Lady Catherina sighed and rubbed her temples
with her forefingers. The door to her
office opened revealing one
of the killer dolls, Tres the Gunslinger. "Ah! Tres, come in."
She looked up from her paperwork and sat back in her seat.
Lady Catherina of the
Vatican had long, golden gleaming curls trailing down her back.
A
polished, clean monocle was what her right eye looked through to the
rigid, red haired
robot. Being the elder sister of the Pope, one
of the two that helped him into power and a
Cardinal; her voice,
her gaze, her thoughts were full of authority. Even the way she held
herself. Today was no exception.
"Catherina-sama,"
Gunslinger awaited her orders. His red hair glinted slightly in the
morning light streaming in through the windows; his guns strapped
securely and cleanly
at his sides. His manner, although precise
and unwavering, still had a small touch of
human likeness. Even
though it was buried deep at times.
Lady Catherine looked into his eyes, "Tres, we had a new recruit to AX and she has just finished training. She will need a partner and you are the best person to work with her. I would consider Abel but he already has Ester. Not to mention you would have advantages over certain… situations that he would not."
"Advantages."
The Cardinal's hard gaze appeared and she clasped her hands under her face. Her will was firm on keeping that information from the rest of the world until necessary. Nothing would bend her until it was time.
"Catherina-san! I have brought Zelda-san!" A cheerful, silver haired man called as he came through the door. A teen-aged girl in a white nun's outfit walked slowly into the room. Her dark brown hair was kept back out of her way except for her long bangs lining her heart-shaped face. Zelda's endless black eyes focused on the carpet. Her impossibly long eyelashes covered them but not before a quick glance at the others and an unfathomable deep blush appeared.
She spoke hesitantly, "Hello again Catherina-sama."
The older woman replied, "Hello Zelda. Now that you have finished your training you will be working with Father Tres on missions. For your first job you have something relatively easy, there have been a series of disappearances in Paris that require the both of you to travel there tomorrow."
"Eh? Catherina-san, that sounds like something the police should look into," the man that brought Zelda in interrupted.
Lady Catherina turned her sight to him. "Thank you, that will be all Abel."
"Fine, fine. I'm leaving," he sighed and closed the door.
She continued, "Your train leaves at eight, report back when you find something. Dismissed."
Both Tres and Zelda left her office in silence; only until they arrived at the entrance of the building did the new girl say anything, "Um, so I'll- I'll see you… tomorrow?"
He turned with a "Positive" and left, all the while not looking at her. She bit her finger and wondered what she had done to annoy him. She hardly said a coherent sentence to him but he seemed to dislike her for it anyway. Zelda wondered if this was to be the way they worked together from now on.
Tres' face suddenly appeared in her head, throwing her off balance. She shook her head violently to clear her thoughts.
"I'll try to think better, maybe it will be better tomorrow. I'll find someway to prove myself to him, and he won't hate me anymore!" She smiled to herself while walking home, going to go pack. Tomorrow…