It was a hot
sunny day. Well, at least for the living. Madison sat at a desk next to the
Reaper’s, in his large office. The temperature in the Underworld was neither
hot nor cold, and escaping there at the end of the day had become a slight
relief in this month of July. Her desk was slightly smaller, and less imposing
than his grand oak wood bureau. She was working away on a typewriter, parchment
pouring over the desk to rest lazily on the floor. Sorting names under
deceased, living and undead had proven to be a tedious task. Work advanced more
rapidly, however, now that school was out of the way. She was the Reaper’s
assistant full time. The year had gone by successfully, juggling classes with
work. She had signed her contract in September on her first visit to Death
Inc., and it was now July. As it turned out, most of what had to be done was
typing and barring out names, signaling disturbances on earth, such as
hauntings or poltergeists, and occasionally accompanying the Grim Reaper to
meetings, conferences and various missions on earth. Things had turned out to
be pretty entertaining for the most part. It certainly broke the usual routine.
They once even intervened, with father Patrick, in an exorcism gone wrong. She
had been introduced to Persephone -a really cool chick- Osiris, Hades, Elegguà
and tons of other death deities. She even watched Star Wars with Lucifer on
Fridays. That guy was such nerd. In other words, all was going well. So well,
in fact, that it was abnormal, like an awkward silence. The year had breezed
by, and it felt as though something had been forgotten in the process.
Something that had occurred in September was still unresolved… Madison stopped
typing for a minute, and thought of this. Something big had been forgotten
along the way, and she knew what it was. The silence was about to be broken.
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