Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, me no own, so you sue.
AN: HA! It's a loooooooooooooooong chapter!! And you all thought I couldn't do it……come on……I KNOW that's what you were thinking…….well……okay…..so it's long compared to my other ones…….eh heh…..
Chapter Eight
*Darkness, Saviors, And Guns*
"OH SHIT….." Jester mumbled under her breath.
"What?" Gypsy piped up from her place on the couch they had managed to obtain for their tiny apartment.
"Damn you and your freakishly good hearing," Jester cursed.
"Gotta love it!" Gypsy replied brightly, "Anyway, what's wrong now?"
"I can't find the bottle with the potion Azrael gave us……."
"What potion?" Gypsy asked absentmindedly, flipping through an old looking leather-bound book.
"The one that lets us walk in sunlight without being turned to ash," Jester said so quickly that many people would think she only said one word.
"What about it?"
"I lost it…."
"What?"
"You heard me……" Jester mumbled quietly.
Gypsy stood abruptly. The book went sailing past Jester's head and slammed into the wall behind it.
"WHAT???!!!! You LOST it??? YOU JUST FUCKING LOST IT?????????!!!!!!!!!"
Jester fidgeted.
"Looks like it……"
Gypsy collapsed backwards on to the couch, flopping her arm over her eyes.
"Well shit," she said with a mild amount of humor in her voice, "There goes our fun in the sun."
"What are we gonna do?!" Jester asked in a panicked voice.
Gypsy rubbed her temples, grimacing.
"Ask Azrael for more?" She suggested.
"Ooooooooooohhhhhhh no. NOT happening. I am NOT asking Azrael for more," Jester said angrily.
Jumping to her feet Gypsy let out a frustrated scream.
"Fine! Then I'LL ask him, even if I have to beg. My god, ANYTHING would be better than having to hide around in the dark again."
"No! You ARE NOT ASKING AZRAEL FOR HELP!!!!!" Jester shrieked at the top of her lungs.
Gypsy flung her arms wide.
"Why the hell not?!"
"He can't even get us more!" Jester said exasperatedly.
Standing there dumbly Gypsy's mouth gaped open ever so slightly.
"Why?"
"Do you know how damn near impossible it was for him to get that stuff in the first place?! It practically doesn't exist ANYWHERE!!!"
Gypsy's eyebrow twitched upwards and her hands clenched at her sides.
"What are we going to do then?!"
"Not go in the sun?" Jester said.
"Oh brilliant, just fucking BRILLIANT," Gypsy replied with all the sarcasm she could manage.
"There's nothing else TO do," Jester reminded her.
Gypsy smiled wryly at her friend, and with all the good humor she could muster at the moment, said, "I hope you realize, this is going to play hell with my tan."
* * * * *
Tori sat on a park bench in the waning sunlight, swinging her feet and attempting to pretend for one moment that she wasn't on a quest to save the universe.
This is so ludicrous……Tori thought to herself.
Here she was, alone, in the middle of Central Park, in the dark, with no place to go, and not even a bed to sleep in.
A tapping noise began, and after a few moments Tori looked around for the source of this beat.
She could barely make out a figure in a tree about ten yards away.
The figure jumped down, and two others walked up behind it. All three slowly began walking towards her at an even pace.
Tori's breath caught in her throat, and she shook her head, telling herself that she had nothing to worry about.
But when the three shadows continued their walk Tori panicked and jumped up from the bench, beginning to quickly walk away.
She could hear their pace increase, and she in turn increased hers, breaking into a run a few moments later.
Upon hearing the pounding of three pairs of feet on the ground behind her she knew that they were racing to catch her.
She made the mistake of looking behind her and her foot caught on an uneven place in the ground, sending her careening to the pavement.
She put out her arms to break her fall, and she cried out as her skin scrapped along the hard ground.
Just as the three figures were about to reach her, and Tori was instinctively covering her face, two figures appeared out of the gloom and jumped over her, right into her attackers.
Moments later Tori removed her hands from her face in time to see her two protectors yelling profanities at the retreating shadows.
"GO BACK TO YOUR MOMMIES, YOU PUNK FUCKS!!!!" Yelled one of the figures, who Tori could now see was a blond boy with an eye patch.
"Ha!" The other figure, a well-built boy with curly hair, said, "We kicked their fucking asses!"
The two boys then proceeded to do some sort of weird hand shake, which entailed spitting in their own hand and then shaking that of the other boys.
Tori stared at them wide eyed.
"Thank you?" She squeaked.
They looked at her, as if noticing her for the first time.
"Who are you?" She asked quietly.
"I'm Blink," the blond boy said, "And this is Mush."
Mush waved to her and grinned. He offered her his hand and helped her to stand back up on her feet.
"Oh my god, I can't thank you two enough!" Tori started, "What can I do to repay you?"
"Say you'll offer us sex as a reward," Blink said, a cheesy grin plastered onto his face.
"What?…." Tori asked sarcastically, placing her hand on her hips.
She shook her head at them and laughed slightly, walking away.
"Thanks again," she called over her shoulder.
"How about that shit?" Blink asked Mush angrily, "We just saved her ass, and now she's gonna go take off? Fuck this. No one takes me seriously! When I become a prophet, everyone's going to listen to me."
Mush rolled his eyes and the two began to walk off.
Tori froze the instant she heard Blink's words.
Prophet? She thought, You've got to be kidding me……
"Hey!" Tori yelled out, "Wait up!"
Blink and Mush turned around as Tori ran up to them.
"Sorry," she said, "Would you-…..um….." Tori mumbled under her breath, "I can't believe I'm doing this……" She looked Blink straight in the eye, "Would you like to have a drink with me?"
Blink grinned widely, punching Mush in the arm.
"See?!" He said, "I told you if we hung around this place long enough we'd get laid!"
* * * * *
The salesman in the gun shop looked over his two customers carefully. There was something…….different about them, although he couldn't figure out what.
He shook his head and picked up a gun, handing it to one of the young men, saying, "Now this piece is nice. It's not lightweight, but one look at it and nobody - I mean nobody – is going to fuck with you. Try it on."
"Well," the young man said, "What do you think, Jack?"
Jack turned and looked over the gun, "Dunno, Spot," he replied.
Spot hefted the gun from one hand to the other, commenting, "Well, it's a hell of a lot more compact than a flaming sword, I'll give it that much."
The salesman raised his eyebrows curiously.
Jack shrugged, "It's the weapon of choice these days."
Spot sighed, "It seems unimpressive. At least the sword looked intimidating. How can I strike fear into the hearts of the wicked with this?"
"Oh I get it," the salesman said, "You want to become a vigilante or something?"
Spot and Jack ignored him, still looking at the gun critically.
"I don't know….." Spot said, "It just feels so impersonal."
"Den don't use a gun. Just lay the place to waste like Sodom and Gomorrah. Now that was something," Jack replied.
Spot snorted, "Yeah, for you maybe. You got to stand there and read! I had to do all the work."
"What work?" Jack retorted, "You lit a few fires!"
"Hey!" Spot said angrily, "I rained down fire and sulfur. There's a subtle difference."
"Sure," Jack said sarcastically.
"Are you kidding me?!" Spot practically yelled, "Any moron with a pack of matches can start a fire! Raining down sulfur takes a huge level of endurance. Mass genocide is practically the most exhausting activity one can engage in!"
The salesman stared at the two in disbelief. These idiots are insane! He thought to himself.
Jack glared at him as he thought that, and the salesman suppressed a feeling of fear that Jack could read his thoughts.
Spot lay the gun on the counter in front of the salesman.
"I'll take this one."
AN: Alright, alright, you're all going to hate me for this, but I won't be able to update again soon! Sawy, but I'm gonna be in Portland until Sunday!!! I'm visiting my bro at college tho, so it'll be fun…… Anywayz, I hope y'all like the chapter!!! And as always, review is ya luuuuuuuuuuuuuuv me! Or just review anyway, either way works for me! J Talk to all of you laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaater!! *Sniff* I'm gonna miss you guys!! *sobs*
Comments:
Tiger: Eep!! I'm so sorry! I know, I've been a terrible updater type person…..yeah……..
Mondie: Yayness! I feel loved!…..Aw, I'm sure your pics will come out fine! They can't be any worse than MY school pics…..*cough*…. J
FictionHobbit: But Azrael's so cool!! I'm sorry that made you saaaaaaaad!!
Cards: Dear lord, take some sedatives!!!! Lol, juuuuuuuuuust kidding!!
Ali: Yes yes, the whole "I'm hungry" bit sounds just like us……it's kind of pathetic, no? Thanx again so much for the insanely great support!!! I wuuuuuuuuuuv you!
