V.F.D.

Chapter 15: Party Monster

"Starboy."

"Starboy?" Lil Wayne chuckled. "Where'd that come from?"

"From an album that I'm writing up." Abel replied.

"Really? It's called Starboy?"

"Yeah, and there's a song with Daft Punk that I'm releasing soon."

"Daft Punk? The robots? That's awesome!"

"Hey, guys?" Terra interrupted, getting Wayne back on track.

"Oh, right. You guys mind introducing yourselves?"

Eraqus stepped forward. "I'm Eraqus, a keyblade master. These are my apprentices Terra, Ventus, and Aqua."

"You're a master? That's nice!"

"Well, I only started teaching them because I had taken them in. They were at a hard place in life, and needed a home. So I decided, why not give them keyblades?"

"I'm sorry, but what exactly is a keyblade?"

"This." Ven answered. He materialized his keyblade leaving Abel speechless.

"Awesome!" He exclaimed. "So who are the rest of you?"

Next, Bill walked up. "I'm B-Bill Denbrough, and this is my b-brother G-Georgie. We've had trouble with a killer c-clown, that Sergeant Hartman over there h-helped us out with."

Hartman nodded. "That's what I'm here for."

"That must have been traumatic. Anyway, I know you, DJ Khaled! You with Wayne?"

"Yeah, I brought him here."

Duncan and Isadora introduced themselves as friends of Ven, and Abel's eyes widened. "Don't you have parents?"

Duncan shook his head. "They were killed a little while ago, and we went to a Prepatory School, but Ven got us out, and... It's a long story."

Lastly, Sam and Donna introduced themselves, to which Abel politely smiled and nodded, but he felt a little weird about.

"Anyway, we just got back from arresting a criminal who kidnapped Georgie and Isadora, but we rescued them, and in the process, found that guy, and bumped into you." Wayne finished.

"Wow, do you introduce people like that whenever you add a new member to your group or something?"

"Nah, not really. We just had a long introduction this time."

"That was pretty long." Aqua added.

"Wait! Abel, were you just saying that you wanted to join us?" Khaled asked excitedly.

"Well, if you're after Gesaffelstein, then I'm in."

"Gesaffelstein?" Hartman repeated. "Is that the guy's name?"

"Yeah. His real name is Mike Lévy, but Gesaffelstein is his stage name. He's French."

Hartman nodded in understanding.

"Wait, but why doesn't he talk?" Donna asked.

"Well, he used to talk a lot, until he made a deal."

Terra's eyes widened. "A deal? I think I know who you're talking about."

"The Dark One?"

"That's him. I met him when I was working with The Deadcruiser to stop Pennywise the Clown."

"Wait. You know Kavinsky?"

"I did, until Rumplestiltskin killed him."

"He did that? That's not good. Man, I wish I could have met him."

Terra nodded. "Anyway, what happened with Gesaffelstein? And how did you meet him?"

"Well, he's a electronic music producer, and one day he came across Rumplestiltskin, who offered him a deal. I'm not exactly sure what it was, but do I know that it had to do with getting evicted, and needing a way to live. Because of that deal, his appearance is his normal human form in the daytime, and in the nighttime..."

"He looks different." Aqua finished. "That's incredible."

Abel nodded. "But because of this look, people are afraid of him. That's why he hides in parties or raves, blending in. He's sort of a party monster, you know what I mean?"

Everyone nodded in understanding.

"But he also has powers. They may look dark, but he's actually helping people out. And he stops evil."

"Kavinsky stopped evil too." Ven pointed out. "I guess Rumplestiltskin doesn't figure things like that out ahead of time."

"But how did you meet?" Hartman asked. "You seem worried about him."

"Because I am. I've thought about collaborating with him, and when I try to get together with him, something's going on. He told me what happened, but I can't help but feel like he needs help with his powers."

Abel hung his head. "What am I going to do?"

Georgie walked over to him. "It's ok. We'll help you out."

The singer looked up, and smiled. "Good, because I'll be needing a lot of it from now on."

Terra perked up. "So does that mean you'll be joining our group?"

Abel gave him a thumbs up. "I'll be glad too."

Everyone cheered as The Weeknd was added to the newest member of the crew.

"Oh, and before we go chasing Gesaffelstein, I should probably show you something first."

Abel raised his right hand high. "As awesome as it would be to have a keyblade, I don't need one."

His arm turned pink, then red. As he brought it down, a bright pink cross formed in his hand, and his body caught on fire.

"Whoa!!!" Wayne shouted. "Am I trippin' or is there a demon in you?"

Abel laughed, and the fire was gone, as quick as it appeared. "It's fine, man. I got powers!"

Everyone was either mesmerized or terrified.

"Ok, I need an explanation!" Sam yelled. "He gets powers too? Why don't I get anything special?"

Duncan laughed and walked over to Sam. "Not all of us have powers. And not everyone needs them either."

Khaled ran to Abel and just grinned. "I mean how did you even get powers? I bet Wayne is jealous."

Dwayne shook his head. "If that's powers, I don't want em."

"I can explain." Abel said. "After I cut my dreads for the new look, I entered my house, and there it was. The pink cross. I was so mad and depressed at that time, I took it off my wall and destroyed all of my stuff. Then, I took a ride in my car, and went to a club."

"Hold up." Khaled interrupted. "You destroyed all of your stuff?"

"Yeah, I wasn't doing so well at the time." Abel replied. "Anyway, I went to a club, and there was this guy who came up behind me in a mirror. Before I knew it, this black cat, maybe a panther, lunged at him, and killed him! I looked at him, and he stared back at me, like I was somebody he needed to protect. Next thing I know, that cross appeared in my hand. I thought, 'Why do I have this? I left it at my house.' But then I caught on fire. I thought I saw the panther radiating something onto me, but soon after the fire stopped, it was gone. I'm still not sure how I got these powers, but I use them for good. So now my nickname is Starboy, because the cross reminds me of a star."

"That explains a lot." Hartman said.

"Oh, come on!" Donna shouted. "I'm done with all these long stories! Let's get into the action!"

"I agree." Sam added. "I like it when we get to chase people. It's fun."

Eraqus nodded. "Very well then. Let's go find Gesaffelstein."

So Abel got out his phone, and started to track him. "He's over in Cleveland, probably in a crowd somewhere. Any of you got transportation?"

Terra smiled. "Don't need it. We'll just teleport."

Abel raised his eyebrows. "Wait wh-"

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