"Hmm," Dean and Claire both said at the same time, staring at the screen with all the "ERROR" messages. They were totally stumped.
["Hey, why are you guys just standing there? The target is dying. I'm moving you straight to her house."]
"Oh... okay," Dean said.
In an instant, they were gone and then standing in the living room of an old house. A map popped up, pointing to a bathroom on the second floor. They ran for the stairs, but saw water pouring down them.
"Hurry, Dean, I think I know what's happening!" Claire said, running up.
"Yeah, let's go!" Dean replied, right behind her.
The whole second floor was flooded. They heard a faint sound of a faucet running and ran to the bathroom where the water was coming from. Dean had to shove the door open against the water, and when it finally gave way, both of their eyes went wide.
A beautiful, red-haired girl in a nurse's uniform was passed out next to a bathtub. Her bloody wrist was in the water, and the faucet was still on.
"Quick, Claire, help her!" Dean yelled, rushing to turn off the water.
Claire lifted the girl and saw the cut on her wrist. A bloody knife was on the floor nearby. She had clearly tried to end her life.
["Get her into the nightmare world."]
A portal opened, and they carried the girl through. In the black-and-white bathroom of the nightmare world, they laid her on the still, watery floor. "Blip," NS appeared.
"Let me help her. You two can watch her life story once her soul is out," NS said.
NS touched the girl's head, and with a "swoosh," her soul floated out, looking confused.
"Huh... wh-where am I? Am I dead?" she asked.
"Um, hi, my name's Dean," he said, pointing to Claire. "And this is Claire."
"Um...hi ?" Claire said, wave her hand and have tight smile.
She looked at them, then at the creepy NS "helping" her body.
"Huh... what's happening... why am I over there? Where is this?" she asked, panicked.
Suddenly, a bright golden light surrounded the girl's body. NS stepped back, smiling. Dean, Claire, and the girl's soul shielded their eyes. The body slowly became younger and golden, with white angel wings.
"Whoa... she's an angel?" Dean asked.
"Yep, that's why her soul is special, just like yours," NS replied.
The light then turned a scary red. The white wings fell off and were replaced by black ones. Her red hair turned fiery, and a mask appeared over her mouth.
"Okay... I literally just said she was an angel," Dean said.
"She's a fallen angel, hohoho," NS chuckled.
Dean saw Claire holding the girl's soul's hand and moved to take her other hand. A screen then showed them the girl's life story. Her name was Bianca Foster, a 19-year-old nursing student. Her father, Theodor, had a huge gambling debt to a man named Benjamin Hall, who was Brandon Hall's dad.
Benjamin's debt was a trap. He took over Theodor's company and forced Bianca to work for his son to pay off the debt, crushing her dream. Brandon then exploited Bianca, even "selling" her to his powerful friends. To keep her under his thumb, he threatened to ruin her dad. With her dreams gone, her father's suicide, and her mom leaving, Bianca ran away.
But even back home, she had lost all hope. She couldn't find a new job, and she was about to be kicked out of school because she couldn't pay tuition. She decided to end her life. "Sniff... sniff," Claire sobbed, hugging Bianca's confused soul after watching the horrifying story.
Then the screen showed more of Bianca's life. It showed how she was truly an angel who always helped others. When she was a kid, she was bullied and her hair was shaved off. She was devastated, but years later, when the same bully got cancer and lost her hair, Bianca visited her without any resentment. She even cut her own hair to make a wig for her friend, which made the bully cry and apologize.
"So... she really has a heart of gold," Dean said, looking at Bianca's body. "Just like when she was an angel... before you got your hands on her, huh?" he said to NS.
"Hohoho... exactly," NS replied.
"Can somebody please explain what's happening to me?" Bianca's soul asked.
"NS, you tell her," Claire said.
"You got it, Dean," NS replied.
"Ugh, why are you guys passing the buck?" Dean grumbled, seeing Bianca's confused face. "Fine, I'll explain."
Dean told Bianca everything—where they were, who NS was, and what their job was. Bianca was shocked to learn that Brandon had hired them. She backed away in fear.
"You... you guys wanna kill me? But I'm already dead, right? I mean, I'm right here," Bianca said, terrified.
"Actually, it's the opposite," NS said, walking past Dean and Claire. "We're here to offer you a job and our services."
"A job? Your services?" Bianca asked, confused.
"Do you want revenge on that man for what he did to you?" NS asked.
Bianca fell silent, looking down. Then Her face turned red, even as a soul, and her hands clenched into fists. Tears welled up as she tried to hold back her true feelings.
"Let it out. Tell me what you want," NS said, taking her hand.
Her body was trembling. She closed her eyes and bit her lip, clearly struggling with the idea of revenge, since she was such a kind person. But then she opened her eyes, stared intently at NS, and tears started streaming down her face.
"I want to kill that man! He exploited my money... my body... my family... everything about me! I want him dead!" Bianca screamed, her body trembling.
"Hohoho... good," NS said, turning to Dean and Claire with a wide smile. "You guys know what to do, right?"
"Bwoosh," a screen appeared in front of Dean and Claire. They read what was on it.
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Target: Brandon Hall
Age: 32
Occupation: Talent Manager
Evil deeds: Exploitation, blackmail, extortion, corruption
Victim: Bianca (19) and many more
Status: Healthy
Position: His office
Record: Never caught by the police due to lack of evidence
Exp: 6300.
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When they finished reading, Dean and Claire looked at each other and smiled widely. Then they looked at NS and Bianca.
"Of course we do. Leave it to us, hohoho," they said together with wide smile and bright red eyes.
"Shhhriiiing," they drew their weapons and walked out of the black-and-white zone, heading back to the office where they had been before.
"Um... where are they going?" Bianca asked.
"To get your revenge. Just wait here and watch, hohoho," NS replied.
"Click." NS snapped his fingers, and a red holographic screen appeared in front of Bianca, along with some earbuds so she could enjoy the "show."