Ineffable ~ Good Omens One Shots

Always Remember -Ineffable Husbands- chapter 5:Wonderful Days & Miserable Nights

A/N: TW: all the normal ones and all the stuff about Gabriel which is graphic because this chapter legit starts with a torture scene

Monday

"I'm sorry!" Gabriel cried, "I'm sorry father! Please! I won't do it again! I know I disobeyed!"

"You wanted to touch yourself, didn't you?"

"I know, it was wrong," Gabriel sobbed, "A sin."

"You should be disowned. You should leave. But not yet. Not you, my son."

The whip cracked against Gabriel's back. Tears rolled down his cheeks. "Please not again!"

Gabriel's father said, "Then start reciting."

The whip cracked again.

Gabriel shouted, "One! Thou shalt have no other Gods before me!"

The whip cracked harder against his, back.

"Two! Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image!"

Tears rolled harder down his face. The whipping continued.

"Three! Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord thy God in vain!"

Gabriel's father said, "Keep going. Seven more to go," and cracked the whip against his son's back again.

"Four! Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy!"

Crack.

"Five! Honor thy father and thy mother!"

The whip struck down harder than ever against Gabriel's back. His father said, "Think about that one, my son."

"Six! Thou shalt not kill unless in the name of thy Lord!"

That was the only one that was edited. That was not the original verse. It was changed to make people not question what was going on inside the cult. If you open any Bible in the church, that is what is says.

That's what Gabriel always thought it said. He had no time to think. The whip cracked against his back again.

"Seven! Thou shalt not commit adultery!"

Crack.

"Eight! Thou shalt not steal!"

Crack.

"Nine! Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor!"

Crack.

"Ten! Thou shalt not covet!"

The whipping stopped. Gabriel fell on his chest. Blood poured down on to the floor. His father left him to bleed on the floor.

"Say your prayers, Gabriel," his father said as he slammed the door shut.

Gabriel cried on the floor for hours. He felt so alone.

"Lord, I know my father is using your name for money. I know his whole operation is unethical and puts your name in vain. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I know I'm a disobedient rat, but I beg of you to let me in the gates when I come. I'm scared to die. I don't want to go to Hell. I've tried to do good. I'm just not good enough for my father, so I'm not good enough for you. I feel impure. All my money for college was made in your name and nobody else realizes it. Why can't you just go ahead and kill me so I can be with the others? Strike me down! Send me an angel to make me a pillar of salt! This isn't right! I'm hopeless! I'm a liar who told them the end is coming when I know it's not! They'll all die for nothing! I want to be as hopeless as the others!"