his soul damned if God hadn't intervened. God realized Jason was right about errors the Supreme Being had allowed through indifference and passivity, so He decided to spare this foolish mortal's life and soul.  (to be cont'd)