Where have you been?
"DIE!" a brown haired woman fell from the edge of the roof and landed on Luke. She pinned him to the ground and held a silver dagger above his heart. "DIE you evil hellraiser!"
"Don't!" Trin screamed, trying to pull her off of him.
"Let the blood sucker die." Sim sneered.
"Wait!" Luke gave in to Lucas and morphed to his human self.
Sim tackled the hunter.
"What'd you do that for?" Lucas looked at her.
"Kitty would have wanted it that way."
"I almost had him DAMNIT!" the stranger screeched.
"Eh, come on in." Sim waved to her.
She looked around at everybody before nervously following.
"Okay, just to set the record straight, that was a vampire out there,wasn't it?"
"Well partially, he has a sort of split personality. There is Lucas and then there is Luke the vampire." Sim tried to inform the newcomer.
"Who the hell are you ?" Trin demanded.
"I'm Frost." The stranger replied.
"As in Jack Frost, Frosty the Snow Bitch, or do you have a complete name?" Sim said sarcastically.
"Andrea Frost. As you can probably tell I'm a vampire slayer. I'm on a mission to redeem my soul."
"Anna are you okay." Another stranger running in, that happened to be a dead sexy man. "Is the small one alright?' he whispered into Frost's ear. It caught the attention of Sim.
"Hey, I'm not little!" said Sim with a flicker of flames in her eyes.
"Everyone , I would like you to meet my husband, d' Artagnan." said Anna with an affectionate glance toward him. "We're still kinda newlywedds."
He bowed low in respect to make up for his mate's violent approach to a seemingly nice person. He looked about and noticed that Sim was looking at his apperal and trying to make a decision if he was good enough to pass inspecton.
"You french?" she raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." he smirked.
"I hate french ." Sim turned and wandered off.
"Excuse her." Trin apologized.
"No." Luke poked his head out of hideing "KILL HER! AND YOURSELF WHILE YOU'RE AT IT!"
"Well, are ya just going to stand there?" Sim stopped and called over her shoulder.
"I guess not." Andrea frowned in confusion.
"Then come inside stupid."
***
"So how long you staying?" Trin handed a drink to Andrea.
"We haven't really thought about it."
"Well, you can stay in the palace untill you make up your mind." Trin grined. "We need someone to keep Luke in check."
"Will do." Andrea and Trin shook hands.
"Do we now just give out rooms without giving resumes first?" Sim huffed. "I said come in, not move in."
"VILLAN!" Francis's squeeky voice was heard as he came troomping toward them with D.
"What the- Francis! Let him go!" Sim scolded.
"I found him trounceioning around the pallace."
"He's a newbie. Don't fret over it!"
"Yes, your eminience." he pouted and went on his way.
"Freaky civillian." D brushed himself off and tried to regain composure.
"Ore's advisor. He'sa bit overprotective. Shini hates him."
"Shini?" Andrea showed a note of recognition.
"Shinigami."
"God of death Shinigami?"
"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss..."
"Oh I know him."
"Do tell." Sim narrowed her eyes sucpiciously.
"Well. He's my cousin...in a round about way."
"Huh?"
"Seth, the Egyption god of chaos is my Dad. And Nympthese is my Momma."
"Duuuuuuuuuuuude. Osiris never mentioned you." she slapped the hunter on the back in a freindly way.
"I'm kinda the white sheep of the family."
"Don't you mean black sheep?" Trin joined in.
"No."
"I see."
"Let's go down to hell!" Sim and Andrea jumped about holding hands in an anime fashion.
"I've never seen anyone win Sim over like that." Trin gaped as they skipped off to the entrance of the underworld.
***
"Okay. So clue me in on this D'flation guy." Sim led the way through the second level of hell.
"D'artanion."
"That's what I said."
"We met in battle, so to speak."
"Ah yes. The ultimate rommance."
"We share a passion in life. Kicking vampire ass. Which is what we were doing at that point...and I noticed his incredibley appealing good looks, protectiveness, and his chivalrous personality...it was love. He still won't tell me what he loves most about me."
"I think it could be that we are both short. Guys like feeling Macho. He must think he has to protect you." Sim said with a smirk.
"Makes scense-" she was cut of by a familiar voice.
"WOMAN!" Jake jumped Sim from behind and pinned her arms down.
"Get off me you dork!" she tried to kick him but he moved to pin her legs too.
"This could be seriously taken the wrong way." Andrea tried to supress a laugh.
"I hate you." she glared up at Jake.
"I know." he grinned.
"Dad! Quit attacking the neighboors!" Lucifer called.
"Quick somebody get Morbid a Goat!"
"How do you know he likes goats?" Sim shouted out in aggrivation.
" You forget! Been there done that, met the lover of goats."
"Yeah, Many times!" Jake said sinisterly.
"In your dreams Morbid! You wish you were D'artangnan. Anyway who would want to sleep with you. Although, somebody had to be desperate to even give you a son."
"Thats really funny, I'm beginning to like ya even more." Simoriah said trying madly to supress a giggle. "Now Goat F***** get off of me!"
"Awh, do I have too?"
"Get off, we have more important things to do than play with someone so ignorant."
"I resent that comment!" Jake spat.
"No you are the very resemblance. Now get off of Sim before your most prized possession becomes the newest mount on my wall.
"Jake!" Sim said with a sharp tone in her voice. Simoriah pulled a knife on him and placed it where he would formidably consent to the demand.
"Oh! You're gonna turn him into Oterus are you?" Trin walked over with a smile.
"Piss off, B****!" Jake stood up.
"No thanks. I've already been pissed on." Trinity turned to Andrea and Simoriah. "Archer and I are going shopping at a Chatholic antique shop. Want to come?"
"This is already beginning to feel like home!"
***
"Oh! Trin come here quick!"
"What did you find?"
"Come here and look at this christening gown I found!
"Oh, its so beautiful!
"Have you checked on your Holy water lately? Sim walked over holding up a bottle.
"I just need to find a collar for Paris."
"Paris?!?" said Sim and Trin simultaneously.
"Jinx!" said Trin. "Better yet double jinx!"
"Infinite jinx. Ha! I finally nailed ya!!!" sais Sim vindictively.
"Who is Paris? Is he another stud like D'artangnan?"
"Paris is my white albino pig who just happens to a girl."
"P-chan has a new playmate." said Trin.
"I hope they haven't become too friendly! said Sim.
***
Back at the palace D'artangnan greet them.
"Hello lovelies. Did you have fun shopping?"
"Sure did ! I couldn't find Paris a collar. However, I did find the most beautiful christening gown for the baby."
"So when are you due." asked Trin.
" In about Five months. You wouldn't happen to knowa good midwife would ya?"
Trinnity smiled and said, "I come highly recommended."
"Well that's one of my problems solved.
***
They all sat down to dinner with the new couple and got to know them. Andrea stayed quiet through the main part of the meal. Trin was mulling over the idea to talk with her. She leaned over to Simoriah and discussed it with her. Sim suggested that Gelf HB should handle it. Trinity asked Sim if she would like to sit down and help her get Andrea to spill her guts.
After dinner Sim and Trin put their plan into action.
"Andrea, let take our coffee in the study."said Trinity.
They made themselves comfy and the interigation began.
"Since I have had children of my own, I have gained the infamous 'motherly instinct'. What's wrong?"
"I ran away from home, but it was for a good reason. When I was sixteen when I found out that I was a slayer. This news didn't set well with my parents, but I went on with my duties. In a desperate attempt to save face they practically put me under house arrest. I had a security detail that followed wherever I went, and D'artangnan was apart of it. Coming home one night from confession we were attacked. If he hadn't been there I wouldn't be here today. My detail was destroyed except for us."
"What kind of slayer do you call youself? It sounds like you are quite the wimp." said Simoriah.
"I was. 'Then.' We met in secret for four months so he could teach me how to fight. An attraction was becoming quite obvious to the both of us. Then the meetings became a courtship. My parent found us out and separated us. To make sure that we stayed apart, they arranged a marriage for me to this prince, Commedus, who was eight years older than me. 'D' and I had made up our minds. One night, with the help of D'artangnan's brother Maximus, we were able to leave and when we were a considerable distance away from home we got married. Then we came here after spending a brief honeymoon on Sheik9; my ex-fiance had discovered our location and was coming to retrieve me."
"This ex-fiance doesn't sound like a nice guy." said Trinity.
"If he comes here, he'll leave without a few items like his fiance and his balls." Sim said smiling.
"I like it here and I don't want to leave my only friends."
They joked around about what it would be like in another few months. After finishing their coffee they said good-night. The next morning would be a new morning on Vegeta II with the beginning of a lasting friendship.
OWARI
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Heaven Falls
"You gotta hide me!" a strange red-haired man came running into the room. He closed the large mahogany doors of Shinigami's palace behind him. He was about Sim's height and had wild redish brown hair. His face was covered by a cloth but still, the head of a snakeish tatoo could be seen.
"From what?" Sim reacted calmly, smileing as the stranger hid behind her.
"You're bound to find out eventualy." he smiled at her, takeing a good long look at her and smileing now too. "You must be Simoriah."
She turned to face him.
"And you are..?"
"Michal, the arch-angel!" he stood a little taller with pride, now Sim noticed the white wings on his back. They were folded away so that they were almost invisible.
"Okay. And what are you doing in Hell,of all places."
"Well, I wanted to meet you and little Mordrid. Big brother speaks VERY highly of you."
"Big brother?"
"He menas me." Shini stepped out of the shadows, a sour look on his face.
"Dude, everyone has a brother." Sim mumbled. Shini shot her a look that said "Be serious."
"He's my older twin brother." Michal leaned on the hilt of his sword.
"Go figure. An angel and a God of death all in the same family. Family reunions must be intresting. Why didn't you ever tell me you had a brother?" Sim demanded.
"You never asked. It's not like I hid him from you." he picked a picture up from the mantal and threw it to her.
In the image He was leaning on a bloodied sword and eating a human arm.
"Lovely." Sim's nose scrunched up, remebering her own experience with eating severed body parts.
The younger brother leaned over her shoulder to see.
"Really brother." he smirked. "Oh well," he took Sim's hand and placed it in Shini's "You two obviouslt belong together."
"I OBJECT!" Trinity came in with a green haired woman behind her.
Shini smacked his forhead, "Great, the whole frickin' ganng is here."
"Huh?" Sim looked at him, as confused as ever.
Shinigami took the hint and introduced them.
"This is my little sister, Seraphim."
The newest introduction embraced Shini.
"Hatter will be along shortly." she told him in a twinkleing voice.
"Are you an angel too?" Sim intreupted.
"No." she said seriously."I am a water goddess."
Simoriah looked to Shinigami again.
"Daddy got around." he explained.
"Oh....Who's Hatter?"
"My youngest sister. You'll get a kick out of her, I'm sure." Shini smiled.
"Is that it or do you have more family stashed away that I don't know about."
"You can never be sure." he winked
Michael had by now pulled of his face covering and was looking around with curiosity. Sim watched him until Seraphim took her hand and lead her away.
"Come, let us talk as sisters, for that is what we are!" she said pleasently. Shinigami fought with Trinity as Mikahal laughed at them.
An animal howl was heard in the hallway and everyone turned to see the source. A wild looking girl came bounding into the room wearing a long black dress and a black hat. Her highheeled boots didn't hinder her activity a bit. She twirled right up to Shinigami and jumped onto his head.
"How goes the morrow, brother?" she enquired from her perch.
"Great." he smiled slightly.
She gleefuly jumped down and ran to her other brother.
"Has god turned you gay yet?" she leaned on his shoulder.
He blushed and she moved on to the women, standing in a corner, Trinity had come over to join them earlier.
"Big sis!" she kissed Seraphim on the cheek "and the two fertile bitches!" she kissed each saiya-jin on the lips.
With that she binged away, still doing cartwheels.
"I like her." little Oni smiled, breaking the silence.
"I" Hatter stood up on a table and did a tap dance with every word she said "am the mad hatter!"
"Nice to meet you," Sim yanked the danceing in law's leg out from underneath her "now stop danceing on my table."
"When I heard my brother was shacking up with a mortal I had to come check it out! So is this just for fun, or is it a permanent arrangement?" Hatter rolled off.
"We'll have to wait and see." Sim couldn't help but laugh.
Shini sat wordlessly on his throne, watching the comotion. Sim came over an dsat on the arm of the large stone chair.
"What you thinking?"
"That I want all of them gone as soon as possible."
"Why?They're your family."
"It's a territorial thing you could say, an angel, a water goddess, and a...well, no on e knows what Hatter is. Anyway, they shouldn't just come bargeing into my domain like they were invited!"
"Ahem." Mikachel, cleared his throat. He appeared beside Simoriah, sorta hiddeing behind her.
"What do you want?" Shini snarled at him.
"Um...nothing." he smiled sheepishly "It's just that I wanted to ask a favor of you."
"This ought to be good." Shini positioned himself in the chair to look directly at his little brother.
"If a tall white angel with blonde hair comes looking for me could you tell him I'm not here?"
"Why?" Sim asked curiosly "What did you do? Run away from heaven?"
"Well...yes."
"Poor Mika-chan." Sim kissed his forhead.
He smiled at her.
"I think she likes me." he mockingly made the gesture of confideing a secret to Shinigami.
The god of death rolled his eyes, unamused.
"Yeah?" Mika-chan straightened up, angrily "Well, f**k you too! If there's a problem with me being here let me know and I'll leave!"
"Oh, I really like him." Sim hugged him.
Shinigami's eyes flashed red.
"Fine. You two look great together." he growled "Have fun."
"What did I do?" she looked at the angel, confused.
***
"You don't have to do that!" Sim objected as Shini gathered a blanket and a pillow.
"You 'like' my brother, of all people, what am I suposed to do?"
"Trust me." she answered simply.
"Yeah, right."
"In the entire time that you've known me, have I ever cheeted on any of the men I was with?"
"Yes."
"Oh? Do tell."
"You cheeted on Gohan with me. Face it! You're an adulterous whore!"
!SMACK!
"You slaped me..." Shini looked down at her solmly. A tear rolled down his cheek
"Go sleep on the damn couch! See if I give a flying rat's ass!" she yelled, pushing his chest so that he stumbled back. "GET OUT!"
He obliged.
Trinity poked her head around the corner.
"You two going to get divorced?!" she asked hopefully.
"No. But I may go topside for a while."
"Yeah." she sat down. "I think everyone would like it if you came home. This whole Persephone storyline has got to stop."
"Hey, I've met Persephone and she ain't half bad....a little to much eyeliner mabey..."
***
"You're shacking up with my wife! Admit it!" Shini's voice carried.
Sim groaned and rolled over, putting a pillow over her head.
"I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR ONE FRIKIN DAY!" Mika-chan yelled back.
"It's two in the morning!" Trin yelled from her room "Not everyone is imortal like you are, so shut UP!"
"Can it, Blondie!" Hatter shouted at Trinity "I'm enjoying this!"
"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!"Sim recognized Jake Morbid's voice comming from the level above them.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!"
"I'll never sleep again..." Oni realized.
***
"He's such a jerk!" Simoriah ranted.
Hatch sat a cup of tea down in front of her and sat himself down nearby.
"I could have told you that." Kitty smirked, leaning back in her chair.
"Does he really think I would do that to him?"
"Evidently so." Cael remarked.
"Think about it." Jaga piped up "He's been watching you his entire life. He's seen how fast you go threw men. What else would he think?"
"I think you should leave him." Trinity advised.
"I agree." Kit nodded.
"I would...but I think that mabey, possibly, I might love him."
"Damn." everyone chimed in.
The doorbell rang and Jaga jumped up to get it. He came back with Shinigami's three siblings.
"What are you guys doing here?" Sim asked from her chair when she saw who it was.
"We came to get you." Mika-chan anounced uneasily.
"Big brother does nothing but sit on his throne and stare into the fire in the fireplace." Seraphim informed quietly.
"Yeah." Hatter frowned. "He's no fun anymore."
"Good, let him suffer." Sim remarked stubornly.
"Have a heart." Mika-chan said in a stern voice.
"Forget it. I'm not going to be with him if he thinks I would sleep with his brother, you're cute, but you're an angel for christ's sake...er...sorry..."
"He's just...pig headed." Seraphim reasoned with her " But that's Big brother."
"It doesn't excuse anything. He called me an 'adulterous whore', as if he wasn't the guy who made me into one."
"I know!" Hatter pointed her finger at the place between Simoriah's eyes "Well, get him to give you a present! That always makes me feel better!...How about....a string of oppssum tails? Or a Halibut! Yeah! Nothing says 'I love you' like a really big fish!"
"I think I'm in love." Jaga wispered to his sister.
"You and your sick sexual fantasys" she wispered back.
"Hey, they're the best kind."
"Just please come back with us." Seraphim got back to the matter at hand.
***
"She won't come back." Seraphim squeezed her brother's hand.
"Why not?"
"She's still angry I guess. You know she loves you, right?"
"She does?" he seemed baffled.
"She must. I don't see her sticking around at all if she didn't."
"Mabey big brother just ....he...preforms well." Hatter sugested.
"Shut up." Shini didn't smile at her antics.
"Come on, you were happy centuries before without her. What's the diffrence now?" she continued agrivated.
He didn't say anything else.
***
"Do you miss him at all?" Gelf HB scribbled something on his notepad.
"Aw, come on..." Sim tryed to weddle out of the question.
"If you want me to help you, you have to coperate."
"Damnit...do you think he's takeing good care of Mordrid?"
"I'm sure your baby is well taken care of. Now answer the question."
"He's not exactly the most responsible guy around, you know. Look at Mage and Page. He didn't really have anything to do with them...of course they despise him with every fiber of their inferior beings..."
"Answer the question."
"What was it again?"
***
TWO WEEKS LATTER
***
"Aren't you hungry or something?" Mika-chan sat down beside his brother.
"Get out ofmy site, holy being."
"Grouchy bastard."
"Hey, Mike," Hatter called to him "There's someone here to see you!"
"Who.."Before he could finish his sentence the blonde angel tackled him, pressing the blade of a sword into his throat.
"Damnit, Messiah!" he choked out. "I was going to come back eventually!"
"You always were the trouble maker, ne?" the taller one hissed through clenched teeth.
"How did you find me, anyway?"
"Go Messiah! Go!" Cael cheered from the door.
Shini turned to look at the situation.
"Snitch." he commented before turning around again.
"Hey, I can't lie!" Cael defended himself "They asked me and I was obligated to tell."
"No big deal. They would havefound me anyway." Mika-chan smiled, getting up.
He turned to his brother.
"Tell your lovely wife that it was a pleasure meeting her, that is if you ever get your head out of your ass and go talk to her."
"Or if I go talk to him." Sim's voice echoed in the cave-like room.
Shinigami jumped up.
"Don't get to excited, I just came to see Mordrid."
~Damn he's fine.~ she thought to herself as he stood there akwardly. He was wearing the outfit that he always wore when it was war time somewhere in his providence. His loosefittiing black pants had the image of fire going up one leg. His shirt, that had a golden dragon embrodered on the back was draped across the arm of his throne. Since he was shirtless she could see the black tatoo on his arm.
She found herself smileing fondly before she could catch herself. The smile quickly faded as she headed for to Mordrid's nursery. It didn't take long for her to notice that he was following her. She went into the room decorated in the usual nursey manner, with a hellish twist and locked the door behind her. His footsteps stoped at the door and she sighed with relief. Mordrid was sleeping quietly. The side door to the nursery opened quietly and the mother jumped. She calme down when she saw that it was only Yoru, the nurse.
"Master Shinigami would like for you to come out please Miss, he'll get terrible angry at me if you don't." she wispered in her familiar british accent.
"Damnit."
***
"What do you want?" she opened the nursery door.
Shini bent down and kissed her imediatly.
"I'm sorry."
"Damnit! Why did you have to do that?"
***
"Are you sure you don't want a divorce?" Trinity gave it one last shot.
"Nope." Sim smiled at her cousin. "Mika-chan and the others are gone for now. No reason to anyway."
"Why couldn't you stay with Ore, back when we lived at the capsule corp. Then you never would have married Gohan, and therefore esentually never Married to Shinigami!"
"And they say I'm hopeless." Simoriah laughed.
~OWARI~ |
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Peice of Heaven
"Excuse me." Sim tapped the shoulder of a man dressed in white. He turned around, shocked. He gaped at her for a moment.
"Can I help you?"
"Um..." she glanned down at a peice of paper in her hands. "This is heaven, right?"
"Yes..."
"Okay, good. I'm looking for Mi-"an attecker cut her short. He knocked her down, pinning her arms.
"Tresspasser!" the blonde angel snarled at her.
"Hi Messiah, you remember me?"
"No." he eyed her warily.
"We met in hell, you know. That whole mess with Mika-chan an-" he tightened his grip.
"What do you want here?"
"Are you haveing trouble with security?" A familiar voice laughed.
"Mika-chan!!" Sim smiled broudly.
"Hi." he waved down at her as he assesed the situation.
"Um, can I get up now?"she asked Messiah.
He only growled.
"What the hell did I do?"
"I'm afraid this is partialy my fault." the stranger in white came over.
"Okay..."
"Messiah is my personal...assistant, if you will."
"Does everyone have thier own 'assitant'?"
"No."
"Then what makes you so special?"
Mika-chan coughed.
Messiah let her up and the stanger pulled her top her feet and shook her hand.
"It's nice to met you. I remember you. You kept us quite busy for a while there."
"Uh...who are you? St. Bob?"
He laughed good-naturly.
"I'm Jesus."
"Holy shit..."
"Now that's an unusal concept." he laughed at her again.
She spun around and burried her face in Mika-chan's shoulder.
"Get a grip!" he turned red.
"I JUST DISSED JESUS!"
"It's quite alright." the son of god tried to calm her down.
"Okay." she stood up straight and took her brother-in-law's hand. "See ya!" they turned and skiped off. "Oh and by the way, " she called over her shoulder "I love your beard! It's so vintage!"
***
"Coooooool."
"OW!" Mika-chan rubbed another sore spot on his wings. Sim held a long, fragile, cream colored feather up to the light. "Would you please stop plucking me?"
She tossed the feather over her shoulder carelessly.
"What's there to do around here?"
"It's almost time for the daily service to begin., You wanna come?"
"Do I have to play a harp?"
"No."
"I guess so, then."
He lead her to a tall white tower. Inside were rows and rows of benches. People were kneeling on almost all of them. He lead her to the first row, right in front of Jesus. He took his place on the bench, bowed his head, closed his eyes, and clasped his hands in front of him. Sim mimicked him as Jesus began to speak...
***
"I CAN'T TAKE IT! THIS IS SO...SO NICE!!! WHERE'S THE ANIMAL SACRIFICE?!"
"SIT YOUR ASS DOWN!!" Mika-chan shouted at her.
Stunned, she obeyed.
***
"I don't believe you."
"I don't need a leash."
"Don't get me started." he yanked the chain in his hand. It was attached to a leather colar around her neck. Sim came to an abrupt stop which caused Mika-chan to stummble backwards.
"Dude! Look!" she beemed. A hailo was hanging above her head.
"Dear God..."
"Excuse me Miss..." John the Baptist snatched his golden ring back.
"Party pooper."
"Did you say party?" Mika-chan smiled wickedly at her. She returned his smile.
"Do you mean...?"
"I sure do."
"Let's do it baby!!"
***
Shinigami slammed the front door open.
"Hi, Shini!" Sim looked up at him plesently from her seat on the floor. "Look, love, my toes are a feista!!"
Mika-chan had painted her nails black with purple and gold glitter. Her hair was pulled up in a towel and she was wearing pajamas. "Come join us! It's like a slumber party! We're going to order pizza in a half hour!"
"What brings you here Big Brother?" Mika-chan walked in. He was dressed the same as Sim.
The god of death didn't respond at first. He just picked his wife up and slung her over his shoulder.
"St. Peter called..." he began as he waled out the door.
~OWARI~
"Where are you going, love?" Sim called over her shoulder as Mordrid headed out the door.
"Out." he answered.
"But it's midnight."
"I know."
"Let him go Sim. He's a big boy, ya know." Shinagami reasoned
"Well, I..."
!BANG!
The door slamed behind the young man as he left.
"Damn it, Shini." Sim stood next to the god of death's throne. "He shouldn't be out at this hour."
"Since when did you become a mom, of the obsessive variety?"
"I hate you." she got up again and looked anxiously out the window. "But I worry about him. He's acting so strange lately..."
***
A thick fog had rolled in. It hung about two feet from the ground. Mordrid's boots squeaked on the pavement as he walked through the dimly lit streets of Vegeta II. It was a relief to get out. He felt sufocated. He liked his family just fine, but he didn't feel close to any of them. His parents always kept to himself and his sister was crazy. A pericing shriek shattered his thoughts. He looked around to see a little girl running by him as fast as she could. A pack of large dogs were not far behind.
"Great." he frowned. He felt inclined to help, Aunt Trinity's influence.
He caught up with the little girl easily. Before he could grab her one of the dogs lunged at him. To his suprise, and that of the girl, the dog stoped a few inches from them, as if he'd hit an invisible wall. The other dogs attempted the same feat, only to be blocked by this unseen force. Evenetually they all left. It was then that Mordrid looked down to see the girl huging his leg.
"Are they gone?" she wispered.
"Yeah, I think so."
~Did I do that?~ he wondered silently.
"Good." the fragile looking child fainted.
"Marie! Marie!" a woman ran up to them and scooped her up.
"Um...are you her mother?" he asked.
"No. I'm her sister!" the woman looked up at him angryly, but she sofened when she saw his akwardness. His black eyes seemed warm as she looked into them. Slowly she stood, not leaveing his gaze "I'm...Mahanie Rose..."
"I'm Mordrid Madoc. Nice to meet you." he smiled shyly.
"Madoc?! That means...oh, my god! I'm sorry!" Mahanie blushed and bowed her head.
"For what?"
"I um...I have to go, your excelency...I'm sorry to have bothered you."
Mordrid cocked his head to one side and looked at her, amused as she fumbled over her words. Silently he picked the blonde child up and handed her to her sister.
"Thank you..." she bowed again and took off towards her home at a run.
***
~Mordrid is acting funny.~ Shinigami thought to himself. It was early morning but his son still hadn't returned.
"I wonder..." his eyes opened a little wider. He rolled over in the bed and shook Sim awake.
"What?!" she groaned and rolled over, turning her back to him and hugging her pillow.
"How old is Mordrid?"
"Eighteen...why?" her face was turned towad him now.
"Yes...he's about the right age..." Shini was deep in thought.
"The right age for what?" Sim persisted.
"I bet that's what it is!"
"WHAT!!!????!!!"
"Mordrid is growing into his powers!"
"Powers?"
"Well, he IS my son."
"And that would mean...?"
He sighed.
"Mordrid is a demi-god. He's getting his godly powers."
"Oooooooh." Sim nodded in understanding. "HIS WHAT?!"
***
"Come on, there isn't much time." Sim roused her son from his bed and handed him some clothes.
"What's going on?" he sat up.
"It's a special day! Get up! You and your father have somewhere to go!"
"Wait, Mom. I wanted to tell you about this girl I met last night. Her name is Mahanie and she has a little sister named Marie and..."
"Tell me later, love." Simoriah sat next to him on the bed and smiled at him. Her eyes glittered. "Get dressed. Everything will be explained to you in a little while. Oh, I 'm so happy for you." She hugged him.
***
"Who are all of these people, dad?" Mordrid gazed at the small crowd of seven, very strange looking people.
"These," Shinigami motioned to the gods, "are the gods of the seven realms of hell."
"I am Hades. I rule the first level." A tall man, dressed in black, spoke up. He had an eleigant accent.
"I'm in control of the second level." Jake Morbid raised his hand.
"I rule the third." Shinigami smiled."
A pale woman, dressed in a black shroud come forward.
"I am WeeJas." she introduced herself. "The fourth ruler of the dead."
"I'm Nerull." A lanky man, who sat in the corner waved." and this is Erythnul." he pointed to a tall man with red eyes dressed in leather who was sharpening a sword. "he's the sixth, but we call him the god of slaughter."
Erythnul bowed slightly in the dem-god's direction, but didn't say anything.
"Don't forget me." Lucifer anounced. [Not Jake's Lucifer]
"Okaaaay. Why am I here, again?" the youngest frowned.
"Uh, I thought this was pretty self explanitory." Shini laughed nervously as the other imortals gave him a cross look.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Trinity's voice echoed in the room as she burst into the meeting. "YOU'RE NOT INDUCEING MY NEFEW INTO YOUR PSYCHOTIC LITTLE CULT!"
"Trin!" Sim was trying to pull her out of the room. "Let them be!"
"FAT SHANCE SHORTY!"
"What do I look like? Some kind of de-funked elf?"
"This is so embarassing." Shini burried his face in his hands.
Simoriah pushed Trinity out the looming mahogany door and began to baracade it wait all the furniture in the room. She pulled the chairs out from under each god in turn and stacked them. Erythnul refused to move so she stacked his chair on top of the rest with him still in it.
"Sorry about that." she stood by Shinigami, a little breathless. "My good half get's a little possesive sometimes."
"Anyway," Shini cleared his throat " We're here to welcome my son, Mordrid into the ranks of hell."
"MOM!" Mordrid shouted as she licked a tissue and started to clean a dirt smuge on his cheek.
"No one likes a dirty god of death." she smiled.
Jake Morbid cleared his throat and raised an eyebrow when she looked at him.
"This is so weird."Mordrid said once all way explained to him. "So...if I'm part god...will I die?"
WeeJas sighed and touched his hand gently
"In the fullness of time, it may become so. But you have nothing to fear for quite some time."
"Damn."
"I predict," Jake stood and anounced loudly "That by the end of this Millenia Sim will have screwed each and every one of us!"
"That guy's three chromosomes away from a monkey." Lucifer zinged.
Mordrid laughed.
***
Mahanie's house was an average one. It was two stories tall and made of a gray colored brick. Mordrid knocked on the door and stood quietly, waiting to be let in. Marie answered the door, She looked just as fragile as ever, standing there. She smiled and let him in. The house, like many, was lit by candals. The scent of lavender was pressent in every room. He waited in a room, crowded with old firniture and keepsakes. Finally Mahanie came in. He could tell she was blushing even by the flickering candals.
"I didn't think I'd ever see you again, your excelency..." she began.
"Please don't call me that. I'm Mordrid. It's my name. Use it."
"I'm sorry."
"And quit saying you're sorry about everything. You've done nothing wrong."
"Okay." she smiled at him. He felt himself blushing then.
"Well ,at least we're makeing progress..."
*~OWARI~*
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