Some time after the achievement of her revenge, Alexa’s ghost reappeared before those of Megan and Tiffany. They looked at her apparition with mixed feelings.
Do you feel satisfied, now that you’ve destroyed Boyd and Denise? Tiffany asked.
Yes, Alexa said. Completely. She grinned gloatingly.
Are you sure about that? Megan asked.
Why would you doubt me? Alexa said. Of course I’m sure.
It’s just that…here in Hell, we burn, melt, and suffer, Megan said. Satisfaction seems so far away, so unattainable, even after receiving revenge, as I got on my father.
Achieving revenge is a satisfaction all in itself, Alexa assured Megan. Even in this hopeless place.
I suppose so, Megan said, looking away from Alexa.
Why do you have doubts? Tiffany asked. Don’t you want to get revenge on Lynne and Herman for raping you?
Oh, yes, of course I do, Megan said. Every second that those two are still alive, I burn in a rage. Their every heartbeat is an insult to me.
So, go after them while you still have the opportunity, Tiffany said. Make them suffer, as we suffer.
They have no right not to suffer, Megan acknowledged with a scowl and a snarl. I hate that they’re happy.
Then get them, Alexa said. Ruin them. Why do you hesitate about your revenge? What’s stopping you, Hamlet?
Oh, I don’t know, Megan said, still not wanting to look at Alexa. How much of our burning and melting is just our sentence here in Hell for suicide, though; and how much of it do you think could be because of how much we’ve let our hate and anger turn us into murderous monsters? Aren’t we turning into the very bullies that we despise?
I don’t care if I’ve become a monster, or a demon deserving to be in Hell, Alexa said with a frown of hate. We’re in Hell and suffering anyway; it makes no difference if we get revenge or not as far as our fate’s concerned. But it makes a lot of difference if we suffer here and let our bullies get away with what they did to us, or if we make them pay.
I agree, Tiffany said. I groan in agony as each day passes and I don’t get revenge on Fay and George for what they did to me. We’ve followed Furioso’s advice about waiting to get revenge later, after cooling off after killing our parents. I’ve waited long enough: I will definitely get Fay and George.
We’ll suffer either way, Megan, Alexa said. But we can make them suffer, too, and we’ll show our strength, our power. Aren’t you tired of being weak? Make Lynne and Herman weak instead. Enjoy it. I enjoyed making Boyd and Denise weak.
But you killed their children and spouses, too, Megan said. You killed innocent children, and really violently. They never did you any harm.
Oh, who cares about them? Alexa said with so cold a face, it was as if her burning and melting had stopped and reversed, making her almost into an ice sculpture instead.
You don’t have to harm anyone other than Lynne and Herman, Megan, Tiffany said. Just hurt those two alone, if the idea of hurting innocent people bothers you. It makes no difference to me. We’re in Hell: having a moral conscience here is rather pointless, don’t you think?
I guess you’re right, Megan said. But I’m getting only Lynne and Herman. No one else.
Do what you like, Tiffany said.
Furioso appeared before the three spirits.
Are you ready to face Lynne and Herman, Megan? he asked her.
Megan looked over at Alexa again and winced.
Yes, I guess so, she said with a sigh.
Megan and Furioso disappeared, off to find the two targets of her revenge.
Tiffany now looked at Alexa’s apparition and winced.
You have no regrets over how you got even with Boyd and Denise, do you? she asked Alexa.
None at all, Alexa said with a rigid tone in her voice, though her face and body were anything but rigid.
In fact, her apparition showed her skin melting and dripping down to her feet, like the wax of an almost used-up candle.
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