Simple uses for an Otherworldly Alter

 Sickness came to very reluctantly.

 "Ooowwwww... FUCK! I forgot how much this plane of existence HURTS!" She tried to stand up, slowly, but suddenly found herself back on the ground. "What the fuck?" she asked under her breath.

She got back to her feet, but immediately fell over again.

Growling she tried to do it again, but noticed as she was getting up... "Oh shit... Oh SHIT! I'm already starting to disintegrate! FUCK!"

That confirmed what she was afraid of. This wasn't her original body from the painting. Devi had burned it just before moving in with Tenna. So what she was in habiting currently was a metaphor. And metaphors didn't hold up well in the real world.

Course she did have some time, and if she DID get a body, and fast, she might be able to survive long enough to see the universe destroyed. That would be time well spent. Maybe she could help Devi, if she could create a diversion. Diversions were always good. But she just couldn't do both without exhausting herself.

So where did you get a diversion and a new body in one shot?

 At that point, a large dog came out into the yard across the street with a rubber football. Sickness watched as the dog assaulted the ball, which made loud squeaking noises as the dog mauled it.

Sickness blinked. Not squeaked...but squeeked.

She just found her diversion.

Damn, this was NOT going to be pretty.

"Well children, we're almost there. Are you ready for what lies ahead?"

 Neither Devi nor Johnny answered.

"Speechless with excitement, eh?" he said navigating a tricky step. "Can't blame you. After all, you're both participating in history...well, actually, the END of history, but still a momentous event."

 The two still said nothing, but MEAT kept talking.

"You see, you two have been chosen for a very special purpose. I suppose you've already figured it out by now... Devi's little figment was such a blabbermouth... Devi's going to have a child. And we already know it will be a little boy, one whose existence will link our two worlds. A little child who will allow our massive army to decimate this insignificant little speck in space... Exciting, yes?!"

 They still said nothing. MEAT looked back at Devi. "Yes, I know motherhood is overwhelming, but don't you worry, we'll take GOOD care of the boy."

More silence.

"Well, once I get you two started, I just can't seem to shut you up, eh?! Well don't worry..." a square of light appeared, finally at the base of the staircase, "In a few minutes you won't have anything to say at all..."

"Heeeyyyyy Macarena! Aie!" Tenna sang, going through the motions. Spooky was propped up with some of Devi's books so he could see.

She bowed as the music ended. She was naked except for the tube socks. She felt Spooky deserved a little break before they moved onto their usual game of "Dr. Spooky and Nurse Tenna Get Locked in the Supply Closet."

"Did you like that, Spooky?" Tenna asked picking up the doll.

"No, actually I found it quite *squeek* disturbing."

 "Spooky?" Tenna said, suddenly perking up, "Spooky! You talked!"

 "Brilliant observation, Tenna. *Squeek* Damn."

 "Aw Spooky! I always knew you could talk! I'm going to that damn shrinks office and give him a piece of my mind!"

 "As tempting as making a sardonic comment at that statement is," Spooky said, "there's no time. Listen carefully, Tenna. I am not Spooky. My name is Sickness...I'm a--er--acquaintance of Devi."

 "Hey... wait a minute... were you the spooky dolly trying to eat her brainmeats?!!?" Tenna asked furiously.

 "Well um... *squeek* DAMMIT!" Sickness sighed, spewing another "squeek." "Yes, I am."

 "Oh." Tenna said. Then, after a minute of hard thinking: "Wanna pretend we're dust bunnies?"

 "NO!" Sickness squeeked. "I'm here because Devi is in trouble! Now do you want to help her or *squeek* NOT?!"

 Tenna suddenly got serious, "Devi's in trouble?! How? Why?!"

 "There's no time to *squeek* GOD DAMN IT! --Explain! She's over at Johnny's house!"

 "You mean the skinny little guy? Aww... I always knew they'd get together..."

"Oh for the love of K'hzhaazzdannzkhuhkubkvrk*squeek* ERRRGH! They aren’t going to be together much longer!"

"What do you mean?"

 Sickness sighed again. "Pay attention, Tenna. Unless you get over there right now, DEVI. IS. GOING. TO. *squeek* DIE!"

"What?! Oh no! I've got to get over there!" Tenna picked up Spooky/Sickness and grabbing the car keys, ran out the door.

"Would you mind terribly if you put some CLOTHES on before riding to the *squeek* rescue, Kemo Sabe?"

 "Awww... do I have too?" Tenna pouted.

 The room was like nothing Devi had ever seen in Nny's house before. Even as she dawned into half-awake awareness, it freaked her out. The ceiling was gone, replaced by a bluish fog that rolled like heavy storm clouds. And there was a rather pointy-looking alter in the center of it.

 Where am I?

Where's Johnny?

 She felt... something to her left. She turned her head slowly in the direction, and saw Johnny standing there. He looked tired, beaten and scared behind his still glazed eyes. He was looking ahead to the alter, not blinking.

She looked at it herself.

The alter.

What was happening on the alter?

She shook her head a few times, and some more of the sleep melted away. She knew now she was almost awake... and somehow still in an underground room with no ceiling, and a... walking chanting burger boy?

The altar was surrounded by large red candles, burning brightly. Some were burning in an intricate pattern on the floor surrounding the alter, some on the edges of the room, some burning stapled into the walls of the room. There were four empty bowls… hovering at the head and foot of the alter and somewhere a strong, unpleasantly spicy incense was burning.

The burger boy was chanting up a storm, and as she looked back up at the smoke in the ceiling, she could swear she saw faces coalescing out of it, then dissolving and reappearing again.

What the hell was going on?

"God..." Nny whispered softly. "... or whoever is taking care of me anymore..."

"Do you know what it is?" Devi whispered back.

Johnny shook his head slightly. "Not sure. They seem to be like the Doughboys, the thing in the wall and that doll you told me about...but this doesn't seem like their kind of gig."

"Are they going to kill us?" Devi asked, worried.

"Probably... What a time for my will to live to kick in..." Johnny said. He looked over at Devi. "I'm... I..."

Devi's hand slid over to his and squeezed it. "I know. I'm sorry too."

"... You... you are?" Johnny asked, surprised.

Devi nodded slightly. "Yeah," she whispered. "I'm sorry about the alley and all the rest of it. I don't know what the hell I was thinking."

"Me neither." Johnny admitted, squeezing her hand. "You're the only person I know who... who I could tolerate long enough to... to want get close to."

Devi was silent.

Johnny looked away. "Sorry. One of those things you have to get off your chest before you perish unspeakably..."

Devi looked at him. She wasn't sure what to make of that.

Johnny relaxed his hand, letting it lightly rest in Devi’s, and suddenly took a great interest in the rotting floorboards. MEAT was still chanting, loudly and obnoxiously. But Devi tuned him out.

Was Johnny serious?

"BRING FORTH THE VESSELS OF INCUBATION!"

MEAT's voice echoed oddly around the room. It sounded as if four voices were bellowing simultaneously. Instantly Devi felt the fog cover her brain and she dropped Johnny's hand. Johnny himself seemed to cloud over and both stood at attention, staring straight ahead at nothing.

 Lighting crackled in the indoor clouds and 4 bolts lashed out and scorched the alter. Blood poured into the bowls hovering at the four corners from an unknown source and began to boil.

MEAT's smiled widened. "The time is now, my masters! I await your command!"

"OUR FAITHFUL SERVANT. WE COMMEND YOU. YOU HAVE EXCELLED OUR EXPECTATIONS." they turned to Johnny and Devi. "CHILDREN OF SHADOW, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR A TASK WHOSE COMING HAS BEEN FORTOLD THROUGH THE TIMELESS TIME... AND THROUGH YOUR PITIFUL MORTAL FLESH, IMMORTALS SHALL WALK THE EARTH, SCORCHING THE LAND AND DEVOURING THE SOULS OF THE LIVING. FEEL YOUR HATE FOR EACH OTHER. LET IT CONSUME YOU AND BLACKEN YOUR MINDS AND BODIES. TAKE EACH OTHER IN DISGUST AND REVOLTION UPON THIS BED OF HATE, AND RELEASE THE NIGHT OF COUNTLESS AGES!!!!

Mechanically, Johnny removed his pants, while Devi threw the shirt over her head. The two of them strode towards the altar and climbed up onto it.

 As Johnny climbed up, Devi grabbed his wrist and threw him down on his back onto the hard surface of the altar, before climbing on top of him and riding him for all she was worth.

 Johnny snarled and tried to get up, but Devi punched him in the face, then leaned forward and pinned his arms, before biting savagely into his neck.

GOOD... VERY GOOD...

In retaliation, Johnny stretched his neck as far as he could, and sank his teeth into Devi's shoulder, drawing blood.

The sharp pain burrowed along Devi's nerve endings and exploded in her brain...
...and suddenly, the fog cleared.

Devi held onto Johnny's wrists, as the boy was bucking like crazy and sending shockwaves of pleasure and pain through her body. She was fighting to keep her head.

Why were they suddenly on the alter? What had just happened? And what the hell was wrong with Nny?

Okay, stay calm. The little demon burger boy obviously thought that WHOOOOOA AAAAA NELLY!

Dammit, stop it! THINK or they'd all be dead!

"K'hzez na Gh'regha du Nihiz thul la Cghala!" MEAT chanted, watching the show. At least the burger boy obviously didn't suspect any--any--oh "YESSSSSSSSS!" Devi cried out as another orgasm rocked her body.

Dammit, she really had to stop doing that.

OK, THINK. She was in Johnny's basement, being forced to have ritual sex with him on an otherworldly alter in front of an audience... sounded more like one of Tenna’s dates…

Dammit, what was wrong with her shoulder?

"Procreate my filthy children! Procreate!" MEAT chanted

"BITCH!" Johnny cried out, trying to get a slap to connect with her face. Why was he angry? Only a few seconds ago, he was shyly admitting that he tolerated her. She had liked that...

Devi grabbed Johnny's arms again so he would stop trying to hit her. Not so much that she thought it was dangerous, but it was really starting to get annoying. His possessed body was nicely contorting under her and inside her. But his eyes...

Devi was suddenly and strangely frightened. This wasn't Nny. It was his body, naturally, but his mind wasn't controlling it.

So, how the hell did she get Nny back? She ducked her head to stop looking at his face... damn shoulder. What the hell had she done to it? She couldn’t concentrate with… Wait a second...

Still grabbing onto his wrists, she leaned down and bit Johnny's neck as hard as she could. Johnny snarled in pain...but it tapered off, and when Devi pulled back, his eyes were clear. He blinked about, confused.

Devi pushed her head down next to his. "Hit me." She whispered, trying to keep their hips moving together.

Johnny blinked, "What?"

"Hit me, or they're going to get suspicious..." Devi said

"But.." Johnny started.

"DO IT! DO IT YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" Devi screamed to the room. The Things laughed.

To her surprise Johnny did so without any more prompting. Pretty damn hard too.

"Sorry." Johnny whispered when their heads were together again.

Devi had to grin. "Don't worry about it. Suck in, this is gonna hurt." she chomped down on his ear, trying to draw blood.

"AAAH!!!!... Uh … YOU… YOU BITCH!" Johnny screamed back.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Devi screamed back, as she slapped Nny across the face.
Nny's hand darted up, grabbed her neck, and pulled her down to face level. "Was that necessary?" he asked.

"Yes, it was. And I wouldn't stop fucking me if you can."

"Why?"

"Because they'll kill us if you do...and because I'm right on the verge."

"Oh.... ohhhh...." Nny said. He started moving his hips in circles again.

 "Yes! YESSSSS!" Devi cried, more theatrically than she would like but she doubted the Things would notice.

 Johnny smiled happily as he watched. He really liked watching her when she did that...

 As she rode it out she glanced down at him and shot him a look that said "Stop smiling, you idiot."

 Nny tried, but got it down to a smirk. "You're probably going to have to hit me again." he whispered when their heads collided again.

"Right. And be a little more active." Devi said, before leaning back up again and backhanding him across the face.

 Johnny snarled convincingly and sat up before sucking roughly on her nipples and biting into them.

 Devi hummed in pleasure. "You know, you're better at this than you really should be." she whispered.

 They kept up the cycle of abuse, changing the routine slightly when they though the Things would be suspicious. During this time, Devi tried to figure out how the hell to get out of the situation.

 She could see stairs, but all good bets were on that they couldn't roll off the damn alter without the Things obliterating them where they stood. Killing the Burger Boy would shut him up, but wouldn't help them. For all intents and purposes, it looked like they were trapped.

YES, RIDE! RIDE AND FUCK AND GROAN AND HURT! BRING FORTH OUR DESTINY!

 And what the hell was this destiny these things kept bringing up?

They...want you...to give...birth...

 Devi's eyes opened in realization, fortunately, she was able to fake another orgasm to cover it up.

 The bastards... they wanted her to give BIRTH? At her age?! Fuck that!

 No way in hell was she having a kid at this point in her life. Not a chance in hell! And besides that, it sounded like the kid would end up being some kind of demon baby, and god knew what kind of problems THAT would cause, especially when it started teething. And what about Johnny? What were they going to do with him when they were done?

The alter smelled of blood and death. The shadow of Life itself was in this room.

They weren't going to leave here alive.

 Devi looked down at Johnny, who had his eyes closed and his teeth grit. He was trying to look like he was in pain, but she could tell he was enjoying himself.

 They couldn't even die enjoying themselves. Being themselves. No chains, no gags, no force, no sick little mind games. Never just them.

She had wanted to enjoy herself. At least with Nny. At least once.

Wait a minute...

Devi frowned in concentration and snarled down at Johnny before slapping him across the face for appearances sake. He responded by pinching her nipples hard. After the nice feelings had passed, she thought about it.

The Things kept harping on about hate. Every time the two of them had had sex recently, they were both pissed off or it degenerated into a fight.

Maybe...the Things NEEDED them to hate each other?

So... what if they didn't? What if they stopped?

They were going to die anyway... hell, might as well have something happy to go out with....

She bent back over Johnny. "How are you doing?"

"Good... unfortunately...." Johnny said, gasping for air.

"Unfortunately?"

"I'm...getting...close..."

Not much time left... "Hey.." Devi said nerviously. She waited for Nny to stop, and look at her, before kissing him as gently as she could. "Breathe. Calm down." she whispered. "I just figured out that that's what they want."

"Easy for you to say..." Johnny said, breathing, " What do they want?

"They want you to get me pregnant while we hate each other's guts."

Johnny blanched at 'pregnant' but recovered, "Well, it seems like they're damn close, doesn't it?”

"Not if we don't give them what they want."

”What? ....How?"

”We don’t fuck…” She smiled softly and kissed him again with infinite tenderness. “We make love.”

Johnny’s face traveled from confusion, to shock to happiness in a very short amount of time, “Well... um... ok..." he said nervously, before reaching up and kissing Devi himself.

Devi slowed the pace, concentrating on kissing Johnny softly, tenderly. She let her hands run through his air and she gently kissed the spot on his neck she had bitten.

Johnny sharply inhaled and let his hands run lightly over Devi's back. Devi shivered and hummed on Johnny's neck in pleasure. Johnny wrapped his arms around Devi, and gently rolled her under him. He kissed up and down her neck and shoulders... down to her breasts... They continued with their lovemaking. Kissing, stroking, moving slowly and leisurely, both knowing that it wouldn't--couldn't last.

It didn't.

 MEAT was watching with delight. The two were working out nicely. You could feel the hate and the link he had with Johnny told him that the boy was about to come. Then it would be all over but the gestation.

 But then, there was a change. MEAT halted his chanting as the girl slowed the pace and began kissing and rubbing him differently than before. Ohhhh...she was lulling him into a false sense of security. Any minute she'd kick the shit out of him and it would continue.

 But it didn't.

 He watched, teeth gritting tighter by the second as the boy rolled the girl under him and began to pleasure her breasts. The girl was making contented little sighs as he went to work on her. MEAT developed a noticeable facial tic as Johnny moved lower and pleasured her centre.

Something was wrong with this. It wasn't proceeding that way it should. Something was off kilter.

They were disobeying his masters.

They were NOT following the RULES.

 His tic was now so pronounced cracks were appearing in the ceramic finish.

And his suspicions were confirmed as the boy tongued the girl to a climax greater than any of the others she had thus far experienced.

"...oohhhh...oohhhHHHH...yes...yessss...there . rightthere....uh-huh..uh...uh...UHHHHHH...YE SSSS...THERETHERETHERE...MORE...OH GOOOOOOOD JOHNNY I LOVE YOU!!!"

MEAT and his masters let out a howl of indignation and outrage.

Devi tried to focus as the last of the waves washed over her. "Um... What?"

HOW DARE YOU! WE WERE TO GIVE YOU A GREAT DESITINY AND YOU THROW IT AWAY! NOW YOU WILL BE ANNIHILATED!

"I think it's time to run." Nny said, pulling her off the alter as a huge bolt of lighting decimated it.

 Devi quickly pulled the shirt over her and tossed Johnny his pants.

 At that point MEAT, with a murderous cry, leaped onto Devi's back and sank his serrated teeth into the bite on her neck.

 "Dammit!" Devi screeched, pulling the burger boy off her neck and throwing it to the floor. MEAT's lower half shattered.

 "Come ON!" Johnny said, now clothed, grabbing her wrist again and running like mad up the staircase.

"FOOLS!" MEAT bellowed. "There IS no escape. We will destroy you, the house and every trace of you! The Universe will never know you existed!

 "By the way... " Johnny said as they kept running, and the lighting seemed to course through the house "I love you too."

 As they dashed up the stairs, Devi happened to look back.

 And immediately wished she hadn't. The dark blue cloud was following them and gaining fast.

 No, wait, the cloud wasn't following them...the HOUSE WAS BEING SUCKED INTO IT!

 "FUCK!!!!!!" she screamed, as she and Nny kept running....