F lay in his hospital bed, beaten and tired. He reminisced about the past, about the time before the monster. F thought about his friends and what they were doing while he was here, he thought about how they didn't come to visit him at all. A couple of weeks went by with no one coming to visit F. His arm and leg were broken so he had no other choice but to stay in the hospital. F was angry at himself for getting this injured, he was angry at his friends for not visiting him even once in the last 3 weeks he had spent in the hospital. F wanted to get up and leave but he couldn't, he couldn't even scream because he'd disturb the other patients and F didn't want that. A few more days passed as and no one came to see F. He was tired of everything, he wanted to go home and sleep in his bed. He wanted a beer and some junk food because he was tired of eating hospital food, he wanted some real fries and a burger. F hadn't had a burger in almost a month. F really wanted a burger, a homemade burger, a nice, big, homemade burger, but F wanted someone to make it for him. Sadly he didn't have anyone to make him that burger. F had no one. No one to care for him, no one to be happy with, no one to cry for, no one to cry for him. F was alone. Suddenly his door opened and he saw a somewhat familiar face or hair to be precise. It was the same woman fromthe monster attack, the one with the blue hair. She smiled at F and sat on the chair next to his bed.
"You look lonley, let's talk." She said as she sat down.
"I appreciate your company but I super confused. Who even are you, lady? Why were you with those hazmat dudes? What was that blue light? I want answers" F said quickly not to miss any of his important questions
"You ask way too many questions, I litteraly sat down" The woman said while pulling out an apple form her bag.
"Have an apple and be quiet, I'll tell you what you need to know'' She said, giving F the apple.
''Thanks for the apple, its my 56th one today" F said while eating the apple. "I hate those."
"You can just ask for nicer food, you know? They can always just order some takeout for ypu if you're not a jerk about it." The woman said while taking out another apple from her bag.
"The fuck? Wait are you serious?! I could've asked for a burger?! Fuck! I'm an idiot!'' F said.
The woman laughed at his outburst and pulled out a burger. She unwrapped it and handed it to F.
''I bought it for myself but since you really want one you can have it.''
"Thanks." F took the burger and ate it in a couple of bites. ''That was one good burger"
"Are you ready for the truth? You were fed so you should be calmer now, calm people understand information better.'' The woman said in a serious tone.
"I'm ready'' F said, finally having te oppurtunity to get answers.
"The thing that attacked you was a monster" The woman said. ''Monsters are drawn to negative emotions.''
''I see, and you killed it? How did you do that?'' F asked confused.
"I killed it with my curse'' The woman replied.
"You're cursed?'' F asked.
"Yes I am. Most Exterminators are" The woman replied.
"Are you an exterminator? What the fuck are those? I know what regular exterminators are but you killed a monster with some magical blue bullshit and I don't think regular exterminators can do that." F said.
"We are the special type. Public Safety Paranormal Threat Extermination Squads are permitted to use curses to battle monsters." The woman explained.
"Okay but what are curses?'' F asked.
"Curses are negative emotions accumulated from people. Curses are usually created that way but they can also manifest when a person dies. Chaotic events that create a lot of negative emotions also create curses but way faster and in larger quantites than regular sadness or death. The problem about loose curses is that they attract monster because they are pure negativity. Our job as exterminators is to contain loose curses and kill monsters.'' The woman explained as she took a small notebook and draws a bunch of orbs that she labelled 'curses' and drew some ugly monsters.
''I get it but I have another question." F asked the woman, interested in the curses and monsters.
"What is it?'' The woman asked.
"Can monsters make curses? If they feed on negativity, can't they just make curses and eat them?'' F asked.
"Monsters can't create curses because they don't have souls. Only those with souls can create curses.'' The woman explained.
"Can curses be willed into existence? You're making it sound like they can be willed into existence.'' F said.
"Humans can't manifest curses on command or at least I've never met anyone who can. The only beings I've met that could create curses on command were demons.'' The woman said.
''Demons? There are demons too?'' F yelled, confusion evident in his voice.
"Yes demons exist, but they rarely show up. It seems that they don't care about negativity or it's not something they feed off of that much. I've seen some big, chaotic events and I've seen a demon once or maybe twice. Demons don't care about humanity, which is good for us because they're immensly powerful.'' The woman explained.
"Demons are strong but very rare, got it. Can monsters become demons or is that impossible for them?''F asked.
"It's possible for a monster to become a demon but they need to do two things. First they need to find a compatilble curse and absorb it. Sometimes monsters manifest a soul after eating enough curses, usually one or two thousand curses manifest a soul, because monsters can't sese which curse is compatible. The second thing they need to do is get strong enough to evolve. That is very difficult for monsters because their power doesn't increase by much whenthey eat humans and curses. For a monster to turn into a demon it needs to eat many curses, humans and even monsters. Even then they still need a lot of time to evolve so don't worry, you won't meet a demon ever." The woman said and took a deep breath, tired of explaining things to F.
"Okay, last question. Who are you?''
When F asked the woman that question, the woman stayed silent for a long while. After a few minutes, she finally spoke up.
"I can't tell you my real name because my curse would kill me, all curses do that to their hosts once they learn their names. However you can call me B, as you already know, I am an exterminator and I kill monsters, capture curses, contain anomalies, kill demons and other things." B said, offering a handshake. F shook her hand reluctantly.
"You look nervous, don't worry, my curse can't affect you by knowing your name.'' B says, laughing.
"Okay that's good, I was worried about it, i didn't want to be turned into a block of organs or something." F breathed a sigh of relief.
''Don't worry, you won't be turned into an organ cube." B said, trying to hold her laughter. "I can't belive I was about to ask you to join me"
"Wait what?! You want to hire me?! The fuck?! I almost died to a monster and you still want me?!" F questioned B's offer.
''You did well against the monster for a regular person, especially when you stabbed it in the eye with that broken traffic sign. Your durability is also quite impressive too, I don't think any regular human can survive getting thrown into a car, a wall, cut with sharp spikes, impaled and pinned to wall and survive with only a broken arm and leg and some mild fractures. I'm pretty sure you'd be a good exterminator.''B explained.
F looked at B and thought about her offer. After a long moment that lasted around 0,00005 seconds he replied.
''Money. How much are you going to pay me?'' F asked.
"You will start off with three times your previous salary." B said.
''FUCK YEAAH! I mean thank you, i accept your offer. When do I start?" F asked.
"You will officially begin working for us when you recover from your injuries.'' B said.
''Cool but I don't know if I'll have a home by the time I'm out of here. I haven't paid rent in about two months cuz it was due when I got attacked and I've been in here for around a month so that makes two months where I haven't paid rent." F said.
''Don't worry, I took care of that, after all I can't let a potential exterminator lose his home." B said.
"Thanks, B, I really needed that." F said.
"You're welcome F. I think we've discussed every important point and I think I've answered all of your questions so I'll be taking my leave now. Rest well, or at least as well as you can before your friends barge in here. Sorry for that by the way, I had to isolate you for a while to see if anything would happen, I'm always cautious with cases like that. Oh and before I forget" B handed F her business card and left the room, leaving him her bag of snacks. Soon after that F's friends barged inside the room and hugging him. F felt a little annoyed by that but he was happy that his friends were finally here with him. He doesn't care about anything but his friends and the snacks they're going to eat. F's eyes widened as his best friend Mike gives him a can of beer. F is happy because his friend knew what to get him. A few seconds later F smelled a burger, his friend Amy had made burgers and gave him the biggest one. F was so happy because he got to enjoy his friends' company and eat nice food.
"Hey bitch, catch this!'' Before F could react, his friend Joey threw a piece of chocolate at him.
"Joey what the hell?!"
"You missed my birthday! Have some chocolate, motherfucker!''
''Fuck you and your chocolate''
F and Joey kept yelling at each other ilke that for around 5 minutes.
"They're not gonna stop anytime soon, are they?'' Mike laughed at F and Joey.
"Mike! Do something before they do something stupid!'' Amy yelled.
"Nah, I wanna see things play out''
"MIKE!''
"Okay fine, I'll stop them"
Mike picked Joey up and carried him away.
"No fighting in the hospital, you're embarrassing yourselves."
"C'mon Mike, we're just playing.''
"Yeah dude, we're only catching up. You know we haven't seen each other in a while."
''You have a point but don't do stupid shit in here, you're just embarrassing yourselves."
''Fine! We won't do dumb things anymore, but give us some ideas.''
"How about we have a barbecue party after you get out of the hospital? That would be pretty fun.''
F and Joey smiled the moment they heard barbecue.
"Barbecue it is! "
"I'll bring the beer" Amy said.
"I'll bring the meat, I always do.'' Joey laughed.
"I'll bring the fireworks, parties are more fun with fireworks.'' Mike said.
"I guess I'll bring the barbecue grill.''
''We're gonna do it at your place so you just have to prepare the grill, it would be better because your pool is big and pools, grills and fireworks are the best for parties. Beer too, don't forget the beer."
''Yeah we shouldn't forget that.''
''Okay then, I'm gonna go now, I'll come back to check on you tomorrow. Get some rest, buddy. Mike got up and left.
'''Alright the, see you tomorrow Mike.''
''I guess it's time for us to leave too, see you tomorrow, dude.''Amy and Joey left.
F sat up on the bed, thinking about the barbecue party.
"They're good people, I should try to be a little more like them and not like myself.''
''That means I have to do my best to be a good person. A good person protects his friends.''
F looked at B's business card, thinking about being and exterminator.
I have to get stronger, for their sake.