Taking the advice of the young reaper William Jr, the trio had decided to get some information from the Undertaker. Melody, Logan and Hector were outside a grey, old shop with a giant sign with the word Undertaker on it. They all looked at the shop, anxious to know if this man had the information that they needed. They were quiet for a while until, Melody broke the silence.
"Well, it's now or never", she said as she opened the door. It made an eerie creek as it opened to a coffin filled store. Melody stepped in with the boys following. They looked around to find someone, but the only thing that was there was the abundance of coffins. "Hello, Undertaker?"
"Hehe well do my eyes deceive me", said a raspy voice. "Well isn't this the Queen's Guard Dog's little friend Melody? My, it's been ages since I last seen you", said a man coming out of one of the coffins on the wall. This caused Hector to give out a small scream not expecting that. Logan just gave the man with an odd look.
"Well, I guess you're the Undertaker", he said as he took note of his dark robes and hat.
"Indeed I am", the man told him as his long silver hair swayed slightly.
"It's good to see you Undertaker", Melody said with a smile. He didn't respond to her comment as he continued to stare at Logan. This wasn't unnoticed by Logan as the strange man grew closer into his personal space.
"Uh, any reason why you're in my personal space", he told him leaning back a bit.
"You look just like him".
"What?"
"Your father. You look just like him", the Undertaker told him with a wide smile. "But you have your mother's eye. So blue, like the Caribbean sea". Logan didn't understand what the man was talking about, until he pieced it together in his head.
"Wait, you knew my mother?"
"In a way, but I mainly knew your father. Hehe that Michaelis is a strange one he is".
"We're actually here to ask you a few questions about him", the blonde joined in. "Do you know where he might be, if he is in London?" The silver haired man tapped one of his long nails on his chin as if he was in deep thought, his smile never faltering.
"I might know something, but it will cost you".
"Fine, how much do you want?" Logan asked as he was about to get his wallet. Melody stopped him as she walked towards him.
"There would be no need for that. I'll take care of it", she told him as she gestured the boys to the door. "Now, both of you outside". Both boys were confused with her request, but didn't question it as they went outside. They both stood there for about a few moments until they both heard an enormous roar of laughter from the shop. The roar was so powerful that it caused the sign to fall down. Both teens looked at each other, questioning what the hell happened in there. They opened the door to see Melody smiling at them and a hysterical Undertaker on the floor, still laughing.
"Ha-ha…oh my Melody…ha-ha…oh I've hadn't a laugh that great in such a long time…", he told the girl as he rolled on the floor.
"Okay, you've had your laugh. Now tell us if you know anything about Sebastian!" Logan shouted as the man began to stand up. He let out a few more giggles before he responded to the teen's question.
"Alright, alright. I'll tell you what you need to now", he told him as he sat on top of a nearby coffin and grabbed a cookie jar. He opened it and grabbed a bone shaped cookie from it. "Unfortunately, I don't know anything regarding the where-abouts of Mr. Michaelis", he told them as he bit into the cookie. "But I do think that my son might know something".
"You have a son?" Melody said in a shocked tone.
"Indeed I do. Now why don't you come out and introduce yourself son?" A nearby coffin opened up suddenly, scaring both Hector and Melody. The man rose from the coffin in an extremely lazy way, much like a zombie. Once he was fully up, he slumped a bit as he turned in the direction of the Undertaker. His short silver hair hung loosely, barley covering his large, circular glasses.
"Hey dad. What do you want, I was in a middle of a nap", he told him in a bored tone.
"In the coffin!" Hector told him with a fearful expression on his face.
"Everyone", the Undertaker began, ignoring Hector's comment, "this is my son, Stitches". Stitches waved a hello to the trio as they stared at him.
"Uh, hey Stitches", Logan started in an awkward tone, "do you know of a man; or rather demon, by the name of Sebastian Michaelis?"
"Yeah, my dad told me a few things about him. Why?" the man said as he fixed his glasses.
"We were wondering if you knew anything about where he is", Melody told him. The younger man rubbed his chin as he thought about the question. After a while he answered the question as he cleaned his glasses.
"I'm not exactly sure where he is. But I do know one thing" he said as he placed his glasses back on. "He's contracted to someone in London".
"Do you know who he's contracted with?" Logan asked with eyes filled with anticipation.
"Nope". Logan let out an annoyed sigh as he rubbed his temples. Noticing this, Melody decided it was time to leave before Logan could strangle someone.
"I think we'll take our leave. Thanks for the information though", Melody said as she guided the boys out of the shop.
"It was a pleasure seeing you again. I do hope I see you soon", the Undertaker said as he and his son waved their visitors good-bye. Once the teens were out of the shop, they started to walk down the street.
"Well that was an…interesting experience. Is he always…" Logan asked Melody.
"Yes, yes he is. At least we got something."
"It doesn't really narrow it down though", Hector said, "he could be contracted to anybody in London and we can't go asking everyone."
"You're right Hector", the raven haired girl said, "maybe he's contracted to a noble or something. We could ask Charlie about it".
"If you're doing that, you kind of have to do it without me", Logan said which caused the both of them to stop and stare at him.
"What? Why can't you?" Melody asked him.
"Because I happen to be very busy with something".
"Oh really, what's more busy then finding Sebastian?"
"That is unimportant, and you guys can ask Charlie without me", the teen said as he rubbed his neck, "it's not like he's not going to tell us anything". The two nodded to his explanation as the raven haired boy took out his key. "Good, now if you excuse me. I have important business to attend to" he told them as he put the key in one of the shop's doors. Logan opened the door and left Hector and Melody to continue searching on their own. Their eyes lingered on the door for a while, but then left to go to the servant boy. The entire walk to the manner caused Melody to question her friend's odd behavior.
This isn't the first time he did this, she thought to herself, he's been bailing on us a lot recently. What is he hiding? And why wouldn't he tell us? We're his friends! So why wouldn't he trust us with a secret?!
"Melody", Hector spoke up catching her attention. She saw that he had a semi-worried look on his face. "Are you okay? You've been quiet for a long time now".
"Sorry, it's just…Logan's acting really strange lately".
"I know, but don't worry", he told her with a reassuring smile, "when he wants to tell us he'll tell us". Melody knew in her heart that she should listen to Hector, but her head kept telling her that if he wouldn't tell them, then she would have to find out herself.
/
Logan's P.O.V.
I left Hector and Melody as I went through the door. I was now on one of the many boardwalk peers on Long Island. Now I know what you're thinking and yes I am being a jerk by leaving Hector and Mel to search on their own. But, I had an important thing to do…well technically it's not that important when compared to searching for Sebastian. I have a date with Annabell. We've been seeing each other a lot lately and we've really hitting it off. I really like her and I think she likes me too. True she is an angel and I am a half-demon and those types of creatures are usually enemies. But hey, I've been hearing that my dad loved my mom; who was human, so I think it's appropriate.
But, I'm getting way off topic. I'm here at the boardwalk, waiting for Annabell. We planned on spending the day here and I was really excited for it. After a few minutes, someone tapped on my shoulder. I smiled knowing who it was. I turned to see Annabell with a beautiful smile on her face. She was wearing a blue tank-top with a red, white & blue flannel and a pair of black high-waisted shorts. Danm she looks so hot.
"Hey, Logan" she said with a voice like honey as she hugged me. I took a quick smell and she smelt like vanilla and coconuts. So good.
"Hey Anna, you ready to go", I asked with a smile on my face. She nodded as we walked down the boardwalk. We were having a good time. We went on a few rides, played a few games, got some food and talked to each other nonstop. After playing at the water gun game, Annabell spotted a photo booth close by.
"Hey let's go in there", she said as she pointed to it. Eh why not. We went into the booth and I put in the money in its slit. I pressed the start button as we posed for our pictures. After a few minutes, we got out of booth to get out pictures. I grabbed them and smiled at our pictures. The first picture was us doing stupid faces, the second was us making little guns with our hands, the third was me kissing her check and the last one was us kissing on the lips. As the day turned into night, we decided to go on the Ferris-Wheel. We stopped at the top as we looked over the ocean. I was a beautiful sight, but the best sight was probably sitting next to Annabell. Even though I've been having a great time with her, something has been bugging me.
"Hey Anna" I said as I caught her attention. She turned to me with a questioning look in her eyes, "can I ask you something?"
"Sure. What is it?"
"When we first met, why haven't you tried to kill me when were in the park?" It surprised her a bit, but she composed herself as she answered my question.
"Well, the plan was to stab you with a holy blade when you followed me into the park", she told me with her eyes filled with slight guilt, "but when you talked about your mother, you seemed more humane than what Ash and Angela described to us".
"And that's another thing, why were you following those nut-jobs if you knew that what they were doing was wrong."
"We kind of had no choice. It was either follow them or be tortured or killed for that matter", she told me. "Just so you know I'm not the only one who feels the same way".
"I had a feeling" I told her with a smirk. We were quiet for a while until I spoke up again. "I'm glad".
"Hmm"
"I'm glad I took the chance to be with you", I told her with an honest smile. She smiled back with her checks blushing.
"Me too." With that said I leaned in and kissed her sweet, tender lips. I wish we could stay like this forever.
/
"Melody this isn't right"
"Shut up Hector, you're distracting me", the girl said as she tried to open Logan's apartment door with a hair pin. After what happened back in London, Melody was beyond annoyed. Logan had been bailing on them for far too long now and wants to know the reason why. She decided that she would investigate in Logan's apartment if that held any clues. Using one of her hair pins, Melody tried to unlock his door. After an hour of picking the lock, Hector sighed and tapped her shoulder.
"I know that you wanted to do this your way, but I think this would be more affective", Hector said as he grabbed the spare key from a near-by plant.
"What? Hector!"
"You never asked", he told her with a seemingly innocent smile. He moved to the door and opened it with the spare key. The door opened to Logan's messy living room. Dirty clothes were on the floor and furniture and there were empty take-out boxes on the coffee table.
"Geez, doesn't he ever clean this place", she said as she and the blonde enter the flat. They started to search through the messy apartment. Melody looked through his bedroom as Hector looked through the dirty clothes. After looking in his room, she entered the living room to see Hector looking through a pair of pants. "Have you found anything Hector?"
"No, you?" She shook her head as the blonde gave out a sigh. "Well maybe he's not hiding anything".
"No, he's definitely hiding something! I know he is!" she exclaimed "We just haven't found anything yet".
"Oh really? And what prey-tell are you trying to find?" The two turned their heads to see Logan in the door way; groceries in his arms, with a pissed off look on his face. They saw that his eyes had turned demonic due to his anger. Melody took a deep breath as she tried to explain.
"I-it's not what it looks like", she told him with her hands up defensively. Logan's glare deepened as Melody continued to talk. "O-okay, maybe i-it is what it looks like. But it's your fault."
"How is this, my fault?" he asked her as he placed the groceries down.
"Because, you've been acting strange and have been bailing on us. We just want to know what's up. Right Hector?" The blonde didn't respond as he held a strip of pictures in his hand and had a shocked expression on his face. Logan took notice to this and tried to get the strip out of his hand. But Melody beat him to it and grabbed the strip from Hector. She looked at it and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. It was Logan and Annabell. Together! What the hell is wrong with you, you idiot! She turned to Logan, her eyes glowing menacingly due to rage. Noticing this, Logan tried to calm her down.
"Now Mel, l-let me e-expla-"
"You're seeing Annabell!" Melody exclaimed as Logan scooted back due to her loudness. "You've been seeing Annabell all this time!"
"More like dating based on those pictures", Hector voiced as he stared at his friend. "Logan, why would you even go out with her? Did you forget that she was going to assassinate you and her partner nearly killed me and Melody?" Logan stayed quiet as he looked away from his friends. He was hoping that they wouldn't find out, but the world had to be a total ass to him. He took a deep breath and looked back to his friends.
"Listen guys, I know that you're confused and kind of upset".
"More like furious beyond reason", Melody said with her arms crossed.
"Anyway, she told me that she did intend on killing me on our first date, but she didn't. Annabell isn't like Austin or Ash or Angela. She has morals and respects that everyone is different. She even told me that she hated those fucked up angels and she wasn't the only one", he told his friends. He saw that Hector and Melody still didn't fully believe their friend. He gave out a sigh and rubbed his neck. "Fine, if you don't believe me, then maybe you'll believe her". Mentioning the idea caused Melody to seethe with rage.
"Absolutely not! I am not listening to that bitch's side of the story! She could be deceiving you and just waiting for the perfect moment to kill you". Logan didn't say anything, still standing his ground. Knowing how stubborn the teen is, Melody gave out a sigh of defeat accepting Logan's idea.
/
After finding out that their friend had been not only seeing, but also dating an angel they decided to at least hear her side of their relationship. To say that Melody was upset was an understatement. She was furious that her friend would let this despicable creature trick him like this. It didn't make any sense! Logan is usually so on guard. But this, it just didn't add up.
Logan and his friends were walking along one of the many sidewalks of Manhattan. He had called Annabell to meet him and his friends to meet so that she can explain that she wasn't like Austin. He really cared for her and wanted to clear her name. He can understand why his friends feel like that, but they had to know that she wasn't like that. The trio, were walking for a while until they had reached an abandoned playground. The forts and slides were rusted due to age, the monkey bars were falling apart and nothing seemed salvageable. The only thing that was still standing was the swing-set, which was occupied by the angel Annabell. Noticing her, the trio walked up to the girl. "Hey Anna", Logan said to get her attention. She looked up to from the ground and gave Logan a warm smile. It quickly disappeared when she saw Melody standing a few feet away, with an angered look on her face. Logan had texted her to come and talk to his friends and confirm that she wasn't like those psycho monsters. She honestly didn't believe that they were considered angels.
She pushed those thoughts beside as she stood up from her seat and greeted Melody and Hector. "Hello, I don't believe we've meet. I'm Annabell Harper", she said as she took out her hand to shake. Neither Melody nor Hector took the angel's hand. She awkwardly placed her hand back to her side as Logan gave her a reassuring smile to continue. "You must be wondering why an angel like me would be dating a half-breed like Logan."
"Actually I have a better question. What are you playing at?" Melody questioned with a raged look in her eyes. "It's obvious that you're just deceiving Logan so that you can kill him. But for some reason every change you had, you didn't take it. Why?" Annabell wasn't surprised to hear these questions. She took a deep breath and began her explanation.
"You're right; I could have killed him at any given moment. But I didn't, because I couldn't. I know that every living being has their good points and their bad and Logan is one of those people. He has his imperfections and I love that about him. I love that about every single being. I would never kill someone based on something as silly and superficial as that. The only reason why I followed that bastard's orders was because if I didn't, he would have killed me and my friends". After she had finished, both Melody and Hector were wide eyed. They didn't expect her to give an explanation like that. True, she could be just lying, but if she was then her eyes would hold so much pain. After a while of silence, Melody spoke up.
"I believe you".
"What?" the angel said with a confused look.
"I said I believe you", Melody repeated in a soft tone. "I judged you based on what Ash and Angela did to me instead of just you and I'm sorry".
"Me too", the blonde said to the girl.
"There's no need to apologize", Annabell told them, "and I completely understand why you two were upset with me. I wouldn't blame you either; Austin can be a total ass sometimes". They all laugh at her response.
"So now do you guys believe me", Logan said as he placed his arm around Annabell's waist. They both nodded at the teen as the group left the park. After a few minutes of walking, a question popped into Melody's head.
"Hey Annabel, I have a question for you?"
"What is it?"
"Are there any other angels like you?" Annabell smiled at the girl as she answered her question.
"There's not many, but there are those who despise the ways of Ash and Angela. My best friend is one of those few".
"That's good to hear", the blonde said as he adjusted his glasses, "now we know that not every angel wants to kill us". The group laughed as they continued their walk down the street, with a better mind set of their new angelic friend.
