Jackals in the Night:
Chapter V—Of Demons and Angels
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A/N: The title actually has a meaning this time. You see, Nny and Pepito are demons in general terms both symbolic and real. Squee is an angel in the symbolic ways because he's never done anything that would make him seem "evil" in our terms. But you all probably figured that out or not even reading these notes. Whatever. Yeah…I got a little deep for the title this time.
Pairings: Surprise! XD~ But I'm sure you've already figured it out! I'm all for triangles!
Genre: Shounen ai/Slash, Angst/Dramatic, OOC [Pepito is really OOC]
Disclaimer: Vasquez wants to kick my ass and then beat me with a hammer.
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Pepito stood in the kitchen I had left. He had not said anything since he had entered. I wonder what he is thinking. Finally he turns around to face me. Pepito actually looks very depressed—that is something I've never seen on Pepito. Then again…I never knew him that well.
"Pepito, what's wrong…?" I feel uncomfortable in situations like this.
Instead of answering, he just wraps his arms around me. Schmee makes some comment to me, but it's muffled. I'm sure it wasn't something nice.
"Father wouldn't tell me where you were." He has yet to let me go. "Finally, I had to look in his files. I'm happy I found you, Todd. Now I have something to ask you."
"…what…?" My question is muffled by his fabric.
"Will you join with us now?" He lets me go to allow me to have my say.
"But…why do you want me to join? I'm not at all strong or brave like others. I'm not even homicidal." I try to make Pepito to think what he's asking.
"Because I want you to be my friend."
"But…I'm already your friend."
Pepito shakes his head a few times. "Don't you remember what I said when I first came to your classroom?"
I pause to think. After a few moments, I shake my head 'no.' "I'm afraid not. What did you say?"
"I don't want to see you die, Todd." Pepito says instead of answering my question.
"Die…?" My eyes widen at that assumption.
Pepito nods a few times and begins to open his mouth—perhaps to tell me what he means. However, soft tapping of boots on the basement stairs stops our conversation. A loud curse fills the air as I hear Nny's voice yell: GODDAMN CORSPES! a few times.
My demon friend raises an eyebrow at all the cursing coming from the basement. Soon the door knob twists and Nny hops out covered in fresh blood—still murmuring about "those goddamn corpses and their goddamn cluttering." Pausing, he turns to stare at Pepito with the same expression he is giving Nny. Silence ensues.
Feeling the silence get to me, I break it by thinking of the first thing that comes to mind—in a bit of a rush. "Pepito this is Johnny but please call him Nny. And Nny this is Pepito he's the son of the devil and is asking me to join his army."
"Really…?" Nny glances at Pepito with an interested look. "I've met your dad. He's attitude really gets to me sometimes."
"Oh I know you. Weren't you the one that kept exploding heads in Heaven[6]?"
"Yup. As Squeegee says: I am Nny. But my real name is Johnny C." He gives a bow done with his introduction.
"Yes as Todd says, I am Pepito Diablo. The Anti-Christ if you will."
"That's a nice job. Homicidal maniac doesn't pay what it should."
I stand there unbelieving what I'm hearing. How can Nny be so calm when he's talking to the Son of the Devil!? And how can Pepito act so cheeky to someone like Nny? These two really confuse me sometimes. I rub my temples unsure of what to say now. Suddenly I give a start. EXPLODING HEADS IN HEAVEN!? W-what?!?!
"Umm…excuse me…exploding heads…?"
"Ah…don't worry about them. That damn nun really did a number on everyone though." Nny gave a nod only further traumatizing me with THAT image.
"A nun eh…?" Pepito looks a bit surprised but then turns to me—deciding he's done talking with Johnny. "Well…come on Todd. We have to get going. Mountain tall of paperwork you have to do."
"Eh…? Now you lost me." Nny rocked back and forth on his heels. "Where are you taking Squeegee?"
"That's none of your business." Pepito says somewhat glaring at Nny. "It's between myself and Todd."
Oh shit. I had wished Pepito had not said that. Nny had this thing against rude people. Though he was polite for a few moments, I suppose Pepito doesn't wish to discuss things with Nny anymore. Maybe I should get out of the way…
"YOU BRAT! YOU GODDAMN SON-OF-A-BITCH…" Nny begins to reach into his boots.
"DON'T YOU CALL MY MOTHER THAT YOU…"
Yes…I should DEFINITELY get out of the way. I grab Schmee and move to the far side of the kitchen—close to the door leading to the basement.
"I'M SICK OF TAKING SHIT FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU!" Nny takes out a knife from his boot—pointing it at Pepito's face. "YOU COULD AT LEAST TRY TO BE NICE BUT NO!! YOU THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN ME!! DO YOU?!"
"I KNOW I'M BETTER THAN YOU!" Pepito's eyes glint as he begins to grin. "BECAUSE YOU ARE WACKY!"
"….GODDAMNIT! YOU SAID THE WORD! THERE IS NOTHING MORE ANNOYING THAN THAT WORD!" Nny's eyes are starting to get that "crazy" look. "YOU WANT WACKY?! I'LL SHOW YOU WACKY!"
A knife flies into the air aimed at Pepito's head. Calmly moving out of the way, Pepito raises his hands that are now that fiery color.
"SQUEEEEE!" I make my high pitched noise and run down the basement stairs. "COME ON SCHMEE!"
I see a dug tunnel in the middle of the basement floor. How my father missed this I'll never know. Above my head, loud screaming and a few explosions are heard. Without a word, I climb into the hole to outrun the fight.
I start crawling down the hole. Hugging onto Schmee I whisper into his bear ear, "I hope neither of them get too hurt."
You'll be lucky the HOUSE survives. Keep going.
I put my foot down on the next "solid" step. However, as I put my weight onto the step…there is this sickening cracking noise. Gulping, I look down to see a woman's face.
"SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" I lose balance all together to fall into the sea of corpses.
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TBC?
C&C are welcome. Yes I'm very, very evil.
[6] Nny dies in one of the JTHM books (I'm not sure which one right now). When he dies, he goes to Heaven. There he finds out he can explode heads. But only while he's in Heaven. So he causes a bit of trouble before a nun explodes EVERYONE'S head. Soon he's sent to Hell for all the trouble he's caused. Poor Nny. XD~
I'm also ashamed at how Pepito came out. Didn't mean to make him so sappy…forgive me. ;_; Leave a review please!