"Are you sure it's him? He looks so weak. Maybe the key holder made a mistake and picked the wrong human.'' The angel is intently looking at Nick casually walking in the park.
"Is that why you keep testing him? He clearly wants to go right but you keep telling him to go left. I like to remind you you're his guide." the devil who also happened to be in the park replied.
"Can you blame me? I don't trust the key holder's judgment nor sense of direction."
"His judgment may suck but never his sense of direction. He never got lost. Once he find his target he's locked in."
"You trust him too much. You know for a fact that he can manipulate us in believing otherwise right? His ability though very useful is hard to deal with. He's hard to control. Just like Nick here. I've been telling him to go left but he keeps turning right. Such a fucking hard head."
"For an angel you sure have a filthy mouth. Is that Something you learn while staying here on earth?" The devil sheepishly asked.
"You employed me for that reason. Remember you need someone that has a lot of human interactions."
"I didn't hire you. You volunteered to be here. And you're here because you want to go back home. And let's set things straight I trust no one. But I know his ability and yours. As long as I can rely on both of you then you're good in my book. The key holder hasn't disappointed me yet."
"He has not found the vessel yet though. And he's running out of time. The kids third eye will open soon and by that time we need the vessel for him to regain his power or he will be the target of those lost souls."
"He already found the most important element. He will find her soon. Just give him time."
"What exactly will happen if he fucked up?"
"He will be replaced ofcourse by someone more reliable and wait another 50 years. But so far he's doing well. The other key holders I hired before him all failed. He was the only one who was able to find the human just in time."
"What is that human's ability anyway? Why is he so important to you? Do you even know where he came from?"
"I'm not here to answer your questions. You've been gone for so long you don't even know what's going on in our world now."
"Wow that's very dismissive even for a devil."
"And why are you even bothered, mr angel? You're not here to talk. You're just here to guide the human."
"Why are we even following him? We should have just waited for him to find his way back home. Why are we even wasting our time here?"
"I'm not following him. I'm here for another business."
"What business?"
"I came here for the leader of the Lost boys."
"What lost boys?"
"See you didn't even notice them. They have been following Nicollo like a bunch of angry bees."
Without being seen the devil went and put numbers on the leader's forehead. His fate is already sealed. Death will be coming for him soon.
"Hey Nick." The leader of the gang named Razor called Nicollo out. He pretended not to hear him and just continued to walk. After they realized he's not going to stop they decided to follow him and stop him on his tracks.
"Hey are you trying to avoid us?" Razor asked.
"W-hat do you want from me? He stupidly asked. He knows exactly what they want.
"I haven't seen you around here for weeks so I thought you went on vacation just like the others."
"I wanted to but I have class to attend."
Nick feels like a sheep surrounded by a pack of wolves. He doesn't know why he ended up in this situation. He's been avoiding Razor for almost a month now.
He was just about to go to school bit decided to go to the park for no reason. Like he was in a trance or something. He's good at evading danger but not today.

"So you happen to just bump into us. Lucky you then."
"I g-uess." his voice is already quivering. If he had a heart condition he would have died from a panic attack.
"I admire you Nick. Most people I know would try to hide and escape their responsibility. But you even decided to seek me out. So I assume you have the money?"
He tried to calm himself. "The truth is I got nothing." his pulse racing he doesn't have any escape plan.
"But you promise us. You already got the goods. I already gave you enough leeway because I thought I could trust you. Am I wrong to trust you?" he asked menacingly.
"Y--es I mean no, you can trust me. But my parents decided to not send me anything because it's summer and they don't have the extra cash. I haven't even paid the rent yet."
Both the angel and the devil were observing the whole situation.
"Seems like our human being is in trouble. And I thought he's just some easy to read guy. I think we should help him." decided the angel.
"Our laws specifically prohibit us from interfering with any human affairs." the devil warned.
"But he's only half human. And do you honestly want him wounded? I mean he doesn't look healthy but at least he doesn't have broken bones or damaged organs. Looking at the situation I think he will definitely get a broken rib or two. Do you want to bring him to the other side injured?"
"Do what you need to do. But be subtle about it." the devil just walked away.
Her job is already done. In a few hours death will come upon the sealed human. The judgement has come upon him. He did not live according to the will of the gods. His soul will suffer in hell. The devil looked at the human with a bit of sadness. He doesn't know the fate that's awaiting him.
"I don't need to hear your excuses. I just want my money." Razors voice hinting of danger. He knew that if he doesn't give him something he won't let him go unscathed.
"Okay okay since I know you're not gonna leave me alone, you can have this." he reluctantly showed them a necklace with a key pendant.
"Do you take me for a fool? What do you expect me to do with that?"
"You can pawn it. It's not much but it's all I have. It's an heirloom. It's very important to me. It's the only thing my real parents gave me after they left. Believe me its worth something I already had it appraised. Its pure gold." Of Course he was lying and a bad liar at that. He knows for a fact that Razor did not believe a single word he said. And he's just prolonging the inevitable.
Nick was just waiting for Razor to punch him in the face. But instead he saw him looking at the necklace and scrutinizing it. He can't seem to take his eyes off of it.
"Okay i'll take this." he said to the shocked look of his underlings. Nick couldn't believe it either.
"But boss, that thing looks fake."
"Shut up. This is what they call antique."
Nick's heart starts to beat excitedly. He's saved. The fake necklace saved his ass from being kicked.
"You're safe for now. Get out of my face before I change my mind."
"Thank you for sparing me." And before Razor realized he's been duped Nick immediately run away.
"Boss, why did you accept that necklace from him? We wouldn't be able to sell it for anything."
"Shut up, I decide what's valuable or not." He chose to wear it, happily. To the dismay of his underlings.
"Let's go."
"Wait a minute."
Razor and his gangs suddenly stop and turn around. And saw a pale woman wearing all black. They were all confused that they didnt notice her at all.
How long has she been standing there at the back? And what the hell is she wearing? A black cloak? And Is that a horn? And shes holding a scythe? Kind of scary actually.
"Its not yet halloween right?" Razor mocking smiled at her.
"Sorry I had no time to change costumes. I got a gig to attend to later." She explained.
"You just seem to appear out of nowhere. What do you want from me?" Razor asked.
"I'm interested in that necklace you have."
"But I just got it ten minutes ago. I'm not planning to sell it just yet."
"You won't be needing it anyway." the devil said.
"And what do you mean by that?"
"Boss just sell it to her. How much are you willing to pay?" they asked.
"Hmm how about five thousand?" They look at each other. They were all ready to accept her offer.
"No, this is worth more than that." Razor decided.
"Fine, how much do you want for you to part ways with that necklace." The devil asked.
"Twenty thousand pesos. Take it or leave it."
"Is that how much the guy owes you? Ok fine i'll take it."
She took the money out of her pocket and gave it to Razor who was obviously pleased that he made some fast buck. Though he is still hesitating to give her the necklace.
He's grown too attached to it. He doesn't know why but if not for the money and the woman's hypnotizing stare he wouldn't really give up the necklace. It took him all his will power to hand it over.
"Nice doing business with you guys. I have to go." she smiled then turn around and slowly walked away from them. After she left the group celebrated.
"Boss, we will never again doubt you. You really were able to make money out of nothing. Really impressive."
"I told you. Now lets go somewhere and be happy. My treat. I'll be earning a lot later tonight. Luck is on my side."