366. Saints and Sinners Part I ~MABUS Arrives~

Lady Death holds the poor dying creature in her arms. It's a dying little duckling on the ground.

"Hey, Vanessa!" smiled Miguel, walking to her with Anne. "Oh... Oh, dear! I'm so sorry! What's going on here?"

Lady Death shushes the creature.

"Whoa... That's the-!" yelled Anne.

"Yep... The Grim Reaper. Vanessa Carlysle apparently killed the original tyrannical death and became the new Grim Reaper."

"Hello, Miguel," smiled Lady Death. "Is this your new fling?"

"Oh! No... This is the one I've been in love with for the last three thousand years," said Miguel.

"A Succubus," she said.

"Yes," said Miguel.

"You have pretty wild tastes there, Ibarra," smiled Lady Death.

"Is she your ex...?" Anne said, frowning.

"We flung. Yeah... But it was casual!" smiled Miguel. "Who's this little one?"

Vanessa shows the dying duckling, whom she pets. "It's a dying duckling... I'm asking her to let go...There, there, little one."

Miguel tears up and wipes his tears, petting the creature.

Anne is given the creature as well. "Poor thing..." said Anne.

"I could heal it!" smiled Miguel.

"It wishes not to be healed," said Vanessa.

"Ah..." said Miguel. "What happened?"

"Some terrible kids beat her with their fingers..." said Vanessa. "... Sadly, Life said she couldn't do anything about it."

"Where is she by the way?" asked Miguel.

"She left to save other souls that she could..." said Vanessa. "The duckling was lost and her mother was killed and slaughtered by a farmer. Her siblings have died because of starvation. So she's all alone.What makes you go here?"

"In the countryside? We were gonna look at the stars like we did as kids," said Miguel.

Vanessa chuckles. "Sometimes we, the creatures above, forget that we were once children..."

"Yeah! But... I'm cool because I have the mind of one!"

She giggles. "Well... Take care!"

"You're still with Life? Or are you with a version of Thanos again?"

"No... I'm with Life," smiled Vanessa. "Thanks for catching up. Come, little one..." she called upon the duckling, as its soul leaves its body. "Let us enter the netherworlds..."

"You want us to take him to Heaven?" smiled Miguel.

"I'll take it from here..."

The pair turn around.

Anne is terrified, but Miguel smiles. "Oh, Hey, Kuya Jesus!"

Jesus steps softly toward Miguel and pats his head. Miguel turns red and adorably laughs. "I see that you've been doing your duties well during your time on Earth."

"Thanks! How's Magdalene?"

"She's fine. Thank you for asking."

"And the Disciples?"

"Going about their business..." He turns to Anne. "Zeppeli, I believe?"

Anne genuflects before him. 

"Whoa, whoa... Haha!" smiled Jesus. "We uh... Don't do that around here..."

"Oh...!" Anne stands up.

Jesus shakes her hand. "A pleasure!"

"Whoa, whoa! You touched me! You might get corrupted!" yelled Anne.

Jesus and Miguel laugh. 

"No! That's not how it works!" smiled Jesus. "You're an exceptional woman, you've got that?Anyway. So, Miguel! You've finally found out about Anne, huh?"

"Yep! I feel like an idiot!" smiled Miguel. "Where's Kuya Lucifer?"

"Well... When children die, Lucifer automatically can't interfere," said Jesus. "I'll take this little one to Heaven..." he smiled sweetly. "Bye, you two!"

"Bye!" smiled Vanessa.

Vanessa and Christ walk and leave the 3rd World plane, vanishing before them.

"Huh..." said Anne. "Who are the other relatives and exes I don't know about?"

"It will literally take twelve days non-stop for me to tell you about each of them."

"Dude... You sleep around before, huh? Following my footsteps, Ibarra?" she blushed.

"Oh, shut up, and let's look at the stars."

Miguel and Anne look at the sky.

"Whoa... The countryside has pretty damned beautiful stars..." smiled Miguel. "What do you think?" Miguel turns to Anne, but a wolf is gnawing on her foot.

"Yep..." said Anne. "So... when would we start doing it?"

"Dude... we just started dating," said Miguel. "Like... actually properly dating. Not just saying we're together while you do it with other guys kinda deal."

"Right..." said Anne. "Right..." Anne drinks her pills.

"Atta girl."

Miguel squints his eyes. "That one star's getting bigger." His eyes widen. He opens a portal behind them and they end up a hundred meters away.

*BOOM!!!*

"MAGICIAN'S RED!!!" yelled MABUS, as a fireball falls at the spot where they were. "HAHAHAHA-!!! Wait...?"

MABUS sees them a hundred meters away from where they were.

"Seriously? Were you seriously trying to assassinate us again!?" asked Miguel. "I'm immortal you fucking idiot!"

"Yeah... That's why we'll have her killed," MABUS points to Anne.

"Riiight..." said Miguel. "Nope!" Miguel charges toward MABUS.

Anne ferally charges toward MABUS and takes out Paisley Park. "PAISLEY PARK!!!"

"BUENA!!!"

MABUS' Star Platinum blocks that attack. He stops time and Anne has a hole in her chest.

Miguel growls, he kicks MABUS away, and he heals Anne with a spell.

Anne gasps for her breath as she takes out her claws, ferally growling as she woges.

"MABUS!!!" yelled Miguel. He roars as he charges at MABUS, who teleports behind Miguel using an unknown Stand and takes out Dark Moon. He teleports around the darkness, using Yuki's Thriller.

He then blasts the katana at Miguel over and over as Miguel blocks all of his attacks with his sticks.

He cackles in a deep voice similar to Dr. Claw. "Ibarra..." he said. "Why is it that you let your little dick speak for yourself?"

"FUCK OFF!!!" Miguel does a side thrust kick, does a spin, and does a spinning ax kick into his face, so MABUS strangles him with Star Platinum.

"How many years have we feigned for her!? And in the end, we always face rejection!? Constant rejection from her!? Constant rejection from the other women and men we chased after!? We were always the chasers and never was once the chased! Don't you feel pathetic!? Anger!? Insulted!? We were the second choice!Pathetic sickness and scum of society!"

Anne can't stab him, realizing who he is.

"So, I'll have fun murdering her... Murdering them all..."

"It's not her fault... It's not the fault of any of them... Their hatred?" Miguel slowly stands up. "It drives them not because they're bad people. It drives them because they have... nothing... They're broken people... They've been betrayed... Just like us.All that stuff... is from the past."

"But I know how you look at her... It's with love... but with so much anger... Kill her with me... KILL HER!!!"

"I love her."

"NO, YOU DON'T!!!" MABUS appears and uses Night at the Opera, turning liquid and freezing Miguel on the ground. 

Anne finally tries to attack but MABUS uses Stone Free and wraps her into the grassy ground.

"You don't understand...!" yelled MABUS. "We suffered! Because of Jessica. Because of her. Because of every woman who rejects us... What did Jessica tell us before?"

"We're... We're ugly... We're losers... We're fat... We're gross... We're sweaty... We're dark brown... We smell bad... We're someone no one could trust..." Miguel began to cry.

"And you say... That these scums of Earth don't deserve to face chaos!? These pathetic SICKNESSES!"

"Anne... Is a Succubus... and a sex addict... It's not her fault... It was all situational..."

"I KNOW!!! But it does not excuse the fact that she cheated on us... She cheated on us... Miguel... She had sex with other men and women... And worst of all... With our best friend..."

Miguel's voice broke. "I know... I know... But you don't have to kill her for that. And that doesn't mean... that she doesn't deserve our forgiveness... Our love..."

"YOU DON'T LOVE HER!!! SHE IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF LUST ITSELF!!!"

He squeezes her with his strings.

"Stop... that..." said Miguel.

"Or WHAT!?" Miguel is strangled by MABUS' The World. "'The only way he'd have sex with a woman was through rape.'" He said, replicating one of the girls in their old class. "'He's such a fucking virgin because of his gross black tiny penis.'" he replicated once more. "'If I was the last person on Earth with him, I would pass.'" MABUS strangles Miguel. "Let me remind you why you're here... Because of them... They turned us into God... which we never even wanted... I'm free now... But nothing changed... Even after I killed each of them..."

"How about... try..." gasped Miguel. "Moving on?"

"But then while killing them..." said MABUS. "I found how awful the rest of the world is... Children... working as slaves for Enterprises... Women... enslaved by organizations... Mafiosos stealing, killing, and robbing from the poor... Burglars... killing children... I saw it all... I saw... that this world... These people... Are a sickness... That's when anarchy comes... The good people out here get to FUCK them over..." he began to breathe erratically. "Just kill her... Our own family called us names... Our uncle beat us... Our Grandparents blamed us for every little thing... A couple of girls... laughing at us about how we would be dead in a pool of blood... For cutting ourselves...Be angry... Hate them... Kill Anne..." 

Miguel stands up, slowly. "People used to kiss us for dares... Because we were ugly... We are ugly... But that doesn't mean we have to hurt these people... Not anymore..."

"They said we had a micropenis..." said MABUS.

Miguel clenched his fists.

"And I know... you've thought about murdering all of them... You like those thoughts... First 1,000 years... That's all you could think of... We could think of... Tell me... Does Anne really love you? Hm?"

Miguel began to cry.

"I knew it! You don't believe it... You still hate yourself! RAUGHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!'It's no big deal!''It isn't yours!''You're pathetic!''You're ugly and fat!''You're gross!''You will never be your sister.''Your sister's cute. The fuck happened to you!?''Why are you acting all... wise and stuff? You're an idiot.''No! I won't dance with you! I hate you!''You're brown!'"

"Stop it..." wept Miguel.

"'You're the gayest bitch I've ever met.''You're hung like a baby.''Tyrone has a bigger dick than you. Ha... Ha... Ha...'"

Anne's eyes quiver.

"'You smell like ass.''I pity you. Wanna date?''You are so ugly. You look like a Chimp!''You don't matter.'Then the class (including the teacher) proceeds to LAUGH at us! They deserve to go to Hell, don't you agree? Or turn them into objects... Worms, even..."

"Stop it!" yelled Anne. 

"Silence!" yelled MABUS, as he squeezes her more.

Miguel is unresponsive.

"Let me show you how cruel this world is!" sneered MABUS. "I hate doing musicals... But..."

MABUS begins to rap, baby!

"Strange times we're living in; panic and hysteriaPoor man learn the rich man don't care for yaNarcissist mindsets spread like malariaSit back and watch the show, AmericaBritain split through fickle shit, a government of hypocritesThese counterfeit politicians sit in parliament, not adequate (Come on)Needlessly bleeding resources all dryTurn a blind eye if it means a pay rise"Oh, what a shame it would be, I would die"If Number 10 Downing Street burned in a fireOnly joking, only messing, don't be stressingI'm a peaceful adolescent, there's no need to be unpleasantWrite my thesis in a rhyme scheme to analyze the brainWhile my finger's on the trigger of a money gameOh rain, rain, rain, rainA storm! It comes our wayAnd those who rise through distorted liesPoisoning the veinsBut we like to point the blame, blame, blame, blameIt's easier to blameBut point the mirror at ourselvesWe're all part of this old money gameThis old money gameThis old–Money is a game and the ladder we climbTurns a saint into a sinner with his finger in crimeI'll break it down for you motherfuckers line by lineThis is business economics in a nursery rhymeShe sells seashells on a seashoreBut the value of these shells will fallDue to the laws of supply and demandNo one wants to buy shells 'cause there're loads on the sandStep one: you must create a sense of scarcityShells will sell much better if the people think they're rare, you seeBare with me, take as many shells as you can find, and hide 'em on an islandStockpile 'em high until they’re rarer than a diamondStep two: you gotta make the people think that they want 'emReally want 'em, really fuckin' want 'em, hit 'em like BronsonInfluencers, product placement, featured prime time entertainmentIf you haven't got a shell, then you're just a fucking waste, manThree: It's monopoly, invest inside some propertyStart a corporation, make a logo, do it properly"Shells must sell", that will be your new philosophySwallow all your morals, they're a poor man's qualityFour: expand, expand, expandClear forest, make land, fresh blood on handsFive: why just shells? Why limit yourself?She sells seashells! Sell oil as wellSix: guns, sell stocks, sell diamonds, sell rocksSell water to a fish, sell the time to a clockSeven: press on the gas, take your foot off the brakesThen run to be the president of the United StatesEight: big smile mate, big wave, that's greatNow the truth is overrated, tell lies out the gateNine: Polarise the people, controversy is the gameIt don't matter if they hate you if they all say your nameTen: the world is yours, step out on a stage to a round of applauseYou're a liar, a cheat, a devil, a whore, and you sell seashells on the seashoreRain, rain, rain, rainA storm! It comes our wayAnd those who rise through distorted liesPoisoning the veinsBut we like to point the blame, blame, blame, blameIt's easier to blameBut point the mirror at ourselvesWe're all part of this old money gameThis old money gameThis old-!"

Miguel's opinions have begun to sway to MABUS'.

"So... Unless you could make me realize that society... I will still bring anarchy to your world... To save it... from me... Even if it means killing the one we both loved."

"It's not that small!" yelled Anne.

MABUS turns to Anne, but Miguel is still unresponsive.

"EXCUSE YOU, WHAT!?" asked MABUS.

"Your dick isn't that small! It's actually cute and makes me happy tingle when it's inside!" yelled Anne. "Compared to everyone I've met, the gentle ones are awesome!"

MABUS and Miguel stay silent.

"And... You're not ugly! And yes, you matter! And... You're beautiful! Handsome, even! And I think gays are pretty cool!"

"I'm bi..." said both of them.

"Even better! And...! You're cute... And stuff... and you do that... That thing where you... sneeze and..."

(By Annapantsu)

"Th-... They thought you were awesome!" yelled Anne. "Your friends and family!"

"Really? Everyone?" asked the pair.

"Definitely!"

"How...?" asked the pair.

"Goddamn it... Are we all entering musical mode now!?" asked MABUS.

Anne sings. "Well... There was this one girl..." she turned red."Well... She said...There's nothing like your smile...Sort of subtle and perfect and realShe saidYou never knew how wonderfulThat smile could make someone feel

And she knewWhenever you get boredYou scribble stars on the cuffs of your jeans

And she noticedThat you still fill out the quizzesThat they put in those teen magazines

But she kept it all inside her headWhat she saw she left unsaidAnd though she wanted toShe couldn't talk to youShe couldn't find the wayBut she would always say

If I could tell himTell him everything I seeIf I could tell himThat he's everything to meBut we're a million worlds apartAnd I don't know how I would even startIf I could tell him!If I could tell him!"

"Did... Did she say anything else?" asked MABUS.

"About you?" asked Anne.

"Never mind, I don't really care anyway! (Yeah, me neither!)" yelled MABUS (and Miguel). The pair turn red. Even though MABUS is wearing a mask, because of Anne's Succubus physiology, she could tell that he's blushing as well.

"No, no, no just, no, no he said, she said so many thingsI'm just, I'm trying to remember the best ones so, um

She thoughtYou looked really handsome, I MEAN!!!It looked pretty cool when you put cerulean streaks in your hair!"

"She did?" asked MABUS.

"Ahaha! Yeah, totally!

And she wondered how you learned to danceLike all the rest of the world isn't thereBut she kept it all inside her headWhat she saw she left unsaidIf I could tell himTell him everything I seeIf I could tell himHow he's everything to meBut we're a million worlds apartAnd I don't know how I would even startIf I could tell himIf I could tell him

But what do you do when there's this great divide?"

"She just seemed so far away!" sung MABUS.

"And what do you do when the distance is too wide?" asked Anne, singing

"It's like I don't know anything," said Miguel.

"And how do you sayI love youI love youI love youI love you

But we're a million worlds apartAnd I don't know how I would even startIf I could tell himIf I could...!"

MABUS realizes... That... if he won't kill Anne... What if he killed someone else?"My first kill... was Mom..."

Miguel's eyes turn red.

*CRACK CRACK!!!*

Miguel slams his fist at MABUS' face over and over again.

*CRACK CRACK!!!*

"Miguel!" yelled Anne. "DON'T YOU KILL YOURSELF!!!"

Miguel binds Anne to the ground, but Anne uses Paisley Park and tries to break free. 

"I... enjoyed it..." said MABUS. "Kill me!"

"You would really... die for what you believe will save this world?"

"Yes...!" he hissed.

"Well good on you... BECAUSE IT WORKED!!!" he growled, kicking MABUS to the ground. 

MABUS isn't even fighting back as Miguel beats him to death. 

"Miguel! Stop this!" yelled Anne.

"Anne... You don't understand..." said MABUS. "If this world doesn't fall to chaos... Where everyone becomes equal and fair... Nothing will be fair... and I will be forced to destroy everything... I'm a machine... Okay?"

"For fuck's sake! Neither of you is a machine!"

"Yes, we are..." said the pair, as Miguel continues beating MABUS.

"You're Miguel! You're my idiot! My heart! You're the only man I'm legitimately attracted to, even without the sexual part!"

"Ouch!?" asked the pair. Miguel begins to strangle MABUS.

"If you do this, I won't forgive you! Please...!"

Miguel lets go of MABUS' neck and he sits on the ground, panting.

MABUS trembles on the ground.

"Are you okay?" asked Anne. "We should've stayed at the hospital...Miguel...? Miguel?"

Miguel is breathing heavily. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I should... I should take a rest..." he sobbed. 

"You know... When our old life dies, a new one is born, right?" said Anne.

This makes Miguel chuckle.

"You're a good woman," said Miguel. "You really meant all that stuff about me?"

Anne turns red. "W-We should have MABUS arrested-..."

They turn to him, only seeing that he's gone.

"So, you see me that way, huh?" smiled Miguel.

"Let's just go home..." sighed Anne.

Miguel opens a portal and they both leave.

MABUS sees the pair leave as well. "Hmph... Whatever..." MABUS walks away as he looks at the stars. "Stars are nice, though."