Staring at the slouched and strangely snoring teen the two shuffled towards him, keeping as quiet as possible. Rachel immediately recognised him as the boy she's seen during the day but the green eyed girl was staring at him with a look of perplex.

"When did you kidnap this boy, friend?" She asked calmly her expression one of absolute seriousness.

"What? I-I didn't kidnap him. Kor, this is the god"

"The god's are teenage boys? I think I've lost all faith in the future of the Earth"

"Listen lass, I don't care who you are, I'm just here to teach the humans how to use my powers while I'm being punished so either stay here or get out. I really couldn't care less. It's not like my punishment can become much worse" the injured god spat as he forced himself to his feet, leaning against the unstable wall as he did so.

"Punishment?"

"Yeah lass, I got punished for causing a mass slaughter and had my powers stripped. I'm lucky they didn't just destroy them. They only saved them because of how long I served for"

"Oh, wait, you were the cause of that war I heard about on the news?" Kori asked as she remembered the apocalyptic scene she'd seen on the news just a week ago.

"Yeah, that was me"

"Wow, Rachel will not be doing that, yes?"

"No lass, if she did they'd kill me. I promised I'd teach her proper"

"Properly" the green eyed girl corrected, enjoying one of the only times she ever corrected someone on their English.

"Yeah, whatever, I don't particularly care about grammar" he ran a hand down his face trying to wake himself up any small amount. "So, tell me, do you want the full story for yourself and your friend or just learning how to heal?"

"What?"

"Well, knowing the full story about everything will make it less surreal but learning to heal seems the best as your starting power. Considering the bruises" instinctively Rachel clamped her hand onto her arm to cover the showing bruise.

"I think the story would be best considering Kor's here. Alright?"

"Core? Oh the girl"

"Yes, and it's Kori" she answered seating herself on her friends bed and thanking the Gods that she was slim or she'd have crashed through the boards judging by the creak of its frame. Rachel, having heard the bed, chose to stand leaning against the beds post as the God continued to try and keep his footing.

"As I told you earlier girl I'm being punished for this" he started, not bothering to make sure they were ready. His job was to teach her and get out, the story was just a bonus for the girl. "I slaughtered a few hundred people and the head hated that. The old git really needs to loosen up. Anyway, I had to give my abilities to someone. I chose you because, well you seems like you could use them."

"Yet you didn't bother to ask my opinion"

"Oh come on, most people would be ecstatic to discover they had magical powers, as they call them. You can get revenge on all the bastards who did shit to you over the years. Hell you could even continue my work if you wanted"

"Killing people for fun? I don't think so. And in case you hadn't noticed I'm not like everyone else"

"Not now you ain't but before you were just a bag of flesh and bones. Just like the rest."

"You realise we're more than that, just because you see us like that doesn't mean it's right"

"Yeah, yeah, go preach to someone who gives a damn. I just need to teach you the basics, then I'm gone"

"Why just the basics?"

"Well now Frenchy, I'll tell you, I don't wanna hang around. I just want my punishment to be over with and the longer I teach you the more it'll stretch out. Besides, once I get my powers back your mind'll be wiped. No sense teaching you thinks you're just gonna forget"

"You're gonna wipe my memory?"

"Not me lass, my boss'll though and for good reason too. It wouldn't do that, no matter how miniscule the number, people with abilities remember them. The world would lose balance. Our job it to keep balance, anyway possible that's what we do. Most of us take lives, keep the world in order by not letting spirits wander the earth. Others, well, the last human we had became what was commonly known as a 'super hero'. Honestly I don't see the appeal. Why save lives in this brief stint they have. Why not simply take them to a world where they can live for millennia and be reborn."

"Well, they don't know of there, besides they can't really live for millennia. Can they?"

"Of course, and they do know of there. I believe here it's commonly referred to as 'heaven'"

"But heaven also has hell"

"True Frenchy, and hell exists too. In fact lately more have been going to hell than heaven. My boss, I wouldn't call him God, though he certainly thinks he is. Anyway my boss is getting pissy about that. I think he's getting lonely in his old age. Someone's taking over soon"

"Taking over?"

"Yeah, you can't tell me you humans still think God lives forever. That's not possible. There's a family line. And the one who's taking over in a couple hundred years is the first woman in almost a thousand."

"Oh is she nice?"

"Complete bitch" he answered simply. "But we're getting off topic. What I'm trying to say is you don't need to help souls if you don't want. You can be like those vigilantes I've heard so much about since coming here. You know, that boy with the mask...what the hell was he called?"

"Robin?" Kori suggested as she remembered the mysterious boy who protected Jump city. Everyone had heard of him but no one saw him.

"Yeah, that's the lad, Robbie"

"Robin" Kori corrected, her voice losing the calming tone it had previously had.

"W-what? Oh, I see, you've got yourself a little crush" he pointed out smirking watching as Kori's face turned a light scarlet "Well, let's leave that. Though I must say lassie, you don't become a hero and meet this guy your friend's gonna kill you"

"Whatever, can we get on with this? Kor and I can discuss that later."

"Fine, we death gods control balance. Without balance there's no order. You can choose the hero path or the god path. Either way you'll be doing your part for order. You'll have to give me an answer by tomorrow on whether you're learning hero like Bobby-"

"Robin"

"-or if you're gonna follow my lead. I need to know what to teach you depending on your route" pushing himself up he touched the side of his face hissing slightly. "Hey Frenchy. Can you see my bruises?" He pulled a face as he leaned into her face.

"Kori. And no, why?"

"Well Frenchy, I got punished I have a lot of bruises and cos my abilities have been stripped I can't heal myself. I've been tryin to cover them" he explained simply, his tone clearly showing just how much he wanted to be out of here.

"Oh, alright" she answered, trying not to glare at the ex-God. She really didn't like him, the quicker he was out of here the better.

"Anyway, Frenchy Emo, I'll see you tomorrow for your answer."

"It Kori!" She shouted just as the God of death jumped from the open, broken, window.

"I was wondering how he got in" Rachel murmured a few moments later.

"I don't have a crush on Robin" Kori added, her arms folded over her chest.

"You've never even seen him."

"Still, I think you should take the hero path. Just to help people" she continued, apparently not even hearing her friend.

"Kor-"

"Not because you could meet Robin, but still, if you did meet him you could always introduce me"

"Kor!"

"What friend?!" She jumped, staring wide eyed at her friend.

"We can talk about this later. My mum should be home soon and my father won't be back till much later. Let's do something normal today and try and make the TV work"

"Is that normal?"

"Here it is"

Sorry it's so short, but there's a reason. I wanted to get this part done with so I can move onto the hopefully more eventful chapters. Please read review