Darling in the FranXX: The Reaper Squadron
Chapter 17: First battle of the Gran Crevasse
Happy Thanksgiving, even though its a day late...
A dust storm was raging outside of Plantation 13. It reflected Reaper's mood perfectly, as they were headed to their final destination, the Gran Crevasse. They were currently meeting in the briefing room to receive intel about the upcoming mission. Zero Two was oddly absent.
"This mission has one objective, taking control of the area known as the Gran Crevasse." Hachi said. "The Fourth United Company is currently carrying out attacks, but due to Klaxosaur resistance, they are making no inroads."
On screen, there was a massive circle surrounded by several smaller circles which represented the plantations. You could easily fit several plantations within the circle.
"Squad 13 is to group up with the squads from four other plantations and take part of the mission as the Sixth United Company." Hachi said.
Nana then spoke. "Reaper 1, you are to deploy as your own unit. Previous battles have proven that you can handle yourselves without support, so you will be trying to thin the Klaxosaur resistance."
"We deploy with Squad 13." Crow said.
"Papa…" Hachi said before Reaper growled loudly.
"This is not up for debate." Reaper said. "Where is Zero Two?"
Nana and Hachi paled a bit. They had hoped he would not notice her absence. Squad 13 began to look around as well, now realizing that Hiro was there but Zero Two was not.
"She has been recalled to the 9's." Nana said.
"What?" Reaper growled. "Then why is Hiro still here?"
"Code 016 is not a 9. Thus, he was not recalled with her." Hachi said.
Before Reaper could question why, Kokoro raised a hand.
"Umm, what exactly is in the Gran Crevasse?"
Nana and Hachi looked at each other before nodding.
"This might prove shocking to some of you but take a look." Nana said.
The screen then changed to show what was happening at the Gran Crevasse. Detonations were occurring outside of a massive black wall, Klaxosaurs were pouring out by the hundreds from the wall. The screen then changed and showed several destroyed plantations and parasites struggling against the endless horde.
Reaper was damn near bearing his teeth. This wasn't a battle, this was slaughter.
"This battle is clearly on a different scale then all our others." Mitsuru said.
"Claiming the Gran Crevasse is Papa's long-standing wish. This battle could be the turning point in humanity's history." Hachi said as the feed continued to run.
*Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech!*
Everyone's head whipped toward Reaper and his squad. Reaper had crushed the railing he was holding on to with his hand. He and his squad were staring in fury at what was on the screen.
"Zero Two." Goro said.
Strelitiza was shown on the screen in its Rampage mode with the 9s.
"That liar, sent her out, without a stamen!" Reaper roared.
"Reaper! Calm down!" Nana shouted.
"No." Reaper said, and he and his squad advanced toward the door.
"Where are you going?" Hachi said.
"To deploy." Reaper replied.
"Reaper 1 wait!" Nana said and stepped forward to stop them.
"Nana, this will be your one warning." Owl said as Reaper and the rest of his squad stormed out the door. "Stay the fuck out of our way."
…
APE HQ
"She devoured them all? I should have known." An APE said.
They were watching a screen showing Strelitiza in her Rampage state. Dr. Franxx, who had been unfrozen after several hours, was also in attendance.
"Silly hellcat."
"We are almost there. If we can take over the Gran Crevasse, we may finally have our wish!" said an APE.
"Hringhorni's construction is proceeding smoothly, too."
"If we have them both, we can bury those pests once and for all."
"The time has come!"
Dr. Franxx turned and began to walk away.
"Where are you going Warner?"
"I can't sit around here. I want to watch it all happen from a front-row seat." He said and walked out the door.
"That man's obsession with Reaper 1 and his squad is going to be the death of him."
"Speaking of Reaper 1 they are about to enter the field"
"This ought to be interesting."
…
"What is the plan Reaper?" Crow asked.
"Until Squad 13 enters the field we watch Strelitiza's back. Kill anything that gets in the way. Release state is authorized."
"Understood." They replied, and they charged toward the horde of Klaxosaurs and began to carve a path toward Strelitiza.
As they approached her position, they saw the 9s dealing with several Klaxosaurs in front of them. Reaper sent a shadow wave out annihilating the Klaxosaurs that the 9s were dealing with.
"Out of the way asshole!" Reaper said and shoved Alpha's FranXX aside.
Alpha watched as they continued to carve a path through the Klaxosaurs. He shook his head.
"You have so much power, yet you use it to defend such weaklings."
Black Rose suddenly appeared in front of Alpha, Rampage mask down so he couldn't see her face.
"Watch your fucking mouth unless you wish to die." Reaper said, and Black Rose teleported away.
After about an hour, Reaper saw that Squad 13 had entered the fray.
"13 is on the field. As much I hate to say this, leave the 9s to defend Strelitiza and fall back to Squad 13." Reaper said and jumped off the 2-mile-high mound of dead Klaxosaurs he had been standing on.
As Reaper and his squad approached 13's position, he saw Alpha land behind Delphinium.
"Hey, so that's your FranXX. How adorable." Alpha said.
"Gee, thanks." Ichigo said.
As Alpha was about to make another comment, Black Rose came flying in from the left and kicked Alpha's FranXX in the face, sending it flying. She then obliterated the horde of Klaxosaurs that was in front of Alpha with a shadow wave.
"Get back to your damn squad. They are our responsibility." Snake said to Alpha.
The hood fell back off their faces as the rest of Reaper Alpha showed up.
"Reaper! What is the sit rep?" Delphinium said with relief on her face.
"We are holding them off just fine, but we are getting nowhere. The Crevasse is sealed off inside that dome, but it can only be destroyed from the inside. We need to clear the way to an entrance."
"Right, let's go. Argentea and Genista follow my lead! Chlorophytum, provide covering fire!" Delphinium said, and they ran off.
"Strelitiza!" Black Rose shouted across the battlefield, causing the rampaging FranXX to look up from where it was ripping apart some unfortunate Klaxosaur.
Black Rose waived and pointed toward the door 13 was racing toward. Strelitiza turned her head toward the door then nodded and took off. Reaper then felt a chill run down his spine and Death whispered in his ear the three words that would send the Klaxosaurs running.
"Limiter removal authorized."
"Squad 13 fall back." Reaper said.
"What?" Delphinium said in shock.
"It's only temporarily. I don't want you guys to get hit by what comes next."
"What?"
"Reaper Alpha, the order has been given. Full limiter removal has been authorized. Master is done playing around."
"Limiter removal?" Argentea asked, as shadow gathered around Reaper 1.
The shadow condensed and exploded outward covering the field. As it passed over them, Squad 13 was filled with a sense of dread and got the feeling that whatever a full limiter removal was, it was not a good thing.
When the shadow lifted, Squad 13 stared in shock. Reaper 1 was outside their FranXX, but the FranXX were still moving. Power was pouring off of Reaper and his squad casing nearby Klaxosaurs to be obliterated. Reaper lifted Harvester, which was dripping with liquid shadow, and swung it to the right, sending out a massive shadow wave that annihilated about a thousand Klaxosaurs in one swing. He then slammed the butt of Harvester into the ground, in front of him a doorway of shadow appeared and out of it came an army of shadow creatures, which flooded onto the field, destroying any Klaxosaur in sight. Reaper then walked forward causing him to levitate and he released Harvester which, by its own volition, hovered in midair and began to orbit in a circle around Reaper, spinning end over end. A column of shadow appeared around him so that only his red eyes were able to be seen.
Owl had raised her hands with Queen floating between them before she threw her hands apart and summoned a localized blizzard with her at the center, freezing any Klaxosaur that approached in a block of ice. Crow and Raven had combined their powers to make a tornado of electric death, which sucked in anything that got within 20 feet of them. The temporal continuity was warping around Snake. Things would age to dust before reversing back to their original state, as if time itself couldn't make up its mind of what it wanted to do. Two unfortunate Klaxosaurs experienced this when they got too close, one was aged until it turned into a fine powder while the other was unmade from existence. The area around Cypress had turned into a toxic wasteland as her poison killed anything it touched.
"Squad 13, to me! We will make you a path!" Reaper shouted as they advanced across the field.
"Reaper, what…." Delphinium said.
"This is why they are the fourth most powerful beings in the universe." Black Rose said.
"What? Who are you?" Genista asked.
"My apologies, I'm Black Rose, and these two are Lotus and Digitalis. We are Reaper Alpha's FranXX." Black Rose said.
"How?" Argentea said.
"When you have as much power as they do, there tends to be runoff, we are the result." Lotus said, the other parasites around the Gran Crevasse were staring at the display of power in awe.
"Even now they are holding back, their true full power would obliterate the planet. We had better catch up with them. Just follow behind them and kill anything that makes it through to the other side." Digitalis said. Squad 13 just numbly followed, shocked that Reaper 1 held so much power.
The hordes of Klaxosaurs were uselessly throwing themselves at Reaper Alpha in the vain attempt to stop them, ignoring all other players on the field. It was like watching ants trying to fight an anteater, they were being destroyed by their power. They had just reached one of the entryways when the earth trembled. The earth where Plantation 26 was located began to rise, causing the plantation to tilt sideways and fall off. As it impacted the ground, the metal of the plantation was unable to support the weight of it falling and buckled, Reaper then saw a glow start in the center of the plantation. It rapidly expanded outward as the core went critical and detonated, killing all those inside.
"Super Lehmann Class!" Reaper shouted as the smaller Klaxosaurs began to flee.
The Klaxosaur was so large it easily dwarfed the plantations, it had been stationary for so long that a mountain had grown on its back. The Klaxosaur rose out of the ground and began to make a B-line for Plantation 13.
"Back in the FranXX." Reaper said, and they began to return to their FranXX.
As they were doing so, Reaper heard over the comms,
"Execute protocol 666, Squad 26" Papa said.
"Did you say Protocol 666?" 090 asked.
"Is there a problem?" Papa said.
"N-no."
"Code 090, this is a great honor, you know."
"I understand."
"What are you making them do you liar?" Reaper thought as he got in his FranXX.
"The Super Lehmann class will make contact with Plantation 13 in T-minus 4 minutes."
"Nana! Hachi! Get out of there!" Reaper shouted as they raced forward in their FranXX to try and stop it.
Reaper then saw the members of Squad 26 were standing in front of the Super Lehmann class holding several Magma Energy cores.
"What are you fools doing?" Snake asked.
As the treads of the Klaxosaur approached their position, 090 responded.
"Executing protocol 666. It's been an honor serving with you all." The cores that they were carrying began to glow a bright yellow.
"YOU IDIOTS, NO!" Reaper shouted but it was too late.
The cores they were carrying detonated, killing Squad 26 in the process. The Super Lehmann class stopped moving but its head was leaning forward to pierce Plantation 13.
"DAMN IT ALL TO HELL, WHAT DID IT ACCOMPLISH?!" Reaper roared at Papa in rage.
Reaper then raised Nightmare and pointed it above the Super Lehmann class and shadow energy began to gather above it. Just as Reaper was about to obliterate the Klaxosaur with a shadow laser, he was knocked aside by a black and blue FranXX. The Super Lehmann's head then pierced Plantation 13, it opened its mouth and thousands of Conrad class Klaxosaurs poured out.
"O-Our home." Futoshi cried.
"No." Lotus whimpered.
"STRELITZIA!" Black Rose roared. "KILL THEM!"
Strelitiza snarled and made her way into Plantation 13 through the hole the Klaxosaur made.
"Traitor!" Owl snarled at the unknown blue and black FranXX.
"Squad 13, go defend your home. Lotus, Digitalis, you six back them up." Reaper said.
"What are you going to do?" Genista asked.
"Deal with this traitor." Reaper growled, and Black Rose cracked her knuckles, the others then jumped inside the Plantation.
The sound of a successful connection was heard. Reaper looked down at his console and saw that he and Owl had achieved perfect synchronization, something that had never been accomplished before.
*Perfect synchronization achieved. Activating perfection state*
The color bled out of Black Rose. Her hood went up and the battle mask descended before it too blacked out, leaving only the burning red eyes. She grew claws on her hands and small horns on her head. The form was not complete, some work needed to be done but it was terrifying enough.
"Alright you traitor, let's see how well you handle a Shinigami." Reaper said, wielding Nightmare.
The black and blue FranXX summoned a scythe as well using the same method as Reaper and his squad. It had a glowing white blade and a forest green handle with leaves on it. The FranXX twirled it about herself before settling into a defensive stance.
…
Alarms were blaring in the command center. Operatives were rushing about doing what they were told as Nana and Hachi gave orders.
"Raise the bulwarks! If we lose this place, we're done for!" Nana ordered.
"Agreed. Neutralizing the Super Lehmann class is our top priority. Papa and the others will take care of the Gran Crevasse." Hachi said.
Amidst all this, stood Hiro and Dr. Franxx. They had been in awe at the display of power that Reaper Alpha had shown and had not realized that the other was there. When Hiro did, he slowly began to back away from the doctor.
"I'm not going to hurt you anymore, boy."
Hiro huffed, refusing to believe it.
"Think what you will. During the time it took for them to thaw me out of the ice Owl had put me in, it gave me time to reevaluate what I was doing with my life. And reflect on what I had done wrong. I took the time and saw how many lives I've destroyed, how many lines I've crossed in the name of science. It is quite obvious to me that you remember what I did to you, as well as the things you saw with Zero Two as a child. I do not expect your forgiveness for what I have done. I have been a foolish old man, and it is time I make amends for what I have done."
"Doctor, it isn't safe here. Please return to HQ." Nana said to him. "You return to the Birdcage, too, Hiro."
"Look at her, don't you find her far more beautiful than any human?" Dr. Franxx said, gesturing to the rampaging Strelitiza. "Pure, proud, and more alone than any of us all. She is like a Klaxosaur through and through."
"My Zero Two is not a Klaxosaur." Hiro protested.
Dr. Franxx then looked back at him. "Then prove me wrong."
…
Outside, Black Rose was fighting with everything she had, and was winning. The rouge FranXX couldn't match the power and precision that the Perfected State FranXX had.
"You filthy traitor! I'm going to crush the two of you when I'm finished with you!" Black Rose said.
The opposing FranXX said nothing and continued to fight, although it was quickly becoming a losing battle. Black Rose landed several more slices on the FranXX before striking its core, taking it offline. Reaper and Owl exited their FranXX and approached the Rouge FranXX. Reaper was dragging Harvester across the ground behind him, leaving a trail of liquid shadow. He couldn't wait to harvest their souls, he hoped his master would condemn them to eternal damnation for this.
As the rouge's cockpit opened and the pilots stepped out, Reaper and Owl stopped and stared in shock.
"No, it can't be you. Your dead." Reaper said, her hair was different, and she was wearing a different cloak, but she looked like his Havana.
"You're not him. You can't be him. He is gone." Owl said in shock, he had forest green hair and was more muscular, but it looked like James.
"Hello love. It's been a while." The girl said in a soft voice, she even sounded like her!
"Owl, your just as beautiful as I remember you to be." The man said.
Reaper then closed his eyes before taking a deep breath.
"So, you damn things would stoop so low as to use my wife's image against me? Well, I won't stand for it." Reaper then raised Harvester against the woman. "I won't let you corrupt her memory any further."
"James is dead. The fact that you are using his image to attack me is a stain upon his honor. I will eliminate you for that transgression." Owl said, and she faced off against the James look-alike.
"Reaper, my love, it's me, Havana." The woman said trying to reason with him.
"Come on, Owl, please, just hear us out." The man pleaded. "I don't want to fight you."
"No." Owl said.
"Prepare to die." Reaper growled and fired a shadow wave at the woman which she dodged.
When she landed the woman summoned a scythe out of a shadow portal, it was a dual bladed, glowing white scythe with a purple handle.
"You are even using her scythe Light. A scythe I made sure I destroyed." Reaper said, he then ran forward, fully intending to slice this woman to pieces.
The woman dodged every slash he sent her way. Every shadow wave or shadow minion was thwarted by several blades of shadow infused light.
"You're even using her attacks. How dare you."
"Reaper, honey, please, stop trying to attack me and let us explain. It really is me." She said.
"YOUR NOT HER!" Reaper screamed. "I CRIED OVER HER BROKEN BODY FOR TWO DAYS AFTER WE FOUND HER! I WENT TO OUR MASTER TO BRING HER BACK, BUT SHE WAS GONE! I WATCHED AS THEY BURNED HER BODY! I SCATTERED HER ASHES AT THE BEACH IN THAT RUINED CITY! SHE IS DEAD! YOU'RE. NOT. HER!" Reaper punctuated each sentence with a shadow wave, by the end of it tears were running down his face.
Out of the corner of his eye, Reaper saw that Owl had been defeated and was being restrained by the James look-alike. He gently nuzzled her hair.
"Stop that! Only James was allowed to do that." she protested.
"Owl, it's me. You know it is, you just don't believe it." The man said as he continued to nuzzle her hair.
"DIE, DAMN IT!" Reaper shouted as he continued to slash at her.
The woman sighed. "You've left me no choice, love. I have to injure you enough so that you will listen."
She then held out Light and said two words,
"Light barrage."
"Oh shit." The James look-alike said.
Columns of light rained down on Reaper from the heavens, causing him to scream in pain. When the attack finished, Reaper had been driven to his knees, but refused to back down.
"Reaper!" Owl shouted and tried to escape her captor's grasp.
"He needs to learn, Owl. She won't kill him. Calm down." He said, nuzzling her hair, trying to get her to quit struggling.
Reaper used Harvester to help him stand up and glared hatefully at the woman in front of him. She sighed and spoke again, raising Light.
"Piercing Light."
Reaper was then pierced by 8 spears of light from all directions. Reaper coughed blood and was driven to his hands and knees, struggling to stand. Knowing he did not have the energy to assault her again, the woman banished light and walked forward until she reached him. She knelt down to his level and described an event that only she would know. Their marriage.
"Normandy." She said, causing him to pause. "June 26, 2032. It was a warm summer day and we could hear the ocean from the church. It was only you, me, the General, my aunt, the priest, and our immediate family. The others in our squad never knew because we didn't have time to tell them. The ceremony was short but sweet. On that day I took your name and became…"
"Havana Robin Wilson." Reaper said, his eyes widened with shock.
Only Havana would know when that event occurred. Everyone else who knew about it was dead. He looked to her left hand. The woman pushed up her sleeve and Reaper saw the diamond ring he got her on her hand. He looked at her face in shock.
"It's really me Reaper. I never left you." She said with a smile.
Reaper grabbed Havana in a tight hug and sobbed into her chest. She petted his head and kept muttering to him that she was here, and she was never going to leave again. Owl was released, and she turned to face James in shock.
James smiled. "I wasn't lying when I said it was me."
Owl slapped him before pulling him into a kiss. After getting himself together Reaper did the same. He kissed Havana like there was no tomorrow. After breaking for air, he pulled her back into a hug and whispered in her ear,
"My Havana, my sweet, sweet Havana, you've returned to me."
"Yes Reaper, I have. And I'm never leaving you again."
The moment was then broken by Death.
"Havana, James, how are you?" Death asked.
"Oh shit, master." James whispered.
"I'm going to want a full explanation as to how you two are alive sometime very soon. However, you currently have bigger issues to deal with."
The Klaxosaur took that opportunity to attempt to move one of its treads causing a loud groaning sound to be heard.
"Right, you." Reaper said, glaring at the Klaxosaur for interrupting.
"We will talk later Havana, James." Death's presence then vanished.
"Alright then, let's deal with…" Reaper started to say before an explosion rocked the area.
"What the…" Owl said.
Off in the distance Reaper could see that the plantations were driving themselves onto the Gran Crevasse and detonating themselves.
"Papa…all those souls lost!" Havana said.
Reaper then hacked into APE HQ's communications network and opened a link to Papa.
"Who is this?" Papa demanded.
"Papa." Reaper said in a deadly voice.
"Reaper." Papa said back.
"I'm going to enjoy the day I harvest your soul. You have just made 8 very powerful enemies. If you watched even a tenth of this battle the you should realize that there is no force in this universe that can stop us. You best enjoy these next few weeks, because your days are numbered." Reaper said and cut the link.
The Super Lehmann class roared in agony as it began to explode, out of the back came a red Strelitiza who had the most exuberant smile on her face.
Reaper smiled. "Good job Hiro."
The Perfected Strelitiza then rocketed off toward the Gran Crevasse mowing down anything that stood in their way and entered one of the doors. The seal began to glow, but the dome refused to break.
"Shall we my love?" Reaper asked, and Havana nodded.
"Let's." she replied.
Holding hands, the two raised their scythes, Havana's glowed a bright white while Reapers glowed a dark red.
"Heaven's Judgement!"
A beam of black and white descended from the heavens and struck the dome causing it to shatter. A beam of white and red blasted back out of the dome, causing the clouds that had covered the area for so long to part and reveal a bright blue sky.
The Klaxosaurs began to flee from the area in mass as the Perfected Strelitiza flew out of the Gran Crevasse. Squad 13 and Reaper Alpha exited Plantation 13 and stared about in awe before their eyes landed on the two figures beside Reaper and Owl.
"Cypress," Snake said. "tell me my eyes are deceiving me."
"No, old friend, they are not." Cypress said with a smile.
"It can't be." Raven said.
"Reaper, are you…smiling?" Crow asked. "I haven't seen that big of a smile on your face in years."
"That I am Crow, that I am." Reaper said.
"What are you guys talking about? Who are those two?" Genista asked.
"Everyone, I would like to introduce you to Havana and James, our squad's two missing members." Owl said.
Everyone's jaw dropped. Including Nana and Hachi's who had just walked up.
"How?" Nana asked staring at the woman who Reaper had lost so many years ago.
"I don't know and frankly, right now, I don't care." Reaper said as he kissed Havana again.
Suddenly a humming sound was heard from the remains of the Super Lehmann class. Turning their heads everyone saw that the core was beginning to pulsate.
"They won't let it end so easily, huh." Crow said looking at the core.
"Is that a collective mass of cores?" Goro asked.
"Yup, due to the size of them, Super Lehman Classes take a lot of energy to operate, thus the need for extra cores." Reaper said. "We need to leave, those cores are going to blow, and we don't want to get caught in the blast."
As they turned to leave, they heard a large roar and a massive hand rose out of the Gran Crevasse.
"Wow," Alpha said. "Instant reaction."
As the hand began to descend, Reaper knew that there was no way they would get out of the way in time. A shadowy haze covered the area and suddenly everyone was about 3 miles away from the hand, Havana was having to support Reaper however, as he was breathing heavy.
"Damn…that took more…out of me…than I thought it would." Reaper said in between breaths.
The massive hand fell, crushing the collective of cores as well as Plantation 13. As the hand dragged itself back into the Gran Crevasse, the only thing left standing was the column that supported the Birdcage as well as the Birdcage itself. Everything else was destroyed.
"The-the plantation." Futoshi said.
"It's gone." Ikuno said.
"Some still remains. You have the spire, as well as the Birdcage itself, all is not lost." Havana said.
"There's my eternal optimist." Reaper said smiling at Havana.
"Who is she?" Alpha asked approaching, everyone else had gotten out of their FranXX's and were approaching their location.
"Who she is, is none of your damn business Alpha. Go back to your precious Papa before I rip your head off in his stead." Reaper said standing in front of Havana.
"Tch, fine. We will meet again, barbarian." Alpha said as he walked off.
"I'm sure we will." Reaper said.
Havana was glaring at Alpha, how dare he call her love a barbarian.
"Love, who was that?" she asked
"An asshole." Owl replied.
Havana frowned at her. "You have gotten colder since I've been gone."
"We've all changed Havana." Cypress said. "But I'm glad to have you back."
"It's good to see you too, Cypress."
Crow then walked up to her and fluffed Havana's hair.
"Hey! Stop that! Your messing up my hair!" she protested.
Snake walked over to James and socked him in the arm.
"Don't you dare disappear again, you hear me? Do you know how hard it was to break into your library without the code?"
James laughed. "How long did it keep you out?"
"Two damn weeks."
"I'm surprised, I thought you would have cracked it in a week."
"Yeah well…" Snakes eyes trailed over to Reaper who had his arms wrapped possessively around Havana.
"How bad was he?"
"Bad. We lost him for two years."
"Jeez. Havana is not going to like that."
Then Crow walked over and looked James up and down.
"We are going to have to get you a new cloak. Black and blue does not suit you."
James smiled. "If you've got one then by all means, I'll take it."
"Alright children, head back to the Birdcage and standby for orders. Havana, James, unfortunately we do not have rooms for you right now at the manor so…" Nana started to say.
"Not a problem." Reaper said.
"But…"
"Not. A. Problem." Reaper said again.
"*Sigh* Fine. You are dismissed." Nana said as she and Hachi walked toward the transport that had landed nearby.
"Manor?" Havana asked.
"You'll see."
"Hey Reaper, don't get to rowdy tonight, yeah? We would like to get some sleep you know." Snake said with a chuckle.
"I haven't had a full willful night's sleep in over six years, and besides, I would never do such a thing where children could hear it." Reaper said with a raised eyebrow.
"What?! Six years?!" Havana screeched.
"Unfortunately, he's not lying Havana. Reaper hasn't slept in the past six years unless his body has collapsed, or we pester him enough to, even then he only sleeps for 2 to 3 hours at the most. He has taken up meditating to make up for it." Owl said.
Havana looked at him furious before grabbing his ear and dragging him toward the elevator.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow. Havana, love, that hurts. Ow!" Reaper complained.
"You are coming with me and getting a proper night's sleep, even if I have to hit you over the head with Light!" she said.
"But Havanaaaaaaaa!"
Everyone laughed and began to follow behind the two.
A/N: and there we go. So, Havana and James have returned! The Princess is not going to be happy when she realizes that they abandoned her. What do you think will happen to Papa when Reaper get ahold of him? Send me your guesses! As always, reviews and criticism are greatly appreciated, and flames will be used to roast marshmallows. Ciao!