'Arthur?' Lewis yelled out as walked through the workshop, it was the end of the day and everyone had left. All except for Arthur that is. 'Arthur Kingsmen, where are?' Lewis tried again as he walked towards Arthur's workshop, as it was really the only place in the whole garage that had some sort of light on and even then Lewis could only tell with the help of the light that escaped from under the closed door. Lewis stopped in front of the door and knocked on it before opening it, even if he could just go through the door. That had caused some problems in the past. There wasn't an answer from the other side so then Lewis opened the door and walked in, he found a half asleep Arthur at the side of the room where he had his old work computer. Lewis frowned at the mess that was his workshop, he always had the urge to clean it up, but if he did Arthur would most likely likely have a fit.
'Arthur?' Lewis called out softly and floated his way over to Arthur, avoiding the little bits and pieces that littered the floor. Arthur's head was on his hands that propped his whole body upwards, as Lewis came closer he could see that Arthur was in fact awake, but just barely. Arthur was staring at the screen in front of him that had a news report on it, Lewis frowned when he read the title.
"Arthur Kingsmen Continues to Spread Terror Across the City."
Arthur stared at the only photo that the news media had managed to obtain months earlier, when this had all happened. It was a terrible photo of blurred photo of a figure on a motorcycle speeding by. Lewis watched as Arthur sighed and rubbed his eyes, he blamed himself of course. Arthur then took one last look at the photo before turning to Lewis. Before Lewis could say anything Arthur spoke up.
'I know its not my fault, its just … just…'
'Frustrating?' Lewis finished. Arthur nodded and sighed.
'There is a little more then that, but that sums it up the best.'
'I know, we all feel like that. We want to stop it, but we can't let it anywhere near us.' Arthur nodded again and then stood up from his seat, he easily made his way through the mess as Lewis followed behind.
'Vivi burnt a hole in the wall again.' Lewis said calmly.
'Was she trying to juggle energy again?' Arthur asked and Lewis nodded. They exited the room and Arthur turned off the lights and locked it up for the night, they walked out to the van in silence. The light glow from Lewis' hair caused shadows to dance around the cars and trucks that where parked in the garage, Arthur locked up the place as Lewis entered the van by fazing through it. He took the drivers seat as Arthur entered the passenger side the only way he could, by opening the door.
'Money was taken out of my account again.' Arthur stated once Lewis started to drive them home. Lewis' hair flared up in anger before it returned to normal, he took a breath and then turned his head to look at Arthur.
'How much this time?' He asked as calmly as he could.
'$5000 dollars, again.'
'Arthur, you are being sucked dry. What happened with the bank?'
'Nothing. They don't see anything wrong with the account.'
'Your kidding me, they don't think that something is up when $5000 goes missing.' Lewis' grip was tightening on the wheel. Arthur shrugged as he looked out his window. Soon enough they arrived at the mysterious old house that had appeared months ago at the edge of the town, that was also hidden in a thick forest. People in town knew that ghost investigators lived in the house, but there where whispers of ghosts and monsters living around or at the house. Lewis parked the van in its place before the two of them exited, Lewis let his living appearance fade away as the pink little ghosts of the mansion and the surrounding area came to great them. Once they chirped there greetings they disappeared once again, but a single deadbeat curled itself in Arthur's arms and Arthur allowed it. The three of them made there way into the house and made there way to the kitchen of the house. They had entered during a magic lesson, Mystery sat near Vivi as a bowl of water sat in front of her. She had her hands in the air and water was moving to her command, well almost to her control. There were times where it would twitch and sharpen out of her frustration. She then saw them enter and all of her concentration flew out the window, the water fell out of the air and most of it made it back into the bowl. Mystery sighed in frustration as Vivi jumped to her feet and jumped towards Arthur and wrapped him up in a tight hug.
'That demon needs his head to be smacked around, he shouldn't be making your life worst.'
'Vivi, its a demon. I think that is there whole purpose for there existence.' Arthur commented.
'Well I think it spends to much time on you.' She said in a huff as she turned back to the water on the ground. She lifted her hands again as the water on the floor made its way into the bowl, once most of it had returned Vivi bent down and picked it up and moved it to the sink.
'Mystery, can't we do something about the demon?' Lewis asked as Arthur moved to the dining table.
'Lewis, we have no clue as to where it is and even then I wouldn't want to leave Arthur alone.'
'Guys I am right here.' Arthur said as he glared at the two of them.
'It isn't really bothering us yet is it?' Vivi asked once she emptied the bowl and put it on the rack. 'I say we just wait in till it comes after Arthur and then we deal with it, after all I for one am getting pretty good at magic.'
'And what about me, the best thing that I have got is my arm and I am sure that it would just try to rip it off.' Arthur said grimly.
'Arthur you are highly intelligent, you can hardly say that your arm is the best thing about you.'
'Yes, ok sure I am smart, but how is that going to help me when it comes for me.' Arthur asked standing up and glaring at Vivi, who returned the glare. A cough turned there attention to Mystery.
'Arthur think about it this way. It may be a demon, but its in a human body.' Mystery said simply. Arthur threw his hands in the air in frustration and he stormed out of the room.
'How is that going to help me?' He yelled out as he left. Lewis watched him sadly as he left, then he looked down on the dog.
'He will figure something out, I am sure.' Lewis assured him, Mystery gave Lewis a look as to say "I sure hope so" before walking out of the room.
'Oh my god, I forgot to tell Arthur that we are going to go on the job tomorrow.' Vivi exclaimed, before turning to Lewis. 'Hey Lew…'
'Alright, just make sure that you are ready before tomorrow.' Lewis said before Vivi jumped at him to give him a hug. She thanked him before running off.
Lewis found Arthur in his workroom, pacing around and mumbling you himself.
'I should really go and apologise to Mystery and Vivi later.' Arthur spoke up when Lewis entered the room, Arthur made his way over to one of his tables and picked up a small device and brought it over to Lewis.
'Is that a taser?' Lewis asked once he had gotten a good look at it. Arthur nodded before returning it to its spot.
'I made it a while ago, it was around the time that we did a cult job without you. I could never use it though.' Arthur explained with a sigh. 'But I could for the demon, if it's using a human body then it will work.'
'Its a smart idea, it would be a way to defend yourself. While they are stunned you could throw that mean left hook of yours and knocking them out fully.'
'Yea, but the only problem with this is that its a one time use and if I miss then I would be in trouble.'
'I thought that you could use them repeatedly.'
'You are thinking of stun guns, Lew.' Arthur looked down on the taser gun and then to his wall of plans. 'But I could make a stun gun too.'
'Would it take long, because Vivi wanted to go on a job tomorrow.'
'No. I have all the parts around here, or I can easily make them, making the case however would take a day or so.'
'Hey it could be your little project on the road.' Arthur smiled at that and picked up an empty box from the corner of the room. He slowly made his way around the room, picking up bits and pieces. Lewis left him to it and left the room.
'Arthur? Sir?' A voice asked behind the demon. The demon didn't say anything as he played with the bandages of his left arm, he turned his head and raised an eye brow. The grunt understood this as a sign to continue.
'Why are we going to a small town? What is wrong with the city?' He asked and Arthur frowned, the grunt took a step back when he saw the look that his boss was giving him.
'What have I told you before? Don't question me. If I say that we are going somewhere then we are.' Arthur said with a grin that would put the Cheshire cat to shame, he left the bandage alone and stretched out on the coach that he had been sitting on.
'There are some old friends that I want to see again and some business to take care of with them.' His eyes widened. 'In fact, I don't need any of you to come with me I am going to go alone.' He stated and stood up, the grunt stepped away as his boss walked by him. The demon walked his body up some stairs and then into a room that he had taken as his sleeping quarters, he made his way over to a mirror that sat in front of a small table with a first aid kit. He ripped off the bandages and sighed in relief, the eye on his palm stayed closed as it would just give himself a headache if he tried to use it. He then looked over at the mirror and had a look at himself. The demon smiled. The body had naturally brown hair and as soon as it could it had dyed his hair blond, to the demon it felt right. At the moment his hair had started to get messy and shaggy, but it didn't really care. He re-wrapped his arms and exited his room, he made his way back down to where most of his lackeys would hang around. He made his way over to one of his men, who was in fact a women, who was an expert in spreading false facts and news to the police. She saw him approach and she put down her drink.
'Sir?' She asked as she stood herself up.
'I need you to spread some rumours about me being in a certain town, that's all. Oh and lets finally put a face with my name.' The demon smiled as he pulled out a drawing of a face. 'Let's put this man with my name, it should be interesting.' The women took the drawing from him and tucked it away into a pocket.
'It will be easy, I can point them in that direction by tomorrow morning.'
'Alright get to it.' He said stepping away for her to leave, she finished her drink in one swing and then left. He then left the room and made his way to the garage of the building, ordering one of the men to have a bag packed for him and to have his bike ready for him.
'This is going to be fun.' He sighed as his men ran to do his bidding.
