Heaven, Hell, and Earth

Chapter 27

The presence of another supernatural being was picked up on the radar. As usual, Angel, Vaggie, and Alastor were called to investigate. When Angel came to fetch Alastor, he found the entire floor of the room littered with crumpled up notes and Alastor writing something on a notepad, a smile on his face but his eyes full of frustration. 

"No that's good enough." He said tearing the sheet of paper from the pad, crumpling it up, and throw it away.

"Alastor what are you doing?" Angel asked. 

Alastor stood up quickly and hid his hands behind his back.

"Angel don't you knock?"

Sorry but we gotta job." He looked down at all the crumpled up notes. "What is all this?"

"Nothing."

Angel picked one up and uncumpled it.

"Don't read those! They're nothing!"

"Dear Charlie I'm sorry for being so blunt, I hope you can forgive me. I only hope that oyu can understand that I only meant to..." Angel read. "It ends after to."

"I'm just trying to write a suitabl apology note to Charlie. She called me last night, we got into an arguement, I said some things I shouldn't have said, now I'm trying to come up with the right words to apologize with. Anyway, we have a case?"

"Uh-huh. Vaggie's already at the truck."

"Splendid. Let's go."

"Also if you want my advice, degrade yourself. Women usually find it easier to forgive men if they put themselves in a negative light."

The paranormal presence was located in the city square. Upon arrival, things seemed pretty regular. Regular traffic, regular people going about their business, and nothing out of the ordinary. But the three agents knew better than to trust appearances. The tracking device they used, said that the creature was inside the sewers. Right down a man hole.

"Of course it's the sewers." Angel said as he dressed into a hazmat suit. "It's always the sewers. Why can't they ever be in a place that doesn't smell like shit hole?"

"We don't pick the targets." Vaggie said zipping up. "Now does everyone now the story we tell bystanders?"

"Yes. We're scientists participating in the clean up of an extremely toxic waste that leaked into the sewers." Alastor answered before putting on his mask. "You think anyone will actually believe that?"

"It's the best story Blitzo could come up with." Vaggie said.

As soon as they were dressed, they stepped out of the truck and approached the man hole with the necessary tools and equipment. Among them was a large metal hook attached to a strong wire. 

"Alright now here's the plan." Alastor said. "One of us is going to go down there and take a look around, make sure that it's safe. The other two will stay up here, one will lower the wire and the other will keep bystanders away." 

"Yeah but who's going down there?" Angel asked.

Alastor and Vaggie instantly looked at him.

"Oh no!" Angel said shaking his head.

But Alastor and Vaggie just nodded very slowly.

"No way! Absolutely not! No! I am not going down there and that's final!"

Five seconds later...

"Next time we draw straws." Angel said as he was being lowered down into the deep, dark, and putrid sewers below.