7:40 am
8 days till the end of the world
Roxanne woke up the next morning in pain from last night's jail break or "demon heist" in other words, she said the usual morning routine which consisted of brushing teeth, picking cloths for school and putting her hair up in a messy bun, it was of course the one thing she hated to do but she went with it if it made others see her as normal.
She went downstairs to see her mother and step father sitting at the table with coffee at hand, though the smell of the boiling beverage was to die for, she had to say no, a plate of eggs, bacon, and butter with jelly toast, her siblings were already done and began to walk out the door so as usual Roxanne grabbed a container and placed her food inside, she grabbed the meal and her backpack and began her long journey to school, it was normal for her to not take the bus because of how the other students acted, being the only real Taurus on the bus she was more isolated and alone when it came to walking but on the bus, students would throw, scream, shout, bicker, laugh, gossip, and even go to the trouble of climbing under and over the seats, she hated the bus so much and couldn't wait till she had enough money to get a decent car, maybe just around 600 but she was still looking at options, she had a total of 412 dollars saved that her parents dont know and dont need to know about, funny how doing small favors for people can get you so much money but back on track, roxanne had to figure out how the hell rodney found out about her ability, not anyone could just guess that she could see the dead, either hes physic or hes a god at guessing...or maybe she was just overthinking it "dammit, my head" she groaned, she looked around her and saw nothing but chaos but there was something different, in the air that is and she couldn't tell what...
Time skip
Roxanne was at he locker grabbing her binder when she was met with Mason's eyes "hey Mason, what's up" " ah nothing much, just came to see if you were okay""yeah I'm good" as Roxanne was about to close her locker, the boy quickly stopped the locker for from being closed, Roxanne looked at him, confused "um Mason, what are you doing?" He got closer to her "what happened last night Roxy" " what are you talking about?" She swiftly moved away from him but before she could get any further, he roughly grabbed her arm and pulled her back to the locker "Roxanne, how dumb do you think I am, what were you doing with Rodney" Roxanne was repulsed and violently removed herself from being pinned "what I do in my spare time is my own business, plus how do you even know about last night, were you watching me or something" Mason glared daggers at her " Rodney is bad news, you dont know what that pervert could be thinking" "okay so what?! I can handle myself, why are you so freaked out about this anyway and you still haven't answered me" Mason paused, he looked at the floor for a second, he looked back up at Roxanne, his eyes wide, he dropped to his knee "I-im so sorry for acting like that, please dont hate me, I'm not sure what I was thinking-" Roxanne was completely lost at this point, one minute mason is a controlling stalker and then in a second hes the nicest guy she has ever known.
Roxanne gently placed her hand on his shoulder "dude, what the hell is up with you..." Mason quickly got up and dashed away, Roxanne didn't dare give chase 'he just needs to blow off some steam, probably had a rough night or something' but that still didn't explain his behavior, why he was so cold to her, so harsh and creepy "ROXANNE DELAWARE TO THE COUNSELORS OFFICE" the girl looked at the speaker 'shit' she growled before dragging herself to the front.
Mason rushed to the bathroom and began to panic 'what the hell IS wrong with me!!!' He doused his face with cold water and slowly began to feel a bit better "what are you doing boy" Mason jumped at the voice "Who's there!?" "Look in the mirror for the love of god" Mason slowly turned to look at the mirror and saw a man, he wore a rich black tux, the beings hair was gelled back, his teeth pointed, worn in a sinister grin, Mason was freaked out by the male, he turned to look behind him but saw no one then looked back at the mirror to still see the being "are you going to keep playing stupid or are you going to grow some balls and look me in the eye" Mason tightened his fist "who are you and what do you want" Mason did his best to stand up to this being but what came out was but a fearful whimper, the being laughed at the boy "you know exactly who I am, we have been working together for the past week, my humans are so stupid" "I told you never to talk to me again, I'm done with you, go back to hell already" before Mason could start to walk away, an invisible force grabbed him and forced him to look in the mirror, the demon playfully wagged his finger before getting closer Mason "you and me had a deal, therefore your stuck with me until I say were done" " DONE, DONE WITH WHAT, I ALREADY KILLED SOMEONE, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME!!!" The demon violently slammed the boy to the ground making him silent, the demon then stuck his claw through the mirror and grabbed the boy by his shirt, Masons heart was racing "Mason, Mason, Mason" he said taunting the boy "you need me to bring you the girl of your dreams but in order for me to do that, I need you to obey me and do as I say and I mean EXACTLY as I say" Mason was dropped to the floor "but controlling my body isn't necessary, just tell me what to do and I'll do it" Mason stared at the demon "eeerrr wrong, you will run off to miss wonderful and tell her everything and do you know what she'll do to you if she finds out you made a deal with a demon..." Mason began to sweat, Roxanne would never forgive him for this and will probably never be close to him "dont threaten me I know what will happen but do you have to be such a piece of shit to her, you can be a little nicer" the demon glared at him "Wrong again, I need to show her that YOU are the dominant one, that YOU will be the one to protect her and love her" " but does love have to be so hateful, do I really have to be cruel just to show her who's the alpha in our realationship " "do you want her to run off and fuck some other guy, do you really want that, to be abandoned by someone you care about, no normal human wants that so you have to keep her on a leash, when she goes to far from you, you yank her back to you, sure it may bruise her neck and make her cry but you are her master, you make her yours and keep it like that" Mason knew the demon was right about not wanting to be alone but why be so cruel, why would you ever hurt the one you love, because of the fear of being lonely? because it keeps her from running away? Mason knew in his heart that he didn't want to hurt Roxanne but in his head he had to obey the demon's wishes "and plus Mason, everyone knows that you always hurt the ones you love, hell I even know" Mason looked at the demon once more with sorrowful eyes " I have to get to class, the teacher will start to wonder where I am" without another word, the demon vanished from the mirror, as Mason left the bathroom he had a heavy feeling in his heart, was it guilt or love?
Roxanne trudged the hall way to ,ever so sadly meet her new counselor 'well this should be fun...' she said to herself, once she arrived to the office, she was greeted by the smell of baked pastrie 'weird...' her gut told her to run for it but her head told her "Roxy if you run for it, they'll just drag you back in there, better just do it now" 'dammit, I hate it when I'm right' Roxanne knocked on the door "come in" chirped a man 'must be Raguel' she sighed, she opened the door to see Raguel and crocell sitting at a desk with a plate of cinnamon rolls that were freshly baked, the smell was intoxicating to Roxanne but she knew she had to hold her temptation " please have a seat miss Delaware oh and help yourself to a cinnamon roll trust me, this may take a while" Roxanne sat down on the velvet chair and pluck led a cinnamon roll from the platter, Raugel smiled but crocell only stared at her as she ate "you must've been hungry, did you have breakfast" Roxanne paused her eating and looked up at crocell " I did, why?" "Just asking" Raugel elbowed him in the arm making the man his a little, Roxanne just stared at the two "so...why am I here," Roxanne asked, she already knew the answer, she just wanted to start a conversation and hopefully get out of here as soon as possible " well miss Delaware, you're here for your first counsel session," Raguel said, he then proceeded to pull a binder out from one of the drawers at the desk, crocell kept a very close eye on Roxanne as she ate her roll " why are you staring at me?" Roxanne hated been looked at and just feeling his eyes on her made her extremely uncomfortable "no reason, keep eating" crocell was quick to respond and quickly shut her down " Crocell dont be rude, she's our guest!!" Raugel snapped, crocell was taken aback by this and quickly shut up " I apologize about his behavior miss Delaware, he is not one to be silent at times" " it's fine sir, just call me Roxanne if you could" " of course Roxanne" Roxanne stared at the man as he clicked his pen and began to write something down in the binder " now, let's begin with introducing our selves, as you know I'm Raugel but Mr.R is fine, I enjoy reading, cooking and dedicating my time to those in need, crocell your turn" the other man scuffed before taking his hand and brushing his red hair back " I'm Crocell, crow is fine, I eat, drink, and sleep when i can but i do it most of the time, infect I'd rather be drinking than be in here-" Raugel glared at him before turning his attention to Roxanne "now it's your turn Roxanne, tell us about yourself" Roxanne took one last bite out of her food before looking at the two men who were staring eagerly at her "well for starters, I enjoy making deals with others, I also like skinny dipping and I sneak out when ever I get the chance, when I see an opportunity to get cash I take it and get more than expected, I dont take shit from others so then tell me sirs...why were you outside my house" the two men looked at her deer eyed in headlights " what ever do you mean miss Delaware!?" Raugel scoffed trying not to seem guilty of such crime "we were new to the neighborhood and wanted to ask for help, but then you yelled at us so we ran" Raugel glared at Crocell " CROCELL!?!?" the angel shouted, Roxanne looked at him stupidly "then why the hell didn't you just ask, ingest it I'm a bitch but that doesn't mean shit yourself when you see me, god..." Roxanne sighed, crocell and raugel looked at each other for a moment 'I can't believe that actualy worked' crocell sighed "next question" Raugel quicklybchanged the subject " now what are somethings you enjoy doing on your spare time?, mine would have to be reading mostly" he then turned to Crocell " drinking, now you" Roxanne glanced at them " well I'm more of an archery person really" "your interested in archery, I have always wanted to do it but always hit mybarm with the draw string, always left huge bruises" crocell said shamefully "that's because you bring your arm to close to the bow, you have to bring it out some" 'my goodness she's bonding with us' the Angel's heart sparked at the thought "now last question before we get to the more serious side, if you could be any animal, what would you be, if I were an animal, I would be swan" crocell puffed out his chest and said " I would be a snake" Roxanne chuckled at the gesture but then turned serious " I mean, if I were an animal, I would be a Hedgehog" Roxanne was very quiet when she said this " whybwoudl you be a hedgehog?" Asked Raugel, Roxanne gulped down her pride and said " well, even though people think I'm cute and sweet like a hedgehog, I'm not afraid to prick, bite, or claw at them just to make them bleed" 'damn this chick is dark, but I expected nothing more and nothing less from the antichrist' crocell thought "now Roxanne, this is where our conversation turns more serious" Rangel's once calm expression turned to a serious gaze "what is your family like on a scale of 1 to 10" Roxanne swiftly said "4" Raugel wrote it down " why 4? If I may ask" Roxanne stared at him for a moment, before turning her gaze to crocell then at the floor, she took one last breath of her pride " I will admit, I'm not the best kid on earth, I like others fail and I like to be part of the reason why they failed, but that shouldn't be a reason to be forgotten right, criminals out here do worst than me and everyone remembers them but of course when it comes to me, everyone forgets, I'm human too and I shouldn't be forgotten, when I was younger I wanted nothing more than to have a friend, someone i could rely on to keep me up when i was low, to save me from myself, I found that someone but will they be able to save me from myself. I'm different from others in many ways, mostly because I'm the only one who has brains here in this school and sees the world as the bullshit it really is, I used to want to save it but after what I insured when I was younger, now all I really want to do is destroy it and make it better, no crime, no death, no sadness or pain, just joy and childish games 24/7 but that will never happen and I know that, I have accepted that, I have taught myself to live with that and become that person who will watch others burn..." the two men stared at her 'we are so fucked' thought Raugel "Roxanne..." crocell pulled at chair and sat right infront of her "i get it, I get that you have to become the winning team and destroy the other losing one but how could you live with yourself indoing so, do you know how many lives your hurting just by doing this, hurting, stealing killing are terrible things to do to people especially if their innocent, you shouldn't have to feel like there's only one way out when there's always a better and safer way, you just need the right set of mind" Raugel was moved by the demons words. Roxanne looked up at him then over at Raugel "that's why i only really target terrible people, if you make their lives worst you can better them, in order to cure the world of sinners, you must take away their faith in redemption and soon the world will be purged in a wave of goodness but that's all just a thought, you cant take the evil out of the world no matter how much you want to, all you can truly do is accept it, watch from afar or join in on the chaos" the air was cold, tension snaked it's way into the three 'my god...what has this world done to you...' Raugel thought. Roxanne plucked another cinnamon roll from the platter and turned to the men "anything else sirs, I would like to get back to class if I can" Raugel looked at the time and realized that an hour had gone by 'how does time do that' "of course miss Delaware, you may leave but come back tomorrow at the same time" Roxanne grabbed her bag and pastrie before walking out the door.
The men stared at each other "what are we going to do, she's completely out of control, the world is doomed" Raugel was freaking out, his heart beating faster at the second, crocell grabbed him by his shoulders and pulled him into a hug "there's a small piece of humanity in her, didn't you see it" " do you really think there's a chance for her, do you really think we can help her" Raugel looked up at him "I bet my life on it, all she really wants is to live in a better world, maybe we can show her that the world isn't so bad" "how , should we take her to icecream, or a movie, or wait how about we-" crocell placed a finger over his lips " Raugel, we cant force her to see the world in a better way, it takes time and patience, she thinks that the world is awful and it is, we just need to show her the bright and wonderful sides of it" Corcell looked down at him, their hearts beating rapidly before Raugel swiftly moved away " we should get back to work, we need to keep out identities hidden" he said as he placed the binder back into his drawer
As Roxanne walked back to class, she saw Rodney in the hallway with his back turned to her, Roxanne took the chance and marched over to him, she slammed her hand on the neighboring locker which made the boy jump "oh hey rox-" before he could finish, Roxanne grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him close to her face " how the hell do you know that I can see dead people, who the hell told you, you bastard" she then threw him to the ground, the boy quickly got back up but before he could run, Roxanne pinned him to the wall, slamming him hard on his back "SPEAK GODDAMMIT!" She roared at him, the boy cleared his throat then opened his mouth "my demon told me when he saw your demon, i dont know how or why you can but all I know is that you can see dead people and that I wont tell a soul" Roxanne glared deeply into his eyes, trying to trace any sign of lies but none at all, she sighed and let go of his shirt " sorry for blowing up on you, I just dont want word spreading you know, I gotta keep this shit low you know" she the grabbed her bag and proceeded to try and walk away only to feel a hand on her shoulder " I wont tell anyone, promise" she smiled at him then continued to walk 'man what a badass' Rodney thought to himself before smiling stupidly to his locker "what the hell was that, you two should have totally made out" Tobias snickered " dude" Rodneybthen punched his arm "the hell was that for, I know you wanted to anyway, you should have just done it" "this isn't fantasy land, if I made a move on her she would have either punched me in my lip or kissed me back, I will wait for when the time is right" "wow my hero, quit the shit Rodney your not a hero, your just a horny teenager who wants to finally feel like a man because you got daddy issues" Rodney rolled his eyes at the demon before grabbing his bag, and walking to his class 'I'm not horny, I'm just lonley'
Later that night
"Hey Alex, do you think I'm a bad person?" Roxanne asked the demon, Alex floated in the air as usual "Roxy we have been through this before, your not a bad person, your just a determined girl" " that's not how I mean it" " then what do you mean it as?" "As in do I hurt others for the hell of it or because they need to pay for being bad people" Alex stopped floating "why are you talking like this, did something happen at school?" Alex walked over to her and held her by her shoulders " I had my first counsel session today and I was just thinking about it, that's all, forget I said-" "what happened" he said in a low growl, Roxanne brushed his claws off of her shoulders and sat at her desk "I said somethings I wish I didn't say, personal things" " your supposed to say personal things, its counseling" " yeah i know but my gut tells me I shouldn't have said such things" " what did you say" Alex sat on the floor next to her but was still taller than her "well i said stuff like 'bad people should suffer for bad things they did and I hate this stupid world'" " so basically you hate this world and you want to destroy it and everything on it" " yeah, how did you get-" " I'm a demon Roxanne, and trust me, sinners pay when they go to hell, trust me i have seen all of it" Roxanne jumped up " what was it like!" Her eyes lit up, Alex was confused " why do you want to know" "because I'm curious and want to know what it's like before I actually go there" Alex's ear popped up "Roxanne your not going to hell, your not a sinner" " I have stolen, bribed, done drugs, and all sorts of illegal shit, how am I not going to hell!?" " why do you even want to go!?!" "I dont know I'm bored!" "So you want to burn in hell?!" "It beats being bored uo here" Alex lifted her up and threw her on her bed, he the grabbed a pillow and began beating her with it " WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!" "IM BEATING THE SENSE INTO YOU, HELL IS NOT A VACATION, IT'S A FOREVER PRISON FOR PEOPLE WHO DO BAD!!" "BUT I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO UP HERE, ITS SO BORING, CANT I JUST GO WITH YOU AND SEE IT FOR A SECOND PLEASE?!?!" " WHAT THE FUCK, NO NO NO NO NO!?!?" " WHY NOT!?" she whined, not even paying the pillow any mind until she started to hear footsteps, Alex heard it to and went invisible before Roxannes step father came in "what the hell is going on in here" Roxanne sat up in her bed and looked at him stupidly " whatever do you mean sir?" " dont play stupid with me , who is in here" Roxanne then stood up "wait there's someone in my room?!?!" She then began looking around her room "dont fuck with me young lady, who's in here!?" Roxanne looked at the man before shrouding her shoulders " I dont know" the man rolled his eyes before slamming door shut, Roxanne fell into a laughing fit and so did Alex " dude that was fucking funny" he said wiping tears away " so does that mean I get to go to hell" Alex then shot a glance at her " have you learned nothing" "nope so I'm gonna keep bothering you until you take me" "well then, you better start working because I'm gonna be saying no for a long while" " dammit" Roxanne muttered