Dean, Claire, and Bianca watched from a distance, no longer hearing Heather's screams. They walked over to Ruby and Lily. Heather was completely unresponsive, even though the zombies were still eating her. She just sat there with a terrified look on her face, her eyes wide, tears streaming down her cheeks, and her mouth open. Dean put a hand on Ruby's shoulder.
"Ruby, she's not reacting anymore. You should stop," Dean said.
Ruby looked at Dean, then at Heather, who couldn't even talk now.
"Okay, I get it," Ruby said. "Snap." She snapped her fingers, and all the zombies disappeared.
Suddenly, Lily turned to Dean and pointed at her own face, as if to say, "When's my turn?"
"Just destroy her with your claws," Dean told her.
Lily smiled and nodded. She turned back around, and "shiiing," three huge claws shot out of her iron gauntlets. She raised her hands, but just before she could strike, a sound came from Heather.
"I... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... sis," Heather mumbled.
Lily froze. She lowered her hands, and the claws retracted into her gauntlets. She then bent down and hugged Heather tightly. Claire and Bianca hugged Dean's arm, smiling, while Ruby took a step back in front of Dean. But then, "thud," Lily aimed both hands at Heather's stomach, and her claws shot out of her gauntlets, stabbing her. "Pyaaaash!" Heather's soul shattered into pieces of black light dust, which then turned white and floated up into a large mouth that appeared on the ceiling.
"Huh?" Dean, Claire, Bianca, and Ruby were all shocked. Lily turned around, tears streaming down her face, but she looked free and relieved. She walked over and hugged Ruby. Dean asked a question in his head.
"Hey, NS, what happened?" Dean asked.
[Heather's soul became clean in her final moments. She regretted everything she did and didn't want to live with it, so I swallowed her. She'll be reborn after processing. Oh, and her soul is worth $350,000, so your debt will be a little lower.]
"Oh... I see. That's good," Dean said with a smile.
Dean watched as Claire and Bianca also came over to hug Ruby and Lily. Dean just smiled and crossed his arms, watching them. A few moments later, once Ruby and Lily had calmed down, Dean said, "Alright, now let's go back to the real world." He was about to slam down the handle of his scythe.
"Wait, Dean, let me do it. I still have a score to settle with her friends," Ruby said.
"Hmm, okay," Dean replied.
"And," she continued, looking at Lily and putting a hand on her shoulder, "I want Lily to come with me because I'm going to her house to see her mom. I want Lily to be reunited with her mom."
Dean looked at Lily, who was staring at him with watery eyes and nodding. Dean stepped forward and put his hand on Lily's head.
"Alright, I get it. Claire, Bianca, and I will wait here and watch you on a screen," Dean said.
"Thanks, Dean," Ruby said with a smile.
After that, "clang," Ruby dropped her two chain whips to the ground and disappeared. "Bwuuung!" a big hologram screen opened up in front of Dean, Claire, and Bianca.
"Is it okay for us to leave this to them?" Claire asked.
"It's fine. This is their revenge," Dean said casually.
"You're... so nice, hehe," Bianca said, wrapping her arm around Dean's.
"Hehe, yeah, it's getting... you know," Claire added, also wrapping her arm around Dean's.
"Please let go of me. I'm getting hot," Dean said with a slightly red face, trying to get away.
*****
In a dorm room, "huh," Heather opened her eyes. She was lying on a bed in her full uniform. She heard voices and saw four of her female friends and four guys having a pot and snack party, just chatting. "Screech." She immediately sat up and looked at everyone. Carter, who was among her friends, looked at Heather.
"You're finally up, babe?" he asked, getting up and walking over to Heather on the bed.
Carter sat on the edge of the bed and put his arm around her, but Heather just glanced at his hand and slowly got up, standing stiffly.
"Where are you going, babe?" Carter asked, confused.
Heather looked left and right, then she saw a machete under Carter's desk. Without a moment's hesitation, she grabbed the machete and walked over to one of her female friends. Seeing Heather standing next to her, the friend looked up, surprised.
"Huh... Heather, what's up?" the friend asked, eyeing the machete Heather was holding.
Heather calmly walked to the door and "click," she locked it. The room went dead silent, and all eyes were on Heather. Suddenly, Heather's eyes turned red, and "craaaash," she swung the machete. One of her female friends, who was hit directly in the neck, fell to the floor, bleeding.
"Babe... what are you doing?" Carter screamed.
Everyone panicked and started making a racket. One by one, Heather killed her remaining three female friends, completely ignoring the guys who were with Carter. "Crack... clang." After pulling the machete out of one of the girls' stomachs, Heather stood up, dropped the machete on the floor right in front of Carter and his friends, and looked at the ceiling.
"Babe... wh-what's wrong with you?" Carter asked, trying to get closer.
But before Carter could touch Heather, her body started to shake violently, making Carter back away, confused and scared. After that, Heather gave Carter and his friends a murderous glare. "Eeeek!" Carter and his friends backed up, huddling together in fear. Heather turned around and walked to the door. She unlocked it and opened it, leaving the room with her body covered in blood. She closed the door, leaving Carter and his friends inside.
Heather walked out of the dorm without shoes. She walked along the sidewalk, becoming the center of attention because of her blood-stained uniform, empty eyes, and dangling arms. After a while, she reached an old, run-down building with an oriental restaurant on the first floor. She went up the side stairs next to the restaurant to get to her apartment on the second floor.
"Click." She opened her apartment door and saw a woman, about 35, sitting on the sofa, folding clothes on the coffee table. The woman, seeing Heather covered in blood, with a vacant stare and looking exhausted, immediately stood up and walked over to Heather.
"What happened, Heather? Why are you covered in blood like this? Tell me, now!" the woman yelled in panic.
But Heather, seeing the panicked woman, studied her face, her eyes darting back and forth. Then she smiled emotionally, as if they hadn't seen each other in a long time. Tears immediately streamed down her cheeks. She looked at an invisible Ruby, who was holding her shoulder and nodding. Without waiting any second, "gyuuut," Heather hugged her mom tightly and sobbed. Ruby, watching, took off her glasses and wiped away a tear.
"What's wrong, Heather... come inside... come inside," her mom said, hugging her back.
The mom brought Heather inside and told her to sit down. "Wait here a minute, I'll get you some water," her mom said, running inside. Heather looked around. She saw the only photo frame on the shelf, which looked old. It showed a five-year-old Heather standing next to a six-year-old Lily, with their mom hugging them from behind. All three were smiling broadly at the camera. Heather smiled at the photo, her hands tracing the frame until her blood smeared on the glass and wrote something with blood. Then she looked at the invisible Ruby next to her.
"Are you done?" Ruby asked.
Heather didn't answer, but she nodded and smiled. Then Heather disappeared. Her mom, who had come back with water, looked confused. She put the glass on the coffee table and went into Heather's room. After seeing Heather wasn't there, she opened the front door and looked out of the apartment.
She then came back inside and looked at the photo frame on the shelf. She walked over to it and covered her mouth, tears instantly streaming down her face because there was a message written in blood on the glass right in front of Lily's picture.
"I'm home, Mom, but I can't be with you. Goodbye Mom, I love you... Lily."
The mom took the photo frame with trembling hands and hugged it. She sat on the sofa and sobbed uncontrollably. Meanwhile, Heather arrived at a warehouse and walked over to a surgical bed, where she lay down. Ruby and Lily came out of Heather's body, causing Heather's body to shrink into a mummy, but her face looked peaceful.
"We're done," Ruby said and Lily nodding.
"Alright, let's go back," Dean said.
"Wait, Dean, aren't you going to sell her organs?" Claire asked.
Dean looked at Heather's body, which was now like a mummy but looked peaceful. He smiled.
"Not this time. Let's go home," Dean said.
"Okay," Claire, Bianca, and Ruby replied. Lily, without speaking, raised her hand.