Castle of Demons

The Depressed and Lonely

   After they left the infirmary, Red glared at her brother and growled, "I hope you burn in Hell."

Bløød smirked slightly. Only enough for Red to tell. "Been there done that," he remarked as his sister walked away.

"Alright, let's get a few things straight. One, I am not here to make friends, only to keep you dumbasses alive." Red looked at them both. "Two, you annoy me: I leave you all alone, despite what my brother told me to do. Three, let's get this show on the road!"

Tovuu looked at her with hatred, smiling maliciously. "Now it's my turn to set some basic ground rules. You boss me around, you're dead," he ordered.

"Alright mister, you can bow down beneath me. I'm your guide. You don't know your way around this place like I do." Red pointed a finger at him as her horns started to smoke at the tips and her eyes turned white, rage filling her. "I don't care if you are a god. I don't care if you die. The only reason why I agreed is because of my brother. So you can shut up,"

"I made this place, hon, so if you want to challenge me on my knowledge go ahead," Tovuu snarked back.

Red sighed, running her fingers through her mane. "Alright, I get it. You are the creator of this... place. Of us," she paused. "You would technically call us your children right? So you are married to your daughter. Plus if you don't follow me your wife will die. And it won't be on my hands, it'll be on yours. You know why? Because you are too self-centered."

"I'm not self-centered," He spat in annoyance "and technically, in Strhing, getting married to your children is legal."
"Okay, shut up guys. Honestly, I'm tired of your bickering. You're acting like you're 500, and I'M 500!" Flapjack shushed their protests with a glare that dared them to argue. "We're going to leave, I'm gonna come with you guys to prevent your annoying arguing, and just in case you try chopping each other's limbs off, KC is coming."

The doctor opened her mouth to protest but Bløød put up his hand.

"Got it?" The tiny prince looked at the two of them for confirmation. 

"Good." He didn't wait for any more as he replies and dragged them out by the horns, Luci following hesitantly with the Doc right behind her.

They arrived at Redcotton, where everyone else was. There were several people in front of the Cacti gang and a woman yelling at them in some foreign language.

"What the fuck are you even saying?" Bo yelled exasperatedly, looking at her like she was a dog driving a school bus.

The lady rolled her eyes and noticed Tovuu right behind her, then Luci, Red, Flapjack and KC. She looked at Tovuu for an explanation.

He said something no one except the lady seemed to understand and she replied. He quickly turned to Flapjack and the others to translate.

"The Cacti have been refusing to let them plant seeds, and since my friend here is a pacifist, we can't kill them or she'll be pissed, and I don't feel like dealing with moody chicks right now."

"But I thought there would be a fight?" Luci added quietly, looking at her husband with curiosity-filled eyes.

Tovuu looked down at her, making eye contact, his eyebrows scrunched slightly with an otherwise blank face. "Hopefully we don't have to fight them."

"Well yeah but, I'd rather be prepared for what happens next than just be blindsided and killed with my kid not even knowing who I am. I don't want them to experience what I've gone through." She put her hand on her stomach. Tovuu looked at his hands, then at the Cacti.

Bo walked in front of all his group, still keeping a safe distance from the Strhing and the Cloud bunch. "I have something to announce," He waited until everyone was looking at him "since Tovuu here denied our mother-" he gestured to Anna, the short blonde, "we stole London!" He yelled in victory while holding the baby above his head, the Cacti screaming behind him with joy and excitement.

Luci's heart dropped and her eyes widened, quickly looking next to her for Tovuu, but he was gone. There was a loud gunshot and she pushed her way through Flapjack and Dr. KC, who were both in front of her. She saw Tovuu standing statue still in front of Bo, who she could faintly see had a 'what are you going to do about it?' smirk on his face.

Bo dropped something to the ground. London. She looked at the baby... the mess of flesh and cartilage... then at unmoving Tovuu.

It felt as if years passed before Tovuu sweep-kicked Bo, knocking him down, then repeatedly punched him in the face. The smallest Cactus screamed and thrashed and begged his siblings to help, but Tovuu didn't say anything. No one said anything, actually. No one knew what to do. If they touched him, god forbid. They just stared at him in shock until Bo stopped thrashing.

Tovuu just stared at his unmoving victim.

And kept staring.

And continued to stare.

Until Bløød decided to join them, standing directly behind the god "Tovuu." He put his

hand on his shoulder. "You didn't have to beat him to death, what the hell? You could've used your staff and done some wizard shit or something but really? You beat him to death?"

He flicked Bløøds hand, pushing him back a little with the intensity. It doesn't work as well on beings above a certain level of power - which was extremely powerful demons. Bløød is past that.

"I'm not your enemy. You killed a 200 year old boy by beating him, and I'm just telling you that." He pushed his head forward softly with the palm of his hand and whispered something to him in Flapjack and his language- they call the language S- but he knew Tovuu could understand. 'Be careful about your actions around Luci, she-'

"Don't talk shit about my wife."

"I wasn't t-"

"Don't."

"Tovuu." Bløød said in a threatening tone.

"Bløød." Tovuu said in that same tone standing up and facing him. Bløød backed up. He may be taller but he's seen what Tovuu could do and he wasn't going to fight him.

He spoke in S 'It's your loss.' He backed down and disappeared, leaving the maroon haired murderer to stand in front of all the Cacti, and the Cloud and Strhing groups. He watched his wife run away and then disappear. He was surrounded by hundreds of people but he felt lonelier than he's ever felt.