The Demon Days

Chapter 9: A Little Help

He was right, and they knew it.

"Who even are you?" Murdoc demanded.

"You first." The boy shot back. "You're the ones harboring the dark force."

"He's right." Russel intercepted. "They deserve to know."

The man stepped forward. "I'm Russel. That's 2D, Noodle, and Murdoc. We're part of a band called Gorillaz."

The blond girl paused, then put away her white dagger. "I've heard of you. Ty, you can chill."

The boy named Ty relaxed a bit and the black cloud disappeared.

"No offense, but what is a band doing in a building like this?"

"Don't ask me." Russel said, pointing to Murdoc.

The girl shrugged. "Anyways, I'm Tandy, and this is Tyrone. We're from New Orleans."

"And what exactly are you doing here?" Murdoc grunted.

Ty took a deep breath. "Look. I brought us here because whatever that is out there, caused a disturbance. Bad enough that I felt it, and that's never happened before."

"He's a demon." Russel spoke up. "He's been haunting me for a while now, and now it's worse than it's ever been for me. I'm getting bad headaches every time he appears, and my fear is that he's gonna become material soon."

"That does sound like a problem." Tandy said.

"If he gets loose, it could cause worldwide problems."

Ty's eyes went wide. "Worldwide?"

Russel nodded. "Well, only if he wants to."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Murdoc asked.

The drummer sighed. "I may have left out a major detail."

Murdoc raised his eyebrows. "And that is?"

"He's a manifestation of The Grim Reaper."

"Wot?!" 2D exclaimed.

"So all this time, when you were talking about being haunted by The Grim Reaper a few years back, you were talking about him?"

"Why didn't you tell us?" Noodle shouted.

"Because, he wants to steal Mudz' soul."

The room went silent, and Ty and Tandy stood there awkwardly, as if they were eavesdropping on a family meeting.

"So, he's like the devil?"

"More like a demon that's breaking the rules of Hell."

Murdoc growled. "Are we just going to ignore the fact that he wants to steal my soul? Why me?"

"Maybe because yew'r a Satanist." 2D shot back.

"Oh, shut up, 2D!" The man yelled. He stepped forward to punch the singer, but Tandy stepped in between the two of them, holding a light dagger in front of Murdoc.

"Seriously? You want to cause a fight while we're discussing how to save the world?"

"He just proved that this isn't worldwide!" The green man argued.

"I was getting there." Russel replied, annoyed.

Ty got the group back on track. "So, he wants to steal Murdoc's soul. Then what?"

"Steal the souls of humans all over the world."

"And you know this because...?"

"I've seen visions in my dreams. Visions of bodies being burned, cities on fire, most of the world gone. But only after he gets Mudz."