Hey peoples! The only thing here is the cussing. There shouldn't be any violence, but if there is, tell me! There's some alcohol in this one, though! And, once again, the characters are not mine expect Nikki! If you say that The Voice is mine, her image is, but her personality is Jhonen Vasquez's! The Mineral Town people are all Natsume's! If you steal Nikki, I'll replace your brain with a sack of taquitos!

Chapter 4 – Night Out

Nikki stood on the beach, looking down at what she had done. She smirked as she looked down at Zack's headless body. He would no longer be a bother to her…

You did well, Nikki. I think you deserve a treat for this…

Nikki felt her pocket grow heavy. She reached inside and pulled out 1500 G. 'She can do that?' she thought, then she put the money back in her pocket and checked her watch.

8:10 PM

"Still have time," she said, and she started running as fast as she could to the inn.

"Hey, Nikki!" A red-haired teen greeted her at the door. "Hey Ann," Nikki sighed, "I really need a beer, Ann. You still open?"

"Hell yeah! We're open for about another hour!" Ann said, and Nikki followed her back inside the inn. She went over to the bar, where Cliff, Rick, and Kai were sitting. (It's Summer, by the way!) They all said Hi when she sat down at the counter. "What'll it be today, Nikki?" Doug asked, washing out a beer glass as he spoke. "Beer, please. The biggest glass you have," she said. Kai smirked. "Hey Nikki! You up for a drinking contest?" he said. "You're on, prettyboy," Nikki replied, grabbing the glass Doug gave her. They moved to a table in the corner. Everyone in the bar followed them there. One of them even pulled out a cell phone and invited people to watch.

Kai started off. He took a long sip from his beer and set it down, staring at Nikki. She picked up her beer and chugged half of it. "Beat that!" she said, smirking. "Sure!" Kai shouted, and he chugged down almost all of it. "Heh. Amateur," Nikki said, and she drained the beer in one gulp. "REFILL!" Kai and Nikki shouted at the same time.

One Hour Later…

"Nikki, are you sure you're gonna keep this up?" Manna asked, a worried look on her face. "SHUT UP! I can (hick!) beat him! You'll never (hick!) beat me at (hick!) Twister!" Nikki shouted. She was officially drunk as hell. Kai was chugging down his fifth beer, but Nikki had finished off her seventh and was yelling "CHEESE!" at Doug, who looked confused. "I think she means she wants a refill, Dad," Ann said. She looked like she was about to burst out laughing at the drunken comments Kai and Nikki were yelling. Doug came over with two more bottles of beer. "This is it for tonight, you two! You've had way too much tonight," he said, placing the beers on the table. "Come on, come on! Don't be a (hick!) jackass about it! Give us (hick!) another ten!" Kai said. He picked up the beer and started to drink it, then stopped in the middle of sipping it. His eyes bulged for a second, then his head slammed against the table. "Omigod!" Popuri shouted, running to the table. She felt for a pulse on his neck. "Oh shit! I don't feel a pulse!" she screamed. "Is he gonna have his beer?" Nikki asked, still drunk. She didn't wait for a reply before she grabbed it and drank it.

The Doctor came with a stretcher in a few seconds and carried Kai off to the Clinic, Popuri sobbing beside them. "I'll help Nikki get home," Manna sighed. She dragged Nikki out to her car outside the inn (Yes, they have CARS! ) and drove towards her house. "I don't know what happened today…" Manna sighed, looking into the back seat of her car, where Nikki was asleep, drooling on the black leather. The car pulled up in front of Nikki's house. Manna opened the door and crossed to Nikki's bed. She put Nikki under the covers, and, for a second, she was reminded of when Aja still lived with her and Duke.