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“What?” Steve gasped. “The Dark Lady is here? For real? I haven’t seen her since last Tuesday. She was getting a slushie. Nobody believed me when I said it was Cher ’cause she was too short, had a different nose, and, uh, different hair, but that’s because she was in disguise.”
“Steve, everyone.” Percy clapped.
“Steve, I fuckin’ love you, dude.” Kevin laughed again, reaching down to pet Cher’s head. “This is Cher! Our dog!”
“Oh. So the Dark Lady isn’t here. Bummer.” Steve shrugged. “The dog is still cool though.” He scratched Cher’s ears, and she wagged her tail.
“She’s invisible to almost everyone.”
Steve’s eyes widened. “Does this mean I have special powers? Man, I knew my dentist put some kind of antennae in my fillings.” He kneeled down to pet Cher some more.
Cher continued to wag her tail, and she licked his face.
“Far out, man. I think part of your dog is on fire.”
“That’s because she’s a hellhound,” Kevin said casually. “We picked her up in Vegas at this demon hotel.”
“Oh, cool, man.” Steve kept petting her.
“What are you doing?” Percy asked from the corner of his mouth, eyeing Kevin. “Why are you telling him all of this?”
“It’s Steve! We can trust him,” Kevin insisted.
“Seriously?”
“Come on. It’sSteve.”
Percy groaned. “My only solace is that no one will ever believe him.”
Steve didn’t seem to hear them or care, saying happily, “I bet Vegas was bitchin’.”
“Vegas was really cool actually. Awesome pizza.” Kevin scratched Cher’s back, watching Steve’s face as he continued, “Truth is, Steve, Percy is a demon. I’m an angel. Well, I was. Now I guess I’m a demon too.”
“Oh, so, like, you converted for him. That’s real nice.” Steve beamed. “Congratulations!”
“And no one will ever believe him,” Percy repeated.
“I guess I did convert for you, huh?” Kevin snorted out a laugh.
Percy smiled warmly, and he took Kevin’s hand to kiss it. “I suppose you did, peaches.”
“Wait.” Steve looked concerned. “Was it one of those deals where they gotta nip the tip? Or is that the thing where they dunk you in the water?”
Kevin snorted out a laugh, unsure if he should share the gory specifics. “Well, uh…”
Steve glanced over Cher and frowned. “Hey, also, uh, not trying to hit anybody with negative waves or anything, but did you guys know there was a dead body in here?”
“Oh? Really?” Percy drawled sarcastically. “We hadn’t noticed.”
“It’s right there. It’s the body on the floor. With the blood. And it’s the one that isn’t moving.”
Kevin sighed heavily. The levity Steve’s presence had granted was swallowed up by the harsh reality of his former best friend’s dead body. “So. About that. Joe was a demon hunter and tried to kill us.”
“Bummer.” Steve stood up to pat Kevin’s arm. “I’m sorry. That was very not cool of him.”
Kevin managed a little smile. “Thanks, bud. It was definitely not cool.”
“Well, hey! Do you guys want some pizza?” Steve perked up. “I got lost trying to deliver to this one house and when I came back to work, it was, like, closed.”
