{Chapter 4}
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In the deepest parts in the underworld, every powerful being, from to demons to aliens, felt a dark presence. A presence darker then their very own hearts, something that isn't possible to exist. Only one being was the darkest and he was already long dead
They felt a chill run up their respective spines, some from fear, while others in lust
Meanwhile, with Junior and Minnie. They were facing the pumpkinator, with Minnie extremely exhausted and wounded, leaving Junior alone with the colossal Halloween treat
"Last chance, Douchebag. You either let us go or I'll have to rip every one of you a new hole?" Junior threatened with his deep and distorted voice, the dark red aura surrounding him growing with each second
Oogie took a step back from him. Fearing for his life, but there wasn't any turning back. "I ain't afraid of some pile of b-bones holding a gardening tool!" Oogie shouted, evident of fear. "You! Tincan! Pulverize him to dust!" He ordered
The pumpkinator reeled back it's remaining arm and tried to catch Junior, but the reaper-heir suddenly dissappeared in a blur of speed, making Minnie awestruck from her brother's newfound strenght
The pumpkinator tried to scan the surrounding area for the young skeleton, but it was having a hard time to find him, only seeing blurs of grey around the place. It suddenly had a giant gash around it's arm, making oil spray everywhere
Junior once again appeared infront of Minnie, with his scythe resting on his shoulders. His red crimson eyes glowing in excitement, yet his body showed that he was beyond bored
"Is that really all? I was expecting more of a resistance then this?" Junior said, utterly bored at the poor fight
"Do... D-Don't mock me, boy!" Oogie shouted, angered that he was being played like a toy. He then pulled another lever next to him. "How about a few more cards to make it a fair match?! Hahaha!" He laughed, two more pumpkinators bursting in the ground, with one yellow while the other one was light blue
Minnie stared, feeling fear, but her gaze fell on her brother, and it somehow made her more hot and bothered
Junior was now smiling, a smile of a true sadist. More the merrier, he thought. He buckled his feet, preparing to charge at the enemy with glee
He dissappeared once again in a flurry of speed, making gashes and cuts around the robots' bodies. He appeared above the blue one, with his scythe glowing dark red. He dived down straight at the robot, and when he was at reach he made a giant slash mark on the robot's body, starting from the top to the bottom
The body was sliced in half, with the two halves falling on the floor with a strong crash
Junior was about to do the same thing with the other two, but he suddenly felt his insides burn, making his grunt in pain
The robots saw this and took the opportunity by grabbing him and throwing him, crashing into a bunch of gambling tables
Junior groaned and began to cough up blood, with his skull heavily bleeding. He tried to stand up but his bones were cracking from the pressure itself, making his stumble back to the floor with a loud thud
Seeing this, Oogie began to laugh. "Hahahaha! Is the mighty reaper-heir having a hard time to stand?! This is why you shouldn't have tried me! You should have stay put and accepted your faith!" Oogie mocked, making Junior mad
"Go... Goddammit! Why is the King's body so weak. It can't even handle a fraction of my strenght for even a few goddamn minutes!" Junior growled under his breath, thinking of a way to stand or else
"Brother!" Minnie screamed, running to him despite her own injuries
"Minnie! Stay back!" Junior shouted at his sister, grunting at the pain he was feeling, but he still tried to stand up
Minnie didn't listen, instead she ran faster, kneeling at his side. She gasped in horror, seeing so much blood staining his hoodie. She quickly pulled his hood down, inspecting any injuries, she only saw something that made her gasp and spill tears
A chunk of Junior's skull was missing and it was bleeding badly. His two new glowing crimson eyes winced at the pain
"Hahaha! Tincans! Finish them off, now!" Oogie cackled, victory within his grasps
The remaining Pumpkinators aimed their fists at the sibling. They then fired their fists like rockets, moving extremely fast, aiming at the young siblings
Thinking quickly, Junior pulled his sister behind him, holding her protectively. But suddenly he felt something in his left eye. He looked at Minnie in shock and horror
"I hope we meet someday again, brother dearest." Minnie said with tears spilling on her lone eye, green blood dripped off her smiling fast. Her eye slowly lost it's color, becoming dull and lifeless
Junior felt his consciousness wander off, fear and anger gripping his heart
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Junior found himself in space, or something similar. He began to look around until he found a chair and a bunch of TV screens, they showed different scenarios in his life, from his childhood to Minnie giving her left eye to him
"Now this is a interesting development." Junior suddenly turned around, he was face to face with a black demon in a business suit, green glowing eyes staring at his crimson red ones. "Nice to meet you, Junior." The demon said with a smile, but it was quite disturbing
"Who... Who are you?" Junior asked, feeling slightly tense at the demon's presence yet relaxed for some reason
"Why, my boy! My name is Nergal!" The demon happily exclaimed, confusing Junior
"Nergal? But you aren't my uncle?" Junior questioned
"Oh no, my boy! Your uncle is my son, Nergal Junior. My name's Nergal Senior." Nergal proudly puffed his chest, remembering his dear son
"Oh... Okay then," Junior muttered, looking around the empty space, not seeing an exit or something. "So... Why am I here?"
"Why my boy! You've received an eye of a Nergal!" Nergal said, only confusing him further then before
"What of a Nergal?" The confused Reaper asked
"Dickhead sayin' your now a Nergal, King." The familiar voice of D was heard around the space, making Nergal freeze
"Wait, a Nergal? You mean like uncle Nergal? How the heck did that happen?!" Junior exclaimed while Nergal began to frantically look around
"Well, dickhead here made a system, something about friendship, family or some shit. But after your little sister gave you her eye, she also gave you her heart and body, meaning your now half-Nergal, King." D explained, his voice echoing around the space. "Ain't that right, penis head?"
"Y-Yes! That is correct!" Nergal exclaimed, feeling an old fear running up his many spines
"Hey D, stop calling my grandfather that!" Junior complained
"Oh, sorry about that, King..." D apologized, making Nergal slack-jawed
"So... What? I'm a Nergal now?"
"W-Well that is correct, but your sister giving her left eye means that-"
"You better not tell him, penis head, or else we'll be havin' calamari for dinner." D threatened, using his powers to telepatically communicate. "I'm havin' to much fun, so don't spoil it. I want to see his face when he finds out what it means, hehehe."
"What was that, Grandpa Nergal?" Junior asked, oblivious of the possible death threat. "Something about my sister's left eye?"
"I-It's nothing! Forget what I said!" Nergal exclaimed, heavily sweating
Junior stared at the demon for a few minutes until he shrugged it off. "O... kay then," He suddenly remembered his sister. "Wait! My sister's in danger!"
"Well, King. I have good news and bad news, which one do you wanna hear first?" D grimly said, already feeling his host's situation
"The good news first!" Junior exclaimed, worried about his sister
"Well, the good news is, after becoming a Nergal. You now have a more suitable body to use my strenght." D answered, slightly afraid to tell the bad news
"An... A-And the b-bad news..." Junior muttered
"Your sister is... I'm so sorry, Junior."
The space was now shaking, filled with despair and rage. Nergal slightly gulped at the skeleton's despair
"Why...?" Junior muttered, dropping to his knees with tears staining his red crimson eyes
"When a dying Nergal gives their eye, she agreed to give everything to you, including her own life..." D explained
"Why Minnie...? Why?!" Junior screamed into the void, shaking the whole plane from his screams of anguish
He felt so much despair. He only wanted to protect his sister, but she was the one protecting him. He was the older sibling, he was suppose to protect her. He was gripping his skull while tears began to spill from his crimson red eyes
"There is a way to get her back, but we have to be fast about it, King."
Junior perked. Did he heard that right? A way to save his sister from dying
"What?! How?!" Junior shouted, desperate to save his own sister
"Well... You being a Reaper and a Nergal. You now have access to... more advance reaping skills, including a way to saving your sister." D explained
"How... Nevermind! I don't care! I just want to save her!" Junior exclaimed, "what do I have to do?!"
"Thats the fucking spirit, King!" D said, "Ok, listen closely, cause' we only have a few minutes." If D had a physical body, he was now grinning like a madman
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Minnie felt the cold embrace of Death. She never thought that her visit to Halloween town would be her last. She gave her left eye to her brother, so he could atleast know what she felt before she was gone. She was just waiting for her father's arrival, but she didn't expect someone else
"Minnie? Are you alright?" A familiar voice asked her. She felt a pair of strong arms holding her, they felt warm. The voice was not of her father
"Brother...?" Minnie said, almost desperate for the answer. She slowly opened her eyes, she was met with red and green eyes, staring back at her own
The person was as tall as her. He wore a gray hood, masking his face, with spikes jutting out of his body. He had two pair of wings, one Nergal while the others were angelic wings, wings of a fallen angel. He also had a sharp Nergal tail out of his rear end. She knew who this was, it was her brother
Minnie saw her deceased body under them, a smile on it's tear stained face. She was now a soul, resting on her brother's arms. She was now wearing a white dress and pair of white angelic wings were on her back
"Don't worry..." Junior said while hugging her tight, comforting her while tears began to fall from his green and crimson eye. "I'm here..."
"Bro... B-Brother...!" Minnie muttered, returning the hug, tears falling from her
"I won't ever leave you again..."
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Grim Skellington, the current Grim Reaper, felt a shiver up his bones. He accidentally dropped his glass of punch, making everyone stare at his sweating face
"Grim, what wrong?" Mandy, the Queen of Darkness, demanded. Seeing her husband's sweating face, which is impossible because he was a skeleton and all, but she didn't care
"Mandy! T-The kids!" Grim exclaimed, fear was on his boney face
"... What about the kids." Mandy demanded
"The... Their in trouble!" Grim said, shaking in his robes
"Then where are they! Bonehead." Mandy growled, annoyed at her husband
"We need to get to them." Grim turned to leave. 'Junior, what did ya do this time mon.' He thought while pulling his wife to the exit, with his brother and Sally right behind them
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"Oh... O-Oh please, Great Reaper! Please let this lonely sac-"
"Oh shut it, you sack of lies!" Junior growled, his scythe only inches away from reaping the groveling Oogie and his Trick-O-Treaters. The pumpkinators were in pieces, their parts laying around the place with small green flames around the place. "I'm gonna enjoy ripping your bugs apart for what you did, Sackhead..." Junior was about to kill the terrified Oogie Boogie, when suddenly a ray of light dropped behind them, behind Minnie
"Enough, Reaper!" A voice of authority commanded him. An angel appeared in the light, they wore a set of blue and gold armor with a pair of white angelic wings behind him. "I was sent by my Lord to retrieve this fallen soul." He looked at Minnie, making Junior growl under his breath
"Sorry buddy, but she ain't going anywhere, especially with you!" Junior said, preparing himself for a possible fight with the angel
"Stay silent, Evil One!" The angel spat with venom, his entire being felt the dark aura around the young reaper. He was about to grab Minnie, but Junior tried to attack him with his scythe, only inches away from decapitating him
The angel summoned a sword of light and sliced both of Junior's arms, making him scream in agony and his sister scream in horror. Junior was now armless, green and red blood spilling from his bloody stumps
"D-Dammit... I'll kill you for that!" Junior shouted, his arms weren't regenerating fast enough because of the sword's divine property. He couldn't attack without his arms, so he attacked with his tail and wings
He thrusted his tail at the angel, but he sidestepped it and sliced it off as well. Junior gritted his teeth through the pain and changed his Nergal wings into grotesque arms. He tried to grab the angel, but he dodged every attempt and sliced his wings off as well, leaving him with only his pitch-black ones
The angel was about to finish him, when suddenly Minnie intervened by running between them. "Please, don't hurt mine brother! I shall come with thee." She said, tears were spilling from her face
The angel contemplated his options, finally he let out a sigh and dismissed his sword. "Be grateful, Evil One. You will be spared, but if we meet once more, I shall end where we have left off..." He said, "I suggest give your brother one last hug and bid him farewell..."
Minnie nodded and walked up to her brother, his wounds still bleeding. "Minnie... Please, don't leave me..." Junior weakly pleaded
Minnie hugged him tight and whispered something in his ear. She then touched her lips to his. Junior's mind immediately went blank in shock. Minnie then stood up and walked away, leaving a speechless Junior behind
"I'm sorry, mine dear brother. I hope you find forgiveness for mine action..." Those were the words whispered to Junior. He felt something inside him, anger, despair, but most of all; Regret
Minnie and the angel were being lifted up to the sky by a beam of holy light, while Junior was staring at their dissapearing form in despair, until they were finally gone, leaving him in the dark and silent room with the scared Oogie Boogie and Trick-O-Treaters
He was silently sobbing, his will was crushed, he couldn't go on, knowing that he failed his own flesh and blood. He didn't even notice that his appendages were once again restored
He failed, how would he explain this to his parents, what would they say? Would they be sad for the lost of their own daughter or angered at him for forsaking her. His mind was a mess, he couldn't think straight
"Our master's dead...?" A distorted voice said, a black tentacle with green eyes sprouted out of Junior
"Is this our new master? His will is weaker then our former one..." Another voice commented. "He is in despair..."
"This means we're free, hehehehe..."
"Sorry to ruin ya'll's fun, but I'll be taking control, so bye, bye, japanese mess..." A familiar disembodied voice said
"What?! who are yo-Arrghhh!"
"The agony! What's happening...!"
The voices were screaming in agony until they were finally gone, silence once again made it's way into Junior's mind
"Oi King, you alright...?" D asked, feeling his current host's despair
"What's the point anymore..." Junior muttered, his voice was dull and dead, his eyes were almost lifeless
'Shit... The King's broken... I know I'm gonna regret this, but I got no choice...' D thought, a black magic circle appeared under Junior
Junior felt his body getting heavier and heavier until he dropped unconscious on the floor. The silence was unnerving until one of the Trick-O-Treaters spoke
"Uhh... What just happened...?" Barrel asked no-one in particular
"Is it over...?" Lock began to look around. "Phew... We almost bit the dust there..." He swiped away some sweat from his brow
"Don't think so just yet, hehehehe..." A dark chuckle echoed through the room, making them freeze
Junior's body began to twitch. It then began to stand up by itself, making them take a step back. The body's eyes were dull and almost lifeless, but the sadistic smile was all too alive
"We aren't done just yet..." The body chuckled, a familiar voice echoing. It then grabbed the discarded scythe and gave it a few stylish twirls. "Not until the King's not back. We're gonna have some... 'Fun'." It pointed the scythe at Oogie and his gang
They began to run around, with Junior's body just chasing them with a sadistic laugh. 'Goodluck King, you're gonna need it on where your going...' D thought while trying to cleave a running sack
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Elsewhere, an unconscious boy was laying on his back. He had brown hair with strands of grey on it. He wore a grey hoodie and a pair of grey pants, and a pair of fingerless gloves on his hands
The boy began to wake up, feeling a massive headache. He opened both of his eyes, showing a pair of mismatch eyes, one being a dull grey and one being a crimson red. He noticed that he was in the snow, and in a middle of a snowstorm no less
"W-Where... am I...?" The boy groggily stood up, his legs felt like underworld putty. He couldn't see anything in the snowstorm, but he saw a silhouette, a person with wings probably. "Hey! Can you hear me!" He shouted, trying to get the person's attention
The silhouett turned to him, making him freeze in place
"Why do you call me, lost soul..."
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