It was still the beginning of the year when it all happened. Violin and Cello were running errands while Kiki and Viola were working with economics in the mighty depths of Hell in hopes that money would flow to them as usual.
Violin and Cello decided to head to Friendly Fire to stock up on guns and ammo. Violin was more towards the RPG Launcher and bomb, such as flash-bangs and grenades, sections while Cello was more towards the pistol and sniper rifle sections of the store.
"How much help do you think the Saints'll need this month?" Cello asked while holding a sniper rifle up to his chest.
"A month? I'm preparing for the year." Violin replied, throwing a sack full of RPGs, grenades, flash-bangs, and Molotov over his shoulder.
"A year's a bit too steep. They don't ask for our help 24/7."
"No but the jobs are big. Sometimes my supplies are finished before the month is even over so I've decided it'd be best to just set up for the year."
"Why don't you just get extra for the month? A lot less money you'll be spending at once."
"I did. But there are days where we run errands on the day I wanna stay home so I'm preventing that from happening as well."
"Molotov don't work after four months...at least, not these. So either way, you'll have to come with me."
"At least the shopping spree won't take as long. I can simply grab some and go."
"I guess. More money out of your pocket, not mine." Cello placed his things on the counter and watched as the cashier scanned the tags on the items.
"That'll be $42.58." The cashier said with a smile.
"See? Less than $50." Cello pulled out his wallet and gave the cashier a $50 bill.
Violin poured everything he purchased onto the counter once Cello's things were placed in either brown leather cases or silver metal brief cases. The cashier's eyes widened at the massive amount of purchases. She sighed and began to scan each and every one individually.
"You gave her a massive load. Shame on you." Cello said.
"It's a massive load when we do regular shopping too. I'm not the only guilty one." Violin said while leaning on the counter.
"It's true." The cashier said as she scanned more items.
"Er...well...this is worst." Cello said.
"Uh huh. How about you mind your own little business and allow the lady to do her job. After all, I do leave tip." Violin slipped a $10 bill into the "This is What I Get Paid" jar.
"Not enough." Cello placed $15 into the same jar.
"Oh wow, $5 is so much more than mine." Violin pulled out $30 from his pocket and slipped it into the jar.
"Hmph. Well played."
"Yeah. No one can beat me in a donation war unless I go broke."
Eventually, the cashier finished scanning all the items and placed them all in the sack. "That'll be $3.48."
"Ha! And you said it's more money outta my pocket!" Violin said.
"What?! How did it come out so cheap!?" Cello asked.
"Oh, you didn't know? All explosive weapons except Molotov are free and Molotov are 98% off until March 31st." The cashier replied.
"Grrr..." Cello grabbed his things. "Thank you for your service." He walked out of Friendly Fire with his face beginning to turn red.
Violin threw his sack over his shoulders. "Thank you ma'am." He left the store shortly afterwards, though he struggled a bit to get the sack out the door way.
The cashier watched the twins leave with her eyes dilated. She sighed and waited for more costumers to walk through the door.
Meanwhile, Violin and Cello were bickering about the money spent at Friendly Fire. They went back and forth on how if there wasn't such a massive discount, Violin would've spent a fortune but the fact that he didn't spend much money still stood in place. They nearly pushed each other into the streets from time to time. And yes, the streets were quite busy so you can probably imagine how hectic it was for others. In fact, Cello was nearly killed by an oncoming SUV!
In Hell...
Kiki and Viola were taking a break from negotiating with demons who were interested in investing their money into their business. They sat on one of the couches in the "Negotiating Lounge" while having small but serious talk.
"Sorry what happened to Dane. I tried to save him but I was too late." Viola said straight off the bat.
"I know you did. I was there." Kiki said, not even making direct eye contact with Viola.
"I'm sure he's up there somewhere."
"Once you die on Earth, you're mortally gone forever. Once you die in Hell...you're gone forever. Officially."
Viola sighed at that fact, for she was right. Death wasn't possible in Heaven but it was real in Hell. And the rule is if you die in Hell, you die for good. I guess that's why it's so hard to die in Hell.
Now before you get all confused, I know you guys are wondering: What the fuck happened to Dane Vogel? Well, although it may be an entirely different story, it will be told in this one for the hell of it.
Chaos had risen in Hell. Everyone turned against each other, with the few that actually pulled their relationship through like Kiki, Viola, and Dane. Dane had actually changed a little when he married Kiki; for the better, not worst surprisingly. He was more sensitive and provided Kiki with nearly any resource that proved to be a necessity for life in Hell and treated both women, Kiki and Viola, like valued people or queens. Therefore, he held a very strong bond with the two.
During this reign of chaos, many of the people living in Hell were killed in combat for protection of their territories by demons second in command of Johnny Gat. Though she posed no threat, one of the demons target Kiki while Viola was busy shooting oncoming demons and other Hell inhabitants. It picked up Kiki and threw her to the ground, where she would've fallen to her death if Dane didn't catch her. It was then Dane decided to stand up for his wife and sister-in-law by fighting the demon himself. He managed to get the demon annoyed with his hour long talk of economics and the damage the demons caused and got it to go away. However, there were other Hell inhabitants to deal with, one that he couldn't defend himself against, which was a tamed Minotaur. Possessed by it's owners Veteran Child and Mr. Sunshine, it rushed towards Dane and pierced his chest with it's sharp long horns.
Viola saw this Minotaur coming and attempted to take it out with grenades and bullets but it deflected it all with it's skin. With the unstoppable force, Dane died minutes after being thrown by the Minotaur, with his final words being "I love you, Kiki Dewynter and I love your sister as if she were my own. Thank you for all you've done for me" to what truly seemed to be a family to him. Kiki, absolutely devastated, cried and held onto the corpse of her husband. Upset at the fact that she was a widow, Viola hugged her and did all she could to comfort her ever since...not the hugging very much but indeed the comforting. This emotional situation actually halted the chaos for some reason, perhaps because no one likes to "hear a bitch cry no matter what" in Hell. Johnny held a funeral for Dane, understanding the pain Kiki was going through and demanded that all Hell dwellers come to honor the worst man in Hell but the 40th best man in Heaven.
Ever since that dreadful day, Kiki has been depressed and didn't speak much, not even to potential costumers. It was Viola doing most of the work but she didn't complain at all. After all, she did suffer something like this when Kiki died in front of her; in fact, it can actually be considered the same thing, just with a different member of the family. Kiki only did sketches and sent messages to those in heaven in hopes that it would reach them. They usually did, she just never got a message back. When she was being artistic, she was shooting things-more specifically RPGs-into the air. Most of the time, she shot four into the air: two for her and Viola and two for Dane in hope that he would like this shit.
Back to the main story, Kiki sighed and stood up. She walked to the giant window looked outside of it, watching Hell dwellers roam around like ants.
"I'm sure he would love to see that his business has prospered." She said softly.
"Of course. All he ever cared about was us-err...you I mean and money."
"Yeah, us. I may have been his wife but you were a very close family member. A sister to be exact."
Viola also stood up and looked outside of the giant window. A brief silence flowed between the two until she came up with something that might be a good topic changer. "Remember when the Mimosas were after us?"
"Yeah...good times. At least, better than now and...then anyways."
"I'd have to agree with that statement. The Mimosas weren't major dicks like the second in command demons."
"True."
Soon, the floor began to shake. Things either fell, broke, got overturned, or all three. Kiki and Viola grabbed emergency parachutes and put them on quickly. They leaped out the window without looking back and pulled the string immediately, allowing them to fall a bit slowly to the ground. When they looked at the building, the Ultor building, it was the only one shaking like there was an earthquake.
"What the hell is going on?" Kiki asked.
"I have no idea. Maybe Hell's acting up again."
"Gee, I didn't know Hell was like a goddamn computer." Kiki looked away from the building. "At least it didn't destroy the wedding pictures."
"Don't tell me you brought them with you."
"No! I mean, I considered it. But I decided to bury it in front of the building so yeah, I will be bring it."
"Damn it. I can only imagine how many guys would look through it with all the pictures you guys took while having sex or posing naked."
"Trust me, I didn't want to do any of it. But we shared the album and put the pictures in there."
Eventually, the twins landed in the front of the still shaking Ultor building. Kiki took off her parachute and threw the place mat to the side. She dug a whole into the ground and pulled out what appeared to be a photo album.
"Got it." She said, cleaning off the dirt.
As if things weren't crazy enough, more crazy shit happened. A giant red beam shot from the ground and into the sky. Kiki began to float up with the album still in hand.
"Oh no. Oh no! Viola!"
Viola leaped into the air and got a firm grip on Kiki's arm, simply floating up with her. She looked around frantically to see if she could figure out what's going on. "Where are we going?!"
"What the fuck makes you think anyone knows! It's a potential alien abduction!"
"I'm not ready to negotiate with alien's yet!"
"Me too!"
The twins screamed as they got higher and higher into the air without anything to hold onto but themselves. There were plenty of passerby but they all became bystanders once they realized they'd rather watch the two get abducted rather than help them or see what's wrong. Even Johnny didn't care but only because he knew they'd be just fine. After all, they went to college.
Back on Earth
The same red beam from Hell made it's way to Earth and it was attempting to take Cello and Violin away. Cello was being sucked into the beam but Violin managed to hold him down with thousand pound steel chains and cinder-blocks and his own weight. Though his weight didn't contribute much, it did manage to play a small role in keep Cello at bay.
"God must want me in heaven early!" Cello said.
"This ain't a call from God! This is some sort of abduction! Or-or-or negative radiation or somethin', I don't know..." Violin said.
Unlike Hell dwellers, people actually helped Violin with Cello by providing strong material like the chains. Some even sat on the cinder-blocks with Violin! Three people placed bricks on the blocks and 30 super glued and hot glued the chains so they wouldn't break off the cinder-blocks. One person, who was clearly drunk off his ass, jammed a stick in to the glued and tied chains, claiming that it would "hold it all together like in those gingerbread houses".
Soon, Kiki and Viola came from what appeared to be the bottom to Earth dwellers, still screaming and now practically hanging onto each other. Violin and Cello screamed at the sight of Kiki and Viola. Kiki and Viola didn't notice them until they turned their heads, making them scream slightly louder.
Soon, the chains gave in and snapped, making Cello begin floating upwards. Violin grabbed the chain and tried to pull Cello back but it was no use; instead, he got pulled up with him.
"Oh snap!" He said.
"Who the hell says 'oh snap' anymore!?" Kiki asked.
"I do!" Violin said.
Countless amount of people leaped into the air in an attempt to bring all four back down but it was no use. In fact, the new leader of the Saints leaped into the beam and floated with them, followed by two...oddly colored people. In fact, they were all colored in an odd fashion, the only ones with a natural look/color to them was Violin, Kiko, Cello, and Viola!
"Oh noooo!" One of the men who jumped in yelled.
All seven of them eventually disappeared into the sky and the beam followed. When it was all over, people began to talk about the incident and those involved in it. They tried to figure out where the beam came from and where it was going and how it formed in the first place. But these were one of those mysteries where science can't even come up with an answer for it, for it was better known as a supernatural force rather than a study-able one.
The group of seven looked around frantically in hopes of answers but all they saw was the millions of stars space had to offer as well as asteroids and planets. Where were they headed? What was going to happen to them? Why were they being abducted in the first place? All questions and more will be answered! This is what happened...
I decided to keep that little sentence that goes into the next chapter but does go into detail with it until you actually read the next chapter. It's hard to believe I got a review on this story the first day it was released...in fact, it's hard to believe this story got reviews at all! Thanks for reading the story! ^^ Like I said, I'll do my best to update regularly so do be on the look out for that! :3
