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Finally, the sun had set; it had taken its sweet time to cross the sky and dip under the horizon. There would be a day when Valentino had his revenge on that ball of light, but it would require far more concentration than Valentino had to spare, there were too many shiny things to distract him in the night's sky. While waiting Valentino had been pacing around for what had seemed like hours; sally reminded him that it had only been fifteen minutes. Valentino didn't care as time dragged on for eternity, Valentino had a hot date with a cold corpse.

Valentino was running low on parts in is lab, his lab's last left arm had been lost to the hungry mouths of the local rats, they were unionizing and demanding more and more from Valentino. Valentino was going to have to ether feed them or bring in the cats.

Sighing, Valentino rummaged through his bag until his found what he was a looking for. It was a small shovel, slightly rusted and the handle cracked, it was no different than the hundreds found at dubious gardening stores. This one was special however, " hello Sally " Valentino loving whispered to the shovel.

Before she could reply, Valentino stuffed Sally into his coat pocket. Her muffled protests were sweet sweet music to Valentino's ears. Diving into a pile of dirty clothes and unmentionable lab equipment, Valentino whistled a little tune to himself. Suddenly the tune stopped and from out of the pile, Valentino's hand emerged with a dark student sized bag.

The bag and shovel ready, Valentino opened the door of his lab and walked quickly outside. Taking a look around, he didn't see anybody. Breathing a sigh of relief, Valentino took sally out of his pocket and shushed her.

" tonight we dig " Valentino bit his lower lip in anticipation. He couldn't wait for tonight's event. The soft dirt would at first resist his protruding shovel, but it would be no match for him. Slowly the soil would break, and allow for him to discover the secrets beneath.

Turning, Valentino began to stroll towards the local graveyard. Tonight nobody as going to stop him. Tonight Valentino had a date six feet under.

Such darkness, it was enveloping Valentino, soothing caressing him and sending shivers down his spine. The cooling sky was as still as the school at night. Ever since Valentino had emerged from his lab, he had noticed that once night fell, students left for the safety of their dorms. All the better for him to sneak around. Taking the path towards the graveyard, Valentino couldn't wait to start digging, there was a smorgasbord of new parts waiting for him.

As he walked, in the back of his throat there was a stirring, a desire that Valentino had always denied; but all alone, with no boil or ghoul nearby, there was no denying the impulse this time.

With a hop, skip, and a jump, an old rhyme left his lips "One arm, two arms, three arms, four; five arms, six arms, seven arms more!"

Sally was groaning at the sheer indignity of being around this skipping boil, she preferred to be shoved under the dirt than have to listen to Valentino sing about body parts.

At the sound of an unfamiliar voice, Valentino's legs froze in their place causing him to stop in pace. A cold sweat began to form on him and his eyes snapped wide open. Valentino had been caught in a most compromising position, singing. Maybe if Jack was merciful, Valentino would be struck down quickly by a falling tree, or a meteor would come crashing down, ending this unfortunate situation. After waiting for some sort of rescue from this embarrassment, Valentino soon realized that only he could rescue himself from this terrible predicament.

Turning around slowly, Valentino's mouth was showing a frozen grin. His dilated pupils focused for a moment on the ghoul in-front of him, she seemed just as scared as he was.

"Daybreak? You want me to sneak around at day break?" Valentino's whispered loudly out this interloping ghoul. "You can't sneak around when the sun is out!"

Valentino began to wave his hands in the air at the absurdity of the suggestion that he even be out during the day. "Tell me, how could a boil like me dig in peace with all the student body able to see me?" Valentino stated as matter a-factually as he could. This ghoul obviously had other motives for being out at night.

Then a thought came to Valentino, a dark thought, one full of suspicion and jealousy. Was this ghoul trying to scare him into leaving, just so she could have the graveyard tonight? Valentino pulled sally out from his front pocket, she was not pleased that he had been found, but she wasn't surprised at his inability to deal with the situation. Pointing Sally in the ghoul's general direction. He slowly growled. "If it's so dangerous as you say it is, why are you out here alone as well?"

This Ghoul was scared and her fear exhilarated Valentino. oh how he enjoyed it when others dropped their pretenses and showed their true selves. The only sad part was that she wasn't scared of him. Something outside in this darkness was what scared her. Could he still use that to his advantage? Yes.

Valentino put his arm around the ghoul, Val could feel the fear shivering off of her. How he wished it was because of him. Taking in a quick breathe Valentino did something that Sally would later categorize as class-A stupid.

"It's too late to go back now little ghoul." Valentino giggled as he envisioned the ghoul running off in terror.

What are dreams? Since the dawn of memory and sleep, boils and ghouls have experienced these nighttime phenomenon. The great jack himself dreamed. From the lowliest undead to the most haughty demon, there were dreams that equalized them. Some dreamed of riches, some dreamed of love, and some dreamed of flying. Those who dreamed of flying would be quite jealous of Valentino at this exact moment.

Having left most of his organs at the lab, it turned out that Valentino's weight was optimized for flight. Sally could only marvel at Valentino's hang time, was at least in the top ten if not the new record for boil flight.

Valentino's landing, to be generous, was not graceful. Having once been buried under the ground, it was not as welcoming the second time. Valentino landed like a sack of pumpkins that twitched.

"that's it?" Valentino groggily mumbled to the ground, he had at least expected a broken bone or two. His teeth weren't even loose. At was at this time that the darkness known as unconsciousness started to take hold. "little ghouls hit harder than this" he said half consciously.

"mmrrppphhhtt, let go I'm trying to sleep" Valentino hazilly mumbled to the ghoul who was trying to lift him up by his arm. That warm darkness was finally embracing him, telling him that sleep was here to stay. The tugging on his arm was only thing that kept him awake.

The ghoul's didn't know her own strength, or Valentino wasn't going to admit that his connective tissues were sort of weak. The end result was the same, with a hollow popping sounds, ghoul, instead of helping Val up, was now carrying Valentino's newly severed arm. The rip was clean, and barely any embalming fluid leaked out. Valentino's jacket was ruined however and so was his shirt.

The tugging sensation in his arm finally gone, Valentino was able to concentrate on how much simpler it was to close his eyes and go to sleep than it was to deal with this ghoul. Letting the now comforting ground embrace him, Valentino closed his eyes and let the sweet darkness overwhelm him.