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Chapter 11

Fickle Creatures

"What is that?" Carlos asked his charge, watching Diesel try to shuffle up the stairs, holding something in his hands, "Thaddeus front and center!"

"Fuck," Diesel cursed, turning to look at Carlos, who stood in the kitchen, holding a cup of tea, "Oh…what's up, Carlos my man…I thought you were away…and you know…busy…"

"What is that you're hiding?" Carlos asked, once again, watching Diesel freeze up, "Show me."

"Hey Carlos, you know…we were invited next door tomorrow, they're grilling meat, and you know, you can bring some rabbit food, if you want," Diesel said, watching Carlos give him a look.

"We'll go, but I want to see what's in your hands," Carlos said, making Diesel wince, "Open them….now."

"Fuck," Diesel sighed, before he lowered his arm to reveal a black and white cat, looking around with interest.

Carlos placed his cup of tea on the counter and crossed his arms, giving Diesel a look. Diesel shrugged his shoulders and said, "Look, Heidi and I were walking down the road and we saw a bunch of punks picking on little Oreo here, and so we saved her and-"

"Heidi?" Carlos asked, his eyebrow raising, "Who is Heidi?"

"She's the next door neighbor," Diesel said, pointing to the wall, "She's cool and shit, helps me with my homework and everything. We hang out and shit, she's a great cook too. Anyways, we found Oreo here, getting kicked around and so I saved her and she's been on me like glue, I can't get rid of her, look!"

Diesel placed the cat down on the counter, and walked over to the living room. The cat let out a meow and then jumped down from the counter and pranced over to Diesel, making her way up his leg and onto his shoulder. Diesel shrugged his shoulders and said, "See, can't get rid of her, Carlos, Oreo is my Familiar!"

Carlos watched Diesel's face brighten as the small cat rubbed against his head and began to groom him. It was nice to see the kid happy, and Carlos himself enjoyed cats and this cat seemed extremely tamed. Oh what the hell.

"I'll call Ella and she'll get some things for Oreo," Carlos said, earning a whoop from Diesel, "But if she goes to the bathroom on the carpet, you're cleaning it up."

"Oreo is a smart cookie," Diesel said, laughing at his pun, while petting the cat, "She'll do her pissing and shitting in the toilet, I'll train her!"

Carlos shook his head as Diesel ran up the stairs talking to the cat. Carlos pulled his phone out and called Ella to get cat supplies for Oreo. He made a call to Toga to check on the demon. Toga told him that he would out of commission for a while, and that he'll start looking for his two charges at the beginning of next year, when he was 100 percent better. Carlos sat down at the table and thought about Toga's charges. Who were they? They must have merged into the crowd easily then. Well, if Carlos found them, he would take charge in protecting them, until Toga was able to take care of them.

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"Don't break my nose again," Vinnie said, holding up a yellow file, "But I need for you to go out and get a low level skip, OUCH! Hey don't hurt me!"

"I'm hurting you," Stephanie said, punching Vinnie again in the shoulder, "Asshole, get those Ranger men on it!"

Connie giggled as Stephanie flipped through the file, every now and then, she would give Vinnie the stink eye. Stephanie sighed and read aloud, "Henry Walter, 45, his crime was a hit and run, never showed up to court, bail 25,000 dollars. This is stupid, go get him yourself, you ass clown."

"I would but I'm tired, and shit," Vinnie said, looking at his cousin, "You're here, waiting around for some big skips, this is somewhat big, go get him for me, please?"

Stephanie rolled her eyes and said, "Fine, I'll be back in a few minutes."

Stephanie made it to the address in ten minutes, five minutes later, the house was up in flames and the fire department had been called. Stephanie shook her head at Henry and said, "Idiot, I told you that a grease fire can't be put out with water."

"You did catch me at the wrong time, I was making lunch!" Henry said, with a shrug, just as a big yellow ball of fluff came bounding up to the two of them, barking loudly, "Shit, it's Bob."

"Bob?" Stephanie asked, just as the yellow fluff jumped on Henry, licking his face and tail wagging to the nines, "That's a dumb name for a dog."

"Well, he's a dumb dog," Henry said pushing the dog off him, "Sit Bob!"

Bob barked again and then jumped on Henry again. Henry groaned and said, "Damn dog, I thought I lost you in the park!"

"You abandoned your dog in the park?!" Stephanie asked, her hands on her hips, "Man, you are something else! Well, now you don't have a house, what are you going to do with Bob?"

"Send him to the kill shelter, that's what, he's worthless and doesn't obey, see! Look at him!" Walter said, as Bob jumped on him again, "Down dumb dog!"

"I ought to put you to sleep," Stephanie said, watching Bob turn to her and sniff her before jumping up on her to lick her face, "Okay, calm down, Bob."

Bob barked and jumped down, looking up at Stephanie with big brown eyes. Fuck, Stephanie was a stickler for chocolate brown eyes. Bob seemed to know that and whined, shuffling closer to Stephanie. Stephanie bit her lip and groaned loudly before she said, "Fuck…okay, Bob, get in the front, you're coming home with me, as for you Walter, get in the back, I'm taking you downtown."

"We are downtown," Henry said, climbing into the back of Stephanie's car.

"Bob, get in the back with Henry…." Stephanie said, making Bob jump into the back and attack Henry with kisses.

"ACK!"

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"Oh my god!" Heidi squealed as Bob ran around her in circles, "He's adorable! He's so fluffy! AH!"

Bob pushed Heidi to the ground with a bark and began to lick her face, his tail wagging so hard that his bottom wagged with it. Heidi laughed and giggled before she sat up and said, hugging Bob's neck, "Is he ours, we really own this cute puppy?"

Stephanie sighed and said, "Yes, we do, his owner was an idiot and so, I took him away from the stupidity. I got some stuff for him, and I think you won't be lonely with Bob here with you."

Stephanie smiled as Heidi and Bob rolled around on the floor. Stephanie had to admit, the dog was adorable and seeing Heidi's smile, when the dog came bounding in will be worth the little doggy messes and the like.

"He's so smart too!" Heidi said as she stood up and looked down at Bob, "Bob…sit!"

Bob looked up at Heidi and then barked, before jumping up to lick her again. Stephanie rolled her eyes and said, "We'll get a trainer to teach Bob some lessons, maybe he is smart."

Heidi rubbed Bob's head and said, "I got all the meat prepped for tonight's grill, steak, pork, chicken, I hope we got enough food…Diesel said Carlos is bringing over a pasta dish, I made couscous and chocolate torte cake.

"Sounds like a good dinner to me," Stephanie said, placing her sword back in the place she stored it, "I'll go get the grill set up, I'll take Bob out into the backyard, so he can run around."

"Diesel may have Oreo, but I have a smart dog named Bob, and a smart dog that can do tricks is way better than a cat that's named Oreo!" Heidi said, as Bob bounded away from her, "I can't wait to rub it in Diesel's face!"

Heidi clapped her hands and made her way to the kitchen, Diesel and his mentor would be here in about 30 minutes. She had just enough time to clean the shrimp she had bought this morning and marinade them in the sauce she created this morning. Mmm…tangy sweet and sour grilled-

"ARGH! YOU! BOB! ATTACK!" Stephanie's voice boomed making Heidi jump in surprise, "No! Don't kiss him, attack him!"

Heidi ran over to the side doors and looked out seeing Stephanie glaring at a man who was on the grass, being licked to death by Bob. Diesel stood close by, holding a large dish that was covered in plastic, with Oreo on his shoulder, looking down at the dog with interest. Heidi smiled and said, "Diesel! You two are here early, I haven't even set the patio table yet!"

"I can help set up the table," Diesel said, just as the man stood up and brushed himself off, "Oh, Heidi, Stephanie, this is my mentor, Carlos!"

"You live next door to me?!" Stephanie sighed, looking at the man in front of her, "Of all the rotten luck…"

Stephanie made a sound as Heidi seemed to float over to Carlos and say, with a sigh, "Oh…Hello, I'm Heidi, I never knew such a handsome man such as you would be the mentor of someone who is such a cad…."

"What?!" Diesel exclaimed, looking at Heidi, "I ain't no cat! I'm a man, 100 percent male!"

"A dumb male at that," Stephanie muttered under her breath, earning a smile from Carlos, "Hey! Don't laugh at my joke, you-"

"I'm glad to be next door neighbors with you, Babe," Carlos said, grabbing Stephanie's hand and shaking it, "If I had known about you living next to me, I would have invited you over for dinner."

"Yeah, well your little admirer did," Stephanie said, placing a hand on Heidi's head, "Well come on, since Bob's not going to kill you, you can stay and enjoy dinner."

"Thank goodness for Bob," Carlos said, winking at Stephanie, "I heard that you're a good cook, Heidi, what's on the menu tonight?"

"Oh….anything you want…" Heidi cooed, clasping her hands together, "Chicken, beef….me…."

Diesel blushed and said, "Every time, come on, Heidi, let's go set the table, and Carlos can you please not seduce every female in a ten mile radius!"

Diesel grabbed Heidi by her arm and led her back to the porch. Heidi sighed as Diesel led her away from Carlos. Stephanie shook her head and said, "Shoot, Well, do you want a drink, while we wait for the brat to make dinner?"

"Sure, I'll take a beer," Carlos said, walking with Stephanie over to the side door of the town house, "This is nicer than our townhouse, who decorated the place?"

"Heidi, I just go out and catch bad guys and make the money, she does everything else," Stephanie said, going into the refrigerator and taking out two beers, "Here you go, you're lucky I like to drink beer, Heidi only keeps wine in the pantry."

"She drinks wine?" Carlos asked, giving Stephanie a look.

"Uh no, she keeps it in the pantry to cook with," Stephanie said quickly, looking away from Carlos, "She doesn't drink, that's so…European!"

Truth was, Heidi was a lush, when it came to wine, the girl was worse than Stephanie and Toga encouraged it by teaching her all about wine and champagne. Stephanie toned it down since they got to New Jersey, but the girl still drinks two glasses a day.

"She's quite the little cook, I know Diesel likes to sneak out and come over to here to eat dinner, whenever I make dinner," Carlos chuckled, sitting down at the breakfast bar, "It's nice to see Diesel around children his own age, and it's nice to see that he's in such good company."

"Heidi's smart and she's a good girl, I should know, I helped raise her," Stephanie said, popping the tops off of the beers she put down, "Diesel, is a bit brash, and sounds pretty uneducated."

"Yeah, he had a….rough start in life," Carlos said, watching Heidi instruct Diesel how to the set the table, "I got him almost seven months ago, and he didn't know much, but I'm changing that, he's learning and he's picking up things pretty fast."

"Good," Stephanie said just as she saw the cat on Diesel's shoulder jump down and walk over to Bob, "Uh oh…."

"That's Oreo," Carlos said, with a chuckle, watching the cat bat at a confused looking Bob, "She's pretty bad ass."

Stephanie watched the cat jump up on Bob's back and sit down on him, as if she owned him and snorted, "Dumb dog, but he's our dumb dog…."

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"Mmm, this steak is cooked perfectly," Diesel moaned, tearing into his meal, "Heidi can you cook like this for me all the time, this is better than Carlos's rabbit food!"

Carlos gave Diesel a look, making Stephanie and Heidi laugh out loud, "Diesel, I'm only trying to feed you healthy foods."

"Rabbit food!" Diesel said, picking up a chicken wing and eating it, "Mmm, Chicken is so yummy!"

"What else do you do, besides bounty hunting?" Stephanie asked, picking up a kabob of shrimp and eating off of it, "It must be something better than that."

"I own several security firms named Rangeman," Carlos said, cutting his chicken, "In fact, we live across from Rangeman Trenton, that brick building, I co-own it, you two are welcome to it anytime, there's a gym and several well trained men in there, should you ever feel the need to be protected."

"I'm charmed," Stephanie deadpanned, drinking her beer, "I feel so protected now…."

"If you ever get bored with bounty hunting, I could offer you a job at Rangeman," Carlos said, looking at Stephanie, "You're very good at what you do, I could always use someone like you on our team."

"And push papers, I don't think so!" Stephanie said, waving her shrimp around, "Boring, I love action and adventure! You can't give me that in an office."

Carlos smiled and said, "There are some jobs that are outside the office, I can make sure that you get some action."

"I'll think about it," Stephanie said, turning to watch the children interact, "I can't believe it, friends for almost a week, and she has him eating out the palm of her hand."

Carlos shook his head and watched as Diesel quickly got up and went to get the cake that Heidi was too lazy to get up and retrieve, "You'll have to watch out for that one, Babe, she's going to have boys following her like lost puppies."

"Don't I know it," Stephanie sighed, finishing her beer, "I'll have to watch out for her, luckily, I choose a private school to shuck her in, that stupid Rosewood Academy, she'll enjoy her time there."

"No kidding," Carlos said, looking over to Stephanie, "Diesel's going there too, I hope he doesn't get kicked out during the first week of school, I paid top dollar to get him there with no questions."

"Humans, they're such fickle creatures, throw money at them and they'll do anything you ask of them," Stephanie said, looking over to Carlos, a smile on her face.

"Yeah they do, but I'm not one of those fickle creatures," Carlos joked, just as Bob jumped up on the table and grabbed his chicken, "Babe…"

"I know, I know, we're going to train him soon," Stephanie sighed, placing her head and in her hand, "Crazy ass dog…"

"Carlos, Diesel," Heidi said looking up from cutting the cake, "Did you hear about the killings lately…scary, those poor women."

Diesel nodded his head and looked over to Stephanie and Carlos, "20 women in the span of a week, I wonder what's going to make some crazy ass person gut a woman like a fish?"

"Maybe he's trying to be Jack the Ripper," Stephanie said, eating the slice of cake in front of her, "Which isn't a good thing, you know."

"Jack the who?" Diesel asked, looking over to Carlos, "Hey man, who the hell is this Jack the Tipper."

"Jack the Ripper, Diesel, and I see I'll have to make sure that Tank has an extra hour or so with you for history lessons," Carlos said, making Diesel bang his head on the table.

"Shit!"

"Anyways," Carlos said, turning to Diesel and Heidi, "Jack the Ripper was a serial killer in England, during the 19th century; he used to target prostitutes and kill them by gutting and stabbing their abdomens. A brutal and horrific string of deaths, the murderer was never caught."

"It's gotten so bad that that bone head Morelli got called in," Diesel said, around a mouthful of cake, "Sargent Morelli, who let that idiot get power?"

"Morelli and I butt heads all the time," Carlos said, with a casual shrug, looking over to Stephanie, "He thinks that my job isn't legal but we all know he's about as straight as a circle when it comes to his job. It's like you said, Stephanie, throw a little money at the problem, and it goes away, with Morelli, if you got the right amount of money, you can get away with murder."

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"Experiment 21 was a bust….in the same environment as the last 20 experiments; the eggs did not meet minimum requirements. If one wants to bring back an ancient race, one must do so in the right environment."

The person sat down on a stool and wrote down all that they stated. What had once been a family hobby, now became their life and passion. A great-great-great relative or so wrote down in a journal about a race of super humans that instantly went extinct, demons. Along with historical accounts about said demons, their ancestor left samples of male demon sperm that had been kept persevered in one of the demons preservation containers, a relic in itself. If they could strip the human egg of any human DNA and replace it with demon DNA, then they could bring back the powerful race and use them to take over the world.

Perhaps it was time to use the other contraption that was passed down to them, a detector of some sort, used to find compatible eggs to create powerful demons. This detector was created after the first near fall of the demons to help raise the population. The detector it wasn't used during the second and mass extinction of demons, due to the legend that the demons were wiped out instantly.

"Well one more experiment and then we'll use the detector, though I doubt I'll find a female with eggs powerful enough to re-create the demon race…."

It doesn't hurt to test it out, but for now, he had one more experiment to do….

TBC….

Next chapter, a few more characters are introduced and the plot thickens!