Andre lays in his childhood room, staring up at the ceiling;he was unable to get to sleep due to having a lot on his mind right now. As Andre stewed in his thoughts he hears talking from the kitchen. Andre sits up and listens closer and he can make out its Cody, but also he was hearing meowing which left Andre dumbfounded. He had no idea that his roommate had a pet despite the 3 years they've stayed under the same roof. Andre gets up and heads into the kitchen and hits the light. As soon he does so Cody cries "Ahhh my eyes, geez Andre whats your issue, cant you see im trying?" Cody says turning to his roommate whilst a black cat stands on his shoulder although the cat seemed strange its fur on its very body seems viscous, it wobbles onto his shoulder. Andre ignores Cody's complaint and points at the strange cat "Cody...what the hell is on your shoulder?" Andre says in disbelief of what he is looking at,Cody's head turns to the cat then back to Andre then back to the cat then back to Andre "DUDE YOU CAN SEE DEX?!" he says with an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm. Andre looks bewildered by the question wondering why he wouldn't be able to see such a standout creature "Y-Yeah, why wouldnt i be able." Cody looks like he's going to explain but stops himself and thinks for second before the light bulb goes off he grabs his phone and speaks to the person on the other side "Yo Nia im bringing my friend over, so see you soon" he says before hanging up the phone.Andre arches his eyebrow in confusion on being signed up for whatever Cody had going on and not really having his question acknowledged "Cody i didnt agree to whatever you just asked me to do i dont even, know whats going on, youre acting crazy dude.' Andre says trying to get a straight answer out of his best friend. Cody simply walks up and places both of his hands onto Andre's shoulders "Dre listen man..i know this is all crazy and weird but ive got something and some people to show you and ill be sure to explain everything you've just got to trust me ok?" Andre looked hard at his friend's face; he had rarely ever seen Cody's pink eyes, realizing how much this meant to him Andre felt very little choice but to accept. "Alright Alright, you know i trust lets head." Andre said with a smile. Cody smiled back in response "Thanks Dre." The two young men headed to Cody's van after getting dressed, Dex all the while sticking to Cody's shoulder with little to shoulder. Andre had taken a little bit longer; he had to write up some excuse note for his grandma so she didn't freak out on where the boys went in the middle of the night. As the two drive back into the city Andre begins to notice the route they were taking was really familiar. All those bus rides were flashing back to him as they began to park at Andres' work place. "Cody if this is a prank then it's not funny" Andre says looking over to white haired young man with a tired expression on his face. Cody laughs "Oh man as funny as that would be trust, its not like that just give me a second" Cody crosses his fingers tightly and says "Let the flowers bloom to the other side." After this is said black bubbles cover all of the van and Andre and Cody getting their own too. "What the he-" before Andre can finish his sentence pop everything seems to fade for a second but then they are back and even in the same place until Andre looks around as he sees green tinted transparent bodies walking around the building they were parked at. Andre couldn't believe what he was seeing; he simply looked around dumbfounded. His silent thought was interrupted by Cody nudging his shoulder as he unbuckles and hops out of the van "Andre my homie, welcome to the Spirit Side." Andre quickly follows behind still taking in what he was seeing all around him. "This is a place where spirits come after death they might spend time coming to terms, or if they are filled with anger, resentment or any other negative emotion it'll begin to fester eventually becoming what we call-" "Lost Ones" Cody's explanation was interrupted by a woman approaching the boys she wore a plain white t shirt and leather jacket, her purple braids matched her eye color she carried herself with a serious demeanor. "Oh what's up Nia just showing Andre the ropes" Cody says clearly not able to pick up on the fact Nia was not very happy at this moment. Nia shoots him a mean glare "Quiet,you do you know how rude it is to not only hang up on someone you're also 40mins late." Cody seems shrink a bit as he's told off by the young woman however quickly switching over to look at Andre "Oh, sorry i forgot to introduce my self my name is Nia Evermore" she says extending her hand that wasn't covered by a purple glove for a shake, Andre extends his hands and shakes it "My name is Andre Middleton, it's a pleasure to meet you." "Likewise you guys should come inside and meet the rest of the team, hopefully you'll be interested in joining." She said walking leading Andre and the currently pouting Cody into the office doors once inside the three saw sitting at a round table older man in his early 40's he wore a red pinstripe suit and black slacks, and sitting directly across sat a young lady in her early 20's she wore a white jacket and paired with gray and pink layered skirt with mismatched leggings of the same color, her hairstyle was tied up into afro puffs. The two seemed to be playing a game of paper football with one another as the older gentleman 'kicked' the piece of paper and completely missed the goal from what appears to be it wasn't his first miss "Aww i was so close you know" the gentlemen says pouting. The young woman tries to comfort a the downcast gentleman "There there, you did the best you could that's all that matters, Mr. Davis." The two's bonding moment was interrupted by a cough from Nia "Glad you two had something more important to do rather than getting ready to introduce a potential new member" she says giving the two a stern glare. The young lady shrinks looking much the same as Cody did just a little while ago as she speaks "Im, sorry Nia we kind of lost track of time is all." The older gentleman nods "Indeed time flies as they" Nia's piercing purple eyes meet his brown ones "You're the last person I want to hear that from." Andre just watched dumbfounded on how exactly would he introduce himself but as if right on cue, Dzzy rose from her seat and gave Andre a big hug"Its so nice to meet you Andre i hope we can be big friends, Andre Im Dzzy Jones was a but bewildered he was tapped by Cody "We talk a lot about you so shes pretty much knows a ton about you...sorry" Cody whistles this off. Andre doesn't seem to mind too; there was already so much weird stuff going on so someone knowing quite a bit about him wasn't too crazy. Andre looks to Dzzy and smiles "Its a pleasure too meet you too but, im not even sure what ill be joining just yet if im being 100% honest." Leon steps up after this is he stood just a bit taller than Andre at around 6'2 he extended his hand out and Andre reciprocated "My name is Leon Davis, and the job we want you for is to be a Spirit Hunter." However before the talk could continue the sound of blaring alarms went off as Leon lit a cigarette "Well,Andre it seems you're gonna get a live demonstration and you can give me your answer after that." As the two talk Nia summons a purple owl to her side with something under its wings whilst Dzzy makes a giant jellyfish with syringes tied to its tentcleans, as they begin to head to the doors they are followed behind by Cody who already had Dex still residing on his shoulder. Leon tapped Andre's shoulder. "Just follow me will keep you safe and show you the ropes." Once everyone was outside they were made sound of roaring could be heard and loud stomps occupied it Andre looked up into the direction of the noise to find a giant lion standing 35ft tall its mane was made of glass making its way through the streets and the transparent humans run away from it. "Alright you guys show our new guy has it done." Leon says before the three members take off to fight the creature as Andre stays by Leon's side.
Chapter End
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