Two men were sitting outside a small cafe, intently studying the chessboard that was placed on the table between them. One, dressed in a suit so white it seemed to emanate light. The other, wore an outfit in tones so dark, it appeared to absorb light.
"...Oh come now, James, that is ridiculous. You cannot possibly feel the same about all of them."
"Well, I do."
"Six billion. Six billion of them and only a tenth, if you are lucky, even believes in your existance!"
"I still love them all. Unconditionally, like a mother loves her children."
"Jim! Look at what they are doing! They are destroying everything you create. Remember the Lycans? The Vampires? Dragons even! All creations of yours, and what did those ungrateful little..."
"Steven!"
"Right...sorry...What did they do? They hunted them down and murdered them all. One by one."
"I intervened, and made matters worse. I let my anger get the best of me and killed all but a few of them, and where did that get me? At the time, they feared me! I don't want them to fear me, Steve, I want them to love me."
"Love! Get real, Jim, they have no idea what love is! Look at them, even as we speak, they are killing each other. Destroying the Earth. These...creations of yours aren't perfect like you intended them to be. They are vile, greedy, horrid...abominations! By the way, I still think that flooding this rock was the best decision you ever made."
A silence fell between the two men. Steve reached into the pocket of his jacket and after a few seconds of digging around, produced a long, cyllindrical metal object. He unscrewed the bottom of it and pulled out a cigar. He unwrapped it from the plastic, which encased it, and deftly snipped off one of the tips with a pair of clippers that he fished out of a pocket in his suit. His companion stretched out his hand with a lit lighter. Steven thanked his friend and took a long drag. "Stale-mate" He announced as the last white piece left the board leaving just the two kings.
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Submission Name: God vs. Satan
