It was 12 am and I'm looking at my phone and Dhalia says in the group chat:

"Hey, why does Death never let us see the city? Kinda strange that every single time we get in her car, we get to our destination in a literal blink of an eye." EXACTLY WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING.

Estia replies: "Well maybe we should go right now. There is a cab service. Maybe we can ask them to bring us this world's currency. Cyrus And Zen, you wanna come?"

"Um nah. You guys go ahead. I'll chill out here." Cyrus replies. Why is he being so distant? Thinking about it, I haven't talked talked to him much. Maybe he is just quiet,

"Your choice. Zen?" Estia asks me.

"Surrrrrreeeeeee :)." Oh my fucking God, I'm so Awkward.

"Yay Zen!" Dhalia says.

"Wooo Zen!" Estia Exclaims.

"Yay, mee." I say blankly. I get out of my bed and I wore the same color jeans and shirt with a a hoodie and light jacket over it. I walk out my room and there is Dhalia and Estia is, waiting for me. We go downstairs to where the house phone is and next to it is a list of numbers we can call the number labeled cab service. Dhalia calls the number and someone answers with a cheerful voice.

"Underworld Cab Service,how may we assist you?" The woman on the phone says.

"Hi, I need a cab at my address. We are at the Reaper household??" Dhalia sounds confused.

"I know exactly where that is. A car has been sent to your location. Anything else?" The mystery woman asked.

"Yea, what is the currency here?"

"Well I'm assuming you guys are The Reapers Death has told us about so everything for you guys is free as long as they scan your symbol on your dominant hand." We are just super privileged here. Get anything for free. Go where we want.

"Okay, thank you." Dhalia hangs up and looks at us. " It's not like we can get tired, right? We should be good." I go and knock on Cyrus' door and wait.

He opens up. His look is one with no emotion and his eyes were red and puffy.. "Yea?" He was crying. He had to be.

"Hey, are you sure you don't want to come with us?" I would actually like to get to know him better.

"Yea Yea. You guys go have fun. And look after those two before the hurt themselves." He smiles at me but it looks so fake, like he's forcing himself to be okay with this entire situation. I'm sorry, Cyrus.

I hear a honk outside. Guess that's the cab. "Well okay. See you later Cyrus." I walk away and outside with the girls. We get in the car and the driver turns to us.

"Where would you like to go?" Haven't thought of that.

"The main and most busy part of the city." Estia says.

" Grand Central it is, then." He starts up the car and starts to drive toward the city. "We'll be there in about twenty five minutes." It suddenly dawns upon me that I am literally in a car alone with two girls that I barely know anything about. TWO PRETTY ATTRACTIVE GIRLS. WHAT DO I DO? WHY AM I NERVOUS?

"Hey Guys, why don't we buy clothes with COLOR? BECAUSE EVERYTHING I OWN IS BLACK." Dhalia seems frustrated. But I like black. Black suits me and goes with everything.

"Um, sure. I mean everything is free right? If that's the case, then let's buy anything you guys want." I say as the girls look at me with excitement.

"Let's get EVERYTHING." The girls chatter to each other. Estia seems to like the idea of shopping. She might've did it a lot when she was...alive. Wow. Kind of messed up to think about. I was lost in all the smiling and forgot that I was here. Still dead with no memory. I look down at my hands and I just look and the insignia burned into my hand.

"...Zen, you okay?" Estia asks me. She puts her hand on my back to try to comfort me.

"Yea, I'm fine." I'm not fine. I'm lying but I'll try to be okay. At least for those two and not ruin their fun. I nod my head to give her reassurance.

"Good."

The car stops and the drive looks back at us. "Here you are, Grand Central." He unlocks the car. We climb out the car we look around. It's a huge mall and sections designed for everything. Tunnels and bridges to get to different places. All sorts of colorful and bright signs to get your attention. There were a sea of people all walking around, doing their own thing. So many people at Midnight in a mall?? I look over at Estia and she is looking over at the giant neon sign saying "Library " and her face lights up almost as bright as the sign.

"Hey, Dhalia. Come with me to the Library ?" She looks up at her.

"Yea sure. We can all go then go shop for clothes." Dhalia nods and starts to walk with Estia to the store . "Come on Zen." She waves me over. I follow behind them while they talk. I look around taking everything in. All these bright lights are kinda beautiful. I stopped looking at all the signs and when I try to find Dhalia again...I don't see them. I'm surrounded by strangers and workers, all too busy to pay me any attention. I find the Library sign and rush inside. I step in and this place is gigantic. Bookshelves tall as a building and all inning up in weird rows. They go everywhere, almost like a maze. I try to find the girls for a solid 10 minutes but I end up getting lost and walking into Dead ends. I walk down an aisle, looking at the thousands of books before me,all holding information that I don't know. I turn the corner and it's another dead end but it's an Old man sitting there, in the corner of this end, mumbling to himself while reading a book.

He looks up at me. "You." His voice is raspy and dry. His beard was long and grey. He had a hat on and his clothes looked too baggy for his skinny and fragile body. When he looked me in the eyes, what was supposed to be the white part of his eyes were tinted yellow with visible red veins showing. Probably from drinking too much...or lack of sleep...or both.

"D-do you know the Myth of this place? You seem young so you might not know but let me tell you." He says As his word slur. At this point, I'm 75% sure that this man is drunk and I have lost all hope in trusting him.

"Maybe another time." I say, Trying to avoid dragging on this conversation.

"My name... is Ezekiel." He says as he tries to get up but he staggers and almost falls over. That 75% boosted to a solid 90%. "I'm always here. Just ask for me at front desk and they can direct you to me."

"Mmm,so I'm gonna leave now. See you later Ezekiel." I turn to leave.

"Bring your friends next time. All of them." Friends? I never mentioned I had friends. Or I was with anyone. I look at him and his completely sober eyes are looking straight into my face, no smile,no sense of fear, no emotion. That single look left a piercing image in my mind. "See you later, Zen."

At this point, I am completely freaked out, scared and dumbfounded. I walk away with a sense of urgency and go straight to the front of the store. Who the hell is that guy? Why does he know my name? And what does he want with me? I'm waiting outside for The girls while on the verge of having a panic attack.

Estia walks out with a bag in her hand and wide smile. She looks at me "There you are! Where the hell were you?"

"Hm? I-uhhh. I got lost is all. Can we go do something else?" I say, shaken up.

"Yea sure. Do you need one of us to hold your hand?" Dhalia says as they both chuckle.

"Heh. Let's go." The girls actually grab my hands and pull me along. We walk away from the Library but I look back before we get too far and looking through the glass Door, is Ezekiel, looking straight into my eyes with the same piercing look.