A Raven Named Insanity

...So Anyway

I rolled over the sun making it hard to stay alseep. That and the annoying sound of children playing around us.

"Ugh. Im moving elsewhere." I kicked alistor who had cuddled up to me through out the day. "Come on perv. Lets find somewhere else to sleep." Alistor shot up knife in hand, but when he seen it was only me, he relaxed and shuffled behind me to the small patch of trees that i was walking towards with single minded determination. I slumped into the slightly soft bushes and closed my eyes finally comfortable. It wasnt long until i felt alistor try and cuddle up tp me again, in which i proptly elbowed him in the gut. For some reason he inched away from me. "I cant sleep." Alistor muttered. "Thinking to much now." I decided he was talking to me. "Im thinking to much to." I agreed. We were silent for a moment. "Can i ask about your story?" I asked at almost a whisper. There was no response for a few seconds so i closed my eyes and tried to go back to sleep.

"I was sixteen. It was stupid. 1946 i think, i was trying to join some frat group and well, i said the oath, i didnt think that they used real black candles, or that the words would end me up here. I dont know. I was angry, like you, that azazeal stole my life away. But, years go by, and coulda shoulda, woulda, fades away, and you begin to care about the now." He paused and took a breath. His voice wasnt cocky or sly. He wasnt hitting on me, or trying to make me sleep with him. He was simply telling a story. It made his presence almost bareable. We layed there for a long time. Not sleeping or talking really. Every once and a while we would comment on trees or birds singing,and that let eachother we were still awake. Finally the blubbering whines of melpomene signaled ceberus waking up. I sat up and joined her around a small fire she began to make as she cooked small strips of meat for breakfast. I pulled out a cigarette and lit it up blowing the smoke at thalia who was humming and braiding her hair. She sputtered, and looked at me, and giggled, before turning back to her transparent hair.

It wasnt long before alistor sat up,and cap joined us, and we all sat either tired from lack of sleep or from pulling ourselfs out of its embrace. We didnt talk to eachother until the sun was saying its last goodnights before disapearing behind the horizon completely. "Work hour starts." Alistor started. He stood and fixed his worn leather coat before winking at me, as i had been caught watching him. I sneered at him and pulled out another cigarette. I lit it, and took a long drag its cherry red end eating up the drug stick like candy. I blew the thick and toxic cloud at his face and grinned evily as he choked on the reak of my addiction.

Finally ceberus had pep talked her two counterparts into doing their job and we were ready to start off down to the first unmarked house. "It would be more efficiant if we each went to our own house. I didnt say anything last night because i was soft on 'Xandra, but its time to grow up." Captain looked down at me his voice void of any remorse or care that i would have to become the monster i refused to become in the first place. I nodded my head slowly realizing i couldnt wiggle myself out of my obligations this time. He looked up and pointed at an unmarked house. "Try that one." I cocked my head aslt his urging and shoving for me to do this. Alistor nor ceberus tried to intervene, which ment that they agreed with him, they were just too chicken to tell me that.

I shuddered into a shadow of myself and skipped over the surface of the ground and into the wall of the modest household. I snuck into the first bedroom where a teenage boy layed. He was not asleep, so i was lucky. I just looked him in the eyes, and noted they were not red or anyother weird color, so i raced up the wall and across the roof to his parents room, where there was no one. I checked the livingroom then kitchen, finally, i checked one last room where i found the two, slaving away on two laptops. Their eyes were blood shot but not actually red, so i gave them a chilling pat on the soul and checked the last bedroom where a girl laid in bed, sleeping. I groaned and slithered up to her.

You can do this. You. Can. Do. This. Come on xandra.

I slithered my hands around her neck and squeezed and hissed a loud scream. Waking her up with a scream. Her eyes were a vibrant green like the rest of her family.

I slunk out of her house feeling like a monster and joined captain, who had clearly been waiting for me. When he noticed the red mark i left on the door, he nodded his colosal head once with a satified hmph and slithered away, a black collection of mist and shadow.

He didnt make me do any other houses, but i knew the next evening, he would expect me to pull my weight like the rest of the members of our team. In this business, you pull your weight, or you end up like ceberus. Which would be fine, but her screaming during the day while she slept was annoying.

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I lit up a ciggerette, and looked over to alistor who was sleeping already as the sun started coming up. Though it was still early in the morning. Even though i was exsausted i stood and raced to a unmarked house. I stood at the door, and knocked, though my hand just went through the door. "Oh thank you!" I sqealed to myself walking inside. "What a lovely home you have janet, are those new floors? They look like real hardwood!" I giggled at the imaginary joke imaginary janet made. "Oh stop it you..yes i would love a cocktail!" I slipped off my torn and worn leather combat boots and walked onto the plushy carpet of the stairs that led downstairs. I walked into a bedroom where a 'janet' looking women slept alone. "Oh janet i had no idea thomas was away to work! That must be so hard on you and the kids.." i realized there had been no kid things at the door. "..or just you. Because you live alone." I walked up to janet and stuck my hands into her stomach. "Tickle tickle!" I giggled. But she only shuttered and rolled over. I tried talking loud, mimicing a vaccumm noise and even screaming that her house was burning down. "Janet dont make me do this!" I yelled. now trying to kick the bed. "Dont. Make. Me. Hurt. You!" I screamed and my insides seemed to light on fire. "Im right fucking here!" I cried out at the sudden pain in my head and my foot slipped off the side of the bed and i gave her a hard kick. Waking her up. "What the fuck?" She muttered looking around and feeling the bruise already forming on her ribs. Her eyes were blue, but i didnt really care. How did i kick her? You cant touch a body, only its soul..

I decided it would be best not to dwell on the thought. Thats all i needed. To be different. I stood up and backed out of the house. And raced back to my team who had all fallen asleep. Well.. at least their eyes were closed.

I layed down on my back in the general area of alistor, and lit a smoke. The sun was fully up at this point and demons and humans and others began flooding the suburban to downtown streets and they went about their day. Demons grinned at us. Humans couldnt see us. Others, were usually too important to care. That or too stuck up. Finally when it felt like sleep could wrap me up i put my cigarette out on my hip before sighing and falling asleep, yet again.