Fan Fiction ❯ A New Existence ❯ The Loophole ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Title: A new existence

Chapter: 2/0?

Chapter Title: The Loophole

Author: Silverwolf

E-Mail: Silverwolf_angel@yahoo.com

Rated: R

Disclaimers: I DO NOT OWN Dogma or it's rights. The original movie, story line, and characters are © copyright Kevin Smith. 'Cherry' However, is my own creation as is the following version of the story, seeing as it came straight from my subconscious.

A/N: We meet again, I see. * looks all mysterious and whatnot * I hope this second chapter gets rid of the confusion caused by the first one. I had my friend, supersilentbob768, read it for me and he was 'confused to no end'. * shrug * Anywhoo, I go into detail a bit more about Cherry and her 'mission' to keep Loki and Bartleby out of trouble.

Enjoy!

Silverwolf

The Loophole

Cherry sat stunned at a big, purple and yellow table outside of Mooby's family restaurant. Rufus and Bethany were too busy talking to even notice her until Silent Bob waved her over to their table. She shook her head and looked down at her Moo Moo Mooby Burger. She wasn't hungry, but Rufus had insisted that she eat something. She heaved a loud sigh and turned her back to them, searching around her pockets for an extra cigarette. When she couldn't find one, she growled and stood.

"Hey... Bob. Can I-" She paused. She was old enough to buy her OWN cigarettes. She didn't need some big guy in a coat to buy them for her anymore. "Nevermind... I'll get them myself." Rufus had other plans for her as she started to walk over the the liquor store. "Cherry, where the Hell do you think you're going? Get your skanky ass back here." Cherry whirled around. "Excuse me? " She cried, stomping over to him. "You heard me little girl, sit your ass down. Biggie, give her a smoke will ya? She's going to need it to stay alive after I explain what's going on." Rufus narrowed his eyes at the ebony haired teen.

Bob handed over a cigarette while Cherry sat down next to Bethany. "Now, Cherry, you know why you were sent here, don't you?" Rufus asked, biting into his second Egg'o Mooby-muffin. "To watch over Bartleby and Loki. You know, to keep them out of trouble." She answered, lighting the cigarette. "But instead, you are the one who's causing all of the trouble. Do you honestly think God would have created you so you could screw on the job?" Rufus eyed her as she turned away. "If God doesn't like it, why doesn't he send Metatron to scold me for being a bad girl again? Why'd he send you, Apostle?" She flicked the cigarette and smirked. "He didn't SEND me, I came here to help Bethany stop those two idiots from destroying everything God created from his own two hands." Rufus growled at her and the entire table jumped when she slammed her fist down on the top. "SHUT UP! They are NOT idiots! YOU'RE THE IDIOT, APOSTLE!" Tears were once again streaming down Cherry's cheeks as she glared at Rufus with a look of pure hatred. "What the shit? What the fuck is wrong with her eyes?" Jay asked, jumping up to get away from the table. "I swear to God if you weren't already dead, Rufus, you'd be laying flat on the ground with a little trickle of blood coming from that over-sized head of yours!" Cherry snarled and turned away.

"Is somebody going to tell me what the Hell is wrong with her eyes?" Jay asked again. Rufus chuckled. " She's not human. Well, she has a human body, but her blood is that of many Angels. Virginity, Temptation and Trouble. Three of Heaven's most notorious trouble-makers, were the base for her 'mold'. All three were sent to Hell after this little girl was created. She may look young, but she's not. Believe me, this woman is just as old as Bartleby and Loki." He paused when Cherry sat back down with her head in her hands. "She cries tears of blood, like the statue of The Virgin. God forgot to explain it to everyone else and it came as quite a shock to us when we witnessed it for the first time. But, as I was saying, she was created to watch over Bartleby and Loki, you know, to keep them distracted from anything else. But she hasn't been doing her job."

"How have I not been doing my JOB, Rufus? Have I NOT been keeping them out of trouble by causing it myself? We've been on an innocent little road trip to New Jersey for the past couple of days, you can't tell me there's harm in that!" Cherry sniffed and glared as her lower lip trembled. "Innocent little road trip? I think not, Cherry. Did the guys tell you WHY they were going to New Jersey?" Rufus asked calmly. Cherry shook her head. "Well, seems the boys have found another way to get back into Heaven, and you know what that means, don't you Cherry?"

"Everything... is erased from existence. But, why wouldn't they tell me? I mean, I know Bartleby probably would have kept his mouth shut, but Loki... Loki doesn't hide things from me!" She burst into a fresh round of tears and curled into a ball. "Why didn't they tell me? Oh GOD, why didn't they tell me?" She whined. Rufus put a hand on her shoulder. "Because, they know you would have tried to talk them out of it." "Isn't that what SHE'S here for?" She pointed at Bethany. " She's the last Scion, isn't she?"

Rufus quieted her down, people were starting to stare, and looked around. "Where are the Prophets?" "Great. I know where they are, I bet." Bethany pointed to a strip club across the street and the three walked over to the tiny building. Cherry was the first one inside and the first one to order a drink. "I know that woman!" Rufus hissed to Bethany while pointing to the woman on the stage, shaking her tits around to entertain the men around her. Jay and Bob sat rather close, bobbing their heads in tune to the beat.

Cherry gave a little laugh and shook her head. "Honestly, drooling over someone wearing next to nothing. Hell, I could give a better show than that." She muttered, sucking down her fourth shot of Jack Daniel's. "Oh really? Would you care to give it a try, little miss frumpy pants?" The woman on the stage stood with her hand on her hip while the men all stared a t Cherry. "Shut your trap, Serendipity. I bet I could make more money just sitting here than you do, shaking your junk all over the place." She took her sweatshirt off and set it aside, unbuttoning a few buttons on her white blouse. She crossed her legs and started to play with her rosary, putting the little cross at the end into her mouth before ordering another drink. Serendipity shook her head and got of the stage to change. Both Jay and Bob stared at Cherry as she continued to slam down shot after shot of whiskey. "This is why God wanted to destroy her." Rufus muttered, pointing over at the innocent looking girl. Her face had been wiped clean of the crimson tears, but she still felt the pang of betrayal wounding her heart's rhythmic beat.

Rufus and Bethany sat down with Serendipity to discuss the Bartleby and Loki situation, well out of Cherry's hearing range. "So, what's she doing away from her post?" Serendipity asked, eyeing Cherry as she lay her head on the bar and yawned. "She was with the boys on this 'road trip', as she calls it, and snuck away from them. Seems she wanted to have some fun." Rufus answered. "When is she NOT having fun? I may be on Earth, but I'm not stupid. I DO get news from above. But this, this I didn't hear about. How's she taking the fact that Bartleby and Loki didn't tell her what they were really doing?"

"She started crying the second I insulted them. You know how that is... I think she might be, falling in love with them. " The Apostle took a drink of the beer handed to him by the Muse and shook his head. "Well, humanity DOES have that disadvantage. It would be a pity if she has fallen for them. God isn't going to like this at all. Remember how She almost destroyed her for killing someone because they called Loki a name?" Serendipity rolled her eyes. "That girl needs to watch out for herself, she's going to end up hurt one of these days."

Just at that point, Jay and Bob came over, both wearing red bandannas. "Check it out, they made me and Silent Bob part of their gang. " Rufus was about to say something when the door to the bathroom blasted open and the most disgusting smell wafted through the air. "Ugh... What the fuck?" Cherry murmured drunkily as she covered her nose with Loki's old sweatshirt. She stumbled over to the others and nearly passed out from the smell. "It's the Golgathan!" Serendipity cried, her hand pinching her nose. "A... what?" Jay asked, looking confused. "A shit demon, stupid!" Rufus answered.

"Is this smelly fuck with us?" Jay asked. "He came for Bethany! We need to get out of here, NOW!" Rufus shouted, turning to leave. Jay, however, turned to the group of Bloods and nodded. "Fuck him up fellas!" He ordered. Numerous shouts of 'Yeah!' and 'Represent!' echoed through the tiny bar as the group attacked the Golgathan. In a matter of seconds, the gang was destroyed by the shit monster. "Now... it's your turn." It growled, pointing at Bethany. "FUCK THIS!" Cherry screamed, pulling her gun out to shoot out the window above the bar. She started to climb on top of the counter when Serendipity screamed. "Cherry! Watch out!" the demon had fired a shit cannon that was headed straight for her.

The teen screamed again and scrambled through the tiny space, coughing hard as she struggled to breath the fresh air. She lay sprawled out on the dirt, panting as she looked up at the sky. "Why do you hate me?" she asked softly, closing her eyes. Rufus and the others met her there a few moments later, still smelling like shit. "Come on, we have to get moving..." Bethany helped her up and let her lean against her while they walked. "Hey, Bob. Do you think you could carry her until we get to the train station?" She asked, looking a little overwhelmed. Bob nodded and scooped Cherry up into his arms, noticing how light she was. Jay shook his head. "Lucky fuck." He growled.

They reached the train station and boarded just in time. Cherry had by then, come out of her drunken stupor and headed to the dining car with Jay and Silent Bob. "So, do you smoke weed or are you straight edge?" Jay asked. Cherry's eyes widened. "You have weed and you didn't tell me? Hand it over man!" She grinned eagerly at the blonde and waited impatiently as he lit the joint. She laughed when he coughed and took it into her own hand, taking a long hit, holding it in for what seemed like five minutes before she passed it back to Jay and exhaled. "Sweet Jesus that is good..." She smiled and noticed that the train was beginning to slow down. "Why are we stopping?" She asked. Jay and Bob shrugged and looked to the door as it opened.

Cherry's breath caught in her throat as she stared into Loki's blue eyes. Bartleby was right behind him and the two stopped before heading over to the booth. "You mind if we sit down?" Bartleby asked. Cherry shook her head and scooted over, letting Loki sit right next to her. A bright red flush had crept across her cheeks before she reached for the joint, hitting it twice before giving it to Bob. "So, what's your name?" Jay asked, nodding to Bartleby. "Oh, I'm Barry, and this is..." "Larry." Loki finished for him. Cherry giggled and bit her lip. * How geeky. * She thought, covering her mouth.

"You two smoke weed?" Jay asked, putting out the old, burned out joint. Cherry looked over at Loki and smiled. "Yeah, do you?" She winked and licked her lips. Loki shook his head at her but answered 'yes'. "Hey, you guys aren't getting into any trouble out here, are you?" Bethany asked, coming through one of the doors. "Nah, we were just about to smoke a fatty with these two suave motherfuckers who got on at the last stop. This is Larry and Barry." Again, Cherry giggled as Bartleby got up to sit next to Bethany at another booth. Cherry scooted closer to Loki and smirked. "You know... Larry, you look VERY familiar... do I know you from somewhere?" She purred, twisting her fingers around her rosary.

"Um... no, I don't think so." Loki answered, raising his eyebrow. "But, didn't we sleep in the same motel once? You came by to borrow some ice and got more than that..." She teased him, trying to keep her giggles silent. "Nope." He turned back to Jay, who had just finished hitting the new joint. "Hit that shit, man." He passed it over to Loki and pounded his fists on the table. Loki looked at the joint and lowered his head, pretending to hit it before passing it to Cherry. "Good stuff..." he said softly. Cherry pursed her lips and shook her head. She took her own hit and reached across the table to Bob.

Slowly, she turned Loki's face to hers and blew the smoke in his direction. "You big baby... you took such a little hit." She grinned when he looked away. "Er- I have asthma." He answered. In a booth behind them, Bartleby and Bethany sat talking about their views on God and how they had lost their Faith. When Both Jay and Silent Bob had fallen asleep, Cherry turned to Loki and crawled into his lap. "Didja miss me, Loki?" She purred, locking eyes with him. "Um... well, I guess." He looked away. "Oh really? Did you miss me enough to come looking for me? Obviously not. Why didn't you tell me, Loki? Why didn't you tell me about the Loophole?" She pouted at him and bit her lip.

"Bartleby told me not to, I would have said something if he hadn't forbid me to do so." He answered.

Cherry shook her head and closed her eyes tight, one red tear trickling down her cheek. "How could you do this, Loki? You ALWAYS tell me everything!" She lowered her head, pressing her forehead against his. "How could you lie to me like that?" She didn't have enough time to burst into full on tears when Rufus came through the door into the dining car. "Where'd everybody go? I wake up and-" He stopped when he saw Bartleby. "Holy shit!" He cried. Bartleby looked up. "The Apostle." Bethany, who was wasted off her ass by then, stood up to introduce 'Barry' and was rewarded with Bartleby pressing a broken beer bottle against her throat. "LOKI!" He shouted. Loki turned around and stared. "Oh FUCK!" He pushed Cherry to the side and stood up.

"Hey, what are YOU doing here, Apostle?" He asked. "Stop asking questions Loki, kill the woman!" Bartleby ordered. "Take it easy Bartleby, let her go... we can talk about this, man!" Rufus put both hands up. "B-Bartleby?" Bethany cried, trying to wrench away. "Loki, I said 'Kill her!' " Bartleby growled again. "Dude, I can't kill her if she hasn't done anything wrong!" "Fine, I'll do it myself!" Bartleby pressed the sharp glass against Bethany's throat and glared at Rufus. "So tell me, are Loki and I supposed to be liquidated for this?" He hissed.

"You haven't thought about the consequences of your re-entry!" Rufus shouted. "Consequences, schmauncequences, we're going home!" Loki growled. Cherry stood up and put an arm around one of Loki's. "Liquidated, you mean... she's supposed to KILL them? NO! NO WAY! I wont allow it!" Cherry heaved, waking up Jay. "What the fuck, what's this all about?" He asked, standing up. "Shut him up..." Bartleby ordered. Loki turned and moved Cherry out of the way before he punched Jay flat onto the table.

Bob gave a surprised gasp and then stood up, pushing Loki to the ground. "NO! GET OFF!" Cherry jumped on top of Bob and beat his back with her fists. "Leave him alone! He didn't do anything to you!" She pulled at Bob's long brown hair as she struggled to get him away from Loki. Bartleby and Rufus were now wrestling for control over the broken bottle. "Biggie! The door! Get the door!" Bob nodded and pushed Cherry aside, dragging Loki to the door.

"Can't we talk about this?" Loki asked as Bob opened the door and lifted him up. "NOOO! LOKI!!!!!!!!!!" Cherry screamed, standing up. She ran over to Bob just as he tossed Loki from the train. "LOKI!" Bob pulled Cherry back as she started to dive out after the Angel. Bartleby was the next one out the door. Bob closed the door and waved, sighing as he lit up a cigarette, ignoring Cherry's frantic sobbing. He looked to a man who looked utterly bewildered that he had just thrown someone from the train and pointed.

"No ticket."

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(evil grin ) Ok, yes, I am aware that I used some of the original lines from the movie, but it wouldn't work without them, so deal with it, ok?

I look forward to your comments, as always.

Silverwolf