A/N (Says Emily): Hey there! This is what you may call the 'prologue' (or the first chapter) of this collaborative fic between Casino Nights and Says Emily. I do hope you enjoy this chapter, it was written by me, Says Emily. However, Casino Nights insisted it be uploaded here. (Although it was his idea, to be fair). So the whole story will be on this account.
Without further ado, enjoy!
Prologue
Two piercing red eyes looked out of a large glass window, glaring as if it had done some terrible offence to the world. An offence beyond the point of anything being done about it, and causing any resentful persons to glare and do not much else. Of course, Testament was not glaring at the window, but rather the interesting new sign that had been placed in the window of the smaller building across the street. He did feel as though he had been faced with a situation that had dealt him a great deal of offence; hence why he was stood in the window of his restaurant giving the most almighty death stare any politically correct person would most likely have ever have had to experience in their otherwise un-glare-worthy lives.
He had only noticed the sign just now, as he was closing up for the night. It read "Holy Orders – Grand Opening in five days!" Yes of course, he had noticed the works being done to the building. And, yes, the bright blue-and-white exterior of the offending structure had been blinding him with its garishness for the past few weeks now. But the reason for his irritation had stemmed from the smaller text under the sign. The text that read "Fully licensed restaurant". He really didn't need the competition right now, especially not competition from someone who had bought the land that was once rightfully his.
He only blamed himself for this, although he'd never admit it to anyone. His adoptive father had told him that Justice was bad news. So, naturally, he'd ignored his father's pleas (-turned-bitter-arguments) and had left saying he wanted nothing more to do with the man.
He was convinced at the time that his newfound relationship with Justice was the best thing that had ever happened to him. They'd even opened the very restaurant Testament owned now, and had made a reasonably good job of it. As far as he was concerned at the time, he was the happiest he'd ever been. That was, until he found out about the cheating. Finding out that Justice had had flings with numerous different people, (including That Man who she had eventually run off with, leaving everything in Testament's name) had hit him hard. But he supposed that it made sense, considering that he had always had the sneaking suspicion that Dizzy –who was clearing the last of the tables, unaware of the glaring going on by the window- wasn't really his. But she was the only true light left in his life, and so he considered her his daughter regardless. He hadn't even minded when she came home one night with her hair dyed bright blue and was claiming she'd made a "brilliant new group of friends; they even act like pirates! So cool!" He still loved her, ghastly hair colour and all.
He blamed himself because Kliff, his adoptive father, had run into a financial issue around three years ago. This had forced the sale of the land and building that was opposite Testament's restaurant. Once upon a time, Testament was going to inherit the very same land, until he had severed all ties with Kliff. (For reasons previously stated). So, all in all, Testament was very bitter about the whole situation.
He was angry, as it was almost as if Kliff were mocking him for his foolishness. As if Kliff had purposely allowed this to happen. All Testament could do was hope that 'Justice is Served' -(previously known as "Justice and co. Food outlet"; Testament had done a lot of work in the sixteen years since Justice's departure to greatly improve the overall image and quality of the restaurant, although previous name was often mistakenly used by many)- could still pull in the customers after this new place opened.
A/N- Hey, Casino Nights here! The next chapter will be written by me. We promise that the whole story will make its way onto the site, but our updating schedule may be a bit erratic. We've already written the next chapter out anyway, so stay tuned!