Author's Note: First Week is a 7 chapter story arc that is literally about Boxer and Socks' first week in Daten City, a somewhat prequel to the series.
A blue lightning bolt struck the outskirts of Daten City. It created a crater when it hit the Earth, inside was Boxer and Socks Anomie. They climbed out of the crater and headed up a hill that overlooked the city.
"So this is Daten City…yikes." Boxer said looking it over.
"Don't judge, Boxer. This is the border between Heaven and Hell, not a paradise island." Socks said.
"Still have the note?" Boxer asked his brother. Socks handed him a blue slip of paper, it had an address on it.
"500 Chapel Road…" Boxer read aloud. The Anomie brothers began their journey into the city. On the way, Boxer asked his brother, "Why are you down here? It should just be me down here. You belong up there with dad. You were always his favorite."
"I always wanted to come down to Earth." Socks lied.
"That's bullshit. Why would you want to come down to Earth when you could stay up in Heaven, the place everyone wants to go?"
Socks took the secretive approach, "My reasons are my own," he said. Boxer got the message and left it at that. After a ten minute walk, they reached the church. They walked up to the door. Boxer pounded on it with his fist three times. A black priest answered the door.
"Father Garterbelt?" Boxer asked.
Garterbelt raised an eyebrow before realizing who they were. "Ah yes, the Anomie brothers, the ones I got the message about," he let them in, "Welcome to the church of Daten City."
Boxer and Socks entered the church and Garterbelt closed the door behind them. The priest guided the two to the couch and sat them down. He stood in front of them and pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. "So," Garterbelt spoke, "Boxer and Socks Anomie, ages 19 and 17, sons of Salvation IV, students of St. Adam academy, and now fallen angels," he read from the paper, "Boxer charged of homosexuality and Socks charged for…" he looked at the paper closely than looked at Socks.
"Socks, there are no charges listed on you." The priest pointed out.
"I'm here for my own reasons." Socks said again. Garterbelt shrugged at this.
"Fine, you two have been tasked to do the labor of ghost purification or what is better known as ghost hunting. Doing this will earn you Heaven coins, once you have 1000, you will be able to buy your way back into Heaven." Garterbelt explained.
"Our dad made it sound like this was prison, how is anything like that?" Boxer asked.
"It isn't. This is a task that all fallen angels perform they are still worthy of being in Heaven." Garterbelt said.
Just then, they heard thumping on the floor above them, than footsteps coming down the stairs. Panty and Stocking Anarchy entered the room. They both walked past Boxer and Socks and into the kitchen. A second later they quickly walked back into the room and stared at the Anomie brothers, wide eyed and speechless at the boys who looked exactly like them. "Who the hell are you supposed to be?" Panty asked them.
Garterbelt answered on the Anomie brothers' behalf. "Panty, Stocking, these are the Anomie brothers; Boxer and Socks. They will now be ghost hunting with you two." He started to walk out of the room, "I'll let y'all get acquainted." Then he left.
Panty and Stocking just stared at their look-alikes. Finally, Panty broke the awkward silence, "So what are you down here for?" she asked.
"For being myself," Boxer said, "Gay."
Panty let out a sigh of defeat. And he looked so hot too… she thought. She then looked to Socks, "And what's your story?" she asked.
"No comment." Socks responded, clearly not liking the vibe Panty was bringing. Panty sat down next to him.
"Ooh, the mysterious type…I like that." Panty cooed while rubbing his shoulder.
Socks clearly saw where she was going. "Sorry," he said taking her hand off him, "you're not my type."
Stocking giggled at Socks' gesture to her sister, she had never been rejected before. Panty huffed and got up from the couch. "I'm guessing you're here for lust." Socks said to her.
"That's what everyone says. Guess this is what I get for my favorite pastime being a sin." Panty said.
"I wouldn't call it a pastime," Stocking said, "it's really more of your livelihood."
"Oh and what's yours? Stuffing your fat ass with sweets?" Panty shot back.
"So, you must be here for gluttony then." Socks said to Stocking.
"Apparently." Stocking said.
"Huh…you don't look like a glutton."
Stocking raised an eyebrow at Socks' statement. "You really think so?"
"Yeah, you don't look fat." Socks said.
Stocking just smiled back at him. I think I'm going to like this guy she thought.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the floor right in front of Boxer and Socks, causing them to jump off it. "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?" Boxer yelled.
Panty picked up the piece of paper from where the bolt struck and looked at it. "Oh fuck me," she said, "we have a ghost to kill."
"What?" Boxer asked.
Stocking explained, "Every time a ghost decides to show up, Heaven sends us a clue about what and where they are."
"That's just too convenient." Socks said.
Panty read the card aloud, "STD…what the fuck?"
"Are they always this weird?" Boxer asked.
"Sometimes…I'm just scared to see what this ghost looks like." Panty said.
"So…where do we start?" Socks asked Stocking.
"Obviously we could go to the STD clinic downtown. Hey, that's a good thing. Panty, didn't you have an appointment there today?" Stocking joked.
"Choke on a cupcake, Stocking." Panty said to her sister. She then spoke to Boxer and Socks.
"You two can go with us. You'll see how to deal with ghosts and then you'll be able to do it for us."
"What?" Boxer and Socks both asked.
"…I mean…uh…so we all don't have to go to kill one ghost. What if more than one ghost attacked?" Panty quickly responded.
"Whatever. Lead the way." Socks said.
The Anarchy sisters led them out to See-Through. They seated the Anomie brothers in the back seats. Stocking rode shotgun while Panty drove.
On their way to the clinic, they drove through an area of Daten City which could best be described as "little San Francisco". Boxer looked around at all the gay bars and residents as they pass by. Panty noticed him looking, "Go ahead, take it all in."
Boxer sighed in admiration. "Wow, a place where I can be myself. I'll definitely come back here," he said.
The angels soon reached the clinic. Panty and Stocking got out of See-Through after withdrawing their weaponry. Boxer and Socks remained in the car. When Panty and Stocking looked in the back seat, they saw Boxer with Socks' blazer over his crotch area, getting his namesake off. Socks was still next to him with his weapons in hand and waiting for his coat. Stocking turned away while Panty couldn't help but try to look. Boxer noticed her, "You mind?" he said.
Panty again huffed and turned her head away. Once Boxer had his underwear off, he pulled his pants back up and handed Socks his coat back. They then got out of See-Through. "Alright, let's go," he said.
The angels headed up to the entrance of the clinic. The doors were unlocked. To their surprise, the clinic was empty and all the lights were off. Just as Socks reached to the side of the entrance, they all heard a loud bang noise come from the back room. Boxer, Uzis ready, approached the door and opened it, then stepped back.
Out from the doorway, floated in a ghost, the usual black and orange, it had no legs and floated in the air. It also had four skinny arms with boney hands at the ends and sores around its jack o lantern like mouth. Lastly, it was crossed eyed.
It looked at the angels, at least one of its eyes did. The other one just looked at the ground. "You stand in the presence of Derpie Herpes," the ghost said in a goof voice.
"You got to be fucking shitting me…" Boxer said.
"SHOOT IT!" Panty screamed. She and Boxer aimed their weapons at the ghost, but before they could even pull the triggers, the ghost sank into the floor and vanished, laughing as he went down.
"Shit! Where did he go?" Boxer said.
"Look around. It's here somewhere." Stocking said. The four angels dispersed around the room, flipping tables and desks over as they tried to find the ghost.
Suddenly, Socks yelled out. He looked down and saw that Derpie Herpes' hand phased through the floor and had grabbed him by his leg.
"LET ME GO!" Socks yelled. He took a Sai and stabbed right through the ghost's hand, pining it to the floor. Socks took his other Sai and with one motion, sliced the pinned hand from its arm. The ghost let out a scream of pain as its hand was removed. It retreated back under the floor. Socks reclaimed his Sai from the ghost's dismembered hand, the hand vaporized when the weapon was removed.
"You alright, Socks?" Boxer asked his brother.
"I fine." Socks replied.
Derpie Herpes came down from the ceiling this time, landing right in front of the Anomie brothers. The end of its lower left arm was a stump. Boxer aimed his Uzis at it, but the ghost sprinted towards him and knocked both sub machine guns out of his hand. Derpie Herpes tackled Boxer to the ground and pinned him down.
"SOCKS! HELP!" Boxer screamed. Socks raised a Sai up to stab the ghost in the back, but Derpie Herpes' lower right arm, its only free hand that wasn't pining Boxer down, grabbed Socks by the neck.
Right before the grip tightened, Stocking jumped in and sliced the entire arm off with her katanas, releasing Socks. Panty them came to their aid and pointed her gun straight at the ghost's head. Before Derpie Herpes could react, Panty pulled the trigger and shot it in the head and point blank.
The ghost released Boxer, who scrambled back up to his feet. Panty's shot left a hole traveling through its head. Derpie Herpes just swayed from side to side for a bit before standing completely still. Panty and Stocking knew what this meant. "RUN! OUTSIDE!" They both screamed.
The angels quickly left the building, right before the ghost exploded, taking the building with it. The Anomies and Anarchys looked at the ruined clinic. Stocking walked into the wreckage. Sure enough, she found three Heaven coins from where the ghost exploded. She took them and presented them to the others.
"Three? That's it?" Boxer said.
"Yes that's it. Ghosts don't give out too many coins. We're lucky if they give out more than five." Stocking said. She then through one coin in the air and sliced it in two. She then gave one half and one whole coin to Boxer and Socks while she and Panty kept the other half and whole coin. "Here's your share," she said.
Boxer looked down at the coins in his hand and then to Socks. "So we have to get 1000 of these and ghosts only give out three?" he asked his younger brother.
"I guess so." Socks said.
Boxer sighed, "We're going to be down here for some time," he said.
Just then Stocking called out from the ruined clinic holding a clipboard that survived the explosion, "Hey! Panty! I found your test results from a week ago! You have crabs!"
"Motherfucker…" Panty said.
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SECOND RING OF HELL: SATAN'S SUPERMAX PRISON
The prisoner escape alarm was blaring throughout the halls and demon prison guards where running wildly. "PRISONER NUMBER 676 HAS ESCAPED! ATTENTION: THIS IS NOT A DRILL! PRISONER NUMBER 676 HAS ESCAPED SOLITARY CONFINEMENT! INTIATING LOCKDOWN!" the intercom blared.
Outside the prison walls, the escapee ran as far away as he could from the facility. When he was at least 50 miles away, he found the large rock he was looking for. The demon moved the rock and underneath it were his clothes in case he ever escaped. He discarded his prison clothes and put on his usual attire, a black muscle t-shirt, black leather pants, demon army boots, and trench coat. He reached in his coat pocket and pulled out a card, it only had one thing on it; the address of Daten City Hall.
"Scanty…"
TO BE CONTINUED
