The Devil Wore A Brown Suit

Chapter 26: Part Two Queen Of Hell

“Sam, do you think she is coming back?” KoKo asked as he sat at the bar.

The three misfits sat at the bar waiting to hear anything about Perdition. She left with Chaos six months

ago. She has abandoned them.

“She will, KoKo.” He says. Sam continues to wipe down the bar. Sam only wanted to help Perdition. He

hoped by not telling her what her true purpose was and how she got out of the void he was protecting

her.

She wasn’t as weak as he thought. Sam had taken care of the unholy ones for so long that he

sometimes forgot that he cannot control every detail of other people’s existence. The truth was, he

hoped she would come back, but he understood if she rode off into the sunset with Chaos.

Mayhem felt that he had failed everyone. He could’ve spoken up in the beginning, but he was focused

on his children. Mayhem only wanted them back. His heart was in the right place, but honesty would’ve

been the best course.

“We failed her,” Mayhem says. “No. We failed Camilla Dawn. We have to focus on making that right.”

The Frog Pen Bar had not changed in the last six months. It was all still the same, except for the

fact there was a demon that had taken up permanent residence. KoKo stayed behind to attempt to fix

this mess. It was a mess.

Perdition was gone. She had most of her memories back. She had spent the last six months trying to

locate her mother. She no longer was concerned with the topside or their problems with Damnation.

“Let it burn,” she told Chaos. She no longer believed anything a human said. She was done with all of

them. It thrilled chaos to have her. He had been in love with her since he first saw her in the void.

He was able to manipulate the stone to give her only the memories he wanted her to have. After all, he

was the one that took her memories. He needed time to set the stage before she arrived topside. He

needed the time to make sure he was the one who walked away with her.

Sam Gallows wanted to save Perdition. He wanted her to have everything a queen should have. He

knew she had a purpose on topside. He knew she was supposed to lead them. He could only imagine

the lies and twisted truths Chaos was stirring up.

Chaos had always been a selfish asshole. Mayhem was a calm and caring soul. He had hoped

Mayhem and Perdition would work things out. He knew it would be hard to forgive him for walking out

of the void and leaving her behind. It did not matter what the reason was.

Mayhem left her behind. She would never forgive him. Mayhem lied to her. In Perditions mind, Mayhem

was the enemy.

Sam Gallows knew how hard the void could be on an individual. It was a hell worse than actual hell.

It was a place made especially for the descendants of the watchers. It was and still is a place to torture

souls that could prevent the apocalypse.

The descendants had a lot of power as a group, but they needed their queen. Their queen was

currently plotting to kill them all.

Ryan and Sunnie were on the run, hiding from Perdition. They knew with her memories back and all

her power she would kill them. Daniel could not protect them from her wrath. Perdition was much

stronger than anyone thought she would be. She had both the power of the apple and the power of the

Judas tree.

Sam knew it would take everything in him to show Perdition exactly the right path. He wasn’t sure if he

was the right person for the job.

Maybe JJ could help me, he thought to himself. JJ knew more about the void and the powers

Perdition had than anyone else. Yes, JJ, he thought as he kept wiping the bar in the same spot over

and over.

Sam met JJ when he first came to topside. Sam was married to Camilla Dawn at the time. She was

a vibrant young witch, and they were very much in love.

Sam met Camilla at a celebration for unholy ones. They were young and madly in love. Sam stood by

Camilla as she became obsessed with dark magic.

Camilla Dawn was powerful, but her obsession with the void and dark magic ultimately landed her in

the void with Perdition.

Camilla Dawn had neglected everything and everyone in her life. She became the darkness. Sam

couldn’t take it. He left her and took their children. He fled to New Orleans. He wanted to keep the

children safe from Camilla Dawn. He was unsure of how to save her.

He called Labith to aid him in his dilemma. Labith came to see Sam in a small bed-and-breakfast in

the Marigny side of New Orleans. Sam felt the children were safe with him there. An older Haitian

woman owned the place and allowed Sam and the children to stay there in exchange he worked in the

bar and helped with minor projects.

Mrs. Bee was good for Sam and the children. When Labith arrived to help Sam, Mrs. Bee warned

Labith not to fuck Sam over. She frightened Labith. Sam knew he had chosen the right place to hide.

“How can I help you, Samuel?” Labith asked Sam. She stood in the doorway of the small apt Mrs.

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Sam had taken great pride in making the small apartment nice for the kids. “You know why you are

here, Labith. Do not play dumb with me. Camilla Dawn is dangerous. She is obsessed with Perdition

and Damnation.” Sam ran his fingers through his hair. “How could you let Damnation out of hell? How

could you trap Perdition? Camilla is obsessed with getting her out. She is losing her mind.”

Labith was unbothered by Sam. Labith was an old one. Descendant or not, she lost her love for

humans a long time ago.

“Labith the great watcher, that’s you, right? Do something. I want my family back together.” Sam

demanded.

“I will help Camilla Dawn, but you might not like it. There is a price for everything. You know that.”

Labith responded to his demands.

“Don’t I know it.” He responded.

“Sam, you okay?” KoKo asks. Sam snapped back to the present. He was still wiping down the

bar.

“I was thinking about when Labith came to New Orleans, when I asked her to help Camilla Dawn. I

was thinking about the kids.” Sam choked out his response.

KoKo knew what the price was to save Camilla Dawn. He knew Labith had overstepped with Sam

and Camilla Dawn. Maybe someday he could make it right for Sam.

“You didn’t know, Sam. It wasn’t your fault.” Koko told him.

“Well, I should’ve asked more questions. Look where it all got us.” He responded.

Sam had taken everything that had happen upon his shoulders. Sam felt he could’ve prevented it.

“Truth is Sam; No one knows what she is really doing with all those kids,” KoKo spoke softly.

“Yes, we do.” Sam said forcefully, taking his anger out on the bar, “We both know she is giving them to

Venus. Venus is building her army.”

“You think that is true. Sam, we have no proof. All we have is the word of someone we barely know

that said Venus is raising a child army to rise up on topside. There is no proof.” KoKo responds to him.

“At least they would be alive, and that is a lot better than the alternative.” Sam stops wiping the bar. “I’ll

be in my office. I’ve had enough for the day.”

Sam grabs a bottle of whiskey from behind the bar and heads for his office. He stops at the end

of the bar and grabs a pack of cigarettes. “No sense is stopping smoking now.” Sam pushes the

unholy one’s door open and goes into his office. He is physically and mentally tortured.

In the last six months, he has relived his past with Camilla Dawn repeatedly. He still loves her.

“Fuck!” He screams as he slams the bottle of whiskey down on the coffee table. He sits down on the

same couch just a few months ago, Perdition passed out on from exhaustion. “How the fuck could I let

this happen?” Sam mumbles.

He puts a cigarette between his lips and drinks straight from the bottle as he thinks of Camilla Dawn

and everything that has happened. There is a knock at the office door. “Go away. I am not in the mood

to deal with anyone today.” Sam yells at the door. The knocking continues. “I said go away,” Sam yells

at the door again, this time much louder.

Sam stares at the wall, looking for a picture of him and Camilla Dawn. It’s not on the wall anymore.

“Where is our picture?” He says out loud. Sam hated that he had walked away from Camilla Dawn all

those years ago, but he knew he had to care for his children. He had to take care of himself. Today,

those decisions he made so long ago haunt him. “I fucked everything up.” He says.