Castle of Demons

The Job

  Bløød was eating grapes on his throne lazily. He spoke with his mouth full, making everyone around him uncomfortable. "WAIN!" He shouted, sending specks of half-chewed grape bits everywhere "What time is it?"

"It's half past 'stop spitting your snack on me,''' His partner said matter-of-factly.

The king narrowed his eyes at him. "Okay, smart alec." He threw a grape at Wain. "It's half past 'sass me again. I dare you.'"

"Bite me."

"Okay-"

"Pardon the interruption but we need you in the infirmary, Master Wain." A fox-eared maid called, poking her head around the corner.

The second king teleported out, leaving Throne Room Bløød to take a nap.

"What?" Wain asked, clearly annoyed.

"I just had Vix call you in here for the kicks," the king wheezed. "Stay here anyways, though."

"So," Egan started, leaning against the wall. "Luci has pneumonia, and to top it all off she has consumed a food which was - drumroll please - POISONED. Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. This is my job. So class, does anyone see a recurring theme?" He raised his own hand. "Yes, Egan? Is it people getting poisoned every time they have a trip to the infirmary? Yes, Egan, you are correct."

"What is wrong with you?" Wain asked Egan.

"He takes after his mom," Bløød whispered quietly to his husband, receiving eye daggers from Egan.

"Anyways, as I was saying before I got so rudely interrupted, people are getting poisoned from the food served, I recommend you don't eat anything at all for a few months until we find the culprit," Egan advised. "Unless you like death. Which I now realize is most of you guys."

"Will this affect her child?" Seth asked, "Nothing's worse than seeing a parent separated from their kid." 

The doctor's assistant stood up normally and put his hands behind his back. "That's not known yet, but I think it will. That said, me and the doctor are working hard to put out an antidote for the poison. We think we're close but we don't have any test subjects."

KC rolled around the curtain that made up her office. "I told you not to tell anyone about the test subject problem," she growled, her legs a gradient to abyss black. "I am going to be the subject."
"What happened to your-"

"I'M THE TEST SUBJECT!" She yelled, rolling back into her office.

"I can help." Bløød offered. "That way you won't ruin your body, doctor." He walked over to her in her office, out of sight, and there were muffled giggles from KC.

Flapjack tapped his foot impatiently, then in a short time Bløød came out, carrying KC. 

"Aren't you supposed to be gay?" Spike asked.

"And married?" Seth added, looking at Wain, who wasn't even paying attention.

"I make exceptions for pretty ladies," Bløød said, making doctor KC blush and Flapjack roll his eyes.

"Stop sucking up to her." Flapjack walked over to his brother and looked up at him, slightly scrunching his eyebrows. What're you planning? He thought, knowing Bløød can hear him.

Are you jealous?

YES! BLØØD, DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT?

Well, if you must know, I'm aware we're all going to die soon, so I'm going to go out of my way and change the way people think about me. "Stop staring, it's really weird." 

I would call you so many names right now, he thought and walked out. "Whatever."

KC hugged the king. "Are you sure you want to be the test subject?"

Bløød nodded, already over it. 

"Thank goodness, I thought I was going to have to use more Ocean pills to keep me alive. I'm almost out of ocean water too, I need to go to Eeyarth." 

"It's... Earth," Spike corrected her.

"Same thing."

"It's really not-"

Tovuu pushed through all of them and headed over to the metal table, looking at his passed-out wife sprawled out silently as he leaned against the table.

"It was pois-" 

"I know, Egan." He sighed. "Will it kill her?"

"Probably."

"How big of a chance is 'probably?'"

"90%," The blonde vampire said nervously.

Tovuu growled and walked over to one of the countertops, sweeping everything off it with his arm angrily. "DAMN  IT!" He huffed and started to draw a bright blue holographic circle on the floor before getting stopped halfway by a blue-haired man in a crisp white lab coat. 

"Messing with time is my job," He said, his different colored eyes drilling into Tovuu's. 

"Who are you?"

"Nano, the god of time."

Tovuu looked at the time god uncomfortably and then looked at everyone else, who were just staring at Nano. Bløød didn't look shocked, as well as the prince. The king asked him why he cared so much, that he'd probably done it before. He also informed him of Tovuu's powers and his universal God status. Nano paid no attention and kept looking at Vix- The blue-haired fox maid- which made her blush.

Their guest yawned loudly and played with his sleeves. "Okay? You done?"

Bløød looked at him with amusement filling his eyes. "Yeah. I'm done - and so are you if you decide to fight him."

The machine hooked up to Luci flatlined loudly. Tovuu pushed Nano away and traveled back in time again, arriving at the day he met her. 

 He was 'Mark' again. Groan. He dreaded that identity so much; it's hard pulling off someone who already exists. He had to do this correctly, he didn't know who that time guy is, but he didn't like him. I could probably kill him, he kept telling himself as he fought back the negative thoughts.

 There she was, sitting amongst the rubble of the Redcotton replacement center, taking all of it in. Luci was sitting on one of the former pillars that was reduced to just a small stump. He walked over to her and she turned to him with curiosity and fear dancing among her face.

 "Who are you?"

 Tovuu spoke in his false voice- "Mark. Mark X."