DoomPet

Chapter 84

One minute the Slayer was napping on the couch the next he was helping Crüe carry their belongings to a Subway station that would take them to the ship. The two days flashed by and the Slayer felt sick about leaving the city. It was the first time in so long he felt like he had a home. He wanted to cry looking at their emptied out apartment not to mention he thought he'd have enough time to look around one last time, but they were too rushed.

Him and the marauder sat down on the train. Daisy was holding her kids and sat in his lap while Haru sat pouting in an animal carrier on Crüe's lap, and a few boxes and their suitcases sat beside them. A few other people were nearby also surrounded by their belongings packed into suitcases and boxes.

Crüe could see how utterly depressed the Slayer was and he was as well. The only silver lining he could find was the fact that they'd be able to have more PDA in public while on the ship, but still. He couldn't stand listening to the tracks and the lights flickering overhead as this underground hell train chugged along. He took out his phone and put an ear bud in his ear, then reached over across a seat full of boxes and shoved the other in the Slayer's ear. The man jumped, surprised at the sudden feeling of his ear being poked at, but soon enough both him and the demon were smiling and quietly laughing at stupid videos.

It must have taken the train about an hour to get to the port. There were frequent stops, not to mention they were creeping along at a painfully slow pace for fear of demonic traps. Once they were there they were ushered off the train by military personnel and loaded their belongings onto a conveyor then boarded. Daisy was being good and had her two babies scooped up in her arms and rushed behind the Slayer, walking shakily on two legs. Haru had already been upset about having to be in an animal carrier but being in one and getting swung around like a piece of meat?! He was pissed and let everyone know what cruelty he was experiencing by screaming.

The whole thing had the Slayer so worked up he was glad the crowds were thick enough that he could lean on the marauder without raising suspicion. He kept stopping to push Daisy in front of him, so terrified she'd be trampled in the crowd. Crüe was trying to calm Haru. The Slayer and the marauder's just barely touching hands just seemed like any old accident, meanwhile it was all that was keeping the Slayer from leaping out of the crowd and escaping to the wastelands of New York.

After their paperwork and other stupid things were checked they came upon the main deck where everyone was being funneled. Before the Slayer walked up and asked one of the ARC personnel where the hell he was supposed to go, Samuel swooped in, plucking all of their belongings out of their hands and ushered both of them off the main deck and down a few long hallways to his new room.

"The rooms are absolutely fantastic here. A little tiny but it's much nicer than I expected!" Samuel struggled for a moment with the keys and he opened the door to the room. Well, it was actually a little cramped hallway-like space for a few feet, then the room.

The Slayer stepped inside and looked around, Crüe with in tow. The demon quickly bent down and released Haru from his crate, the cat running off into the room. The room was huge, bigger than their kitchen and living room in their old apartment. There was a big round coffee table surrounded on two sides by curved couches. The one wall had two small windows that were quite military looking, but they had a cute little mini kitchen under them, with drawers and cabinets in between. On each side of the big room there were two doors leading to bedrooms. In the small hallway there was a door leading to a bathroom on one side and on the other a little pantry like closet.

Daisy galloped past them, her children chasing after, "This place good, very nice! Good job robot!" Haru jumped up onto the couch to escape her children.

Samuel leaned down to smile at her as he haphazardly tossed their luggage on the floor. "Thank you, Daisy. What do you two think?"

Crüe smiled and looked around at everything, "It's great!" He peeked his head into the side rooms. There wasn't much room besides the beds and a single dresser in each room. The beds in each room were smaller than the big bed in their apartment, but they still would be enough for both of them.