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Chapter 3:
The Universal Order
Jack was pacing nervously around the helm. If he was a woman, he probably would've started to chew on his nails and by now he would've bitten them down to the cuticle. But he wasn't a woman so his only options were to either pace around or go off and handle this "Maureen situation" himself. He didn't want to do the latter. He wanted Death to.
"Goddamnit, where are you! Maureen is probably up to something right now!" He yelled to no one in particular.
He had called out her name since it was the only competent idea he had to get Death's ass over there. "Candace Brimmingham I need your help!!" Wait, Jack actually needing someone's help? Not exactly. He was just trying to seem desperate.
Jack quickly stopped begging and shut his mouth when he heard someone behind him. He twirled around and at the doorway to the helm stood that really nice person we call Death. She was wearing these really baggy pants that were several sizes to big and a white tank top. Her hair was in a ponytail and her hands were on her hips. She did not look happy.
"Jack... what the hell do you want?" She said, keeping her anger in check. She wasn't even supposed to be there. This was Jack's job and he obviously wasn't 'taking care of things' since Candace was there.
"Listen Candace, I'm in a bit of a dilemma." He said in that deep voice and in an annoyed way, completely irritated that she would question him the way she did.
"Jack, you're always in a dilemma. Just get to the point so I can leave before the Boss finds out I'm here." Candace stared at him, waiting for his response. Candace then looked down at the dead body of Dodge and wrinkled her nose slightly.
Jack was getting angry but he knew if he said one wrong thing, Candace would tell him to kiss her ass and then she would simply leave. "I need your help. There's a woman, Maureen Epps, who is the last one alive aboard the ship at this point. She's strong, not only physically but mentally as well. There is a possibility that she could ruin things for me, and that's why I need you. I want you to just kill her for me. You can take care of her efficiently and quickly."
"I think not." Candace said, stepping farther into the helm.
Jack expected her to say more but everything was silent. He sighed, "Well why the hell not!"
"I won't because, first of all, this is your job and your problem, not mine. And second of all because I can't, I really can't. I can't disrupt the Universal Order of things. You know that. If I kill her now, or anytime, that might cause some serious problems in the future." Candace said as if it were just an everyday matter that everyone knew.
"Serious problems?" Jack questioned. Then he became annoyed, "Candace, just kill her."
"Why am I even having this conversation with you! You're an idiot!" She calmed down for a minute before continuing, "Ok, look at it this way: What if she's not supposed to die right now? She'll have to die sooner or later, she's a mortal, but-"
Candace was suddenly cut off by Jack, "I'd prefer sooner."
"I don't care what you prefer, Jack. I really don't. You've only been around a blink of an eye compared to me, so shut it." Candace was always very frank about anything and everything. "What if she's supposed to do something very important in the future? What if she's supposed to have some kind of tremendous impact on human existence? What if she's supposed to give birth to the future-president? What if she herself is supposed to be a future president?" she paused for a moment considering her next statement, "What if she's supposed to destroy you and your work?" Candace said, motioning to the ship around her.
"What?" Jack said in shock.
"Oh come on, you heard me, Jack." Candace said with a dramatic roll of her eyes.
Jack's anger was coming to a boil, "No! That woman will no destroy anything!"
"You don't know what's going to happen. See, Jack, you don't know how to roll with the punches. This is why you're only a simple soul collector." Candace said, "Oh, and one more thing before I leave you to your... work, I'd be in serious trouble if I stuck my nose where it didn't belong."
Jack was oddly curious, but he looked at her suspiciously, "What do you mean?"
"I shouldn't be here. Actually, I'm not allowed to be. This was and still is your job and you have to finish it. If you want the woman dead, kill her yourself, but I flatly refuse to do it or be any part of it. So have fun." Candace turned around to leave but Jack grabbed her by her arm.
"Wait, the Boss won't allow you to help or even be here?"
Candace picked his hand off of her arm and looked at him, "That's right. I mean, this is the Universal Order we're talking about. I must let things take their course and that's why the Boss didn't want me here."
"Fine leave then." Jack said. He didn't really have much of a comeback, but then again, she really didn't insult him.
"That's just what I planned on doing, Ferriman." Just before Candace walked out the door, she turned around and looked at him as if she were considering something, "I bet you fifty dollars something goes wrong or you mess things up."
It was a proposition, and Jack never refused propositions like that. "You're on."
"Well that's good." she said as she grinned evilly. "So long, Jack. Hope you figure out something." and with that she walked out of the helm.
Jack stood there with a mixture of anger, frustration, and confusion distorting the features on his face. "Oh yes, I'll figure out something." but by then he already did have a plan in mind. With that, he walked out another door that was connected to the helm.
I'll be truthful with you, Candace didn't actually leave. Jack thought she did, but she didn't. She simply hid in the shadows until he left. Whether or not the boss wanted her there, she was going to stand by and watch Jack ruin everything he had worked for. Not to mention, she wanted to make sure she got her fifty dollars.
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Chapter 3:
The Universal Order
Jack was pacing nervously around the helm. If he was a woman, he probably would've started to chew on his nails and by now he would've bitten them down to the cuticle. But he wasn't a woman so his only options were to either pace around or go off and handle this "Maureen situation" himself. He didn't want to do the latter. He wanted Death to.
"Goddamnit, where are you! Maureen is probably up to something right now!" He yelled to no one in particular.
He had called out her name since it was the only competent idea he had to get Death's ass over there. "Candace Brimmingham I need your help!!" Wait, Jack actually needing someone's help? Not exactly. He was just trying to seem desperate.
Jack quickly stopped begging and shut his mouth when he heard someone behind him. He twirled around and at the doorway to the helm stood that really nice person we call Death. She was wearing these really baggy pants that were several sizes to big and a white tank top. Her hair was in a ponytail and her hands were on her hips. She did not look happy.
"Jack... what the hell do you want?" She said, keeping her anger in check. She wasn't even supposed to be there. This was Jack's job and he obviously wasn't 'taking care of things' since Candace was there.
"Listen Candace, I'm in a bit of a dilemma." He said in that deep voice and in an annoyed way, completely irritated that she would question him the way she did.
"Jack, you're always in a dilemma. Just get to the point so I can leave before the Boss finds out I'm here." Candace stared at him, waiting for his response. Candace then looked down at the dead body of Dodge and wrinkled her nose slightly.
Jack was getting angry but he knew if he said one wrong thing, Candace would tell him to kiss her ass and then she would simply leave. "I need your help. There's a woman, Maureen Epps, who is the last one alive aboard the ship at this point. She's strong, not only physically but mentally as well. There is a possibility that she could ruin things for me, and that's why I need you. I want you to just kill her for me. You can take care of her efficiently and quickly."
"I think not." Candace said, stepping farther into the helm.
Jack expected her to say more but everything was silent. He sighed, "Well why the hell not!"
"I won't because, first of all, this is your job and your problem, not mine. And second of all because I can't, I really can't. I can't disrupt the Universal Order of things. You know that. If I kill her now, or anytime, that might cause some serious problems in the future." Candace said as if it were just an everyday matter that everyone knew.
"Serious problems?" Jack questioned. Then he became annoyed, "Candace, just kill her."
"Why am I even having this conversation with you! You're an idiot!" She calmed down for a minute before continuing, "Ok, look at it this way: What if she's not supposed to die right now? She'll have to die sooner or later, she's a mortal, but-"
Candace was suddenly cut off by Jack, "I'd prefer sooner."
"I don't care what you prefer, Jack. I really don't. You've only been around a blink of an eye compared to me, so shut it." Candace was always very frank about anything and everything. "What if she's supposed to do something very important in the future? What if she's supposed to have some kind of tremendous impact on human existence? What if she's supposed to give birth to the future-president? What if she herself is supposed to be a future president?" she paused for a moment considering her next statement, "What if she's supposed to destroy you and your work?" Candace said, motioning to the ship around her.
"What?" Jack said in shock.
"Oh come on, you heard me, Jack." Candace said with a dramatic roll of her eyes.
Jack's anger was coming to a boil, "No! That woman will no destroy anything!"
"You don't know what's going to happen. See, Jack, you don't know how to roll with the punches. This is why you're only a simple soul collector." Candace said, "Oh, and one more thing before I leave you to your... work, I'd be in serious trouble if I stuck my nose where it didn't belong."
Jack was oddly curious, but he looked at her suspiciously, "What do you mean?"
"I shouldn't be here. Actually, I'm not allowed to be. This was and still is your job and you have to finish it. If you want the woman dead, kill her yourself, but I flatly refuse to do it or be any part of it. So have fun." Candace turned around to leave but Jack grabbed her by her arm.
"Wait, the Boss won't allow you to help or even be here?"
Candace picked his hand off of her arm and looked at him, "That's right. I mean, this is the Universal Order we're talking about. I must let things take their course and that's why the Boss didn't want me here."
"Fine leave then." Jack said. He didn't really have much of a comeback, but then again, she really didn't insult him.
"That's just what I planned on doing, Ferriman." Just before Candace walked out the door, she turned around and looked at him as if she were considering something, "I bet you fifty dollars something goes wrong or you mess things up."
It was a proposition, and Jack never refused propositions like that. "You're on."
"Well that's good." she said as she grinned evilly. "So long, Jack. Hope you figure out something." and with that she walked out of the helm.
Jack stood there with a mixture of anger, frustration, and confusion distorting the features on his face. "Oh yes, I'll figure out something." but by then he already did have a plan in mind. With that, he walked out another door that was connected to the helm.
I'll be truthful with you, Candace didn't actually leave. Jack thought she did, but she didn't. She simply hid in the shadows until he left. Whether or not the boss wanted her there, she was going to stand by and watch Jack ruin everything he had worked for. Not to mention, she wanted to make sure she got her fifty dollars.
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