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The Church of Doom<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n It was a dark night and it was raining cats and dogs. I was in a car, my friend, called Jake, was driving. He said I had to come. \u201cMy dear friend, I beg you, I really need your help. Please come, I will explain everything to you. Just come, I need you!\u201d is what he said. I came of course, he was a very good friend, we knew each other since we were four years old. When I arrived in his house, he immediately grabbed my hands and pulled me to his car. He didn\u2019t say anything at all, he just drove. And I hadn\u2019t said anything until now either. \u201cSo\u2026 where are we going?\u201d I asked him, a little nervous as it was very strange for him to be silent. He didn\u2019t answer, he just stared forward, driving way too fast. He was very lucky this was a road with like three cars a year on it, so the cops didn\u2019t patrol it. \u201cWell? Where are we going?\u201d I asked again with the same response as before, nothing. I sighed and stopped trying. After twenty minutes he said something. \u201cWe\u2019re going to meet someone and you don\u2019t know that person, so don\u2019t ask.\u201d And after that, we both remained silent. When I was falling, everything seemed to go in slow-motion. I looked behind me and saw Jake\u2019s body falling too, without the creepy smile or the red eyes. Just a lifeless body. Then I looked down again. The sun got up, so I could see where I\u2019d land. I didn\u2019t care about where I would land, so I closed my eyes while everything was still slow-motion. Then I got curious and looked down. Was that\u2026 No! It can\u2019t be! I was falling in a portal, probably to hell! My eyes widened while I saw my whole life in two seconds. Then I fell through the portal and passed out. The Church of Doom It was a dark night and it was raining cats and dogs. I was in a car, my friend, called Jake, was driving. He said I had to come. \u201cMy dear friend, I beg you, I really need your help. Please come, I will explain everything to you. Just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stamgasten"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ZNnz-fI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":975,"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions\/975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeroenstamgast.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAfter fifty minutes, something went horribly wrong. We were in a wood with some mountains, and I heard thunder coming down. I got a little nervous because I was scared the thunder would hit the car or a tree, but it didn\u2019t. What did happen was that the car ran out of gas. Jake got out and told me with an ice cold voice I had to follow him. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, I planned this, this is what he wanted\u2026\u201d he mumbled. We were walking towards a mountain now, in the dark, while it was storming. So, I was scared. After some minutes, we reached the mountain. \u201cJake, are we really going to climb? Now? With this weather?\u201d I asked him. He didn\u2019t answer and just walked closer to the mountain and began to climb. I shrugged and followed, while I was cursing him in my mind.
\nTwo hours passed and we could see the top of the mountain. Jake didn\u2019t climb anymore, he walked to some sort of church. I had to run to catch up with him. \u201cHey! Is this really a good idea?\u201d I asked him, a bit out of breath. \u201cYes, you\u2019ll see why\u201d He said while he had a creepy smile. A shiver went through my back. Something was wrong, something was terribly wrong. I just knew it\u2026 the church was getting closer, and the weather was getting worse.
\nWhen we went inside, I shivered for no reason. It was dark in the church. \u201cDo you have a light?\u201d I asked Jake. \u201cDude, do you mean you want to smoke, in a church made out of wood?! What the hell!\u201d he answered, nearly yelling and being a little bit like his normal self. \u201cNo! Not to smoke! To see where I\u2019m going!\u201d I said, a bit annoyed. \u201cOh, well, I do have a lighter\u2026\u201d he said while he was searching his pockets. When he finally found it, he gave it to me. I turned it on and looked around. I couldn\u2019t see much, but I did find some candles, so I lightened one. With candle light everything looked scary. Big moving shadows everywhere. With more light, I could finally see the room, so I looked around. It was a big, old room with cobwebs everywhere. \u201cOh god, I really have to pee man\u2026\u201d Jake said. \u201cWelcome back Jake\u2026\u201d I mumbled. \u201cThere\u2019s got to be a toilet somewhere in this church, right?\u201d He said to me. \u201cYou look for some gas, while I look for a toilet.\u201d Sure, I\u2019ll do the work, I thought. I started to investigate the room and found a burned book. \u201cHow did this burn without the church being burned to ash\u2026 this is just weird.\u201d I murmured to myself. Except the book, there wasn\u2019t anything I could use, and nor any gas. I walked to one of the four doors and opened it. \u201cDude! Close it! I\u2019m doing my thing here!\u201d Jake yelled to me. \u201cSorry\u2026\u201d I answered and immediately closed the door. I walked to a different door and tried to open it. This one was locked. Great, just what we need, a locked door, I thought. I sighed and walked to the last unopened door. This one wasn\u2019t locked, and I opened it. I nearly threw up when I saw a corpse was hanging in the middle of the room. The dead body was holding a key in his hand. \u201cNo way I\u2019m going to touch that body\u2026\u201d I said to myself. I looked around and thanked God when I saw a broom. I grabbed that broom and tried to get the key with that. After two minutes awkwardly poking the corpse, it finally dropped the key. I slowly walked closer to get the key, then remember a zombie movie and walked back again. I used to broom to get the key and cursed the creator of zombie movies. Why did zombies have to be evil, why can\u2019t they just be friendly? The once lived, right? I sighed in relief and got out of the room. When I was out of the corpse-room, I immediately closed the door and barricaded it with the broom. Then I unlocked the locked door. Before I opened it, I took a deep breath. I closed my eyes and opened the door. It took me five minutes to convince myself it couldn\u2019t be worse than a corpse, so I opened my eyes. This had to be the main hall, with a lot of seats and a stage where the priest would speak. When I looked around I noticed all the holy crosses were upside down. I walked through the hall and sat down on a seat. Then I looked down and I was startled by what I saw. Written in blood \u2018No no no no no no! 666 Don\u2019t listen to him! 13 You\u2019ll die! I\u2019ll die! Help m—<\/em>\u2019 the last part was a line of blood. I stared at it, in shock, and didn\u2019t know what to do. For some reason the chamber got cloudy. How is this possible? This isn\u2019t outside, it shouldn\u2019t be cloudy here\u2026 \u201cHelp! Help me! It\u2019s-\u201d Jake yelled it fear. What was going on there? Then I heard the creepiest laugh I\u2019ve ever heard. I ran to the door and tried to open it. The door was locked. I threw the candle at the door, and all I did was setting the room on fire. Then I remembered I had the key for that door and opened it. I ran to the place where Jake would be and all I found were his keys and some blood. In the toilet was blood as well. I looked around and found his watch. I looked at it. 00:00<\/em> was what it said. I looked out of the window and saw the moon, red like blood. I kept staring at the moon. After some minutes or hours, I couldn\u2019t tell, I Yelled in fear and ran back to the main room. I saw a face in the moon, Satan\u2019s face. I looked around and saw that this room was on fire now. I got even more scared and ran outside. I quickly glanced at the moon and it looked like Satan was looking at me. I turned around and saw Jake\u2019s body, standing. But not like a living man, more like some sort of robot. He turned around and looked at me. I saw his creepy smile while his eyes were still looking scared. \u201cJ-Jake?\u201d I ask. His only answer was a creepy laugh. I got scared and ran away, forgetting we were on a mountain. I looked down and saw I was on a cliff. I glanced back over my shoulder and saw Jake\u2019s body, with a broken neck, walking toward me. \u201cNo one destroys my church\u201d Jake\u2019s said. His eyes were glowing red. \u201cPlease, I\u2019m you friend!\u201d I begged him. \u201cSatan doesn\u2019t need friends\u201d the body answered. The body began to run to me. I just stood there, frozen in terror. I\u2019d die here, just like Jake. And the worst thing, Nobody will ever hear about this. I closed my eyes and made a decision. \u201cSatan, you won\u2019t kill me, you won\u2019t have my soul\u201d I whispered. I took a deep breath and jumped.<\/p>\n
\nI got up and looked around. I was in some sort of business room. I walked to a chair and sat down. \u201cSo, this is better?\u201d a voice asked. \u201cYes, Satan\u201d I answered. \u201cI can make sure you\u2019ll live forever.\u201d Satan offered. \u201cWhat do I have to do for this great gift?\u201d I asked him. \u201cWatch the dead, wear a black dress and have this scythe. Oh, and do whatever I say.\u201d Satan said. \u201cBy the way, if you refuse, I\u2019ll make sure your family will die and go to Hell. So you can\u2019t refuse.\u201d He added. \u201cI understand, master.\u201d I said, this was going to be the worst life ever. \u201cDo you accept?\u201d Satan asked. \u201cYes, master, I\u2019ll have to\u201d I answered. \u201cGood, now, have this mirror and look at yourself\u201d he said and he gave me a mirror. I saw myself, and I was getting scared of myself. \u201cYour name will be Grim Reaper.\u201d Satan said. \u201cBut\u2026 wait\u2026 you didn\u2019t have a Grim Reaper yet?\u201d I asked \u201cYes, but that was Jake, and he didn\u2019t want to get your soul, so I fired him. Pretty ironic, you burned down his house, so you \u2018fired\u2019 him. And that\u2019s why you\u2019re here.\u201d Satan told me. I got sick, from myself and from everything that was happening here. \u201cBut\u2026 he was a human!\u201d I said. \u201cYes, that\u2019s why you aren\u2019t a human anymore. He abused the human form\u201d Satan said. \u201cNow, go, there are a lot of people dying and that means there are a lot of souls to get.\u201d Satan said. \u201cI order you to go, my new Grim Reaper!\u201d Satan yelled. \u201cYes sir\u201d I said. I was changing, not just from outside, I was a walking skeleton with a rope and a scythe, but from inside as well. I am the new Grim Reaper.
\nIf you\u2019re reading this, look behind you! You\u2019ll be able to look me in the eyes before I do my job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"