The Book of Desires- Chapter 2

Chapter 2

“Open up! Or we'll come in!” Came a loud booming voice from beyond the door.

“Oh no... It's them...” Came Vapen’s low shaking voice still frozen in place.

“Huh? What are you talking about Vapen? Are they customers?” Asked Cubone; unaware of the danger they were in.

“They're anything BUT customers” he replied, “Take the book and go out the other way. I'll try and hold them down for a little bit.”

“Uh? I don't underst-”

“JUST GO NOW!!” screamed Vapen. It had been awhile since Cubone heard Vapen yell so loudly, he may have a demanding voice, but he rarely shouted like that. “Vapen's really serious.” Thought Cubone. “I better get out of here” as he said that, Cubone high-tailed it and ran out and into the streets of New York.

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Right after Cubone got out of the store safely, the door for the front entrance came down. And in its place two figures emerged from the dust of the now cut down door. “Where’s the book Old man?!” Came one of the two figures voice, it was the same voice from earlier. He had long reddish-brown hair, and demonic black eyes that could possibly frighten the devil itself. He had no shirt, but he wore a long white cape. He had on two red gloves with stars on them and red pants that also had stars on them. Since he had on gloves that were meant for brawling, he wasn't the one that cut down the door.

“What do you mean Mr. YoSo? Are you looking for a new read? We just got in some new romance novels this week...” Vapen said shaking, trying to distract them for a while. He went over to some boxes with the words 'New Shipment' on them and rummaged through the books, even though he knew what book they were looking for.

“Don't play dumb with me old man! Do you take me for an idiot?!” YoSo said grabbing Vapen and glaring at him, clearly showing that he's not playing around. He then pushed him to the ground hard and put his leg on Vapen’s head.

“Uh... YoSo? You sure you're not taking this too far?” came the other voice. Unlike YoSo, the new character was a girl and she wasn't as scantily clad as the boy. Her eyes also had some shine in them, a bright golden hue in them making herself looks like a saint, unlike his piercingly demonic eyes. She had long bright blue hair too, which made her look even more angel-like as her hair almost looked luminescent. She wore a neon blue tank top and a skirt of the same color. She had a black chocker with a ruby in the center of it, and tied around her neck was a white ribbon that stretched almost touching the floor. On her hip was a sword holder, meaning she was the one that tore down the door.

“You know what that book can do, Julie! It can bring forth anyone’s desires! I MUST have it! And if this man doesn't have it...” Mr.YoSo said bringing his foot harder on Vapen’s head. “Then we'll just kill him and find where that boy that ran out of here is!”

“AHHH!” Screamed Vapen in pain a little trickle of blood coming down his forehead.

“W-Wait! I'll take care of him! Why should the both of us stay here while that boy is running to who knows where? It would be a waste of time and energy!” Julie said stepping closer to Vapen and YoSo.

“... Good point. I'll leave this piece of garbage to you. See you later” YoSo said lifting his foot up.

“Yes! I'll be right with you!” Julie said as YoSo dashed out of the store.

When he was out of sight, Julie let out a sigh. “Thank goodness.” Vapen looked up confused. “Why did you save me from that guy?” Julie stiffened and turned around.

“It wasn't for your benefit! Consider yourself lucky!” Julie said running out the door, leaving Vapen a little shocked and worried about what Cubone may have to face in the time to come...