"Who are you?" Her voice startled him, mostly because he didn't hear her approach. That never happens. He turned around slowly to see a girl standing there. She wasn't scared, or angry, simply curious. He quickly finished pulling up his jacket, shrugging his shoulders he began walking past her. He wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone. His back was in extreme pain, and he had work to do. When she followed him he had to stop. Spinning on his heel she ran into him and stumbled back.

"What do you want?" The curtness of his voice made her take a step back, but when his face softened, she did to. This strange man was walking down her street, he had done something to bother her dogs, and she could tell he was up to something, she had to know what.

"I want to know what you are doing in my street, you scared my dogs, and that's very hard." She said crossing her arms, but her tone of voice surprised him. Still no anger, or accusation, she really did just want to know. But he had no time for her! Shaking his head he turned away from her.

"I'm looking for something, sorry about your dogs." He grumbled, but still her footsteps persisted behind him, keeping a surprisingly fast pace with him. She remained silent though, not bothering him with anymore questions, but it didn't last.

"What are you looking for; I might be able to help… Oh my gosh, what happened to your back?" She exclaimed running up beside him, her eyes were glued to the blood soaking through his jacket. The girl had to go. He pushed her away quickly, though surprised at the resistance she held, he hardly got her to move.

"You need to leave now." His voice grew heavy and dark as he glared at her, but she wasn't buying it. She shook her head and opened a warehouse door and shoved him in, he put up no fight.

"Look pal, we all have our secrets, I'm not asking you to spill them, but you're bleeding heavily, and you're in my town, so this all has to do with me." She said dragging him down the halls stacked high with random things. Soon she reached a bathroom and pulled him in shutting the door. "Now, if someone did this to you, I can get it taken care of really fast, if its self injury, fine, either way, I'm not letting you die on my door step, ill have cops everywhere." She finished grabbing a first aid kit. He didn't know what to say, she had become a totally different person since he first met her.

"Thank you, really, but I do not need your help." He said taking the bag from her and pushing her towards the door. She watched him closely, then pushing his hand away she snagged the bag and began pulling his jacket off.

"To bad. What's your accent? Like Scottish or something?" It was casual conversation, an attempt to distract him as she fully pulled the jacket off and his shirt up. There was a soft gasp, and he was about to pull away but she put her hand on his shoulder, holding him in place. "What did you do?" She asked examining the wounds.

"It's not important, please hurry, I need to be somewhere." He said gently as she began putting together a makeshift needle and thread. Pressing his skin together she slowly slide the needle through, gritting her teeth as he gripped the sides of the skin, trying not to scream. It didn't take long until she had him all patched up and he was ready to pass out. Taking a soft wipe she cleaned the blood off then pulled his shirt back down.

"Whatever you're in, it's bad, I can tell." She said handing him his jacket and washing her hands off. He was about to leave but stopped. Sighing he turned around, looking at her with those light blue eyes.

"What's your name?" He asked. She looked over at him and smiled.

"Seraph." She said softly and opened the door and began walking out. Closing his eyes he smiled softly.

"Of course it is." He said to himself and followed her out. As soon as they left the warehouse he turned to head to another building, the most important. But just as he was walking that way he stopped to see that she had begun walking the other way. He considered letting her go, but he couldn't.

"Seraph!" He called, the words felt strange to say. She stopped and looked at him, her head tilted slightly. He motioned for her. "I'm afraid you have already made yourself a part of this." He called. A gentle smile crossed her lips as she jogged smoothly up beside him.

"How exciting!" She whispered. He only shook his head turning into a large armory.

"All Hell is about to break loose." He commented, this only caused a wide grin to break out on her face.

If this interests anyone, I'll continue the story