The devil's Pact - S01 E378

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The devil's Pact - S01 E378

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I take it Texas is one of the six that didn't send a representative?

*How did you know? Surprise pulsed in her thought.

Texas just seceded from the Union.

Does the Govenor of Texas know you have his National Guard under your control? Mary asked.

He's about to find out the hard way, I'm afraid. I paused, considering Mary's news. "I think we should arrest those governors that just sent their lieutenants, and place their lieutenants in charge of those States.

Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Bitter regret filled her reply. Are we doing the right thing?*

Hopefully, Mare.

The commotion had died down, the resistant Senators had been cowed and were under guard; their earplugs removed. Only a few of them had to be roughly handled. Geraldine Medley, one of Washington State's two senators walked up to the podium. "Senators, I'm proud to welcome our Lord and Protector, Mark Glassnert

The loyal senators clapped and a few of the more bold, captured senators booed as strode up to the Podium. "I am here today to have the Senate confirm that I am your loving God, here to protect you from the coming Darkness."

As I spoke, my enemies became my most fervent allies. The Senate passed a constitutional amendment declaring us the Gods of America and our worship as the official State Religion. Then they agreed to a treaty placing America beneath the auspices of our Theocracy-the first sovereign state to be brought beneath our world government. They passed other laws, stripping all other religions of their tax exemption and further imposing a tax on all churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, shrines, and any other place of worship that didn't follow us.

With the Senate in hand, I walked over to the House of Representatives to deal with the Congressmen and women. My soldiers had already secured them and, after I had finished speaking, they unanimously voted for the laws, treaty, and amendments that the Senate had passed. I felt dirty as I left amendments that the Senate had passed. I felt dirty as I left Congress, and kept telling myself it was all for the greater good.

After leaving Congress, I visited a few of the Embassies in D.C.: the British, French, and German, and placed their ambassadors under our control. The situation with Europe was tense. All the world leaders not under our power were avoiding our phone calls, making it difficult to get them under control. The ones that were under our power were facing considerable political turmoil. The Prime Minister of Britain, loyal to us, had been forced to resign by. a Motion of No Confidence. Various parties were now vying for power in their Parliament. Worse happened to the unfortunate President of Pakistan: he had been beheaded by fundamentalists rallying behind the Taliban.

Mary arrived at the hotel that evening, flying down from New York just like she promised. It had been a long day, and I was tired and happy to see my wife.

"Mark!" Mary cried, rushing to me and throwing her arms around my neck and kissing me on the lips. Her hands ran all over my body. "You're not hurt, are you?"

"No, no, I'm fine, Mare!"

Then she poked me hard in the chest. "You need to be more careful! Good PRI Really, Mark?"

"Sorry."

Then she kissed me again and clung to me. Beyond my wife, I could see both Sam and Candy. They both looked tired and Candy had her arms wrapped around Sam's waist. "You have it?" I asked them.

"Yes, sir," Sam answered. "Though we did run into some trouble."

Mary nodded. "I had to heal Candy. She had a badly broken leg, and Sam had some cuts too."

"What happened?"

"Lilith," Candy spat. "One of her children."

"An Alukah," Sam explained. "A type of vampire. It killed two police officers and almost drained me dry of my blood." Sam glanced fondly at Candy. "But she saved my life."