Demotion

"All demons rounded up and captured, Capt. Black, Sir!" Jade exclaimed with pride.

"WAS ALL THAT DESTRUCTION NEEDED?" Capt. Black asked/shouted in reply.

"It was just a donut shop." Jade defended herself.

"To catch the last one." Capt. Black replied. "It seems there's not any demon you can catch without destroying a building. The Government doesn't want you on field duty anymore."

"Does that mean I'll have to be transferred to a desk job, Capt. Black?" Jade asked.

"No, Agent Chan." He replied, making her smile until he added "You may quit."

"I'll take the desk job, then." Jade sadly replied as she couldn't imagine a life outside secret service.

"It's not so bad, Mom." Reina commented. "You can be near Uncle Jimmy. He doesn't mind desk job."

"Jimmy has never been intrepid like myself, children." Jade told Rita and Reina. "And he only took the job to be near his Chi Master Tohru."

Rita and Reina Chan stared at each other with a look that said 'yeah, right' and then Rita replied. "I see. I sometimes wonder what you see on such a weak human instead of one who is at least as thrill-seeking as yourself."

"Rita, this is not a nice thing to say." Jade scolded. "Jimmy is such a nice boy."

The demon girls then started singing in chorus. "Jade and Jimmy, sitting on a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

"If the two of you have so energy to spare on that, you can help me carry my stuff to my new desk." Jade replied. The three of them then took Jade's stuff to her new desk, where she was greeted by her childhood friend Jimmy. "Hi, Jade. Hi, Rita. Hi, Reina."

"Hi, Jimmy. How're you doing?" Jade asked.

"Oh, just some more training with Sensei Tohru." Jimmy explained. "And you?"

"I've been demoted to desk job." Jade answered. "Can you believe it?"

"Actually, I can." Jimmy answered, much to her surprise. "The ones who probably won't are those who lost the bet."

"Bet?" Jade asked in shock.

"Several people made bets on how long it'd take until you were demoted, Jade." Jimmy explained. "We knew you'd not be fired but we weren't sure about how long you'd remain on active duty."

"How much did you lose, Jimmy?" Jade asked, hoping he didn't bet against her.

"Nothing." He answered. "I didn't bet."

"But Rita and I did." Reina replied. "Pay up, Sis."

Rita then gave her sister a ten-dollar bill. "You kids dared to use your own mother as a betting subject?"

"Things were rather boring around here ever since we no longer had to hide from Daddy's minions, Mom." Rita pouted. "I know betting for money is wrong. Especially when you lose."

Reina grinned at the last part of her sister's comment.

"You'll have no more time to do anything behind my back, children." Jade replied. "My new job leaves me with a good deal of time for the both of you and I'm gonna make a good use of it."

The twins groaned.

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