Lucas giggled to herself. Of course she wouldn't harm the boy, physically at least. Even if he deserved being roughed up, Neruite wouldn't accept it.
Plus it's gonna be MUCH more fun if I get to quote The Doctor... - She thought to herself.
She looked at what exactly was making Julian so uncomfortable.
"Oh, yeah. The Earth. Pretty, innit?" - She said, smiling.
Julian turned to her and stammered.
"Wh-what are you??? Some sort of a god???"
Lucas smiled.
"A god, me? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! You see, gods have rules."
Julian gulped at the implications.
"L-look, you can't kill me over these pictures..."
"Oh, I can. It just wouldn't be reasonable, but effectively I can. Nobody saw us getting here, I decide whether or not to shut down your air intake, I am well outside the reach of the long arm of the law and so on. But cheer up. I won't kill you. I think. I will, however, give you some perspective of things and make some demands..." - Said Lucas, smiling.
"Wh-whatever, just get me back to Earth!" - Said Julian, now more frightened than anything.
"By all means." - Said Lucas, smiling as she grabbed a jacket.
Julian and Lucas appeared on snowy ground by the side of trees. Julian could smell wolves, pine trees and... bears.
And it was cold as fuck.
"Wh-where are we?"
"Yukon. Quite far from civilization, too. You wanna be alpha dog? This is your lucky day! It's wolf range, plenty of things to hunt... Or to hunt you... Did you know that bears can sometimes kill even a seasoned, armed hunter? And grizzlies are even worse!" - Said Lucas as if discussing a bit of trivia.
Julian paused. This place was far from the forests he'd grown to hunt in. No bears there, for one, and this place was much colder. An actual natural environment, quite unlike the much nicer forests around Lakeside.
And then he heard something.
On pure instinct, the boy began looking for high ground. Lucas took the cue and smirked as she grabbed him and the two reappeared on the Moon.
"What's the matter? I thought you wanted to be alpha dog and shit..."
She knows about me... - Thought Julian bitterly.
Lucas went on.
"Of course, you also want to be the main gangsta of Lakeside. Lakeside is a nice town. I mean, anytown, USA, right?"
Lucas pushed Julian through another portal. This time he and she ended up in an alley. It was night time. Noxious smells hit Julian as he saw run-down houses and smelled the fear on some people as they passed by some other people.
"Where is this place?"
"Anyslum, any country, Julian." - Said Lucas evenly - "In places like this, life is worth very little. Life is worth very little because people don't really say anything when they see things. People don't really say anything when they see things because they're afraid they might be killed too. And they're afraid they might be killed too because life is worth very little. I love circular reasoning. Don't you?" - Lucas smiled sweetly - "Go ahead, Julian. Talk to, maybe, that nice gentleman there holding the AK-47. See if he can get you a job as a gangsta. Just be careful, though. Even assuming he doesn't laugh in your face or simply figure out you're asking too many questions, turf wars aren't unheard of in places like this much in the same way pasta isn't unheard of in Italy. This, Julian, is not Lakeside..."
"You made your point... Let's go back already!" - Said Julian.
Lucas smiled and went through the portal with Julian once more. This time, though, the "setting" on the Moon was a bit different. It looked like a sci-fi movie stage, complete with some kind of lizard man or something. Julian could tell by his smell that the lizard man, convincing though "he" was, was just a doll.
This chick is NUTS... I have to get her to release me...
"Now, Julian. Give me the pics. And whatever you obtained by selling them. Yes, I will be able to tell if you lie..." - Said Lucas, smiling - "And tell me who you were solding them to and where..."
Julian complied. Lucas looked at the pictures and they disintegrated. Julian gulped.
"Now for what else I want of you, Julian..." - Said Lucas as she sat on a chair Julian was pretty sure wasn't there before.
Julian blinked as the lizard man figurine "spoke", vaguely noticing a British accent.
"Julian, you will tell your fellow gang members that, when you assembled them, you made a mistake!"
"No." - Said Lucas, smiling jauntily - "Julian, I want you to disband your gang and tell your gangmembers that, when you recruited them, you made a boo-boo."
"What?" - Said Julian.
"This word, boo-boo." - Said Lucas, affecting a British accent - "I want you to be famous for this exact word. I want your former friends to call you Boo-boo Julian. I want your classmates to snicker behind your back 'cause they are in the same class as Boo-boo Julian." - Lucas got up, in a crescendo, as she got near the face of a terrified Julian - "And when people come to you and ask you if violating the privacy of women when I'M AROUND!!!" - Lucas paused for a second, then continued - "...is in any way a good idea..." - She recomposed herself - "I want you to tell them your name."
Julian could already imagine what this would do to him. The angel kept going.
"Look, I'll be able to tell if you don't do as I say. And you know for a fact that I really don't have many limits."
A portal opened. Julian could see the park in Lakeside.
"Get out." - Said Lucas.
Julian didn't need to be told twice. He ran through the portal. Lucas closed it, smirking, and willed the stage and lizard man doll away.
Venus appeared, chuckling lightly.
"Had fun?"
Lucas smirked.
"Tons. Good thing he doesn't know who I am. Not that anyone would believe him. It's how I could get to use this little gig to rest. I'll go visit this Ricky fellow. I'll go easy on him. He doesn't seem like a prick, just slightly... weak-willed..."
Venus nodded.
"Agreed."
