"WHY?!" Abri shouted throwing her hands in the air. He woke up to Abri running around the room.
"Oh no! Oh no!" She said as she ran around the room. Her hair was a mess and eyes had bag under them and her shirt was on backwards. The rays of the sun from her window was shining right on him and he grumbled before forcing himself up and drag it to the other side of the bed so it can block the sun.
"Hey boy, you wanna eat? I only have meat that my boss gives me, you'd like that?" She asked and Alucard just lazily looked at her sleepy.
'I don't like the morning sun. What is she even doing?' He thought and she ran to the kitchen and pulled out the meat and sat it on the counter under a plate.
"Ok I need to cook it a bit so you won't get sick. Ugh! I'm late anyway." She leaned on the counter and sighed before sinking down to take a rest. Alucard opened his third eye to look at her if she was to hurt herself doing something stupid.
"If I cook it for a while it should be…..no….OH! I can look it up!" She jumped up and when to her desktop and waited for it to start-up. He looked at the uncooked meat on the counter and when to it.
'It couldn't be that bad, I take bites out of people and they are raw meat. Plus I don't like human cooked food.
"There it is!" She said and read what it told her.
"It might upset their stomach if they have eaten dog food for a while. He's a stray so wouldn't he eat the squirrels or something in the park? He doesn't look thin…so people must feed him when he goes to the park." The sound of the dish hitting the counter caught her attention. She shot up from her computer and ran to the kitchen.
"Gaia you scared me Alucard!" She said and quickly put the dish in the sink.
"It could have broken and you would might have gotten cut!" She lectured him and picked up his water bowl to get him fresh water.
"Next time I will be careful where I put food. " She mumbled as she washed off the now empty plate.
"Oh, you were hungry." She just realized the slab of meat was gone. She let out a small laugh and shook her head. She took a look at her watch and frowned.
"I need to go to work, but I'm going to take you with me so you won't have to stay stuck in the room." She walked over to her bedroom to grab her bag. Alucard looked out to the window and just when back to his bed. He would preferred his coffin but having a seven-foot coffin in Abri's room wouldn't be such a good idea.
"Ok ready to go?" She asked and when she saw Alucard fast asleep she gave him a smile before quietly going out the door. She rushed down stairs not bothering with the elevator that just when down.
"Hey Amanda, hi Mike, what's up?! Peace Amanda! Bye Mike!" She said as she flew past them.
"Late are we?" Mike laughed and she resisted flicking him off. She was a good girl but it was his fault she had to stay up to wash Alucard and clean up the bathroom that had water everywhere.
"I blame you!" She shouted and the door man opened the door for her.
"Thanks Roger!" She said to the old gray-haired doorman. He didn't speak much, but his police mustache smiled and he nodded as she when by. She couldn't really run because people gave the
'where's the fire' look, so she had to just walk quickly. By the time she got there some people lined up to get their packages.
"Where ya been Mix?" Mack asked as she tied off a package. Abri ran to the back and threw her bag and coat in her locker and grabbed her white apron.
"Stayed up really late and woke up late." She said as she looked at the order list and when to the freezer to get what she needed.
"I got a dog yesterday on the way home." She said as she carried the ham to the slicer. Mack glanced at her and started cutting it into slices.
"Really what kind of dog is it?" He asked and she glared at him.
"I am not sure what breed he is; he is very large, fluffy ears, black and very smart. In fact, he's a bit too smart!" She laughed and Mack seemed to relax a little.
"Don't worry, I'm not sure if he is a bull-dog or what but he's really sweet." She wrapped the package and handed them to the waiting customers.
"Are you sure you can handle having a dog now?" He asked and she nodded.
"I had one before I moved a while ago, she's passed but I was the one who feed her, watered her and played with her when I had time." She felt her chest start to hurt at the thought of her lost dog. It was a memory she really didn't like to think of. He looked at her and while he was going past her he elbowed her in the back.
"It was hard enough for you to deal with your sister's recovery and old Tese's passing a day after, but it's all in the past. Don't want my little Mix to be a depressed baby." He ruffled her hair making the hair net crooked. She smiled slightly but it soon faded.
"I'm glad my sister is safe now…but still that smoke…what was it?" She felt the tears ready to drop down her face. But she held them back and gripped the meat slicer handle.
'No, I can't think of that now…smile and get back to work…'
~Break time~
"I am having a work out this week! " She huffed as she ran back to the hotel to check on Alucard. By the time she was almost there Roger was holding the door open for her.
"Thanks Roger! ~" She sung and high-fived him as he stuck his hand up calmly. Mike eyed her as she ran past him making her slow down as she waited for the elevator so she could catch her breath. When she arrived on her floor she quickly but carefully opened the door not knowing if he he was behind it.
"Alucard!" She called out as she closed the door. When he didn't come she kind of freaked out and dashed to her room to see if he was in there, and just as she thought, he was in there fast asleep still. She saw him still lazing around in his bed hidden from in the darkest part of the room, which was next to her bed. She put her hand over her heart to try to get it back to normal but it just didn't stop. She slow when over to him not trying to make her footsteps light so he didn't think she was sneaking up on him.
"Hey boy," She said as she squatted next to him. He opened one eye halfway then closed it again before rolling over groaning.
"You're quite lazy aren't you?" She laughed shaking her head at him. Getting up Abri tossed her bag somewhere and crawled into bed snuggling into her bed. She breath out letting the stress of the day go , but there was one thing that was bothering her….she left her room light on when she walked in and light from the window shined right on her bed. She grumbled as she got out of her almost warm bed to shut the blinds and walked over to the light switch and flicked it off.
"Ah~ sleep seems like a wonderful idea now, I don't have to work till six and it's only twelve thirty." She fell face first on her bed and worked her way to the top like a slug. After having a quiet fight with the covers they called it a truce and she was asleep within five minutes.
Dream~
Her father's train just arrived. She quickly when in to meet them. He had taken her sister Raven to a Dora concert that was in the next city and as a special treat he took her by train. She looked for their gate number but for some reason she couldn't find it, suddenly she saw it and started to it.
"Abri!" A small voice called out to her. She looked up the stairs and saw her little sister running down them to her.
"Hi Raven! Hahha, slow down Speedy before you fall." She shouted back. Raven slowed down a bit but she hung on to the rail. The little girls raven hair when to her middle back and her dark blue eyes shined. Her pink little dress and blue backpack made her look younger than ten. Abri dropped to knees with her arms open as Raven jumped into her arms.
"Hi sis, it was the best play ever! I saw Dora and everyone after the show too! I road on a train…" Abri listened to her sister review her entire day in just one breath as they walked to the car. The taxi her dad calls arrives and Abri gets in with Raven putting her in the seat.
"Give me just a minute; I'm going to load her bags in the back." Her father said and closed the backseat door.
"Is your sister all bucked in?" The driver asked Abri making her seem a bit surprised.
"Yep, she's already to go!" She replied and was about to put hers on when he floored the taxi. She almost hit the back of the passenger's seat if she was not holding on to the seat belt and because it locked up at the sudden jerk.
"Wait! What are you doing?!" She asked as she turned to see her dad running after the car in vain.
"Stop the car my dad's not in!" She shouted banging on the glass she shut but yelled back.
"Shut up and enjoy the ride you're being kidnapped!" He snapped and her eyes when wide. She snapped her head at her little sister who looked confused and frightened.
'Oh no…' she thought horrified. He jerked the car causing her to slam into the door almost making her hit her head.
"Abri what's going on?!" Her sister asked almost in tears as she reached out her little hands to her desperately.
"Raven relax we will be ok." She said hugging her sister and petting her head as she whimpered.
~time skips and hour~
She was tied up back to back with her sister. The man from the cab dusted off his hand and the new man beside him grabbed his shoulder.
"Well done! You got two of em'!" His booming voice echoed in the warehouse they were in. They both now had on mask and the only way she could tell who was who was because one hand brown eyes and the other had blue.
"Not hard at all!" The brown eyed man said and sat on a box. Abri glanced at it and read 'Fireworks' This made her finally have the courage to look around and stop looking at her shoes. All around them were a bunch of firework in boxes.
'What do they want with us?' She asked in fear as she felt her little sister shuffle around still crying her eyes out. Abri reached around as best as she could from her ropes and grabbed her hand.
"We'll be alright; I don't let them do anything to you. I'll try everything I can…" She whispered to her. But she didn't know if it helped because her voice was shaking very badly.
"Yo Jack!" The brown eyed man asked as he tapped his foot getting irritated.
"What?" Jack asked looking at him.
"When are they going to get here to pick up the girls?" He stood up and pulled a cigarette putting it between his lips and struck a match.
"Soon, now put that away before you blow us all up Johnny!" Jack growled but Johnny ignored him as he lit his cigarette and put the match out with his tongue.
"Ya I'll be careful." He mumbled as he blew a smoke cloud out and flicked the match at him. Jack moved away from it narrowing his eyes at him and then turned his attention to the girls.
"Come one, maybe you can tell him to put it out. After all he has a soft spot for women." He laughed and Johnny shot a glare at him.
"You know I don't care what happens to anyone but me." He stood up and walked over to them. Abri became alert and scooted herself and Raven so she was facing the man.
"Oh~ trying to protect your sister?" He asked and bent down to look at her before blowing smoke in her face. She held her breath and tried not to breath in the toxic smoke that stung her sensitive nose.
"Why don't we separate them so she won't try to run off with her sister?" Jack asked Johnny taking out a knife. Johnny nodded and reached out for Abri who flinched away.
"Now girl, you hold still and let us do what we need to do so we can get paid and go home." He growled but Abri keep moving around.
"Don't touch her! Leave Raven alone! I'll do anything you want if you just let her go free!" She begged and held her sister's hand tighter as Raven started to cry again.
"Sorry but one just won't do." Jack said flipping his knife and walking to them but Johnny held his hand out.
"Anything?" He asked and Abri regretted her wording.
"A-anything." She forced her words out and Johnny grinned before squatting in front of her.
"So if I wanted to use you for bait to get others you would do it just for the sake of your sister?" He asked and Abri's jaw dropped. She had the chance to maybe get her sister free…at the cost imprisoning others.
'What am I thinking? Yes…it's a horrible thing…but….I can't let anything happen to Raven, and I have a better chance of getting out if I don't have to worry about her. Suddenly Jack punched him right in the face sending his cigarette flying. He hit the ground hard and almost immediately snapped back to Jack.
"What the bloody mess was that for?!" He asked getting up ready to strike him back.
"Don't make deals with this woman, with the amount of money we can get for both of them it would easily cover any plot you have for her to do alone!" Jack held up his fist also ready for a fight.
"HN!" Johnny wiped the blood off his lip from the blow and picked up his cigarette.
"Well we would be dead right now and it wouldn't matter. It was right on the fuse of a fire cracker." He snapped as he stormed up to Jack shaking his now unlit cigarette in his face. Abri heard Raven whisper something to her after they argued for a few minutes.
"Abri…Abri!" Raven said squeezing her hand. Abri turned around as best as she could and Raven whispered.
"That box look!" She said voice getting high pitched. Raven was only ten but she was smart. She also knew what a firework looked like.
"HEY! That fire cracker is about to go off!" She screamed and both men stopped arguing and looked at her.
"Nice try! Now I am getting really tired of you!" Jack said going up to her taking a hand full of her hair. He jerked her head back and put his knife to her neck.
"Jack you idiot!" Johnny yelled at him and cursed.
"The ashes have set it aflame!" He shouted and ran over to it but it was too late, the fire cracker popped and sent the other one in the box flying to the ceiling.
"Run!" Jack yelled dropping Abri's hair running away.
"Abri! What do we do?!" She asked and Abri had to think fast. She could try getting up and running out but what if she fell? She would be like a stuck turtle with Raven on her back, but she had to try!
"Try and stand up! Your short enough so once you stand I have enough room to stand!" Abri shouted over the roaring firework flew off around them. Raven used her little legs and when she was high enough Abri got up and stumbled almost falling.
"Are you ok?!" Raven asked as she keeps stumbling. "Ya I'm fine! Just keep your eyes closed so the sparks don't get in your eyes!" She said and started to run when she saw a clear path. She almost screamed as a twirling firework flew right past her face and got stuck between two boxes. She didn't know what was in those boxes but as of now every box could kill them. She ran in between the carts and had to crash into some shelves to keep herself up right.
Ravens screams were the one thing that driving her to keep moving and get her safe. Finally she saw a doorway all the way on the other side of the building. She glanced back and saw that the flames and fireworks were getting to the point where they would blow up the building; they weren't going to make it in time. She squeezed her little sister's hand and then she saw a sharp object in a shed looking thing.
"Raven! I need you to listen to me!" She shouted as she ran over to it, she kicked it open and to her luck there was a saw in there. The ropes were only big enough to hold them so she could get them out in no time.
"Stay still and keep a look out if anything comes at us!" She was sure it was safe enough because the flames have not fully reached where they were.
"Ok!" She said bravely and Abri let go of her hand, almost having to pry it off as best as she could so she could grab the saw but everything else feel down too. She had to twist her wrist at a weird angle but she managed to cut the rope slowly.
"Abri it's getting closer!" She shouted. But she didn't need her to say it, the room was already making both of them sweat.
"Just a bit more!" She said and sawed faster careful not to cut them. But after the next one she couldn't reach anymore. She felt the panic start to take over as she realized they now are doomed. Then a sticker on her shed caught her eye.
'No I can't give up on Raven!' She thought and started to kick everything that feel in the floor out of the small shed.
"What are you doing?!" She asked but Abri keep working.
"Raven wiggle out! The rope is too high for me to reach now!" She shouted as she keeps kicking. Listening to her Raven wiggled wildly to the point where Abri was having trouble keeping both of them up. She even tried to move around a bit to gee rope off, but the part where it was holding them together was where she couldn't cut.
'How in the world did they tie this rope?!' She yelled in her head but finally Raven fell to her knees on the ground and cried hugging her sister. Abri hugged her back but then put her in the shed and removed all the other heavy items that were blocking it from getting shut.
"Abri!"
"STAY IN THERE!" She shoved her sister back in when she tried to get out grabbing her shoulders shaking her a bit. Raven started to have a coughing fit but could still here her say.
"There's not enough time to get out, if we made a run for it the flames would still get us. Plus I saw a firework already headed for it so it must be blocked by now." Abri finally started to cry. Raven's little eyes grew wide realizing what her sister was going to do.
"No…NO! Abri!" She tried to grab her as she keeps moving the stuff away.
"Listen! This is fire resistant! I need to move all of these so I can close the door." She threw a hand full of heavy pipes out the way. Raven bent down and started to help move everything. She carried her armful of stuff and then when she was about to drop it a cracking sound made her look up.
"ABRI!" She screamed and when she also looked up it was too late, there was piece in the ceiling that set aflame felling right above them. Her heart started to beat in slow motion as she dropped what was in her hand and grabbed Abri pulling her under her body. She braced herself for the hot pain, but there was none. She opened her eyes a little to see something dark swirling around her. It was strange because she could feel that it was cold…scary like shadows yet it felt comforting. But as she looked at the weird swirling smoke around her, she started to feel weak like it was draining her. She clinched her fist and the smoke swirled faster and tightened up like it was protecting her.
'I can't stay awake…' She though as black spots started to appear in her eyes.
"Abri!" She cried and grabbed on to Abri's shirt. Abri hugged her sister back holding her for dear life even if she was fading fast.
'Was that a dream?' she thought but when she heard the firemen calling out she knew it was a memory. She ignored it as she shut her eyes and held her sister.
~end
'She's still kind of cold...but how? It was hot a second ago…' she thought as she snuggled into her hair. But something was different; she seemed bigger, and taller.
'She can't be this big…she's only 10 years old.' She closed her eyes even more as she felt herself getting heavier. She pulled her sister to her but she didn't feel like her. Instead it felt like there was a tall person beside her. Her head spun as she felt herself go from sitting on the ground to lying on her side. She ran her hand threw her hair but it seemed shorter and more silk like.
'Something's not right.' Her mind screamed but when she heard a yawn her eyes snapped open.
"Oh," She looked to see Alucard lying next to her and her hands curled around the fur of his neck, his eyes looking into her soul like he knew something was wrong with her. She rolled over to see the clock, 4:54. She looked at Alucard and the first thing she thought was all the dog fur that she would have to clean up.
'No more of him being on my bed.' She thought with a sigh.
"Ugh! I need to get up and go to work." She tossed the covers off her and they landed on Alucard.
"Opps, sorry Alucard." She said and took them off. She shook her head to get the bad memory out of her mind and smiled.
"Speaking of oops! I think I'll play some music!" She when over to her mp3 player and pulled out her mini stereo. She hummed a tone as she tried to find the song she was looking for.
"Found it!" She said and as soon as it started a guitar blasted out.
"Kimi wa ima namida nagashita!" A Japanese girl sung out with Abri singing along.
"Nakijakuru kodomo no you ni! tatoe asu ga mienaku natte mo mamoru yooooooooooo!" To his surprise she was singing all the words correctly and dancing around the room.
"Natsu no sora miagete nirand!" She laughed as she twirled around getting her bag and throwing it by the front door while the guitar did a short solo.
"Alucard this is one of my favorite songs, Lovers! It's by 7 Opps I think." She when over to her bed and grabbed the plushy with an orange jump suit.
"It's from Naruto Shippuden! I don't really watch this half of the series but I looked up the sound track and BAM! I found this!" She tossed the plushy on the bed next to the others and continued to go around goofing off.
'I think she's crazy.' He thought as he looked at the yellow haired plushy next to him. He looked to the clock wondering if he should get up now. But Abri was keeping him up with her unsteady heartbeat. At times it would be calm then suddenly it would start beating like she was in fear, then she would start talking and turning in her sleep. So finally he decided to get up and turn into his normal form so he could lie next to her hoping it would calm her down. Now that he thought about it, it was kind of nice to have someone sleeping by his side. Abri was really warm… she would move closer to him and hold him like she was his life line.
"Alucard! Come and eat buddy! ~" She sung to the beat of the song. He got up and shakes out his fur before he joins her in the kitchen.
"Oh!~~~" She said as she opens the fidget. She leaped for joy as she pulled out something that would destroy the world. "Look! I found a Frappuccino! I hate coffee but I really need the energy today!" She when to the pantry and pulled out instant Raman. After it cooked in the microwave she skipped past Alucard, who was already done eating, over to her couch.
"I'm going to work again in a few minute. I'll take you out so you can do your stuff, Mack said he didn't mind if you were there as long as you stay away from the meat and stay out of the food area." She said before she started to chug down the Raman. He found her sentence quite amusing and couldn't help but make a growling laugh. This caused Abri's eyes to widen and choke on her Raman. She pointed at him with her face fully red.
"youw lauhed!" She tried to say with a mouth full of food. She had to take a moment to breath and chugged down the Start Bucks drink. But after that she burst out laughing and fell back onto the couch almost knocking it over.
"WOW! You ARE amazing!" She tried to stop laughing but she really couldn't.
"Ouch! Ouch! I…I can't breathe!" She gasped out as she held her stomach and when over to the trash to dump out her Raman she knew she wasn't going to finish now.
"Ugh, ok I'm done!" She waved her hand in the air defeated as she leaned on the counter.
'I truly think this woman is crazy.' Alucard thought as he walked to the door grabbing her bag in his mouth.
"Oh that's right, I need to get to work." She ran to her room to grab her shoes. He looked at her and sat there knowing she wasn't going to remember where she put them. After seven minutes Abri finally found them under her bed.
"OK got it!" She said hopping in the room with one foot while the other had the shoe half way off. She opened the door and both of them headed to the elevator.
"Gaia! I left my bag!" She facepalmed herself as the elevator closed. Alucard nudged her leg with his head dropping her bag from his mouth. She 'epped' before she fell to her knees and hugged him.
"Thank you!" She said as she snuggled into his fur. Alucard just stood there waiting for her to get off. He even had to hint that he wanted her to let go by pushing her backward till she almost fell.
"Hahha, ok I get the point, you're not big on long hugs." She laughed as she threw her bag over her shoulder holding the strap at the wrist. When the doors opened she halfway ran to Mike.
"Well Mike, looks like we are good for today. Oh ya, there's a flying chimpanzee at three o'clock." Amanda said as she checked off the paper in her hand before pointing the end of the pen at Abri. Mike didn't have time to run before she was air born and halfway knocked him down with a hug.
"Good afternoon!" She chimed as she hugged him. Mike had to take a second to realize the flying monkey was Abri.
"Well hello." He said patting her head and she jumped back before her could ruffle it.
"Hey! My hair is already fluffy enough!" She stuck her tongue out at him and gave Amanda a short hug before heading out the door.
"Good afternoon Roger!" She said as she speeds past him only to get jerked back by the back of her shirt. She stumbled backwards for a second almost running into Alucard who side-stepped away from her.
"Roger! What was that for?!" She whined as she rubbed the front of her neck where the collar of it choked her. He just simply held out a coat to her. She looked at it and saw it was her extra coat Roger bought for her after she came in sick because she forgot her coat at home. So he keeps it for her if it's cold and she has forgotten hers.
"Oh, right, thanks Roger!" He handed her the coat and opened the door for both of them. She waved to him as she headed down the street.
"Is it me or did Abri have some kind of candy?" Mike asked. Roger and Amanda looked at each other and nodded.
"Ya, she's going to be really tired when she gets home." Amanda laughed and Mike elbowed her.
Chapter done! FINALLY! Sorry it took so long ^-^U I was getting the main plot down. Also there will be a few flashbacks in the next few chapters so please bear with me. I know some people are not big on flashbacks :) Tellz meh what you thought about this chapter :D :D
