Kiara shrugged at his suggestion. "Sounds like a plan to me. Though I doubt Sandal would actually help us in our little quest. But it's worth a shot asking."

"The answer is still no." 

Sandal appeared before them this time, trademark smirk at the ready. "This is your journey. Not mine. Plus, if you two do actually screw up, I can always fetch two more suckers to get it right. As many as it takes." He grinned at the thought of finding more competent employees, but Kiara would have none of that.

"You're certainly putting alot of faith in us," she said, trying to wring out as much water from her hood as possible. "If you're saying you work for God, why can't he just fix the problem Himself? He's omnipotent right?"

"Oh yeah definitely," the cowboy responded. "Hell, Big G could probably write off this whole story if He really wanted to. . .let's just call him D for now."

"Er, D? And what do you mean story? In case you didn't notice, this is real life. Not some story out of a book."

Sandal chuckled lightly before glancing at the still night sky. "Consider "D" an inside joke. As for the story bit, keep telling yourself that kid."

Confused [i]and[/i] annoyed, Kiara crossed her arms. "Look, are you gonna help us or not?"

"Sure I'll help you. There's an empty shack over there." Sandal pointed to the left of him, indicating a small cottage apparently void of any residents. "Just watch out for the child. She has the potential to . . .hinder your quest significantly.

"What child?"

"The one behind you." And he was gone, leaving the two stuck in the middle of town alone with a wide eyed girl still staring at them. 

"Oh. . ." was all Kiara muttered. That child.

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Webster shifted his crimson eyes in the direction of west. Not too far now until they reached their destination. Everything was still in the night wind. Perfect even. So why was there a shift in the night air. The Devil tipped his hat lower before turning to his assistant. "It looks like those pets you sent aren't coming back for a while. And that means we actually have someone [i]worth[/i] killing this time.