Otis stalked down a dark street, he had been following this blonde for a while, he loved blondes there was something about them that he couldn't resist. The blonde hair seemed to make them look so innocent and so vulnerable he targeted them as victims the most. His thoughts cast back to the three cheerleaders God they had been a good time he thought to himself so powerless and so dumb they hadn't a clue what he had been ranting about they had been a good fuck and fun to torture because they looked so innocent.

The girl he was following was small and dainty only about five and a half feet tall and less than a hundred pounds he knew she wouldn't prove much of a fight; he would quickly be able to overpower her and get what he wanted. That was one thing he had conflicting opinions about the blondes always cried, always screamed and begged that they'd do whatever he wanted for him to let them go which was always fun but just for once he would like a girl that had a bit of fire in her, one that wasn't scared of him and would stand up to him. For once he would like to see a girl that wasn't a pile of snot and tears.

The blonde girl went down a thin dark quiet side street; he hid himself in the shadows waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike when suddenly he heard her scream. Otis poked his head round the corner of a brick building and saw the blonde had been jumped on by three men, all of huge stature.

"God dammit!" He cursed under his breath, that was it his victim was gone someone else had grabbed the prize first. He moved a long white piece of hair out of his face and saw one of the men straddling her she was screaming and the man was laughing at her.

"Mother fucker!" The man yelled grabbing his neck with a hand and falling to the floor. Otis pushed the long white strand of hair behind his ear as he stood their gobsmacked and in awe of the woman. He couldn't see in the dark what she had done to him but she had taken him down and the other three two that tried to attack her afterwards.

Otis stood watching in amazement at this small little blonde, he could hear gurgling and coughing coming from the men so he knew she had managed to do something serious. He had been that in awe by her that he hadn't noticed her getting close to him, his back was suddenly shoved against the brick wall and something was being held under his chin.

"Are you one of them?" The woman growled, Otis's eyes looked down and saw the small blonde drenched in blood stood in front of him with a weapon under his chin. " I said ARE YOU ONE OF THEM!" She yelled trembling; Otis couldn't decide if it was from fear or adrenalin maybe a bit of both, slowly Otis shook his head. "What are you doing here?" She ordered.

"Calm down easy mama" Otis whispered raising his two hands level with his head in submission.
"I said what are you doing here?" She was getting mad and maybe in a paranoid state now that everyone was around to hurt her, she was in fight or flight mode.

"I, I heard you scream and came to help but looks like you can handle yourself little mama" He smirked raising his eyebrows at her.

"Why should I believe you?" The lady frowned at him pointing the weapon into the flesh under his chin but not hard enough to cut. Her eyes went wide as she noticed his eyes, they were red, bright red and his skin was as pale as the winter snow.

"'Cus mama I'm attached to my chin why should I lie?"

"Mmmm" She said as she thought, then slowly moved the weapon from under his chin. Wow this woman's good He thought to himself she could give Baby a run for her money. It was so refreshing and so damn sexy to see a woman like her. A woman that had a fiery spark and a dangerous temper so much different to the snivelling snotting women he was used to dealing with he found this so much more attractive and she was a blonde as well to boot.

Otis backed off of the wall and pulled his tartan shirt down so it hung right.

"Well you did a right number on those guys huh?" He grinned impressed.
"Damn right I did, stuck my hair pin straight in his throat" The woman said proudly. "I, I didn't want to, it's it's not who I am but they were, they were going to..." She trailed off, Otis nodded understandingly he knew exactly what she meant he didn't need her to say it.

"You got somewhere safe to go mama?" He looked at her drenched in blood shaking now that the adrenalin had worn off, it wasn't really a question he had been watching and stalking her like his prey for far too long to not know that she didn't have anywhere to go and slowly the woman shook her head.

"Hmmm" Otis ran a hand over his face; the woman couldn't help but notice the stupidly long sideburns he had. "You're one of us now kid you've killed, our house is always open to people like us"

"You mean, you mean like a family?" She almost gasped like it was the most wonderful thing she had ever been offered, Otis nodded his head.

"The firefly family will look after you, mother firefly especially I bet she'd love another daughter to care for" What is wrong with me? He thought to himself, this wasn't like him he normally didn't give a shit about people but seeing this woman covered in blood somehow reminded him of himself when Cutter took him in.

"I, I don't know what to say, I, I don't even know your name and your offering somewhere for me to stay"

"Names Otis"

"Alice" She said smiling "And thank you so much you don't know how much it means to me" I think I know pretty well enough Otis thought to himself.

Alice wasn't sure what to expect from the Firefly family by the look of Otis, Otis was someone who Alice thought given her right state of mind she should be terrified of. Those blood red eyes that seemed to see through her very soul and that contrasted with his pale while albino skin and white hair but he had been so kind to her, he seemed like he could be someone she could trust. But the firefly family had been more than welcoming Mother Firefly had been like an old mother hen telling Otis to show her to the bathroom and get her some fresh clothes and Baby had been excited with the news of a new sister she hoped that they would get alone.

Alice got out of the shower and got dressed; she was wearing a pair of Baby's denim jeans and one of mother firefly's tops. Baby had promised to take her shopping for new ones in the morning.

"I, I guess Alice can come sleep in my room, I can make a bed up" Otis offered.

"That's very kind of you sweetheart" Mother Firefly beamed proud of her boy. Otis would be kind to her but that didn't mean he was going to let himself get caught up in her, he refused to let himself get close to her in anyway, she was going to be a victim to him that was all, he knew the problems emotions caused he refused to let anything like that happen.

Otis finally was finally in bed, he looked up and the ceiling from his low down uncomfortable bed that he had made up on the floor so that Alice could have his bed. He couldn't believe that he had been so wrong about her, he was glad he had found out sooner rather than later or that could have been his neck with a hair pin through it. She was like no other woman he had seen before, she hadn't cowered at him when she had seen what he looked like, she hadn't been scared of him and she had stood up to him like a true Firefly no woman had ever done any of those things where he was concerned.

Alice lay in her bed terrified as she thought about the possibilities of what could have happened to her, she could have been raped or worse raped tortured and murdered, true she had saved and defended herself but Otis had been the true saviour in her eyes, he had taken her off the streets and given her a safe family and a home to stop the risk of anything like that ever happening again, she would be forever grateful to him. She was scared in this new house, scared and cold slowly she got out of bed and tiptoed across the floor and lied down beside Otis on the made out bed on the floor as she curled up to a sleeping Otis or so she thought. His sideburns and long hair tickled her face but made her feel safe and at ease. Otis slowly opened an eye and gazed at the woman now tucked up close next to his warm body she looked less scared now than when he had first put her to bed. Otis gazed at her beautiful now peaceful looking face.

This is gonna be harder than I thought He sighed to himself wrapping his blanket over her body.