After Rotti fell
Author Notes – I've watched this movie way too many times. After noticing some little things in the end and trying to run with the whole deleted scenes of the movie actually being in the movie (at least the ones I've seen). I hope you enjoy. I was planning on having it just be one chapter but I think that it works better with some more chapters.
Amber Sweet ran from the stage, her heels echoing in the backstage area as she forced tears not to spill from her eyes. It wasn't like she wasn't used to the rejection from her father, however he usually ignored her and retained the yelling for when they were not in the public eye. Even then Amber would just need to smile, or pout and he would give in.
Not that she didn't knew that her father was embarrassed by her, she just knew how to get what she wanted. What she usually wanted was a surgery, and that was just because of her father too. She kept trying to perfect her image, try to look less and less like her mother in hope that Rotti would one day look at her with the same admiration, and even tenderness that he only reserved for Mag and once upon a time Marni.
She put on a robe and used a hat with a veil to cover her face and run to a familiar alley way to get what she needed to numb the feeling. She turned to leave from her dresser when she bumped into a body. She looked up about to throw spiteful comments that would put people in their place. However as she looked up to glare at the person she grabbed the lapels of his coat and shoved him out of her way.
"What are you doing here?" She hissed next to his ear and then covered her face again.
"A plan of your father's, just like this whole night." He said waving his hand in the air.
"You know daddy?" She stopped in her step, and as she said she realized that there was nowhere she could go. This was the person she was looking for, but it was only now she realized he could not look at her like this. She stumbled back to her dresser her dainty fingers reaching for the piece of flesh that was laying there as if abandoned.
"I saw the whole performance Miss Sweet. There's no need to hide." He said in a voice of annoyance that always irked her. She tapped her fingers on the edges of her fallen face and then try to stick it back on top of her muscles.
It didn't work, the face just fell back and she fiddled with her fingers starring at the floor. Pavi used her dresser all the time to get into her makeup, there had to be one of those stitches that he used for his sick obsession to put on new faces.
Before she could turn to look into finding stitches he had walked next to her and she could feel his breath on his shoulder. She buried her fingernails into her palm and bit her lip. Her heart was racing, like it usually did when he was so close and she would always just blame it on the Z.
"I have what you need..." He said pressing the gun handle against her neck and she sighed in relief. Amber turned to face him and grabbed the lapels of his coat glaring furiously at him. He didn't flinch, which was quite an accomplishment since with the inner tissue of her face in exposure she was even more terrifying than usually. At his lack of expression, she grabbed for the gun, but a move of his hand away from her kept the blue glow out of her reach.
"Not going to be as easy as last time. I have more than what you need." At Amber's confused expression he reached into his coat pocket and put away his gun. Grave Robber then took out the deeds to Geneco and Amber stumbled back.
"How did you get that?" She asked tensing.
"That does not matter. What matters is what I want you to do."
"You ask me for anything?" She laughed as she stood with her head held high. "I'm sorry but you forget who the z-peddling hobo - " She could not finish this sentence as the familiar needle came in contact and pierced her skin. The glow spread through her system almost instantly and the pain from her facial structure going missing vanished.
"As I ask then?" He asked his mouth right next to her ear as she slid down to the floor. A short nod of her head as Amber's hands roamed over her body and Grave Robber smirked. Even with her face off her body was still spectacular.
Author Notes – I know what you're all going to say. Amber is to weak and such, however this was just supposed to be a weak moment for her. Don't worry though she'll get better in the next chapter. Please read and review I've been kind of rusty in the writing department.