Nieder mumbled. He punched the bottom of the upper bunk-bed with his fist. Claude exclaimed: "You want to calm down, or do you want me to choke you to sleep?"

"HEY!" Nieder shouted, jumping out of the bed.

He stood in the middle of the jail cell. They were in Lyons, France, the base of the International Police (InterPol). This jail was the site of a 1795 massacre, in which 99 Jacobin prisoners were massacred by French rioters.

"YOU are the one who got us here in the first place. You open your mouth and spill your guts like... Like... Like a GIRL!". Claude shook his head: "Oh boy, he's going to turn into his "other" personality again.". Nieder grinded his teeth: "WHAT did you say to me?".

"Man, we have to find a way out of this thing." Sieg was frantically pacing the cell, examining the jail bars once and going around to the walls and feeling, as if he were playing an adventure game where if he looked for clues, he'd find a loose brick, which will open a trap door to an escape route. No such luck here.

Claude looked at him: "Sieg. Chill. Sit down."
Sieg: "No, no, man, we have to get out of here! PLEASE Claude help me find a way OUT!!! I'm not going through this SHIT again!!!". 
Claude shook his head: "I knew it was a bad mistake to confess." In the interrogation room with Kathrine interrogating him where she could scratch his face all bloody? No, freaks "freaked" the hell out of him so he spilled and he narcked on his three partners in crime.

Even as Sieg paced the cell like crazy, nobody noticed that in one of the corners, a shadow stood there and observed them. She had a grin on her face. Affixed. In a way, the grin said "What did I get myself into." And in another the grin said. "They're just the ones that I need."

The shadow walked away from the corner. The light outside the jail cell slowly started illuminating her as she walked into the open.

It was a woman. Tall, slender and sexy. She was bald yet retained the full charisma and elegance of an intriguing and to-die-for personage.

"What the hell?" Sieg was the first to notice. Nieder who himself had had his share of PCP (only voluntarily!) slipped into a "trip". "Oh SHIT! IT'S THE DEVIL! And I KNEW it was a woman!"

The woman frowned. "The devil? Don't tell me I'm supposed to take that as a compliment. Please. The devil is so... Sixties."

"I am Mika Wolfgang. Some... Old... Friends of mine used to call me Neria ."

Claude got down from his bed. "I know exactly what this is. You're an agent from InterPol. What, the information I gave you wasn't enough? Motherfucking pigs."
Neria rubbed her chin, deep in thought. She had a big smile on her face and she looked up and down Claude's body.
"I'm here to test... "gifted" people for something that I have planned. As of yet I haven't found anybody good enough. But the three of you and Cristy... Especially You, Claude... I've been watching for the past couple of days. You're good. You're REALLY good."

Claude thought. And for some reasons remembered his nose itching earlier yesterday before the hummer heist. "Yeah, that nose-itching thing. It's not a superstition. It's true." Mika said.
Claude gasped. "What the hell?" He thought: "She can read my mind?".
Neria looked deep into his eyes, and he heard: "Yes I can." and this time, she didn't move her lips.

Claude took a step back: "Alright, you're starting to freak me out, bitch. Who the FUCK are you.".
Neria frowned: "My sensitive ears aren't used to that kind of language. You fuck. Oh, that feels good."
Sieg was laughing: "Holy shit she's funny. Fucking strange she came out of nowhere but she's funny."

Mika: "Do you believe in God?" She was looking at Claude then turned around at the rest. "Anyone?"

They all shook their heads implying "No."

Niedrig shook his head: "I thought I saw God once when I was on an LSD trip." Claude slapped Nieder on the back of his head.

Mika sighed. "Me? Once I was a firm believer. For a long time actually. So long I lost count. I was close to him and he was close to me. Then... Suddenly... He just forgot about me. His attention turned to other... "Minor" creatures." She raised her eyes at the three men. They had no idea what she was talking about. "I got posted far. Far away. Where light was nowhere to be seen, or felt. Then. Years later. I stopped believing. "

Claude: "Good for you. How does it feel. Not going to church? Sitting in on Sundays and..."
"I didn't say I was Christian. Did I?" Mika asked scornfully.
"Urm.. No." Claude felt like he was a tiny animal that was about to get scolded. Sieg and Nieder snickered. "Hey WAIT a minute. YOU'RE the bitch here, not me. Now you going to explain what the heck you're doing here or you're gonna get diced." Claude shouted.
"Try me." Mika said. Her smile was from ear to ear.

Claude took two steps towards her and raised his hand high in the air and brought it down.

"Ok. Let's see." Mika thought. "I can take a step back and let him swing through the air, then I can punch his guts, throwing him back up into his bed... Or, I can take it orientally and use his slam against him, driving it to the floor. Or, I can make it really funny and play along, give him the illusion that he's smashed me into a hundred pieces, then reform like in the Terminator movie and laugh at him."
"What the hell?" Claude said. His fist paused in the air, only he couldn't move. Just talk and think. Sieg and Nieder were in the same situation; they tried to move, but all they could do was breathe quickly. One more dose of weirdness and everyone would slip into shock.

"Wait, Claude. I'm thinking." Mika said.

She suddenly stepped back and looked at Cluade. She bit one side of her lower lip, as if deep in planning. She walked towards Claude, still frozen, and moved his hand directly above his head. "What the f..." Claude was perplexed. The freeze spell was uncast. The fist came crashing down into Claude's head. Immediately rendering him unconscious.

Claude came to.

He opened his eyes. He felt like he was having a major hangover. He had an immense headache. He had a hard-time remembering where he was. And... He had an IMMENSE headache. Claude: "What the..... Where am I?"

His eyes regained focus. And he saw Mika... Now she reverted to Neria, with wings spread.
Sieg and Nieder were ogling her appendages.

"What... Am I in Hell?" Claude asked.
Neria looked at Claude scornfully then laughed. "I'll take THAT as a compliment." and she winked. "So how's your head? You're right. I am a bitch. Feels good to me, does it feel good for you?"
"I.. I'm sorry." Claude said.
"Whoa. Check this out boss." Nieder said "She's like a fallen angel. She's from Hell man.".

"Are you ready to listen?" Neria asked.

15 minutes later.
"So... Hell.. I mean Hades, is actually a whole world, like the Earth? Where people live, eat, fuck?" Nieder asked. He was sitting next to Sieg on the lower bed. Claude lay down on the upper one, listening intently. "None of that bullshit that the bible tells people?" Nieder asked. Neria nodded. "Well. Hades is not like Earth. Earth is material, it's reality. You have money, you have a job, you have death, you have science, you have day and night. In Hades, it's always night, you don't need food or sleep or money. It's like being in a dream state. If you're powerful enough, just think of something and it'll be. Heaven is the same, only Hades is in pure darkness. But trust me, it's better in Hades, coz you get to do BAD things." Neria had a wicked smile on.
Sieg and Nieder giggled, jabbing each other in the ribs. "Like, FREE PROSTITUTES MAN!" Sieg said.

Neria continued: "There's also no science. Only magic, which Lilith used to teach to the demons..."
"Whoa... Wait... Back up a second. You didn't mention anything about DEMONS." Claude said.
Nieder: "D... Demons? Like in all those horror movies?"
Mika sighed. "This is going to be so hard to explain."

A guard was standing outside the cell looking. The three guys didn't notice because they were too involved with the story-telling.

"Who the HELL are you idiots talking to?" He asked.
Mika turned around to the guard, and then looked back at the guys. They looked puzzled. "Don't worry, only you three can see and hear me. Tell him you're just hallucinating." Mika assured them.
"We're just hallucinating!" Nieder shouted.
The guard walked away. "Frickin Germans and their cocaine. They should be more harsh, those fucking wardens."

"Ok, look." Neria said. "There once was this evil king who ruled Jerusalem. He was rich and greedy and G... Umm.. He was given everything he ever wanted. Now this king, he was given a ring that would make him the undisputed ruler of Earth. This ring caused Beelzebub -the first fallen angel-  to be dethroned from Hades and this king enslaved him for many, many years. All the demons hated this racist king, who cast a spell that disallowed any angels or demons from throning any of the four kingdoms of Air, Fire, Water or Earth. That's why I've been looking for four people... To be the King, Queen, Prince and Knight of these worlds, one by one."

Claude nodded: "Me, Sieg, Nieder and Cristy." Neria looked at him with a mysterious smile on her face. "So we need the ring to be the rulers of Hades right?", Claude Asked.
Neria shook her head: "Not exactly. Whoever wields the ring controls demons and angels, that's why we'll need that before anything else. As for Hades, it's ruled by the King, Queen and Jack of Clubs. In time, you'll get to know what they are. Then we'll have to go and find them; we gain control of Hades, then we can wake the Arch-army of Hell with the Ace of Clubs."

Sieg: "Whoa Neria. Unlike you, we have limited minds, so slow down on us. But I want to ask you... Are we expecting any resistance?"

Neria shook her head: "Not in Hades, the demons from the inside are expecting me, and overthrowing the angel guards of hell would be a piece of cake with the King of Diamonds. But I have a hunch that a Herald has been sent from Heaven to stop me, so it might be harder to gain control of Earth. That's why we need to move quickly."

Claude smiled. "Sounds good to me; I wouldn't mind a few challenges and adventures."
Sieg: "Hey do you know that when I was 11 years old, I finished 15 adventure games on the PC and Mac?" Claude covered his face with his hand and tried to resist punching Sieg's face. "It's not the same thing, fuck head." Nieger snickered.
Neria sighed and looked at Claude mysteriously. There was a long silence.
Claude shrugged: "What?"
Neria: "To rule the universe, we'll have to unleash the elementals."
Everybody got up and with one voice said: "WHAT?"
Neria had an evil smile on: "Demons, they're just inhabitants of Hades. Just like Humans inhabit Earth. But you see, every realm has elemental beings that are lying deep within them. Waiting for freedom that will never come, unless, the Ace of the element awakens them."