Demon Days
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Credits and copyrights for this chapter (and probably the entire story) go to the K.I.T.I. Productions (Atréu Nibori), Elizabeth Underwood (Nephtys Rousseau) and many other puppets of their trade. (Paper In a Box Inc. ---more info of them later.)
Excuse any spelling errors I may have missed in spell checking. I do not have a system that automatically spell checks, therefore I must do it on my own. Pointing them out for me to fix would be lovely, please and thank you.
Well, I do not believe I have missed anything or feel the need to explain anything. If so, tell me. As always, question, comment, suggestions (etc...) are always welcome.
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Well, that was perfect. What had happened seemed so Murdoc-ish that it was almost scary. Figures he'd been drinking his rage away and taking drugs while shooting down the highway at 205 mph. The highway seemed to be deserted at the time, but there'd been one vehicle. The owner of it had been given a mild concussion and many other minour injuries, as well as a totaled car.
"Get out of this room right now! I don't want to speak to you, ata hamor!" the woman Murdoc had hit, Nephtys Rousseau, screamed throwing a vase of flowers at him. Murdoc scrambled out of the room to dodge the vase and cursed Nephtys angrily. She relaxed once her was gone. She seemed to have no problem with the other four being there. She stared curiously at Atréu.
"You look like Noodle," she stated.
"Hai. I'm her older sister, Atréu," she held out her hand to shake.
"Oh. New member?" she was obviously a fan of the band.
"That's up for debate," she answered before 2-D could say otherwise.
There was a silence. Russel was the one to brake that silence, "So, Miss. Nephtys...anything we can do to make what Murdoc did up to you?"
"Kill him?" she laughed.
Atréu laughed as well, "Don't I wish!"
"What'd he do to you?" Nephtys asked.
"Hmmm...in almost three weeks that I've been living with these guys? Where do I start? The first thing he pulled on me was a monster in his closet. There's way too many to name."
"Wow. He likes to live at the expenses of others, eh?"
"Yup," Just then, Atréu notices a slight accent in Nephtys's voice. Of course! On her green shirt was the flag of Canada. She must be from Canada, Judging from her looks she may or may not be just a tad bit obsessed with green. Her long, straight hair was green and her pants a black so dark they looked green. Her green boots were set next to her bedside. Nephtys's eyes were deep green as well.
"Ya wanna stay with us for a while? Don't worry, we'll keep the asshole away," Atréu said glancing towards the door, "We could try to make up for Murdoc's bad."
Nephtys grinned, "Yes, I'll stay, but only so I can make him sorry. Thanks for offering to make it up, but I think putting him through hell and back will satisfy me more." she reached behind the bed and pulled out a long, metal.
They all leaned back a bit at that. How she'd managed to get it in the hospital was beyond them, how she kept it was equally as confusing and terrifying. Nephtys laughed, "Don't worry, I'm not going to hit you, just Murdoc...unless you piss me off that is."
Atréu then smirked, "I think I'm going to like having you around!"
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Almost a week later, Nephtys's wounds healed and the Gorillaz brought her back to Kong Studios. They gave her a room on the first floor across from Noodle and Atréu. So far Nephtys had only chased Murdoc with her bat three times. She'd hit him over twenty times. To Atréu and the others, that was a lot, Nephtys claimed it as an all time low.
"Well, it's about time somebody hit him," Atréu said as she, Noodle and Nephtys ate their breakfast in the café, "I'm just sorry that it wasn't me!"
The three girls laughed. The three of them were the closest things Kong Studios had to 'morning people'. They'd quickly taken to each other and hung out a lot. Because of the way things were going, there was no doubt that Nephtys wasn't ever leaving. Not that anyone but Murdoc minded.
"Mornin' girls," Russel said sitting at one of the tables near them with his own breakfast.
"G'morning Russ!" Nephtys greeted him brightly.
"Ohayo Russel!" Atréu and Noodle also greeted.
"Mm..." Russel took a sip of the coffee in the cup he was holding, "Nephtys, you got a letter," he said this in surprise, "You tell anyone you was here?"
"No, there's really no one for me to tell," she accepted the envelope and read the handwriting on the front, then opened the letter to read it.
"Mm...looks like Atréu and Noodle got mail too," he handed them two envelopes each.
As they overlooked their mail, Russel went too give 2-D and Murdoc theirs, though it was kind of redundant seeing as it was 10 am and it was a universal fact that neither of them got up until well into the pm hours. (on weekends)
"So, what's the plan for today?" Nephtys said abandoning her letter to her back pocket and sitting down once again.
Atréu and Noodle shrugged, "I dunno."
"Well, guess nothing's gonna happen until the two duchbags get up, eh?"
It was right then that Murdoc waltzed into the room looking evil and foreboding as usual. Nephtys glared at him, "Hello tall, dark and creepy!"
"He stared down at her with an expression as if saying 'don't make me deal with you' and then kept walking. The three girls stuck their tongues out at him as he passed. Just then, Nephtys pulled three packs of fun dip from her pocket.
"Oh, I forgot I had these things!" she passed one to Noodle and one to Atréu.
"Arigatou!" Noodle said smiling and opening her treat.
"No problem, cutie," Nephtys said doing the same to her own.
Atréu got three small bowls for them and they each poured their sugar into their own bowl. It was silent for a while until Nephtys pushed her bowl towards Atréu a little.
"Atréu...you know you wanna try the sour!" she tempted.
Atréu gave it a look, "It looks like fungus..."
Nephtys rolled her eyes as Atréu licked her finger and stuck it in. After bringing the microscopic sugar crystals between her lips she let out a sound of approval. Nephtys grinned, "Fungus taste good, don't it!"
Atréu laughed, "Oh yeah!"
Noodle giggles at the two. Nephtys shared some of her sugar to Noodle only to get a cross-eyed "aaiiiee" response. They all laughed in amusement. Just then, the lead singer of the Gorillaz groggily made his way to their table dragging his feet so much he might just trip over them with his type of luck; or lack of, therefore. And that's exactly what happened. One of his shoelaces that were carelessly tied had happened to have come undone in the slinking he'd done from his room in the basement to the café and he'd stepped on it with the opposite foot causing him to flip face first into and over a chair and then noisily on top of their table. Somehow, it seemed like the laws of physics and gravity ceased to exist for 2-D sometimes, because they all knew full well that he should've landed on the floor; not the table. There was no such acceleration present to cause what happened to happen. They stared at him, eyes wide in shock.
"Oh...'ello! Sor'y 'bout that. Mussive tripped," he jumped off the table quickly.
Atréu and Nephtys burst out laughing at that moment. 2-D pouted protestinglyl he hated when people laughed at him. Atréu did an 'awww!' when she heard him pout and saw the ridiculously cute frown playing across his face. She handed him her bowl of sugar.
"Sorry 2-D-san, couldn't resist. You're just a funny guy!" she smiled.
He stared at the bowl and its contents as Atréu patted him on the head and walked out of the café.
"Wot is this stuff?" he asked sniffing it only to jeer his face away coughing and nose burning.
Nephtys once again fell over laughing uncontrollably as 2-D helplessly tried to stop the burning, "It's fun dip BRAINACHE!"
2-D whined and sneezed in response and Noodle got him a glass of water.
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Murdoc strolled through Kong Studios silently dragging on a cigarette. Ever since Nephtys had showed up, he had to always be on guard to avoid being beating to death by her. He wasn't afraid of her, it was just annoying, or so he said. He still had a bruise on his side from the last beating and stitches on his head from the assassination attempt the time before. Somehow, he regretted smashing into her car, not that he'd admit it.
It was a cool, silent day and he was as bored as ever. He would be out picking up some girls or our with his friends causing trouble, but he was very tired. Though, his mood seemed to lighten when he entered the living room to find Atréu passed out on the couch in front of the TV. He had an idea.
Slowly, Murdoc crept up behind the couch. He then, suddenly, slammed both hands down and roared loudly causing Atréu to jump up yelling. She fell off the couch and knocked her head on the tv. She glared at him while getting up and rubbing the forming bruise on her head, "Don't you make noise!"
A roar of laughter was all she got in reply. It slowly exited the room and down the hall. Atréu gave a sigh of both annoyance and exhaustion. Just as that moment, Nephtys came in with her bat. The door slammed back against the wall like the Ghost Busters when they kicked open doors.
"Where is it?" she droned in a dark tone.
Atréu merely pointed in the general direction Murdoc had left down the hall. Nephtys had decided yesterday that Murdoc was now an 'IT'. Not a her, not a she, just an 'IT'. Nephtys quickly ran in that direction after 'IT'. A yell of pain and surprise could be heard accompanying the hollowed out metal sound of her bat colliding with 'IT's' head. Atréu let out a small giggle of amusement before walking out in search of an isolated place.
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"Dude, she's been gone for 2 days! Where the hell could she have gone to!" Nephtys yelled.
2-D was cowering for fear of her bat, Murdoc was rolling his eyes, Noodle was worried about her sister and Russel was thinking through where Atréu could've possibly gone to. Suddenly, Russel had an idea, "Yo, there is that place in the carpark that leads to the hell hole. Ya think she wondered down there?"
Nephtys paused and then lunged for the carpark. That was the only place inside Kong Studios they hadn't checked! If she wasn't there, then Nephtys was suing Murdoc for murder! The only other place she could be other than down there was buried in the ground decomposing!
She made it down into the hallway and searched the first two rooms to find nothing. The next rooms showed her no luck as well. 2-D, Noodle, Murdoc and Russel were right behind her checking any places Nephtys may have missed; which would be hard to believe since she's basically turning the place upside down like a tornado. They came to the stairs to the hell hole at long last and quickly ran down. Immediately, they all recognized a black blotch huddled against the locked door near a hole burning and spitting out skulls. That was undoubtedly Atréu, but why did it seem like she was...sleeping? Murdoc burst out laughing while 2-D shook her awake. Nephtys slapped Murdoc over the head with her bat, "Shuddup! It's not funny!"
He glared at her, "Yeah, you're right. It's not funny...it's fucking hilarious!" he fell over laughing even harder.
Taking this open opportunity to steal a hit at his gut, Nephtys whacked him hard and then went to Atréu's side. She was groggy now, but still awake.
"Hn? Nani? Where am I?" she asked confused.
"Well, from about as much as we can gather, you've been asleep down 'ere fer two whole days," 2-D told.
Atréu blinked a few times trying to get her mind to accept this new concept, "Oh...okay."
Nephtys slapped 2-D on the back of the head, "Carry her back up!" she began to leave.
He blinked once and then effortlessly lift Atréu. This surprised him, "Wow, yer light."
"Heh, yeah, I know."
"Hurry it up mindless zombie child!" Nephtys yelled down from up the stairs.
The other three has also gone with Nephtys back up. 2-D hurried to join them before Nephtys decided to hit him again.
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