He pulled the trigger.


He had watched the scene before his eyes. He'd turned stiff when the he'd loaded the gun and so he couldn't move. He couldn't tell the brat to stop. To not pull the trigger.

Thank the gods for Reyna.

She'd knocked the gun out of Octavian's hand so the bullet had hit the thief's arm instead of head.

It was was a girl.

That's something he did not expect.

He looked through the one way glass to the girl who was now chained to the wall. She was sitting there, dumbly, mumbling to herself.

He couldn't help but notice how her curls looked neatly pressed and how she was small but strong and how beautifully carved her face was.

"Zhang." Reyna lightly shoved his shoulder to get her attention. The girl looked up and saw Octavian stalk into the room she was in.

He crouched down in front of her. "What's your name, dear.

"Why should I tell you?" she snarled.

"I was trying to be polite. Now, Hazel, why have you been robbing this certain line of stores only."

She hesitated before looking up at him and saying, "I don't know."

"Okay, let's try and easier question. Did you have any accomplices?"

"I don't know."

Octavian sighed impatiently and questioned her over and over only to get the same answer. "I don't know."

He stood up and paced the room, glancing towards Frank and Reyna through the glass though all he could see was his own reflection.

Reyna grasped Frank's shoulder and led him away from window. "Let's get something to eat."


Reyna peered down at the young boy in front of her. He was probably only a few years younger than her but he looked much younger. He had pale skin that contrasted with his dark hair, eyes and clothing.

"My name is Nico di Angelo and I know this is kind of informal but my sister's missing. You've found missing people in the past such as my cousin, Jason Grace."

Reyna flinched at his name. She no longer cared for that blond haired idiot.

"Your sister?" Frank asked, taking a sip of the drink he had ordered at the café. "What does she look like. Let's walk to our headquarters while you talk."

The threesome headed down the crowded streets of San Francisco as Nico described his sister.

"Well, she doesn't exactly look like me. She's African American- we have different mothers- and she has curly hair and gold eyes and she's about fourteen and-"

Frank and Reyna glanced at each other and then pulled Nico into the elevator so they could go up to their floor.

"Did you say gold eyes?" Reyna whispered.

"Yeah, have you seen her?" His voice was tinged with hope.

"Actually, we have. Is your sister Hazel Levesque?"

"Yeah, how did-"

Frank pinned Nico's arms behind his back. "I'm sorry to inform you that you are to be taken into custody. We will see if you are guilty or innocent. If you are guilty, you will go down the same path as your sister but if you are innocent you shall leave with your memory wiped."

"Wait, what? I didn't do anything!" He struggled to free his hands but they were already at the floor. "Where's my sister? What have I done? What has she done? Answer me? Why aren't you-" His voice died in his throat when he saw what Reyna and Frank were staring at, their mouths open in disbelief.

Through the window, Octavian was smiling evilly, and behind him was Hazel Levesque.

Her hair was a mess as if it had been yanked, she was curled up in a ball, coughing blood. Her eyes were swollen, tears running down her cheeks. 'I'm sorry." Her voice was raspy and soft. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Frank let go of Nico and banged his fist and against the glass. It cracked, startling Octavian and he hurried to the other side.

"I got it! I got the information! It's all here, now we can dispose of the girl, I got all we needed! Now-"

Reyna slammed him into the cracked glass, a knife to his throat. "Are. You. Crazy?"

"I'm sorry, I just-"

"You're fired." And with that, Reyna stabbed his arm and pushed him on the ground. "Don't think of coming in front of my face ever again."

With bloody fingers and a knife in his arm, Octavian stumbled out of the office, terrified but determined to get his way.

Nico ran inside the room and kneeled beside his dying sister. "No. I can't lose you too." He sank down, tears slipping.

Reyna, a hand over her mouth, grabbed her cellphone to dial 911 when stood up and stumbled into the wall. Then he was gone, melted into the shadows.

Reyna cocked her head, confused. "What?"

He reappeared with another guy his age. He had a mob of blond hair and sunny blue eyes.

"Heal her," Nico choked.

The boy kneeled in front of Hazel. He hesitated, the brought a hand over her face. He muttered something under his breath and the cuts and scrapes disappeared before their eyes.

"Who are you?" Reyna asked, finding her voice. "What are you doing here?"

The boy looked up, gasping for breath, and managed to say, "Will," before falling unconscious.

Nico cradled Hazzel in his arms before picking her up, bridal style. "Thanks for finding my sister." He had on a complete poker face.

"Wait. You can't leave. Even though Hazel did not deserve what Octavian did to her, she is still a criminal. I'm sorry, but she did confess. We're going to put her behind bars."

Nico's eyes widened. "No! She's fourteen! You can't put her in jail!"

"Yes." Frank looked at Nico sympathetically. "We can." He turned into a bear and took Hazel in his arms.

Nico screamed but Reyna held him back.

Hazel, now alert thanks to Will's healing, was thrashing and twisting but Frank the Bear kept his grip. He placed her carefully in the cell and locked it after turning back into human form.

"I'm sorry, Hazel, but you must pay for what you've done.

"I was only making things fair." She whispered.


"Why'd you do it?"

"Do what?" Hazel looked up at the woman in front of her. Her hair was red today with a touch of waves. Her eyes shone a warm brown.

"Rob my boutique's."

"You left my father. You hurt my mother. You're killing my brother. Somebody had to step up." Even as she spoke, she was coming up with a plan in her mind.

"But that's the way love works, dear. You can't help it. I'm sorry your parents didn't stay together. I'm sorry your father loved Maria more than your mother. I'm sorry your brother isn't straight. I can't help it."

"You didn't have to put them down! You didn't have to make them feel useless!"

"And that's your amazing reason for destroying my shop?"

"Yeah! And it's a valid reason so shut your mouth and get out."

"With pleasure." she drawled.

Hazel had to stifle a laugh when she saw a glob of purple food coloring on the back of head.


Frank didn't even realize how fast she could run.

If she jumped the fence she would no longer be in the United States. She wouldn't be a criminal in Mexico.

She was almost there and Reyna was close by.

Then a voice said in his mind, Turn into a cheetah, stupid.

Mentally slapping himself, he turned into the spotted animal and immediately felt a rush.

It was bittersweet that the moment he reached her, she jumped. Frank turned back into human form and leaned against the fence, panting.

He pressed his forehead against the fence and Hazel smiled. In one quick motion, she pressed her lips to his, the wire cutting into them

Memories of their times together as best friends resurfaced as he remembered the day they'd went on completely opposite roads.

She smiled and said the same thing she had then before running off with a little wave of her fingers.


"Catch me if you can."


Fin


A/N: This is my first two-shot in a while and I've realized I'm not good at writing long stories so I'm mainly going to write one-shots from now on. I got this idea from tumblr.