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Dresses, Curls, Dolls, and Crossbows...

A small child was playing with a worn dolly in a dark alley. She was sitting on the damp, dirty ground, not really caring that she was getting her clothing dirty at all. She was humming a little song to the doll, as she ran her fingers through the matted hair. Her head jerked up when she heard a noise not that far behind her. Her eyes as wide as saucers as a tall man came toward her. She quickly got to her feet, the dolly falling to the ground, completely forgotten for the time being.

"Come to me, child," the voice hissed at her, trying to weave like a magical spell over the child. "You want to come live with me." He stood taller than anybody she knew, but was thinner than them as well. His skin was white, almost too pale in complection. She felt somewhat sorry for him.

She shook her head, as she backed away from him. She sensed that he wasn't for good. She had to get out of there. She turned to go only to be grabbed by long, thin fingers with razor sharp nails. She cried out in both fear and pain. She knew that no one would come to help her. She was on her own. She glanced at her dolly, and reached for it. It was her only connection to the world as she knew it.

Before the man or what ever he was, could draw her nearer, he let out a hiss of pain. He released her only to turn to face a young woman dressed mostly in black. She wore tight black leather pants, black boots, and a dark green corset style top. Her hair was down and in her face. It hissed at her, as it reached for the girl again, only to get a knife through its hand. "You should know better," she said to it. The man then turned and fled, holding his hand close to his upper chest. The young woman came up to the little girl's side, noticing how she cowered away from her. She dropped down to her haunches next to her. "It's okay, it's not going to be back."

The little girl quickly looked up, still clutching the ragged dolly to her chest. "What was it?" she asked, looking up at the girl who had probably saved her life. "You saved me."

"No biggie. It's just part of the job."

"The job?" She gave the girl a arched look. "What kind of job?"

"Yep, gotta save the innocents from those like him." She reached out a hand to her. "Come on, let's go get you someplace safe."

The girl tugged her hand quickly away from her. She didn't trust anybody. Not since those monsters had taken her mother away in the night. She had watched them 'eat' her alive. She had been on her own since then. It had been pretty tough, but she had done pretty okay. "Nah, I'll do fine," she replied, backing away from her. "I'll just go home."

"You don't have a home," she pointed out, crossing her arms over her chest. It was then the girl noticed some slight scars on the young woman's fore arms, besides the really neat looking bracelets. "That's why you were targeted. You have a certain gift that it wanted from you. Hence why it came after you."

"You're wrong," she cried out, as she turned to run only to stop when the girl quickly caught up to her. The girl always had been faster than all the other kids. Quicker to heal than the rest of them, even her family. She had disturbing dreams, even had a weird feeling when the monsters were about. "How? Did you do that?"

"Let's just say that you and I have a lot in common," she said, reaching out to offer her hand to her. "My name is Faith."

"I'm Madison," the girl replied, crossing her arms over her chest, holding the doll to her chest. "You some kind of super hero or something?"

"You could say that," Faith replied with a smirk. "But I'm guessing you know how that goes as well. Since you yourself aren't 'average' in anyway shape or form."

Madison quickly shot a glance down at her dolly. "No," she said, with a scowl. "Neither was my mum. That's why the monsters took her. They wanted her blood. It would make them better. They would have had me too, if she hadn't fought them off."

Faith's face softened when Madison told her about her past. "It's going to be okay, Madison, nothing's going to happen to you. I'll make sure of it."

"How can you make sure of it?" she asked her, stepping back away from her. "Those monsters are still after me. You just saw that. I'm not capable of doing all the stuff that you do. I would die if I came face to face with him again."

A smirk crossed Faith's face. "That's why you have me," Faith said, as she came up to her side and gently slid an arm around her shoulders. "I'm here to be your trusty guardian angel and mentor. Don't worry, it can't be that horrible. Plus I know of a few people we can bug into teaching the stuff that I have no idea about."

Madison shot her a look as Faith started to lead her in a direction. "Are you sure you're okay?" she asked her. Faith simply smirked as they continued to walk down the street.

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