#thats my job now. i have to make a hundred drawings of him

[derpycatsu]

read xy pokespe recently mostly for professor sycamore and i was not disappointed. oh my god. Wow

[freebooter4ever]

I think a lot of the dweebyness came from his early years during his shy, awkward, aww-shucks era. once he got more confident with english, he shifted to a more jock-y vibe

Haha, sorry yall are never gonna convince me that malkin was ever dweeby. Jock is winning the poll btw:

I do, however, totally buy that an american audience mostly comprised of sports fans would look at a teenage boy struggling with a language barrier and immediately label him as 'different' and 'awkward' and 'quiet' and 'dweeby' and a whole bunch of other labels that shoves him into a box and then expect him to stay in that box because they've already decided on what kind of person he is.

We know how our (US) culture works, there's hundreds of american high school movies testifying to the sports/popularity hivemind.

But thats a temporary ostracization. It doesn't feel the same as the more personality-based, more permanent ostracization of the stereotypical 'dweeb' in high school. It's very different to grow up with a bunch of kids in the same neighborhood and watch yourself slowly become excluded and ignored as you get older. that wasnt me - my mother was my bully and from elementary school on she forced me into a form of social normal that made me invisible rather than a target for school bullies. (I dont know if i would reccomend this parenting style though). But i was friends with most of those kids - the ones who nobody would talk to and everybody would make fun of behind their back (we were post c*lumbine so outward bullying was frowned upon). That boy in my square dancing class was one of the few male dweebs, his name was yusef - like joseph but with a "y" and "you" sound. And im not kidding, i dont think the poor kid ever had any friends? Even i couldnt get him to talk, and ive always been pretty good at drawing people out of their shell. Most of the dweebs were girls - colleen, diane, stephanie, alicia - all my friends, all of whom i remember better than the jocks at our school. And absolutely a conscious choice on my part, i remember the point in elementary school when i was walking home with a few girls i knew and they saw colleen and diane a half block ahead of us (within hearing distance), and immediately started pointing out everything that made the two 'dweeb' girls weird and what was wrong with them. And i didnt even say anything i just glared at the girls i was with and ran ahead to walk with colleen and diane instead. And that was that, i knew i had picked sides, i wasnt ever going to join in with the people who make fun of those that are different \o/

aaand now im dealing with a total new form of social ostracization here in LA that feels eerily familiar, but whereas in school you could ignore the social game playing and succeed in spite of them, here suddenly what job you get hangs on who you know. Everybody always used to bug me like 'why are you staying in pittsburgh so long, why havent you tried to make it in the real industry yet' and my answer was always a) i loved my team and they needed me and b) i was art director so had more creative freedom (and my own office) than i could expect to have anywhere else. But i think truthfully in the back of my mind i kinda knew - there were enough hints over the years - what this city would be like and that i would be abysmal at fighting to survive in it.

Anyway im just sayin i dont think malkin - or any of these hockey players - has ever dealt with that level of social ostracization. Its nice watching these guys be nice to other people they consider on their level, and really cute and enjoyable. But for me at least there's always that awareness that if any of them met me, im not the type of person they'd consider worthy of time or attention - probably wouldnt be outright mean, but absolutely would be trying to avoid any lengthly association lol. I think its one of the main differences between being in sports fandom vs books or movies.

ALTHOUGH god, i will never ever forget the day i met one of my biggest childhood heroes - an author about my age 24ish. Who i idolized because she was living my dream - getting to write and create for a living and starting at such a young age. And she was mostly indifferent to me, didnt say much, didnt interact, just signed the book. And i shrugged it off. But then this teenage girl came up, just radiating what we'd call dweebiness. Her hair was a mess, face full of acne, awkward, but loud and really enthusiastic about the book, and desperate for someone to share that enthusiasm. And the author was mean. And cold. To this teenage girl who obviously idolized her and would have killed to have some sign of approval even if it was faked. Anway, instead this teenage girl latched onto me and i had to try to make up for the bitchy author but i knew my approval wasnt worth nearly as much and it broke my heart. I havent read or bought a single one of that author's novels since.

so yeah, its not just jocks, but they have the worse reputation in media.

[cupids-cringe]

OK SO BEFORE I SHOW THE ALTERNATE DESIGNS FOR THE HLVRV HEADCANONS I WANNA SHOW OFF THIS IDEA I DEFINITELY STOLE FROM MERKLINS AND THAT WAS THAT SINCE OUT OF THE GAME PLAYER HAS NO INVENTORY ON HIM AND WOULD LIKELY HAVE A BAG TO STORE HIS TRINKETS

AND

YES!!!

YES HE WOULD!

i gave him a satchel with little wing decals that he stores all his cool trinkets and the occasional bird that sneaks in to hide all cozy and his crowbar- before he eventually gets told he can't take a WEAPON everywhere with him in the real world- thankfully theres no xen aliens here so not much reason for one anyway

AND WITH THAT OUT THE WAY, ONTO THE WAVE 1.5 OF MY HLVRV HEADCANONS

to start i have alternate designs for Player, Kittle Freeman and Loverboy which are edits of their drawings in the previous post and then i have Neo and Spork

i'm currently working on something else but i would LOVE to do characters like Darnold, Benry, Sleepless,,etc because accidental multiverse hoppers have a lot of family and of course the episode 2 Gordons

(notes and Neo & Sporks below)

Player

- literally just the HEV suit, used this as a base for Kittles design

Kittle

- made his hair a bit messier and more spiked in comparison to Players original hair

- a bit of blood and stuff splattered on him from how Kittle is definitely one of those players who would go killing random things hes spawned in after hes done and/or ‘got home from work and is going to take his frustrations out killing random ai and blowing stuff up’ without consequences (until yknow  the ais sentient   and theres consequences)

and also due to godmode would just go through the maps not taking any damage when he was shot at or activated a planned sequence but still getting splattered with blood

- the circuits on his eyes are also further down his body and suit and would spread faster and cover more when he gets angry or overwhelmed (for a while now i’ve liked to think the circuits can react to his emotions so something really strong like anger would make the circuits freak out and branch out more) 

Freeman

- based on his suit in In Your Dreams!! he matches with his family now!!

- the spiralling pattern on his cane is squid tentacle inspired and the paint glows in the dark cos i thought that was neat

- grey hairs,, unlike Doc its, unfortunately, stressed induced rather than a side effect of green goop

Loverboy

- so. many. PINS. this is still just a HANDFUL of his collection!

- his hairs filled with a lot more heart shaped curls and he often ties it in a lower ponytail or wears down, sometimes he puts hairclips and little decorations in it to match his pins!

- i think the several hundred hearts do a good job explaining themselves-

-and of course like B he has his name written on his earrings

NEW ADDITIONS: NEO AND SPORK!!!

Neo

- sort of mashed together 2 different refs i had of them and took the bone pattern from the trousers of the 2nd and instead turned it into a patch he stitched on, along with a clown patterned patch (this is specifically the clowngender xenogender flag)

- decided to make their hair a bit less spikey and more flowy ?

- pronoun badge!

- the shoes are based on his 1st design, the trousers are a little more blue just to try and break up all the dark greys and make the nails and shirt seem less out of place, kept the classic playstation hoodie

- his nails actually match with Swaps!

Spork

- i gave them earrings now- The one shown on the right (left??) ear is a pin and i did draw the other but it didn't look right as Sporks hair actually covers their ears so i drew over it

(and it was a lightbulb like on their hlvrv sprites)

- added a few more buttons to the cuffs of their shirt also

- i gave them a pocket with a notebook that they use for random notices, ideas and as a schedule diary

- (usually) safety pins worn are a way for the wearer to let people know they're a safe person for people who are often discriminated against or afraid, its a way to show you are safe, a symbol of solidarity and thats why i gave Spork one

[monsterenergysimp]

Permanence

corpse husband x fem!reader 

summary: you meet corpse on a stream and you’re surprised when he reaches out to you 

warnings: cursing, mentions of tattooing

word count: 1.9k

notes: This is proof read but could have missed some stuff. This is my first corpse fic and my first time writing fanfic since I posted that super cringey book on wattpad when I was like 12 or something. I’d appreciate feed back so please reach out to me :)

main blog @itsmysleepover

read part 2 here!

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You were cleaning up your station so you can get home and stream. You loved your day job as a tattoo artist but you also really enjoyed streaming. It started as a way to promote yourself as an artist and the shop you worked at but it eventually became a really fun way to destress at the end of the week (or day if you were really itching to stream). “Hey Y/N was that your last client?” your boss, KC, asked as she walked to the front of the shop and put new flash drawings on the walls.

“Yes ma’am!” You said back excitedly. You finished cleaning your station and tossed your black gloves in the trash. “And you can’t trick me into staying and taking walk-ins,” you joked with her. She rolled her eyes and walked back into her office “It was one time,” she said as you slid on your jacket. As you walked out your phone buzzed in your pocket and you checked to see who had texted you. It was a message from Sean asking if you were free to play Among Us with him and some other streamers. You replied that you were on your way home right now and totally down. You were excited to see who was playing this time around since their Among Us streams are super entertaining and have gotten really popular.

On your way back you tweeted and posted to your Instagram story that you’d be streaming soon and set up all your stuff once you made it home. After a few minutes, you had a couple of thousand people watching. You entered the discord chat and Sean spoke up. “Everyone this is Y/N she’s sensitive so be gentle.”

“It’s nice to finally meet you guys and I’m not gentle, I'm ruthless,” You say into your mic and notice the chat calling you a liar. Everyone was in the lobby waiting for the game to start. “You sound way too sweet to be ruthless,” Corpse said. The countdown started and you were imposter with Charlie.

“This should be fun,” you told the stream. Yout tried playing strategically but after such a long shift your brain was mush. You saw Poki in nav and killed her then vented into shields. Not long after the body was reported and you were sure you were going to get voted out or at least sussed.

“Where was the body?” Felix asked. “Nav and I didn’t see anyone near there so whoever is imposter must have vented,” Corpse responded. Felix spoke up again. “I think I saw Y/N walk that way and I haven’t seen her since.”

Shit, shit, shit shit. “I’m in shield right now so-” you said trying to defend yourself but Charlie spoke up. “I was doing tasks with her earlier and I saw her walk into shields so she’s safe but I’m still not sure about Rae.” Everyone discussed a bit more and some people, including Corpse, voted for you but Rae got the majority vote and was ejected. You released your breath and kept playing being extra careful.  

“Okay, guys that was super close. Corpse knows and is out to get me,” you said to the chat. You were eventually voted off but one round later victory was written across your screen with your ghost and Charlie’s avatar. “Good game guys,” Corpse said.

“I told you guys I was ruthless!”

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　　 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

You sat at your station doing nothing because a client had canceled a four-hour session. You were listening to music and sketching some stuff but you were bored out of your mind and you didn’t want to leave in case you got a walk-in. The music got quiet as you received a twitter notification saying someone had messaged you. You reached for your phone and saw you had gotten a dm from Corpse.

C: hey :)

You didn’t know what to respond. You were mostly confused as to why he decided to message you out of the blue. Did he want something? But what would he want?

Y: Hii! This is sudden

C: was i bothering you?

    shit sorry!

Y: Youre fine I wasn’t doing anything rn

C: how has your day been

    i dont usually do stuff like this

Y: Im glad you did im doing better now I was so bored

C: what were you doing that was so terrible

Y: NOTHING! thats the problem :(

C: im sure youll find something to do

You stared at his message. Unsure what to respond.

Y: Im gonna give myself a tattoo

C: what?

    NO!

You tossed the needles you used for your tattoo into the sharps box. “Oh my god you didn’t,” KC said. She noticed the wrap on your calve from the tattoo you just gave yourself out of boredom. “It’s not my fault I didn’t have anything else to do!” You said trying to defend yourself. She sighed and just shook her head. “Just go home business is slow today.” It was raining so the shop probably wasn’t going to get a walk-in anyway and you didn’t have any more clients for the day. It was only 2 pm but you drove home and after making lunch for yourself decided to stream. You weren’t expecting too many people so it was bound to be super chill. Your leg felt sore reminding you of the tattoo. You snapped a quick pic of the fresh jack-o-lantern on the side of your calve and messaged it to Corpse.

Y: [image] it came out nice!

C: thats  super cool actually

    i was concerned why you would just give yourself a tattoo but i found your instagram and       youre super talented

Y: Thank you!

For some reason, it felt strange to just have that be the end of your response.

Y: Im about to start streaming if you wanted to watch

    [link]

C: ill be watching ;)

What’s that supposed to mean?

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　　 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

You sat in your apartment watching tv, hand lost in a bag of Doritos, and scrolling through twitter. You had stopped paying attention to the anime playing on the screen since you’ve watched it a hundred times and knew you wouldn’t miss anything. It was Saturday and you usually take those days off. Take the time to do chores or meet up with some friends but today you felt like not doing any of those things. As you continue your endless scroll (not helping the twitter addiction you told yourself you’d try to get a handle on) you got a message from Corpse.

C: wanna talk?

You looked down at the message unsure of how to answer. It was a simple yes or no and the obvious answer was yes. You and Corpse had started talking more regularly. You still didn’t have each other’s phone numbers but it was fine. Your conversations weren’t too big-- just you sending him memes, tiktoks, and telling him how much you liked the songs he would drop. Or him complimenting a tattoo you did. Sometimes he’d message you during streams telling you funny stuff his fans would say in the chat and you’d do the same. You learned a bit about each other but nothing too deep or serious. Like how you two lived a few cities away and you both really liked Donnie Darko. When Sean first invited you to that game out of everyone else there you were most excited to meet Corpse. He’s just so sweet and funny. Of course, you’d love to talk to him but you were also itching to talk to him and the last thing you’d ever want to do was make him uncomfortable.

Y: Yeah id love to talk

Here goes nothing.

Y: Wanna facetime or something?

     No pressure or anything it could even be a regular call

     I think facetime is just my default lol

You sent those last two messages quickly after you had sent the first. You wished you could know what he was thinking. It was killing you to think you had turned him off from talking to you completely. You put your phone down on the couch and went to wash your hand of Dorito dust. When you got back from the kitchen you turned off the tv and tossed yourself onto the couch.

Still no message.

Why am I so fucking stupid?  

Just as you were standing up to stretch from sitting on the couch all day your phone buzzed. You reached for it fast and looked to see that it was him. You became super excited still not even knowing what the message said. It could have told you to never talk to him again for all you knew.

C: sure lets facetime

    xxx-xxx-xxxx

You had his phone number. You added him to your small but growing contact list and called. You sat on your couch waiting for a response when he finally picked up the screen was black. It didn’t upset you; you kind of expected it and didn’t care what he had to do to make himself more comfortable during this call.

“Hey,” he said. His voice was raspier than usual.

“Did you just wake up?” You asked and looked at the time. It was about a little past noon and you had only eaten Doritos all day. Shit, you should probably make a decent meal.

“Not that long ago but yeah,” he responded and giggled. That giggle.

“Well, I’ve eaten nothing but Doritos all day while rewatching Ouran High School Host Club, so you’re welcome to join me as I make myself something to eat.”

“Sounds like fun; what are we eating?”

“I don’t know yet,” You said as you stood up and made your way to the kitchen. You opened the pantry and looked. You noticed a can of diced tomatoes and reached for it then checked the expiration date. It was still good. On your counter were some onions and garlic. “How about some tomato soup?”

“Sounds delicious.” you smiled at Corpse and your phone screen not knowing if he was also looking at his screen or not. “You’re really pretty-- you know that?”

“Thanks, but you don’t have to--”

“I’ve already told you what an incredible artist you are so many times I bet you’re tired of hearing it, but you already know what a talented artist you are.”

“That is very kind of you Corpse,” you said to him bashfully as you chopped the onion and opened the can of tomatoes. “But once again you don’t have to reach so far to compliment me.”

“I’m not reaching you are talented and beautiful and--”

“I thought I was pretty.” You could hear him chuckle with a smile on his face. “You’re both,” he said. You could feel your face getting warm from blushing.

“Fuck you you’re making me blush. My face is all hot and stuff.”

He laughed at how flustered you got. “That’s the cutest thing ever.”

You didn’t know how to respond so you just put some olive oil in a pot and tossed in your onions. It became silent but it was a comfortable silence. You turned the stove on and watched the flame for a few seconds. “If it was dark we could pretend we were together and having a bonfire or something,” you said to the phone as you turned the camera to show him the flame (still not 100 percent sure if he was looking at you or not).

“I’ll put it on the list of things to do when you visit me someday.”

[squishneedsahero]

Without Direction

The Lost Padawan Part 1

Word Count: 1842

You were raised in the Jedi order, Padawan of Jedi Master Obiwan Kenobi.

You were breathing heavily, heart beating out of your chest as you could only pray no one noticed. You had no idea what was happening, but the Clones had all turned, suddenly going and killing all of the Jedi in one swoop. Master Kenobi had left you at the temple while he went after general Grievous and that was apparently too dangerous for a Padawan. This of course had you upset and feeling useless, so you had been messing around when everything went down. This messing around had ended up saving your life, why you had access to Clone armor wasn't important, but you deciding at that moment to try it on had saved your life.

Now you were still in the armor, but on a ship going who knows where as you just needed to get away from Coruscant as fast as you could. No one questioned why a Clone was on a passenger ship off world but you could only be grateful that they didn't. You could only stand there, stiff backed and unspeaking as you traveled.

Sooner than expected you land and are able to get off of the ship, quickly getting as far away from anyone from Coruscant as you can, talking someone into giving you some clothes from their stall as you did so. You run off and change before getting out of town.

You fall to the ground as you find somewhere that seems somewhat safe to stop. You pull out your lightsaber and study the hilt as tears form in your eyes. The adrenaline was wearing off and the reality of everything that had happened was setting in. You had lost everyone in a single day. Your Master was gone and dead along with all the other Jedi, the Clones you had thought to be friends weren't, everything was taken from you just like that.

You spend the night on the ground, always somewhere between sleeping and crying as all of you just hurt and you felt lost. You were still only a child, yes you were well enough trained to be a Padawan learner but being executed alongside all the other Jedi for warcrimes you hadn't committed made no sense. It was all you could do to keep yourself from completely falling apart, here you were, the last Jedi alive in the entire galaxy and you were just a lost child.

The next day things look no better,  but you get up anyways, dumping the armor before going back into town. You luckily had a few credits in your pocket so you didn't have to use the force to convince someone to give you food. As you eat you are able to sit down and almost relax a little, unfortunately a transmission of Senator Palpatine from Coruscant begins to play across all the screens in the area.

"Citizens of the civilized galaxy," Palpatine begins, "on this day we mark a transition. For a thousand years, the Republic stood as the crowning achievement of civilized beings. But there were those who would set us against one another, and we took up arms to defend our way of life against the Separatists. In so doing, we never suspected that the greatest threat came from within."

"The Jedi, and some within our own Senate, had conspired to create the shadow of Separatism using one of their own  as the enemy's leader. They had hoped to grind the Republic into ruin. But the hatred in their hearts could not be hidden forever. At last, there came a day when our enemies showed their true natures."

Your heart is in your throat and you can hardly swallow your food as you hear him announce these things. You, y/n l/n, had been at Master Kenobi's side for years and he along with the other Jedi leaders had wanted nothing more than for the war to end. But none of that mattered now, the Jedi were gone, the Jedi Order had been wiped out, and only these blatant lies would succeed in reaching the ears of the public. You get up and walk away, back into the wilderness with your few supplies you had been able to grab, planning to just stay here on Saleucami until things settled enough you could get away unnoticed.

You spend nearly a week of your time traveling through the wilderness until you come to another town large enough to have a space port. The place is crawling with Clones but it was obvious that Palpatine was trying to gather things as quickly as possible to maintain his control over the galaxy, meaning the Clones weren't paying any attention to a random teenager. At this point your face is coated with a layer of dirt, which you don't mind since it adds to hide your identity.

Your first stop is to once again get some food and replenish your supplies as well as find a way to earn a few credits for later. It's as you're looking over a fruit stand that you feel a nudge from the force and two men talking nearby catch your attention. It doesn't take you long to recognize the faces, or face, the one face you had to have seen thousands of variations of, many the same but each with a different person behind it. They were clones.

The thing that had you so focused on them was the fact that they weren't wearing their armor, along with the fact that anytime other clones passed by they hid their faces from view. You try not to stare but you keep an eye on them, something was drawing you to them but you couldn't bring yourself to trust a couple stray clones on the spot like that.

Following them from a distance you are able to see that they are avoiding the other clones and one of the two you feel you recognize. He has a tattoo covering nearly half his face and you know you had fought beside him at one point, not that that meant a whole lot at this point. They stop and you can hear them talking about getting off world, they clearly don't want to be caught and it is as they are leaving town that you decide you can trust them.

You follow from a distance, trying to stay undetected, not sure how to approach them but the force was pulling you to do so. It isn't until you are well out of town that you begin trying to approach them, and it isn't until you get close to them that you realize something is off, they had realized they were being followed.

"Who are you?" The tattooed one asks loudly as they turn to face you, guns drawn.

Your heart is yet again in your throat as you step out into the open, both hands in front of you in an attempt of showing you mean no harm. You don't want to answer their question so you make a statement of your own, "you're clones."

You can see their grips on their guns change and you raise your hands a little higher, "I promise I don't mean any harm- I'm just wondering why you two aren't helping the others," you quickly explain, praying they won't shoot.

"Answer our question and might answer yours."

You take a deep breath, okay you can do this, it's just a matter of trust, and your life. Leaving one hand up in front of you you use the other to remove the hood you were wearing and then reach into the folds of your cloak to take out your lightsaber, holding out the hilt without igniting it, simply showing it to them. "I just need to know why the two of you are different."

The two men are more than a little surprised to see the lightsaber in your hand and share a glance between themselves. The fact that you were willing to show your face and the fact that you were one of the Jedi truly meant that you meant no harm.

Hunter looks at Cut for a moment and in almost a whisper says, "I recognize them, they're a padawan." From there he looks back to you and more loudly says, "come closer and we can talk," seeing as you were nearly a hundred feet away.

You take a breath as you move closer, hoping they wouldn't mind the tight grip you had on your saber, considering that they still had yet to put their guns down. You do a decent job at keeping your emotions down and hidden but the two clones know that you're scared, only a few years older than the children they had waiting for them.

Your eyes are locked on Hunter as you get closer, finally placing him and saying softly, "you're Hunter," you glance at the other but know you haven't a clue who he is, "with clone force 99... right?" you ask gently.

Cut nods and puts his gun away, "don't worry kid you don't have to hold your lightsaber so tight, we aren't going to kill you. And yes this is Hunter," he answers you, recognizing how sacred you really were, "I'm Cut, can I ask who you are?"

Your grip relaxes as he holsters his gun, then nudges Hunter to do the same with his gun. You can't bring yourself to let go of the hilt of your saber but you do at least let it drop to your side in a relaxed position. "I'm y/n l/n, Master Kenobi's padawan learner."

That's when Hunter nods, realizing that was when he recognized you from, he and the others of the bad batch had sometimes reported to Cody, the commander under General Kenobi. "So, why were you following us?"

"I- uh-" you stutter a bit as you try to get your thoughts together. You pause another beat before deciding to just share why it was you had followed them, "all of the clones turned against the Jedi and exterminated them, I lost everyone I knew and the two of you are different, you didn't kill me on sight... you were hiding from the other clones... like I am."

Thats when things begin to click for Hunter, while he had lost a close friend he still had the others. You on the other hand had lost everything and everyone, having nothing but a lightsaber and to be killed if recognized. "Okay kid, we aren't sure why the others turned but we are trying to figure it out. We're getting Cut and his family off this planet, then leaving ourselves."

Cut looks at Hunter for a moment then says, "you're welcome to come back to my family's farm with us, take a moment to relax, I'm sure you're tired."

You look at the two, and it's a moment before you accept the offer. There was still hesitation and fear running through your veins, but you had survived a war, you had grown up on the battle field, you could survive this too.

[mcyt-imagines]

okay can i request a technoblade x male!reader, where techno and the reader are fighting someone *maybe quackity its not important tho) together and the reader gets injured, techno gets worried but realizes the reader can handle himself? sorry if thats too specific

I have combined this request and another request for a male reader fluff fanfic, so the ending is a little softer than a fighting fic may usually be! However, this is basically gender-neutral, whenever I added gender-specific pronouns it seemed really forced?? So I just left that out, I hope that’s okay! Enjoy :D

Underestimated 

It had only been a few days since Quackity’s butcher army attempted to publicly execute Technoblade. He hadn’t left your side since he returned home, hand in yours or arm wrapped around your waist as if to remind himself you were still here with him despite everything. Techno had been making preparations for another attack when he knew they would inevitably return to try again. But Techno never knows when to stop and start taking care of himself, that’s when you stepped in to pull him away from his plans and into your arms. It was as if the second his head hit your chest all adrenaline he had been running on the past few days, ran out. That was about 6 hours ago, and the two of you still had no intent on moving any time soon.

Your hands toyed with his hair as he continued to read slowly to you, glasses reflecting the soft warm glow from the nearby fire. It’s crackles had slowly been lulling you to sleep against Techno’s chest, mouth pressed loosely against his calm pulse. His hand rubbing soft circles into your skin at your back beckons you deeper into your subconscious, the soft rumbling of his voice fading fast in your ears.

A slam of the front door sends both yourself and Techno bolting up, tangled in long limbs and a lack of space as Phil comes into view from around your fireplace. “Quackity’s headed here!” Phil chokes out, obviously having run a considerable distance to deliver such a message, Techno stands, and you follow suit. “Already? He’ll be underprepared.” Techno mused, moving to start gathering his supplies. Tools recently sharpened, potions brewed days ago, and stacks of fireworks prepped for firing.

You mirror his actions, gathering your weapons with a bridled enthusiasm. You hadn’t been home when Quackity and his army had taken Technoblade and you had beat yourself up over that fact. Knowing that perhaps the outcome could have been different if you’d been there, you were going to make sure that was the case this time. Mind distracted by theoretical outcomes you equip your armour with practiced familiarity, knowing you’ve done this hundreds of times before. But only this time did it truly matter. 

A hand presses to your shoulder and you turn, “You’re staying inside the house. You know I can’t lose you, not now, not ever.” His hand moves from your shoulder to your hips, squeezing softly. Your eyes search his and only find pain and worry. “I’m fighting with you; you know I can handle myself Tech.” He looks away from your face, unable to meet your gaze.  He knows you’re right.

And he also knows you won’t take no for an answer. Especially considering they were able to take him to Manberg last time. “Fine.” He huffs out, “But you have to keep this.” Techno takes the golden charm off of his shirt, the small totem’s eyes glinting as he pins it to your shirt. You open your mouth to question him, “I have another for myself, don’t worry.” He meets your eyes then but only for a second, pulling you tightly to his chest. “Be safe my love.” His lips press soft atop your hair, “I always am.” You raise your head and meet his lips, hand cupping the back of his neck before pulling away with a smile. “Time to kick ass, huh?”

Even on the battlefield, you can tell that Technoblade is still worried, he is distracted by your presence in the fight. You intend to prove during this fight that his anxiety is for naught, Quackity didn’t even bother with a spiel about how Techno deserves this and he’s going to get justice instead opting to fight instantly. His butcher army stood by his side and seemed to assume Technoblade would be alone, Phil and yourself rid them of that assumption as quick as it had come. You were quick to notice they were down a man, Ranboo was missing. Technoblade was right, they were underprepared.

Fundy’s blade clashed with your own, drawing your eyes off of Techno and onto him. “He has to face justice; can’t you see that!?” There was no skill or nuance to his attacks only power behind them making them hard to block but easy to predict. However, you were breaking a sweat as he finally managed to nick your shoulder, with a particularly quick thrust of his sword your armour fracturing upon impact. You muffle your cry of pain with a grunt, nailing the fox hybrid with a deep slash across his chest. Fundy fell backward with a cry, shaking as you stab downwards into his chest and finish the job, his body disappearing and his items popping out of seemingly thin air.

You look over to where you last saw Phil, Tubbo now squirming futilely beneath his sandal. Your head whips around as Quackity screeches, bloody body barely making it to the ground before disappearing. It seems you’d at least get a good haul of loot from these idiots. Techno’s eyes are frantic searching for you for a moment, you watch as his body visibly relaxes when he spots you. “Are you alright?” His hands are all over you, feeling for any injuries. You intake sharply when he gets to your shoulder and he growls, “That bastard.” You place your hand over his, “It’s merely a scratch Tech. I’m fine. Are you okay?” You are acutely aware of the growing patch of crimson on his torso, white shirt stained dark. “Nothing I can’t patch up.” He grumbles, hands tentatively pressing on and around the area.

Techno refuses to let you patch him up first, practically throwing you onto the kitchen table so he can get a closer look at your shoulder. It’s barely even a scratch. But you’re quick to realise it’s a great excuse for him to touch you so gently. Pressing on your skin as if too much pressure would cause you to shatter completely. “You dropped your arm to avoid the brunt of the force behind his blade,” Techno observes looking to you to confirm, you shrug lightly in response. “I’ve seen you do it before. Watched you do it the other day when you were sparring with Phil.” 

He nods solemnly, deciding he truly can’t do anything about your shoulder. Due to it being a scratch and nothing more, as you had said several times. “Well, for someone who just watched me do it you completed the move pretty well.” His eyes can’t meet yours and you smile softly, “Eh, my reflexes are just pretty good. Not a whole lotta skill involved for me.” You are quick to change the subject, ushering him onto the table so you can look at his torso wound.

Your fingers are nimble, working through each stitch with a practiced precision that Techno watches with a keen but relaxed eye. You’re usually the one to patch him up, he can do it sure, you’re just better. And maybe he secretly likes how close you have to get to him and how gentle your hands work against his skin. “I was watching you… during the battle I mean, you made short work of Fundy.” Your hands still for a moment fumbling with the bandage, your eyes move to his and he looks away quickly. “You were? I uh, he isn’t traditionally trained or anything, so he wasn’t much of an opponent.”

You force yourself to keep your brain on track, tightening the bandage around his middle as gently as you can. One of his hands grabs your wrist, you still immediately and meet his eyes. “I… you really can’t take a compliment, can you?” His sigh is soft, and his eyes are warm, “What I’ve been trying to say is that I’m sorry for underestimating your skills and that I’m proud to fight by your side.” Even as he says such sweet things, he still can’t seem to hold your gaze. The grin on your face is enough to bring his gaze back however, “Best be getting used to fighting with me then because I don’t plan on budging anytime soon.” Your lips press firmly to his cheek a few times before he turns his head to catch your lips.

“We can start training tomorrow because I’m still exhausted.” Techno groans, shifting to get off of the table, your hand finding his with ease and leading him back over to the fire where the two of you had been hours earlier. That’s when you notice his hair, you gasp softly and take a seat in front of the fire. Techno moves to sit behind you, you quickly pat the ground in front of you. “Your braid’s come loose, let me fix it for you.” 

He moves with vigor at your words, knowing your nimble hands against his scalp will send him to sleep in minutes. The warm glow of the fire highlights his bright eyes as they peek back at you every few moments, “Head forward, my prince.” You press a few soft kisses to the back of his head and his hands snake around to knead your soft thighs. You huff out a breath of air as your cheeks heat up at his ministrations  

“I’m trying to focus on your hair here.” You grumble, “What?” You can hear the smirk in his voice, so in retaliation, you focus your full attention on his hair, not noticing his hands on your thighs begin to slow their movements until they stop, and you’ve finished the braid. “Techno?” The soft snoring you hear in response warms your chest and you carefully manoeuvre him to lay down on the plush fur rug in front of your fireplace. 

He’s normally a light sleeper, which means he truly must’ve been exhausted by that fight. You quietly lay next to him, tangling your legs and wrapping an arm over his chest being careful near his wound. “I love you, Techno.” A kiss to the side of his face doesn’t wake him as the crackling fire and howling of the chilly wind outside lulls you into a peaceful sleep.

~Requests are always open!~

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Earth 999 Complete Season 1

Episode 1-3:

Episode 1:

The year is 2020. In this world, monsters are real. Almost anything conceived in fiction is reality for these people. With monster attacks almost daily, the government's of the world set up task forces to deal with these beings. In 2010 a large organization attacked major cities and killed hundreds. These terrorists refer to themselves as The Collective. The leader of this cult has yet to be found, but it's main generals wreck havoc upon the world. Many spots are known for emitting large surges of energy. It's these blasts that new beings appear. Many have wondered why famous movie characters became real and some have turned evil. It's late at a top secret containment facility. The guards stay ready for anything. At the front gate, a black truck pulls up. The gate worker as s for identification. The driver ignores him. The worker calls 2 soldiers over who open the back of the truck. They aim their rifles inside and hear robotic laugher. Then 2 beans of light appear, one green and one blue. The figure holding them is tall and alien looking. The figure coughs before stepping forward. The soldiers open fire at the figure, but it crouched down and charged at them. After the robotic figure exited the trailer, 4 more followed. The gate worker screamed into the radio " We got commando droids. Lock it down! " The droids fired into the gate post, killing the worker. The figure with swords was crushing the 2 soldiers with his claws. One of the droids said" General, the gate has been cleared. " The general turned to face the droids. He ordered them to charge the facility. After 10 minutes of shooting, the soldiers lay dead. The general walked inside observing the dead men. One of the soldiers was still alive and said" Grievous, you won't stop anything. Your boss will be found. " Grievous responded by stabbing the soldier. Outside the base, two figures, both female observed the attack and decided to intervene. Grievous turned around after hearing him cocking. He saw two figured. One was a human female with long brown hair. The other was a werewolf with black fur. They stood over the commando droids who had been shot in the head. Grievous tackles and said, " You two have been a pain for years now. Zoe, just as dumb as ever. Ashlyn, still feisty I see. " The pair aimed at Grievous. Ashlyn replied, " How is Tsunami doing? She still killing innocent people? " Grievous grabbed the net by the throat and said" The condition of my boss is not your business fleabag! " Ashlyn responded by kicking Grievous in the legs. He let go and she grabbed a droids blaster. Grievous climbed on the ceiling and rushed away. The pair chased after him, firing their weapons at him. A chopper flew overhead and a Sangheli zealot jumped out. Grievous said, " Sywn, make sure they don't leave. " Sywn nodded and ignited her energy sword. She charged at Zoe and Ashlyn. Ashlyn pulled out a knife and dove under Sywn, stabbing the zealot in the foot. Sywn groaned and shoved the pair away. Sywn rushed back to the chopper and got in. Grievous closed the door and told the pilot to take off. Zoe and Ashlyn watched the villains escape. Inside the chopper, Sywn asked, " Did you get it general? " Grievous pulled out a hard drive and handed it to her. Sywn looked at the drive and said" She will be pleased." The end

Episode 2:

The chopper flew for many hours until reaching a crater in Afghanistan. Grievous and Sywn exited the chopper. Sywn went to her quarters while Grievous went to deal with the tasks that his job entailed. After arguing with a B-1 battle droid, he was worn out and just wanted some action. Then from behind him, he heard a voice say," Hello There." Grievous knew the voice and turned around, replying with," General Kenobi, You are a bold one." Obi Wan ignited his azure lightsaber and prepared for battle. Grievous motioned for a pair of Magnaguards to kill him. Obi Wan and the droids clashed in a flury of blue and purple. Obi Wan thrust his saber into the chest of one of them, turning it before swinging upwards and cutting the droid up. The other swung his staff towards the Jedi. Obi Wan dove down towards the droid, cutting its legs off. He finished the droid of with a swift slash at the neck. The droids head rolled away as Obi Wan said cheerfully," Is that the best you can do General?" Grievous again motioned his hand and dozens of Covenant troops rained down, all of them ready to kill the Jedi. Grievous cackled and said," How will you get out of this predicament? You came alone." Obi Wan smiled and said," Thats where your wrong General. I didn't come alone." Then two figures jumped down. One was a pale man with black flowing hair and a red suit, he wielded two hanguns. The other was a blonde female with a tan suit, She held a long rifle. Grievous said," Alucard, What a pleasure. I shall enjoy killing you and your little police girl." Alucard chuckled and said," Well, Well, Well if it isn't the robot with asthma. Police Girl, make his men explode." The female replied," Master my name is Seras Victoria." Alucard said," Whatever, just kill these space fucks." Seras sighed and began firing at the Covenant forces. Alucard aimed his pistols at Grievous and the two stared intensely at the other. Seras was beating the living shit out of the alien soldiers while her master and partner stared at Grievous. Alucard dashed at Grievous. Grievous responded by slicing Alucard up and finishing by removing his head. Grievous turned to face Kenobi and Seras while laughing at his victory. Obi Wan and Seras looked at him with concern. Then a voice said," You Done Goofed, General." Grievous growled at turned to see Alucard back together. Grievous shouted in anger," How the Satanic Bloodsoaked Hell did you do that?!" Alucard smiled and said," Fuck you, That's How." While this fight was going down, Sywn called in a shuttle to pick her and Grievous up. The shuttle flew in and hovered over the four. Grievous said," Until next time scumbags!" He leaped into the shuttle and it flew off. Obi Wan, Alucard and Seras looked over the dead aliens before taking a chopper for themselves and flying away.

Episode 3:

The date is 2020 in Las Angeles. A woman walks into a train station. Suddenly the lights shut off. The woman waves her hands and red lights come from her hands. Then someone shoots at her with a pistol. She uses the powers to block the bullets. The shooter walks into view and kicks her. The shooter says," Ah, The Scarlet Witch, Real Name Wanda Maximoff." Wanda groans as the shooter circles her. She flings him into a wall. The shooter was wearing Spartan Armour however and the impact did nothing to him. Then Wanda is struck by a beam of energy, sending her into a table. She gets up and sees a humanoid serpent resembling a cobra. It carried a spear with a scroll wrapped around it. Wanda said," Aspheera, Still working with Carlton?" Aspheera said nothing and thrust her spear towards Wanda. Carlton and Aspheera both teamed up against Wanda. Wanda lied on the ground. Aspheera prepared to plunge her spear into Wanda's chest when the sound of a man clearing his throat was heard. The villains looked to see a man standing in the shadows. Assuming the person would be an easy kill, Aspheera threw her spear at the man. The man caught the spear and stepped into the light. Wanda looked at the man and relief filled her after seeing who it was. The villains looked in anger at the man as they knew who it was. The man who caught a spear midair was Steve Rogers aka Captain America. While Aspheera was looking at Rogers, another figure leaped down and kicked her into a glass wall. The figure was a female fish-like creature with red hair and an eye patch. Carlton tried to shoot her, but the fish blocked his attack. The fish kicked his stomach, sending Carlton to the ground. Steve threw the spear and another figure caught it. The figure was a blonde woman with a bulletproof vest. The human clashed with Aspheera who fought with her tail. Aspheera knocked the human down and retrieved her spear. The fish threw her spear at Aspheera who then rushed out with Carlton. The 3 figures walked over to Wanda. The fish said," That snake bitch won't be around her anytime soon." Steve said," Good work Undyne, Nat." Wanda thanked them and the group went out to follow the villains. The group returned home. The End

Episode 4-5:

The date is 2020 in Siberia. A unit of Russian soldiers scans the snowy landscape for their target. A chopper flies overhead. Unknown to the soldiers, Zoe and Ashlyn have made their way to this area. The pair sneak through the trees as to not alert the Russians. They come across a crashed snowmobile. They investigate, pulling the driver's corpse off and checking him. As they search the wreck, a soldier spots them and yells to his comrades. Ashlyn groans and draws her pistol. She aims at the soldier who does the same. Ashlyn, being the quicker one pulls the trigger and fires a bullet into the soldier's leg. The others hear the shot and charge the area. Zoe draws her pistol and together with Ashlyn, take out 7 soldiers. Another Russian shoots their AK-47 at the pair. Ashlyn covers Zoe as they head to cover. The soldier slowly approaches them. As he turns the corner he is shot in the head by Ashlyn. The pair grab some bikes and head out. 5 days later in London, Ashlyn's phone gets a call. She answers it and says," Who is this?" The caller replies," This is your old friend, M. I ask that you and your partner along with one of my agents look into a company in France. My agent will meet you at the airport." Ashlyn replies," Is it him?" M responds," Yes dear, it's him, but seeing as you already have a romantic interest, I doubt he will be an issue. If he is though, you have my permission to do whatever you see fit." Ashlyn chuckles and says," Thanks. Talk to you later." With that, she hung up. Zoe asked," It's been 3 years since we worked with Mi6, I wonder if you know who still is their best." Ashlyn said," Of course he still works there. Besides, since we became a thing I doubt he will try any of his tricks." The pair packed and headed to France. At the airport, they spotted a blonde man with blue eyes. The man was wearing a grey suit and looked extremely professional. They walked over and Ashlyn said," Hello James." The man responded," I haven't seen you 2 in years. Unfortunately now isn't the time to catch up. It seems your old friend has entered the racing business." The 3 got into a car and drove to a hotel. When the got into the room, Ashlyn said," I got us separate rooms. We don't want to add any unneeded issues to this mission." Later that day they met at a racetrack. The 3 met up with a young man wearing glasses. Zoe said," Q, long time no see." Q said," I do hope 007 doesn't try any of his tricks on either of you 2." Ashlyn said," They won't get him very far." Q replied," We've developed a new car for you. I present the Aston Martin Rapide, A 4 seater. We gave it tracking abilities, machine guns, and the classic ejector seat." Zoe said," Still the same good old Mi6 cars." Q looked at 007 and said," I don't care if your rusty, this thing better be back in one piece." James reassured Q, but in his mind, he knew that it would be inevitably destroyed during the mission. The 3 parked their car and went to watch the horse race. As they entered, they saw a large number of aliens. The aliens glared at the 3 as they walked by. In the corner sat a green Sangheli zealot. This zealot called his boss after seeing the 3. The zealot said," Tsunami, their here." Tsunami said into the phone," Good Xeno, let them be for now, but if they find the car, kill them." Xeno replied," It will be done." He hung up and walked away. In the owners booth sat a werewolf with black fur and yellow eyes. Next to her sat a Kig-Yar with gold armor. On the other side sat a thin serpent like creature with a scope for an eye. The werwolf said," Cobrani, meet up with Xeno and follow the British spy and his 2 girls." Cobrani nodded and slithered away. The Kig-Yar said," Tsunami, this plan is bullshit, no one will believe it." Tsunami grinned and replied,"Freddy, all has been taken care of." 007 and the pair walked into the viewing area and spotted the villains. James said," Don't attack yet, we need to know what the wolf is planning." Unknown to the 3, a group of Sangheli soldiers walked behind them and prepared to take them out. The 3 felt pokes on their backs. Ashlyn turned around to see the aliens. She sighed and the aliens escorted them out. The aliens led them into an alley. They prepared to fire. Ashlyn stepped on one of the alien's feet causing him to drop his gun. Bond then hit another against the wall. Ashlyn kicked the last one in the neck, killing it. The one against the wall had broken his neck upon impact. The surviving alien looked up at Ashlyn. Ashlyn kicked it in the head, snapping its neck. They were about to leave when a pair of Brutes showed up. The Brutes aimed their weapons at the 3. Ashlyn quickly drew her pistol and shot both of them in the chest. Bond said," Let's get back to the car before more show up." They got into their car and drove off. Tsunami and Freddy stood over the dead Covenant soldiers. She groaned in anger and said," Next time send someone who isn't a fucking retard!" The villains went back to their mansion. At the hotel, Bond ordered liquor. When he heard a knock on the door he went to open it. He opened it and saw a CIA agent he knew. The 2 shared info and the CIA man left. The next night after getting dinner, the 3 walked back into their room to see the CIA agent standing there. Bond asked what was wrong. Then Tsunami appeared holding Bond's gun. She aimed it at the 3. The End

Tsunami cocked the gun. She aimed it at the 3. She said," You 3 have been annoying the living shit out of me for 4 years now. Since you shot my men, its time I shot one of yours." She proceeded to shoot the CIA agent in the chest. Tsunami locked the 3 in the elevator and had her goons fill the hotel with gasoline. She mocked them and left the hotel. Once outside she pushed a button on her phone which caused the gas to spark. The hotel patrons rushed out in terror. James tried to push the doors open. He got them open and the 3 exited the building. They got outside only to be met by police. The police chief asked," Is room 107 yours? Because we found this gun and a body in there." Bond said," That would be our room and that weapon would be mine." The police chief said," I'm charging you 3 with murder." Bond pushed the chief away and the 3 ran to a fire truck. They drove off hoping to avoid more errors. Then 2 motorbikes drove up. The riders shot at them. Ashlyn rammed the truck into them. Then 3 police cars appeared. She sped around the corner. Zoe said," We can't let Tsunami get away." Ashlyn said," I'm a little busy honey!" James was clinging onto the ladder. The police fired at them. Then a black truck pulled up and fired upon the police. James looked at the driver and saw that it was Xeno. The goons fired at the fire truck. Ashlyn rammed into the black truck, but it was too heavy to knock over. Zoe pulled out her pistol and shot out the enemy vehicle tires. It crashed into a bridge. They stopped their truck and got out. Xeno was gone and all that was left was a badly injured human. The human said," You have stopped nothing." He then died from his injuries. Then a building exploded followed by 3 more. The wreckage fell to the ground. The 3 watched in horror as the buildings went up in flames. As the heroes stood in defeat, Tsunami watched them from her yacht. She chuckled and said," Don't fuck with the Collective." The End

Episode 6-7:

The date is 2020. It's been a week since the devastating attacks in France. Zoe and Ashlyn returned to the US and have spent the last week trying to prepare for new threats. It was close to Halloween and they wanted to solve a more normal case. This case appeared when Ashlyn got a call from her close friend, Karina. She lived in a small town in New York that had a strange series of murders. Zoe and Ashlyn drove up to the small town. As they passed through the woods, they noticed all colors began fading away. Zoe said," Isn't this the place where a guy lost his head? What's it called?" Ashlyn replied," This place is called Sleepy Hollow, and yes they have a local legend, but I doubt that anything supernatural is happening." They arrived at an old-style house. They entered at caught up with Karina. It was late at night, a man was strolling through the woods. The night was eerily silent and all noise faded away. Then the sounds of a horse filled the night. The man began to walk faster. The horse sounded closer. The man pulled out a revolver and aimed it into the trees. He shouted," Come out you fucking devil!" As if to be a reply, a large black horse walked into view. The man aimed at the beast. The man quickly regretted this once he saw the rider. The rider upon this large black steed was drapped in black, he wielded a large broadsword and an axe. The most frighting part though was his head, it wasn't there. The horseman charged at the man. The man quickly fired a shot into the horseman before sprinting off. The horseman followed, determined to get a kill. The man tripped on a log and came face to face with the Headless Horseman. The Horseman looked down at the man. In a single slash of his blade, the Horseman removed the man's head. He grabbed the severed head and rode off into the darkness. The next day, news of the attack had spread. Zoe and Ashlyn were intrigued by this. Zoe asked," How many has the Horseman killed?" Karina sighed and said," This is the 7th. All of the victims were beheaded." Ashlyn said," I saw Sleepy Hollow, great movie, but all we have to do is find the Horseman's head and give it to him, Right?" Karina said," That's just a movie. This is real life. No one knows how to stop the Horseman, but we do have one plan. We asked the Lord to resurrect the man who can stop him. Ichabod Crane." Ashlyn laughed. Zoe jabbed Ashlyn with her elbow to which Ashlyn looked at Zoe. Karina said," I called you 2 here so you could stop the Horseman, but I can see you find our situation a joke." Ashlyn replied," I'm sorry, but we've seen a lot of weird shit, but a horseman without a head just sounds ridiculous." Karina said," Just help us kill the bastard." Zoe and Ashlyn agreed. The next night, Zoe, Ashlyn, Karina, and 3 hunters walked into the woods. The group was armed and prepared to kill. Then a fog bank rolled in obscuring the view. Then out of nowhere, a horse could be heard galloping towards the group. One of the hunters ran off in an attempt to slay the horseman. The others followed. They rushed through thick brush as they heard gunshots and screaming followed by a slashing sound. When they arrived they saw him. The horseman stood over the hunter holding his head.

The End

The hunters looked upon the Horseman in terror. The Horseman retrieved the head of the slain hunter and rode off into the fog. The next night the hunters returned to the woods. Zoe and Ashlyn split up to search for the Horseman's grave while Karina and the remaining hunters distracted the Horseman. Karina and the hunters approached the river. The sounds of life vanished and were replaced with the galloping of a horse. The hunters aim into the darkness. Then a slash removed their heads. Then the Horseman did something totally out of character. He kicked the severed heads into the river along with the bodies. He turned his attention to Karina. She fired 2 shots from her revolver into the Horseman, but they did nothing. The Horseman knocked her out, grabbed her, and rode off as Zoe and Ashlyn watched in horror. The next day they returned with automatic rifles and followed the horse tracks to a run-down cabin. The cabin was made of oak wood and had moss and plants growing all over. There was a stable nearby which was covered in strange symbols. They then spotted something that made all of this make sense. A pair of Sangheli warriors patrolled the area. Zoe whispered," Looks like the Horseman is just one of Tsunami's playthings." Ashlyn snuck up and killed the two guards. Then she dragged the bodies away. Then the Horseman walked out of the cabin. Ashlyn aimed at the Horseman, but Zoe signaled her to lower her weapon. Then a strange figure walked out. This figure was a werewolf with grey fur. One of its eyes had war paint. The most unsettling thing about this was the black wings protruding from its back. The figure spoke in a feminine voice," Get your headless ass over here before I send you back!" The Horseman obliged and returned. Before the pair could walk in, however, Zoe stepped on a branch. The werewolf and the Horseman turned to look at them. Ashlyn opened fire on the Horseman as the werewolf pulled out a flintlock pistol. Ashlyn stepped on more branches to distract the pair while Zoe checked inside the cabin. Zoe entered and checked the area. Meanwhile, Ashlyn was running through the woods, throwing rocks at the villains. Back in the cabin, Zoe found a hidden trapdoor under a rug. She opened it and climbed down. She found a map leading to the horseman's grave. She ran there and dug it up. Zoe torched the horseman's body thinking it would end the curse. Ashlyn watched as the Horseman and the werewolf looked at each other. The werewolf said," The girl did it. You are free." The horseman summoned his horse. Before getting on the black steed, the werewolf said," Tsunami says Hi and thanks you and your girlfriend for freeing the Horseman from this place." The villains rode off and Ashlyn ran to the Horseman's grave. They looked at each other knowing that they released another monster upon the world.

The End

Special:

he date is 2020. After rescuing Karina from the Horseman and unwittingly releasing him, Zoe and Ashlyn decided it was time to gather some friends and go on vacation. They called up Charlie and Vaggie, 2 demons who they worked with. The 5 of them drove down to Louisiana for a nice trip. The group was sitting in a restaurant waiting for their food. Charlie and Vaggie were looking at their phones for a good spot to relax. Charlie scrolled through pages and pages of spots. Karina said," What if we had some excitement and fought some monsters on the trip?" Ashlyn replied," Hey that's a good idea, we need a break from all these space freaks and cyborgs. We need something simple. Charlie put those into the search." Charlie nodded and typed on her phone. Just as the search yielded no results, a pair of young women walked up and said," We heard you were looking for a scary time. We have something up your alley." Ashlyn asked," Who are you 2 and what do you have that is scary?" The lead girl replied," I'm Jill and this is Vicky, We have another friend named Katie, but she isn't really a people person. As for our scary thing, we live on an island in the swamp. This island is just full of bugs and gators. It has something more supernatural going on." Ashlyn said," A haunted island, I've only heard one story about something like this. What kind of stuff you got there?" Jill replied," Back during the Civil War, a group of pirates used the island as a hideout. One day a regiment of Confederates got into a battle against some Union soldiers. The pirates were killed in the crossfire and the captain cursed the island with his last breath. Then after the Southern troops set up base, they disappeared." Ashlyn said," You had me at pirates, but Civil War soldiers are just a bonus. Thank you for sharing this historic haunting with us. If you want we can stop it for you." Jill replied," I'm shocked you are willing. Most of the other hunters we ask and too afraid because of a story involving zombies." Karina looked at Jill and asked," Did you say, zombies?" Jill replied," We don't have any, but another island around here was infested with them. Turns out the cause was werecats. I'm not joking. I follow the group who solved the case of Twitter." Ashlyn said," You think Twitter is a reliable source of information?" Jill nodded yes. The group ate their meal and walked out after paying. Jill showed them the way to the island which involved a ferry trip. The two cars arrived and boarded the ferry. Vicky handled paying while Jill told the heroes about the island. Jill said," There's only 3 of us and we are kinda scared to go out at night." Vaggie chuckled and asked," You hear weird noises at night?" Jill nodded yes and said," For months we've been hearing groaning and footsteps throughout the entire island. I don't think it's like the other island, but there are too many coincidences to ignore it." Charlie said," You keep talking about another island. What's that all about?" Jill said," Back in the early 2000s, some kids were making a TV show and looking for real monsters to film. They met a nice girl who showed them her boss's island. The island had 3 inhabitants. The kids were allowed to film there and found a bunch of spooky stuff. That night after 1 of the kids and his dog were heard screaming, the others went out to find them. Instead of their friends, the found zombies. They then were cornered by 3 werecats who sucked the life force out of people to stay alive. The zombies as it turned out, were just the victims of the werecats and not the bad guys. The kids along with a cop defeated the werecats and the zombies were at peace. That place has been abandoned ever since. After the story was told, it became a tourist attraction. They even sold stuff owned by the werecats and we bought some of it. Most of it was junk. That's the story of Moonscar Island. While Jill had been telling the story, the ferry had arrived. The group drove to a lovely old mansion. The heroes got out and admired the expansive area. Then Katie walked out and talked with Jill and Vicky. Jill showed the heroes to their rooms. Charlie and Vaggie had their own room together. As they unpacked, Charlie looked into the mirror. She looked away for a second and when her eyes returned to the mirror, she saw a Confederate soldier standing in it. She stumbled back as the soldier reached his hand out towards her. Vaggie noticed and punched the mirror. She looked at the broken mirror and the soldier was gone. Karina walked in and asked," What the hell happened?" Charlie said," There was someone in the mirror, but after Vaggie punched it they where gone." Jill walked in and said," Don't worry about the mirror, this happens alot shockingly. The group was ready for dinner. Charlie and Vaggie opted to eat outside by the swamp. The walked out there and settled down. After unpacking, the 2 demons began eating. While enjoying Southern cuisine, a green beam of light came down from the sky and touched the water. Charlie noticed it and looked out into the water. Vaggie followed and a blast of green light came from the water. Once the light was gone and replaced with moonlight, a figure came out of the water. Then more and more came out. The figures coming from the water were light brown in color, their clothing varied, but was torn. Their eyes were a souless white. They stumbled slowly towards the 2 demons while groaning. Vaggie grabbed Charlie and ran from the figures. They returned to the house and rushed into the dining room. Charlie was too scared to speak so Vaggie said in an anxious tone," There are zombies outside!" Ashlyn, Zoe, and Karina looked at them with confusion. until they heard the sinister groaning. After hearing what sounded like 20 or 30 people groaning, they rushed to the windows and looked out. They saw nothing but still were concerned enough to follow Charlie and Vaggie as they pointed out where the zombies came from. After looking at the ground, Ashlyn stood up and looked around to see if there was anything. Then the wind picked up. The trees shook as green light touched the ground. Charlie said," That's what we saw before the zombies showed up!" The light hit the ground and after dispersing, zombies rose from the ground. The group was terrified at the sight of rotting corpses walking around. They were split up by the zombies and both groups ran in separate directions. Charlie and Vaggie ran towards the ferry and asked the Driver for help. She simply looked at the moon and then back at the pair. Meanwhile back at the house, Zoe pushed the doors open to see that the lights were out. They checked around and while looking in the library, noticed that a book was missing. Jill walked out looking panicked and showed them a secret tunnel leading underground. As they walked through the tunnel, the heroes noticed torn pieces of cloth in blue and gray littered the ground. They entered a large chamber. While the heroes looked around, Jill locked the door. Karina noticed a book sitting on a desk and when she looked at the page, she gasped. At that moment the 3 were hurled against the wall by an unseen force. They couldn't move and saw voodoo dolls with rope around them. Katie walked out of the shadows and spoke in an ancient language. Then the 3 girls transformed, gaining cat ears and tails. Ashlyn groaned and said," God damnit. Of course they are fricken werecats. It all makes sense now." Jill laughed and said," I knew you'd figure it out. Now all you need to know is why. Its very simple. We were just a group of werecats doing what we had to in order to survive. Then out of nowhere, a werewolf offers us 3 million dollars each if we killed you. They said to do whatever we wanted as long as we sent them pictures of your bodies. Oh, and by the way, Tsunami says Hi." Back at the ferry, Charlie and Vaggie looked at the driver as they transformed into a werecat. The pair ran off. Jill heard the snarls and said," Looks like Rebecca found your demon friends." Ashlyn said," The ferry driver is a werecat?" Jill replied," Of course she is! We needed all the help we could get and besides, we couldn't have witnesses." Charlie and Vaggie stumbled into the zombies which sent them running in another direction. Back in the chamber, Zoe asked," Why would immortal monsters need money? Don't you just steal if off your victims." Jill sighed and said," As your probably aware, we consume the lifeforce of humans in order to survive. Humans don't carry that much cash on them and we've always wanted to expand our ranks so we took the wolf's job." Ashlyn said," I assume the zombies out there are not evil?" Jill said," I legit don't even know. We've killed so many that I forgot what half of them did while they were alive. What I know for sure is the even if you manage to kill us, the zombies won't let you leave. There's no way to put them to rest." Charlie and Vaggie burst in followed by pirate zombies. Jill snarled at them and revealed another fact. She ordered the zombies to attack Charlie and Vaggie. The pair held out against the slow zombies, but their numbers became to much to handle. The zombies pushed the demons into a hole to deep to climb out of. Jill sighed and said," Now that your demon friends are dealt with, you have one thing left to do before we consume your life force. Will you join our zombie horde and live amongst the undead?" Ashlyn told them no and Jill responded by putting the voodoo dolls next to a torch. Jills said," Either way, I get your life force so it really doesn't matter to me. I was just giving you a second chance. Shame you didn't see the potential." Vaggie lifted Charlie out of the hole and she made it pass the zombies. She threw a fireball at the werecats to distract them. It wasn't much, but it gave her enough time to torch Jill's spell book. The zombies along with the werecats started smoking. Charlie pulled Vaggie up and the heroes watched as the zombies and werecats disintegrated. Jill however didn't go up in flames and she pounced on Charlie. Vaggie looked at the book and saw a page was still intact. She quickly lit it on fire and Jill joined her friends as a pile of dust and bones. Charlie and Vaggie untied the others and they stood over the remains of over 50 people. Ashlyn said," Well this vacation sucked." The others laughed. Just then a Confederate spirit appeared and said," Thank you." The ghost saluted the heroes and they saluted him back. They left the cavern and the island.

The End

Episode 8:

The year is 1982. The pizzeria is busy today. Susie happily ate pizza while watching the robots sing and dance. Then a figure places it's hand on her shoulder. Susie saw a yellow rabbit. It said, " Follow me for a surprise. " Susie obliged and followed the rabbit away from the crowds. The rabbit showed her a room she had never seen before. Susie walked in and heard the door close behind her. Then it hit her...

2020: Zoe and Ashlyn were driving through the states to clear their mind from the zombie incident. Zoe checked her messages and one appeared. It told them to come to a small town. They drove into the town and walked into a crowd of people. The crowd was gathered for what appeared to be a memorial. They phone led them to an alley. Inside was an old robot. The robot had 2 heads. One was a bare endoskeleton while the other was a white fox head. The robot looked at them. Then some teens threw soda on it while mocking it. The trend ran off when they saw Zoe and Ashlyn. The robot had slipped on the sofa and was now covered in trash. The robot said, " I was hoping you'd come. I've heard about you two and we have a situation here. " Zoe helped the robot up while Ashlyn asked, " Who are you and why did you call us?. " The robot replied, " I'm Mangle. We have a uh quirk around here. " The trip walked by the crowds and observed the memorial. It was for 5 children. Zoe was unsettled by how young they looked in their photos. She wondered my someone so young was taken from this world. Mangle said, " People around her don't like animatronics because of the incident. " Ashlyn look at Mangle and asked, " What are they honoring? " Mangle signed and said, " Back in the 80s, there was a pizzeria, it was really popular. Then in 82, some kids went missing and it closed down. Then someone stole a suit from it and disappeared. Just a lot of spooky stuff. " As the crowd dispersed, people have Mangle looks of suspicion. Later that night, Mangle and the pair drove to a restaurant. When they got out they shone their lights around. When they touched the logo, Zoe and Ashlyn,s hearts stopped. The sign said the name Freddy Fazbears Pizza. Mangle tore down the door. The walls were converted in kids drawings of the same 3 characters, a bear, a rabbit and a chicken. The tables were worn of cover in old pizza. The tiled floor had grass growing in the cracks. It was a spooky sight. Ashlyn checked the logs for the place to find anything of value. The logs revealed a suit was missing, a yellow rabbit suit. A note left by a previous employee cleared this up. The suit was in the back room, however this did not calm Ashlyn down. She met back up with Mangle and Zoe. The group found the hidden room. The room had blood and suit parts. Once the room was inspected, they decided to leave. The intercom then turned on and a male voice said, " Welcome to Freddys. This place closed down when those kids went missing. I, however had unfinished business and came back. That resulted in extreme pain and suffering. Now me and my friend will grant you the same privilege. Vanny, go get em! " The trio rushed for the door. A masked figure blocked their way. It was a female with brown hair and a rabbit mask. She held a knife. Ashlyn and the mask girl fought while Mangle and Zoe got away. Ashlyn pushed the mask girl to the ground and ran for the door. Once outside the group had mere seconds to relax before 4 police cars pulled up...

The End

Episode 9:

The year is 2018. In New York City, a flash of light bursts from the sewer. Then red water comes out of the storm drain. Out comes a tall lanky figure. It has four arms. It wears a white and pink striped suit with black boots and pink gloves. The creature coughs up water and looks around. He said, " This isn't hell. Where the fuck am I? " Then from the water forms a figure. The spider said, "God fuckin, dammit. What do you want Val?" Val chuckled and said, " This is what you get for crossing me you little whore! Now have fun while I deal with the mess you made. Good day my little Angel Dust." Val dispersed and Angel groaned. He walked through the dark alleys. Angel,s phone beeps and it shows a bounty on his head. Angel said, " That little fucker! " Right after the words left his tounge, a gang of thugs pulled up. Our stepped a large snake like figure. It was extremely thin and had a sniper scope for an eye. The snake said, " Looks like Val's prized toy is broken. Let us fix you. " Angel threw a trash bag at a thug. The snake reacted by firing at Angel with a sub machine gun. Angel ducked and ran from them. Two motorcycles followed him. Angel tried to call a friend, but there was no signal. Then Angel felt a sharp pain in his back. Angel then fell too his knees before passing out. When he woke he couldn't move. His hands were tied to a pipe. His legs were chained to the ground. Still a little sleepy, he yawned. Then all came back to him when the snake slapped his face. Angel chuckled and replied, " Harder Daddy. Hit me harder. " The snake groaned and said, " My name is Cobrani. So, how shall we kill you? " Angel said, " Why the fuck should I care!? I just got sent here and now I'm being hunted! " Cobrani grabbed a tool and squeezed Angel's leg. Angel cried out in pain. Cobrani did not care and continued to inflict pain. Just as Cobrani aimed for Angels crotch, but before he could, he heard gunshots. Cobrani slapped Angel again and left the room. Once Angel had full control of his body, he used his extra arms to grab the tool. He cut the ropes and the chains. Angel peaked on the door and saw goons running from some thing. He grabbed a gun and looked around. Angel made it outside. His relic was cut short with the sound of a gun cocking. Cobrani was standing behind him in the road. Angel dropped his gun and put his hands up. Before Cobrani could shoot however, a grey car rammed into him. Cobrani was sent flying into a wooden fence. The driver asked, " Are you Angel Dust? " Angel nodded and got inside. The driver was a werewolf with black fur. Angel suddenly felt safe and fell asleep in the backseat.

The End

Episode 10:

oe and Ashlyn are arrested for trespassing. After explaining their story to the police, they are released. Zoe, Ashlyn and Mangle drive home. While sitting in the backseat, Mangle finds a picture of two young girls. Mangle asks, " Who are they? " Zoe replies, " They are mine and Ashlyn's. We adopted them. The older one is Alli, she's 15 and has autism. The other one is Miller, she's 13. since we are out a lot, they stay with our friends although most of the time Miller can take care of both of them. " Zoe pulled into a lot. An apartment building stood next to them. The 3 walked in and knocked on Karina's door. Karina opened the door and called out Alli and Miller. Miller saw Mangle and was amazed while Alli ran off crying in fear. Zoe went after her while Ashlyn sat down and relaxed. Zoe walked into the kids room. Alli was curled up in a ball on her bed. Zoe said, " Alli, it's ok. The robot won't hurt you. " Alli shook her head in disbelief. Miller showed Mangle her favorite video games. After convincing Alli to come out, Zoe introduced Mangle. Alli was slow to befriend the animatronic. After that everyone was tired and went to sleep. It was 3 am. Alli and Miller were fast asleep. Outside the building sat a black car. Sywn and Carlton occupied the space along with 3 henchmen. The goons got out and went inside. They unlocked the door and walked to the kids room. The goons grabbed Miller and Alli. The screaming awoke the heroes who grabbed their weapons. Ashlyn walked out and shot on of the goons. The other two made it outside. Alli cried and kicked the goons holding her. Ashlyn shot at the car, but Sywn returned fire and drove off. Inside the car, Miller held her sister while the goons groaned from Alli's crying. Sywn pulled into a warehouse. She got out and told a pair of jackals to get the girls. The jackals opened the door, but Alli kicked them and ran off. She had made it to the entrance when a gunshot echoed. This terrified her and she curled into a ball on the ground. A werewolf walked out holding a smoking gun. Miller knew who it was when she saw them. It was Tsunami. Tsunami caressed Alli's hair while looking down at the scared teen. Tsunami said, " Your mother shouldn't have left you. " Miller said, " Don't touch her you whore! " Tsunami chuckled and replied, " Such fowl language for a girl of your age. I do wonder who taught you those words. " Miller said, " Ashlyn said there ok when talking about fuckers like you! " Tsunami grabbed them and brought them inside. Tsunami locked them inside an old office. Miller comforted her sister before verbally abusing the villains. Alli found a hole in the wall and crawled through it. She found herself in the second floor. She found an old phone and called her mother. Zoe answered and was scared and relived to hear her daughter. Zoe and Ashlyn sped over to the warehouse. They crashed through the door and gunned down 3 goons. Tsunami realized where Alli was and went Carlton after her. Tsunami then grabbed a dart gun and shot Zoe and Ashlyn. When the woke up they were chained to a pipe. Sywn held Miller while Tsunami held Alli. Tsunami said, " I could kill all four of you even give zero shits afterwards. " She then slapped Alli in the face just to mock Zoe and Ashlyn. Ashlyn said, " I'll fucking impale you for that! " Tsunami chuckled. Alli regained her footing and grabbed Tsunami's pistol. She shot the terrorist in the leg. The recoil from the shot caused her to drop the pistol. Miller used the chaos to stomp on Sywn's foot and push her into a pair of jackals. Miller grabbed the pistol and aimed it at Tsunami. Tsunami kicked Miller in the leg causing the pistol to fall to the ground. Carlton and Alli raced towards the pistol. Alli made it first and shot the rogue Spartan in the foot. Tsunami and Miller fought each other, exchanging punches. Karina then barged in on a motorbike. She shot The chains and freed Zoe and Ashlyn. Sywn ran towards Alli, but was shot by Karina who said, " Leave her alone you alien fucktard! " Ashlyn grabbed a chain and wrapped it around Tsunamis neck. She proceeded to strangle the terrorist until she saw Alli. Ashlyn let go of the chain. Tsunami was not grateful and proceeded to stab Ashlyn in the chest. Alli grabbed a nearby gun and in an quick moment, shot Tsunami in the back. Zoe rushed towards Ashlyn who was bleeding out. Tsunami fell over unconscious. Karina called the police. Ashlyn was sent to the ER while Tsunami, Sywn and Carlton were arrested. The villains were sent to prison and Ashlyn don't 2 months off. A week after the trial, Ashlyn read a text saying that the villains had escaped.

The escape: The villains were sitting in a cell when the walls explode around them. The 4 guards are gunned down and Tsunami looks to see a werewolf with a robotic arm. She said'" So you did get my message Selina. " Selina replied, " Anything for my big sister. " She used her arm to break the cell open and took the three villains with her.

Special:

Act 1: The year is 2020. Tsunami has escaped custody. Once back aboard one of her infamous destroyers, she calls her goons to a meeting. Tsunami sighs and said, " We need to capture one of the heroes. Does anyone have any suggestions? " A henchmen replies, " What about the offspring? " Tsunami groans and shoots this man before saying, " We already tried that and I ended up in prison! " Aspheeea said, " What about on of their more sensitive members such as the demon princess? " Tsunami said, " That is a good plan. Now, who will take the task? We should have 3 soldiers in command. " Sywn raises her hand. After a robotic wheeze, General Grievous joined in. Sywn looked at her girlfriend Nora Khan. Nora raised her hand and the three villains went off to capture their prize. Two days later in Vegas, a pale female demon with rosy cheeks is gambling. The demon is winning and drinking excessive amounts of wine. The demon has another standing next to her. The pale demon is showing signs of increasing drunkenness. The side demon says, "Charlie it's time to go." Charlie looks at her girlfriend. Back in a hotel room, Charlie and Vaggie get in an argument. Charlie storms off and walks down the street alone. A black Aston Martin follows Charlie. The driver steps out, intrigued by the pale girl. Charlie looks at the man. The man says, " My name is Bond, James Bond. You are? " Charlie introduces herself and gets into Bond's car. James is driving down the road and into the desert when he looks into his side-view mirror. In the mirror is a black car. The car pulls up to the Aston Martin and after getting a glimpse of Charlie, opens fire on them. Charlie panics while Bond deploys countermeasures. The Aston shoots from its tires. The enemy car crashed into a billboard. Charlie looks back at the wreck before turning to Bond. Bond becomes pleasant again and asks, " A girl like you couldn't be single. What's the deal with you walking down the street? " Charlie sighs and said, " Well I had a girlfriend, but we had a fight. " Bond takes advantage of the moment and asks, " Well how does two people spend a night in Vegas? " Charlie realizes what Bob d is trying to do, but cares little about it. They drive to a hotel. After walking into a suite, Bond lays on the bed. Charlie joins him and they proceed to kiss. While making out with Bond, Charlie feels his sidearm and steps back. Charlie is visibly confused and scared. Bond explains, "It wasn't chance that we are together tonight. I'm a British agent. Seeing as your a person of importance, they sent me to protect you." Charlie and Bond resume kissing. They then fall asleep. In the morning, Charlie stands in the balcony looking out into the desert. Bond joins her. They drive off again. Charlie asks Bond to stop the car when she sees an old house. Bond waits in the car while Charlie checks it out. A black truck pulls up and a good grabs Charlie. Bond pounds the gas and races after the villains. After losing the car, Bond is furious. He deeply cared for Charlie and doesn't want her to get hurt. Bond was just about to drive off when a message is sent to his phone. It's a picture of Charlie, severely beaten and tied to a chair. It also has a set of coordinates. Bond plugs them in and races off to save his woman. After an hour of driving, Bond sees another car. The occupants open fire on Bond. In a flurry of bullets, a grenade lands in the backseat. It goes off and the car is torn apart. Bond is flung from the car and bleeding. Before blacking out he sees Sywn and Nora whom he recognizes. He wakes up in a grey room. He is tied to a chair and he looks around. In the corner stood Grievous. He walks up to Bond and holds his head. Grievous said, " Your efforts will be in vain Mr Bond. You will die along with the demon girl. " Bond replies, " Grievous, you will join your friends in Hell. " Grievous has Bond thrown into a cell.

Act 2: Bond sits in his cell hoping Charlie is ok. Then a guard walks by and opens the door. Bond kicks the guard and breaks his neck. Bond grabs his rifle and sneaks off to find Charlie. Bond finds Charlie tied to a pole and unconscious. He untied her and wakes her up. After Charlie wakes up, the base shakes. The pair run to a window and look out to see the base has become an aircraft. A trio of guards show up and open fire. Bond guns them down and hands a rifle to Charlie. Grievous has been watching the whole escape and goes to kill them himself. Grievous leaps down and grabs Charlie with one hand. He runs off and the ship lands at an air field. Grievous slaps Charlie and locks her in a cage on board a train. Grievous and the two aliens leave in a train. Bond steals a jeep and races after Charlie. Unknown to Bond, a pair of fighter planes pursue him. The first plane swoops down and almost cuts him with a propeller. The second plane shoots at Bond. Bond sprays the engine and causes the plane to crash into the caboose. Bond boards the train and shoots a pair of guards. He makes it to the storage car where Charlie is. He freed her and they continue towards the engine. Sywn jumps out and Bond fights with her. Bond is losing and drops his gun. Charlie grabs it and shoots Sywn off the train. Nora jumps out in rage. Bond kicks her and throws her off the train. After fighting another alien, Charlie and Bond stood outside the engine.

The Final Battle. Bond kicks the door down and sees no one. Grievous kicks the pair. In the scuffle, Charlie fired a fireball at the bridge and it collapsed. The train hangs over the now flaming bridge. Bond and Charlie climb to the roof of the train. Grievous climbs up and ignited his lightsabers. Bond fires his gun at Grievous. Grievous charges at them and Bond trips him. He falls and drops his sabers. As Grievous hangs on the hook for the cars, he grabs Bond saying, " If I die, your going with me! " Bond kicks Grievous and grabs a loose cable. He aims the gun at the hook. He exclaims, " Have a nice swim! " before shooting the hook. The hook comes looks and Grievous plummets clinging to the engine into the river below. Charlie looks down and sees a clearly amused Bond hanging on a train cable. She chuckled and pulls Bond up. They look as the engine hits the ground and explodes. Charlie looks at Bond while holding his hand. She said, " I like you James, but I should get back to my girlfriend. " James smiles and they share one last kiss before getting into a car and returning to Vegas. Bond pulls up to Charlie's hotel and before she got out, he gave her his phone number. His last words before driving off are, " See you later Charlie. " He drives off and Charlie sees Vaggie standing outside looking happy. The pair make up and head inside.

The End

James Bond Film:

The date is 2020 in Ireland. A shipwreck has sent nations scrambling to retrieve the cargo. A group of mercenaries have set up camp and are stripping the ship. Two mercs walk their daily patrol when they find a man with a crashed motorcycle. The first goon points his rifle at the man. The man said, " No need for the gun. I just have a gift. " The man hands the mercs a box. They walk back to their base. The man touches his watch. The box exploded and kills 4 mercs. The remaining goons rush at the man. The man pulls out a pistol and shoots a pair of them. Three remain. One rushed to a mounted turret. The man shoots another goon as he reaches for a rifle. The second to last goon hides behind a barrel. The man grind and fired at the barrel. The barrel exploded, killing the goon and sending debris into the barrel of the turret. The last merc aims at the man. He pulls the trigger and the turret explodes. The man walks into the command rent and grabs a paper. He says into a radio, " Command this 007, enemies eliminated. I have the plans for Firestriker. "

Act 1: Bond walks into his office and sits down. Moneypenny walks in and hands him a packet. Bond says, " New mission already? " Moneypenny replies, " It seems that the plans you received were copied and emailed to high paying corporations. M wants you in her office in 10 minutes. " 10 minutes to by and Bond heads over to M's office. M. Looks at Bond and says, " 007, as your well aware, the Firestriker is the name of a new defense system being developed by the Americans. The ship you found was sunk by unknown assailants. Now it seems the system has fallen into black market hands. I want you to find out who is selling the plans and return them here. You'll be heading to Italy. We've tracked an old friend of yours and it seems they have some connection to the seller. " Bond replies, " You mentioned and old friend. Who is it? " M sighs and says, "It appears that General Grievous didn't perish in Nevada. Italian police caught footage of him 3 days ago. Also someone called The Big One has been listed as hosting the auction for the Firestriker. We aren't sure who they are, but I want you to find Grievous and the Big One and retrieve the information from them." Bond leaves the office and boards the flight to Italy. As he walks through the airport he sees some men with a briefcase. While this is suspicious, something else catches his eye. A blue fish like creature with red hair and an eyepatch. The fish appeared to be watching the men. Bond leaves the airport and drives his car to the hotel. He noticed the same blue woman there and they exchange glances. Later that night, Bond receives an invite to a Party hosted by the Big One. He goes and as he walks around the party, he bumps into the fish girl once again. They sit down at a table and talk. Bond says, " Your very beautiful, what's your name. " She replies, "My name is Undyne, I noticed you seem to appear everywhere I go mister? " James replies, " Bond, James Bond. " Undyne chuckled and replied, " Well Mr Bond, I hope you enjoy the party. I have business to attend too. " She walks off and Bond gets up. He walks around the party. The speaker announces that the auction is about to begin. Bond sits down and watches. The Firestriker plans are brought out and everyone goes silent. After several bids, it appears that no one will buy the weapon. Then a guard is shot with a arrow.

Act 2: The crowd dispersed in fear and Bond watched a deer headed creature wielding a rifle rush towards the Firestriker. The wendigo says, " Find the sniper. it's probably her. " Another goon is killed and Bond rushed out. While passing the crowd he noticed Undyne holding a crossbow. A guard pops out and wrestles her. Bond pulls out his Walther and shoots the guard. Undyne looked at him and they run off. The pair run to Bonds car and get in. The wendigo appears and sprays the car. Undyne pulls out a small pistol and shoots the wendigo. 2 cars filled with goons appear and pursue the heroes. Bond races through the streets as the guards pursue him. Bond pulls a lever and a razor flies out of the boot of his car. It hits the first goon car and it stops. The second follows them. Bond looks at his surroundings and comes up with a plan. He pulls a switch and the tail lights become shotguns. They shoot out the tires of the second car. It tumbled over a wall and lands on the ground in a flurry of fire. Undyne pulls out a hard drive and chuckles. Bond asks, " What is that. " Undyne replies, " Its the Firestriker system. The one they had was a fake. I had stolen this one before the party. " Bond reaches for it, but Undyne aims her gun at him. Undyne says, " You can have it once I'm done with it. " They go to their hotel and head to Bonds room. Undyne used the shower while Bond sits there. She comes out and they sit together. Undyne kisses Bond and they soon make out. After intense love, they fall asleep. In the morning Bond wakes up to find Undyne gone. On his dresser is a picture of Undyne tied up and bruised. Bond is furious as much as his annoyed that this keeps happening. He remembers the Nevada incident and groans. Bond finds instructions on the back. Return the Firestriker or she dies, the note says. Bond wonders how they got Undyne, but not the Firestriker. He checks the bathroom and finds a note from Undyne. It says For James, The Firestriker. At that moment he heard the sound of a gun cocking. A feminine voice says, " Turn around 007. " He turns around and sees the wendigo from the party. She says, " I'm Nyx, Grievous says greetings and sends his regrets that he couldn't be here in person. " Bond says, "What got you working for the good general?" Nyx replies, " That's not you concern Mr Bond. Now I hope you've made peace with your lord. " She aims her pistol at Bond. Bond kicks her in the leg. Nyx dropped the gun and Bond slams her into his dresser. She pulls out a knife and swiped at Bond. Their fight leads them to the balcony . Bond is pushed to the ground. Nyx leaps at Bond. He reacts by pushing her over th edge and sending her falling down 3 stories. Bond exclaims, " What a terrible diet she had. "

The Final Battle: Bond drives his Aston Martin to an old church. Guard patrol every inch and Bond turns on his alarm to attract as many as he can. 6 guards approach the car. Bond activates the front machine guns and kills all six of them. A screech is heard from the church. Then a velociraptor walks out. It speaks quite well and says, " James Bond, Mi6's top dog. Surrender or we kill the woman.. " Bond fires the machine guns again and grazed the raptor. Bond steps out and walks towards the church. He enters and after shooting another 2 guards he finds Undyne tied to a chair. He freed her just as Grievous appears. Grievous punches Bond. Undyne lunges at the cyborg, but forced against the wall. The church then shakes. It begins to collapse and sink into the ocean. The raptor leaps at Bond, but instead falls into the water. Grievous holds Undyne over the edge and says, " We can trade, the Firestriker for the girl. " Bond throws a brick at Grievous who dropped Undyne and falls into the ocean. Grievous and the Big One survive, but are arrested by Italian police. Undyne grabs a spear and hooks the cliff. She crawls back up and looks at Bond. The two take a yacht and said around Italy. On board the boat, M calls. Bond answers and M says, " Well done on retrieving the Firestriker. Are you returning home soon? " Bond replies, " Just finishing up this last lap Ma,am. " He drops the phone and makes love to Undyne while M listens in in disgust. Bond and Undyne head to the top deck. After sharing a drink they make love as the sun sets on another day.

Episode 11:

It's 2020, A war has been raging between the evil Collective and the nations of the world. The Collective has been gathering new allies to join their ranks. It's a hot day in the UK, people are just going about their daily tasks. Then a large triangular ship appears in the sky. The ship is what Star Wars fans know to be a First Order Star Destroyer. The Destroyer dissapears in a flash of light. It reappears over Ireland. Taking residence in an old castle are Tsunami and Selina. They look upon the massive warship with glee as they had been the ones to call it. Tsunami walks inside to the command center and establishes a radio between herself and the commander of the Destroyer. A blue hologram appears, showing a uniformed man in his 30s. The uniform resembles those of the Nazis, but with a more Sci Fi twist. The man spoke with a vaguely Irish accent and said," This is General Hux of the First Order. We have recived you invitation to join your army and have come to inform you that we accept." Tsunami replied," Good to see you Hux, We have been waiting for the old members to rejoin us. It's good to see that we still have allies in all corners." Hux looked around and saw the Imperial Era Stormtroopers guarding the room and said," I can see you need more updated troops. Luckily we have what you need. Prepared to recieve my ship." The hologram turned off and Tsunami went to the balconey to see a shuttle landing in the fields. The ramp lowered and Hux walked out flanked by two stormtroopers. Sywn lounged outside and mocked the new troopers. The troopers stood like statues awaiting their next orders. Tsunami said," Where's Kylo, is he still after the scavenger?" Hux replied," Unfortunately yes. Ren still wants to convert the girl to our side. I see it as a waste of recources and my other generals agree." Sywn got a email from another faction and called over to Tsunami. Tsunami said," Who is it?" Sywn replied," It appears that the Banished have heard our call and are alerting others." Tsunami said," When Atriox calls, Inform me." Sywn nodded and walked off. Selina marked off a spot on a list she had made of all the factions that formed the Collective. She had many more to go, but took joy in the fact that even with just one army, they outnumbered the UN. The sun was setting and the villain leaders walked inside to get some rest.

The End

Episode 12:

t's 2020 in Norway. A UN taskforce scans the area for a new threat. The squad consists of 12 men. The back 2 men are pulled into the trees and stung. One man spots a figure and sprays his rifle. Green blasts hit two men. The commanding officer fires 3 rounds into the bushes. A insect-like screech is heard. Then A gold creature with a stinger tail leaps out of the bush holding advanced weapons. It smacks 3 men and impales another. In a blur and gunshots and screeching, only 1 man remains. The CO stands 6 feet in front of the creature. He said," Get it over you gross fuck." The creature replies," Wheres the fun in that?" The soldier quickdraws his pistol and fires into the creature's chest. The soldier tries to shoot again but is out of bullets. The creature chuckles and fires a green blast into the leg of the soldier. The creature walked up to the dying soldier and watched him. The soldier asked," What the hell are you?" The creature replied," I'm the Scorm The Scorpion King." Scrom proceeded to impale the soldier in the chest. Meanwhile in Japan at a corporate headquarters. The guards patrol the area. On the second floor, a guard takes a smoke break. He suddenly feels the hair stand up on the back of his neck. Demonic whispers fill the air. Then two sharp pains fill his back. Two black points emerge from his chest. Then all goes dark as the guard is torn in half. A nearby guard gets a look at the killer. He is horrified. Its a tall man with a suit and pale featurless face, The Slenderman. Slenderman teleports behing this guard and pushes him off the roof. He then teleports to the ground level. Two guards faint and Slenderman steps on their chest, crushing their lungs. The last guard fires a gun at him. Slenderman's tentacles blocked the bullets. He then picked up the guard by the neck and looked at the human. The guard pulled out his pistol and shot it in the creatures chest. Slenderman broke his arm before squeezing his neck and crushing his airpipe. He disposed of the corpse in a fountian before disappearing. In the Philippines in a village, a group of guards patrol the area. There are 16 in total. One guard needs to use the bathroom and goes behind a bush. After finishing his buisness, he hears branchs snap. He then hears low growling. Unaware to the threat, he walks away assuming it was just a wild animal. It reality the term wild doesn't fit with what was about to kill these men. A more appropriate word would be intelligent or experienced. 2 guards saw a shadow moving in the trees and aimed their rifles. A blur of black and gold knocked them off their feet and one was dragged into the darkness screaming. The survivior followed his friend and found the culprit. It was a 10 ft tall black dinosaur with gold stripes. In it's hand was the upper half of the other guard. His arm was torn off and his legs proped up on a tree stump. The creature dropped its prey and stomped the second guard. The crunching alerted the others and they charged in. In the trees they heard a female voice say," You do taste quite well. Why not accept your fate and die a quick and painless death?" The dinosaur leaped out and pinned 2 men under its feet while mauling a third. It snapped the mans neck and tossed it against another. The impact snapped the mans neck and the two under the dinosaurs feet were motionless. It swung its claws around, killing 4 men. The survivors shot at the beast. It seemed to be annoyed with this and would always go for the one firing. It bit a man and threw him into the air. The beast slashed open anothers torso and began to feed on the insides. The 2 surviving men grabbed a grenade and threw it at the beast. The beast seemed to smart to beat. It hurled the grenade back at them. The explosion killed one man and left the other unable to walk. The last man crawled away repeating into his radio two words. The Indoraptor. The beast walked up and picked up the injured man. The man closed his eyes and his arms was torn off. The beast dragged all the body parts into the forest and by morning, the only signs of the skirmish were rifles, bullets and blood splatters. All three creatures boarded ships once done with their killings. The 3 ships landed on an aircraft carrier. Slenderman, Scorm and the Indoraptor walked out and saw Tsunami. She grinned at her assassins.

The End

Episode 13-14:

It's 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. The witch trials have gone on for 2 months. 6 people have been hung. A woman is being brought out for execution. The rope is placed around her neck. Before the lever is pulled she says, " I curse this nation and all its future occupants. " The lever is pulled and the witch breaks her neck. Her name is erased from all records and she is buried in an unmarked grave. For the next 300+ years, strange events occurred with the blame being out on one person, Victoria Lynx. It's now 2020 in Salem. At an old motel, a man makes love to a four armed spider like creature. The demon rolls over and says, " Ok buddy, it's time to pay up. Thats $150 dollars you owe me. " The man groans and hands the creature a pile of cash. The creature counts it and leaves after putting his clothes on. He walks outside to his car. The passenger seat contains a pig. The license plate says Angel Dust. Angel gets in and puts the money in his glove box. Angel went to get fast food and drove by a cemetery. He noticed the markers. He exclaimed, " Huh, this town really is fuckin, obsessing over witches. " Angel drove to his apartment and brought his things inside. His apartment was littered with old boxes and cups from various restaurants. Angel drank his soda while checking his voicemail. They mostly consisted of friends. The last one was a bunch of static and weird sounds. Angel hit the box, but just shrugged it off. That night in the cemetery, a tree started glowing. The tree wilted and a figure emerged from the trunk. It was a woman wearing armour and a white cape. She glanced around at the surroundings. The woman crawled out of the tree and walked towards the road. A black limo pulled up. A werewolf with wings stepped out. The werewolf said, " So you got the call. Good to know that we still have some friends. Welcome back Victoria. " Victoria replied, " What kept you so long Eclipse? I thought you and me were close friends. " Eclipse said, " I had a little visit in Sleepy Hollow, revived a headless monster and killed some locals. Some bitches showed up and I had to leave, but I still freed the horseman. " Victoria said, " What has the leader requested? " Eclipse replied, " Tsunami just wants you to gain your powers back before anything major. She said to do whatever you want as long as it's not revealing. " Victoria and Eclipse walked back to the grave. Victoria dug up an old box. She dusted it off and pulled out a spellbook. Eclipse walked off and Victoria began practicing witchcraft. In the morning, Angel woke up and turned on the TV. The news was on. Two people had been found murdered. They had water in their lungs despite not being near water. The news also said that strange lights and sounds came from the cemetery. Angel groaned and said, " I thought witches weren't real! Now people are getting killed by some broad. Fucking typical honestly! " Angel checked his voicemail and heard a message from someone saying he would die in 6 days. After that the door had a knock. Angel opened the door hoping to see a new client. He instead saw a familiar face. A grainy voice said, " I'm back! " Angel looked at the figure we joy. It was an old friend of his. Angel said, " If it isn't the Radio Demon. What made you come find me? " Alastor said, " I didn't come for you. I came for the culture. Your just an annoying person who happens to be here. Besides, Charlie asked me to check up on you after she heard about the news. " Angel let Alastor in and they sat down.

The End

Angel tried to flirt with Alastor to no success. Alastor walked around the apartment. Angel asked, " What are you doing Al? " Alastor replied, " Checking for witches. I read about them when I was alive. They are truly destructive creatures. "The pair sat down and talked. Meanwhile at a bar, a man approached a woman. They flirted. Then the man left. While walking to his car his lungs filled up with water. He collapsed dead and the woman left. Back at Angel's apartment, Alastor watched the news about the latest victim. Alastor pulled out a book on witchcraft and paged through it. Alastor turned to Angel and said," We merely have to identify the witch and burn the body. This will be easy. " Angel asked, " Where did you get that book Al? " Alastor responded , " From the library of course. They have a large collection on the subject. " Angel asked, " How are we gonna find the witch? " Alastor replied, " A witch leaves fingerprints on her victims. He merely examine the bodies and find a match. " Alastor snapped his fingers. Two hours later a shadow figure appeared holding a piece of paper. Alastor took the paper and the shadow left. He said, " We shall go to the cemetery and burn the body. " That night they went to the cemetery and dug up Victoria's body. Angel covered it in gasoline and lit it on fire. They heard signing and turned o see Victoria standing there. Alastor conjured a fireball and shot it toward her. She blocked it. She said, " Its 11:30, at midnight I leave this town. You did the spell wrong. It's too late now. You needed to salt the body before burning it. Now I can leave at midnight thanks to you! " Alastor conjured vines that wrapped around her. She lit them on fire and jumped down. Angel pulled out a pistol and fired at the witch. She dodged the bullets and broke the gun. Alastor made a ring of fire around her. She sprayed ice out. She pushed Alastor aside and pounced on Angel. She wrapped her hands around his neck and squeezed. Then the clock chimed. She looked at Angel and jumped back. He gasped for air. Victoria said, " It's been fun, but I must depart. Till next time. " She disappeared in a ball of fire and smoke. Alastor walked up and said, " Well that was anticlimactic. I really thought we could destroy her. " Angel screamed in rage and said, " What the fuck! We just unleashed a hellish broad on the world and your response is that it was anticlimactic?! Your sick you know that! " The pair drove home.

The End

Episode 15-19:

It's 2020, animatronics run wild. A mass cyber attack activated hundreds of old animatronics. Zoe, Ashlyn and Karina have devised a plan. They will work one week at a mall to lure the animatronics to them. It's midnight. The trio sit in the office along with Mangle. The shift begins...

12:00 AM Ashlyn checks the cameras. A Chica crawls around the halls. Zoe shuts the vents. The Chica lunges at the shut door. A Bonnie stares into the camera. Mangle goes to defeat her fellow robots. Metal sounds full the halls. The camera shows Mangle starting a pile of fallen animatronics. A Foxy slashed the door with its hook. It tears the door open, but Ashlyn crushes it with the door. Another robot is added to the pile.

1 AM Bonnie crawls towards the vents. Mangle enters them to take it down. A Freddy entered the room. Ashlyn guns it down with three shots to the head.

2 AM Mangle took three more to the pile. A BB laughs in the vents. Zoe shoots it in the head. Ashlyn winds the music box. The vents stop blowing air. Ashlyn looks at the vents in fear. Karina pulls out her revolver and fires into the vent. Out pours a endoskeleton. She signs in relief. A Bonnie crawls out of the vent, but turns off after hitting the floor.

3 AM The puppet wakes up. The trio heard a tune and prepared for the worst. As the puppet lunges at them, Karina shoots it in the head. A Foxy hits the door in classic style. Mangle rips it apart. Ashlyn looks at the cameras and sees a figure in the shadows.

4 AM The Freddy has arrived. It charges the office along with 2 Bonnies. Mangle crashes into the rabbits. Freddy is shot in the head. A pair of Endoskeletons look in at the trio.

5 AM The Endoskeletons are shot in the head. At this point the pile has over 12 animatronics. Withered Bonnie becomes the final boss of the night. He crawls into the vent. The trio have seconds to prepare. Withered Bonnie entered the office and the trio puts on the spare Freddy heads. Bonnie scans them. In the moment, Karina shoots it in the leg. Bonnie swiped at them. Ashlyn fires another shot into its back. Bonnie still twitches. He stands up and charges at them. In a blind fury, Bonnie rams his head into the wall. Ashlyn takes the chance to beat him with a chair. Bonnie seems to take the damage. In a final stand he punched Ashlyn. Zoe finally got a kill when she fired a shot into Bonnie's head. The rabbit collapsed to the ground with a smoking hole in its exposed faceplate

Then it was 6 am.

The End

Night 1 went well. 20 animatronics were destroyed. The group slept until their second night shift began.

12 AM The heroes settled into the office. The fan blew fresh air to contrast the inferno the had been consuming the air. Withered Bonnies head sat on the desk as a trophy. After the phone call explaining their task. The shift began...

1 AM A Foxy rushed down the hall and banged on the door. Ashlyn checked the camera to see a Freddy looking intently into the lens. The same shadow figure hid in the corner.

2 AM Bonnie had crawled into the vent. Chica had three copies standing outside the window. One lifted the door and recover a bullet to the face. The other 2 retreated into the party rooms.

3 AM A puppet slithered into the vent. Then a Freddy hit a camera, it went dark. The map showed a hidden room. The robots seemed to be coming from there. The shadow opened the door and a horse poured out.

4 AM The puppet crashed into the walls. Endoskeletons roamed the halls. The heroes planned to bring more powerful weapons.

5 AM The boss fight began. The character leading the night's charge? A broken down Freddy. It stood in the hall menacingly. It's body stank of rotting flesh. Ashlyn flashed her light at it. It seemed to vanish. After looking back at the hall, Freddy was in the office. He growled loudly. Karina swung at it. Zoe plugged a power cord into its neck. It overloaded the ancient bear. He fell over smoking. Ashlyn checked the cameras and the shadow figure was gone. It would have to be addressed later.

It turned 6 AM and the heroes disposed of the newly beaten robots and went home to rest.

The End

The police had a mess of robots to dispose off, but that would have to be the case to save the lives of all citizens. The robots had been cut down by a third. The Freddy head rested on the chairs. Night 3 was about to begin...

12 AM The phone call mentioned phantoms, but our heroes had to focus. Ashlyn wanted to stop the shadow figure. With a bell ring, the night began and the animatronics began their hunt...

1 AM A new cast of characters filled the halls. Circus Baby roamed the halls trailed by her endoskeleton goons. A Chica crashed into the kitchen. A Bonnie looked into the camera.

2 AM Baby got closer. Her goons hung from the ceiling. They lunged at the heroes, but revived bullets to the head.

3 AM Baby entered the vent. The sound came closer.

4 AM Baby entered the office. She looked around and then left. The heroes sighed in relief. But then the final stage would begin...

5 AM The final boss wasn't a real thing. It was a phantom. They took down the systems. Then they appeared. A green and burnt version of Mangle stood in front of them. Then final blow was about to be dealt. Ashlyn held the fan in front of the ghost. It vanished as the air consumed it.

The clock rang 6 and the night ended.

The new shift began as normal. The latest boss had no remains. All that mattered was stopping the shadow figure.

12 AM The shift began. Our heroes sat down in their old spots.

The first hours Strangely, no animatronics showed up. All was quiet.

5 AM Who was the boss? A golden bear. It sat slumped over in the hall way. Ten minutes to 6, it activated. It lunged at the heroes. Mangle aimed a rifle at the head and fired. The bear fell over. The heroes sighed as they had only one night left.

The heroes didn't care about guarding. They wanted to find out who the shadow figure was. They gunned down dozens of robots. Mangle tore the door down. They looked in and saw parts of robots. A sewing machine and supplies revealed all that needed to be known. One phone call to a good friend and the clock striking 6 had our heroes leave this robotic mess for good.

Episode 20 (Finale of Season 1):

Vanny had been sending robots to kill people. After her army had been destroyed, she left in defeat. She drove her cheap car to her cliff side house given by Springtrap. She stepped out of the car and inhaled the fresh air. Her phone rang and she answered. As she walked to her door she asked, " Who is this? " A male replied, " We need to talk. " Then a sharp pain filled her leg. She had been shot. She fell to the ground, dropping her phone. She crawled to the steps and sighed. Then she saw a man holding a rifle and phone. She looked at him in anger. The man clicked his phone and looked at her. His only words were, " The name's Bond, James Bond. ".

[jrpneblog]

Memories, what memories.

Fifty years ago on Saturday I experienced my greatest high watching our famous club. It took place in London on a Beautiful Spring day by the banks of the Thames. More of that later as first we must concentrate on the matters in hand with an excellent win at Coventry last Saturday and the visit of play-off achievers, Barnsley, to Deepdale on Saturday for our final home game of the season. Please God let this be the last home game ever played at Deepdale when no fans will be there to cheer the boys on.

Last Saturday we mathematically made ourselves safe from relegation and by the time Monday had come I was trying to work out if we could make the top half of the league or not if results went our way. North End beat and in form Sky Blues by one goal to nil scored by Captain Alan Browne and I think on the day North End deserved the victory. Coventry play a lovely brand of football and it is a credit to Mark Robins what he has done for them given the almost impossible circumstances surrounding the club. North End won with a stonewall penalty midway through the second half nicely put away by Browne. To be fair we should have had another but thats another story. The win left North End on fifty five points with two games to go and the real fear after the Luton defeat at home had dissipated.

On Saturday we face Barnsley at Deepdale in our final home game of the season. It has been so tough watching the boys on a computer and hopefully this will be the last time. The Tykes have done an excellent job in finishing in the top six and they have proved that money isn't everything in the Championship and their achievement should really give North End some inspiration for the next campaign. This is one of those game that you just cant judge who will do what. Will Frankie try a couple of fringe players with next season in mind or will he stick with his tried and trusted system and try to make his case to get the job full time stronger. With Barnsley you wonder will they try and keep going for fourth place to get the second semi final leg at home of will they rest one or two of the key players for the big play off games that lie ahead. I think it will either be a very boring 0-0 draw or might be a real full bloodied encounter. Lets hope its the latter.

And finally this week:-   Indulge me as I take a personal trip down Memory Lane and to an event which now seems a lifetime away. The date is Saturday 1st May 1971 and the venue is Craven Cottage, home of Fulham Football Club, in West London. The game is Fulham v Preston North End and with the home side already promoted the Football league have brought the Third Division trophy to the game to present to Fulham after they have duly won the encounter. For Alan Ball`s Preston there is a chance of automatic promotion as North End sit three points clear of their only rivals, Halifax, with just two games to play (2 points for a win in those days). The equation is quite simple for Preston - win the game and we are promoted back to the second tier at the first attempt after being relegated 12 months earlier by Blackpool at Deepdale. I cried that night as a nine year old and thought the world had ended after my beloved North End had dropped into the third division for the first time ever. Just ten years after Sir Tom had retired and we were down with the also rans. The day started around 5.30am as I excitedly scurried about bursting with anticipation and anxiously asking my Dad was it time to set off for the coach. Fishwicks ran two coaches to the game from Leyland and they were to depart at 7am prompt with the long journey to London ahead of us.Finally the clock ticked round to 6.40 and we set off on the 10 minute walk to Fishwicks to catch the coach that would take us to our destination. London seemed like the other side of the world to me and as we passed Charnock Richard I thought that we must be getting close as we had been on the road for ages. My Dad and my Uncle chatted to the others on the bus as I just looked out of the window hoping to spot a blue motorway sign saying London. We stopped at Keele for half an hour and my excitement grew as there were hundreds of other North End fans on the same pilgrimage. Off we go with the next stop being Watford Gap. Even more North End fans who were singing and shouting and even though we were 90 miles from Fulham the atmosphere was starting to build. Finally I saw a sign “London 44”, we were getting nearer as Lunchtime approached and we hit the North Circular Road to take us towards Hammersmith. It must have taken us half an hour in those days to do the mile and a half from Hammersmith to Craven Cottage as the traffic was horrendous.At last we are there and are met with a buzzing around this famous old ground the likes of which I had never heard before. The crowd was officially recorded at 25,774 but it seemed almost like Wembley on Cup Final day with the chaos and noise around the ground. The queues to get in were massive but my Uncle Charlie could get where water couldn`t get (God rest his soul). Suddenly he burst out - “stay there, Stan” (to my Dad), I will be back in a few minutes. Incredibly he was back in no time with three stand tickets for the Stevenage Road stand right in the middle of the Fulham fans. Most of the North End fans were on the open Putney End but there were pockets of Blue and White all over the place. We are in and as the clock ticks round the teams run out separately at 2.55 with North End playing in Red.The Teams are announced, Fulham first then North End …. Kelly Ross McNab Bird Hawkins Spavin Heppolette Ham Lloyd Spark and Clark, with Dave Wilson as sub. John Gow from Swansea is referee and the game kicks off to a thunderous roar as North End are cheered by about 5,000 fans.The game is cagey but quite open and North End are holding their own kicking towards the Hammersmith End in the first half. Twenty two minutes gone and North End get a corner on the right hand side. Clive Clark jogs over and takes an in-swinger which Norrie Lloyd flicks on to Ricky Heppolette who gives North End the lead with a diving header into the Fulham net. The Putney end goes mad and all round the ground the satellite groups of North End fans are dancing with delight. Fulham counter quickly but Bird and Hawkins see them off like two rocks in the middle of the North End defence. Half time comes and goes as the Preston fans start daring to dream, can we do it against the odds at the home of the league leaders. North End are on the back foot in the second half but only really have one scary moment as Fulham throw everything forward. Five minutes to go, four, three, two, one, “TIMES UP” my Dad announces to the world as half the stand give him a look of disgust. How long will Mr Gow add on as North Ends slender lead remains intact? All eyes on the man in black as the whistle goes to his mouth Yeeessss…….ah No, wait, the whistle hasn`t blown and Fulham have the ball. Suddenly, from nowhere, the long shrill blow of the three whistles and we`ve done it - yes we`ve done it, Preston are back. Alan Ball runs on to the pitch and kisses the turf as the Championship Trophy quickly disappears from out of the stand. The Putney End is going berserk and me and my Dad and my Uncle are hugging each other amid a crowd of home supporters looking slightly mystified as to why the plan has not worked out. The North End players hug and congratulate but its not euphoria just a job done by the late great Alan Ball and his boys. We come down the steps to the stand entrance and our coach is the first one we see among about 60 others the length of Stevenage Road.Its 5.50 before we move an inch but nobody seems to care as the singing goes on and on until we finally make our way back up the M1. By the time we reach Coventry it is well past 8pm but the coach is thirsty and its an ale stop for the adults and pop and crisps for the ten or so kids on the bus who are entertained by a jovial coach driver. Finally we get back to Leyland, it`s Midnight but nobody seems to care as the streets echo to the sound of “Preston, Preston” and the road back to the second division is finally complete. Without actually trying to count them I have probably seen over 2,000 North End games since then but I doubt anything will ever surpass that day in West London and if it was ever in doubt before where my footballing loyalties would lie I knew from that day that me and Preston North End would be together for a lifetime.

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JR`s HIGH FIVES                              

West Ham to beat Burnley 6/5                        

A £5 Stake returns £11.00 on bet365                

SEASONS STATS                              

Returns  £209.75    Stake £170.00    percentage profit  + 23.4%                       

Predictions 34   won 19   lost 15

[ofstarsandvibranium]

Some Alpha: Part 1

Fandom: Marvel (ABO AU)

Pairing: Chubby!Bucky Barnes x Reader

Summary: Bucky is an Alpha, but can never seem to find someone who wants him to be their Alpha. Until he finds you, a Beta, who’s as firey as an Alpha, yet also tender-hearted like an Omega. 

Warning: implications of prostitution, smut (in later chapters)

A/N: uuuuuhhhhhhh starting a series when I have all these requests to get through. thats so me, but i just couldn’t get this idea out of my head. also, idk how many parts i’m gonna have with this, but whatever. ENJOY!

tagging: @cametobuyplums because I love her.

Bucky rolled off the woman, his breath coming out as shallow breaths. The woman that was beneath him smirked, propping her head up as she watched Bucky redress, “You know, I think that was one of the best orgasms I’ve ever had.” 

Bucky hummed as he pulled out his wallet, picking out two hundred bucks and tossing the bills onto the bed, “Thanks.”

“You’d make some Betas and Omegas very happy with what you could do, hon.”

Bucky snorted as he waltzed out of the motel room, mumbling to himself somberly, “If any actually wanna come near me.”

Whenever Bucky went into heat, there was no one around to help him through it. He didn’t have a mate or even a potential mate. Therefore, he always relied on call girls. He hated it, honestly. He hated using them like that. He hated that he didn’t have a mate to help him through his rut. But he knew that if he didn’t do anything about it, he’d potentially die. 

He’d been in bed with that woman, an omega named Ally, for twelve hours until his heat faded. Now, he needed to shower. Get the smell of sweat and sex off him, get Ally’s scent washed off. 

After his shower, Bucky looked at himself in the mirror. He was told that his face was handsome, the only problem was the gut he was donning. He glanced down at the round, bulging thing he called a stomach. It was something that he couldn’t seem to get rid of. It didn’t help that he was stuffing his face with donuts and beer whenever he could. Comfort food. To satisfy his loneliness. 

He shook his head. He’s done. He’s done feeling sorry for himself. He’s done being constantly rejected by potential mates. He was going to change and, hopefully, for the better. 

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You worked at the gym downtown. You were the water aerobics and swim teacher there. You’d teach people from 5 to 50 on how to swim and exercise in the water. You loved your job. 

Although, there were some downsides. With you being the only Beta there, not to mentioned unmated, Alphas and Omegas were always coming at you left and right wanting to ask you out, or the more ballsy ones, asking you to bed. After a while, you decided to go on suppressants. You couldn’t get your job done if people were bothering you about mating or some shit. 

Unfortunately, today you ran out of suppressants. Hopefully, the ones you took last night would last you for most of your shift today. You were hoping and praying that would be the case. 

You went to the locker room, changing out of your leggings and tshirt to your standard red one-piece bathing suit. You went out to the pool and decided to do some laps before your class began. Maybe the chlorine will lessen your scent.

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Bucky scouted out the gym. After doing some research, he found that this was one of the best in the are. It was fairly big with a variety of equipment and areas. He saw on their website that they had a pool. Maybe he should take some swimming classes. 

He asked the young woman at the front desk if he could tour the place. She was a short blonde woman. An Alpha and her nametag read Hope. She waved her hand, eyes never wavering from her phone and mumbled, “Whatever.”

Bucky snorted as he walked away from the desk. Quite the attitude on that one. 

He checked out the lifting room. It reeked of Alphas and, honestly, Bucky felt a little intimidated. Maybe he shouldn’t go with lifting. There were dance rooms available. One had a yoga class going on. He winced at how flexible some of those people were. Yeah. Maybe not that. He passed by a jazzercise class in another room. The instructor seemed too happy go lucky for his liking. He then spotted the pool. He pushed the door open to the indoor pool. The air was humid and the strong sent of chlorine filled his nose. There wasn’t anyone there, except for one person, you, in the pool. 

He watched as you performed a perfect breast stroke to one end of the pool and to the other. When you reached the other side, you then lifted yourself up and out of the pool. He was hit with the strong scent of a sweet, yet spicy kind of scent. He’s never smelled anything like it before. 

Your shoulders tensed, he guessed, because you smelled him too. Your head whipped towards him and he froze in place. You were beautiful and your scent was so...intoxicating. 

You nervously rose to your feet, clearing your throat, “Can I help you?”

“No, well, yes, but-no. I, uh, was just checking out the place. I was thinking about getting a membership here.”

You slowly nodded, “Oh, well, I definitely think you should. I work here and, honestly, this is one of the best gyms I’ve ever worked at.”

Bucky gestured to the pool, “You the swim instructor?”

“Yup. Swim and water aerobics. I actually have a class in ten minutes. Feel free to watch. Maybe it’ll help you decide if you wanna become a member or not.”

“S-Sure,” Bucky said, although, he decided he was going to join as soon as he saw you. There was something that was drawing himself to you. He didn’t know what, but he wanted to find out.”

You walk closer to him, your scent growing stronger, and you stuck out your hand, “I’m Y/N.”

Bucky took it, shaking it with his, “James, but call me Bucky.”

You smiled at him, “Bucky. Cute name!” you chuckled, Anyway, Bucky, I gotta get some equipment out for my class. You can wait here if you want, or continue exploring the place. Whichever you prefer!” you gave him a wave and began to walk towards the other side of the pool, to a door that he assumed was the equipment closet. He couldn’t help but let his eyes wander down your form. 

Bucky knew he was in trouble.

(TAGLIST FOR THIS SERIES IS CLOSED)

[pinkvhs]

this has been a long time coming

ive detached from jack / dont watch jack anymore. i’ve poured so much into this story that involved the egos that i just....can’t let it go. so, im making ocs for the story instead. 

inspired by @lilakennedy . . . here is some info about my boys

Marvin the Magnificent➜ Marvin Lir MacKenna 

age: 27- from the 1920s

Brown wavy hair that goes to past his ears a bit

Blue eyes

Height: 5′7″

irish & welsh ( mother from wales father from ireland ) 

an illusionist / performer 

 Stage performance & regular attitude are a complete 180. Very bold on stage and confident but once he is off he is more reserved and calm

Best friends with Daniel

Knew Daniel for years, since they were around 10 years old. Extremely close bond.

Doesn’t believe in spirits but is very cautious / superstitious 

Gets powers whenever he and Daniel accidentally summon Phonus at Daniel’s Birthday/Halloween party. When it was just the two of them alone. 

He tries to attack Phonus since the monster killed Daniel 

but once he made contact with the demon, he was immediately teleported into our timeline. He took some of Phonus’s powers as a result 

He ends up getting burn marks on his arms/hands and face due to trying to physically fight Phonus when he was furious 

He has powers now, some he doesn’t know he can do yet. But his powers are: ✪= Not used often. ✦= strongest. ✧=weakest

✦ Empathic Element Manipulation ✦✪Fire Manipulation, ✦✪Necromancy, ✦Telekinesis,✦Kinetic Charging

✧✪Electricity Manipulation, ✦Magical Wall Generation, ✦Teleportation, ✧Intangibility, ✧Healing Hands, ✦✪Naturakinetic Combat

Riley finds him and helps him on his feet to find a place to stay

The two of them become close friends eventually, it takes a long time for Marv to warm up to people in this strange new environment- still tortured by that night. 

He blames himself for Daniels death every day. 

With his new unknown powers, he tries to go back in time to stop all this from happening. 

He opens up about his powers to Riley and the truth. 

Riley is beyond amazed that powers and magic exist, he tries to help Marv with his powers. 

He ends up needing to find a sort of job to stay at his home, so he tries the one thing he loved- entertaining people. With his magic, he dumbfounds audiences. 

However, once things were just looking up, his fire magic (the strongest) goes wrong.

He ends up catching a stage set on fire, causing injuries to hundreds. 

He panics. Riley tries to calm him down. But he can’t take it, he is convinced that he is destined to cause harm with these powers. 

He vanishes to a place by the sea and isolates himself, causing people to believe he died in the fire accident. 

He spends his time trying to prefect time travel and is consumed by isolation. though, he does attract wild life to him. they are very at ease with him

Refuses to use his fire magic 

One day, he comes across Viktor’s body on the shore. He takes him in quickly to his small home that he protected in case Phonus ever finds him.

He revives Viktor to come to. The stranger is a total mess and he tries to heal the man, but Viktor grabs him on reflex. So the man patches himself up

The two live together for a few months as the injuries heal up

Viktor convinces him to visit Riley again, so he does.

He teleports there and leaves a note stating that he is alive. He can’t bring himself to see Riley face to face

In the end, he tries to fight off Phonus. He fails miserably

He returns to his home, having Riley there with him. He gives Riley his powers because he doesn’t want to die and these powers go back to Phonus.

He trusts Riley with his life

Once Riley is given the powers, he passes away.

When his body is all alone peacefully at rest in the home, without any magic to protect it, Phonus finds the body

But no magic

The demon still takes the body. Using it to wake him up again and look into his mind to find out where the powers have gone

He remains a soul bounded victim to Phonus and reunites with Daniel

Both under Phonus’s control

Chase Brody➜ Noah Oliver Dodge

age: 29 - from our timeline

messy brown hair thats dyed blonde at the tips of it

brown eyes

Height: 5′9″

American

Dropped out of university and works part time at a local electronics store

loves to break things and try to fix them up again and make it totally new! 

has a passion for computers and likes to make his own computer 

he also loves film and had dreams of making a film 

a disaster cook but god help him he tries 

Father of 2 girls 

childish and fun loving 

reckless at times 

loves nature and going on walks / hikes 

met his wife in high school (been together since they were 16) 

they go to the same university, his wife studying to be a nurse 

at 18 he accidentally gets her pregnant and her parents arent the happiest about it

they get married at 19 

he becomes a stay at home dad and drops out to take care of their baby till she finishes nursing

they end up having another child once they get a small apartment together 

his daughter is friends with Viktors daughter and thats how the two families meet 

His wife actually works with Viktor and didn’t know at the time

his wife divorces him because, even though she does love him, she can’t keep working like this just to get by. she needs security and they dont have it. 

he is allowed to see his kids still but at the time it was very painful for him

he lives alone in that apartment, often calling Viktor to talk and invite him over so he doesn’t do shit he regrets 

he talks about how Viktor is so lucky to have such a wonderful life and wishes he could have that (since he doesn’t know the truth)

Viktor and Noah become very close and often have their kids over at each others houses

he hears news that Viktor is missing and becomes a mess. he is alone and doesnt know what to do. 

he tries to make it known that he is missing online, making posts and videos as much as he can to get peoples attention 

he visits the Valentin house hold and offers his wife any help thats needed, despite knowing all the turmoil they went though. he cares about the kids and doesn’t want them to worry. 

Henrik Von Schneeplestein➜ Viktor Alexis Valentin

age: 32 -from our timeline 

short grey hair

extremely pale blue eyes

pale, almost sickly skin 

Height: 6′2″

German

Doctor that specializes in internal medicine (meaning he focuses on helping adults) but also is a surgeon

Father of 3 girls

loves to bake! 

a hopeless romantic actually

he is very cold and standoff ish but once he loves you, he LOVES you

blunt to a fault still though

cares about people. more so than his own well being

extremely loyal

met his wife in university. he took an anatomy art class 

his wife helped him improve his drawing skills and the two became close

he fell for her very hard 

they get married and live in a house that they saved up for (with extra help from both of their parents)

once settled, they have their children 

his wife is a biology teacher with a minor in art teaching! 

he takes family trips whenever he can to the beach! his kids love the ocean!

he comes home one day to find his wife cheated on him- he suspected this for a while now. he found a shirt underneath the bed, thinking it was just a gift for later down the road for christmas or something. he went to fix it when a piece of paper fell out of the pocket. her phone number

he never gets mad at her. he blames himself

he thinks he isnt perfect enough

he becomes extremely distant and cold, more than before. never knowing when to bring it up

the two of them grow apart but still live together

they make sure not to worry their children though, they dont want them to think its their fault. 

he never brings up this information to Noah because he doesn’t want him to worry. 

very envious of Noah though and wish he would smack him. Noah has a wife that loves him and he wishes that Noah could wake up and see that and fix his actions. 

he does break down one night and tell Noah everything that happened

one day at the office, a man came in with a horrible neck injury. 

he typically sees people who just need some medication or the worst injury being a bite from a dog, but even that wasn’t bad. 

he rushes to take care of the stranger. once they were alone for a brief second, he gets trapped inside. 

Phonus used Daniels body in order to get to the Doctor. He attacks and possesses Viktor. 

Once Phonus is done using Viktor, he takes him to a cliff near the sea

He is snaps his neck and lets the body fall into the ocean. 

Eventually, he washes up to shore where Marvin is

he stays with marvin for months while he heals up himself, he refuses to get any magic help

once he decides to leave marvin has a hard time letting go, he is worried viktor will fall victim to phonus again 

he leaves to go home but once he reaches the steps, phonus finds him again. 

Jackieboy Man➜ Riley Lee Young

age: 23 - from our timeline 

very curly blonde hair

green eyes

skin that tans pretty easily 

the most muscular out of the lads but isnt extremely buff 

Height: 5′6″

American

Lives alone in a small apartment 

a college student, unsure what to major in but possibly wants to be a vet

LOVES animals! 

a vegetarian ! 

a pretty good cook actually! 

has a heart of gold and sees the best in most people, though he isn’t stupid. he knows there are terrible people in the world that can’t change and deserve punches to the face

he watches pets and volunteers at animal shelters!

he also babysits Viktors kids to get some money

was kicked out of his home. Viktor found out about it and bought him a small apartment to live in. (he would of offered Riley to stay but he has issues at home that he doesn’t want to subject Riley to on the daily)

he is the girls big brother figure and he loves to pay pretend with them ! 

He meets Marvin and they eventually become friends

he helps Marvin gain back confidence, giving him a place to stay, and helps him actually feel . . at home in this timeline 

when he finds out the truth that marvin is from the 1920s and has powers he cannot get over how cool it is! calling him a super hero and showing him comics that he has. he helps marvin try to get a better hold on the powers

he was around whenever the fire accident with marvins powers happen, he tries to calm marvin down but ends up alone. left to wonder what happened to his friend. 

When he has to start university up again he has to let the Valentin family know that he can’t be around as much as before but will try to help out if needed 

Viktor’s wife ends up calling Riley one day and begs him to come to the house as soon as he can for Viktor has been missing for days now

Riley puts up posters and gets the news out that Viktor is missing as much as he can around the city. 

He still goes to university but spends a lot of time in the Valentin household. Visiting on holidays and the girls birthdays. Having no news of Viktor. 

he later on gains marvins powers, his mainly being electricity and strength. 

he is set on finding phonus and fixing things for marvins sake 

Jameson Jackson➜ Daniel Edmund Thomas

age: 27 - from the 1920s

slicked short black hair

brown eyes

Height: 5′7″

British

a charming, bold, charismatic man 

an actor and musician, exceptionally good on piano

very witty and clever

lives a rather extravagant life 

very close friends with Marvin, trusts him with his life

on his 27th birthday on Halloween, he throws a party

he loves to mess around with guests and asks Marvin if they can have a a seance

they try it to entertain the guests, but nothing happens (to marvins relief) 

the party continues on till its just marvin and him by the end of the night

they try again to contact from the beyond

they succeed 

he comes face to face with the demon. an invisible hand causing him to kill himself. making Marvin watch 

he becomes Antiphonus’s personal toy 

his mind becomes warped and he loses all sense of who he used to be

he tries to fight back, but once he does, his tongue is cut out of his mouth. never to be able to voice for help again 

his body now bound to Phonus becomes a personal pin cushion. being cut open and inspected to see how far humans have come with healing themselves. to see how far a human body can handle things

being trapped with phonus he starts to believe that Marvin caused his death. he believes everything phonus tells him and is set on killing marvin 

he becomes very aware of realities all thanks to Phonus. 

Antisepticeye➜ Antiphonus

age: unknown. 

an immortal being / demon

seems to have been around for centuries 

first appears invisible, then a shadow figure, to a pitch black faceless figure that takes on more of a human shape - till finally, he appears to look like Daniel 

he is fascinated with humans, very curious and destructive 

he takes Daniel in as a host. he rests inside of Daniel’s body till he is strong enough to mimic the physical outer appearance of him

when he possesses people becomes stronger. he doesnt have full control right away, it takes him a bit of time to warm up once again to how powerful he used to be. 

he can see into his victims mind when possessing them, he knows all what Daniel knows / remembers. Daniels fame, fears, friendship. family, love- he knows it all. 

He uses this to his advantage to keep Daniel around without fighting him back- using Marvin against him

he is after the powers that he accidentally gave to Marvin on impact

he travels to the dimensions he has access to and time lines in hopes to find Marvin, taking Daniel along with no choice

he lands in our dimension and timeline to sense that his powers are close by

He ends up sabotaging Marvin’s performance with fire magic in order to kill him or capture him but it fails- he looses sight of him

While he is searching through the streets, he over hears talk about the human body. He comes across Viktors practice building and opens the door a crack. He can sense so many souls and blood in that building and gets vastly curious. He notices people injured and ill, waiting for care. He hatches an idea. 

 He returns to Daniel and possesses his body. He takes Daniel to an alley way close to the building, away from the eyes of others. He grabs the sharpest thing he can find and plunges it deep into the side of his neck and carves it out slowly and rips it out. 

He quickly makes Daniel reach the building and barges in, causing everyone to look on in horror. The nurses there rush to his aid as Phonus makes Daniel gasp and hold his neck to try to stop the bleeding. Nurses page for Viktor asap as they get Daniel to a stretcher and room fast.  Viktor arrives shortly after and is fast to help Daniel. Daniel just looks at Viktor and tries to nod. 

Once the nurses leave for a brief moment and its just him and Viktor, Phonus makes the door lock them inside.

Viktor goes to inject him with medication but Daniel reaches out and grabs Viktors arm. He say to Daniel that he knows needles are scary but you need this now, let go please. Daniel sits up and twists Viktors arm, causing Viktor to wince in pain while looking shocked. 

He grabs Daniels hand with his free one and tries to pry it away, but can't. Daniel kicks him away, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground. He gets up from the bed. The lights inside the room begin to flicker faster and faster. Electronics in the room flickering on and off, radios and tv consumed with fast stations, fluctuating volumes, and static. Viktor gets to his feet and hears all this noise and sees this horror in front of him. 

Phonus leaves Daniels body, causing Daniel's wound to disappear. Phonus stands in front of him.

He gets inside of Viktors mind to find all that he can about the human body and the amount of pain that it can handle. 

He sees in Viktors mind a young man with curly blonde hair. And for a brief moment inside of Viktors mind, he sees Marvin 

in the end he ends up taking Marvin captive but finds that the powers are gone. 

he keeps marvin around because he sees too, that he gave that blonde boy his powers

so he is on the hunt for Riley 

[numba99]

Fatal Attraction - Part 6

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

summary: When a mysterious man shows up at your job, you find yourself inexplicably drawn to him - and him to you. But behind the beautiful face is the dark lifestyle of a man who has made his wealth through becoming the most powerful drug dealer in the city. Word count: 3.1k

warning: smut, chunk of this isn't proof read don’t hate me

It took all of two mornings waking up to Mika to convince you to move in with him. You were surprised at yourself, usually your resolve was a lot stronger. But Mika was, well, Mika and even though he wasn’t putting any pressure on you to make a decision, the thought of waking up to a bed without him in it was enough to make up your mind.

You didn’t tell him, not yet at least. Mika was bringing out the sentimentality in you, something you haven’t felt in quite some time. You knew you wanted to make it special, you just didn’t know how yet. Mika had already made plans for the two of you today, so you were hoping something might spark your creativity.

“Shopping?” you asked as you fished through your duffle bag for something to wear. Another reason you needed to figure out what you wanted to do quickly: you were running out of outfits in your duffle bag.

“Yeah you know you go into a store and pick out what you li-”

“I know what shopping is,” you rolled your eyes, cutting off his joke, “I meant like I didn't expect that to be on the agenda today. I would have thought you had more important things to do.”

Mika shook his head, “That’s what I pay other people to take care of. They can survive awhile without me. What’s important to me today is that I get to spend time with you.” 

You blushed, leaning into the soft kiss he placed on your forehead. “So where are we gonna go?” you questioned. You remember hearing something about Old Navy having a sale and you were in need of some new sweaters with the cold weather rolling in.

“I was thinking we could hit Madison Avenue, maybe a bit of 5th depending what you wanna get,” Mika replied casually.

You couldn’t help but laugh, “I couldn’t even tell you what stores are there. Even if I could I couldn’t afford a single thing from them.”

“Don’t worry about that, I’m buying today,” Mika replied, pulling on a sleek leather jacket. It fit him perfectly and looked incredibly expensive. You guessed you shouldn’t have been shocked that he was not Old Navy bound,

“No way Mika, I can't have you dropping that kind of money on me,” you shook your head.

“What’s the point of having tons of money if I can’t spend it on my beautiful girlfriend?” Mika replied, reaching his hand out for you to take.

“I know but still,” you nibbled your lip, taking his hand. Despite being unsure, you let him lead you out. 

“Would it make you feel better if the first place we go is for me?” he asked.

“Yes actually, I would enjoy that,” you nodded. Watching him try on some expensive clothes? Sounded like a good afternoon to you. 

In the back seat of the car you watched as the city streets morphed in a luxurious outdoor mall. Each storefront was more extravagant than the last, inviting shoppers to come in and spend more than most probably make in a few weeks of work. Luxury stuff had always seemed silly to you, you didn't necessarily believe it was any better than anything else. It was just the name you were paying to flash your status to everyone else. 

Still, you weren’t immune to the lure of it all... the stuff was nice after all. There were a few stores that caught your eye and you memorized the names so you could tell Mika where you wanted to go later. You still planned to be conservative with your purchases, though. There was no need to ring up a crazy bill. Maybe just a sweater (which you needed) and a purse (which you just wanted).

“Here,” Mika broke into you imaginary shopping list. Mika helped you out of the car and led you into the store, which had La Perla in gold script above the doorway. You furrowed your brows when you were met by a store filled entirely with lingerie.

“I thought we were shopping for y- oh.” As the words left your mouth it hit you. The clothes may be for you, but the experience was for him. The smirk on Mika’s face told you you were right.

“Here I was thinking I’d be watching you try a bunch of suits on,” you remarked, running your hand over a lacy bra.

Mika chuckled, “Not exactly.” He wandered away from you, distracted by something red and skimpy in the corner.  You did some wandering yourself, drawn to some of the softer pink items they had. You spent so much time in the overtly sexy stuff as a stripper that you thought it would be a nice change to try some of the more delicate pieces. 

You flipped the price tag over on a pretty pink lace bra and nearly gasped. Over $300 fro a bra?? This place was definitely not your speed. You were about to go find Mika to tell him this place was ridiculous when you found him making a beeline to you. A black lace teddy in hand, of course.

“I need you to try this on,” Mika said, a hint of strain in his voice. You had to know, you grabbed the tag and read the price.

“Mika this is over $400!” you whisper exclaimed. As stupid as you thought it was you didn't the salespeople to hear you say it. “This is ridiculously expensive.”

“No it’s not.” Mika replied.

You picked up the bra you were looking at and shook it at him, “This should not cost $300 dollars. Thats insanity!” 

Mika laughed at your indignation. “Look I know it seems expensive but image the number is off the price. It may say $429 but to me that really like $42 or something. This isn’t a lot to me, so don’t stress about it,” Mika explained, “And I definitely think you should try the pink one too.”

It was weird, you knew Mika had a lot of money - his apartment was more than proof of that - but it was still so foreign to you to have someone talk so nonchalant about spending all that money. It was so far removed from the life you’ve lived, that was for sure.

But the way Mika was looking at you right now... you couldn't resist. You handed him the bra, eliciting a triumphant smile. The two of you shopped a little while longer, which was basically Mika picking out the sexiest things he could find and you ignoring the price tags.

Eventually, the two of you collected an impressive pile and headed for the dressing room. Mika slipped the attendant a couple hundreds and whispered, “We’d like privacy.”

“Of course sir,” she replied quickly, squirreling away the money. Mika wasn’t famous and there was no way the woman even knew who he was aside from being a rich dude with money. Yet, there was a way people regarded Mika, it was like he demanded respect without even having to ask and everyone readily gave it up. His presence alone was powerful and, apparently, very palpable, even to those he has just met. Even with all the time you spent with him, it still made your stomach do flips.

Mika hung up the items he picked out in one of the dressing rooms - which looked nicer than any room in your apartment. “Save the black one for last,” Mika instructed, before pulling the curtain over, leaving you alone to change. 

You stared at the array of luxe fabrics before you, trying to figure out wear to start. You decided on a barely-there red two piece because why not start it off with a bang? 

It was strange, though, staring at yourself in the sexy little set. Sure, you’ve worn more provocative stuff on stage, which Mika had seen. Hell, you just had sex, there wasn’t much he hadn't seen of you. But something about being dressed up for him in the bright dressing room lights, with nothing to hide behind was intimate for you in away that made your heart race.

You couldn’t keep him waiting forever, though. With a deep breath, you pulled aside the curtain dividing the two of you. Mika immediately perked up, drawing in a breath. 

“Fuck,” he said, his voice just above a whisper.

“Oh come on, it’s not like you haven't seen this before,” you brushed him off, as if his reaction to you wasn’t fueling your ego.

“Doesn’t mean you still don’t take my breath away,” he replied, reaching out for you. You obliged, stepping close enough to allow him to run his hands up and down your sides.

“I don’t think you’re gonna make it through all the lingerie I have to try on,” you teased. Honestly, though, if he kept looking at you like that you weren’t going to make it through either.

Mika chuckled, sitting back in his chair, “Don’t worry baby, I’m a patient man. Now try on that pink one, yeah? I think it will suit you perfectly.” As you spun around to he'd back into the dressing room Mika gave your ass a playful slap. You let out a little shriek giggle as you shut the curtain behind that.

And you went on like that for a while, trying on ridiculously expensive lingerie and having Mika all but drool over you every time. Each time it got harder to retreat back into the dressing room and not straddle his lap and kiss that teasing smirk off his face.

Finally you made it to the black lace teddy, which you knew Mika was most excited about. At first you thought it would be nothing special, but when you put it on you never felt sexier. It hugged your body perfectly, accentuating every curve. The delicate lace inked a deep black made it a perfect balance of pretty and sexy. 

“Wow,” was all Mika could manage when you stepped out for him.

“You like?” you arched your brow, a smile playing at your lips.

“Love,” Mika replied, standing up and stepping towards you. His arms wrapped around your waist, pulling you closer to him. His lips found yours and it was like a switch flipped. His soft, demure touches were now hungry. He kissed you deeply, as he walked you back into the dressing you. He pulled the curtain over and pushed you agains the wall.

“Mika,” you gasped, surprised his sudden burst of dominance, “What are you doing?”

“What do you think I’m doing?” Mika asked, kiss down your body, his finger ghosting over your clothed core.

“We can’t do this, people are in the store,” you whispered, ignoring how good it felt to have him touching you. You knew it was wrong, but the idea of being caught any moment was getting you even more turned on.

“I told them to leave us alone,” Mika replied, lips still peppering kisses over your skin.

“I don’t think they includes having sex in their store,” you shot back, fighting back a moan.

Mika was eye level with you again, his hand cupping your chin. “You can be quiet for me, right honey?” he asked. His eyes were always so soft looking, but the way they clouded with lust in that moment made it impossible for you to say no. 

You nodded and Mika flashed a dazzling smile before return to work. He was back on his knees, crouching before you. He slipped down the fabric down your body, letting it pool at your feet. You didn’t miss the way he licked his lips before going in for your thighs. 

He kissed there for awhile, alternating between each leg to get you extra needy. His teasing didn't last too long; he was just as eager to taste you as you were to feel him. You pressed your back against the wall as his lips found your core to keep yourself steady. Mika slung a leg over his shoulder to allow him better access to you.

“Fuck, Mika,” you half whispered hand moaned. Your hands tangled through his hair has licked circles around your clit. It felt so good you were almost trying to push him away, but Mika didn’t budge. He kept pressing his face into you, like he couldn’t get enough. It was all too much, the scratch of his beard against your inner thighs, his tongue moving expertly across you, and the sounds of him eating you out. A few moments later you were practically collapsing on top of him as you came.

“Fucking hell,” you said breathlessly as Mika finished you off. He stood back up, wiping off his chin and grinning widely.

“So you enjoyed yourself?” he smirked.

“That’s an understatement,” you replied, “Do you need...” your voice trailed off as you eye his pants.

Mika shook his head, “Today’s all about you. Speaking of which, we are buying all of this.” Mika stepped out to let you change. You laughed to yourself that he was just very intimate with your body and was now acting modest when you had to put your clothes back on.

You tried not to think about what you just did as the two of you brought the lingerie to the register because you were afraid they’d be able to see it on your face. If they had any inclination of what occurred in their dressing room, they weren't showing it. The rung up well over a months worth of rent in lingerie and Mika swiped his card without batting an eye. 

“Thank you, Mika. Everything is beautiful, I appreciate it,” you replied as you walked back out on to the street, “And I cannot wait to wear it all for you.”

“Me too,” he smiled. 

The two of you went around to a bunch of different stores, dropping more than you ever thought was possible in a single day. And that was with you being modest about what you wanted. You knew you could have picked out piles of clothes and Mika wouldn't have cared, but you weren't there yet.

“I've got one more place I wanna go,” Mika told you, taking your hand despite having all the bags on his arms. He refused to let you carry any of them. Mika led you towards a store with rich, red awnings that read Cartier.

You were immediately greeted by a salesperson, whisked away your bags so you could shop unencumbered. Rich people really were indulged. You walked around the glass-encased jewelry, which sparkled magnificently. 

“So many pretty things to put on you,” Mika whispered over your shoulder. You giggled, leaning into the kiss he planted on your cheek.

“What a gorgeous couple,” a salesman noted, smiling brightly at the two of you, “Can I show you some pieces?”

“Please,” Mika replied. The man motioned for you to follow him, and you did, right to a velvet red chair at the end of the counter. He pulled out an array of options, each more impressive than the next.

You spent a decent amount of time trying different pieces on. At one point you thought you could have close to a hundred thousands worth of jewelry on. Mika loved every minute of it, of course. His favorites were always the necklaces, partly because he got to help you put those on, but mostly because he loved how the sparkled by your cleavage.

Everything was beautiful, but the last piece you tried on was your favorite. It was simple, to circles enclosed together, one dotted with diamonds around the entire circumference.  

“That’s our Love necklace,” the salesman told you. That was fitting. You gave Mika a soft smile, and he knew that that was winner piece. Before Mika could tell him you’d take it, his phone rang.

He looked as his phone and a frown flashed across his face. “I’m so sorry, just excuse me for a second.”

“You're a lucky woman,” the salesman said when Mika was out of earshot. You smiled and nodded, watching Mika pace as he listened to the person on the other end. Something was up. 

“You okay?” you asked when he finally returned.

“I’ve gotta go, Chris needs me,” he replied, trying to sound calm but their was an edge of nerves in his voice. That definitely freaked you out.

“Is everything okay?” you asked again.

Mika composed himself for you. “Yes, I’ll explain later,” Mika’s eyes darted to the salesman as if to say he couldn’t speak about it now, “I’ll send a car to take you home.”

“We aren't leaving together?” 

“No, I need to get there right away,” Mika replied, tapping away at his phone. He turned to the salesman, “Can you hold some of these items for us? We’ll be back another day for them. And, here, for your discretion.” He tossed some hundreds down and the salesman nodded eagerly. 

“My other driver isn’t answering and I don’t want you in a random Uber,” Mika frowned at his phone. 

“Mika, I’ll be fine, okay? Take the car and get to wherever you need to go,” you told him.

“How will you get home?”

“This may shock you but below this city there are tons of trains under this city. I’ve heard you can use them to get around,” you joked.

The pulled a smile from him at least. “Never lose your attitude,” he grinned, before turning more serious, “Text me the second you get home. Or if you need anything at all. I’ll drop everything and come to you, okay?” 

“Of course,” you replied, “Go do what you need to do and then we can try out some of these.” You tapped the bag from La Perla.

Mika smiled, “I can’t wait.” With that, he kissed your forehead and was gone. 

You tried not to worry too much as you made your way home. Mika always handled his shit well, and you didn’t wanna make yourself crazy jumping to the most dangerous conclusion. Besides, you needed, to focus on getting home because now it was dark and you weren’t familiar with this part of town. 

You tried to follow a shortcut, but realized you misread the map and didn’t know where you were. No reason to panic, you’ve gotten yourself lost more times than you could count and always made it out. But maybe this time if you hadn’t been so focused on finding your way, you would have noticed the guy who was tailing you since you walked out of Cartier. And maybe if you noticed that, it wouldn’t have been such a shock when the back of your head was hit hard, turning your whole world black.

[battle-of-alberta]

Chapter 4: Day Job - Easter Eggs

Hello again and welcome, if you read and enjoyed Chapter 4 of Battle of Alberta but wanted a closer look at some of the stuff I referenced or incorporated, links to more information, or just an explanation of my thought processes, you’re in the right place. Feel free to reply to this post or shoot me a message with any questions you have about this chapter I could add. 

Page 1

Hello Calgary is a song that was stuck in my head for weeks after I decided to use it as Calvin’s alarm! I linked to the version I had stuck in my head (which is also the version used for the intro to the Alberta Advantage Podcast), but there’s tons of other versions. It’s not only Calgary’s song, it was actually written for hundreds of American cities, but Calgary seemed to take a particular shine to the song that really stuck. 

Howdy is one of the two Olympic mascots for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. Calgary was the first city to use two mascots for the Olympics; Howdy and Hidy welcomed people to the city with good old fashioned Western hospitality... I read a piece from 2007 quoting councilors on the decision to remove them from the city’s welcome signs saying something to the effect of “it’s time Calgary outgrew them!” which is pretty sad... obviously Calvin hates to let go of things.

Page 2

Calvin’s apartment is based on the Keynote Penthouse in downtown Calgary, which is just as ridiculous as i draw it. In fact, it’s MORE ridiculous in the photos.

His socks aren’t real but based on the Calgary flag, which literally has a cowboy hat on it. Because.

Page 3

Bankers Hall on the left side of the first panel is part of two twin towers in downtown Calgary designed to resemble cowboy hats on top. I wish I were making this up.

The Calgary Tower was built in the 70s to be the tallest building in the city by Husk- er, uh, “Malamute” Energy. It was surpassed at almost breakneck speeds by the rest of the skyline. And it shoots fire sometimes because of course it does.

Page 4

I would NEVER put real people in the background of my comics, especially not caricatures of infamous prime ministers. Don’t @ me.

The firm handshake thing is dedicated to an ad for a certain business school in calgary that i saw all over the airport one time when I was there that I can’t recall at the moment. 

On that note: the western overlay on his business talk is also real. A few months ago in a class I took, a guest speaker mentioned that a “gentleman’s handshake” was still an acceptable form of contract in Calgary, shivered, and said “no thank you”. I was laughing so hard internally I also choked internally.

Page 7

The Lethbridge viaduct which is symbolic of the city is confusingly also named the High Level Bridge, which as an Edmontonian annoys me, but I begrudgingly admit that Lethbridge’s was first.

Page 8

Lethbridge recently surpassed Red Deer as the third biggest city by population, which is still tiny at about 1/8th-1/10th the size of Edmonton or Calgary. They say “no hard feelings” since they often switch back and forth in this role, although since recent cuts to post secondary on top of a pandemic it is unlikely that RDC will be a fully fledged university anytime soon.

Ed’s weird socialist agenda faces only minor setbacks. He’s allowed to elect people too, you know.

Page 9

For the love of god LEAVE YOUR CLIPPINGS ON THE LAWN!

I just assume Lilith enjoys ikebana for reasons

Page 10

okay ngl Amazing Race Canada 2019 (Season 7) was the best season and I’m not just saying that because I’m biased towards my team. They did ikebana in the Edmonton episode and my heart... 

Astounding Trek is what they refer to it as in Kim’s Convenience (S03E11)

Seriously my team is the best team do NOT @ me. 

Page 11

I believe the beer in panel one is from Coulee Brew Co. This is more for local colour than for endorsement, I don’t drink so you’ll have to tell me if it’s any good.

For non-Canadians or for Canadians who missed my subtle dragging, I am referencing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (who said the quote) and outgoing Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer (who recently got into a scandal about pretending to be an insurance broker when he was not qualified).

This comic took place before the federal election of October 2019, where Justin Trudeau scraped by with a sobering minority government. Many people across the country are frustrated with Trudeau for different (and evolving) reasons, but he is particularly hated in western Canada and especially Alberta for qualities including his perceived weakness and his poor efforts to ‘compromise’ on such projects as the Keystone XL pipeline. 

Personally, I don’t agree with many reasons that people in Alberta hate him, but I still have a lot of reasons to hate him anyway. He’s not the woke bae you think he is, and he is a coward. However, thats not the point of this comic.

Page 12

The cartoon Calvin is watching is an episode of Dudley Do-Right. I made the horrible mistake of re-watching the live action version after drawing this. It was Bad with no redeeming qualities beyond Brendan Fraser’s face.

The 60s were a hip and happening time in Canada on a national level: apart from the threat of nuclear war, we were busy beavers celebrating the country’s centennial and the world expo in Montreal. Provincial leaders started meeting with each other for the first time, bilingualism and multiculturalism were making headlines, and the Socreds (Social Credit Party) were in the middle of their almost dynastic reign in Alberta.

Page 13

Fort McMurray is connected to the rest of the world either by air or by a highway which is so prone to danger and bottle necking that it is nicknamed the Highway of Death. Edmonton is the most major destination at the end of this highway, and thus Mac is quite used to crashing at Ed’s place when things go south (which seems to be an awful lot.) He’s happy for access to cheap beer.

Page 14

This is Patches’ first appearance in the main storyline. He is a rescue slash emotional support dog and a malamute/husky/??? mix. Mac pretends he’s a guard dog but he really only guards Mac’s brain.

Mac picks up a lot of east coast slang, ‘darts’ for cigarettes being one example. 

The take-out packages are the kids boxes from Oodle Noodle... many fond memories of getting take out with my friends from there ;u;

Page 17

The nostalgia panel is full of Edmonton memorabilia including: A Klondike Days flag, a photo of young Wayne Gretzky, old and proposed city flags, a flag for the CFL team (which I deliberately drew backwards), a redesigned Oilers logo from the mid aughts, and of course the Alberta flag in the center. Many of these items have colonial/racist baggage associated with them.

Page 22

Panel one is a delicious shot of some green onion cakes, the unofficial civic food of Edmonton. 

Vulcan Ale is indeed a real thing you can buy with your money - it’s an American beer from Montana but available in western Canada. See also the Federation of Beer based in Alberta... we are a province of Trekkies (although if you ask Ed, he actually prefers Star Wars)

Page 23

Pizza 73 is just whatever the worst generic pizza chain in your area is but for Alberta (Eastern Canadians, think Pizza Pizza).

That’s all for now folks!

[windschildfanfictionwriter]

The Post War Draco Arguement

It seems like everyone is weighing in on the idea of Draco Malfoy’s post book arc that apparently makes him a ‘good person’ because he ‘grew up’ and no longer tried to murder people or delight in their torture/death. 

Yeah. No. 

Harry, Ron and Hermione literally saved Draco’s life in the room of requirements and not even an hour later Draco is telling Death Eaters he is one of them in order to try to spare his own life. 

Draco didn’t become good. He just realized that he would go to jail and be punished for his misdeeds if he didn’t put on some good boy pants. He’s not pretending to be good, he is a coward who is too afraid to be the bad person that he was. 

There is nothing in the books, in all seven books, to suggest otherwise. There are moments when he is terrified, traumatized, unbearably scared of the negative consequences he has wreaked upon himself, but there was no point where he felt compassion for others or regret. There was no moment where he went to Ron and was like... hey bro, you know how I poisoned you? You know, almost murdering you? Like, I’m totes sorry about that. I regret not only trying to murder Albus Dumbledore, but all the terrible side accidents that happened because of it. That must have been really painful and horrible for you, choking and suffocating and all that. 

Hey, Katie Bell, you know that horrible curse I put on you? Yeah, my bad. Knocked you out for your last season of Quidditch and nearly murdered you too, and destroyed all semblance of joy for your graduating year, but uh... totally wasn’t aiming for you? 

Nope, no remorse or regret, just gonna cry like a little fucking bitch in the bathroom about MY problems. Totally points to redemption. You betcha. 

The fact that people treated Ron like he was being immature for holding a grudge against him? Made me fucking livid. 

No, no, no, we don’t forgive people for trying to murder us. That’s just not healthy. “Forgiveness is not for the perpetrator, it is for the victim.” Some people will say. “So that they themselves can move passed the past and live a healthier life.” Sorry, but there’s a hard pass on that. 

Things that can be forgiven with time? 

A bully. 

If Draco had only bullied them, then sure. You’re both adults now. Maybe they’ll never be friends, but some hurtful words and such can be forgiven. 

But Draco Malfoy demonstrated time again to go passed simple bullying. He’s demonstrated pleasure at the thought of someone else’s death, has shown that he himself would want to be the cause of it, he attempted to murder Dumbledore- in the process nearly killing two students, and showed no remorse what so ever for either events. For either person. 

Only for himself. 

Draco Malfoy is a coward. He should have gone to jail for attempted murder, assault, endangerment, AND for being a Death Eater. Say all you want about him being a ‘child.’ He was well passed childhood. He was a teenager who was one year away from being an adult in the eyes of the wizarding world. Young enough to be forgiven for mistakes (because everybody makes them) but not young enough to be forgiven for attempted murder. 

And before anyone comes up with any weak ass arguments about him having his parents held as hostages... are you out of your god damn mind? Draco was thrilled to be made a Death Eater. He practically glowed with the joy of it on the train ride. Your little head cannon is just that. An imaginary thing that doesn’t exist. No one was a hostage. 

No. Voldemort gave Draco a job he couldn’t possibly handle and sat back to watch the shit show unfold. Daddy was in jail and Mummy was off and making deals with Snape and her sister so they were no where near being held hostage by the dark lord. 

It was only when Draco realized how outclassed he was, how much of an idiot he was for thinking that he could do this, that his fear of not being able to complete the task (not the task itself, mind you) overwhelmed him and made him realize that his life was truly in danger.  

One of the failings of the books, I always thought, was allowing Draco Malfoy to (essentially) get away with everything. His family remained alive. He was safe. Free to get married and have kids, apparently. It was only the disdain of the the wizarding world he had to deal with and that seems to have been all but forgotten by the time the epilogue rolled around. 

While people like Tonks and Lupin, Sirius and Cedric, Fred and Colin and many more died... this motherfucker got to live. 

Its quite sickening. 

And then good people like Ron are just expected to shake his hand and let things just... be? Fuck that. Draco Malfoy deserved to be poisoned and cursed and dropped off the Astronomy Tower with the entirety of Hogwarts applauding his death before heading off to the Great Hall for tea. 

The trope of Draco Malfoy being ‘misunderstood’ is as unjustifiable as the one that states Ron Weasley is a bad friend. These tropes are born out of a problem with culture. The idea that the ‘bad boy’ no matter how terrible he is, no matter abusive or sickening his behavior can always be justified by a shitty passed or other excuses (Draco). On the other hand the idea that a genuinely good person who stands beside the hero is unforgivable for having moments of weakness, of being human, and who is not perfect is also apart of society. The sidekick who has one bad trait is considered to be unworthy while a bad guy is considered misunderstood for having one line in one book that wasn’t absolutely bad. 

Romance Novels are filled with Draco Malfoys. They glorify his type. My best friend (who adores the trash) went on an on about an assassin who kidnapped this woman against her will (but for her own good, apparently). This assassin forces her to stay on this island with him. Yet he is misunderstood. He was horribly abused as a child and had these malicious terrible things done so despite the fact that he is holding her against her will, he is the good guy. 

Another book summary from my bestie? This guy ignores this girls safe word and goes too far. Repeatedly. But no, its not his fault! Because he was raised this way. He’s a good guy. Really. 

Again and again and again she tells me about these romance novels and it truly sickens me. That woman are so into this concept. That the guy who is abusive and horrible and mentally fucked up is more desirable and interesting than the well rounded, genuinely good people in the world. 

She has never, not once, described a healthy relationship in the hundreds and hundreds of books she’s read. Its all equally sickening. 

Which is why people find Severus Snape to be good. It’s why people prefer the Draco Malfoy’s to the sweet Ronald Weasley’s. They have a fascination with the mentally fucked up. They find a thrill with unraveling the reasoning behind it and for trying to draw out the good in all that fucked up-ness. 

The Romance Genre is the highest grossing Genre in all of literature. More than Sci-Fi or fantasty or Young Adult. This Genre, primarily bought by woman, is filled to the brim with abusive, terrible behavior that is glorified and giggled over. 

Because its popular. 

Because it sells. 

That is why Draco Malfoy is popular even though he has no right to be. It is vicious and ugly and sickening, but true, none the less. People like abusive assholes and they’ll fall over themselves to give them excuses. 

#Anti-Draco #HarryPotter #DracoMalfoy #Bully 

[tillman]

hi i ranked every single dark souls 1 character by who i think is the most kissable . its 79 characters all with a description of why theyre at the place theyre at with images for reference :-) its all under cut for u to enjoy.. thank u

this is all my opinion cus hehe im making the list but also im god so this is fact now . 

counting down because u know what ! buildup is fun and i have to start off with everyones most favorite:

GWYN - 79

im kidding. fuck gwyn and everything he stands for. he wouldnt even be a good kisser he doesnt have FUCKING LIPS

SEATH - 78

oh you really wanna kiss the incel dragon who kidnaps ladies for his weird experiements?? yeah?? who are you, big hat logan?

EINGYI - 77

heres one i wont get hate for: this fucking asshole . die bastard . he cant even kiss his face is all infected and gross!

KAATHE - 76

he sucks.

SMOUGH - 75

not only is he too big to kiss! hes a cannibal!! hed eat you!!!! thats no kiss i want!

MANUS - 74

listen i know yall love daddies and all that but hes manipulative and not a nice person so id watch out. i GUESS hes kissable as he was a human before but def not a good kiss

BED OF CHAOS - 73

its just some vines that sometimes set on fire!! If it were still the witch of izalith she would be probally in the 20s as shes a good person who tried very hard to help the world but in this state... u cant even kiss her!

FRAMPT - 72

better than kaathe but the whole no lips and being a manipulative snake monster really throws me off and shoves him down at the bottom

FINA (GODDESS OF LOVE/BEAUTY (?)) - 71

(mentioned character - no image sorry :-( )

Listen as much as im all for love, this is love u dont want ! just trust me dont be lautrec dont do it you dont want to kiss fina listen to me. please dont kiss fina.

VINCE AND NICO - 70

way of the white members are NOTABLY unkissable but these guys. are just so boring. theyll be your white bread boyfriend as neil would say... bad kissers and bad people!

LAUTREC - 69 

aw fuck wait can i make another character 69 he doesnt deserve it. anyways not only is he not over his ex (fina) hed probally gut you and steal your lunch money half way through the kiss anyways so whats the point . thats not how u treat a lover idiot

CENTIPEDE DEMON - 68

it eats your face and you die. next pleaaase

PETRUS - 67

another way of the white cleric. he at least starts off nice and he says fuck rich people but also he let that happen to rhea and i fucking hate his guts so no.

PALADIN LEEROY - 66 

out of all the way of the white idiots hes the best in that he wears armor and seems cool but its the way of the white man.  i cant get past that. sorry leeroy at least your armor is cool. he probably hasnt kissed someone in hundreds of years anyways 

MOONLIGHT BUTTERFLY - 65

delicate ... but beautiful! i dunno how to smooch it but i def would if i could ! i dont think it can kiss back but, o well! we all have flaws

IRON GOLEM - 64

it cant kiss back but its COOL and can throw me like a javelin so like . yeehaw id smooch its little face place 

UNDEAD MERCHANTS (BOTH) - 63

between moss and yulia i think they got enough on their plates! plus since theyre so hollowed, i dont think they have any lips to kiss back with! 

INGWARD - 62

hes not like . bad persay but also i dont trust him after he helped with new londo. cool design tho. i wanna kiss that bird beak mask

JEREMIAH - 61

was a bullfrog, and never took off his crown long enough to kiss another person...... i feel like if he did though! oh boy!!!

Asylum Demon + Demon Firesage + Stray Demon - 60

more kissable than some bosses, but still not the greatest lips. good butts though on all of them.... so i guess thats fr u kinky people 

SNUGGLY THE CROW - 59

(no image shes a crow) 

please stop drawing her as an anime girl shes literally just a grow that likes warm things oh my god you freaks be nice to her

BIG HAT LOGAN - 58

hes hard to kiss around the hat! and on that note hes pretty much taken with his obsession with seath. good luck! hes nice though so better than most of this list so far

GAPING DRAGON - 57

ranked so high because past its giant underbelly of teeth and destruction is this very tiny head which i think is so funny i cant help but want to kiss its little snoot.... hehe baby

PRINCE RICARD - 56

oh now were actually getting into kissable range! ricard is a prince (maybe even of astora... kissability increase.) so his high ranking might get you some kissability points, but the hollowing is gonna lower that. 4/10 no kissable lips!

4 KINGS - 55

whats better than a prince..... a king... whats better than a king..................  4 KINGS! just watch out for their overly anime spiky armor and the fact their in a never ending void nightmare but they do have faces so thats points above the rest!

SALAMAN - 54

(mentioned character only! sorry!)

hmmmm we dont learn much about him other than he was close with quelana and he was ............ hot!  hes a pyromancer.  being of the great swamp pushes him down a bit because he prolly smells like his name sake but u know what ! maybe hes cute! we cant be sure! hes in the running at least!

TAURUS DEMON - 53

hmm... bad lover.... good kisser................................................... the things i do for big beefy demon love.

GOUGH - 52

While you cant kiss gough cus all the sap in his helmet i cant bare to put him lower than he is hes just so sweet. a kiss on his helmet because i love him so much

NITO - 51

while he cant kiss back, nito deserves a kiss or two! plus he has a lot of hands so u can hold his hands and be hugged at the same time and u know what that might be just as good as a nice kiss. good on you nito!

STONE DRAGON - 50

again a non kisser........ damn beaks! the stone dragon does need a kiss though. they havent seen another living soul in years down in ash lake! so im giving them points on that alone.

VAMOS - 49

like the last two.... no lips! vamos though makes up for it in his charm and wit, and his exceptional skill in smithing! so even without lips to kiss, you still should kiss vamos! hes a good friend

ARIAMIS - 48

(mentioned !)

wow... a painter! and a skilled one at that! this man created the painted world used to keep priscilla safe and that is so noble it gives him points right off the bat! i feel like though, as an artist, he might be a bit weird about it. so watch out and be safe, but in the end, get free art and some free smooches out of him!

ELIZABETH - 47

thats my mom ... of course she gets a good cheek smooch for all her hard work keeping dusk safe!

DOMHNALL - 46

i love domhnall hes a good guy whos trying his best but also his mask is so fucking goofy i dunno if i can do it .

RICKERT - 45

as much as i think rickert would be a good kiss (hes smart, cute, and skilled!) he is trapped behind some bars willingly and probably wont let you in. i can dream though!

CEASLESS DISCHARGE - 44

if theres any boss that NEEDS a kiss its him. poor dude lost all his family and was turned into this laughing stock of a creature. youd probably burn your lips but .... please just be nice to him :-(

SHIVAS BODYGUARD - 43

ooo a strong yet silent type.... hes even cute under his mask! good kiss, but i feel like he might just care more about his actual job than a kiss ! hes dedicated !

CIARAN - 42

putting aside me knowing shed be a good kisser, i just understand she probably doesnt want a kiss right now, shes grieving over the loss of her friend and i respect her comfort. maybe a good pat on the shoulder and a cup of nice tea with her would be nice though! 

PINWHEEL - 41

may seem like a weird choice to put a necromancer up so high on the list but.... honestly pinwheel needs some love. dude lost his whole family and in trying to revive them accidentally fused them to himself. while he might not be the best kisser, i honestly just wanna tell him everythings gonna be ok.

KIRK - 40

ok if you know me you KNOW how much it pains me to put kirk so low but. hes a busy guy! not only is he doing so much work to help out where he can with the fair lady, but you might just get pricked by his spiky armor while youre going in for the smooch! so, as much as he deserves a kiss for all his hard work, maybe pass until another time!

SIEGLINDE - 39

were getting there! she is just so strong... and so brave........ she may not even be undead! sieglinde is so strong and wonderful doing all that just to deliver a message to her unruly father, she deserves so many kisses! Shes got a lot on her plate though so please respect her......

BERENIKE - 38

(just mentioned!)

implied to be a huge strong knight who made it to even sens fortress! yes please ! 

BELL GARGOYLES - 37

hmmmmm,.......... if u can get past the whole lighting your face on fire, these are two loyal gargoyles! that seems pretty good to me!

BEATRICE - 36

a wonderful helpful witch friend! she is so nice to help you defeat flying bosses with her magic!! i love her so much! shes even cute to boot! 

GIANT BLACKSMITH - 35

HE HELP ANYTIME................... I HAVE TO GIVE HIM A KISS FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LEGALLY I HAVE TO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RHEA - 34

putting aside my hatred of the way of white.... rhea really is just a babey.... shes adorable and kind and just wants everyone to be ok so im won over. maybe a little forehead smooch for being such a good person!

OSCAR - 33

oh oscar. a noble, heroic, and cute knight but in the end. would he be a good kisser........ i feel yes, but maybe not so much so! hes busy focusing on being a hero you know! hes a good friend and i cant help but fall in love with nice guys

THE FAIR LADY - 32

she deserves the entire world and all i can give her is my humanity and a kiss........... sobs. i wish i could do more to ease her pain but she is so strong and wonderful! please give her a nice smooch! 

QUELANA - 31

i didnt wanna separate them ........ her wonderful sister! who even taught humans pyromancies! shes smart and nice, and honestly probably needs a kiss. 

MILDRED - 30

uh my notes from last night are just

so yeah! thats mildred!

CRESTFALLEN MERCHANT - 29

hes sad as fuck but also... kinda handsome! he was a knight of berenike and made it almost all of the way through sens fortress showing how skilled he is! a strong man like this (inspired by maybe the best kisser in demons souls, boirr) has to be a good kiss!

SIEGMEYER - 28

hes going through a lot right now but... how could u not think siegmeyer is kissable. thats on you man. thats your own character flaw.

OSWALD - 27

ok this might be slightly controversial but i feel like oswald would be a good kisser. if you got past his slightly weird love for velka who well get to (thats just carimites (carimians? carimfolk???)) hes nice and kind and maybe the funkiest character in dark souls

KALAMEET - 26

another cant kiss you but.... kalameet is just so cool ! very shadow the hedgehog and u know what that is NOT a bad thing. you might have a rough time trying to get there, but..... aww whos a good dragon.....

DARKMOON KNIGHTESS - 25

alright the final stretch! the darkmoon knightess is the anor londo firekeeper, and a friend of gwyndolin! shes supposed to be “ugly and shit” (real quote. i would never lie to you) but her model is so cute! defiantly kissable as fuck!

 SANCTUARY GUARDIAN - 24

GOFH ITS JUST A WIDDLE KITTEY CAT........... I GIVE IT A WIDDLE KISSEY ON ITS FOREHEAD AHOWHWWAWWW BABEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALVINA - 23

AWHAHWAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SHES H(FADOESAGVFOSDHFSO CUET EIFEDKC LKOFIE JS I LOVE YOU FJEADFIDASHCODEUFCUSFKSDHFKSUHFC

DUSK - 22

oh yes!! the princess of a lost land...... will you be her knight in shining armor.......... oh i just love her so much. shes sweet and nice and cute and deserves a kiss or two!! please be nice to my daughter!

SHIVA - 21

hottie with cool armor and a cooler sword. since they cut his whole sidequest i can with all certianty say YES he is super kissable and is probably a great kisser 

QUELAAG - 20

IGNORIGN HER GIANT SPIDER LOWERBODY........... SHES JUST DOING THIS FOR HER SISTER SHE JUST WANTS TO HELP HER POOR SISTER WHOS IN PAIN HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE HER SO MUCH!! PLEASE KISS QUELAAG! 

GRIGGS - 19

im putting griggs so high cus hes kissable in a factor unseen before...... baby factor. hes soft and nice and is just trying to find his dad! just tuck him into bed and kiss him goodnight! its what he deserves! 

ARTORIAS - 18

everyone already KNOWS why artorias is a good kisser. hes nice, strong, brave, and most importantly. cool as FUCKING HELL ! HE DOES SICK ANIME FLIPS!! if you can look past the abyss slowly taking him over, youll find a good good boy who deserves a good kiss.

ANASTACIA - 17

the good firekeeper who we spend most of our time with in 1! YES of COURSE Shes kissable. she deserves SO MANY kisses for all of her hard work in keeping the firekeep shrine lit! good job anastacia im sorry lautrec is like that

VELKA GODDESS OF SIN - 16

(just mentioned!)

if her title alone doesnt bring you in, youll be pleased to know shes implied to help watch over priscilla (who well get to hold your horses) and keep the poor girl safe! a strong sense of justice and a love of crows, shes probably an amazing kiss if you can find her! 

ANDRE - 15

were closing in on #1 and i just have to throw andre in here. hes so nice and strong! just . please kiss andre! he deserves some he does so much work! 

PRISCILLA - 14

poor priscilla. called a monstrous crossbreed and has to hide in a painted world to stay safe from those who would hurt her. including the internet! leave her alone you freaks shes not your fetish fuel!!! she deserves a good kiss on the cheek and a hug for all she has to put up with

 CRESTFALLEN WARRIOR - 13

its my list i get to put the crestfallen warrior where i want. and u know what? he would honestly be a good kiss. hes kind and helpful and never once wishes you harm, he just needs to be held tightly and kissed passionately and u know what. dont we all. 

GWYNEVERE - 12

she is beautiful but .... 1 shes married and 2 shes not even real! whatever. her husband the flame god flann is at least.......... hot! haahgdaefshdfcdhswfe im so fucking funny

BLACK IRON TARKUS - 11

listen i see a big beefy dude i go “hey thats hot please kiss me” so of course tarkus is this high up hes the beefiest dude around.... right?? anyways all knights of berenike are kissable hes just the MOST kissable of the 3 named ones!

ORNSTEIN - 10

this dude kisses the son of gwyn you KNOW hes a good kiss. the golden lion armor just helps so much. we love you ornstein .....

HAVEL THE ROCK - 9

HERE HE IS ... THE BEEFIEST GUY AROUND ... this bitch uses a DRAGONS TOOTH as a huge club to bash people with if that isnt big dick energy i dont know what is. armor made of stone. heart made of gold. havel the rock please god kiss me passionately under the moonlight .

SIF - 8

oghfoghfohg puppey..................................... SMOOCHIE THE PUPPY>...........

NAMELESS KING (!?) - 7

(hes just mentioned in ds1!!) 

I KNOW HES A DS3 BOSS BUT LISTEN TO ME THEY TALK ABOUT HIM SO MUCH IM ALLOWING THIS.  he defected from his awful dads team to go help the DRAGONS!! thats so cool hes so kissable. would be more kissable if he wasnt kissing ornstein but thats ok . i respect them both.

MARVELOUS CHESTER - 6

this MAY just because i have a huge crush on him but also here are some good kissable things about him: his fasion, his voice that sounds like a purr, his laugh, his malice, his funny mask, him. thank you for your time.

GWYNDOLIN - 5

FINAL FIVE! heres gwyndolin. the most kissable of all of gwyns children for the sheer fact of how much work they put in to making sure people stay safe and happy. they are so kind and wonderful they deserve SO MANY kisses! good on you gwyndolin....

LAURENTIUS - 4

now heres a fun one! laurentius is one of the nicest guys u will EVER meet in any souls game. he genuinely cares about you, he loves and respects u even if u dont respect him or his skills, hes nice cute and above all: i love him . please kiss laurentius he is a nice guy who just wants the best for u..... dont be mean to him.....................

CAPRA DEMON - 3

the highest one that cant kiss back and thats for the capra demons SHEER HORNY ENERGIES. this is a demon you can fuck! thats it i have nothing else to say i just think the capra demon is funny

SOLAIRE - 2

do i seriously have to explain why solaire is so high up. not only is he nice and cares about you, hes handsome, passionate, and just a good fucking person. he is hands down one of the most kissable characters in any souls game ever! fuck yeah! go off you funky little lover boy! 

and finally.

its patches.

[moondoon]

Okay so uhhh heres my AU. I’m going to just copy and past for the most part what was posted on Amino. Keep in mind I wrote this all down last night while pulling an all nighter so lets go babe!! I super duper hope you think its a neat idea and I will post more on it later. tumblr wont let me upload any more images and im very mad right now!!!!! so dig through my blog for more. I have plenty and I will post more.

Anyways, lets start with Majora. The main big baddie of the actual game. My version of Majora is actually not technically a bad guy. Not even a guy at all. She is 20 ft tall, has a skull for a face, long whips that can slink out of her wrists, and 3 separate forms. Wrath being the final.

Her canon design is a tad eyesore so I decided to fix it up. Shes the one thing I am actually proud of in this whole AU thats why I started with her. The third eye on her head, and the eyes on her chest can move but rarely do. Theres no need.She’s extremely monster like and doesn’t necessarily think like you and I.Shes very powerful and all of that power is sealed away in the mask.Most of the events of Majoras mask still remain true to this AU, I simply add backstory and some characters.

I cant explain much of Majora until later when things get extra spicy but trust me she has more to her than just this.

so lets move onto Fierce.

This character I have a lot more to explain of, less to show. I draw him plenty you know who he is. He’s 8ft5, messy long hair that can be found braided, and has a bad attitude.

This fella is almost always angry and really just likes to intimidate people. He’s the kind of guy to throw hands before arguing. Prefers to work alone and doesn’t stick around for praise nor offerings.

The people of Termina respect Fierce, they try to avoid getting in his way. Where he refuses to harm and or interact with them currently (post game) they still refrain from distracting him.

Before the events of the game, before being sealed in the mask, he was a lot more interactive between the people of clocktown. He was a tad friendlier and actually had a few people he liked to visit from time to time.

Shortly after being sealed away unexpectedly for hundreds of years he realized its not worth the pain of losing the people he loves.

Hes going to be around for a long time and feels at this point, that its best he not make friends with mortals anymore.

He had a very close relationship with the deity of the Deku people, Odolwa. They were very close. Odolwa came in a long time ago back when the original god of Termina arrived. he is not related to Mr Termina but they respect eachother. Odolwa may be very old compared to Fierce but he gets along great with him, shares a love for big cool swords, and even will stay up at night with him from time to time and just hang out.

This god was made for Termina, to represent, and protect the people of Termina.

No matter what area they are from he was created to protect them. He is very active and can be seen wandering around both clocktown, and around Termina field until he is needed.

Fierce is uhh,,,, not quite ready for a job as big as this. Atleast not in the eyes of the true and current god.

This man does not quite have a name yet im working on it shh im gonna refer to him as many things.

He is very tall and very slender. He is dressed in long golden robes that almost look like a cape at times, and wears a lot of jewelry. He is the man who made fierce for one reason and one reason only. To replace him.

He’s been around for a very long time and watched over the people of this land.

Having the same type of authoritative intimidation as white diamond from SU, he stands very tall, moves very gracefully, shows no fear, and is constantly smiling.

There is a minor god who follows this man. He’s pretty much just backup who agrees with everything Mr.Termina says. Hes no where near as strong no where near as intimidating but he is his right hand man.

Mr.Termina and his Right hand man want to go run away and never come back to this hellhole. They want to be free to relax and no longer have duties of a god.

He creeped out a lot of people so uhhh,,,, he’s sort of been a holy being in the sky who watches rather than be a part of the people. They barely know him and by the time Fierce is made he is the only icon in their eyes.

Fierce was made to be just as powerful if not more powerful than this god. Pretty much just condensed and improved. Mr.Termina wanted him to have a mortal form so he can fit in better with humans rather than being a big scary monster/deity who would scare them away.

He has been keeping Fierce in check, cares little to nothing about sentimental value nor emotions and will even go as far as calling Fierce weak and or soft for a god. This really starts to corrupt and hurt him and he gets very self conscious about appearing as “weak” so he really tends to beat himself up. He’s sounding a tad mentally abusive towards his creation. This only makes Fierce hate him more and more each day.

He really just wants to make Fierce as perfect as he can be before passing the baton over to him but isnt doing it right.

Meaning, he can’t give him all of his powers at once. In fact he hasn’t taught him any out of fear that things wont be working out and fierce may kill him. Hes afraid of what he made lmao. This is why Fierce mostly stays in the physical strength area. He is a very strong man and does have some abilities that he doesn’t control. (Some healing factors)

Fierce has become kind of... rebellious? He’s acting more human than god. Granted hes an angry little man but but it should be expected considering he wanted him to fit in with the humans.

All of this was fine and dandy until Fierce was fed up with what this god was doing to him, killed his right hand man, and was banished to be a mask for a few hundred years. Pretty much papa put his son into timeout without letting him say goodbye to the people he loved back in clocktown.

All of this gods creations have a “if all else fails turn them into a mask so they cant harm me” thing. He cant turn anyone into a mask only his creations.

This is where link found him during the events of MM, used his mask, and set him free in the end of Majoras mask.

This not only benefited Fierce by him studying link and learning how to use magic blasts from his sword,(though he will never admit it) it revealed a dark secret about the old god. One that truly had Fierce scared, yet ready to kill the man.

I refuse to tell you what yet because I want to make more posts on this later on.

After chasing link off he pretty much spends his time lying low. He’s not supposed to be out of timeout. Hes trying his best to learn how to use any other powers he may have currently to be able to last longer than 5 minutes in a fight with the true god. Fierce wants this man dead. No retirement for him mwuahaha

He will attempt to forcefully take his place and do this job right and as much as he hates to make this horrible man proud by doing so, its the only way to save himself and people in the future. ________________________________________________________________ SO uh anyways thanks for reading i love you. I miiight take asks for this au? I certianly will be happy if anyones actually curious... just to help do something cause im not the best at story telling... I hope what I have posted makes sense. I love yall see ya later

[ninzied]

another kind of goodbye

for @carry-the-sky. happy birthday, my friend! have a little post-cancellation kastle fic.

It’s three months, give or take, when Frank lets himself think about her again. Really think about her. Not in the passing kind of way, where he’s walking down some street and sees a bouquet of gardenias, like the kind he’d almost gotten her instead of the roses that day. Or when he’s sipping on coffee, and Karen’s face flashes like a mirage at him across the cheap Formica table – blonde hair almost white under the shit diner lighting, but those eyes still so blue as she told him he would never lie to her.

So – okay, so he thinks about her. He thinks about her.

(He wonders if she—)

Frank eventually makes his way back to the city again, after. Another day, another job. Madani thinks he’s meant for something greater than this – than picking off these scum-of-the-earth kinds of assholes that litter the streets of a place like New York.

He can’t believe that he was meant for greater, but. Sometimes, he does wonder. If a part of him – whatever part of him that’s not still buried deep down in the ground with his family – was meant to come back here. To walk these streets and feel the pull of her, always, even when that’s all he can afford to feel.

He tells himself that has to be enough.

He’s been laying low, since his return. Coughed up some cash for a three-hundred-square-footer in Brooklyn, but he crosses the bridge to the city most days, maybe even finds his way to Hell’s Kitchen from time to time too. It’s risky, he knows. If Murdock catches wind of him, they’d be lucky to walk away from each other in one piece. And Karen…

There’d be a different kind of hell to pay, if Karen ever found out.

His phone gives a single buzz in his pocket as he’s hunkering his way down 47th, and he stops in his tracks, nearly colliding with an elderly woman in the middle of the sidewalk.

“Excuse me!” she says in a shrill voice, bag clutched tight to her chest.

“Apologies, ma’am,” he nods as she makes a show of putting as much distance between them as possible, and then he fishes his phone out, hesitating for one absurd moment before glancing down at the screen.

Back in town yet, Castle?

He barks out a laugh. Chrissakes, Madani.

His phone buzzes again.

I have a job for you, if you’re still interested.

“Still,” mutters Frank, with a scoffing shake of his head. He thinks he admires her perseverance, but Madani’s gotta know she’s only wasting her breath.

He cuts south down 10th, toward Lincoln Tunnel. It’s a brisk day, and the wind on his face feels sharper than usual, considering he hasn’t bled much there in a while. He jams his hands deeper into his pockets, ignoring the insistent drone of Madani’s follow-up call.

He’s got a date with a park bench on the wrong side of town, and if he closes his eyes, he can pretend it’s the same bridge overlooking the water, and when he opens them again Karen’ll be there, waiting for him.

…

His closest call comes with, of all people, the lawyer. Not Red – the other one. Franklin Nelson.

Frank’s emerging with coffee two storefronts down just as another door opens, and he’s cursing himself for not seeing the signs when out tumbles Nelson with his back turned, adjusting his tie against the wind.

“Foggy bear, wait!” someone else is laughing, and a blonde lady steps out to chase after him, slinging a purse over her shoulder and reaching with her other hand to link around his elbow.

“I told him this was gonna make me late for work,” grumbles Nelson, but without any heat to the words. “Dad’s surprise party isn’t until tomorrow, don’t know why this couldn’t have waited – oh, crap, I forgot I told Karen I’d pick up some coffee—”

Nelson’s about-facing sharply, girlfriend following closely behind. He doesn’t appear to notice Frank crouched down in a corner by the 7-Eleven, hood obscuring half his face as he trains his eyes on the ground by their feet. The girl unearths some coins from her bag as they pass, clinking them onto the lid of Frank’s coffee cup without seeming to hear his low mutter of thanks.

He’s leapt up the moment he hears the door latch shut, brushing the coins into his palm as he goes.

He leaves them with a guy camped out by the train stop, a dog lifting her head from their blankets to blink sleepy eyes up at Frank, and he walks away harder, takes the steps two at a time and wishes – God he wishes—

…

Another text from Madani.

He shuts his phone off. Goes back to retrieve it ten seconds later from the trash can that he’d dumped it in, wiping it down and scowling as her message pops up on the screen.

Castle – offer still stands, FYI.

“You should call her back,” advises a man huddled down by the newsstands next to him. His face is like leather, worn down and weathered with age, with living. “Apologize for whatever it is that you did, so you don’t end up out here like me.”

“Already there,” Frank tells him, turning the phone over and over in his hand. Madani’s message lights up again each time, flashing and flashing until he sees it like a burn through his retinas even when the phone’s no longer facing him.

“Damn. That’s a damn shame.” The guy shifts, scratching at a spot on his back. “Maybe shouldn’t’ve stayed away from her for so long.”

Frank shakes his head, uttering a short, incredulous laugh. “Well, maybe I got my reasons, yeah? You think about that?”

“Doesn’t matter what I think,” shrugs the guy. “Does she think they’re any good? These reasons of yours?”

Frank turns away, jaw working furiously.

“Yeah.” The guy shouldn’t have any right to sound as smug as he does, and yet. “Yeah, I didn’t think so.”

…

He’s got no place in coming here. He knows it. He knows it, but he thinks it was always meant to be this way, him circling back around to her, even after everything that he’s done to push her away. Maybe a part of him had never left. And the rest is just – there, hovering right at the edge of some sharp realization, that he could try to be whole again if he simply took that first step. And a part of Karen must at least sense that. It’s why she’d never really given up on him, before.

It doesn’t change how I feel about you.

Frank wonders if she’d forgive him this time. If he’d even want her to.

It wouldn’t be anything close to what he deserves, that’s for goddamn sure.

He gazes up at her fire escape, counts the number of steps it would take just to be able to reach that bottom rung from his vantage point across the street. Her shades are drawn, the lines of them blurred out in the dim orange light. On one corner of the windowsill, wedged up against the glass, there’s a small stack of books. On the other, a vase. From this angle, the shadows folded into the fabric of her curtains look almost like flower stems.

Frank squints, and the stems disappear.

…

There’s about a week in between, where he feels himself inching closer to something, each time he drops by her block. He never goes farther than the patch of sidewalk across from her building, but it’s getting harder not to just careen over the ledge.

More than anything, he wishes he knew, in those moments obscured in half-darkness, whether he’s come to look for that after she’d spoke of, or if he’s come to say goodbye.

Then, one day he spots flowers in her window, for the first time since—

(They’re pale white against the cream of her curtains, their stems dark slivers of green, and he imagines them pricking the pad of his thumb, drawing up a spot of blood.)

Frank takes a deep breath.

…

She doesn’t look surprised to see him when she opens the door, swinging it back two-thirds of the way before stopping. Her lips are pressed tightly together, like there’s too much to say, or maybe there’s things that she can’t, either way he can’t read her and he thinks she’s never terrified him more.

Frank drops his gaze, mouth moving soundlessly until the words grind their way out. “How’d you know I was here, Karen?”

He’s not sure what kind of answer he’s expecting. That Nelson had grown a real pair of eyes, or that Red had managed to ferret him out of his lurking somehow. Or maybe Karen really just hadn’t known at all, and those flowers were never for him.

What Karen says instead is, “Dinah and I grab a beer together, sometimes.”

“That right?” he asks, trying to lay out an image of this in his mind. It sits strangely there, stumping him for a moment, and some of his bewilderment must show on his face because Karen’s mouth almost turns up in a smile before flattening again.

She leans away from the doorjamb, waving her hand in a worn-looking gesture before letting it drop to her side. “Besides, you…haven’t exactly been subtle, in your haunting of Hell’s Kitchen.”

He doesn’t know what to say to that, other than a gruff, “’S’what dead men do, Karen,” as she folds her arms and sighs at him.

“You sure you’re not just losing your touch, Frank?” She steps into the doorway, whether to move closer to him or to block him out of her apartment, he can’t tell. “Or was it because you wanted me to know but couldn’t tell me to my face?”

His eyes snap up to hers, twitching slightly under the sharp weight of her gaze. He shakes his head, wishing he could just ask her, What do you want from me, Karen? but they’re long past that now, and if he can’t find his own way to answer her, then.

God, he really doesn’t deserve this woman.

“I think I—” He shifts his body and tries again. “I think I needed to figure some things out. Karen. I was waiting 'til I felt like I was ready, and I don’t think I’ll ever be that.” But I’m here, he wants to say, but I’m here.

“Yeah.” Karen’s nodding, hair falling into her face, and she brushes it back, resting her chin in her palm for a moment. “I know that, Frank.” All of the fight in her seems to have ebbed slowly back, and he resists the urge to reach out and shake the storm back into motion, to make her understand she doesn’t get to let him off the hook so easy.

The look she gives him now is softer, but he knows. Fight’s not done. May never be done. And he knows this because he knows he’ll never stop fighting for her.

She’s stepped back into the door, letting it swing open further. She doesn’t invite him in, but she’s quirked an eyebrow up at him, biting her lip with another deep sigh and a shake of her head.

“You, uh.” Frank glances back and forth at their surroundings, doesn’t quite meet her eye. Tries to lighten his tone through the gruffness as he asks her, “So, you wanted to see me?”

Her voice is soft, forbearing, with a hint of gentle knowing behind it. “You didn’t?”

She’s holding back the clear start of a smile from him this time, and Frank. Christ. It’s taking everything in him not to step toward her, to—

Karen tilts her chin at him, the motion loosening another wave of blonde hair, and he can’t remember anymore why he was trying so hard to stand back from all this. He’s moving, swaying forward until she’s just an arm’s length away, and there’s something almost teasing about the way she relaxes her shoulder into the door as she watches him.

“You back to kill some people, Frank?”

He feels a corner of his mouth turn up. This girl. He licks his lips, lets out a quiet sort of laugh. “That was the plan, yeah.”

Karen gazes up at him, unblinking. “Have you?”

“I was—” Frank has to look away for a moment, finally turning back when he can. His eyes are steady, boring into hers, voice low and full with meaning. “I was. Working on it.”

Karen nods. Doesn’t speak for long seconds, and he measures them out in heartbeats, chest tightening hard enough it feels like it might break when she asks him, very carefully, “Still?”

Frank steps closer, close enough to feel the way her breath shakes with a small sigh, how her body moves away from the door to meet him.

His hand is inches from hers, but he doesn’t reach for her. Not yet.

She waits, gaze searching. He gives the barest shake of his head, and a single word, gravel-filled, a promise. “No.”

Something cracks open in her expression, and it means everything to him, her head ducking away as though she can’t have him looking too closely at the way she's biting back that smile of hers, and he thinks – he thinks he wants to make her do it again, and again, for as long as she will have him.

“Would you like to come in, Frank?”

He takes her hand in his this time, feeling the pull of her as he steps across the threshold, door shutting firmly behind them, and it feels like coming home.