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

Chapter 56

Scarlet watched the swirling police lights from the cars, trying to avoid looking or making conversation with the older woman next to her. Veronica was also looking around, impatient to break the awkward silence. She glanced at Scarlet. Pursing her lips, she took in her appearance. Her hair. 'Are those... Horn implants? Is that style in with younger people...? Her hair is black, and the underside is dyed... that must take a lot of effort to maintain...' Her eyes, 'Red eyes... are those contacts?' Her face shape. 'She seems to be close to Chase's age...' Her clothes. 'She's definitely hiding some kind of goth outfit under here... It seems to be in line with her 'style'...' Shoes. 'Her shoes... She's wearing combat boots... Is this girl really a good influence on Chase?'

Veronica looked back up at her. 'And to top it all off, she seems to be some kind of combat genius... Considering that she managed to knock out two of the gang members, and incapacitate the leader... Chase is reckless, but their infiltration of The Red Spades didn't seem impulsive. This girl is the only person he brought with him... And the most confusing thing is that she really does look exactly like the woman in Case X. Chase was telling the truth. But I saw her body. There's no way this is the same person. Dead people don't just come back to life. As strange as it is, the only reasonable answer is that it's a coincidence. But I totally understand where Chase was coming from... Wait. He came to me months ago about this girl. So have they stuck together this entire time...? And... Wasn't Chase also going on about finding someone important to him?' Veronica glanced forward again, realization possibly hitting her across the face.

Her thoughts went blank for a moment before she turned to look at Scarlet with a closed-eyed smile. "S-So! You're Chase's... Friend, yes? What's your name?" "My name? It's Scarlet, I guess..." Scarlet replied, unsure of how to go about this. She didn't dare look at her face.

"A-Ah, okay. Well, nice to meet you, Scarlet. So... How do you know my son?" Scarlet furrowed her eyes, still not looking at her. "We live together." Veronica gave her a small nod, still smiling, and turned away from Scarlet. 'I'll try to remember to call him more...'

"Hey, mom," Chase called out to her. She turned to look at him with a hand in his pocket walking towards her, being trailed by you and Brook. You were holding on to the back of Brook's T-shirt. You awkwardly pressed your lips into a fine line, hoping she wouldn't remember you. "Would you let go of me?" Brook swatted his arm at you, and you kicked his shin. "Do you remember what happened last time I got arrested?" You whispered aggressively, giving Veronica a small smile before going behind Brook again. He rolled his eyes.

"Ah! Chase, good to see that you're safe." Veronica smiled at her son. "You made a really good decision calling me directly to deal with this... But we can talk about that later." Her eyes vaguely passed over you and Brook. "I'm interested in meeting all of your friends, instead! I notice that they all have... Such unique fashion choices! "The ones behind me aren't my friends," Chase said firmly. "Hey, fuck you, you bastard." "We could have killed you," You and Brook narrowed your eyes at him. Veronica held her smile the best she could. What were they talking about?

"Mom." Veronica stopped smiling to look at Chase, who pulled down his mask. You looked at Veronica, then to Chase, then to Brook. "They do not look related," You muttered under your breath, and Brook smiled only just. "You wanted something amazing in exchange for full access to Case X. This was it. This is the amazing thing. So, I demand complete access to the case. No more stipulations.

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A man stood in an alley, smoking a cigarette. He hooked it below his index finger, blowing out the smoke from his mouth and letting his hand fall slightly. His long, dark hair was pulled back in a low ponytail, and his glasses slid slightly down his face. His rolled-up sleeves from his doctor's robe were slipping as well, with his other hand in his pocket. "Huh... That fortune cookie last week did say red was my lucky color..." He muttered under his breath as he looked at the floor in front of him

"Doctor." He turned to look behind him, seeing a gurney being rolled towards him. A black body bag was strapped to it. He put his cigarette back in his mouth, hands on his hips as he watched it come closer to him. The person rolling the gurney towards him stopped in front of him, bringing his hand up to grab the zipper and pull it down, revealing the face of the former Red Spades leader. He inspected her face for a moment.

"Well, I'll be damned. So, what is this person's name?" "An unnamed Red Spades member." The nurse replied. "And if anyone asks about the leader of the Red Spades?" The nurse paused. "She disappeared, and passed leadership to someone else." "Good boy, the deposit will be in your account tomorrow." The nurse grabbed the gurney again and started rolling it away, where he had originally come from.

He repeated his previous actions to blow his cigarette. "Judah." He turned his head slightly in the direction of a voice, where a woman with grey hair and a long coat slung over her shoulders was walking towards him. "Case X. I'm requesting full access. And don't give me any of your bullshit." She crossed her arms, narrowing her eyes. He removed the cigarette from his mouth. "I've never heard of it."

"I said no bullshit. I was there. I saw her body. I brought you the Red Spades leader. Is that not valuable enough for you?" Judah put his hands in his pockets and inclined his head down to look at Veronica over the brim of his glasses. "No, it's not. You'll need to do more favors for me." He said lazily.

"Like...?"

Judah paused.

"Want a list?"

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"Let me through."

"No."

"I demand it as Second Archangel of Heaven. Let me through."

Bernadette flew about 7 feet away from Celeste, a beautiful angel. She was black, with long, dark hair that was put up in braids on either side of her head and tied off with white ribbons. She wore a cloudy purple skort with black pins where her legs were. A white long-sleeved shirt with a brown cravat and shoulder pads on top of that, with her arms folded neatly behind her back. A black cloak trailed behind her. Her cravat was pinned to her shirt with a brown key that had small, black wings. She had white eyes and freckles.

"...You demand it as Second Archangel? Well, I refuse it as first Archangel." Bernadette stomped in the air. "Enough! I demand for you to step aside!" She brought one of her hands out dramatically, motioning for Celeste to move.

"There is a reaper who is killing innocents! I require to speak to God to address this matter!" Celeste closed her eyes, determined to keep her patience. "God knows all. If God took issue with this, we would be instructed to take action. Please understand." Bernadette looked as if she was going to throw a tantrum, her face falling into a deep frown.

She turned her back to Celeste sharply.

"I don't know why I tried to reason with you, you're impossible. I'll deal with it myself."

"....Bernadette. Do not take any action beyond what is allowed of you." Bernadette turned her head around to look at her. "I will be doing whatever I see fit, to fulfill my duty as an Archangel." Bernadette returned to the floor, walking away from the doors and Celeste.

"Whenever that reaper lost control, I felt it. They had a horrible hold over their demon. Every powerful being should have felt their presence." She narrowed her eyes and kept her head held high as she walked. "I'll just wait for them to slip up one more time. I know their scent now, so I'll be able to zero in on their position." She picked up her pace. "The reaper... that smells of red."

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It is so difficult to figure things out in the environment of Heaven. Because, for one part when she started walking her feet had a reflection but it didn't look like she went to the ground on any of the panels, and when she and Celeste were speaking they looked like they were floating and there was no reflection where they stood? Like? I just went with it, obviously. Anyway, I have now also started to upload this on ao3 in chapters of ~10. Doing this has made me realize that despite my best efforts to find spelling and grammar mistakes, I haven't done very well, so over the next few days I will be fixing my previous chapters to make the reading the most pleasurable to my viewers, so be aware of that! Thank you for reading!