CHAPTER THREE
The pain had only lasted for a fraction of second, the bullet traveling straight through Dirk’s heart, killing him instantly. Dirk remained on his feet however, watching as his body tumbled forward, blood splattering down the alleyway, a look of absolute horror on Gretchen’s face. Dirk turned away from his body to see the homeless man, Jim, running in the opposite direction.
“I’m dead?” Dirk tried to speak but no sound came from his lips. He looked downwards at himself, but there was nothing there. It wasn’t like he had expected, he wasn’t a ghost or anything. He just wasn’t there, merely a presence, a consciousness with no body.
Dirk turned back to where his dead body lay. He saw the blonde woman kneeling at his side, cradling his head in her arms and looking upwards as if she were praying.
“Well this sucks,” Dirk tried to grumble, but without a mouth, without a body he made no sound. “What a way for the great Dirk Longsabre to die, shot in the back by a bum.”
Gretchen’s hand gentle reached for his chest, resting over the bloody exit wound.
“The world will miss my cock,” Dirk announced soundlessly.
A gentle white glow began to emanate from under Gretchen’s palm.
“I wonder if I’m going up or down,” Dirk pondered voicelessly, reaching up to stroke his dimpled chin but finding nothing there. He frowned as he saw the white light under Gretchen’s hand start to increase in intensity, becoming brighter and brighter. “What is that?” he murmured, wishing he had a forehead to frown with.
Suddenly his perspective abruptly shifted and the light was blinding his eyes, reminding him a little of the light that had blinded him in the bar, just before Gretchen had left.
“What’s that light?” Dirk murmured again, gasping in surprise as this time his words were actually audible.
“Are you okay Dirk?” Gretchen asked softly.
“I think I’m dead,” groaned Dirk, he suddenly realized that his head was now cradled in Gretchen’s arms, her large breasts just in front of his face, still hanging out of her bra from the attack. Dirk realized that he had a head again, he had a body. “What…”
“You’re not dead,” Gretchen assured him.
“How did you do that?” Dirk gasped, looking up at the beautiful blonde in astonishment. “I was dead! I was looking down on myself. I…”
“I brought you back,” Gretchen whispered, gently stroking his forehead soothingly.
Dirk’s eyes widened. He looked down at his body and felt his chest, where the bullet had burst through, there was no wound, not even a scar, although his shirt was ripped open. “How…Who…What are you?”
“I’m an angel Dirk,” Gretchen said softly.
“An..an angel?” Dirk stammered in disbelief.
Gretchen nodded. “I’ve been sent to earth to track down and capture a demoness, Cassandra, that has escaped from hell.”
“The one whose servant attacked me?”
“Yes. I don’t know why she is after you, but I must stop her. Cassandra is a succubus, a demon that kills with her sex. If she is not stopped who knows how many good souls will be doomed,” Gretchen said gravely.
“Kills with her sex?” Dirk asked.
“Yes, succubus’s are demons that tempt men with lust, when a human climaxes inside a succubus their souls are immediately dragged down into hell and they are doomed for all eternity, cursed by their desire,” she explained.
“If you’re an angel, why didn’t you use your powers against those men that attacked you?” Dirk asked, glancing at Gretchen’s large, uncovered breasts. He couldn’t help but lick his lips at the sight of her mouthwatering nipples.
“I am forbidden to use my powers to harm a human, my blessings are only intended to combat demons,” she explained.
“You’re lucky I followed you then,” Dirk said.
He then reached down to his crotch, checking himself out to make sure the ‘goods’ weren’t damaged during his almost-death. “That’s not good,” he murmured as he unzipped his pants and reached inside.
“What?” Gretchen asked in concern.
“This is a disaster,” Dirk said as he pulled his dick out of his pants. It was now flaccid, but still almost five inches in length and thick as most men’s fully erect members.
“What on earth are you doing?” Gretchen asked, frowning at his exposed manhood.
“It’s limp! I think something bad happened to me while I was dead.”
“What are you talking about, what’s the big deal if it’s limp?” Gretchen asked.
“This is my livelihood!” Dirk said urgently. He shook his flaccid penis as if to emphasize the point.