Dante’s Inferno - Finale - The Heart of Hell

It’s cold here. I’m tired. I’m in pain. I feel like i’ve been stabbed in the heart…

All of those were thoughts that were rushing through Dante’s mind. He looked down at his chest and saw a giant stab wound in it. Blood leaked out of his chest, but he wasn’t dying. Not yet. He still had the urge to escape Hell.

He saw the shadow, mirror Dante around a half mile away. Mirror Dante saw him. They both stared at each other. Thoughts raced through both their heads…

“is that me?”
“am i a fraud?”
“is that the real me?”
“is that a path i could have gone down?”

The icy, blood-stained ground beneath them shook. Both Dantes took out their weapons and expected the worse…

…the ground broke and morphed itself into a tentacle, which grew into a tree. Which grew into a heart. Which spoke to Dante.

???: W̷̙͠H̸̖̍Y̴̮̅ ̶͉̇A̷̬͗R̸͕͝Ê̵̫ ̶̳͊Y̸̝͗O̸͇̕U̷̫̐ ̴̺͘H̵̡͗Ḛ̴̆R̷̜̈́E̸̦̊,̶̺̒ ̸̲̌D̶̺̿Ạ̸̒N̵͈͘Ť̸̠E̵̤͑

The voice was not coming from someone, or Dante’s own consciousness. He realized… it was coming from Hell itself. Hell was not a place. It was a giant super-organism. And it had malicious intent. Dante was struck with fear and intimidation. And although he never spoke, he found it necessary to speak to it.

Dante: …wh-wha-w… w-what are you?

???: T̸̹̀H̸̕͜A̷̛̙T̵̨͋ ̷͈̈́D̸̩̏O̶͇̿E̸̙͋S̸͙̋ ̷̙͝N̵̨̄O̵̟̎T̴͆ͅ ̵̭̇Ŗ̸̐E̵̬͘G̵̻̓A̸̹̕R̶̯̾Ḍ̵̕ ̶͎̓Y̷̡͆O̴͉͝U̸̧͑.̴̦̄ ̴̬̔A̸̝͑L̵̻̄L̴̠͌ ̴̯̀Y̴͇̊O̷̳̓Ụ̵̋ ̴͉̎N̸͙̅Ẻ̵̜E̴͚͐D̸̨͐ ̵͍͌Ț̴͘O̵̹̐ ̸͎̆K̷̢͘N̵͎͝Ȍ̶ͅẄ̵́͜ ̸͎̒Í̷̝S̵̮͘ ̸̲͆T̶̛͖H̶̯͐Ǎ̵̻T̸̜̍ ̶͎̄H̵̭̆É̶͖ ̶͈͝Ǐ̶̱S̷̘͘ ̴̛͙C̴̙̒O̷̜͐M̴͉̈I̶̯̍N̷̓͜G̴̻͝ ̵͎̓S̷̗͝Ö̶̫́Ô̴̞N̶͈͆.̸͍̒

Dante: …who?

???, but like a different being: Me.

Dante suddenly felt a trident pierce through his spine. He groaned in pain. He looked behind him, and saw…

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The thing from Dante’s past. No. Not now. It couldn’t be here now…

…it all made sense now.

Diabolus: Do you remember me, sinner?

Dante remembered. He was not a trespasser in Hell.

He was imprisoned in it.

His punishment was to go through this fake hell, dying before he could get to the exit. An endless cycle. And as the blood slowly drained through his body, Dante asked a question.

“why?”

Diabolus: Why not?

…

…

…

This transmission was found in the ruins of a former Inkperial outpost, days before their downfall.

12/27/3023
6:09AM
Before the destruction of Inkerial outpost Zeta Base

Command Center: Zeta Base, come in. We’re getting reports of anomalous activities from inside your base.

(gunshots can be heard on the other end of the transmission, as well as monstrous screams)
Inkperial Officer: This is Officer (static noises), uhh… we have a rebel invasion, and… in the middle of a firefight, some guy, I guess he… brought this magic artifact thing? Yeah, uhh… there’s a third party here now. …demons.

Command Center: I’m sorry… what?

Officer: Someone brought this magical artifact to battle, and it summoned a portal to God knows where. We’ve sent a scout team in. They haven’t responded yet.

Command Center: …okay. We’re going to send an air strike to the base. Get everyone out of there. It’ll arrive in around 30 minutes.

Officer: Gotcha. Also, could y- AUGHH

(the officer’s voice would suddenly stop, and a comical punching noise was heard. the radio was then picked up by an unknown figure and turned off.)

The man who picked it up was a rebel. The rebel was wearing full military gear, and was holding a rocket launcher. In his pocket was a pistol and knife.
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IT WAS A LOOP THE WHOLE TIME?!?!?!?!?!?

yep

Ahhh
I was confused there for a second

F**king. Brilliant

you like it?

I love it

then why don’t you marry it

No

aw phooey!!!

This is the most brilliant story ever

ty

I wanna cry now, I feel so bad for Dante

plot twist: dante is actually a 14th century peasant who’s been sentenced to this torture because he was executed for stealing a loaf of bread

Lmao
Still sad tho