A/N The action is abt to kick off! Nothing but action-packed badassery until the end of the story! Happy reading!
April 10, 2008
Lili walked outside, finding her mentor sitting at the patio table. She excitedly went over to her and sat down in front of her. "Good morning Miss Elizabeta."
The woman, Elizabeta looked up at her with a small smile. "Good morning Sweets." She said, her hands playing in a glass bowl of candy. "Would you like a piece of candy?"
"Vash said I can't have candy before breakfast."
"If he catches you, I'll take care of it." She said and pushed the bowl towards her.
Lili looked through the bowl, taking out a red piece of candy. She took the wrapper off and popped it in her mouth. Her tongue swirled around the candy, tasting it's sweet cherry flavor. She then bit down on the candy, wincing when the candy didn't break in her mouth. "Owww," She said holding her cheek.
"It's a jawbreaker. They all are in this bowl."
"You gave me a jawbreaker? Did you want me to break my jaw?"
She shook her head laughing. "No honey, I wanted to teach you a lesson." Elizabeta sat up in her seat and leaned in close to her mentee. "You're a sweet girl Lili, it's the best thing about you. But everything sweet isn't soft. So from now on, I want you to think of yourself as this jawbreaker. Sweet outside, hard inside."
Lili slowly nodded.
"You have the face of an angel and the personality of the girl next door. That's what everyone sees you as, but Vash and I did not train you for six years just for you to stay that way. We wanted something better for you Lili, we wanted you to protect yourself if the time came. You live in a world where everything isn't always good, and when someone is as good as you, they will try to take that away from you. Do not let them take your light away Lili. Remain sweet, but fearless."
Present Day
The next morning, Lili had been dressed in all black, flipping over the last pancake in the pan. Juliette came down and sat at the island, watching Lili cook. "Good morning. It smells great."
"Thanks. How did you sleep?" Lili asked grabbing plates for them.
"Ugh like a baby. That bed in there is heaven, I see why you don't let Emil sleep in there when he doesn't act right. He doesn't deserve to sleep on something so nice when he pisses you off. How about you? How did you sleep?"
Lili shrugged. "Not very well. I kept shivering, Emil always keeps me warm at night."
"Well he'll be keeping you warm again soon when you find him, and you're going to find him Lili."
"I hope I find him too, alive and well...That's all I want Jul."
Juliette put a hand on top of Lili's. "You will Lili. I know you will." She said and patted her hand. "Now let's eat breakfast before it gets too cold. Can't fight bad guys on an empty stomach."
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"You've got everything you need?" Juliette asked packing up her equipment.
"I usually keep it in my car."
She looked back at Lili. "Why do you keep that stuff in your car? You're not afraid of being pulled over and searched?"
"I've talked myself out of every police ticket I've encountered, so no, I am not. Besides," She said and looked back at Juliette with a warm smile, "would you want to arrest a face like this?"
Juliette smiled back at her. "I guess not, you're one tough cookie Lili."
"I've been told to view myself as a jawbreaker. Sweet outside, hard inside."
Juliette nodded. "That you are. Go get your husband back, jawbreaker."
Lili spent the day staking out Alec DuPonte. When he wasn't working as a hitman for the mafia, he apparently was a fisherman. He spent the day fishing and selling fresh fish at the pier. He had a pipe in his mouth for most of the day too. Hard to believe this guy was a hitman when he was giving off Captain Long John Sliver vibes.
It was a nice day out though. The breeze was light, and the sun was warm. Spending a day blending in at the pier wasn't too bad, would have been a lot better with Emil though. He loved days like this as much as she did. They'd spend the day walking on the beach and eating ice cream. But today it was just her, and she was on business...Though she'd be lying if she said she didn't get an ice cream cone.
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Near the end of the night, when he was starting to close shop, Lili chose to make her move. She quickly walked up to him. "Oh no, are you closing already?" She said.
Alec looked back at her, smirking slightly when she saw how young and pretty she looked. "I am, but for you, I'd hop in the ocean myself to get you fish."
Lili giggled at that. "You're sweet, but if you're closed it's fine. I can always come back tomorrow...I just really had been in the mood for some fresh fish."
"Well if you aren't busy now, I was heading to get something to eat. I know a pretty good seafood place that has fish as fresh as mine."
"You know what? I think I may take you up on your offer. I'm parked over there, I just have to get my bag and then we can go."
"Of course, you want me to bring you back to your car after dinner?"
"I'll let you decide by the end of the night." She said with a smirk and jogged over to her car.
Alec watched as she went over to her car. Did he just get lucky tonight? God let it be true, he could really go for tapping a piece of ass that tight tonight. Not to mention that Bella was out of town so the apartment was empty. Oh yeah, he was definitely tapping ass tonight. While she was busy getting her things from her car, Alec finished closing up shop, pulling the metal door down over the shack, and locking it with his keys.
"Hey, Alec."
Before he could fully turn around, Lili's knuckle dusted fist connected with his face, and he fell into the metal door. Alec groaned in pain, his legs wavering. Lili wasted no time using her black combat boots to kick him right in the thigh with all of her might. His body flew against the metal door, and he crumpled up on the ground.
Lili leaned down, and took the metal bike chain in her hands to wrap it around his neck, her knee pressed into his back harshly. "What the fuck is going on?" He choked out.
"You killed someone in front of my husband two days ago, and now he's missing. I want answers, now!" She demanded, pressing her knee into his back more.
Alec yelled out in pain. "I don't know where the fuck he is! I told him to get lost so I can finish my work! If he ended up missing that's not my fault!"
"Who hired you to put that hit on the woman you killed?"
"Fuck you bitch." He growled.
Lili tightened the grip on the bike chain around his neck. "Who hired you?!" She screamed at him.
"His name is Gilbert! Gilbert Beilschmidt! He's some German partying pimp that lives in the east side of the city. That's all I fucking know! Now get your fucking knee out my back!"
"Now was that so hard?" She whispered before letting him go.
Alec coughed violently trying to catch his breath and comfort his throat. "You psychotic bitch." He said looking up at her.
Lili shrugged, and her leg tee'd up on his head, her boot striking his face and effectively knocking him out. Time to head to the east side of the city.
A/N And the action begins! I hope hope hope it flowed well, and I hope you all enjoyed. Only a couple chapters left, but they've got the action, as promised. Again I really appreciate reviews, they make me feel like people like this story, so please tell me that you support this story in the reviews, please and thank you. Until next chapter.
