Disclaimer: HI! I don't own any of Jhonen Vasquez's characters! I HAVEN'T SLEPT FOR 28 HOURS!!!! LEAVE ME ALONE! THANK YOU CAFFEINE!!! OH SHIT WHERE DID ALL THE COFFFFFFEEEEEEEEE GOOOOOOOOOOOOO?

Part 14

(Jen's View)

I turned the page and there was a sketch of Nny himself, sitting at a desk, hunched over, writing. All the pages after were blank.

I closed the diary, "Wow".

I looked for any indication of time, but there was no window or clock. I turned off the light and walked our of the room with the diary. I stuffed it into the back pocket of my black jeans. I attempted to put the boards back over the doorway. After that was done, I looked around once more. There was another set of stairs leading down, but there was a horrid, rotting smell wafting around the area, so I decided against going any further. I came to the top floor and looked around for Nny.

"Where the hell are you?" I asked to the empty living room. It was probably 3:00 p.m. now.

"Oh fuck this, I'm leaving", I walked out the door.

Then a thought struck me. Todd!

I need a break from all this crap. I should pay Todd a little visit and see how the guy's doing.

I walked over to 779 and rang the doorbell.

Todd's mother answered the door, "Well hello there, Nessie! I didn't know you were coming over! Why didn't you call? Is something wrong over in Scotland?"

O.o "Umm… no? I'm Jennifer and I'm looking for Todd… Squee…" I told her.

"Umm… heehee… Hold on Nessie, maybe my rainbow with glasses knows what you're talking about. HONEY!!!"

Todd's father came to the door and looked at me, "What do you want?"

"Could you tell me where your son is?" I asked.

Mr. Casil grimaced at the word 'son', "Oh you mean the dependent. Uhh… hopefully he was kidnapped, but I think the last time we saw him was at his friend's house. Pepito I believe."

"Where's Pepito's home?"

Mr. Casil looked annoyed, "666. It's further down the street about two miles. Now excuse me, my wife and I have to throw the dependent's stuff out on to the lawn… maybe he'll go away…"

Then he looked hopefully at me, "Or… Could you take him?"

Mrs. Casil suddenly zoomed out of the door and flopped onto the grass. She rolled around, giggling, "CLOUDS!!! WEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

O.o…

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Uh… is that your beeper Mr. Casil?"

"Umm… no. It's my goddamn ass again…" Mr. Casil groaned.

"Oh… how nice… I think I'll be going now.." I stiffly walked away.

"BYE NESSIE!!! " shrieked Mrs. Casil.

I ran quickly towards Pepito's house.

(Nny's View)

She's okay. She's okay. She will be fine.

The doctors let me in her room. She was resting.

I held her hand as she slept.

Suddenly, the door slammed open and a cheerful girl popped in with a little squeak toy, "DEVI!!!"

Devi opened one eye and groaned loudly, "Tenna!"

"AND MISTER SPOOKY!"

SQUEAK! SQUEAK!

"Oh god. KILL ME NOW!" Devi groaned.

"We heard about your accident! We're so glad you're okay!" said the girl, who I suppose is Tenna.

"Accident? An ACCIDENT?!" Devi sputtered, eyes wide

Tenna, then looked at me, "HI! Who are you? OHMYGOD! YOU'RE NNY AREN'T YOU?!"

I nodded silently at the over-enthusiastic girl.

"So you're the one that tried to kill Devi, huh? Devi's mentioned you a lot!"

Devi and I realized that we were still holding hands. We both withdrew our hands quickly.

Then a squeak toy was shoved into my face.

"SAY HI TO MISTER SPOOKY!" Tenna shrieked.

I tried to ignore the increasingly irritating girl, but she backed me into the corner with the toy.

"SAY HI!" Tenna shrieked again, more threateningly.

"Uhh… Hi Mister Spooky?" I rasped.

SQUEAK! SQUEAK!

"He says it's nice to meet you!"

Devi burst out laughing, but her laughter sent waves of pain throughout her body. Yet she didn't stop.

It was such a nice sound… I missed it for so long.

"I think I should go…" I mumbled.

I turned around to leave, but Devi grabbed my arm. I looked at her and she pulled me down towards her.

"Thanks for saving me Nny…" Devi whispered to me. Then she added embarrassedly, "Sorry about Tenna… She's kind of special…"

I smiled slightly at her.

Devi wrapped her arms around me and I stiffened.

"(Oh she only wants a hug)", I relaxed, slightly.

"I'm sorry I tried to kill you in the past…" I muttered.

Devi smiled coyly, "Well actually, now that I think back, it was rather thrilling! Something different for a change and I wasn't publicly embarrassed. I mean, I wouldn't like it to happen again, but… I can kick your ass anyway. So you try it, skinny boy. But Hell, you certainly left your mark in my life though…"

I chuckled and waved goodbye to the three of them and walked out of the door.

SQUEAK! SQUEAK!

Before I closed the door, I heard Tenna's voice.

"Aww… He's kind of hot. I don't know what you're talking about, he seems nice to me… Not at all homicidal…"

"TENNA!!!" Devi screeched.

WHUMP!

I suppose Devi threw a pillow at Tenna.

I chuckled and closed the door.

To be continued...