The CANONICALS

The Astral Desert.

Aster crept into the kitchen. He peered in to see Jack standing at the counter, making a cup of coffee for himself.

"Jack," Aster tried to make his voice as threatening and deep as possible.

Jack spun around to see nothing. Aster had cloaked.

"The hell?..." Jack muttered. He then shrugged and went back to looking at the coffee maker, with nothing else to do while he waited.

"Jack," Aster repeated, forcing his voice to rasp.

Jack spun around again.

"Jesus?!" he questioned.

"Far from it," Aster snickered, uncloaking in front of Jack.

Jack groaned.

"Grab me a coke from the fridge," Aster stated.

"Aren't you supposed to lay off the soda past ten and before six?" Jack asked.

"Shhh, nobody has to know," Aster stated.

Jack shook his head, "I don't wanna be the reason you throw a rock through the window on Zee's Chevy."

"Oh, good idea!" Aster exclaimed. "I'll be back!"

And then all the lights flickered.

"Shit, power outage?" Jack muttered.

"Candy-Man forgot to pay the bills," Aster muttered. "Wanna break into his office and mess shit up?"

"Not really," Jack muttered.

Tanner suddenly appeared, "I do."

Jack sighed, "Guess I gotta keep an eye on you doofuses."

Aster kicked the door open and peered in, "Candy-Boy isn't here."

"It's five in the morning, why would he be?" Jack questioned.

"Where else could he be though?" Aster questioned.

"Maybe he went to an airport," Tanner stated. "Or is flying a plane."

"What is your obsession with planes?" Jack questioned.

Tanner grinned, "I like planes."

"I hate planes," Aster commented, entering the room.

"DU BIST EIN VOLLIDIOT!" Tanner shouted.

Jack stared at Tanner, baffled. He then shook his head and quietly entered the office also, somewhat curious to what was in there. He looked at the large orange rift above Killua's desk.

"I forgot about this," Aster muttered, hopping onto the table. "It was purple before, wasn't it?" He peered into it, his face inches away from it. Tanner then floated towards it also and stood inches away from it.

"Hey, didn't Candy-Man say not to mess with that?" Jack reminded.

"Oh my, you're so correct and so rule following and I so care about the rules!" Aster exclaimed, exaggeratedly.

Jack frowned.

"You are right though," Aster muttered. "I kinda don't wanna go back into there, not gonna lie."

"Revenge..." Tanner muttered.

"Huh?" Aster questioned.

"THIS IS FOR THE PLANES!" Tanner screamed, pushing Aster into the rift.

Aster shrieked before his voice trailed off into nothingness. Jack yelled in fear.

"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!" Jack questioned.