The small knife glittered with a gooey crimson liquid. Her eyes apathetically staring at her opponent; with a small burst of strength the person reached up and grabbed onto her necklace, breaking it. Her eyes widened as she tumbled downward, slamming into the ground she heard the person mutter.

"I can't believe a worthless piece of scum defeated me…" She jumped to her feet and stood next to the fallen.

"Shut up!" She sneered, delivering a crippling blow with her foot to the side of his face. It broke his neck instantly. Cracking her knuckles she dropped the small knife by the corpse and left…

XXX

Briskly, she traveled back to town. Out of the corner of her eye she spotted some Dusks floating in her direction. She picked up her pace, eventually she was running.

"Those persistent bastards…" Finally she reached the edge of town. Breathing a small sigh of relief she slowly jogged toward the trolley, grabbing one of the railings she flipped herself up to the top. Twilight Town. This town was stuck in a state of perpetual sunset; never sunrise. This was the town she had known all her life, she had grown up here, but she had also killed here. In fact she had killed several times, for you see, she was a puppet,

"Nina!!" Her thoughts were interrupted by the fait voice of her closest friend Roxas. She stood up and saw him skateboarding toward the trolley.

"Jump!" He yelled. Nina looked at him as if he were crazy.

"I'll catch you, I promise!" She sighed, If he promises, he better catch me... Taking in a deep breathe Nina jumped off the trolley's roof. Roxas speeded up on his skateboard, and caught her.

"Oh, my god!" Nina said gasping. Roxas laughed and stopped.

"Why are you laughing?! I could have been hurt!" Roxas continued laughing until he was in complete hysterics.

"I'm sorry, but you looked so scared. And…And I've never seen you look so frightened!" He said in between chortles and snickers. Nina rolled her eyes and kicked him gently.

"Ow!"

"Oh, that did not hurt…Quite being a baby!" Roxas pouted for a moment, before laughing again. Nina looked at him, Roxas was so carefree. She envied him for it, but she had chosen this life. Her life that no one knew about, the dark, maniacal side of her life. The killer that had been born from that fateful meeting…The meeting with her inner darkness. She shook off her thoughts again. Roxas had finished laughing and suggested that they go the usual place where Hayner and Olette were waiting.

"What about Pence?"

"He's sick."

"Oh, well let's go then." As they walked, Nina felt a strange feeling inside her heart. It was a sharp, stabbing pain. Biting her lip she tried not to alert Roxas of her pain. When the reached their hangout he noticed she seemed to be in pain.

"Are you okay?" Nina nodded, lying. When they got inside Olette began talking about some homework assignment, Roxas and Hayner groaned. She gave a small smile, still trying to mask her pain. Finally it took over and she collapsed to the ground.

"Nina?!" They all shouted and went to her aid. She looked up and everything became a blur then everything lost its color. She blacked out…