Bounty (3)

"Well go on then, Why are you all back already?"

She was sitting with her legs crossed, And her face resting on her hand. She almost looked like one of those kings you'd see in a tv show, Except she looked as calm as ever.

"Mom can you help us please?"

Isle had his hands together begging, Sadly his mom wasn't going to do it for free. She didn't do much for free.

"You're not very convincing Isle but I'll still do it… If you all do something for me after I do."

They all had different thoughts about it. Star didn't care as per usual, Isle wasn't surprised at all, Neiva was curious about Lucillia's condition, Kalpana waited for the condition, And Mori was just as annoyed as usual.

"You'll all need to go to Shattered Memories, I don't really care for excuses so simply tell me if you won't or if you will."

She had an indifferent look on her face. They were all shocked to hear that condition and most of them thought it was crazy apart from Star, He still didn't care, It was kinda odd actually.

"That's easy we'll do it."

Star confidently announced that to her.

"Like hell I will!"

Isle responded. He had heard many stories of people entering Shattered memories and they tended to never end well. Whether everyone that entered died or they were never the same again.

"Shut up."

Star had a slightly annoyed tone still, It seemed like he'd be mad at Isle for a while. Isle responded to Star by flipping him off.

"So will you all do it? Or not?"

She looked just as calm as she did before.

"I don't see why not, It shouldn't be to bad after all it's just the first stage."

Kalpana cracked her neck with a relaxed look.

"Then I expect you all to immediately go after I help you all… Speaking of that what did you need help with in the first place?"

She got off of her chair and her horns manifested, They were fairly large, sharp, And they curved back slightly. Any higher ranked demons could hide and reveal their horns as much as they wanted.

"There was a demon while we were doing the bounty for Mori, Lucille beat his ass but I'm not sure if he'll come back with more or not."

She noticed the marks on his neck from being choked by that demon, She started laughing a little.

"Damn, You really got your ass handed to you honey."

She patted his head roughly, He blushed a little in embarrassment.

"Well now we just need to wait right?"

Mori was significantly calmer than she was before, She was still annoyed but atleast she didn't look like she'd blow everyone up. She had already forgave Val and was standing next to him.

"I guess so."

Neiva answered while eating a orange including the peel. Mori looked at her judging her silently.

Isle cracked his fingers in boredom before remembering something.

"Mom where's Nyx?"

He looked around a little before the aforementioned girl punched his arm.

"How does a bounty hunter get caught off guard?"

She had a cheeky smile on her face.

"Probably because he's useless."

Star answered in his normal voice, It was hard to tell if he was just teasing or if he was actually annoyed by how useless Isle was in their prior bounty.

"Well what did you do huh? I'd be dead if it wasn't for Lucille."

Isle was annoyed by how long it had taken them to get even half way to where he was before.

"I thought you could handle it but clearly not."

Star was just as annoyed as Isle was. And to add on to his annoyance, Isle had just discredited him.

Isle was clearly about to retort before Val hit him and Star on the head.

"Can you idiots stop fighting? Jeez you're both like children."

He was much more annoyed then they both were but before he could say anything else a wall in the kitchen was destroyed.

"Ahh… they're finally here."

Lucillia's eyes were more consuming than before, Not to mention the fact the comfy feeling of the house had vanished. It was now replaced by a crushing pressure.

A child with purple skin and small horns entered the room his hair was short and black, Based off of his clothing he looked to be an experiment.

"067… What did I say about the targ-…"

A man was behind the small child, He was of a skinny build, His hair seemed like it wasn't brushed often and he was in a black laboratory coat. He looked to be annoyed.

"Hm? Why are you here Sunday?"

The scientists aforementioned annoyance was quickly swapped with embarrassment as he blushed at the mention of his name.

"You know I don't like being called by my name…"

His tone was sheepish and his voice was low.

"Well maybe I won't when you don't destroy my fucking wall!"

Lucillia looked as if she was about to rip him limb from limb, The others were all in a corner together like a flock of sheep, They were all afraid apart from Mori, After all she had no clue how much power Lucillia held.

"It wasn't me… it was him…"

He tilted his face so he didn't have to look her in the eyes, He quickly pointed towards the child who was currently eating one of her bananas from her small banana tree. His head perked up at the mention of his name, He was still eating the banana.

"Am I seriously supposed to believe that? Are you fucking serious?"

She walked up to the kid and rubbed his head, He leaned into her touch then looked back at the scientist.

"Mr. Scientist do we have to get the book? This lady is nice."

The boy continued to eat his banana while looking at the scientist.

"Obviously we do…"

The scientists face was still flushed.

"The book?"

She glanced back at Isle. He flinched a little when she did.

"Isle, Show me the book."

Her voice was stern. He held out the book as she asked, She looked at it for a second then she said.

"I'm not giving you that book, But I'll give you choice. Leave or suffer."

She moved her hand from 067s head and held it towards Sunday.

"Sorry Ms."

067 grabbed her arm and attempted to throw her away. Lucillia didn't move a single inch.

"Hm? I don't have time to play with you little guy…"

Lucillia hurled the little boy towards the scientist and hit him, The scientist fell as the boy hit him. He was on the floor with 067 in his arms.

"Mr. Scientist I don't think we can beat her."

067 lightly tugged on Sundays coat. He looked down at 067.

"Jeez I already have to come back…"

The demon that beat Isle was back, The wounds to his neck were already healed. There were a few more people behind him that Lucillia could recognize.

"Jeez is this the Stygia meetup?"

She shook her head and snapped, They were all warped away to an swallowing abyssal body of water, It was as far as the eye could see. There were no visible differences throughout all of the water, There were no waves or even ripples even though they had touched the water.

They were all able to stand on the water, It would've been a little more odd if this realm wasn't already as odd as it was.

"You really have me in an bad spot Isle, I guess you'll all have to go right now as payment."

She grinned evilly and snapped. As she snapped each person in the group was swallowed by the water and warped into Shattered Memories.