Five months later...
"And so good people of Maine." The new mayor said to the crowd of people watching him speak. "Thanks to your votes and to the committee kind enough to clean up the damage caused five months earlier our city is once again safe and well built. And as your new mayor I promise you I shall ensure that it stays that way."
The crowd clapped and cheered at his words. Unaware that underground a strange and mysterious reddish-black slime was bubbling up. Then out of no where the porthole from the sewers burst open and the slime came rising up and crashing down, flooding the area. The people screamed and fled for their lives. The slime began to flood the area and other parts of the city. At first the mayor sent several clean up committees to fix it but this slime seemed to be alive. But that only marked the beginning of trouble, random fires were started, domestic animals were acting wild, and some of the people were randomly attacking and killing others. Rational doctors suggested insanity but this was becoming a regular basis and lots of people were blaming the mayor.
"Good lord." He said looking at the chaos outside. "What have I gotten myself in to?"
"If you ask me a great big problem, a great big supernatural problem." He turned to see an old man walking in from the shadows.
"Ah! How the hell did you get in here?"
"I broke down the door."
"Security!"
"Don't bother I knocked out your body guards."
"What do you want? Why are you here? You're not apart of the angry mob who wants to tear me apart are you?"
"No I'm the person who may have the answers to your problem."
"What are you talking about?"
"Mayor Talbot do you believe in the supernatural or the paranormal?"
"What do you mean?"
"Devils, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, witches, ghouls, monsters, ect."
"Of course not! That's ridiculous! Those things don't exist."
"Believe me Mayor Talbot they're as real as God."
He tossed him a book. It had a brown, leather cover that was slightly torn.
"What is that?"
"If you doubt my words read that journal, my brother wrote it. Before he died in war he began studying paranormal creatures and wrote them down in his journal. There are photos and information that prove everything I just said was true. If you read this and you still don't believe in it then good luck with the angry mob but if you do start to believe then call this number."
He tossed him a slip of paper with a number written on it.
"Ask for Father Gardner, he'll know what to do, see you around."
"Wait a minute, who are you?"
The old man stopped at the door and looked at him.
"Pines." He said before leaving. "Stan Pines."
...
After the incident with Jasper being destroyed and humanity being saved from extinction you'd think the people of Maine would've been more grateful to the exorcists and vampire slayers but they weren't. You see during their jobs of exterminating monsters they had unintentionally caused some physical damage to the city. The former mayor was enraged along with everyone else in the town and they insisted that they pay for what they had done. So the former mayor sued both the Van Helsing Organization and the Holy Order and they threatened to have each member of both groups arrested if they ever tried to hunt monsters again. So the Van Helsing Organization was shut down, the Holy Order became a regular church, the vampire slayers had to be fired and look for the new work and the exorcists had to only do clergy work.
Manny and Steven had to go into hiding because they had exposed themselves as a devil and a vampire which caused the people to fear them. They were kept underground in the Van Helsing Organization and weren't allowed to leave unless it was an emergency. If they were ever caught then they would be arrested or taken away by the government for experimentation. For Steven he didn't mind because he was very easy going and understanding but Manny was restless and stubborn, he didn't like being locked up and treated like a freak. Not many had figured out that Dipper was a werewolf so he walked around free but he wasn't allowed to transform. He left with Pacifica to continue in their search for evidence against Gideon. Of course Connie got a job working as a dancer for a club, not a stripper club just a regular one where people could just enjoy dinner and a show. Aside from being good with a sword, Connie was a great dancer so she got paid well and she roomed with Sister Sadie at the Holy Order. Frida had decided to try and make it on her own, so despite objections from Manny she relieved him from his guardian job by removing his belt and left town to do missionary work.
Father Gardner tried to convince her to stay with him again at least but she insisted that she was tired of people always looking after her and that she wanted to take care of herself. She was sixteen and technically not Gardner's daughter so he couldn't stop her from leaving. But he still sent Dusk and Dawn to follow her, spy on her, and report to him if anything is wrong but not to let her know they were there. Solomon was becoming stir crazy, once his organization was shut down he had to start working as a plumber which he found boring and unsatisfying in life. Sister Nora just continued to run the church like she did before all this happened but from time to time she would pay Solomon or Gardner a visit to find out how things were going. Father Gardner went back to the days of a regular minister but he would still continue keeping an eye out for any paranormal dangers, law or no law he knew they had to be stopped if they attacked. You can imagine his surprise and joy when Mayor Talbot called.
"I appreciate you coming here Mayor Talbot." Father Gardner said to the man following him into the building.
"I must admit Father I'm still a little skeptical about all this but with my city on the verge of destruction I guess desperate measures need to be taken."
"Yes I've seen what's been happening to the city and I've been wanting to put a stop to it but unfortunately that order the former mayor made the judge sign has prevented me from doing anything."
"Well if you can help fix this city then I'll tear up that order."
"Worry not Mayor Talbot, I can definitely fix this problem. You see what you have is a paranormal problem therefore you need a paranormal solution to fix it. One can always count on well I can't say logical but an answer at least."
"What do you mean paranormal solution?"
"What I mean is there are things that go bump in the night Mr. Mayor and we are what bumps back. There is a team of highly trained professionals who have taken out more demons, vampires, and other monsters than anyone else I know of."
"So just to be clear you do believe in it?"
"Of course don't you?"
"Uh...I'm not sure."
"Figured you'd say that. Not many politicians are open to the illogical. Let me give you the 411 on our team and a little warning for ya they may not be what you expect at first."
He followed him into his office and sat down. Gardner opened a filing cabinet and pulled out five files that contained articles and profile pictures on each team member.
"Your leading team are six teenagers?"
"Don't let their age fool you, especially the boys they're actually way older than they look."
"Who are they?"
He handed him the profile pictures and began reading the articles.
"Manny Rivera the devil, hot tempered and dangerous, yet he's a big softy underneath but don't tell him I said. He can change from human to devil, grow wings, has heightened senses, shape changing, and prokinesis. He is flame retardant due to being half devil and is immune to holy defenses such as holy water due to being half human. Word of warning don't make him angry."
"Wait he's a devil?"
"Don't interrupt." Solomon said. "The rock hard giant with fangs and a pacifist complex is Steven Universe the vampire. He can fly, is by far the strongest being God has placed on earth since Samson, and can see in the dark. He is immune to sunlight and does not need human blood to survive however he's deathly allergic to garlic so we can't have Italian food anymore."
"Hold up a vampire?!"
"Please let me finish. Then we have Dipper Pines our werewolf. Highly intelligent, chooses brains over brawn every time. Can transform into a wolf, has the strong senses of a canie, is incredibly fast, and can communicate with wolves. Very smart but tends to give in to his animal urges."
"Like what?"
"Howling at the moon and peeing on the floor. Apparently he's not housebroken."
"Uh...Okay."
"Frida Suarez the nun. Looks like an angel and has a voice to match but her personality is nun too holy, pardon the joke. Gifted with healing powers, medical remedies, mediumship, and excellent aim. She's a top exorcist and every unholy creature's worst nightmare. I should know I trained her myself from the time she was twelve."
"Trained her to do what?"
"Why shooting demons of course."
"Shooting? A shooting nun?"
"I did say she was nun too holy again pardon the joke. The spitfire with a timid heart is Connie Maheswaran the vampire hunter. Agile, quick-witted, reflexive, and determined. She is one of the best swords women this city ever knew and has become a master at hand to hand combat."
"Never thought a woman could do that."
"There lots of things in this world most people don't consider. Last one would be Pacifica Northwest the jewel witch."
"Northwest? As in Preston Northwest's daughter?"
"Yes and you are forbidden of breathing a word of this to him or the media if you do we'll find you and erase your memory of it. Anyway while she is an aristocratic heiress with the demeanor of an ice queen, she has the ability to track, summon, and control jewels and precious metals which she can use as weapons and defenses. She's not easy to work with but she's proven to be very helpful."
"With all due respect a lot of this makes little to no sense to me."
"Hmmm..Maybe you should meet some of them. Follow me."
He followed him down a stairway into a basement.
"So far only two of them are here, the rest of them are away doing their own business."
They walked down a corridor of different doors then stopped at one. Father Gardner knocked politely on to the door.
"It's open." Said a voice on the other side said.
He opened the door and they entered an apartment with the usual furniture, supplies, and other things. The lights were dim, it had different radios playing different types of music, while several bats were hanging from the ceiling.
"Yeah he really likes music and he likes bats so sometimes he'll let them in." Father Gardner said. "Careful one of them might crap on your head. Steven!"
"Yes?"
"Where are you?"
"Up here." Just then Steven swung down from the ceiling, upside down by his feet. "Hello."
"Ah! I hate it when you do that." Father Gardner said startled.
"Sorry I just find it easier to think when I'm upside down."
"Come down here and meet the mayor."
"Okay."
He then dropped from the ceiling landing on his feet.
"Mayor Talbot this is Steven Universe, Steven Mayor Talbot."
"Hi nice to meet you." He said cheerfully shaking his hand and unknowingly applying a huge amount of his strength to his grip.
"You're crushing my hand." The mayor gasped.
"Sorry." Steven said releasing his hand.
"Whoa! That's a killer grip you've got there." The mayor said.
"Thanks I get it from my mom."
"Steven the mayor and I have something we want to discuss with you so can you please meet us in the staff room in an hour."
"Sure see you there."
"Great." They left his room and continued down the hall.
"Well he's not what I expected in a vampire."
"Well he is half human Mr. Mayor."
"I suppose but still don't you think it's a little risky leaving his door unlocked? After all he is half vampire."
"Yes but he doesn't drink human blood and he maybe strong but he wouldn't hurt a fly and he understands that he can't be seen in public so locking him up is completely uncalled for."
They arrived at another door. This was at the very end of the hall, was made entirely out of steel, and was locked by a code you had to put in.
"Now this one we have to keep locked up."
"What?"
"You'll see."
Gardner punched in the code and the door opened to reveal another apartment. Likke Steven's it had the right furniture and stuff but this one had some broken and burned stuff.
"Manny is a lot more restless than Steven and more hot tempered. He's snuck out of here once or twice so we have to keep him locked in his room."
"Um why is some of his stuff broken or burned?"
"Sometimes when he gets real angry he'll mash some stuff or set them on fire luckily this room is flame retardant so we don't have to worry about him burning the place to the ground."
"Is he safe to be around?"
"As long as you don't make him angry."
"Don't you people knock?" An annoyed voice asked. Manny walked in from his bathroom. "Who's the guy in the suit?"
"Manny this is Mayor Talbot."
"Is this the guy who wrote that order saying I had to stay locked up?"
"No this is the new mayor and technically that order said you had to stay out of sight we chose to lock you up because you snuck out."
"I wanted to see her and maybe get some air or a good drink."
"You know that's not allowed."
"Ask me if I care? Anyway why is this guy here?"
"Well the city is having a problem and he is considering asking us to fix it."
"What's the matter? Cops can't help?"
"It's a paranormal issue."
"Not interested."
"Manny."
"Every time we help these people all they did was complain and now Steven and I have to live underground for the rest of our lives."
"Manny if we do this he might consider removing that order."
"And if he doesn't I will have wasted my time for nothing."
"Look just come to the meeting and maybe we can work out a deal."
"Fine but only because I have nothing better to do right now."
He then made a call to Solomon who was over in a heartbeat and an hour later they met together to speak with the mayor. They worked out a deal, if they could get rid of the slime and other occurrences happening then the order would be removed. Steven happily agreed, Manny needed a little more convincing but in the end he agreed too. However they had to be incognito to avoid panic through out the city. After that deal was made they went to investigate where the occurrences took place while Gardner and Solomon tried to contact the others.
"Well what do we got?" Manny asked Steven as they examined an area where an attack had taken place.
"Slime, slime, and more slime. Man I wish Dipper was still here." Steven said.
"I wish that we didn't have to do this crap to be able to go outside. I mean I could be out there."
"You mean out there with her right?"
"Shut up! It's not like that! I just...I just wanna know why she left."
"She told you Manny, she left us because she wanted to try her hand at living on her own and from what I hear she's doing pretty good."
"What do you mean? What have you heard?"
"Well she's done plenty of missionary work, has traveled to different places, and I heard she recently got a job singing at the theater."
"Theater? Would that be the Monarch Theater by any chance? The one just a few blocks from here?"
"Yeah and I hear she's supposed to be performing tonight. Hey Manny do you think this stuff might be demonic tar?"
No answer.
"Manny? Manny you there?"
But he soon discovered that he was now alone.
"And of course you're gone, sigh...Me and my big mouth. Of course he'd go to see her."
A few blocks down the street at the Monarch Theater Frida had indeed become one of their most popular singers. At first the men who hired her were skeptical due to her age and lack of experience but one of the advantages of being a holy woman is possessing a flawless and angelic singing voice that could touch even the hardest of hearts. Tonight was a full house so she had to do her best.
"And now ladies and gentlemen allow me to present the Monarch Theater's next act, the Angel of Maine, Frida Suarez."
The audience clapped as the curtains went up and a spot light shinned down on the young girl wearing the teal victorian style dress and the satin ribbon in her hair. In the back was a choir that would sing along as back up. She took a deep breath and when the piano music played she began to sing.
"Star of Bethlehem, Star on high
Miracle love of midnight sign.
Let your luminous light from,
Heaven enter hearts.
Star of happiness, star of wonder,
You see everything from afar.
Fill with love, the age of man.
Oh light, oh holy light,
Oh light divine."
The crowd roared with applause and cheers. They had never imagined any woman having such a beautiful and enchanting voice. The name Angel of Maine suited her well.
"Thank you, thank you." She thanked the audience. When the curtains fell she went to her dressing room to get her coat and then out to the front to get paid. She thanked her boss for the money he gave her and he asked her if she considered becoming a singer permanently but she refused claiming she had only taken the job because she had temporarily run out of money.
"Mommy look a man with wings just flew by." Frida heard a little girl from the audience say as she was leaving.
"Now honey what have I told you about making up stories?" She heard the girl's mother say.
"But I'm not making it up Mommy. I saw him, he had wings like a bat on his back and he was hiding on top of the roof watching the whole show."
"Now Beth you know very well that men don't have wings."
But Frida was not sure if that was completely true. If what this kid was saying was true then she had a pretty good idea of who it was she had seen. She went back to the theater and climbed up the stairs to the rooftops where low and behold she saw Manny sitting across from her.
"Hey." He said.
"Manny what are you doing?" She asked. "You know you're not supposed to be seen in public."
"I know but I...I wanted to see you."
"Oh Manny."
"I brought churros."
How could she say no? So they sat down together and talked.
"So did you stay for the show?" She asked him.
"Yeah."
"So what did you think? Was I good?" She braced herself for insults and criticism.
"You...You...You were beautiful." He said making then both blush. He froze and felt his heart beat hard for a second.
"Why did I say that?" He thought.
"Really? I was?"
"You're singing I mean. Very nice."
"Huh."
"What?"
"Wanting to visit me and compliments? Who are you and what have you done with Manny?"
"Hey I can be nice."
"Yeah it's just normally I have to force you to be nice. So how are things with you?"
"Terrible. I spend nearly everyday in a basement and the only person I ever talk to is Steven and the old man."
"How are they? "
"They're alright I guess, old man misses ya."
I know I miss him too...So I'm guessing you miss me too?"
"Maybe just a little...Why did you leave Frida?"
"Because I was tired of you and Father Gardner constantly looking after me, worrying about me, I wanted to worry about myself, protect myself you know. Stand on my own two feet."
"I guess I get that. Anyway guess what?"
"What?"
"So strange disturbances have been happening in town and the mayor needs our help."
"Our?"
"Well technically anyone who can make it go away and since the police have failed he's turned to Steven and I so I guess we're getting the team back together. You interested?"
"I don't know. I mean I just got back a week ago so...I need to think it over."
"What you're not into being a nun anymore?"
"No I'm still a nun."
"But not an exorcist?"
"No I'm still that too."
"Then what?"
"It's...It's complicated. Look just give me a few weeks and then I'll stop by the old place to tell you what I've decided on."
"Okay."
"See you around."
"Yeah."
She then went back down stairs while he flew away. She made her way back to the motel where she was staying at, hopefully the landlord wouldn't be too angry at her for running late with the rent money. During the walk back she had the strangest feeling she was being followed. Nervous, she started to pick up the pace and walk a little faster then she heard a sound that scared her into running. Suddenly a huge wave of the slime came from the ground and took the form of some kind of creature with red eyes. She quickly pulled her gun from under her dress and began shooting at it. The creature hissed at the bullets hitting it but then to her amazement it absorbed it.
"I am not one to trifle with child!" It snarled and lunged for her.
She dodged it and began running with it chasing her. Before she knew it, the slime creature had her cornered in an alleyway. She tried to look for a way out but it had her blocked, she tried shooting it and though the bullets hurt the creature it just absorbed it. It kept getting closer and closer to her, she felt her heart beat, sweat drip down her face, and fear rise in her body.
"Leave me alone!" She cried. "Back off! Get away from me! Get away! Get away!
Just then her birth mark began to glow while another glowing cross appeared on her other wrist, two more like it appeared on the fronts of her feet, and one appeared on the top of her forehead. The markings glowed giving off a bright, blue light from her body that made the slime creature screech and shrink back a little. When Frida realized what was happening, she got confused and the glow stopped.
"Whoa! What did I just do?" She wondered.
"Damn holy woman! I'll devour your soul!"
Before she could stop it, the slime engulfed her and was dragging her deeper into it. She couldn't move, she couldn't breathe, everything was going black, it was like she was drowning. Then something plunged itself into the slime, grabbed Frida by her waist, and pulled her out of it. It was Manny, he had sensed she was in danger and quickly went to help her, you can imagine how shocked he was to see a glowing light coming from her body and then horrified and angry when he saw that she was nearly devoured by a slime like demon.
"No! You stinking wretch!" He growled at the slime holding her limp and unconscious body. "Come out! I'll tear you to pieces!"
But the slime was quickly retreating down a port hole into the sewers.
"Damn!" He cursed. "Where did it go?"
He would've followed it but he was worried about Frida so he chose to take her back to the organization first.
