Chapter 63: It's Gone Awry

Scene: Outside Zoi's house. Kunzite has informed him Justice and Demande Blackmoon are inside the house.]

Zoi: [outraged] This is crossing the line! So they're lying in wait for me?

Kunzite: No. They are not lying in wait for you.

Zoi: Then why… [eyes widen in alarm] DAD!

[He tries to get out of the car, but Kunzite holds his shoulder to restrain him]

Zoi: Let me deal with this!

Kunzite: No. Billy Blackmoon and his son are currently having a heart to heart talk with your father at the kitchen table. Your father isn't in any danger unless you run in there screaming your head off.

Zoi: They came to warn my dad about you?

[Kunzite nods. He sits still as a statue, listening, his face filled with disgust.]

Zoi: So what are they saying?

Kunzite: They're trying to explain how dangerous I am to you. They can't tell him I'm a Shitennou. Even if he knew what that meant, there is no way he would believe it. So they're telling them the closest human equivalent they can come up with.

Zoi: So what are they saying?

Kunzite: I'd rather you didn't know.

Zoi: I have to know!

Kunzite: They're telling your father that I'm involved in the adult entertainment industry. That I've been trying to lure you into doing hardcore adult videos. First with me. Then with other men.

Zoi: [goes chalk white] That's has got to be his absolute worst nightmare! [Tries to open the car door but Kunzite reaches over and slams the door.]

Kunzite: If you run in there and try to deny it, they'll probably kill you both.

Zoi: If I don't run in there, that stuff they are telling him is going to kill him anyway!

[Still, Zoi settles back in his seat with his eyes closed]

Zoi: He doesn't believe it, does he?

Kunzite: [nods] He doesn't want to believe it. He's making it pretty clear he trusts me a lot more than he trusts them.

Zoi: Oh, thank goodness for that.

Kunzite: The child is getting out his cell phone.

Zoi: By "child", you mean Demande Blackmoon? He's nearly a decade older than I am.

Kunzite: Yes. I know.

[Kunzite looks grim]

Zoi: Are they showing him the video?

Kunzite: Of course they're showing him the video.

[For a moment they sit in dreaded silence.]

[Then Zoi tries to get out of the car again.]

[Kunzite pulls him close.]

[Eventually Zoi slumps back in his seat with his eyes closed.]

Zoi: Does he believe them now?

Kunzite: Oh, yes.

Zoi: He's devastated, isn't he?

[Kunzite nods.]

[Zoi tries to get out of the car and Kunzite has to restrain him.]

[After a while Kunzite relaxes his grip.]

Zoi: What's going on?

Kunzite: Your father's pretty upset. Billy's trying to discuss law enforcement issues with your father, but your father doesn't seem to be paying much attention to him anymore.

[Zoi chews his fingernails]

Kunzite: If I let you out of the car, do you promise not to go running in there?

[Zoi nods]

[They get out of the car and with a wave of his hand Kunzite, Zoi and the car all become invisible. He walks Zoi swiftly to the house just as Justice and Demande Blackmoon are leaving.]

Demande: Do you think he listened?

Justice Blackmoon: It's hard to say. I thought he listened the last time I told him how to do his job, but it appears he's getting to be a bit hard of hearing in his old age. Ha, well he should be toeing the line a bit better now that he knows what a dirty little whore his precious Twinkie is.

Demande: He's a Shitennou's whore so it's not like it's voluntary on the boy's part.

Justice Blackmoon: Ah, but his father doesn't need to know that. [sighs] It's a pity I've got a soft spot in my heart for that sex-puppet kid of his. Otherwise we could slice his guts open right in front of his father and his boyfriend and kill two birds with one stone.

Demande: Hey, leave Zoi out of this. He's just a child.

Justice Blackmoon: Don't you be getting any more romantic notions in that silly head of yours. You've done what we can for the boy. You're to stay in Blackmoon Cove from now on to keep from getting carried away and doing something stupid.

Demande: Dad, I'm not going to break the covenant just to get some tail, if that's what you're afraid of. I'm not a complete moron, you know. Besides, he's jailbait, and I'm not into jailbait.

Justice Blackmoon: Good. I'm glad to hear it. If anyone is in a position to help Zoi-zoi, it's going to have to be his father.

Demande: I think it's a moot point anyway. Em called before we left and insists Kunzite O'Sama's gotten sick of him already.

Justice Blackmoon: [chuckles] You don't say?

Demande: Apparently, Kunzite O'Sama made a big scene in Biology class, complaining he wants nothing more to do with Zoi because he's so lousy in the sack.

Justice Blackmoon: [chuckles some more] Well, if Kunzite's controlling him mind and body, who's fault is that? [lights up a cigar] It's a pity though. It would have been fun dragging Zoi-zoi back to Blackmoon Cove so we could use him as own own living Shitennou voodoo doll.

Demande: You're assuming Kunzite ever cared in the first place. He is a Shitennou after all.

Justice Ah well. If that video is any indication, I'd say the kid's already been screwed enough.

[They chuckle lewdly as they enter the car.]

[As they drive off. Kunzite and Zoi reappear.]

Kunzite: Interesting. The child seems genuinely concerned for your safety.

Zoi: [sarcastic] Gee, what a great guy. That totally makes up for him shoving his tongue into my mouth… We'd better come up with another plan to get to is no way my dad would let you drive me to the airport, not after what the Blackmoons have just told him.

[Zoi thinks about everything that has just happened and he smiles up at Kunzite and giggles.]

Zoi: Wait a minute. They think you don't like me anymore and I never liked you in the first place. They said they were going to leave me alone now, so I don't have to leave after all! See, that trick you pulled in Biology class worked better than you thought… Now all you have to do is erase my dad's memories and then everything should go back to normal.

[Zoi stops giggling when he sees Kunzite's grim expression doesn't even flicker.]

Kunzite: Billy also said he would like to gut you like a fish, just to take revenge against me.

Zoi: Yes.. but…

Kunzite: I'm not erasing your father's we're to keep you safe, it's best if your father knows exactly what he's dealing with.

Zoi: [uneasy frown] What do you mean by "exactly"?

Kunzite: Let's get inside, Zoisite.

[Kunzite takes Zoi and draws him into the protective enclosure of his arm as he walks him past the porch and through the front door.]