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The Demon 3

Agony awoke slowly. 'Where the hell am I?' she wondered.

She rose up. 'All I can remember is……Kaine!' She quickly moved around. There was no one there.

Suddenly the door opened and a man in a gray hoody with black pants and a pair of black army boots stepped in.

There was a long silence as Agony stared into the void that was the man's hood before…

"Who the hell are you?" she asked.

"My names Eddie." He said walking over and dropping down a newspaper on the table to her right.

It was then that Agony took the chance to look around. It appeared to be an average apartment with only the most basic appliances.

"Soooo where am I?" She asked him. 'What the hell is under that hood?'

"From what I understand you're in Jump City. The Eastern district, other wise known as the slums." He said.

"Right, now, did I suddenly get married or something and have a serious case of amnesia or something?"

"No, I'm just trying to get up to date. After all, my last memory was when I was 40 years ago………… You know, I'm starting to think that we've been in cryogenic suspension or something like that"

Agony looked confused. "What do you mean?"

The hood turned to look at her. "My last memory was from forty years ago, yet, my body doesn't appear to be a day older then seventeen." He paused "So when was your last memory?"

She thought for a second "Why should I tell you that if you won't even show me your face?"

"The last seven people who have seen me have taken off running screaming 'Satan's come, it's the end of the world!' hell some guy chased me for three hours with a crucifix screaming 'be gone demon!' is that a good enough reason?"

Agony seemed taken back from that comment. It had been lased with venom and hate; yet, it also seemed to be lased with quite a bit of pity. "I'm sorry I'm just curious. My memory was-"

She was stopped when he lifted his hand to stop her. "Perhaps it's best if you find out for yourself." He said handing her the paper.

She looked at the date and gasped. "This…. This isn't possible…… This newspaper is dated 76 years after my last memory. How is that possible?"

"Like I said, I think we may have been frozen or something. But then again that doesn't answer why I look like this." The man said.

"What do you mean?"

"When I was a kid I wanted to be like a person so much that I made a suit that would give me the same powers as him. Now my last memory was of me yelling my head off at him for him being responsible for the death of my aunt." The man said he turned and looked at Agony. "By the way…" he said right before he took his hood off.

Agony gasped.

"You can call me Kid Devil"

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Ghost awoke in what appeared to be a car or something. It wasn't in motion cause then it would be vibrating.

She sat up and looked around while rubbing one of her eyes. 'Where the hell am I?'

Then she noticed that she was not alone. No there was a kid there. He had red hair, blue eyes, a somewhat tan complexion, and finally it appeared that he hadn't seen a razor in a week since he was beginning to grow a mustache and goatee. He was dressed in a green shirt that said 'If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you' it had a picture of two stick figures (that had parachutes deployed) laughing at a third stick figure that was falling and whose parachute had an apparent hole in it. He also wore a pair of gray cargo shorts that had a small hole in the crotch, a pair of cheap black skating shoes, and two black wristbands that had seen apparent age with no wash.

"I see you've awoken dude." He said with an idiotic grin plastered on his face. It also appeared that he hadn't seen a toothbrush in a while.

"Yeah I think I have too." She said while taking a look around. If this was a car or something then it was pretty big. Their was a makeshift bed in back, a small TV, and a small box that had clothes in it. There was also a bong sitting in the corner. "Are we in a car or something?"

"Yeah man, only one of the greatest cars ever created a Volkswagen bus!" the stoner said still with the smile on his face.

He seemed to have something in his hand a wrap or something. "You want some weed man?"

"You realize I'm a superhero right?" Ghost asked him. Something wasn't right here….

"Of course man, but, now you've got me curious dude. Why you are like, a superhero doesn't that like get old or something. I mean saving people from burning buildings and stuff is cool and all, but like, don't you get weary after fighting what you call evil all the time, man?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Dude, you know Red X right? I mean you chase him all the time man. What is your opinion of him dude?"

"He's a criminal. He needs to be put away."

"Yeah, but if you think about it, like, isn't what the dude is doing, like, fighting crime in another way? I mean look at the dude! He's fighting the corruption and evils that you've been protecting! Does a dude like that really deserve to go to jail? Hell now that you think about it man, shouldn't you be helping him?"

Ghost looked at the sagely stoner (those are two words that I never thought I would use in the same sentence). "Wha-What do you mean?"

"I mean, look at the dude, and then look at you! If you two worked together then you could help bring some good back into this land man! Wait I think I have a quote or something written down for a situation like this…" the 'dude' turned and began digging into a bag that he had behind him.

Ghost sat there patiently, she was genuinely interested in what this boy had to say.

He turned back around scratching his head "Aww man I can't find it. Oh well, I'll just have to go without. Ahem, think of it this way man, sometimes it's not the guy who stops the thief from getting an important paper who's the hero, but sometimes it's the thief that's the real hero for trying to get the important paper. Cause thinks about it. I remember ounce there was this orphanage that was shut down because of a company that wanted to build a strip mall, but some thief tried to get the documents away from the company so that they couldn't do that legally, but he was stopped by superheroes man, and because of that 47 children were booted out into the cold harsh world. And I should know man, I was one of those children man."

Ghost was speechless. Sure she didn't understand a word of what he was saying at the beginning of his monologue but at the end she understood perfectly.

"But in this world, man, he didn't get caught and he saved the orphanage. Now dude, doesn't that make you want to just give Red X a hug? Or even better dude! You could join him! Now I know I have that suitcase around here somewhere." He said this time getting up and actually looking around the front of the vehicle for something.

Ghost was deep in thought. What this stoner had just said really struck deep. Maybe she should join Red X? Maybe it would be the right thing to do….

"Aha! You could elude me man I found you…. Dude, what does elude mean?" he paused for a second then shook his head. "Nah man, stick to the mission at hand dude don't get side tracked." The sometimes wise drug user said. He turned around and handed her an expensive looking metal briefcase. It looked big enough to fit a small child in…. "I was told to give that to you man."

Ghost looked at the briefcase "Who told you to give it to me?"

"Some woman in a white robe man, she also gave me a briefcase full of money man!" the boy said holding a leather briefcase up.

"Right…" Ghost sighed. She opened the metal briefcase and gasped. It was a suit. Not just any suit, but a Red X suit. Only the skull on the mask was red and the x was white but otherwise it was the same, only made for her it appeared. "This is…."

"What is it man, I've been dieing to know…… Whoa! It's a Red X suit. Speak of the devil man!"

Ghost's head suddenly shot up. Maybe she should give this thief business a try. "Do you know where Red X is?"

"No man, but I know where he's going to be!" The Stoner turned around and hoped into the front seat of the VW bus.

At this point in time Ghost thought better of asking him about a question like 'how do you know where he's going to be?'. Maybe she should just stick around for the ride. "Can this thing go?"

"Of course it can dude!" the Stoner said while turning the key in the ignition. The car roared to life and began to move. That's when the Stoner spoke again "By the way everyone calls me Mooner!"

Ghost looked directly at him "I don't want to know why." Then a thought occurred to her "How did I end up here anyway?"

"Dude, that is one of this world's greatest mysteries man, where did we come from, why are we here, is there really a god? Those are some serious questions man"

Ghost sighed. It was obvious she wouldn't get an answer from the Stoner.

Author's Note:

Alright my faithful readers. Please don't start ripping me to shreds because Red X wasn't in this chapter at all. He'll be in the next Chapter I promise. Please Review!