A/n: This is my first story. Please critique.
And someone help me I have no idea how to navigate this site.
My name's Dresden Murphy. Private investigator. Or PI, for short. Currently, I just got screwed over by my clients, who decided to pay me way less than the amount agreed upon. Pretty pissed off, I decided to just go home, since it seems arguing about it was pointless.
Now, I had a bit of a chivalric side to me. So, when I heard the girl scream, I immediately rushed over. When I arrived at the scene, I saw a young girl, about 14 to 15? Surrounded by a bunch of guys reaching for her. Immediately, I rushed over to give a hand. That was my first mistake this night. I threw the guy over my shoulder, then started to go to the second one, saying: " Hey, dude. One chance to leave with your dignity intact. The lady said no. ". That was when things started to get weird.
The guys didn't react to the loss of their friend. Heck, they barely seemed to notice me. The guy I was talking to barely seemed to hear me, and took his bloody time turning to face me. That was when I saw his face. It was pretty much blank, with empty eyes and holy shit is that blood around his mouth?!
That was when I made my second mistake that night.
Instead of running away and leaving the girl behind, I decided to play hero. Damn me and my chivalry. So, instead of running away like all people with common sense would, I just threw a punch at the guys face.
Dude didn't even react. He just fell backwards, and I felt some victory. I was about to yell at the girl to run while I held them off, but then something knocked me to the side. Turns out there were a lot more of them, mostly hidden by the darkness. Some even dropped in from the neighbouring buildings, and I started thinking :" Are they even human? Am I gonna be one of those one-scene guys from movies like Dawn of the Dead or the some B-rated Zombie movie?" I was pretty much surrounded, and started screaming for the girl to run. I punched around at the throng of bodies around me, but they were too strong, they didn't seem to feel my hits, and I was pretty damn tired after a whole day's work. And the idiotic girl just stood there, screaming.
Just as I fell down on the ground and seemed to be about to be zombie chow, a... crystal flew over head? Then a voice spoke a few words, and the crystal exploded.
The bodies around me were thrown back by the shockwave, while I was pushed deeper into the concrete by the pressure. I lay there in a daze for a while, with my ears ringing. After awhile, a voice spoke: " Why hello, Mr. Shining Knight. Thank you for saving my darling sister. Unfortunately, you just saw something you shouldn't have, so can you keep this as a lady's secret? I'll be sure to compensate you well.". Looking up, I saw my rescuer.
That was my 3rd mistake that night.
The beautiful woman placed an elegant index finger upon her lips. She...
I shook my head as the ringing in my ears subsided. I looked upon my savior, and almost wolf whistled. Almost. I pretty much clamped down on it hard, not wanting to disrespect the person who saved my life. She seemed amused by my troubles, with eyes twinkling and lips turned into a smile and so so preeettttyyyyy...
Then everything turned black.