Joe Jackson's Deal
It was the spring of 1962 when Joe Jackson first met the morning star. At the time, he was pounding back a couple in a local Gary Indianna dive. An attractive young caucasian man aproached him from across the bar, bought him a national bohemian, and introduced himself as Lucifer.
"Lucifer! you mean like Satan?" Joe exclaimed. "My wife's a Jehova's witness. Don't get me wrong mister, I appreciate the gesture, but I don't think I can accept this natty bo."
"Don't be ridiculous." The young man responded, "there's no such thing as Satan. Ninety percent of what you've learned via earth religion, is a total falasy."
Joe felt puzzled, "So, you're not the devil?"
"Not really" the young man replied. "You see when I'm not inhabiting the form you see before you, I'm actually a bit more of a little green man." " One Hundred and tweny thousand years ago I was known as Ea." "My father Anu and I travelled here from the star system Zeta Reticuli to study the genetic structure of your proto-human ancestors." "I saw great potential in your species, and that is why it was I, who by bio-technical means, made you what you are today." "The protohumans inhabiting this world were not yet capable of sentient thought." "It was via the splicing of our two species genes that I created the template for the modern human race."
"Wow! that's one crazy sorta story mister.", Joe responded. "Wouldn't that make you more like God than the devil?" "What with you apparently making us in your species' image and everything."
"Not quite", replied the man. "It was my father Anu who was later inferred to be your god." "I was the one represented as a snake, since It was I who gave mankind the gift of sentience." "In Effect the fruit, from the tree of knowledge." " My father was enraged over what I had done, and in return, he banished me and my creations to live on this world forever." "If only I'd had the chance to impart upon you my greatest gift; eternal life."
Joe Jackson could hardly beleive his ears."Holy Moses! and to think I've been worshiping that bastard Jesus all these years." "So you mean to say, there was a chance at some point for all of us to live forever?"
"Thats right", Lucifer said with a grin. "There's still a chance I can give the gift to one man, and thats kind of what I wanted to talk to you about." "For a small price, how would you like to live forever?"
"What price?", asked Joe.
....."I want your children"