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"writing": "Chapter VII\n\nHousewarming Party\n\nBill, Hidaya and Jonathan were still stuck in front of the Lexington Museum on the Bay. They were unable to leave with this crowd gathering around them. A police officer came up to them to ask some questions.\n\n“Excuse me, folks but, who the hell are you?”\n\nJon was the first to say something.\n\n“Why, we’re superheroes! That’s right, yeah! And what you all just saw was just a mere smidgen of what we are capable of.”\n\nPretty soon more people started approaching and asking questions. Bill pushed Jonathan out of the way and took over as speaker.\n\n“Please pay no attention to him; he’s a little touched in the head if you catch my drift.”\n“What are you doing, man? Do you not see the publicity we could get from this thing?”\n“SHOW US YOUR POWERS!!!” says the eager crowd.\n“You see? The people want us! Okay all you humble citizens, you want to see power? Well, power’s what you’re gonna get!”\n\nJon tapped into his shard energy and created a small boulder from out of thin air. The people cheered. He focused and it floated around over people’s heads then landed harmlessly into the bay.\n\n“And what about you? What can you do?”\n\nThe crowd turned their sights on Bill. He scratched the back of his head as he said\n\n“Me? Well, there is one thing I can do, but how I do it is not really all that normal.”\n\nA shout from the crowd urged him on and then he got an idea. \n\n“Okay, okay I’ll show you. Just a word of warning: this is not for the faint of heart.”\n\nHe bit down hard on his right index finger and drew some blood. He flicked the blood and it flashed as it hit pavement. Pretty soon flesh and bone began to form and rise from the ground. A shape formed and shortly after clothes took form as well. Eventually, all the sick churning noises stopped and now, there were two Bills standing side by side. The first Bill put his arm around the clone.\n\n“Restrain the rodent, please.”\n\nThe clone grabbed Jonathan from behind.\n\n“Hey man, what the hell are you doing?! Let me go! I’m serious!”\n“And we are seriously pissed at you right now!”\n“What? What did I do?”\n\nBill sighed massaging his sinuses and squeezed a pressure point on Jon’s neck to make him go to sleep.\n\n“Okay, well we’ll- yeah, we are gone. We’d love to stay and chat but we gotta get home; and yes it’s a normal home. Hidaya? Get in quick, please? Don't try following us or tracking us down because... just don't.” \n\nThe tires on Jon's Camaro screeched as they sped away from the scene, unaware someone had recorded the whole thing on their cellphone.\n\nBack in Flour Bluff, Jill, Desiree and Isabella were in Desi’s blue Cadillac.\n\n“So now, let me get this straight.”\n\nShe pointed to Jill’s tattoo.\n\n“That thing came from your granddad’s sword and now you have super-strength?”\n“That’s the main gist of it; though it came from the scabbard.”\n“Whatever, well what does this have to do with me?”\n“Easy, you’re my friend and you always do what I say. Besides, this may be the only chance I have to find Jacob.”\n“Oh, him.”\n\nDesiree shrugged, then turned away.\n\n“What’s wrong with you?”\n“Oh nothing, it’s just I'm getting a little tired of you talking about that guy. I mean, you don't even know him. I get it, he saved your life, but, I just worry for you, girl.”\n\"Aw, I'm sorry.\" Jill hugged Desi. \"I didn't mean to make you feel that way.\"\n\nIsa spoke up.\n\n“Could I say something please?”\n“Yes, Isabella?”\n“Why are we just sitting in the car?”\n\nThey had, in fact, been sitting and chatting for two whole hours.\n\n“Shit, I had not realized how long we’d been out here. Well, I don’t know; I guess you two being here has offered me some respite from little miss perk-demon-bunny-from-hell. My god, if you ever got to know her you would understand why I’m always at your place. Never ever pick rabbits for roommates; trust me on this.” \n\nJill said slyly “She can’t be all that bad.”\n\n“Are you fuckin’ kiddin’ me? It’s always something new with her ‘Oh, don’t leave your clothes there! Stop drinking so much! Tomboy! Don’t stick your tongue there, I’m not gay!’ I mean sure, she puts out like fuck when she’s had a few, but I would honestly prefer if she were small, made of plastic and required a quick battery change.”\n\nBoth Jill and Isa were trying their best not to burst out laughing.\n\nJill said “So why don’t we move in?”\n“You two? Come on, she already thinks I’m a lesbian; having you over would just be more proof.”\n“Yes but, just think about it… it would be the three of us against her. Come on, we’ll even pay rent.”\n\nJill unexpectedly fondled Desi to further entice her to the idea.\n\n“Goddamn superpowers have turned you into a real superfreak.”\n\nLater upstairs, the three friends walked in to Desi’s apartment.\n\n“Well the landlord said you all can stay, but now you all have to pay your share of the rent”\n“Are you absolutely sure your roommate's going to be okay with us moving in?” asked Isabella.\nDesi scoffed “Well, she had better; it’s my fucking apartment.”\n\nThat’s when they heard the squeaking coming from the dreaded roommate’s bedroom.\n\n“What’s that?”\n\n“Oh, she’s probably entertaining Mr. Boyfriend-of-the-Day. That means I get to have some fun.”\n\nShe began taking off her clothes as she walked in the direction of the noise.\n\n“You two stay here; I’ll be right back.”\n\nShe went in. A few seconds later, Jill and Isa heard a loud shriek. Desi came running out shortly after with her bra in one hand, holding her sides and laughing.\n\n“What happened?” Jill asked.\n“She was riding him you know, perpen-dick-ular and I grabbed her tits and kissed her on the mouth. You shoulda seen her face.” \n“But what was the screaming?” Isa asked.\n“She fell off!”\n\nMoments later, Michelle came out completely in the nude and completely enraged.\n\n“You fucking bitch! What the hell was that for?”\n“Sorry, Michelle, just entertaining our guests here.”\n\nShe noticed the other two girls standing in the living room. She lightened up a small bit. She extended her hand in mock-friendship.\n\n“Well, hi there. I hope you two aren’t bitter, bipolar, porn addicts like my ‘friend’ here.”\n“Whoa hey, I am not bitter you little powderpuff.”\n\nThen, Desi started laughing again.\n\n“What?! What’s so fucking funny now?!”\n“There’s a condom stuck to your face.”\n“Huh?!?”\n\nShe checked her face, pulled off the condom, shrieked again and fell over the couch causing all the girls to burst out laughing. Then, a large broad-shouldered wolverine came out of the bedroom holding a pillow over his crotch.\n\n“What the hell are all you chicks doing out here, a coven meeting?”\nDesi spoke up “Well no, that’s actually next week.”\n\nHe noticed the lizard was staring at his pillow, which did barely anything to cover up his manhood.\n\n“What’s her problem?”\nJill said “Well, this is actually the first time she’s ever seen a man naked. Let alone a man with a... boner that big.”\n“Okay, well, I guess if no one’s fucking right now, I’ll be leaving.”\n\nDesi stopped him.\n\n“No, you don’t have to leave yet. Come on, I’ll let you touch me in ways Princess Powderpuff wouldn’t let you.”\n\nThey both went into her bedroom for the rest of the night. Jill and Isa shared the couch with the still dazed Michelle and spent the night watching the TV.\n\nBack at his loft apartment downtown, Jimmy was partying with a couple ladies of the evening. His current girlfriend and fellow Markswoman, Carrie Leacher, wasn’t around, of course! He slipped himself and the ladies a few good hits of Spanish fly. One girl (the vixen) seemed to be affected by the drug. He began to rub, grope, lick and fondle her all over. The other girl (the pine marten) put her hand under his waterbed and felt something weird; she pulled out a small whitish hook-like item.\n\n“What’s this?”\n\nHe stopped for a moment to turn around and take a look and explained.\n\n“Penis bone from a raccoon, it’s supposed to bring good luck.”\n“Well, does it work?”\n“Apparently so, because I am about to be double lucky.”\n\nThat’s when Carrie walked in to inform him of the latest news. \n\n“Jimmy!”\n“What!?”\nShe said sarcastically “Oh, Jimmy baby, the supreme lover of men and women.”\n\nHe put a finger up.\n\n“And?”\nShe scoffed “Minus the French.”\n\nHe snapped his fingers and pointed to his rose-colored robe on his heart-shaped loveseat. Carrie didn’t get it for him; instead, she knocked the seat over so the robe fell closer to him. He glared at her with disdain before picking it up and putting it on.\n\n“I will be with you ladies, shortly. Y’all just keep on marinatin’ in yer juices until I get back.”\nHe put one hand forward and said “Please lead me away oh PMSin’ one.”\n\nJimmy and Carrie walked into his living room and he closed the doors behind him as she took a seat.\n\n“OK, I’m here, now what was it that was SO important that you had to just up and drag me away from them two fine lil’ ladies?”\n“I think it’s better if I showed you and I also think it would be better if you were sitting.”\n\nHe sat on the table.\n\n“Show me…”\n\nShe turned on the computer and she showed Jimmy some new videos someone had uploaded. What he saw was too good to be true, but sure as ever; there were three more strangers on the video using superpowers.\n\n“Oh my golly gee whiz!”\n\nHe began laughing like a maniac.\n\n“There’s three more?! I knew there were others! I knew there were more shardbeasts! Every pain in my gut kept telling me! Oh this is much, MUCH better than any old hot date! This is MONUMENTAL!!! And it’s awful nice too. Oh thank you Carrie! You’ve certainly made my night special!”\n“What’s the big deal?”\n“What’s the big deal? Are you fucking kidding me? This means that we are fucking taking over this whole fucking gulf coast. There’s you, there’s me, there’s the boss, there’s the boss’s pet and there is Brody. Now that rat and these freaks…”\n\nHe looked at the screen and he suddenly recognized the squirrel from the Chinese restaurant and then, he realized the opossum was there too.\n\n“Holy shit! That's them! Those are his friends.”\n“Who?”\n“The rat; quick! Find out where they live!”\n“What do you plan on doing?”\n“Oh, no plan, yet! This is more of a housewarming party…”\n\nJacob had finally arrived back home. He saw Jonathan’s Camaro parked in front of the flat and guessed they might be home now. He also saw that the upstairs light was on. He entered and left his jacket hanging on the rack. He went upstairs to where he found Jonathan in his boxers asleep with his face in a bowl of cereal. Taking pity, he helped Jon up onto his feet and escorted him to his room after which Jacob went to his own room down the hall, undressed down to his briefs and went to sleep.\n\nEarly the next morning, he was shaken out of sleep by a sudden dark feeling in his belly. There was a loud crash outside followed by screaming and yelling. Then, Jacob heard the doorknob turning. Thinking fast, he converted to shadow form and phased out of bed into his bedroom closet. The door was kicked open. A weasel in all blue attire wielding a small sword came in and started searching around the room. He turned his sights to the closet. Jacob charged his Shadow Arm ready to attack as soon as the door opened. The weasel had about opened the door when there came a voice from outside.\n\n“Are ya done fucking around in there?”\n\nHe turned obediently.\n\n“Yes, sir!”\n“Well then, get your useless ass out and help with this one!” \n\nThe weasel did so without hesitation. Once Jacob was sure the coast was clear, he got out of the closet and that dark feeling he had gotten earlier started up again, only this time much more violently.\n\nMeanwhile, Jimmy was having fun teasing his two captives downstairs when his favorite partner in crime, Matt Brody came down with Bill over his shoulder. His weasel subordinate was following right behind him.\n\n“Oh, my, a possum, a squirrel and a meerkat, it’s almost like a reality show for freaks. Oh but one, two… um excuse me Matthew there’s one missing.”\n“What do you mean missing?”\n“There are three here; only three; there should be at least four! Where’s the rat?”\n“He’s not here.”\n“Whaddaya mean he’s not here? Of course he’s here; I know he is because his jacket is here.”\n“Well, he could have just left it.”\n“No, not from what I’ve seen. The first time I saw him at the restaurant he left it with the squirrel. Then, at the bar again, he took off the jacket before he started doing all those lil tricks. It’s quite obvious that the jacket is important to him and…”\n\nJimmy’s acute ears heard a sound from behind the hallway door. He made a gesture to Brody and he silently ordered two of his men to check the door. Jimmy snapped his fingers at his right-hand man.\n\n“Bring my glove and hurry.”\n\nThe weasel placed his hand on the knob and he was impaled by a shadow tentacle. The door swung open and everyone in the room, even his best friend Bill, was shocked by what they saw. Jacob’s whole body no longer resembled a rat; he didn't look like anything for that matter. He had become an amorphous blob of pure shadow. The only discernible feature that remained were a pair of glowing red eyes. His shard energy had completely overtaken his body. His tentacle which had been stuck within the eye socket of the weasel dissipated and reformed. The shadows spread out over the entire kitchen covering the whole room in darkness. He grabbed onto Jimmy's subordinate then tore him apart. And then just as suddenly as it had appeared, everything black vanished and Jacob dropped to the floor exhausted. Everyone watched on dumbfounded by the event which just took place.\n\nJonathan was the first to break the silence.\n\n“Well, that’ll certainly clear your sinuses.”\nJimmy said “You got that right! Hey now, you just wait one cotton-pickin’ minute!”\n\nHe grabbed Jacob by his neck and held the exhausted rat to eye level.\n\n“Where the fuck did all this power come from?! We’d only just met what YESTERDAY!? And now, because of you, I’ve got to get my glove myself! Um, Brody you just keep them entertained!”\n\nWith that, he rushed out the front door.\n\nJacob came to his senses and was horrified when he saw what he had just done.\n\nBill asks “Jacob, buddy, are you okay?”\n“Of course I’m not okay! You see what I did? I’ve become a monster!”\n“So then you remember?”\n“WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? Of course I remember! I saw myself do it! I tried to stop it, I really did; but it was like my body was just doing what it wanted and what it wanted was to kill!”\n\nBrody muttered under his breath.\n\n“Well the proverbial shit has literally hit the fan this time...”\nJacob looked to the badger “What did you say?” \n“Nothing against you, I assure you; I was just simply offering free advice. It’s not like it’s going to help.”\n\nHe got up from the chair he had been sitting in.\n\n“Listen, what do you know of your powers thus far?”\n“Nothing, nothing at all!”\n“Well, now that’s pretty damn obvious, the way you seem so surprised right now! You haven’t been using it as much! You’ve probably felt it somewhere else before, that dark feeling in your gullet? That’s your shard and it hungers for blood and when you don’t feed it as much as ya should it will do whatever it can to prevent starvation.”\n\nHe knelt down before Jacob and he lifted him to eye level.\n\n“I know this because it happened to me before. My whole family, my wife, my bastard son, and my wife’s secret lover I caught her with and I am not even a bit remorseful!”\nHidaya interrupted “Don’t listen to him! He’s just using tactics on you. It only happens when you or your loved ones are in extreme danger. Only half of what he says is true. Kills make the shards stronger but not killing doesn’t weaken them.”\n“Yeah, sweetcheeks? And how do you know so much?”\n\nShe did not answer him; instead she fired a ball of energy which burned his arm as he tried to block it. She had burned off the rope that had Bill, Jon and herself restrained.\n\n“Let’s just say I’ve had the experience!”\nBill “But please, don’t take our word for it!”\nJon “Look, I’m just here because I want to be a part of something…”\nand then Jimmy “Why yes, don’t we all?”\n\nHe grabbed Jon and held him in front like a shield.\n\n“Now, I want you all to sit over there with your friend.” \n\nEveryone including Brody moved by Jacob.\n\n“Not you, Tubby! You get your fuckin’ little ass over here right now!” Brody complied but hid his anger. Jimmy released Jonathan to Brody.\n\n“Okay now, you watch him please? I am sure that even you couldn’t possibly mess that up. Oh and squirrelly boy, if it isn’t too much to ask maybe you and I could go clubbin’ later? I would love to get to know you more affectionately.”\n\nHe then turned his attention to the three in front of him.\n\n“Now then, without further ado, I do believe introductions are in order…”\n\nTo be continued...\n\n",
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Housewarming Party
Bill, Hidaya and Jonathan were still stuck in front of the Lexington Museum on the Bay. They were unable to leave with this crowd gathering around them. A police officer came up to them to ask some questions.
“Excuse me, folks but, who the hell are you?”
Jon was the first to say something.
“Why, we’re superheroes! That’s right, yeah! And what you all just saw was just a mere smidgen of what we are capable of.”
Pretty soon more people started approaching and asking questions. Bill pushed Jonathan out of the way and took over as speaker.
“Please pay no attention to him; he’s a little touched in the head if you catch my drift.”
“What are you doing, man? Do you not see the publicity we could get from this thing?”
“SHOW US YOUR POWERS!!!” says the eager crowd.
“You see? The people want us! Okay all you humble citizens, you want to see power? Well, power’s what you’re gonna get!”
Jon tapped into his shard energy and created a small boulder from out of thin air. The people cheered. He focused and it floated around over people’s heads then landed harmlessly into the bay.
“And what about you? What can you do?”
The crowd turned their sights on Bill. He scratched the back of his head as he said
“Me? Well, there is one thing I can do, but how I do it is not really all that normal.”
A shout from the crowd urged him on and then he got an idea.
“Okay, okay I’ll show you. Just a word of warning: this is not for the faint of heart.”
He bit down hard on his right index finger and drew some blood. He flicked the blood and it flashed as it hit pavement. Pretty soon flesh and bone began to form and rise from the ground. A shape formed and shortly after clothes took form as well. Eventually, all the sick churning noises stopped and now, there were two Bills standing side by side. The first Bill put his arm around the clone.
“Restrain the rodent, please.”
The clone grabbed Jonathan from behind.
“Hey man, what the hell are you doing?! Let me go! I’m serious!”
“And we are seriously pissed at you right now!”
“What? What did I do?”
Bill sighed massaging his sinuses and squeezed a pressure point on Jon’s neck to make him go to sleep.
“Okay, well we’ll- yeah, we are gone. We’d love to stay and chat but we gotta get home; and yes it’s a normal home. Hidaya? Get in quick, please? Don't try following us or tracking us down because... just don't.”
The tires on Jon's Camaro screeched as they sped away from the scene, unaware someone had recorded the whole thing on their cellphone.
Back in Flour Bluff, Jill, Desiree and Isabella were in Desi’s blue Cadillac.
“So now, let me get this straight.”
She pointed to Jill’s tattoo.
“That thing came from your granddad’s sword and now you have super-strength?”
“That’s the main gist of it; though it came from the scabbard.”
“Whatever, well what does this have to do with me?”
“Easy, you’re my friend and you always do what I say. Besides, this may be the only chance I have to find Jacob.”
“Oh, him.”
Desiree shrugged, then turned away.
“What’s wrong with you?”
“Oh nothing, it’s just I'm getting a little tired of you talking about that guy. I mean, you don't even know him. I get it, he saved your life, but, I just worry for you, girl.”
"Aw, I'm sorry." Jill hugged Desi. "I didn't mean to make you feel that way."
Isa spoke up.
“Could I say something please?”
“Yes, Isabella?”
“Why are we just sitting in the car?”
They had, in fact, been sitting and chatting for two whole hours.
“Shit, I had not realized how long we’d been out here. Well, I don’t know; I guess you two being here has offered me some respite from little miss perk-demon-bunny-from-hell. My god, if you ever got to know her you would understand why I’m always at your place. Never ever pick rabbits for roommates; trust me on this.”
Jill said slyly “She can’t be all that bad.”
“Are you fuckin’ kiddin’ me? It’s always something new with her ‘Oh, don’t leave your clothes there! Stop drinking so much! Tomboy! Don’t stick your tongue there, I’m not gay!’ I mean sure, she puts out like fuck when she’s had a few, but I would honestly prefer if she were small, made of plastic and required a quick battery change.”
Both Jill and Isa were trying their best not to burst out laughing.
Jill said “So why don’t we move in?”
“You two? Come on, she already thinks I’m a lesbian; having you over would just be more proof.”
“Yes but, just think about it… it would be the three of us against her. Come on, we’ll even pay rent.”
Jill unexpectedly fondled Desi to further entice her to the idea.
“Goddamn superpowers have turned you into a real superfreak.”
Later upstairs, the three friends walked in to Desi’s apartment.
“Well the landlord said you all can stay, but now you all have to pay your share of the rent”
“Are you absolutely sure your roommate's going to be okay with us moving in?” asked Isabella.
Desi scoffed “Well, she had better; it’s my fucking apartment.”
That’s when they heard the squeaking coming from the dreaded roommate’s bedroom.
“What’s that?”
“Oh, she’s probably entertaining Mr. Boyfriend-of-the-Day. That means I get to have some fun.”
She began taking off her clothes as she walked in the direction of the noise.
“You two stay here; I’ll be right back.”
She went in. A few seconds later, Jill and Isa heard a loud shriek. Desi came running out shortly after with her bra in one hand, holding her sides and laughing.
“What happened?” Jill asked.
“She was riding him you know, perpen-dick-ular and I grabbed her tits and kissed her on the mouth. You shoulda seen her face.”
“But what was the screaming?” Isa asked.
“She fell off!”
Moments later, Michelle came out completely in the nude and completely enraged.
“You fucking bitch! What the hell was that for?”
“Sorry, Michelle, just entertaining our guests here.”
She noticed the other two girls standing in the living room. She lightened up a small bit. She extended her hand in mock-friendship.
“Well, hi there. I hope you two aren’t bitter, bipolar, porn addicts like my ‘friend’ here.”
“Whoa hey, I am not bitter you little powderpuff.”
Then, Desi started laughing again.
“What?! What’s so fucking funny now?!”
“There’s a condom stuck to your face.”
“Huh?!?”
She checked her face, pulled off the condom, shrieked again and fell over the couch causing all the girls to burst out laughing. Then, a large broad-shouldered wolverine came out of the bedroom holding a pillow over his crotch.
“What the hell are all you chicks doing out here, a coven meeting?”
Desi spoke up “Well no, that’s actually next week.”
He noticed the lizard was staring at his pillow, which did barely anything to cover up his manhood.
“What’s her problem?”
Jill said “Well, this is actually the first time she’s ever seen a man naked. Let alone a man with a... boner that big.”
“Okay, well, I guess if no one’s fucking right now, I’ll be leaving.”
Desi stopped him.
“No, you don’t have to leave yet. Come on, I’ll let you touch me in ways Princess Powderpuff wouldn’t let you.”
They both went into her bedroom for the rest of the night. Jill and Isa shared the couch with the still dazed Michelle and spent the night watching the TV.
Back at his loft apartment downtown, Jimmy was partying with a couple ladies of the evening. His current girlfriend and fellow Markswoman, Carrie Leacher, wasn’t around, of course! He slipped himself and the ladies a few good hits of Spanish fly. One girl (the vixen) seemed to be affected by the drug. He began to rub, grope, lick and fondle her all over. The other girl (the pine marten) put her hand under his waterbed and felt something weird; she pulled out a small whitish hook-like item.
“What’s this?”
He stopped for a moment to turn around and take a look and explained.
“Penis bone from a raccoon, it’s supposed to bring good luck.”
“Well, does it work?”
“Apparently so, because I am about to be double lucky.”
That’s when Carrie walked in to inform him of the latest news.
“Jimmy!”
“What!?”
She said sarcastically “Oh, Jimmy baby, the supreme lover of men and women.”
He put a finger up.
“And?”
She scoffed “Minus the French.”
He snapped his fingers and pointed to his rose-colored robe on his heart-shaped loveseat. Carrie didn’t get it for him; instead, she knocked the seat over so the robe fell closer to him. He glared at her with disdain before picking it up and putting it on.
“I will be with you ladies, shortly. Y’all just keep on marinatin’ in yer juices until I get back.”
He put one hand forward and said “Please lead me away oh PMSin’ one.”
Jimmy and Carrie walked into his living room and he closed the doors behind him as she took a seat.
“OK, I’m here, now what was it that was SO important that you had to just up and drag me away from them two fine lil’ ladies?”
“I think it’s better if I showed you and I also think it would be better if you were sitting.”
He sat on the table.
“Show me…”
She turned on the computer and she showed Jimmy some new videos someone had uploaded. What he saw was too good to be true, but sure as ever; there were three more strangers on the video using superpowers.
“Oh my golly gee whiz!”
He began laughing like a maniac.
“There’s three more?! I knew there were others! I knew there were more shardbeasts! Every pain in my gut kept telling me! Oh this is much, MUCH better than any old hot date! This is MONUMENTAL!!! And it’s awful nice too. Oh thank you Carrie! You’ve certainly made my night special!”
“What’s the big deal?”
“What’s the big deal? Are you fucking kidding me? This means that we are fucking taking over this whole fucking gulf coast. There’s you, there’s me, there’s the boss, there’s the boss’s pet and there is Brody. Now that rat and these freaks…”
He looked at the screen and he suddenly recognized the squirrel from the Chinese restaurant and then, he realized the opossum was there too.
“Holy shit! That's them! Those are his friends.”
“Who?”
“The rat; quick! Find out where they live!”
“What do you plan on doing?”
“Oh, no plan, yet! This is more of a housewarming party…”
Jacob had finally arrived back home. He saw Jonathan’s Camaro parked in front of the flat and guessed they might be home now. He also saw that the upstairs light was on. He entered and left his jacket hanging on the rack. He went upstairs to where he found Jonathan in his boxers asleep with his face in a bowl of cereal. Taking pity, he helped Jon up onto his feet and escorted him to his room after which Jacob went to his own room down the hall, undressed down to his briefs and went to sleep.
Early the next morning, he was shaken out of sleep by a sudden dark feeling in his belly. There was a loud crash outside followed by screaming and yelling. Then, Jacob heard the doorknob turning. Thinking fast, he converted to shadow form and phased out of bed into his bedroom closet. The door was kicked open. A weasel in all blue attire wielding a small sword came in and started searching around the room. He turned his sights to the closet. Jacob charged his Shadow Arm ready to attack as soon as the door opened. The weasel had about opened the door when there came a voice from outside.
“Are ya done fucking around in there?”
He turned obediently.
“Yes, sir!”
“Well then, get your useless ass out and help with this one!”
The weasel did so without hesitation. Once Jacob was sure the coast was clear, he got out of the closet and that dark feeling he had gotten earlier started up again, only this time much more violently.
Meanwhile, Jimmy was having fun teasing his two captives downstairs when his favorite partner in crime, Matt Brody came down with Bill over his shoulder. His weasel subordinate was following right behind him.
“Oh, my, a possum, a squirrel and a meerkat, it’s almost like a reality show for freaks. Oh but one, two… um excuse me Matthew there’s one missing.”
“What do you mean missing?”
“There are three here; only three; there should be at least four! Where’s the rat?”
“He’s not here.”
“Whaddaya mean he’s not here? Of course he’s here; I know he is because his jacket is here.”
“Well, he could have just left it.”
“No, not from what I’ve seen. The first time I saw him at the restaurant he left it with the squirrel. Then, at the bar again, he took off the jacket before he started doing all those lil tricks. It’s quite obvious that the jacket is important to him and…”
Jimmy’s acute ears heard a sound from behind the hallway door. He made a gesture to Brody and he silently ordered two of his men to check the door. Jimmy snapped his fingers at his right-hand man.
“Bring my glove and hurry.”
The weasel placed his hand on the knob and he was impaled by a shadow tentacle. The door swung open and everyone in the room, even his best friend Bill, was shocked by what they saw. Jacob’s whole body no longer resembled a rat; he didn't look like anything for that matter. He had become an amorphous blob of pure shadow. The only discernible feature that remained were a pair of glowing red eyes. His shard energy had completely overtaken his body. His tentacle which had been stuck within the eye socket of the weasel dissipated and reformed. The shadows spread out over the entire kitchen covering the whole room in darkness. He grabbed onto Jimmy's subordinate then tore him apart. And then just as suddenly as it had appeared, everything black vanished and Jacob dropped to the floor exhausted. Everyone watched on dumbfounded by the event which just took place.
Jonathan was the first to break the silence.
“Well, that’ll certainly clear your sinuses.”
Jimmy said “You got that right! Hey now, you just wait one cotton-pickin’ minute!”
He grabbed Jacob by his neck and held the exhausted rat to eye level.
“Where the fuck did all this power come from?! We’d only just met what YESTERDAY!? And now, because of you, I’ve got to get my glove myself! Um, Brody you just keep them entertained!”
With that, he rushed out the front door.
Jacob came to his senses and was horrified when he saw what he had just done.
Bill asks “Jacob, buddy, are you okay?”
“Of course I’m not okay! You see what I did? I’ve become a monster!”
“So then you remember?”
“WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? Of course I remember! I saw myself do it! I tried to stop it, I really did; but it was like my body was just doing what it wanted and what it wanted was to kill!”
Brody muttered under his breath.
“Well the proverbial shit has literally hit the fan this time...”
Jacob looked to the badger “What did you say?”
“Nothing against you, I assure you; I was just simply offering free advice. It’s not like it’s going to help.”
He got up from the chair he had been sitting in.
“Listen, what do you know of your powers thus far?”
“Nothing, nothing at all!”
“Well, now that’s pretty damn obvious, the way you seem so surprised right now! You haven’t been using it as much! You’ve probably felt it somewhere else before, that dark feeling in your gullet? That’s your shard and it hungers for blood and when you don’t feed it as much as ya should it will do whatever it can to prevent starvation.”
He knelt down before Jacob and he lifted him to eye level.
“I know this because it happened to me before. My whole family, my wife, my bastard son, and my wife’s secret lover I caught her with and I am not even a bit remorseful!”
Hidaya interrupted “Don’t listen to him! He’s just using tactics on you. It only happens when you or your loved ones are in extreme danger. Only half of what he says is true. Kills make the shards stronger but not killing doesn’t weaken them.”
“Yeah, sweetcheeks? And how do you know so much?”
She did not answer him; instead she fired a ball of energy which burned his arm as he tried to block it. She had burned off the rope that had Bill, Jon and herself restrained.
“Let’s just say I’ve had the experience!”
Bill “But please, don’t take our word for it!”
Jon “Look, I’m just here because I want to be a part of something…”
and then Jimmy “Why yes, don’t we all?”
He grabbed Jon and held him in front like a shield.
“Now, I want you all to sit over there with your friend.”
Everyone including Brody moved by Jacob.
“Not you, Tubby! You get your fuckin’ little ass over here right now!” Brody complied but hid his anger. Jimmy released Jonathan to Brody.
“Okay now, you watch him please? I am sure that even you couldn’t possibly mess that up. Oh and squirrelly boy, if it isn’t too much to ask maybe you and I could go clubbin’ later? I would love to get to know you more affectionately.”
He then turned his attention to the three in front of him.
“Now then, without further ado, I do believe introductions are in order…”
To be continued...
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