The Grim Reaper was an enigma. A symbol of death and sorrow since long before the dark ages, a figure that represented the end of life, one that sucked the joy out of any thing that came in contact with him. Or so he had thought. Unfortunately for the past several years, he had not been deserving of his title or his scythe, all because of the two little monsters running his life. Grim sighed slightly, he couldn't really blame those two, even if they normally were at fault anyway.

Billy and Mandy had grown over the time since they had first won him in that bet, many years ago. Billy was still an idiot nose picker who somehow managed to scrape up a C average in his class work. The only thing that had changed was his new athletic ability, now the red haired boy ran for Ends High School's Track and Field team, he found the little moron much more tolerable after a long practice or meet once the human's seemingly endless energy levels had been stabilized. Mandy was well on her way to running the entire school, and he had a feeling that the world would follow soon after. She was a dictator and soon after Mindy had gone … missing, he chuckled at that, it was the only time he had had fun while on an outing with Mandy; she had the school clutched in an iron fist. However her reach extended far beyond the halls of the school and was now influencing the entire town, she had even had him making her intentions known in the underworld.

The day she had told her his ambitions rang clearly in his mind, even though he knew that there was nothing in this world, or any other for that matter, was going to stop her plans. The absolute ruler of the Underworld, supreme ruler of Earth, holder of Immortality were all titles she hoped to covet. Her goals were impossible for a mortal, a fact he had pointed out despite being weary of severe bodily harm. She had looked at him; her lips curved into something between an amused smirk and a vicious scowl and told him that she was not a mortal, not since she had beat death in a game of limbo. That had surprised him, she was no less of a mortal then she was before, though the dripping mercilessly dark aura that was wrapped around her entire being seemed to say differently, her empty onyx eyes met his eye sockets once again and he gulped. Death, she had said, made a deal with her they would be best friends forever, best friends did not kill each other, and even if they did, they would be bonded after death as well. He always seemed to forget how smart she was.

"Hey Bone Head." The object of his musing greeted him as she arrived home from school.

"Hey Mandy, how was school?" He questioned with his Jamaican accent lifting slightly at being relieved from boredom for a few moments.

"Pointless. Once I am in complete control, I believe that I will have to raise the standards a bit." She mused on the statement for a moment and he watched as her blue eyes narrowed slightly and a frown carve deeply into her face. "On the other hand I can't have anyone becoming smart enough to stop me."

"Don't think it'll be a problem at de moment." Said the skeleton as he rose from where he was seated on the couch and followed her to her bedroom. The girl had just reached the age of eighteen, and by the end of her final year of high school she would be in complete control of the entire town and would then move onto Townsville, where she would be attending college.

Mandy had grown into a beautiful young woman, he observed distantly as she sat at her desk and opened up her pink Dell laptop and immediately set about typing on the small device. Her long fingers moved fluidly over the keys and he watched as her face relaxed slightly, though the hard edge in her eyes did not disappear. Her hair was still held in place with her black headband and the top was layered and stick up in certain placed with spikes before it came to the base of her neck and was tied with a thin black ribbon that held the long strands in place as they flowed in a straight golden sheet to her waist. Her figure was thin and he knew that she was hiding an incredible amount of strength behind her appearance. Today she wore a deep red v-neck long sleeved shirt with black roses lacing up the side, the neck revealing a small amount of pale flesh before being interrupted by a strip of black cloth that he assumed belonged to her undershirt. Her legs were outfitted in a pair of dark skinny jeans that accented every curve of her legs and ended at her feet that were outfitted in heels that were the same color as her top. Suddenly her chair swiveled around and she faced him, glaring again.

"Was there a particular reason they you were staring at me Bonehead?" Mandy nearly growled at the reaper who had an expression akin to a deer caught in headlights. The skeleton made a sound like he was clearing his throat though he did not have one, and adverted his eye sockets.

"No, is there anything you need me ta do, oh mighty slave master?" The words dripped with sarcasm and the blonde narrowed her eyes slightly.

"As a matter of fact, I need you to being me to the city of Townsville, I have gathered some interesting information about the area that could cause my plans to be forced to a standstill." He raised nonexistent eyebrows at that and gripped his scythe as it appeared from inside of his chest where he had been putting it for safe keeping. He cut a rip into the air and watched as the portal formed without problems.

"Afta you." He said as she approached the portal that was hovering a few feet off of the

floor, and took her hand to help her step through it before quickly following her.