Name: ~~~ Collins
Age: ? (looks 19)
Hair: Ember red
Eyes: Grey blue
Death Scythe: Twin dueling swords
Info: I'm new to the Shinigami field work side of things. Therefore, while I have learned to fight, I need some real experience. William T Spears is my mentor. He has guided me on how to be the ideal grim reaper since I got here. He doesn't seem to mind me since we work well together as a team. He often asks me to assist him on jobs so as to avoid overtime. We both hate overtime sigh.
That Shinigami, First Meeting.
I sighed tiredly, removing my glasses to rub my eyes vigorously. It was late and I was caught finishing up paperwork for my senpais who took advantage of my lower status -_- . No one was around and that left me in an eerie silence. It aggravated me that I was stuck doing stupid, pointless documents this late, but as William tells me: to get promoted, one must be efficient and work hard. Ugh. I hate that he's most likely right but am thankful he pushes me to improve. Groaning for the final time, I filled out the final few documents.
The sound of footsteps drew my attention from binding pages together. I set aside my work into a neat pile and glanced fondly at my superior: William T Spears. My idea of the uniform shinigami.
"Finished with your paperwork Collins-san?" he quirked an eyebrow.
"Hai William-sama. I'm officially liberated for the night" I smiled grimly. William closed his eyes and heaved a tired sigh. He seemed troubled, causing me to furrow my eyebrows. He adjusted his glasses before peering at me steadily. Stoic as ever.
"Speaking of which, I've come to request your assistance. I've been given the task of locating and retrieving one Greil Sutcliff. You are aware of his recent activity in the mortal realm?" he asked. Now it made sense. Only Greil could cause William such stress and grief...that and over time. My expression became a mask as I nodded. As much as I adored the scarlet buffoon, he made disgracing the shinigami rep look like he was simply breathing air. I stood from my deskand motioned for William-sama to lead the way.
Once in the city of London, we split up to cover more ground. William headed to the West End and I took the East End. The night was chilly yet clear. The moon provided sufficient light to illuminate the streets below. I was enjoying the change from office to city sights. Landing on a red slated roof, I stopped to admire the stars when a commotion was heard to my right. Feeling a sudden urge to investigate, I leapt of in its direction.
From my position on the rooftop of an abandoned building, I had a perfect view of the unusual scene before me. Our notorious red head had a demon butler trapped against a wall with his death scythe. A mortal woman dressed in red pinned a defenseless child against a wall and held a knife high in the air, poised to slash his throat open.
"You should never have been born!" she screamed in anguish. What followed next happened so fast, a mere mortal would be unable to comprehend it as anything but a blur of shadows.
The demon sacrificed his shoulder to Greil's death scythe, in order to rush to the boy's aid. He was closing in on the woman, ready to pounce. Feeling it was my duty to keep balance between mortal and supernatural, I sprang from my perch and launched myself at the demon. I slammed into him and ended up straddling him at the waist on the cold ground just as the boy cried out "No! Sebastian do not kill her!".
My sudden appearance took everyone by surprise although the two mortals were too busy sizing each other up. Greil was busy trying to free his chain saw from a wall and I was engaged in a glaring contest with the demon. No doubt he was handsome, but I wasn't here to socialise. I was on duty and had a role to fulfill. My eyes made it clear why I had interfered though his were full of rage and a hint of curiosity. Suddenly time sped back up and he began panting heavily. He flinched and held his fresh wound tightly to stop the bleeding. Remembering myself, I jumped lightly to my feet and bowed.
"I beg your pardon" I murmured softly and turned my attention to Greil. The human child was frozen in shock. His breathes came in light foggy clouds while the woman's frame shook with her sobs, her face riddled with guilt. Her sobs were desperate, almost pleading "I...I can't...".
"~~~-chan? What are you doing here?" sneered Greil with a final tug on his scythe.
"I'm here to retrieve you senpai. Your actions smear the shinigami name with shame and dishonour" I spat ferociously. What a mess he had made of things! In the mortal realm no less! William will be furious. I stalked up to him as he turned to approach the woman. He was barely looking at me now. I scowled, sick of being looked down on and was preparing to reprimand him when he grabbed my face and flung me into a wall. I groaned painfully as I felt my nose come close to breaking. William may be a cold mentor but Greil could be an abusive senpai when he wanted to. I glared at the demon who frowned deeply at me from the ground. Hissing, I got to my feet and turned back to Greil who was only a few feet from the red lady.
"If you don't kill him, he'll kill you instead! And after I've gone to all the trouble of assisting you!" he complained. I began pacing toward him.
"But...but! This child is my-guah!" she never got to plead her case as Greil slashed her open. I let out a shout of disapprovement and ran to their side.
"I'm so disappointed in you Madam Red. I can't say I care a shred for the plain woman you've become" Greil scolded as her cinematic record seeped out of her wound and began to play. We all watched solemnly as Madam Red's life flashed before our eyes. As it ended, I noticed the demon rise to his feet and approach his master. I snapped my attention back to the matter at hand. Grabbing Greil by his collar, I slammed him against the nearest wall and pinned him there with my blades.
"Sutcliff-san! This is unacceptable! You WILL return to Shinigami Dispatch Society at once to atone for your crimes!" I growled venomously. My demenor unnerved the red reaper and he nodded timidly, quivering slightly. I turned to lead the way out of the alley.
"The curtain has fallen on your cheap performance of 'life'. Farewell...Madam" tsked Greil as he followed behind me. Behind us, we heard the boy order his demon to finish Greil off. I was about to tell the brat off when Greil kick me with such force, I went sailing over the rooftops. Just my luck, however, I crashed and broke my fall on William T Spears. Great.
I immediately began to apologise profusely and hauled him to his feet. We dusted ourselves off and I explained what had and what was taking place in the East End. Then I lead the way to the scene. We arrived just as the demon was about to end Greil with 'his favourite toy' when William interfered. Everyone's head snapped in our direction.
"Pardon the intrusion. I am William T Spears from the management division of Grim Reaper Dispatch. I have come to claim that reaper" he greeted before we jumped to the ground below, William landing on a frantic Greil. I landed beside the child and noticed he had draped his former outer layer over the deceased woman. Taking pity, I shed my trenchcoat and draped it over him with a kind smile. He looked at me in shock but I nodded to him and approached William's side dutifully.
"Dispatch member Greil Sutcliff. You are guily of having violated our ordinances. First, by killing those not on the list of the dead" I kicked Greil in the temple, "second, by using a death scythe without submitting application for use" I ground my heel into his stomach. Reaching down, I grabbed him by the hair and began to drag him away while William had a...civil encounter with the demon. When he was done, he returned to my side.
"Good grief...we're understaffed to begin with...and now I shan't be able to clock out on time yet again thanks to you" vented William. I rolled my eyes. He better not ask me to stay back and help him with paperwork! We felt somthing sail through the air behind us. Willaim and I spared eachother a sideward glance before he caught Greil's chain saw between two fingers. I turned slightly and watched the devil expectantly.
"You forgot something" he smiled innocently. I smirked at his response.
"Cheers for that. Hopefully we won't have a run in quite like this again" I waved and followed William back to HQ. The whole way back, William-sama wouldn't stop bitching and moaning about over time. Then he asked for my help doing paperwork, causing me to bitch and moan about paper work formalitites. Damn you Greil Sutcliff-senpai!