Prologue
In his bedroom in Death City, Nevada, Death the Kid tossed and turned restlessly, his dreams uneasy.
Kid was walking in a dark place, when he saw a bunch of still images of a spooky-looking chest known as the Chest of Demons, and a group of kids walking towards it.
"What are they doing near the Chest?" Kid asked himself, one eyebrow raised. Good thing he didn't notice that, or he would've had blood gushing out of his nose at the lack of symmetry!
Just then, Kid saw another image, this time of one of the kids, a young boy around twelve years old, putting his hands on the Chest's top. The boy had a stupid look on his face, ginger-colored hair, peach-colored skin, and blue eyes, and he wore a red-and-white long-sleeved shirt, denim cargo shorts, white socks, and blue-and-yellow sneakers. The other kids looked terrified as they appeared to be shouting at the boy about what he was doing.
Kid looked horrified as well. He managed to yell, "No, stop, don't!" when the boy opened the Chest. After that happened, to Kid's dismay, a bunch of monstrous spirits flew free of the Chest of Demons. A red echidna was now strangling the ginger-haired boy, yelling, "I'm gonna kill you, Chris Thorndyke!"
Just as the echidna was strangling the boy known as Chris Thorndyke, Kid jolted out of his agitated sleep. He turned over and groaned upon seeing that the time was three in the morning. The future Grim Reaper shook his head to clear his mind about what he dreamt about.
"That was scary," Kid muttered to himself while his two girlfriends, Liz and Patty Thompson, rolled over in their sleep. Kid himself lay back down and attempted to get some more sleep before the day started.