Brook X GN Reader || I'm The Grim Reaper

Chapter 55

"I'm waiting." The leader said after a long moment of silence. Scarlet bit the inside of her cheek her hands resting at her sides as she remained silent. Thinking. "There's no logical reason that you should refuse this offer." Scarlet dug her fingers into her palm.

"Just say it, Scarlet." Scarlet waited a moment. Glanced around the room. How was she going to get out of this? "You're...right. It is Logical." She formed a shard in her hand, which obviously caught the leader off guard. Her eyes widened, her smile dropped, and she hesitated, alarmed. She reached into the slit in her long skirt and pulled a walkie-talkie out from under her belt, getting ready to press the button just as Scarlet raised the shard, swinging her arm forward to thrust it at the leader.

It knocked the walkie-talkie out of her hand, making it slide on the floor with an odd sound. The leader's head whipped in the direction of where it landed and she made a dash towards it. Scarlet raised her hand high again and formed her scythe, much larger than usual, and swung it towards her. The tip of the blade of the scythe caught in front of her ankle as she ran and Scarlet pulled it backward, cutting her foot clean off. She fell to the ground face-first.

She lifted her head, an arm outstretched to the walkie-talkie as she struggled to reach for it. Scarlet sprinted towards her, pulling her up. She put a hand around her neck, the other holding a shard her scythe was cut down against her neck. She would pierce it at any time, and she couldn't call Brook or you for help. Chase was safe. She squeezed, just barely piercing the skin of the leader's neck with the shard. "You're gonna tell me everything."

The leader smiled, still watching her with wide eyes. "You were too slow!" She held up her hand, which had the walkie-talkie in it. She pressed the button, and yelled, "Brook!" Into it.

"Kill the detective!" Scarlet stopped her movements for a moment, cursing under her breath. Both women watched the walkie-talkie for a long while, waiting for the response. Was Chase already dead?

"Nah. We found a better gig. I quit." "Me too!" Two reapers said on the other side. Scarlet couldn't see the leader's face but gripped a hand around her neck tightly. "Underestimating Chase... Was a bad idea." She insisted, squeezing. She shoved the shard next to her neck again. "Now, I'm a little pissed off. So I'll give you a choice. Do you want to tell me everything you know... Before, or after I skin you alive?" The leader's pupils' shrunk as her eyes darted from around the room to Scarlet's face, lurking over her shoulder.

"It doesn't... make any sense... M-my offer... It was so good for you... There's no logical reason... to not take it... Not a single one... I don't understand..." Her voice wavered, becoming increasingly unsteady with every passing moment.

"Feelings aren't logical. So, where should I start skinning? Right here at the neck?" She adjusted the shard slightly against her neck. "...then I can go up to your face? Hmm, you're giving me a whole lot of time to think..." The leader looked around again. "I-I'll talk. It's n-not as easy as it sounds to cover." Scarlet was paying much attention to her voice that she didn't notice when she lifted a trembling hand to rustle in her clothing. "Our way of meeting wasn't conventional, due to your circumstances... So we had a room set up..."

From out of her clothing she removed a small, rectangular object. The top was clear and could be removed, and on the inside of it was a pink button with a skull and bones imprinted on it. "And I knew you wouldn't try anything funny because of your situation... And you also knew..." She flicked open the top of the remote and pressed the button. "That I had a backup plan for everything," She continued.

There was a loud bang and the remote in her hand seemed to blow up, cutting in half with the wires becoming exposed. Both Scarlet and the leader turned their heads in the direction of the sound, where a woman with grey hair, and a long, ankle-length black coat dripped over her shoulders, had a gun pointed right at them. Two men stood behind her with their guns drawn but not aimed.

"Put your hands up. You're under arrest." "T-The police? But we have... a deal..." The leader muttered under her breath. "Not with me, miss leader. I never accepted a single bribe. And after all these years... You're finally cornered." A thought occurred the Scarlet after she recognized the woman. Veronica. Chief of police. Chase's mother. 'Chase! Chase must have called his mom directly!'

"Miss Nora. I will tell you one thing." Scarlet looked down at the leader as she spoke. "The Red Spades only exist because evil is the only way to get anywhere in this world. The infection of human greed has already rooted itself deeply in mankind. And there's only one way to snuff out that infection..." The leader's mouth started to foam, dripping down her chin. "For every single one of us..." She went limp, her mouth foaming more by the second. "To die."

"I'm unsure if that went well or terribly." - Graveweaver

Fun fact: when a human's skin is removed they die of hypothermia faster than anything else.

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