Death and Melissa had decided to make a list of all the places a lost soul might decide to visit, haunt, wait, whatever.
The list was short as each of them had no experience on the subject. Melissa even called a medium that was advertised, to get advice. She was promptly told for a hundred dollars her whole life could be layed before her. When she tried to get answers about where abouts of a lost soul, the person hung up.
So on the list they had compiled, was written
1. Graveyards
2. Churches
3. Hells gate
4. Heavens gate
5. Hospitals/clinics
The list being so short had everything to do with ignorance and nothing to do with how to get started.
Melissa looked over at Death, and found him staring at her. "What are you looking at? Dont do that, makes me think you wanna take me with you."
Death was thinking exactly that, and didnt know why as he had no heart, or feelings or wasnt supposed to anyway.
"Whats it like?"
"Whats what like?"
"Being alive, doing stuff."
"What! I dont know, why ask me, well I know why ask me, but hell I dont know. Werent you ever alive?"
" No, I was created just like this by Himself and Herself when they decided that an angel was needed to do my job of getting the souls to heaven or hell."
" So your like an angel, without wings,and ugly instead of pretty, and no halo? Sorry that sounded awful."
"Well, yes, but its the truth. They wanted me frightening so that the souls wouldnt fight me, they would be to feared to scatter and I could get the job done faster."
"Dont you get tired of scaring people,and just going from up there to down there?"
"Well its not really up there and down there, its here, just on a different plain, and yea its getting boring. I been thinking about talking to Himself about a different job. But I am so ugly I couldnt begin to choose what else I would do. I can read, I have my book so I can keep records, but what do you think souls would do if they saw me at the Pearly Gates. Shit their ethereal panties I tell you. So, really I dont know what I could do. I would hate Ordas job. He mans the gates for Satan. Hes just hung up on how many horns he can grow, so he can stay on top of the subordinate demons. You have to have alot of horns to be on top."
" Have you ever wanted to be alive? Ever?"
" I never thought about it, well, until, well, until I met you and talked to you and i dont even have friends, so, " Death shrugged his boney shoulders," why are we even talking about this anyway."
"Cause you started it. You asked me what it was like with those, those, eyes of yours. What am I supposed to do, tell ya to go to hell? Being alive is like being alive, the good things, icecream, mud puddles, puppy breathe, the smell of roses, I dont know."
"Puppy breathe? Being alive is like puppy breathe. Come on."
" I didnt mean it that way, I cant explain it to you, you have to do it, be alive. And you cant".
" I have smelled puppy breathe, it smelled like old mothers milk and dog shit mixed together. And mud puddles, what in Himself's world do you mean by that one. Their wet, dirty, gritty, and dry up to nothing. Life is like that?"
"Come on, your putting me on the spot. I was just thinking about the fun things about being alive. Mud puddles are fun to stomp in, to get all dirty and gooshy between your toes...." Melissa stopped cause she could tell Death was not gonna get it.
"So what are you going to miss the most when you do go?"
" Am I going soon, can you tell that? Is that really why your here?"
" No. It was just a question? Promise. I dont know when your gonna go."
" Okay. Well I think I am gonna miss kissing and sex the most. Do angels have sex? I guess you cant answer that huh? You dont have uh, the necessary apendages for that right? But yeah, the closeness with someone is what I think I will miss the most. I guess sex is the bonus. Wow, I just thought of something, your ancient and a virgin to boot, just think of that, awesome, a virgin death...." Melissa stopped when she saw the eyes change color in Deaths face.
" Geez, I was just kidding you."
"Well its not funny. I may not have the "apendage" that I need, but I have the need to need it."
"What?"
" Never mind. Lets go over the list."
"Can I say one more thing first?" Melissa bit her lip waiting for an answer.
" Sure."
" If that Orda dude can grow a horn, why cant you grow an apendage?"
"Melissa!!! Thats enough of that." But Death did wonder just how come he didnt rate that possibility and it was something he might just take up with the big guy.
