(I just wanted to post this and it hasn't been a week yet but idfc)

"Good, you remember my part of the deal."   Unamed said, his voice naturally calming yet serious, he turned his face to flynn.

(1st person)

"The real question is now, if you're going to keep your end of the deal or not,Will you?" The way his voice changed put a shiver down to my spine. It was calming then now it was like a threat.

I look at him confidently and I said" yeah, you helped me saved my brother and me, it's the  only thing I can repay you back"

He looked at me with disbelief, I answered honestly and he can cut me open if he wanted to- or so if he can actually do it.

He didn't said said a word then he just look dead serious on my eyes. I'm honestly felt a little uncomfortable by that stare, I scratch my head.

"Jeez,your making me uncomfortable anyway tell me about this spirt, why do you wanna hunt him so badly?" He stood up  from his seat then walk a little towards me.

"I have my reasons,foster." He said. Times that he call me like that makes me feel like I'm some kinda of trouble, it just makes me nervous and concern, not sure why.

Then I heard the door open, I saw it was some worker in the hospital that takes the trash out of the patient room.

"Looks like a buffet happend in here" he joked, a smile crack into my face. He walk towards me to take out the trash can beside my hospital bed then he went through unamed who cringe.

"I hate it when you people do that" unamed said as he rub his arms and walked to the other side of the bed.

After he did his job here, me and unnamed began to talk once again. He spoke first.

"He has a giant axe and locks as weapons, he usually causes a killing spree. Us spirits can only kill physically not like slicing a man in half. Mostly of heart attacks, exploding the brain but when we become spirituals, we can make our killing more slaughter like" he explained. I'm mostly interested on how he knows this spirt but his obviously not gonna tell me so I'll lay off that.

"Locks? Now that I think about it, your weapons is a sytch and chains. The second weapons are barely...weapons." I'm not sure if I explained that right, but hey I'm not some teacher if I am then I wont be getting a raise anytime soon.

"The first weapons we get are random but it is usually perfect for the spirt or lost soul and the second weapons are somehow related to our deaths. I was chained when I died and he was locked inside of a room when he died." He explained.

"Condolence- uh...I mean sorry? I'm not sure anymore since you're the dead person and uh...yeah" I said confused and awkwardly. He shrugged and rolled his eyes.

"Anyway,I'm not sure if you want to talk about your death so I'll just ask if you have any leads about the spirt your hunting." He said, he took off his face mask and showed his skeletal mouth with not flesh or anything but just bones.

I look at him,confused then he sigh and scratch his head. "I'm smiling but since I have no muscle...anyway let's get back on topic"

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(3rd person)

He heard rattling inside the cage, a large blanket was covering it so he couldn't see it. The blanket was not that big so he could only see the feet of it, whatever it was. He didn't know.

his father said to not go near it but it had been two hours already and the noise only grew louder to the point he started to get annoyed at it.

He grabbed a taser, it looked like an electric baton but with sharp attenas on top. He grabbed a blue batter and inserted In the device. He stood up from his chair then started to walk towards there, it stoped making noises when he was a few steps away.

"Let's make a contract, your father abused me and other spirts, let me free and I will help you." He heard the raspy voice behind and inside of the cage, he only laughed which made the one who has the voice confused.

"Nice try with that pathethic excuse, his a soul catcher. He catches spirts and sell them, he says your the most wanted,highest bid is 12.1 million." He smirked and cross his arms, he felt pride and smart that he outsmarted a spirt then it almost shattered when he heard him having a raspy chuckle.

"My offer still stands, I want you to be my bonder, mr. Alexis " He sucked his teeth and made a 'tsk' sound,which made it a little curious of why he did it.

"Call me derick, when you say it like that, you make it sound like you're talking to father." It hummed, derick raise the blanket up a little with his left hand while his right hand is holding the taser. He can see the lost soul more clearly now.

"As you may wish, derick" it said then bowed in a polite manner, something like a butler. Derick looked at him, he knows it is up to something but not sure what.

"Better, why do you want to be a spiritual? When you become one and I'm the bonder, you'll just be a servant to me. Why end your independence?"

Derick asked while looking him in the eyes, he noticed scars around his body. He didn't knew if that happend when he was alive or he got when he died, either way he knew it hurted like hell.

The spirt was shirtless, scars were all around his torso and arms, it had long hair up to its waist, a dark brown trouser with a yellow soft cloth blanket is wrapped around his waist. He was shoeless. His skinned look pale, almost white as snow.

"I've already lost it, I'm in a cage specially designed for lost souls and about to get sold by God know's how and force me to be their spiritual slave, I rather die right here right now if I'm allowed too."

It said, then he sigh then flop down on the metal cage on his but then did and Indian seatm

"A spiritual or lost soul can die a second time?" Derik asked it, it laughed out loud then form a sly smirk on it's face.

"You have very poor knowledge about us then, derick. I bet the only thing you about us is that a lost soul can make a contact with a human and be the servant. Nothing else, am I correct,derick?" The way he said was so mocking yet taunting in the Same time, derick didn't knew if he was lying or not.

He didn't want to admit it to it so he just stood there and being silent.

"..."

That's where his pride broke down, it laughed at him mockingly. It annoyed him so he covered the blanket. He remembered that he has a taser on his hands especially design for lost souls like him.

He was this irritated, that he wanted to tase him but he knew he had to keep his posture since if you lose your temper, you lose the argument. That's what his mother always say, he believes in it.

"The spirt or the human can force to make a contract with a spirt or human whether they want to or not. When the spirtual's previous owner die, they will gain something that will always be there with them as a reaminder of that previous deceased owner. A special power, transformation,an accessory and anything. Spirituals can die from the spefic punishment that they get from their bonder, I have a lot more if you wanna learn,derick"

It recited jt, it heard no sound of any response. It peaked down and saw derik shoes still there meaning that derik is still in fact there.

"Why are you telling me this?" Derik asked, it smiles softly then got up, it put it's hands in it's pockets.

"You father won't teach you so I will" its said, it waited for an answer but all he got was a sigh. Didn't know if that was a good or not but all it did is to stay calm and just waited.

"Are you a woman or a man?" Derick asked, he didn't got a response so he took a step closer and lift up the blanket then when he did, he got jump scared by it then lose his balance they fell down.

"Look at me, do you think I'm a woman!? Do I have the hips like one!? Do I have the chest like a woman!? All i have is long hair YET YOUR NOT SURE IF IM A MALE!? WHAT IN...."

it ranted, can't handle derick's little question. It sees it so stupid that boiled anger in him. It covered its face and tried to calm down.

"What kinda of question is that...?" Derick can still hear the irritation of it's voice, derick was just confused  by this point.

"Well father always call soul spirts an it, I thought all of you dont have genders...."

(I'm using the it pronounce when introducing new spirts, just a heads up)

"they call as it because humans see as objects to the point where they made the pronouns of souls spirts like me and 'it" it explained and derick humed.

He mentally admitted that he has more to learn about lost souls, not all information about them is accurate so it would be more accurate it a spirt is telling it.

"I want to know a little more about you, what's your name?,did you ever have any previous bonders? If so what did you got from them?" Derick asked, he pulled down the blanket and hide his taser under it. He changed the subject about it now so he would know if he should able to trust it or not.

"Once,I had a name when I was human but when you die, you don't remember your name so when you become lost souls then made a contract with a bonder. You will get named. I only have about two bonders . My names were hyde and slit " Derick listened to it or him, he didn't know what pronouns use to the spirt.

He look at his watch and noticed that it's getting late, he put the taser at his back pocket then cover the blanket over the cage

"What do you want me to call you?" Derick asked him or it. The spirt shrugged and just sat down again.

"Call me whatever you want,derick." He said as he or it lean it's or his back on the bars, derick hum while thinking a name

"...dread, how's that?"

" dread, sounds like thread but I honestly like that name a bit better, you may call me dread. Derick!" He said in a voice almost like a dramatic announcer. Dread didn't heard any response so he speak under the blanket and saw derick's feet walking away.

" ....do you lost souls eat?" Derick said before opening the door.

"If we turn spirituals, spirts or lost souls are mostly like ghost in some way. We dont need anything that human needs to survive."

"I see." With that derick left the room, leaving the spirt dread inside of the cage.

Dread sat down properly, he look down at his stomach and saw a long side way scar down to where his hip bone. He trace the scar from top to bottom.

"Your getting better with that sytch of yours, I have to step my game with my axe, Scorpion or whatever you name is now."

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(The next day, 4:33pm)

"The last day I'm entering this forest with my homies, I dont wanna get kidnapped but at least I get kidnapped with y'all" randall said, obviously joking and kidding around.

Randal is with his two best friends, Jack and kent. All three of them are walking in the forest one last time because the school will be banding student from going there, tomorrow.

Randal was in the middle, Jack was on the left and Kent was on right. All three of them were talking about school, joking then teasing each other especially kent since his name is like Kent from barbie.

His brother just got out from the hospital and he was too busy with work so he told his brother to take the bus or get a ride with one of his best friend's. Obviously, he disobeyed him.

"Guys stay here, I really eed to pee right now." Kent said, looking for a good spot to pee on.

"Just pee over there" jack pointed at a pine tree that was across from them, Kent nodded then started to walk over there.

"We wont peek, that little plastic thing is only for barbie" Randal teased, making himself and Jack laugh but only making Kent annoyed.

"shut up!" He yelled back at two laughing teens before unzipping his zipper then began peeing. The two boys turned around to respect his privacy since they dont want to accidentally see it.

"Tomorrow is a saturday, do you guys wanna hang out at my place again?" Jack asked Randal.

"Sure,if my brother says yes then I'm good to go,I'm sure he will since it is a Saturday." Randal said.

"Hey! What about you Kent?! You wanna hang out in my place tomorrow or nah?!" Jack yelled and still not facing Kent, no response form Kent were heard.

" Kent?" Randal whip his head around saw Kent is not there, but he did see the wet grass on where he was standing. Jack laughed in a mocking way and put his hands in his jacket.

"Very cliche Kent, your getting annoyed at us then you decided to scare us, get out from behind that tree. Your pee stinks!" Jack said, no response again from Kent. Randal was starting to get worried while Jack was still on denial but slowly getting worried.

The two boy walked over to the spot where their friend peed, Jack looked behind the tree and saw his friend his not there. Randal pull out his phone and sped dailed Kent's phone number.

"Sorry the number you dailed is incorrect, please call again later" the voice said then instantly ended the call. Jack and randall look each other and started to panic, they both know how to tell it to Kent's mom, don't know how they would avoid trouble and also worried sick where their best friend is at.

Randal heard a soft giggle but not sure if it's Kent or not since Kent is a giggler

"Hey did you heard that?"

"Heard what?"

"Heard me." Randal froze on place while the unknown whispering voice popped put of nowhere, he thought he was hearing things so he just ignored it .Jack suddenly started to lose balance so Randal quickly help him keep his balance stable.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked, I got no response, i quickly cheek his heart beat by putting two fingers against his upper neck area and his heart is still beating.

"hey are you okay? Or did you smell something funky? If you did then can you give me some at least? Homie to homie?" He said then he got pushed away by Jack.

"What the hell man?" Randal asked.

"I can't control my body...I'm serious Randal, I'm dead fucking serious I cant move my fingers" Jack said, looking down and cant look at his best friend directly.

"How the hell are you standing then?" Randal said, rudely and mockingly since he thought that his friends was lying until he saw a string  attach to Jack's wrists.

"Why is their a string on your wrists?" Randal curiously asked then he noticed more strings coming down and wrapping down on Jack's body.

"Don't worry your next, Randal! You're a rare fish to catch so I wont let you get away that easily!" Randal heard that voice from above and saw a face.

The skin was pale, white hair and the face look so young. Almost or probably younger than randal is, he saw Jack's light blue eyes turned into small buttons. It pulled Jack above while Jack was slowly turning into a doll.

Randal knew he can't save them yet but he will come back to save his own two best friends so he ran away as quick as possible and especially away as possible.

He remembered when a lost soul made Flynn into a dark lion. He could ask Flynn and that spirit's help, he hears loud leaping from the tress and cackling.

"You don't want to be my-" Randal made a thight turn into the woods,he left the path and just dived in the claustrophobic nature in the forest.

"Dang it...." it took off the new collection for his personal collection. He looked at plush toy Jack then at plushtoy Kent which was tied against his waist.

"Normal eyes are boring...rare catches only come once in ten years and I still can't get them when the time comes..." it sigh disappointed.

Randal wont stop running, he jump above a Bush then got face hit by and electric wire gate. This is where he usually exits the woods when he takes the short cuts, he started to climb above them then drop down when he got to the other side. He landed on his feet like a cat then started to walk out the black alley way, he stop first to look behind him to see if it was following him.

"No...any threads?" He started to search himself for any threads but he didn't saw anything, he started to head out the black alley way.

"He gets home at 8, it's gonna be a long waiting game then." He sigh, he always hated waiting due to him being impatient then realise his brother was absent for work about weak before then he obviously knows that his brothe ris going to do over time.

"An excuse to do an all nighter I guess?" He said to himself as he got out the hallway and started to walk on the side walk.

'Take a left turn when you see the park, the right, then straight when you see Carl's house' he mentally told himself the directions to help him go to his house so he wont forget.

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Dread heard the door open, then footsteps. He still stayed on the floor, laying down and bored in his little proof cell that he has.

"Well a happy good late good morning, have you thought about my offer,derick?" As he waited for derick to lift up the blanket so he could see them but then he heard a cough.

Dread knew it wasn't derick, he stood up in his cell while derick's father took out the blanket. Dread raise a brow to him while derick's father look at dread in a serious yet cold manner.

" 'happy good late good morning' you must have forgot your vocabulary,dread. It's good afternoon, strong yet so weak minded" mr.alexis mocked him, dread rolled his eyes.

"Oh,so he told you what he calls me now?"

"Your tricking him to be your bonder, I'm not an idiot, dread. You alread got step one which is him naming you." Mr.alexis could tone and demure didn't intimidate dread whatsoever.

"He asked my name, I said that I dont have one so i told him to call me whatever hhewants and he picked dread. His actually  doing the steps for me and it's honestly an amazing coincidence." The way dread spoke is so natural and normal, no sign or slight sign of lying. Even using his hands while he talks and his body language is so so calm and relaxed.

" you want him to be your bonder, your going to try to make yourself likeable and make him want you to be his spiritual."mr.alexis said, still choosing to not believe in dread.

" the last step of making the contract official is to the bonder has to be dying while the spirt is connecting the souls. How can I kill your son when I'm in this damn cage? Ever thought about that?"

"..." he couldn't think of a response.

"Don't start assuming negative things about anyone, this is the reason why you wife left you and your son likes her more instead of you." Dread said. Making mr.alexis annoyed and kick the cage, dread only smiled at that sudden reaction from mr.alexis.

"Shut your damned mouth,slit." Dread look at mr.alexis with a surprised stare, he almost dropped his jaw when he heard his name.

" you broke the contract, you became my human slave but who seted you free from that? Me. Why? I pitied you,not all dark masks are completely darken, Mr.alexis. "

"That's a lie, you just don't have a use for a human slave when you do is just killing and kill more lost souls,you lunatic."

"When lost souls die, the reaper or death can make those damaged souls to collect them, I'm doing them a favor,mr.alexis."

"There's a reason why some people become lost souls. those people are blessed with the act of helping the living." Mr.alexis defended.

"so were supposed to be the angels then you humans somehow turned us into slaves? Is that what you're saying?"

Mr.alexis stood there, quietly until he realised something then laugh, he looked at dread with a mocking pitiful look. It certainty annoyed and confused dread.

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