“Lenny? Do you know how long it has been since we came here and got stuck?”

Liam asked Lenny as he was watching HP news on TV and drinking his third beer can.

“Well, I guess it’s about eight months; not sure though.” Lenny was trying to sleep, but it wasn’t clear in his head. He kept thinking about the terrors he witnessed every day on the streets of Moonland.

“Do you think mom got a funeral for us? I mean, people think we are probably dead by now, right?” Liam asked again as he cracked open another beer can.

“Honestly, I don’t give a damn, man. Hey, pass me one of those. I ain’t feeling right?”

“What has got to you, little brother? I saw a demon on the street." Liam joked and laughed loosely.

“HA HA HA, it’s not funny, man. People are dying every day on the streets, and the worst part is that it’s us against us, not the PDs or CDs; it’s fucking humans.” Lenny always tried to look chill, but this continued violence was getting into his head, and he couldn’t hide it anymore.

"Lenny, you are giving away free burgers to the poor more than I can count. Even Ginny Pig knows that, but he is empathizing with you, and you are doing some good shit, but we can’t change the nature of some assholes.” Liam called their boss Ginny Pig; he had a lot of similarities in his face with it, and now almost everyone calls him that even his burger stand name is Ginny Pig.

“I’m sure there is more we can do; we just can’t think straight,” Lenny said as he gulped down his beer.

“Then don’t,” Liam said.

“What do you mean? How is that going to help me, idiot?

“Any good adventure we had until now wasn’t because we thought straight, Len; we are gods of twisted thinking. If we thought straight, we wouldn’t come here and probably still be called losers back in town, but now man, we’ve killed a CD, we have our apartment, and we have jobs, so if anything, we do not think straight."Liam got up as he gave his speech and took a piss with the bathroom door wide open.

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“You are right, man. Thanks, dude.” Lenny said, put his clothes back on, and got out of the house in a rush. “Tell Ginny Pig, I might not come tomorrow,” he said, closing the door. He brought his wallet, his baseball bat, and a flashlight.

“Where the fuck did you go?” Liam wanted to go after him, but he was too wasted, and some chips and snacks were all he wanted now, so he crashed on his couch, eating those till he fell asleep.

***

The next morning, Lenny came home full of bruises and scars. Liam was at the burger shop, and home was a mess full of beer cans, food wraps, and such.

But Lenny was lucky to find his guardian angels in his darkest hour, who dragged him here. Sapphire and Dago are two possibly chaotic demons who saved Lenny’s life last night from Higgs’s goons.

“Thanks, guys,” Lenny said loosely that he was out of breath and very close to being out of life too.

Sapphire filled the tub with hot water, and Dago took off Lenny's clothing and laid him gently in the tub.

Lenny was unconscious. Sapphire took out a few dried leaves not familiar to any tree known to humans, crushed them into powder, and released them into the tub.

The water started to turn pink and purple, and Lenny’s wounds healed slowly.

“Are you sure about this?” Dago asked Sapphire; he, as a half-beast, looked worried and uncertain.

“He will pay the price; otherwise, you can have him,” Sapphire said as she gazed at Lenny.

“And is that a promise, sister?” Dago said, smiling wildly.