A/N: And we're back with chapter 4 since I seem to only have motivation for this story rn so I have to use it before there's none left lmao.
I HOPE EVERYONE'S STAYING SAFE. I'm wishing everyone whose been affected by the outbreak the best.
To put things bluntly, as much at Butch adored seeing other people's displeasure, he really did want Bubbles to sort out her priorities.
Preferably, like figuring out a way in turning him back into a regular shapeshifter and not letting him live the rest of his days as a common house pet.
It was also mildly irking that the blonde seemed to have no regard for her own establishment seeing as she was willing to open and close it whenever she pleased.
Seriously though, no customers meant he was very concerned for his pay check. He didn't care that he was rich—he was a valued member of staff.
…And there was also an elf who looked pretty hot, that he wouldn't mind flirting with again if given the chance.
Moving on, Butch wasn't impressed with being put on hold for Lady Dracula over here and her new beau Prince temperamental. Like seriously—could they not sort out their problems on their own? He didn't have the time for this (as entertaining as it was).
Grabbing blossom's arm, Brick pulls her over and pushes her long hair back so that the side of her neck was visible "Fix this." he said evenly, glaring at Bubbles who blinked and leaned in to stare at the symbol.
"Yikes—Blossy, you really got branded huh." she frowns, running her thumb along the golden outlines.
Flushing, Blossom smacks the pair away "Do you guys not know what personal space means?!" she huffs, rubbing at the side of her neck.
Brick rolls his eyes "Well how else is she supposed to know how to fix this mess—the one that you got us into!"
"You could've just asked!"
Bubbles watches in bemusement as she poured herself a mug of earl grey in Blossom's kitchen.
"Anyone else want a cup?" she asks and Blossom raises a hand causing Bubbles to smile and lean over to pour her a mug as well. "Brick?"
He scowls, but reluctantly nudges his own cup over for her to fill,
"Coffee's better." Brick mutters as he takes a sip of the scathing liquid, unperturbed while the other two women stare at him in blatant concern as they both wait for their cups to cool.
Butch sits there, mildly offended that he wasn't offered a cup until he realises that offering a cat a cup of tea would just be plain weird and pouts. Blossom reaches over and coos at him, petting him behind the ears and he immediately curls more into the touch.
Brick's exhausted and wants nothing more than the security and comfort of his own bed. As a demon, and someone whose lived very close in between the lines of life and death, his ability to see souls has only grown.
Being the only heir of the devil himself also made it easy for him to see anyone's expiration date—if he really tried.
So in all honesty, seeing Blossom's aura let him know that she was probably safe—but Bubbles?
He can't really blame it on the lack of sleep—something's been off about her since he had last visited and even now—
Her aura's been tainted somehow.
He really doesn't fucking understand it—it was like looking at a broken mug that had all its pieces glued back together again.
Brick scowls, feeling his level of annoyance rise.
He really should've just ditched that stupid meeting and asked what the hell had happened when he last had the chance. Now it'd just be awkward and he was stuck to some random Blossom.
Ugh.
Bubbles lets out a soft sigh, sipping her tea and skimming through the pages in the spell book "I can't guarantee anything. You've basically formed a deal with the devil Blossom, and whatever I do is honestly going to be a long-shot."
"Doesn't matter." The two redheads say in unison before grimacing at each other.
Clearing her throat, the vampire turns towards Bubbles "Even if there's a slim chance—we need this contract gone."
The blonde glances at the two of them for a moment before turning her attention back towards the book. "Brick, you're literally a demon yourself. You know we're probably going to need Him's permission—"
"Absolutely fucking not, I'd rather bleach my own eyebrows off."
Butch snorts but managed to look unbothered when the redhead glances at him. Though, what's sort of alarming is that he finds it kinda strange that he's beginning to see these 'red-strings of fate' if he concentrates on the pair.
Butch's tail sways as he narrows his eyes, unintentionally grasping onto Bubbles' magic and almost whistles at how haphazard the strings are. They're all over the room, some in knots, a tangle here and there, but undoubtedly—
Blossom and Brick were really soulmates.
Huh, who would've thought.
He can't keep the sight for long though, his vision becomes blurry and when he blinks a couple times and shakes his head the strings are gone.
Butch isn't really sure why he can see these things now—but he isn't dumb enough to believe that it hasn't got anything to do with Bubbles turning him into a cat.
It was also sort of annoying that he couldn't really see her string of fate. He would've loved to see the nut-job that she'd undoubtedly end up with—he also wanted a chance to see Buttercup with these newfound powers because—
Who the hell wouldn't want to know who Buttercup would be attached to?
Bubbles yawns, covering her mouth and flips through the thick magical book that Blossom had arrived with earlier in the night.
"Blossy, how exactly did you summon poor Brick over here into your kitchen?"
Butch actually sort of wonders if Bubbles already knows how Brick had been summoned.
"Robin came over and gave me the book—"
"Say no more." Bubbles abruptly closed the book and stood up, waving her hand and summoning a small cauldron the size of a sauce pan and put it onto the stove.
The redhead makes a face but Brick narrows his eyes "No, I want to know just how in the hell I've been summoned to a damn kitchen in the middle of the night."
Butch sort of wants to know too, even if he was sleep deprived as hell.
"Robin gave me the book and told me to do this spell-"
"And so you do it? You don't think to question these things?" Brick snapped.
"Well I didn't think your grouchy ass would show up!"
There room is suddenly clouded with smoke and the pair paused in order to turn towards the source as Bubbles hummed and opened up a cupboard as if it were her own kitchen. "Do you have any frogs legs?"
"what the hell—Bubbles, I'm a vampire not a witch."
"And yet, I was still somehow summoned through a spell-book" Brick says haughtily before mumbling a spell. His eyes glowed faintly red before a dark haired male popped into the room in a suit.
Both Blossom and Butch gawked.
The man didn't look remotely concerned about this new setting and in turn focused all of his attention onto Brick before bowing.
"You called, Your grace?"
Brick sighed, rubbing his temples and motioned for Bubbles "Tell him what you need."
The witch perked up and smiled brightly as she summoned a piece of paper and began writing a short list of ingredients as Brick's assistant stood a respectable distance away as she relayed what she needed.
Blossom was growing rather concerned from the increased population in her kitchen. "What the hell—you just call people whenever you want to do you bidding?"
In turn, the demon gives her an unimpressed look "No fucking shit—I wouldn't know what the hell to buy, we're stuck together so I'd have to follow you, Bubbles can't leave the stove unattended and her cat sure as hell isn't going to be able to stroll through Witches-R-Us with a trolley."
Blossom gawks "The fucking audacity."
Bubbles falters for a moment, wincing and holding the side of her head causing everyone in the room to turn to her.
The vampire frowned "Bubbles, are you okay?"
Pausing, Bubbles lifted her gaze to meet Blossom's and her breath got caught in her throat at the sight.
There was a light pink hue surrounding her. Blinking she quickly turns to Brick and her eyes further widen at the red hue surrounding him.
"Bubbles?"
The blonde brings herself to look back towards the vampire and nods slowly "Yeah. Sorry." She shakes her head, confusion seeping into her tone.
"I just got a migraine."
The dark haired male doesn't pay any attention towards the supernatural beings in the room, he grabs the list and bows politely. Butch waves towards him as he disappears and Bubbles has to try not to gawk at the dark green that seemed to outline him.
But then her headache fades away and all the colourful hues are gone, and she has no idea what's caused them.
Bubbles stares at the bubbling white liquid in her cauldron, and Butch eyes it with distaste as he sits on the counter top.
"I don't think this is going to work." She announces and both red heads snap their heads towards her in alarm.
"What do you mean it's not going to work?!" Brick glares, standing beside her with Blossom quickly doing the same.
The witch lets out another yawn covered by the back of her hand before she grabs a vial of vampire blood and carefully pours two drops in before grabbing a grater and grating part of a demon's horn. The effect is immediate and the liquid immediately turns into a vibrant red.
Butch hands her a wooden spoon with his tail and she offers him a small smile before taking it to stir the liquid.
"I already told you—I'm a witch trying to break a devil's contract. I'm like ninety eight percent sure this isn't going to work."
"I don't care—just give me the drink already!"
Bubbles rolls her eyes and stirs the mixture one more time before grabbing a ladle and two cups to pour it into before heading into the living room where an intricate circle was made on the wooden floor.
Several candles were laid out surrounding the perimeter of the circle and the witch motioned them both towards opposite ends of it.
"You need to drink it at the same time—so cheers." Bubbles says, smiling lightly at the pair as she hands them both their drinks.
The cat snorts, despite being ready to knock out, he really can't wait to see how this befuddlement will go.
The two redheads stare at each other evenly before gulping the liquid down. The pair practically gag at the taste, Blossom looking like she had just eaten a lemon and Brick with an expression of pure regret.
"That was fucking disgusting Bubbles—what the hell."
"I honestly thought I was going to die."
Butch lets out an actual snort and for a moment, nothing happens. Bubbles just raises an eyebrow at the awkward silence that was beginning to stretch on.
Blossom frowns "Wasn't something supposed to—" she gasps as a scalding sensation takes over and she's grasping onto her neck as her life depends on it.
"Blossom!?" Bubbles shrieks and Brick's immediately at her side alarmed,
"What the hell did you give us Bubbles!?"
"I don't know—the freaking antidote!? If it's not working then it's because someone else's preventing it!"
"Who the fuck—"
There's a large ding sound as a red door appears in the centre of the kitchen, intricate patterns carved and everyone freezes and it opens up.
"Oh for the love of—"
"Brick!" Him admonishes, stepping out of the door in a white bathrobe "Just what the hell do you children think you're doing!? You're interrupting my bath time!"
Blossom's eyes manage to roll back and Brick swears loudly while hastily managing to hold onto her before she collapses onto the ground. Her hair falls and both Bubbles and Brick almost gasp at the circular symbol slowly changing from gold to red.
Him glares at the trio, eyes narrowed to slits and he adjusts the towel on his head "Well?!"
The younger demon just groans and glares back "We're trying to break a freaking contract over here!"
Bubbles on the other hand smiles brightly at the new being in the room and waves "Hi there, Your highness!"
Him refocuses his attention onto the blonde and squints at her before gasping, any anger left immediately diminishes "Oh, Bubbles my darling! How have you been?!"
"I've been good! How's—"
"Okay, that's enough of that!" Brick interrupts, before that horrid conversation escalates any further. He balances the vampire in his arms in a more secure grip and glares at his guardian.
"This girl summoned me and I want the contract gone."
Him stares at him blankly "First you interrupt my bath time, then you interrupt my conversations and now you demand things from me? Have I taught you no manners?!"
The demon doesn't relent "I want the contract gone—please."
Both, Bubbles and Butch hold back a snicker.
"No." Him scoffs before turning on his heel, ready to head back into his palace and subsequently, his bathtub. He was already feeling a draft and his rubber duck was waiting.
"You can't break off a contract—when she had summoned you, you had the opportunity to reject the call but you still answered." The devil shrugs, turning back to face the trio as he held onto the doorknob "If you really want the contract to be over then you need to fulfil her deepest wish."
Butch really wished he had popcorn—watching Brick's face go from annoyed to outright offended was probably the highlight of his morning so far.
"Her deepest wish—what am I? A genie? The fuck do you mean I've got to—"
"Oh, would you look at the time," Him draws, clearly unbothered by the beginning of what seemed to be his son's temper tantrum "as you can see, I am quite in the middle of something, so toodles." He twists the doorknob before blinking and turning back to Bubbles
"Oh, and Bubbles my love—"
There room's temperature seems to drop several degrees, and they're all startled by how serious the ruler of the Underworld looks.
Bubbles feels all the air escape her lungs as he bores into her eyes.
"It is not wise to play with death."
There's a stunned silence as Him enters the portal and closes the door behind him before it disappears in a flash of red light.
"Alright, what the hell does he mean by that?" Brick snaps towards her. The pair had managed to tuck Blossom into her bed in silence before heading down into the living room, Butch hot on their trails.
He can feel his core shift as he reaches for the power and refocuses his attention onto the blonde—he'd never once taken the liberty of trying to see her death date but he feels himself freeze as the numbers are jumbled—as if they had been scribbled out and re-written thousands of times.
She returns their gazes of concern levelly and she can practically see Brick's brain grind to a halt "Bubbles..." Brick says, concern slipping into his tone "You escaped death?"
"Barely," she scoffs "he wasn't what I was expecting at ALL. Do you have any idea how much SIMS I play? He looked absolutely NOTHING like the character!"
"Bubbles." Brick's tone is final and the blonde feels herself falter, running a hand through her hair.
"Okay, yeah." She sighs, "I went into the human world and died. I really don't fucking know how I did it, but I managed to cheat death in a nutshell."
The demon's expression grows more concerned and Bubbles finds herself biting the inside of her cheek.
She can feel Butch's gaze burning holes in her and finds herself avoiding meeting either of their eyes.
"How long?"
"Since I last went into the human world—so, around a week. I died from a car crash."
Brick's brows furrow at that "But that shouldn't be possible."
She shrugs "It was a fluke, really. I wasn't supposed to come back, but I did."
"No," He shakes his head, unsatisfied "Bubbles, if you died from a car crash your body shouldn't have survived the impact. Even if your soul did go back into your body, it should be mangled and you should be in a hospital."
There's a pause as Bubbles processes these words "You're right." She blinks slowly, suddenly realising this very obvious fact. "God—how did I miss that?"
There's a tense silence before Brick speaks "You didn't escape death Bubbles, he let you go."
A/N: Badda-bing-Badda-boom.
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