Death listened but was thinking, " same old girl I met before, doesnt know when to shut up and let me talk."
"And another thing, just what were you doing here the first time? You never were very clear about that. I remember being in the hospital, they gave me meth, and then I was home. You followed me there didnt you? I clearly remember asking you to sit down and have a talk with me. and that satan dude shows up.... My god it was all real, it wasnt just a dream or a mirage or anything like that. You came to take me away didnt you?" At that Melissa finally shut down.
We call Him, Himself, and Her Herself." Death said quietly. Melissa justlooked up at him again waiting for something else... and clearly Death was not sure where to begin. so Melissa being who she was, friendly escort girl and all, put her talents to work.
Reaching out she gently touched Death's arm, " Ok, lets start at the beginning of this crazy scenerio. I was high, you came, we talked, you left, I got clean, your back. Whats missing? Why are you here big fella, why do you look like some one cooked your dog?"
Death did that sign thing again, and opened his bony jaw to begin speaking. it was hard to break millinias worth of rules aboutnot talking to the humans.
"Uh, yes, it was me and Satan did come and yes I thought I was there to take you. but...." Death took another huge gasping empty breath to brace himself, " I got the wrong one. I was somehwere I was not supposed to be. I was scheduled to pick up a soul named Marrisa,m but she was in the room that you were supposed to be in. So instead of sending the sould where it belongs, i got distraced with your gibberish...."
"Hold it right there, I never came to you and started anything, you came to me and your the one who thought you knew what you were doing, lets get that straight. My talking had nothing to do with it."
"As I was saying I got distracted by your, uh by you, and never got to the right oul. Now shes been wandering all over and is shriveling as we speak, and if I dont find her, we will be responsible for having lost a possibly reborn human."
" What do you mean me, Death, not me. You did this all on your own. I had nothing to do weith it remember? And what do you mean by shrivels.? Like into mush, or metls...."
" no shrivels as in into nothingless, no ,,, thing,,, there. and I need your help I dont know where to look. Its been a while year earth time." Death waited for her coments again, knowing it was coming, she couldnt help but talk, so he tapped his boney foot and waited.
" Well I dont see how I can help. I dont know this soul, or girl, or whatever, and I dont know anything about your job except that you came to me, by mistake. I dont need the big fella up there mad at me because you screwed up!"
"I DID NOT SCREW UP!" Death was at his most fearsome. " I just wanted or thought perhaps you might be able to help me. Now can you think of anything I can do, where to start?" Death need to clam down a bit.
"I gotta tell ya BOB, can I still call you BOB?, i would be worried about all the new souls waiting for you to show up first, take care of them and then search out this other lost one. I mean, while we're here arent alot of people dying or something? I always heard that it was in the thousands a day. where are they at right now?"
before Melissa had even finished, he understood where she was going with this and reached the same conclusion she did....
"Oh hell, your right, I'll be right back." And out he winked. Melissa sat there for awhile, thinking aobut how she could use this to her advantage. After all,m whe was a working girl, coming up n the world, and she needed to take care of herself.
"I wonder if anyone has ever blackmailed Death and gotten away with it?"
