Mr. Pestilence, of the CRF GODS?
Yeah.. Thats me... What do you want?
I dont want anything sir, i was paid to deliver a letter to you... Do you want it? The man was very adamant about you recieving it on time, but your trip to New Orleans put me off by a few days...
What? Who is it from? And why in the hell is it so damned important?!
The man reaches into his jacket and produces a aged looking envelope... He hands it to Pesti, who takes it with some degree of caution...
I dont know sir, but my job is finished... Enjoy...
Yeah.. Get out of here... You spook even ME... Damn freak...
Pesti shuts the door and the man turns to leave.. Smiling softly... In the room, Pesti walks over to the table and tosses the letter down...
What the hell is going on around here... What does that say.. I can barely read it...
Pesti, who is stumped as to the meaning carefully opens the letter...
A message, I will once again send to you in the days ahead of us. We will meet, and we will rejoice.
Some call me dark, some call me evil, but you, you can call me....
BROTHER
Pesti drops the letter, which folds itself back up and lands on the table... He steps back and places his hands on his head, dropping to his knees...
What... No... I... No... BROTHER... No... Hes dead... Not... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
As Pesti screams, he convulses once and flops back onto the floor, still holding his head and mumbling "Brother..."...
Spawn and Sinthia come running into the room... They see Pestilence lying on the floor...
Flashback:
The scene shows a two young boys, playing football in the backyard of their home... It shifts as it shows the same two boys sitting before a dinner table saying grace... It shifts again to the younger boy, sitting alone in his room, holding a football. The older boy walks into the room and pulls a suitcase from beneath his bed. The oldest boy is no older than fifteen, while the younger boy is only 10. The oldest boy slings some clothes into the suitcase and drops a couple of his things into it..
But Bubba.. Why you gotta go... I dont want you to go... whose gonna play football with me?
The older boy stops and looks at his little brother...
Listen... I have to go... Im just moving to live with dad... its not like you are never goign to see me again.. Ill be back next summer... Promise...
But.. But... What do i do till then? Mom's gonna be pissed... You know it.. And her boyfriend will probably move in...
Its gonna be ok... Ill try to talk to dad and see if you can come... But the bus leaves in an hour.. I gotta hurry...
The scene fades as the two boys are hugging... It fades back in on the younger boy standing on the front porch, crying as his older brother leaves. The scene cuts forward a few months... Its now winter, and the younger boy is dressed in his sunday best. His mother is dressed in a black outfit, while his stepfather is standing behind her, tryint to console her. The camera pulls back to show they are at a graveyard. A weed covered grave sits before them. The younger boy just stares at the plot and looks at his mother... The scene fades...
End Flashback
We now return to see Pestilence, still sitting at the table, looking at that letter...
This is Bull{censored}... I was there... I saw his grave... its been twenty YEARS for god sake... Why... God DAMNIT Why now... I finally get my self together and now this... God.. its almost enough to make a man want to kill someone...
Bro....
Pesti spins in his chair shooting a look of pure unadulterated HATRED at Spawn, which even makes HIM blink...
What?
Just let it lie man... There isnt anything you can do... LEt it go... We gotta get up to New Jersey... Me and Sin are taking the next flight up... You gonna try to drive it again?
Im not sure yet... This is just too much for one day... Give me a holler before you leave.. Ill be around i guess... I gotta get out of here...
With that, Pesti drops the letter to the table and storms into the hallway... In the room, Spawn stands up and walks to the table. Sin follows him. She picks up the letter and reads it again..
I dont get it.. Why is this such a tender subject?
He told me once... His brother left to live with their dad in Chicago and was killed a week later... Their dad didnt TELL them until a month later... Its a sore subject that ripped his family to shreds...
Sin nods as the scene cuts to Pestilence standing in the hallway... He shakes his head and looks around... Venting some anger, he punches his hand into the glass of the Candy Machine and shatters it... As the glass is still falling to the floor Pesti spins around, feeling that he is being watched...
