This is based vaguely on a dream I had...Basically, it's based on June 6th... o_o;; And, I'm going to incoprate System... I typed this when my Internet was down... -.- If it sucks, it was because I was bored... And, I have writer's block of what to do next with it... Oh, well... enjoy.
Chapter One
Megan and Diana were sitting at their lunch table, bored as usual. Neither of them had much to say. Suddenly, Megan had an idea,
"Diana? Are you doing anything after school?" she asked, looking across the table at her friend. Diana shrugged,
"No, not really. Just same old, same old. Being bored out of my mind...Why?" Megan smiled, a mischeivous look in her eye,
"I have an idea of what we can do after school...We just need two more people," she turned to face her friend, Melissa, who was sitting right next to her,
"Lissa, you doing anything after school?" Melissa shook her head,
"Nope. Why?" Megan smiled,
"You'll see. We'll do something, and we won't be bored, that's for sure!" Melissa shrugged,
"Whatever. Your house?" Megan nodded,
"Yes."
"Ok, see you their after school," Megan then stood up and walked over to her friend Brittney, who was drowning out the ambient noise of the cafeteria with her headphones. Megan lifted one headphone off her ear and spoke to her,
"Brittney? Are you doing anything after school today? Me, Lissa, and Diana are all going to my house...Wanna come?" Brittney took off her headphones and looked up,
"What? Oh, sure. Why?" Megan smiled,
"You'll see...Just wait." Brittneuy shrugged,
"Whatever. I'll walk home with you, Melissa, and Diana."
The next two hours of school seemed to drag on forever. During Spanish, Megan stared up at the clock, whose hands had appeared to stop. Mrs. Swank droned on,
"You conjugate the verb with...AR or ER verbs...irregular verbs like..." Megan tried to ignore her, and continued staring at the clock. Then...finally, the dismissal bell rang. The students dashed out of the classroom, and to their lockers. Megan picked up her binder, and waited in front of the school for her friends. After about 5 minutes, they came up to her, books in hand, eager to leave. Melissa looked at Megan,
"So? What are we doing?! The suspense is killing me!!" Megan smiled,
"Jeez, just wait! We'll be to my house in 15 minutes! 'Til then, chill," The four walked home, in tense silence.
Chapter 2
Megan groped through her bag, looking for her house key. Once she found in, she opened the door, and the girls crammed into her living room, throwing their books upon her sofa. Megan beckoned the girls up into her room. Once inside, she closed the door. The room was filled with a comforting, warm scent of burnt incense. Megan went over to her dresser, and lit another one, stregthening the aroma. The girls sat in a circle on the floor. Diana looked at Megan,
"Ok...So, what's the big suprise?" she said, eyeing Megan suspiciously. Megan's expression was serious,
"Do you know what next Tuesday is?" Melissa looked up,
"...666..." she said absently, her voice trailed off as she said it. Megan nodded,
"Yes...Well, I decided, since this isn't going to happen for another ceuntury, why not take advantage of it?" she pulled a Ouija board from beneath her bed. Diana laughed,
"Megan! You really think we'll be able to talk to the dead?!" Megan's face was still serious,
"...This is not a laughing matter..." she said solemnly. Diana's grin quickly disappated,
"Well, ok then...Let's be careful," the girls crossed their legs, then placed their fingertips upon the slider of the Ouija board. They closed their eyes. Brittney spoke, shattering the silence,
"What now?"
"SHHHH!" Megan hissed, trying to concentrate. Brittney closed her mouth, and continued to focus. Then, unknowingst to the girls (whose eyes' were closed) the Ouija board began glowing a ominous red color. A sinister entity began to seep from the slider, and floated above the board. Brittney opened her eyes, which immediatly went wide with fear,
"...M-Megan..." she stammered.
"SHHH...!!" Megan began to say when, she was knocked backwards. The entity had jumped into her mouth. The other three's eyes' went wide with fear,
"MEGAN!" they cried in unison. Just then, Megan's eyes opened, a malevolent red glint in her eyes. Her body floated about a foot off the ground,
"Ah...A Ouija board channeling circle...How quaint," Megan said, although, it apparently wasn't Megan. The voice was raspy and deep, quite unlike Megan's voice,
"So...Heh, I wonder why I'm here..." it said, an amused look on its face. Brittney looked up,
"What have you done with Megan?!" The demon smiled,
"Oh please. I'll only stay for a bit. I'll be able to stay longer on Tuesday when...Oops. I've said too much," Melissa's eyes narrowed,
"What? What do you plan to do?!" the entity smiled again,
"We plan to find four people. Four people with a mutual bond ..." it paused, "A little too complicated to explain to you girls...And, no, you and your friend aren't the four. You're too young and naive. But, I've said too much," Diana's stuttered,
"What are you going to do...?" The demon smirked,
"All in due time. Now, I must be leaving," as it said this, a red fog escaped Megan's mouth. She shuddered, then fell to the ground. She opened her eyes and looked around, confused,
"What just happened? I feel...strange..." Diana shook her head,
"We got a problem..." she said, her voice trailing off. Brittney spoke up,
"Basically, a demon seeped out of your Ouija board, possesed you, and talked to us," Megan looked suprised,
"What it say?" she asked, a hint of worry in her voice,
"...Something about finding four people with a mutual bond of...something...And it's not us..." Megan blinked,
"Let's ask the Ouija board..." she said, as the girls nervously put their fingertips on the slider. The slider slid effortlessly across the board, spelling out, 'Dajoshse.' Megan and the girls looked at the cryptic message,
"What the hell does that mean?!"
Chapter 3
(Voices)
"Status. What do we know?"
" Four people...and...and..."
"And?! What do we know of them?! What did you hear in their conversations?!"
"Well, one of them sounded stoned...And another said something about 'OzzFeast' and after that 'Hepatitis'..."
"That's it!? You really are a worthless piece of s**t."
"If you say so, my lord."
The next day, the girls went to school, and made no mention of their terrifying encounter...people would just think they were bullshitting them. Megan pondered on it during Algebra,
Four people? A mutual bond? Who did he mean? What did he mean? I wonder if...!
"Megan? What's the answer to this polynomial?" Mr. Wentworth said, jostling her out of her thoughts. Megan shrugged and Mr. Wentworth scoweled,
"Pay attention! Your failing as it is!" Megan sighed,
"Thanks, that makes me feel a whole lot better..."
After school, she walked home and sat on her bed. She wanted answers, but was too scared to use the Ouija board again.
Who could it be? Four people...four people...
she thought as she drifted into restless sleep.
...
...
"NO! NOO! STAY AWAY FROM! ...?" Megan awoke from her nitemare, covered in a cold sweat. She looked over at her clock, where 1:47AM glowed bright red in the blackness. She stood up and shivered,
"A dream? ...Yes, a dream...That was horrible...I saw four men running from something horrible, and as it chased them, I felt it as my duty to protect them..." she said, her voice trailing off, "Am I losing it? What to do?" she said, as she stared up at the ceiling,
"This is getting worrysome..."
(MEANWHILE)
System of a Down was riding in a tour bus, on their way to the first of the many OzzFest concerts they would be attending. Daron, Serj, Shavo, and John all sat on a couch, as a stern-lloking man spoke to them,
"Look on the bright side, it's the last tour before your Hiatus!" he said, looking at them,
"Three months'll be over before you know it...Any questions?" Daron raised his hand,
"Um...While you're out her talking and stuff, who's driving the bus?"
"...Well...um...s**t!" the man ran to grab the steering wheel, but it was too late. The bus plummeted off the side of a cliff. But, they didn't crash to the ground as they thought. A humongous black chasm opened out of nowhere, and swallowed the bus. The four sat there in darkness. Daron spoke ********, where are we? It's all dark and s**t!" a voice spoke to them,
"Finally! The vessels with mutual bonds I've been waiting for!"
"What? You want vegetables to move your bongs?"
"...Shut up. Stop being such a goddamn smart a**..."
(Back To Megan)
Megan opened her eyes. She looked at the clock, which read 7:54
She sighed, happy that it was Saturday. She went into the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face,
"Just a dream..." she reassured herself, as she walked into her bedroom to lay back down. Little did she know, that it was not a dream, but a nightmare in the making...
(MEANWHILE)
Please, put away our... 'guests' in the dungeon 'til we're ready to use them..." Daron was angry at this statement,
"What are we?! Co...!"
"SHUT THE ******** UP!" with a flick of its finger, the unseen entity sealed Daron's mouth shut. But, this didn't stop Daron from using his...finger. At this, The entity's servent took System and placed them in a dank cell, 'safe' until they're ready for their 'use'. Serj sighed,
"What do we do? Everything seemed normal, then, we're locked in a cell..." John smiled, and tried to be optimistic,
"...Maybe, something'll happen to save us..." Just then, a glimmer of light began shining through a crack in the bricks. Shavo walked over to it, looking hopeful,
"I have an idea..." he said, speaking into the crack.
(Back To Megan: )
"...Help..."
Megan woke up again. She made her bed, and decided she wasn't going to go back to sleep...Those dreams were bothering her too much. Just then, there was a knock at her door. She trudged down the steps, muttering,
"Goddamn Girl Scouts..." she opened the door and said, without thought,
"I don't want any cookies! Take your cookies and shove them up your...?"
She looked at whom stood before her. It wasn't a Girl Scout. It was a ball of white light. It spoke in a deep, if not somewhat famaliar, voice,
"s**t! We got our message out?! Ok, anyway, whoever this is...we need help...Come to..."
"Wait, if you're a white ball, how are you talking to me?"
"Will you just shut the ******** up and listen? Anyway, we're being held against our will in an unknown place..."
"How helpful"
"SHUT THE ******** UP! Anyway, come rescue us..." the white ball dissolved into nothing. Megan stood there, dumbstruck,
"Maybe going back to sleep wasn't such a bad idea after all..." just then, her sister came bouncing down the steps,
"This s**t is bananas! B-...!"
"Bridget! Watch your ******** mouth! What I say about using that word?"
Bridget hung her head, and walked into the kitchen,
"Who was at the door, sis?" Megan blinked. There was no way to answer that question,
"Um...Vacuum Salesmen... And, Mormons! Yeah...that's it," Bridget blinked,
"At 8AM in the morning?"
"...Sure, why not?" Megan said, pouring her sister some cereal.
(MEANWHILE)
"Well, Shavo? Did you get help?" Serj asked, looking at the white crack. Shavo sighed,
"Whoever it was, she sounded tired, and called me a Girl Scout," Daron snickered,
"Oo probubly mor a gr scot," he said, his mouth still sealed. Shavo glared, then John spoke up,
"This arguing isn't helping...Wait! I have an idea! When you spoke into the crack, she listened, yes?" Shavo nodded,
"Your point?"
"Well, maybe if we bust through that crack, we can get out of here," Shavo shrugged,
"Better then what I had in mind...Ok. On the count of three, all of us should slam into that crack...Ready? ...Three!" All four of them smacked against the wall, breaking into, and falling into a void of white light. Where will they end up next is anyone's guess...
(Back at Megan's)
Megan had just finished pouring her sister some cereal when all of a sudden, she heard a CRASH! from upstairs. Alarmed, she ran up the steps, and in her room, in a heap, was four men. She could not see their faces, but when they stood up, she immediatly recognized them. It was System of a Down, lying in a heap, in the middle of her bedroom floor...
Dreams do come true.
They stood up, looking quite confused, then Daron spoke. He put his hands to his cheeks,
"s**t! I can talk again! Where are we? Who the ******** are you?" he said, looking at Megan. Megan put her hands on her hips,
"Excuse you...I should be the one asking that! I'm not the one who just fell from the sky and crashed on my bedroom floor!"
"Touch�. She has a point," Serj said, looking around the room. Megan folded her arms,
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be...on your way to Ozzfest...on the west coast?" Shavo stood up,
"Um, yeah. The thing is...our bus drove off a cliff, went to Hell, we got locked up, I talked into a glowing crack and..."
"WAIT!! That was you?" Megan said, interrupting Shavo. Shavo nodded,
"Yes, now let me finish. Then, we broke through and, ended up here...The end." Megan stood there, in shock.
"Wait...So, you were the four people I've been seeing in my dreams?! The one that guy told me about!? What the ********?" Daron smiled in a stoned way,
"Hehe...I bet that's not all you were dreaming about..." Megan rolled her eyes,
"Why would I tell you?"
"ANYWAY," Shavo said, changing the subject, "Could we crash her until we have an idea of...what's going on?" Megan shrugged,
"Um, sure...You can sleep in the basement, or on the floor of my room...My mom's away on buisness, so I'm sure she won't really mind...because she won't know," she said, sitting on her bed. Just then, her little sister came upstairs, and brushed her way through the bamboo curtains into Megan's room,
"Megan? Where's the cer... Omigod! It's that one band you love! And it's Daron!" she said, as she ran towards Daron and clung to him,
"I love you! You may smell like weed, but I love you!" Daron's eye twitched,
"...That's so...sweet. Ok, now...get the ******** off me and back away sloooowly..." he said, lifting Bridget and setting her down, away from him. Bridget giggled and went into her own room. Daron shuddered,
"Can I sleep on the floor in here? Just so I know she won't come in here to bug me..." Megan smiled,
"Welcome to my world..."
((MEANWHILE))
"DEVON! They escaped!" Devon turned around,
"Escaped, my lord? Who? To where?"
"I don't know! You need to go and find them, and quickly!" Devon nodded and turned away. Stupid lazy ********> she thought, If he wants them so bad, he can go get them himself. she sighed and went to the portal to the mortal realm,
"Four missing captives, a world for them to hide in, and one demon to track them down...Fun." she said, walking into the portal.
((AND, IN HEAVEN))
Caitlin stood in front of God, blinded by his divine light.
"All right, young Caitlin, it's now your chance to earn your wings...I'm assigning you to a group of humans to protect...You see, the Anti-Christ needs a vessel, and your job is to make sure he does not get it. If you can do this, I'll make you a Seraph!" God said, looking down at Caitlin. She smiled,
"No problem. Who am I guarding?" God showed her images of her charges,
"These four men. Daron, Serj, Shavo, and John. And, a girl, Megan. Megan is their human guardian. These men can't fall into the wrong hands...Pardon me for speaking of them as possessions."
Caitlin giggled,
"Wow...The guys are hot...Especially Shavo..."
"Remember, as a lowly angel, you've yet to have your chastity revoked. But, if I promote you to a Seraph, you can do whatever you want to them," Caitlin grinned,
"SCORE! You can count on me! Nothing will happen to them!" and in a blink, she was in Megan's room, starting her job as a guardian angel, unseen.
Megan sighed,
"So...I guess I should like, make you guys breakfast or something..." John stood up,
"Can you make pancakes?" Megan hung her head,
"More like scrambled pancakes,"
"Waffles?"
"No waffle iron..."
"Bacon?"
"Vegeterian."
"Cereal?"
"...Sure, why not?"
She led the four downstairs, dug through the cabinets, and found two boxes of Lucky Charms,
"I hope this is enough," she said as she sat it down on the table. After breakfast, she gave the guys a tour of the house,
"This is the basement," she said, gesturing down a staircase, "I don't like it down there. There are giant roaches, it smells wet, and the laundry rooms down there. I hate roaches, so I don't go down there..." they nodded.
"This is the kitchen and dining room. If you want to have a midnight snack, beware the giant waterbugs. They're like, one and a half inches long...And they're dumb. And, they like to ******** under the furniture," Daron giggled. Then, she gestured upstairs,
"This is my room, my sister's room, the bathroom, and my mom's room. You guys can pretty much crash wherever, just, try not to make a mess, okay?" they nodded in understanding.
"Ok, good."
(Meanwhile)Devon slinked around in the alleys of Halethorpe,
"According to my sources, the vessels should be in this vicinity..." she said, looking around. Then, her sense went crazy,
"I think I've found them! Now, just to get to them..." she shiftshaped into the form of a cat and climbed up on the windowsill and looked into the house, Yes, those are the vessels, all right...I should sneak in after dark...That should be simple... she thought, looking at the four, This is too easy.
(That Night)
Megan was rummaging through the cabinets in the kitchen, while System and Bridget were sitting at the dinner, impaitently waiting for dinner. Megan came out and looked embarressed,
"I...need to go to the store. I have nothing to cook," they just stared at her, then Bridget spoke up,
"Why don't we go out somewhere for dinner? It be less to clean up..." Megan thought for a moment,
"Um, yeah...Ok...Perfect. Let's go," they all went outside, and piled into her mother's car. Daron stumbled towards the driver's seat,
"I'm driving!" Then, Serj grabbed his shoulders,
"The hell you are! I'm driving. You're too stoned!" Daron then stumbled into the back.
(Meanwhile)
Devon looked inside the house, it was dark and quiet. Perfect for some covert kidnapping. She slipped into the house, and looked through it, top to bottom.
"Wha? No System?! They were here! They were! They...?" Caitlin, noticing a disturbance, appeared and looked at Devon,
"Ah, you must be what I'm protecting System from..." she said, unamused. Devon scowled,
"Get lost, Fluffy. I'm busy." Caitlin frowned,
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah, you heard me. Get lost, you fairy!" they both stared eachother down in tense silence. Caitlin stamp her foot,
"I may be a fairy, but I could still kick your a**, you Satanic whore,"
"Is that a threat?"
"No, it's a promise."
At this, they both jumped on one another, and began fighting.
(Two Hours Later)
System, Megan, and Bridget walked into the house, to find two people fighting on the living room floor. One of them was garbed in white, and had a glowing halo, the other had cat ears and a cat tail, with claws to match. Megan jumped in and pulled them off one another,
"Who the hell do you two think you are?!" Caitlin narrowed her eyes,
"Hands off, mortal, I can fend for myself!" Then, Devon stared,
"Be glad she broke us up, or I would've kicked your a**!" Megan sat Devon and Caitlin on the sofa,
"Ok, you first," she said, turning to Caitlin,
"Who are you?" Caitlin sighed,
"I am a guardian angel, sent to protect you and System from The Anti-Christ," she said. Megan nodded,
"Oook...And you?" Devon frowned,
"I'm a cat demon, and Satan sent me out to find his 'vessels'...But, I had no idea it was System...To tell you the truth, I don't want to. I hate this job," Megan smiled,
"Then, don't...And, fill us in...What does The 'Anti-Christ' want with System?" Devon sighed,
"He plans to use their blood as a sacrifice, and one of them as a vessel, so He may return to the world, and dominate it," Megan nodded,
"Blood sacrifice? Anti-Christ? Vessel?!" Devon nodded,
"Yes, it's all planned out...The only thing missing," she turned to System,
"Is you four..."
They were too stunned to speak. Megan shivered,
"What will happen to them after they're sacrificed?" Devon had a solemn look on her face,
"Well, it's like this...If they were perfectly pure, they go to heaven...But, if they have even the tiniest hint of evil within them, they'll become a demon, themselves," Megan sighed,
"Is that what happened to you?" Devon had tears in her eyes,
"...No...Satan tricked me...He showed me a promise land, he tricked me...I sold him my soul...and, ended up becoming a demon... A decesion I deeply regret...And, instead of helping Satan, after all, he's treated me like s**t, I'll help you guys out..." Megan smiled,
"That's good...Now, what do they plan to do? What's the story behind it?" Devon sighed as she told a story,
"Well, many people are ignorant to the fact that '666' is the number of the AntiChrist...not Satan. You see, The AntoChrist needs System. One, for their blood, two, for their bodies," her voice trailed off. Megan turned to Caitlin,
"That's why you're here?" Caitlin nodded,
"Yup...I'm the magical guardian angel...And, if I do this, God'll make me a Seraph! I'll earn my wings!" Megan looked at her,
"So...what's your story?" Caitlin thought hard,
"Hm...well...uh...To tell you the truth, I don't really remember...You see, angels generally have no knowledge of their past lives. Only high, divine angels know that...I'd have to be a Seraph or God..." Megan smiled,
"So, if you help us...you'll find out who you were?"
"Exactly."
(Meanwhile...Voices)
"What?! She betreyed us?!"
"Yes, my lord. She's working with that lowly guardian angel and the mortal to protect the four..."
"Ok! It's your time to shine, peon. Go to the mortal realm and destory the angel, demon and mortal, and take back my vessels!!"
"Y-Yes, my lord."
The demon walks through the portal, and takes the guise of a raven,
Hmm...They're in there...I need to go in there, kick a**, take the vessels, and I'm done. Cake. he flew in through the open window, and Megan's eyes shot open,
"What the ********?! A bird!! DIE!" she took rolled-up magazine, and struck the bird, knocking it against the wall, then, the demon took his true, humanoid form,
"That was foolish, mortal," Caitlin and Devon glared at the demon, and Devon spoke,
"Leon?" he looked up,
"Devon?! You're the betreyer?" Devon blushed and Leon frowned,
"Aw...and now I have to destroy you..." he said playfully, brandashing his sword. Devon and Caitlin stood their ground,
"Like we're scared of you..." Caitlin said. Leon smirked, a smug look upon his face,
"Just wait..."
Caitlin and Devon jumped upon Leon, who was ready. He slashed at Devon, but missed, tearing her clothing. He smiled,
"I guess I'm a little rusty..." Devon scowled,
"No, I guess you're a little...dead," Devon and Caitlin simantenously slammed into Leon with their weapons. Devon's dagger and Caitlin's magic cut through Leon. As he faded away, he smiled, his voice dripping with contempt,
"Don't worry, my loves. I'll be back... This isn't over," Then, he disentegrated, leaving a pile of ash. System stood there, mouths agape,
"...Ok. We're being hunted by demons...and our only protection is...three teenagers?! We're so ********!!" Daron said, slumping against the wall. Megan folded her arms,
"...They just took out a demon. I think they're capable. If you're so ********, the door's over there," Daron blinked,
"Y'know...if you put it that way, this isn't so bad..." Megan smiled,
"Ok, now that Leon's out of the way, what do we do now?" Caitlin and Devon exchanged glances,
"Beats me," they said in unison.
CHAPTER FOUR:
System sat on the sofa,
"What are we supposed to do?!" Daron whined. Caitlin and Devon exchanged glances,
"Well, outside isn't really safe for you...so, you should stay in here," Caitlin said, sitting on the ground, looking up at System. Devon smiled,
"Yeah, it's best. We'll take turns watching you,"
(MEANWHILE)
"LEON! Did you get our vessels back?"
"Um...uh...N-no...my lord. I-I-I didn't..."
"AHH! I'm losing my paitence! Get them now, or you'll be sorry! At least get one of them!"
"Y-you got it!" Leon thought,
One should be easy...Easier then snatching them all.
Leon, in the form of a small raven, sat upon the windowsill and gazed into the house. Hmm...Which would be easiest. That one looks easy. He's small, and quite stoned. Even more so tonight, I'm sure. I think I have my victum. he said, eyeing Daron.
So, that night, Leon slipped into the house, not making a sound. He made his way up to Megan's bedroom, where Daron and Serj were laying on the floor, snoring. Leon gently picked Daron up, with the ease up picking up a sleeping baby, and carried him outside. He opened the portal back to Hell, and eagerly made his way back to his boss.
"Leon, I'm pleased. Now, spill his blood upon the altar. We'll transmorgrify him later...but into what?"
"Why don't we ask him?" he said, nudging Daron from his sleep. Daron yawned and looked around, stupefied,
"Where the ******** am I?" he muttered, looking around.
"Welcome back," lucky Daron was greeted by none other than Lucifer himself,
"So, Daron...Once we sacrifice your blood, you'll be damned to a life of demonhood..." Daron thought for a moment,
"Er, demons are overrated. Can I be the Weed Fairy?!" he asked, sparkles in his eyes, "I want a pretty dress, pretty shoes, a sparkling pair of wings, a crown, and wand! Please, oh please?!" he said, begging at Lucifer's feet.
"Hmm...Weed Fairy? Leon, this pothead gives me an idea. I could posses him and get the others through him...Since he's always stoned, the symptoms of possesion will be mistaken for his normal, drug-addled behavior," Lucifer said, smiling wickedly, "Forget the blood sacrifice for now. Leon, hold him down...and Daron? Think happy thoughts..." he dove into Daron's body. Almost immediatly, Daron fell to the ground, holding his head, shreiking. His body went into catatonic convulsions, his pupils dialated, and his throat uttered many inhuman shrieks. After the fit subsided, he stood up. He looked at his hands, and smiled,
"Well, this body will do, for now..."
"...Wha...happened?"
"Shut up, Daron! This is my body now! You'll shall be my little puppet, and do what I command you to! Daron silenced himself.
"Now, Leon. I'm going back up to the Mortal Realm. I will be back, with the other three," Leon nodded,
"Um, are you going to freak them out up there? With the freaky symptoms of possesion? I mean like, quoting Scripture, catatonic seizures, and when Daron sees those...horrible images," Lucifer shrugged,
"We'll see," then, in the blink of an eye, Daron was back in Megan's room. He laid down, and planned to get the rest, as soon as day broke.
Chapter Five:
Megan was the first to wake up. She decided it would be nice if she made breakfast, but when she went downstairs, she found Daron was already down in the living room,
"Er...Are you ok?" she asked as she watched him tear up a phonebook. He turned around,
"Megan!! You have to help me! He's got me! Heee's got mee!!" he said, hugging Megan with tears in his eyes,
"He won't let me eat, sleep, or smoke my weed!" he said, shivering. Megan comforted him,
"Who's got you, Daron!? Who's 'He'?" just then, Daron's pupils dialated,
"Why, Megan...Of course nothing is wrong! I'm fine! Fine!" Megan backed away,
"Are you ok, Daron? You're acting kind of weird..." Then, Daron's body went into convulsive fits. He grabbed his hair,
"Get out of my ******** head! Leave me alone!" Megan tried to grab Daron's hand, but he jerked back and scratched his fingernails across Megan's face,
"Filthy little b***h! Keep your hands off of me!" Megan then ran upstairs, rousing the others to help her help Daron. She nudged Serj's shoulder,
"Wake up! We have a problem!" Serj muttered,
"What...? ...What happened to your face?! Did the cat claw you?!" Megan shook her head vigorously,
"No! Daron did this!"
"Daron?"
"Yes! It's like...he's possessed or something! He went into a catatonic seizure, his voice keeps changing, and...he's just not acting like Daron!" Serj stretched and walked down the steps,
"He can't be that bad..." then, Caitlin and Devon poofed into the room. Caitlin looked at Megan,
"What happened?!" Megan sighed,
"I think Daron is possessed!" Devon blinked,
"Lead me to him. I can tell if he's possessed..." Megan lead the two down the steps, where Daron was attacking Serj. Caitlin and Megan pulled him off Serj and Devon helped to his feet,
"Are you ok?!" she asked, steadying Serj. Serj nodded, his voice was shaken,
"That's not Daron..." he was pratically crying, "What did you do with Daron?!" Daron laughed and sneered.
"Oh, he's still here...Just, not in control at the moment..." Devon looked at Daron,
"Yup...definitely possessed. Megan? You got a Bible?" she asked. Megan nodded. Then, Caitlin thrust a small book in her hand,
"Here. Within this book contains a simple exorcism ritual...Well, as simple as it'll get. Read it, then when you're ready, we'll hold him down," Megan nodded, frightened, then looked at Caitlin, confused,
"Wait, can't you do it?!" Caitlin shook her head,
"Only mortals can...And, Daron needs to be consentual. Ask him if he wants to be exorcised," Megan turned to Daron,
"...D-Daron? Do you want to be...exorcised?" Daron turned to Megan, sobbing,
"YES! Please! Get him out of my head! I can't take it!" Megan ran up to her room, and began studying the ritual. All she need was a crucifix and holy water.
One hour later, Megan came down the stairs, dressed in a white robe, holding a crucifix in one hand, and a bottle of Holy Water in the other hand. Caitlin and Devon grabbed Daron by both his arms and held him down. He smiled smuggly, his voice dripping with contempt,
"Heh. Naive child. You'll never do it...Go ahead...Try," Megan was shiverring, and walked up to Daron, while reciting the Lord's Prayer. Once she had, she took the Crucifix, and stuck it on Daron's neck. He let out an unholy, inhuman cry,
"FILTHY LITTLE b***h! I WILL..." Megan then splashed the Holy Water on his face. Daron lunged backwards, his body contracted as he vomited on the carpet. He held his face, shrieking. Then, his body shuddered violently, and he fell backwards. Megan reluctantly approached Daron. He opened his eyes, then grabbed Megan, and hugged her,
"Oh, thank you, thank you!! You saved me!!" Caitlin couldn't believe it,
"Wow, even priests have difficulties exorcising people...Yet, this girl exorcises him on her first try, with no trouble," Megan smiled. Then, Devon shook her head,
"And, that wasn't just any evil spirit...That was Lucifer, himself. I would know that voice anywhere," Caitlin's face went blank,
"I should've stopped him while I had the chance," Devon shook her head solemnely,
"I know we haven't seen the last of him...he'll be back...I just know it,"
"God, I hope not."
(Later)
"I'm tired...That's it. I'm not going to be so easy anymore...I'm just going to sneak in while they sleep, kidnap them, and perform the ritual," Lucifer said, furrowing his brow in frustrated thought. Leon glanced at him,
"Want me to get them?" Lucifer glared,
"You've failed me already...I will do it myself. I shall kidnap one of them...make them my demonic pawn, and make them do my dirty work. It's brillant!" he said, standing up and making his way back to the Mortal Realm. When he arrived, he found everyone was asleep in a pile, on the floor of Megan's room. Lucifer looked at Serj,
"Hm...you look innocent enough...I shall make you my pawn! They'll never suspect!" he said, picking him up and teleporting him back to Hell in a poof of smoke. Daron sniffed the air and said, half-asleep,
"Shavo put out your cigerette,"
"No thanks, mom. I'm not hungry,"
Serj woke up in the same dank, dingy cell he had been in before. Lucifer walked over to him,
"Hmm...well, now that you're awake," he grabbed Serj's wrist,
"It's time to begin the ceremony," Serj blinked, still sleepy,
"What the ********?" he muttered as Lucifer dragged him to an ominous-looking altar. It was 15 feet tall, flanked by humongous candles, covered with human bones and clotted blood. Some freshly-killed corpses lay strewn upon the altar, and the air around it hung thick with a putrid smell. Lucifer picked up a ritual knife and held it to Serj's neck,
"Any last words?"
"...Wha?" before he could finish his sentence, Lucifer plunged the blade of the knife into Serj's throat. He grabbed his throat, sputtering and coughing up blood. He managed to utter the word, "b*****d," before falling upon the altar, dead.
Lucifer poked at the corpse,
"Yes...He's dead. One-forth of the blood I needed is spilled. I just need to get the other four...Using this man. He seems close to the others..." he said, waving his fingers over the corpse. Serj stood up, but he didn't seem the same. His skin seemed to be sickly pale, and he looked tired, almost haggard. Lucifer looked at him,
"Ok...you're my little puppet. Go to the Mortal Realm now. Lure your 'friends' to me. You'll make me very happy..." Serj nodded slowly, then, as if waking from a dream, he found himself on the ground in Megan's basement. His head throbbed and he felt hot. Peeking into the mirror on the basement wall, he saw his face was flushed red, and he had a scar on his neck that he didn't remember ever having,
"What's going on?" he muttered, staggering up the stairs. He felt ill, his body shook with chills. He walked into the living room, where Daron, John, Shavo, Bridget and Megan were watching something on TV. Megan, who wasn't really paying attention in the first place, eyed Serj worriedly,
"Oh! Serj, are you ok?" she said, standing up and walking over to him, "You looked febrile...and you're shaking all over...Maybe you should get to bed..." she said, pointing to the staircase. He shivered, Megan's voice sounded so distant to him, and everything seemed too bright or too loud. It was as if he was on some kind of trip. Megan grabbed his hand and lead him upstairs,
"You look like you need rest..." Serj's eyes darkened and he jerked his hands back,
"Back off!" he rasped in a voice, unlike Serj. Megan jerked her hand back and looked at Serj. Her eyes went wide and she said in a distant voice,
"You're...not Serj..." he smiled,
"No. I'm not. I am what is left of him...The slag of his soul, so to speak," Megan inched away from him, but he covered the door,
"No. You know too much...and you'll tell the others what my plan is..." he said, reaching his hand out and grabbing Megan roughly. Megan twisted and tried to get free, and in the process, she heard a SNAP! in her arm. Her eyes welled up with tears, and she fell to the ground, biting her tongue to keep from crying out. Serj smiled,
"You didn't put up a fight? This is too easy..." he said, making is way out of the room. But, Megan stood up, holding a small lead statuette, which her mom had on the dresser. She ran over to Serj, and struck him in the head. He merely smiled, turned around, and struck Megan across the face,
"Persistent little b***h, are we?" he said through gritted teeth. He lifted Megan up with one hand, as the other hand sprouted claws. Megan's eyes went wide as he slashed her across the neck, killing her. He dropped her, licked the blood off his hand then all of a sudden, his human conscience resurfaced,
"...W-What have I done...?" he said, knealing next to Megan's corpse.
Caitlin looked nervously at the staircase,
"Megan's been up there for a while...Should we go check on her?" Devon shrugged,
"I suppose so. But what could've happened? Ha..." she laughed nevously and followed Caitlin up the steps. In the hallway, they heard what sounded like stifled sobbing. Devon pushed open the door, and both of them couldn't believe what they saw. Megan, lying in a pool of her own blood, which was begin to dry and clot and stain the carpet which Serj looking at the body, his eyes filled with guilt, and blood around his mouth and on his fingers. Caitlin looked as if she was about to lunge at Serj, but Devon held her back and pointed at Megan,
"Focus on reviving her. I'll take care of...him." Devon grabbed Serj and throw him against a wall. His compassionate eyes began to glow red and his mouth twisted into a grin,
"Ah, Devon. Slumming it with mortals and an angel? Psh. Traitor. I've been giving special orders not to kill you but there's no doubt that your head has a nice price on it. I guess...his Unholyness wants to deal with you, personally." Devon gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with tears. She knew this wasn't Serj, yet it was Serj. Though it pained her, she took her hand and struck him hard across the face. She sputtered the words,
"Y-you're not S-Serj. Leave." He grinned,
"Oh, nooo. Serj is gone." Devon narrowed her eyes,
"Shut up."
"Serj is gone. Serj is gone." he repeated again, his voice filled with contempt,
"And the others aren't far behind him. If you want your precious Serj back, you'll need to take that matter up with Lucifer, himself. 'Til then..." he laughed, still sounding contemptful.
Caitlin rubbed her hands together furiously and held them over Megan. In a somewhat grotesque process, the blood spilled on the carpet began to flow back into the wound, making the heart pump again. The visible aorta artery pulsated softly, showing that she lived. Once all the blood flowed back in, the wounds shut themselves, and were sewn together by strands of light, then vanished without a trace. After Caitlin was done, Megan stood up and looked even better than before. Caitlin smiled,
"Wow. Who would've thought I could do that?" Megan smiled,
"I don't know, but I feel great!" Serj looked over,
"You're...you're..." Megan smiled,
"Alive," she walked over to Serj and moved Devon aside. As if under a spell, she took her hand, and plunged it into Serj's chest. His eyes went wide with pain and disbelief as she wrenched her hand back, pulling out something that looked like coagulated, black slime. Serj's body exploded with white light, and seemed to dissolve until it was no more. Caitlin looked at Megan,
"Did I do that?" Megan looked down at the slime,
"...No idea." Devon took the slime from Megan,
"Hm, I think I know what this is."
(To be continued...)
Chapter One
Megan and Diana were sitting at their lunch table, bored as usual. Neither of them had much to say. Suddenly, Megan had an idea,
"Diana? Are you doing anything after school?" she asked, looking across the table at her friend. Diana shrugged,
"No, not really. Just same old, same old. Being bored out of my mind...Why?" Megan smiled, a mischeivous look in her eye,
"I have an idea of what we can do after school...We just need two more people," she turned to face her friend, Melissa, who was sitting right next to her,
"Lissa, you doing anything after school?" Melissa shook her head,
"Nope. Why?" Megan smiled,
"You'll see. We'll do something, and we won't be bored, that's for sure!" Melissa shrugged,
"Whatever. Your house?" Megan nodded,
"Yes."
"Ok, see you their after school," Megan then stood up and walked over to her friend Brittney, who was drowning out the ambient noise of the cafeteria with her headphones. Megan lifted one headphone off her ear and spoke to her,
"Brittney? Are you doing anything after school today? Me, Lissa, and Diana are all going to my house...Wanna come?" Brittney took off her headphones and looked up,
"What? Oh, sure. Why?" Megan smiled,
"You'll see...Just wait." Brittneuy shrugged,
"Whatever. I'll walk home with you, Melissa, and Diana."
The next two hours of school seemed to drag on forever. During Spanish, Megan stared up at the clock, whose hands had appeared to stop. Mrs. Swank droned on,
"You conjugate the verb with...AR or ER verbs...irregular verbs like..." Megan tried to ignore her, and continued staring at the clock. Then...finally, the dismissal bell rang. The students dashed out of the classroom, and to their lockers. Megan picked up her binder, and waited in front of the school for her friends. After about 5 minutes, they came up to her, books in hand, eager to leave. Melissa looked at Megan,
"So? What are we doing?! The suspense is killing me!!" Megan smiled,
"Jeez, just wait! We'll be to my house in 15 minutes! 'Til then, chill," The four walked home, in tense silence.
Chapter 2
Megan groped through her bag, looking for her house key. Once she found in, she opened the door, and the girls crammed into her living room, throwing their books upon her sofa. Megan beckoned the girls up into her room. Once inside, she closed the door. The room was filled with a comforting, warm scent of burnt incense. Megan went over to her dresser, and lit another one, stregthening the aroma. The girls sat in a circle on the floor. Diana looked at Megan,
"Ok...So, what's the big suprise?" she said, eyeing Megan suspiciously. Megan's expression was serious,
"Do you know what next Tuesday is?" Melissa looked up,
"...666..." she said absently, her voice trailed off as she said it. Megan nodded,
"Yes...Well, I decided, since this isn't going to happen for another ceuntury, why not take advantage of it?" she pulled a Ouija board from beneath her bed. Diana laughed,
"Megan! You really think we'll be able to talk to the dead?!" Megan's face was still serious,
"...This is not a laughing matter..." she said solemnly. Diana's grin quickly disappated,
"Well, ok then...Let's be careful," the girls crossed their legs, then placed their fingertips upon the slider of the Ouija board. They closed their eyes. Brittney spoke, shattering the silence,
"What now?"
"SHHHH!" Megan hissed, trying to concentrate. Brittney closed her mouth, and continued to focus. Then, unknowingst to the girls (whose eyes' were closed) the Ouija board began glowing a ominous red color. A sinister entity began to seep from the slider, and floated above the board. Brittney opened her eyes, which immediatly went wide with fear,
"...M-Megan..." she stammered.
"SHHH...!!" Megan began to say when, she was knocked backwards. The entity had jumped into her mouth. The other three's eyes' went wide with fear,
"MEGAN!" they cried in unison. Just then, Megan's eyes opened, a malevolent red glint in her eyes. Her body floated about a foot off the ground,
"Ah...A Ouija board channeling circle...How quaint," Megan said, although, it apparently wasn't Megan. The voice was raspy and deep, quite unlike Megan's voice,
"So...Heh, I wonder why I'm here..." it said, an amused look on its face. Brittney looked up,
"What have you done with Megan?!" The demon smiled,
"Oh please. I'll only stay for a bit. I'll be able to stay longer on Tuesday when...Oops. I've said too much," Melissa's eyes narrowed,
"What? What do you plan to do?!" the entity smiled again,
"We plan to find four people. Four people with a mutual bond ..." it paused, "A little too complicated to explain to you girls...And, no, you and your friend aren't the four. You're too young and naive. But, I've said too much," Diana's stuttered,
"What are you going to do...?" The demon smirked,
"All in due time. Now, I must be leaving," as it said this, a red fog escaped Megan's mouth. She shuddered, then fell to the ground. She opened her eyes and looked around, confused,
"What just happened? I feel...strange..." Diana shook her head,
"We got a problem..." she said, her voice trailing off. Brittney spoke up,
"Basically, a demon seeped out of your Ouija board, possesed you, and talked to us," Megan looked suprised,
"What it say?" she asked, a hint of worry in her voice,
"...Something about finding four people with a mutual bond of...something...And it's not us..." Megan blinked,
"Let's ask the Ouija board..." she said, as the girls nervously put their fingertips on the slider. The slider slid effortlessly across the board, spelling out, 'Dajoshse.' Megan and the girls looked at the cryptic message,
"What the hell does that mean?!"
Chapter 3
(Voices)
"Status. What do we know?"
" Four people...and...and..."
"And?! What do we know of them?! What did you hear in their conversations?!"
"Well, one of them sounded stoned...And another said something about 'OzzFeast' and after that 'Hepatitis'..."
"That's it!? You really are a worthless piece of s**t."
"If you say so, my lord."
The next day, the girls went to school, and made no mention of their terrifying encounter...people would just think they were bullshitting them. Megan pondered on it during Algebra,
Four people? A mutual bond? Who did he mean? What did he mean? I wonder if...!
"Megan? What's the answer to this polynomial?" Mr. Wentworth said, jostling her out of her thoughts. Megan shrugged and Mr. Wentworth scoweled,
"Pay attention! Your failing as it is!" Megan sighed,
"Thanks, that makes me feel a whole lot better..."
After school, she walked home and sat on her bed. She wanted answers, but was too scared to use the Ouija board again.
Who could it be? Four people...four people...
she thought as she drifted into restless sleep.
...
...
"NO! NOO! STAY AWAY FROM! ...?" Megan awoke from her nitemare, covered in a cold sweat. She looked over at her clock, where 1:47AM glowed bright red in the blackness. She stood up and shivered,
"A dream? ...Yes, a dream...That was horrible...I saw four men running from something horrible, and as it chased them, I felt it as my duty to protect them..." she said, her voice trailing off, "Am I losing it? What to do?" she said, as she stared up at the ceiling,
"This is getting worrysome..."
(MEANWHILE)
System of a Down was riding in a tour bus, on their way to the first of the many OzzFest concerts they would be attending. Daron, Serj, Shavo, and John all sat on a couch, as a stern-lloking man spoke to them,
"Look on the bright side, it's the last tour before your Hiatus!" he said, looking at them,
"Three months'll be over before you know it...Any questions?" Daron raised his hand,
"Um...While you're out her talking and stuff, who's driving the bus?"
"...Well...um...s**t!" the man ran to grab the steering wheel, but it was too late. The bus plummeted off the side of a cliff. But, they didn't crash to the ground as they thought. A humongous black chasm opened out of nowhere, and swallowed the bus. The four sat there in darkness. Daron spoke ********, where are we? It's all dark and s**t!" a voice spoke to them,
"Finally! The vessels with mutual bonds I've been waiting for!"
"What? You want vegetables to move your bongs?"
"...Shut up. Stop being such a goddamn smart a**..."
(Back To Megan)
Megan opened her eyes. She looked at the clock, which read 7:54
She sighed, happy that it was Saturday. She went into the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face,
"Just a dream..." she reassured herself, as she walked into her bedroom to lay back down. Little did she know, that it was not a dream, but a nightmare in the making...
(MEANWHILE)
Please, put away our... 'guests' in the dungeon 'til we're ready to use them..." Daron was angry at this statement,
"What are we?! Co...!"
"SHUT THE ******** UP!" with a flick of its finger, the unseen entity sealed Daron's mouth shut. But, this didn't stop Daron from using his...finger. At this, The entity's servent took System and placed them in a dank cell, 'safe' until they're ready for their 'use'. Serj sighed,
"What do we do? Everything seemed normal, then, we're locked in a cell..." John smiled, and tried to be optimistic,
"...Maybe, something'll happen to save us..." Just then, a glimmer of light began shining through a crack in the bricks. Shavo walked over to it, looking hopeful,
"I have an idea..." he said, speaking into the crack.
(Back To Megan: )
"...Help..."
Megan woke up again. She made her bed, and decided she wasn't going to go back to sleep...Those dreams were bothering her too much. Just then, there was a knock at her door. She trudged down the steps, muttering,
"Goddamn Girl Scouts..." she opened the door and said, without thought,
"I don't want any cookies! Take your cookies and shove them up your...?"
She looked at whom stood before her. It wasn't a Girl Scout. It was a ball of white light. It spoke in a deep, if not somewhat famaliar, voice,
"s**t! We got our message out?! Ok, anyway, whoever this is...we need help...Come to..."
"Wait, if you're a white ball, how are you talking to me?"
"Will you just shut the ******** up and listen? Anyway, we're being held against our will in an unknown place..."
"How helpful"
"SHUT THE ******** UP! Anyway, come rescue us..." the white ball dissolved into nothing. Megan stood there, dumbstruck,
"Maybe going back to sleep wasn't such a bad idea after all..." just then, her sister came bouncing down the steps,
"This s**t is bananas! B-...!"
"Bridget! Watch your ******** mouth! What I say about using that word?"
Bridget hung her head, and walked into the kitchen,
"Who was at the door, sis?" Megan blinked. There was no way to answer that question,
"Um...Vacuum Salesmen... And, Mormons! Yeah...that's it," Bridget blinked,
"At 8AM in the morning?"
"...Sure, why not?" Megan said, pouring her sister some cereal.
(MEANWHILE)
"Well, Shavo? Did you get help?" Serj asked, looking at the white crack. Shavo sighed,
"Whoever it was, she sounded tired, and called me a Girl Scout," Daron snickered,
"Oo probubly mor a gr scot," he said, his mouth still sealed. Shavo glared, then John spoke up,
"This arguing isn't helping...Wait! I have an idea! When you spoke into the crack, she listened, yes?" Shavo nodded,
"Your point?"
"Well, maybe if we bust through that crack, we can get out of here," Shavo shrugged,
"Better then what I had in mind...Ok. On the count of three, all of us should slam into that crack...Ready? ...Three!" All four of them smacked against the wall, breaking into, and falling into a void of white light. Where will they end up next is anyone's guess...
(Back at Megan's)
Megan had just finished pouring her sister some cereal when all of a sudden, she heard a CRASH! from upstairs. Alarmed, she ran up the steps, and in her room, in a heap, was four men. She could not see their faces, but when they stood up, she immediatly recognized them. It was System of a Down, lying in a heap, in the middle of her bedroom floor...
Dreams do come true.
They stood up, looking quite confused, then Daron spoke. He put his hands to his cheeks,
"s**t! I can talk again! Where are we? Who the ******** are you?" he said, looking at Megan. Megan put her hands on her hips,
"Excuse you...I should be the one asking that! I'm not the one who just fell from the sky and crashed on my bedroom floor!"
"Touch�. She has a point," Serj said, looking around the room. Megan folded her arms,
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be...on your way to Ozzfest...on the west coast?" Shavo stood up,
"Um, yeah. The thing is...our bus drove off a cliff, went to Hell, we got locked up, I talked into a glowing crack and..."
"WAIT!! That was you?" Megan said, interrupting Shavo. Shavo nodded,
"Yes, now let me finish. Then, we broke through and, ended up here...The end." Megan stood there, in shock.
"Wait...So, you were the four people I've been seeing in my dreams?! The one that guy told me about!? What the ********?" Daron smiled in a stoned way,
"Hehe...I bet that's not all you were dreaming about..." Megan rolled her eyes,
"Why would I tell you?"
"ANYWAY," Shavo said, changing the subject, "Could we crash her until we have an idea of...what's going on?" Megan shrugged,
"Um, sure...You can sleep in the basement, or on the floor of my room...My mom's away on buisness, so I'm sure she won't really mind...because she won't know," she said, sitting on her bed. Just then, her little sister came upstairs, and brushed her way through the bamboo curtains into Megan's room,
"Megan? Where's the cer... Omigod! It's that one band you love! And it's Daron!" she said, as she ran towards Daron and clung to him,
"I love you! You may smell like weed, but I love you!" Daron's eye twitched,
"...That's so...sweet. Ok, now...get the ******** off me and back away sloooowly..." he said, lifting Bridget and setting her down, away from him. Bridget giggled and went into her own room. Daron shuddered,
"Can I sleep on the floor in here? Just so I know she won't come in here to bug me..." Megan smiled,
"Welcome to my world..."
((MEANWHILE))
"DEVON! They escaped!" Devon turned around,
"Escaped, my lord? Who? To where?"
"I don't know! You need to go and find them, and quickly!" Devon nodded and turned away. Stupid lazy ********> she thought, If he wants them so bad, he can go get them himself. she sighed and went to the portal to the mortal realm,
"Four missing captives, a world for them to hide in, and one demon to track them down...Fun." she said, walking into the portal.
((AND, IN HEAVEN))
Caitlin stood in front of God, blinded by his divine light.
"All right, young Caitlin, it's now your chance to earn your wings...I'm assigning you to a group of humans to protect...You see, the Anti-Christ needs a vessel, and your job is to make sure he does not get it. If you can do this, I'll make you a Seraph!" God said, looking down at Caitlin. She smiled,
"No problem. Who am I guarding?" God showed her images of her charges,
"These four men. Daron, Serj, Shavo, and John. And, a girl, Megan. Megan is their human guardian. These men can't fall into the wrong hands...Pardon me for speaking of them as possessions."
Caitlin giggled,
"Wow...The guys are hot...Especially Shavo..."
"Remember, as a lowly angel, you've yet to have your chastity revoked. But, if I promote you to a Seraph, you can do whatever you want to them," Caitlin grinned,
"SCORE! You can count on me! Nothing will happen to them!" and in a blink, she was in Megan's room, starting her job as a guardian angel, unseen.
Megan sighed,
"So...I guess I should like, make you guys breakfast or something..." John stood up,
"Can you make pancakes?" Megan hung her head,
"More like scrambled pancakes,"
"Waffles?"
"No waffle iron..."
"Bacon?"
"Vegeterian."
"Cereal?"
"...Sure, why not?"
She led the four downstairs, dug through the cabinets, and found two boxes of Lucky Charms,
"I hope this is enough," she said as she sat it down on the table. After breakfast, she gave the guys a tour of the house,
"This is the basement," she said, gesturing down a staircase, "I don't like it down there. There are giant roaches, it smells wet, and the laundry rooms down there. I hate roaches, so I don't go down there..." they nodded.
"This is the kitchen and dining room. If you want to have a midnight snack, beware the giant waterbugs. They're like, one and a half inches long...And they're dumb. And, they like to ******** under the furniture," Daron giggled. Then, she gestured upstairs,
"This is my room, my sister's room, the bathroom, and my mom's room. You guys can pretty much crash wherever, just, try not to make a mess, okay?" they nodded in understanding.
"Ok, good."
(Meanwhile)Devon slinked around in the alleys of Halethorpe,
"According to my sources, the vessels should be in this vicinity..." she said, looking around. Then, her sense went crazy,
"I think I've found them! Now, just to get to them..." she shiftshaped into the form of a cat and climbed up on the windowsill and looked into the house, Yes, those are the vessels, all right...I should sneak in after dark...That should be simple... she thought, looking at the four, This is too easy.
(That Night)
Megan was rummaging through the cabinets in the kitchen, while System and Bridget were sitting at the dinner, impaitently waiting for dinner. Megan came out and looked embarressed,
"I...need to go to the store. I have nothing to cook," they just stared at her, then Bridget spoke up,
"Why don't we go out somewhere for dinner? It be less to clean up..." Megan thought for a moment,
"Um, yeah...Ok...Perfect. Let's go," they all went outside, and piled into her mother's car. Daron stumbled towards the driver's seat,
"I'm driving!" Then, Serj grabbed his shoulders,
"The hell you are! I'm driving. You're too stoned!" Daron then stumbled into the back.
(Meanwhile)
Devon looked inside the house, it was dark and quiet. Perfect for some covert kidnapping. She slipped into the house, and looked through it, top to bottom.
"Wha? No System?! They were here! They were! They...?" Caitlin, noticing a disturbance, appeared and looked at Devon,
"Ah, you must be what I'm protecting System from..." she said, unamused. Devon scowled,
"Get lost, Fluffy. I'm busy." Caitlin frowned,
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah, you heard me. Get lost, you fairy!" they both stared eachother down in tense silence. Caitlin stamp her foot,
"I may be a fairy, but I could still kick your a**, you Satanic whore,"
"Is that a threat?"
"No, it's a promise."
At this, they both jumped on one another, and began fighting.
(Two Hours Later)
System, Megan, and Bridget walked into the house, to find two people fighting on the living room floor. One of them was garbed in white, and had a glowing halo, the other had cat ears and a cat tail, with claws to match. Megan jumped in and pulled them off one another,
"Who the hell do you two think you are?!" Caitlin narrowed her eyes,
"Hands off, mortal, I can fend for myself!" Then, Devon stared,
"Be glad she broke us up, or I would've kicked your a**!" Megan sat Devon and Caitlin on the sofa,
"Ok, you first," she said, turning to Caitlin,
"Who are you?" Caitlin sighed,
"I am a guardian angel, sent to protect you and System from The Anti-Christ," she said. Megan nodded,
"Oook...And you?" Devon frowned,
"I'm a cat demon, and Satan sent me out to find his 'vessels'...But, I had no idea it was System...To tell you the truth, I don't want to. I hate this job," Megan smiled,
"Then, don't...And, fill us in...What does The 'Anti-Christ' want with System?" Devon sighed,
"He plans to use their blood as a sacrifice, and one of them as a vessel, so He may return to the world, and dominate it," Megan nodded,
"Blood sacrifice? Anti-Christ? Vessel?!" Devon nodded,
"Yes, it's all planned out...The only thing missing," she turned to System,
"Is you four..."
They were too stunned to speak. Megan shivered,
"What will happen to them after they're sacrificed?" Devon had a solemn look on her face,
"Well, it's like this...If they were perfectly pure, they go to heaven...But, if they have even the tiniest hint of evil within them, they'll become a demon, themselves," Megan sighed,
"Is that what happened to you?" Devon had tears in her eyes,
"...No...Satan tricked me...He showed me a promise land, he tricked me...I sold him my soul...and, ended up becoming a demon... A decesion I deeply regret...And, instead of helping Satan, after all, he's treated me like s**t, I'll help you guys out..." Megan smiled,
"That's good...Now, what do they plan to do? What's the story behind it?" Devon sighed as she told a story,
"Well, many people are ignorant to the fact that '666' is the number of the AntiChrist...not Satan. You see, The AntoChrist needs System. One, for their blood, two, for their bodies," her voice trailed off. Megan turned to Caitlin,
"That's why you're here?" Caitlin nodded,
"Yup...I'm the magical guardian angel...And, if I do this, God'll make me a Seraph! I'll earn my wings!" Megan looked at her,
"So...what's your story?" Caitlin thought hard,
"Hm...well...uh...To tell you the truth, I don't really remember...You see, angels generally have no knowledge of their past lives. Only high, divine angels know that...I'd have to be a Seraph or God..." Megan smiled,
"So, if you help us...you'll find out who you were?"
"Exactly."
(Meanwhile...Voices)
"What?! She betreyed us?!"
"Yes, my lord. She's working with that lowly guardian angel and the mortal to protect the four..."
"Ok! It's your time to shine, peon. Go to the mortal realm and destory the angel, demon and mortal, and take back my vessels!!"
"Y-Yes, my lord."
The demon walks through the portal, and takes the guise of a raven,
Hmm...They're in there...I need to go in there, kick a**, take the vessels, and I'm done. Cake. he flew in through the open window, and Megan's eyes shot open,
"What the ********?! A bird!! DIE!" she took rolled-up magazine, and struck the bird, knocking it against the wall, then, the demon took his true, humanoid form,
"That was foolish, mortal," Caitlin and Devon glared at the demon, and Devon spoke,
"Leon?" he looked up,
"Devon?! You're the betreyer?" Devon blushed and Leon frowned,
"Aw...and now I have to destroy you..." he said playfully, brandashing his sword. Devon and Caitlin stood their ground,
"Like we're scared of you..." Caitlin said. Leon smirked, a smug look upon his face,
"Just wait..."
Caitlin and Devon jumped upon Leon, who was ready. He slashed at Devon, but missed, tearing her clothing. He smiled,
"I guess I'm a little rusty..." Devon scowled,
"No, I guess you're a little...dead," Devon and Caitlin simantenously slammed into Leon with their weapons. Devon's dagger and Caitlin's magic cut through Leon. As he faded away, he smiled, his voice dripping with contempt,
"Don't worry, my loves. I'll be back... This isn't over," Then, he disentegrated, leaving a pile of ash. System stood there, mouths agape,
"...Ok. We're being hunted by demons...and our only protection is...three teenagers?! We're so ********!!" Daron said, slumping against the wall. Megan folded her arms,
"...They just took out a demon. I think they're capable. If you're so ********, the door's over there," Daron blinked,
"Y'know...if you put it that way, this isn't so bad..." Megan smiled,
"Ok, now that Leon's out of the way, what do we do now?" Caitlin and Devon exchanged glances,
"Beats me," they said in unison.
CHAPTER FOUR:
System sat on the sofa,
"What are we supposed to do?!" Daron whined. Caitlin and Devon exchanged glances,
"Well, outside isn't really safe for you...so, you should stay in here," Caitlin said, sitting on the ground, looking up at System. Devon smiled,
"Yeah, it's best. We'll take turns watching you,"
(MEANWHILE)
"LEON! Did you get our vessels back?"
"Um...uh...N-no...my lord. I-I-I didn't..."
"AHH! I'm losing my paitence! Get them now, or you'll be sorry! At least get one of them!"
"Y-you got it!" Leon thought,
One should be easy...Easier then snatching them all.
Leon, in the form of a small raven, sat upon the windowsill and gazed into the house. Hmm...Which would be easiest. That one looks easy. He's small, and quite stoned. Even more so tonight, I'm sure. I think I have my victum. he said, eyeing Daron.
So, that night, Leon slipped into the house, not making a sound. He made his way up to Megan's bedroom, where Daron and Serj were laying on the floor, snoring. Leon gently picked Daron up, with the ease up picking up a sleeping baby, and carried him outside. He opened the portal back to Hell, and eagerly made his way back to his boss.
"Leon, I'm pleased. Now, spill his blood upon the altar. We'll transmorgrify him later...but into what?"
"Why don't we ask him?" he said, nudging Daron from his sleep. Daron yawned and looked around, stupefied,
"Where the ******** am I?" he muttered, looking around.
"Welcome back," lucky Daron was greeted by none other than Lucifer himself,
"So, Daron...Once we sacrifice your blood, you'll be damned to a life of demonhood..." Daron thought for a moment,
"Er, demons are overrated. Can I be the Weed Fairy?!" he asked, sparkles in his eyes, "I want a pretty dress, pretty shoes, a sparkling pair of wings, a crown, and wand! Please, oh please?!" he said, begging at Lucifer's feet.
"Hmm...Weed Fairy? Leon, this pothead gives me an idea. I could posses him and get the others through him...Since he's always stoned, the symptoms of possesion will be mistaken for his normal, drug-addled behavior," Lucifer said, smiling wickedly, "Forget the blood sacrifice for now. Leon, hold him down...and Daron? Think happy thoughts..." he dove into Daron's body. Almost immediatly, Daron fell to the ground, holding his head, shreiking. His body went into catatonic convulsions, his pupils dialated, and his throat uttered many inhuman shrieks. After the fit subsided, he stood up. He looked at his hands, and smiled,
"Well, this body will do, for now..."
"...Wha...happened?"
"Shut up, Daron! This is my body now! You'll shall be my little puppet, and do what I command you to! Daron silenced himself.
"Now, Leon. I'm going back up to the Mortal Realm. I will be back, with the other three," Leon nodded,
"Um, are you going to freak them out up there? With the freaky symptoms of possesion? I mean like, quoting Scripture, catatonic seizures, and when Daron sees those...horrible images," Lucifer shrugged,
"We'll see," then, in the blink of an eye, Daron was back in Megan's room. He laid down, and planned to get the rest, as soon as day broke.
Chapter Five:
Megan was the first to wake up. She decided it would be nice if she made breakfast, but when she went downstairs, she found Daron was already down in the living room,
"Er...Are you ok?" she asked as she watched him tear up a phonebook. He turned around,
"Megan!! You have to help me! He's got me! Heee's got mee!!" he said, hugging Megan with tears in his eyes,
"He won't let me eat, sleep, or smoke my weed!" he said, shivering. Megan comforted him,
"Who's got you, Daron!? Who's 'He'?" just then, Daron's pupils dialated,
"Why, Megan...Of course nothing is wrong! I'm fine! Fine!" Megan backed away,
"Are you ok, Daron? You're acting kind of weird..." Then, Daron's body went into convulsive fits. He grabbed his hair,
"Get out of my ******** head! Leave me alone!" Megan tried to grab Daron's hand, but he jerked back and scratched his fingernails across Megan's face,
"Filthy little b***h! Keep your hands off of me!" Megan then ran upstairs, rousing the others to help her help Daron. She nudged Serj's shoulder,
"Wake up! We have a problem!" Serj muttered,
"What...? ...What happened to your face?! Did the cat claw you?!" Megan shook her head vigorously,
"No! Daron did this!"
"Daron?"
"Yes! It's like...he's possessed or something! He went into a catatonic seizure, his voice keeps changing, and...he's just not acting like Daron!" Serj stretched and walked down the steps,
"He can't be that bad..." then, Caitlin and Devon poofed into the room. Caitlin looked at Megan,
"What happened?!" Megan sighed,
"I think Daron is possessed!" Devon blinked,
"Lead me to him. I can tell if he's possessed..." Megan lead the two down the steps, where Daron was attacking Serj. Caitlin and Megan pulled him off Serj and Devon helped to his feet,
"Are you ok?!" she asked, steadying Serj. Serj nodded, his voice was shaken,
"That's not Daron..." he was pratically crying, "What did you do with Daron?!" Daron laughed and sneered.
"Oh, he's still here...Just, not in control at the moment..." Devon looked at Daron,
"Yup...definitely possessed. Megan? You got a Bible?" she asked. Megan nodded. Then, Caitlin thrust a small book in her hand,
"Here. Within this book contains a simple exorcism ritual...Well, as simple as it'll get. Read it, then when you're ready, we'll hold him down," Megan nodded, frightened, then looked at Caitlin, confused,
"Wait, can't you do it?!" Caitlin shook her head,
"Only mortals can...And, Daron needs to be consentual. Ask him if he wants to be exorcised," Megan turned to Daron,
"...D-Daron? Do you want to be...exorcised?" Daron turned to Megan, sobbing,
"YES! Please! Get him out of my head! I can't take it!" Megan ran up to her room, and began studying the ritual. All she need was a crucifix and holy water.
One hour later, Megan came down the stairs, dressed in a white robe, holding a crucifix in one hand, and a bottle of Holy Water in the other hand. Caitlin and Devon grabbed Daron by both his arms and held him down. He smiled smuggly, his voice dripping with contempt,
"Heh. Naive child. You'll never do it...Go ahead...Try," Megan was shiverring, and walked up to Daron, while reciting the Lord's Prayer. Once she had, she took the Crucifix, and stuck it on Daron's neck. He let out an unholy, inhuman cry,
"FILTHY LITTLE b***h! I WILL..." Megan then splashed the Holy Water on his face. Daron lunged backwards, his body contracted as he vomited on the carpet. He held his face, shrieking. Then, his body shuddered violently, and he fell backwards. Megan reluctantly approached Daron. He opened his eyes, then grabbed Megan, and hugged her,
"Oh, thank you, thank you!! You saved me!!" Caitlin couldn't believe it,
"Wow, even priests have difficulties exorcising people...Yet, this girl exorcises him on her first try, with no trouble," Megan smiled. Then, Devon shook her head,
"And, that wasn't just any evil spirit...That was Lucifer, himself. I would know that voice anywhere," Caitlin's face went blank,
"I should've stopped him while I had the chance," Devon shook her head solemnely,
"I know we haven't seen the last of him...he'll be back...I just know it,"
"God, I hope not."
(Later)
"I'm tired...That's it. I'm not going to be so easy anymore...I'm just going to sneak in while they sleep, kidnap them, and perform the ritual," Lucifer said, furrowing his brow in frustrated thought. Leon glanced at him,
"Want me to get them?" Lucifer glared,
"You've failed me already...I will do it myself. I shall kidnap one of them...make them my demonic pawn, and make them do my dirty work. It's brillant!" he said, standing up and making his way back to the Mortal Realm. When he arrived, he found everyone was asleep in a pile, on the floor of Megan's room. Lucifer looked at Serj,
"Hm...you look innocent enough...I shall make you my pawn! They'll never suspect!" he said, picking him up and teleporting him back to Hell in a poof of smoke. Daron sniffed the air and said, half-asleep,
"Shavo put out your cigerette,"
"No thanks, mom. I'm not hungry,"
Serj woke up in the same dank, dingy cell he had been in before. Lucifer walked over to him,
"Hmm...well, now that you're awake," he grabbed Serj's wrist,
"It's time to begin the ceremony," Serj blinked, still sleepy,
"What the ********?" he muttered as Lucifer dragged him to an ominous-looking altar. It was 15 feet tall, flanked by humongous candles, covered with human bones and clotted blood. Some freshly-killed corpses lay strewn upon the altar, and the air around it hung thick with a putrid smell. Lucifer picked up a ritual knife and held it to Serj's neck,
"Any last words?"
"...Wha?" before he could finish his sentence, Lucifer plunged the blade of the knife into Serj's throat. He grabbed his throat, sputtering and coughing up blood. He managed to utter the word, "b*****d," before falling upon the altar, dead.
Lucifer poked at the corpse,
"Yes...He's dead. One-forth of the blood I needed is spilled. I just need to get the other four...Using this man. He seems close to the others..." he said, waving his fingers over the corpse. Serj stood up, but he didn't seem the same. His skin seemed to be sickly pale, and he looked tired, almost haggard. Lucifer looked at him,
"Ok...you're my little puppet. Go to the Mortal Realm now. Lure your 'friends' to me. You'll make me very happy..." Serj nodded slowly, then, as if waking from a dream, he found himself on the ground in Megan's basement. His head throbbed and he felt hot. Peeking into the mirror on the basement wall, he saw his face was flushed red, and he had a scar on his neck that he didn't remember ever having,
"What's going on?" he muttered, staggering up the stairs. He felt ill, his body shook with chills. He walked into the living room, where Daron, John, Shavo, Bridget and Megan were watching something on TV. Megan, who wasn't really paying attention in the first place, eyed Serj worriedly,
"Oh! Serj, are you ok?" she said, standing up and walking over to him, "You looked febrile...and you're shaking all over...Maybe you should get to bed..." she said, pointing to the staircase. He shivered, Megan's voice sounded so distant to him, and everything seemed too bright or too loud. It was as if he was on some kind of trip. Megan grabbed his hand and lead him upstairs,
"You look like you need rest..." Serj's eyes darkened and he jerked his hands back,
"Back off!" he rasped in a voice, unlike Serj. Megan jerked her hand back and looked at Serj. Her eyes went wide and she said in a distant voice,
"You're...not Serj..." he smiled,
"No. I'm not. I am what is left of him...The slag of his soul, so to speak," Megan inched away from him, but he covered the door,
"No. You know too much...and you'll tell the others what my plan is..." he said, reaching his hand out and grabbing Megan roughly. Megan twisted and tried to get free, and in the process, she heard a SNAP! in her arm. Her eyes welled up with tears, and she fell to the ground, biting her tongue to keep from crying out. Serj smiled,
"You didn't put up a fight? This is too easy..." he said, making is way out of the room. But, Megan stood up, holding a small lead statuette, which her mom had on the dresser. She ran over to Serj, and struck him in the head. He merely smiled, turned around, and struck Megan across the face,
"Persistent little b***h, are we?" he said through gritted teeth. He lifted Megan up with one hand, as the other hand sprouted claws. Megan's eyes went wide as he slashed her across the neck, killing her. He dropped her, licked the blood off his hand then all of a sudden, his human conscience resurfaced,
"...W-What have I done...?" he said, knealing next to Megan's corpse.
Caitlin looked nervously at the staircase,
"Megan's been up there for a while...Should we go check on her?" Devon shrugged,
"I suppose so. But what could've happened? Ha..." she laughed nevously and followed Caitlin up the steps. In the hallway, they heard what sounded like stifled sobbing. Devon pushed open the door, and both of them couldn't believe what they saw. Megan, lying in a pool of her own blood, which was begin to dry and clot and stain the carpet which Serj looking at the body, his eyes filled with guilt, and blood around his mouth and on his fingers. Caitlin looked as if she was about to lunge at Serj, but Devon held her back and pointed at Megan,
"Focus on reviving her. I'll take care of...him." Devon grabbed Serj and throw him against a wall. His compassionate eyes began to glow red and his mouth twisted into a grin,
"Ah, Devon. Slumming it with mortals and an angel? Psh. Traitor. I've been giving special orders not to kill you but there's no doubt that your head has a nice price on it. I guess...his Unholyness wants to deal with you, personally." Devon gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with tears. She knew this wasn't Serj, yet it was Serj. Though it pained her, she took her hand and struck him hard across the face. She sputtered the words,
"Y-you're not S-Serj. Leave." He grinned,
"Oh, nooo. Serj is gone." Devon narrowed her eyes,
"Shut up."
"Serj is gone. Serj is gone." he repeated again, his voice filled with contempt,
"And the others aren't far behind him. If you want your precious Serj back, you'll need to take that matter up with Lucifer, himself. 'Til then..." he laughed, still sounding contemptful.
Caitlin rubbed her hands together furiously and held them over Megan. In a somewhat grotesque process, the blood spilled on the carpet began to flow back into the wound, making the heart pump again. The visible aorta artery pulsated softly, showing that she lived. Once all the blood flowed back in, the wounds shut themselves, and were sewn together by strands of light, then vanished without a trace. After Caitlin was done, Megan stood up and looked even better than before. Caitlin smiled,
"Wow. Who would've thought I could do that?" Megan smiled,
"I don't know, but I feel great!" Serj looked over,
"You're...you're..." Megan smiled,
"Alive," she walked over to Serj and moved Devon aside. As if under a spell, she took her hand, and plunged it into Serj's chest. His eyes went wide with pain and disbelief as she wrenched her hand back, pulling out something that looked like coagulated, black slime. Serj's body exploded with white light, and seemed to dissolve until it was no more. Caitlin looked at Megan,
"Did I do that?" Megan looked down at the slime,
"...No idea." Devon took the slime from Megan,
"Hm, I think I know what this is."
(To be continued...)
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