No One
He was sitting down at his desk, the door across the room locked as he looked down upon the girl bowing on her knees before him. She said smoothly, and almost seductively, "What is it that you desire for me to do my Lord?" My Lord. He liked the ring of that. He stood up from his desk, the office chair moving backwards on its wheels. He could not see her eyes, for her head was bowed too far and her hair hid them.
He said calmly, as if he were speaking to any other customer. "I want you, to sever a tie." Her head lifted up to face him. Confusion was set in her eyes. "I'm sorry my Lord, but I do not fully understand. A tie?" He popped his knuckle and walked around his desk and knelt in front of the girl. He placed a hand on each of her shoulders. "Yes my loyal servant. A tie. A Bond if that helps to clarify.
It needs to be broken for my plans to go into full swing." She now looked as if she understood, and nodded her head to show it. "But where do I find the ones I need to sever?" The rogue Messenger stood up straight and reached into his desk and pulled out a piece of paper. He scribbled on it with a pen, and saw the girl on the floor trying to stretch her neck and see what he was writing.
He handed her the paper and said, "You should know the one when you see him. Sever their Bond. I don't care what you have to do, or how far you have to go. I want what they share, ripped apart so they will no longer get in my way." The girl examined the paper with carefulness, and said, "But how do you know that severing the Bond with work? How do you not know that he will come seeking vengeance?"
He smiled, and liked how clueless this girl was. But she does a grand job. "The girl, who is a pain in my side as it is, will be too devastated when she knows the Bond has been broken because of another woman. And when your seduction wears off, our target will be too dazed, confused, and angered to think and try to do anything. It's foolproof." She nodded her head and stood up and walked in front of him, and placed a long, slow kiss on his lips.
She whispered to him, "I will return only if I am successful, my Lord. And if I am not, then do away with me." He showed now sign of emotion as he watched her walk cat-like out of the room to do her job. He had to admit, even he was having difficulties fighting her seductive abilities, but his power was just beyond hers to where it would never fully effect him.
The Messenger angel walked in front of a mirror and looked at himself. In his eyes, he looked stunningly gorgeous. The lines in his face were defined, and his black as night eyes led his mind into its own abyss. He was a God in his own eyes. But in others, he was a monster.
While he had lost himself in his madness, others still saw what he was becoming. He had no idea though. He thought what he had been doing was helping him near his ultimate goal; to watch the world around him burn and those in it suffer.
The Messenger angel didn't always have these hostile feelings though. Only through years of being truly disgusted by the loathing, greed, and hatred of the people on Earth were. That was part of the reason he chose Earth over the Realm though; he thought he would like all of those things.
His eyes narrowed at the mirror, and wind suddenly blew in the room. His black hair whipped with the wind, and with a silent command of his mind, the mirror shattered before him. The wind died away, and he stared down at the broken glass.
Alice
I loved Sunday for one reason; no work. It was the only day, minus holidays, that the café was closed. You'd think that Mr. Misaki would see it as another way to make a profit with all of the people getting out of churches and such, but he always kept the store closed. I was arguing.
It meant one day out of the week that I didn't have to take orders and run back and forth from table to table and listen to guys hit on me. There was a knocking at the glass door of the café, and I saw Dan, Julie, and Murucho standing outside. I ran over to the door, and turned the latch to its unlocked position.
They walked in. Dan waved to me and said, "Thanks for getting the door for us, Alice." I smiled and locked the door back up to keep from anyone thinking we were open. Dan walked up to Runo and placed a light kiss on her forehead. That alone reminded me so much of Shun and I. Before everything went to hell in a handbag after Mason. I hated to admit it, but I was happy that Mason was gone.
At first after I had killed him, I felt guilty. But the more I thought about it, the more relieved I was to have him out of mine, and Shun's lives. Runo walked up to me, he heels snapping me from my thoughts. She asked, "Do you want to go with us to the mall, Alice? That is, if you don't have any plans with Shun."
I didn't have any. In fact, I hadn't had any with Shun for a month because he was in no condition to go anywhere yet. And today was no different. He wouldn't be angry if I didn't show up at the tenement building, but it wouldn't hurt to leave him a text or voicemail explaining why I didn't show up. I said to Runo, "Yeah. We haven't hung out in a while anyway."
She smiled. The others behind her looked surprised. They were sure I would have chosen time with Shun over them. "Let me just go and get my phone and then we can go." They nodded and watched me run upstairs. When I snatched my phone from its charger, I shot a quick text to Shun saying where I was going and that I might drop by later. I grabbed up my purse and stuck the phone into its little compartment, and ran back downstairs. I said, "Ok. Let's go."
Murucho had brought his limo with him. I was trying to figure out how I missed it when I opened the door for the others to let them in the café. Considered the whole door was clear glass. The mall was about ten minutes away from the café, and we drove right past the tenement building. I wasn't sure if the others knew that the tenement building was where Shun lived. They might have known since the day after Mason's death I saw Dan and the others walking by and ran out of it.
But they never did ask my why I was in there. Perhaps they didn't even know that I ran out from that particular building. The mall was packed, as per usual on a weekend. I asked, "What stores are we going to hit up first?" The others shrugged and Dan said, "I think we'll just scan." We walked inside, and were greeted with mall music and annoying people standing outside of stores and basically throwing brochures at us.
I walk looking walking by a store and looking at the mannequins in the window when I bumped into somebody. I didn't fall of my butt, but I was knocked back a little. I bowed quickly and said, "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!" The others were standing a little further up ahead, and watching me as I apologized to the person I ran into. I stood up straight and got a good look at her. She looked almost unreal.
Her skin wasn't too dark, but wasn't pale like mine. She had long jet black hair and dark gray eyes. And when I meant dark, I meant almost black. But the pupils in them were slitted. This girl was a Fallen. She was wearing a mini-skirt that was just shy above too short to wear, and a shirt that showed about five inches of skin around her bellybutton.
But all in all, she was stunningly beautiful. I noticed then that her bag was still on the floor. I said, "Oh! I'll get that for you." I bent over so she wouldn't have to. There was no point in scarring some little kid for life if she did. A piece of lingerie fell out, and she quickly scooped it up and stuffed it back in her shopping bag. She seemed uncomfortable. I would have been too if my bra feel out in public or something like that.
She said with narrowed eyes at me, "For my job." I raised an eyebrow at her. For her job? What was she? Some kind of model for Victoria's Secret? Or working the streets at night? She said harshly, "Thank you for your kindness. Next time, watch where you're walking please."
She then twitched off and out of the front door that we had come in from. Dan walked up behind me and said, "What the hell was that all about?" I shrugged my shoulders and said, "I have know clue, and I'm not sure I want to. Let's just keep on shopping."
Shun
My head still pulsed from last night when I woke up to the sound of my phone beeping. It was a text from Alice. Hey. Going shopping with Dan and the others. I might stop by later. I sighed and pressed the lock key for the touchscreen. I could smell the scent of food downstairs, and was happy that I hadn't slept through breakfast.
When I was faced with the stairs leading to the first floor, I had the sudden memory of what I had seen. Those dog-like creatures were destroying the city and killing people. I didn't know where they had come from, or who was controlling them, but I did know that I only wanted it to be a bad side-effect of something like a gas leak in the building. I ignored my memory, and walked down the steps one at a time.
When I got in the kitchen I asked, "What's for breakfast?" Ebony held up a plate and said excitedly, "Pancakes!" I smiled and said casually, "They smell good." I took my usual seat at the table, and Bertha placed a plate in front of me with two pancakes stacked on each other. She looked down at me and asked, "How did you sleep last night, Shun?" That wasn't an uncommon question for her lately.
She had asked me that every morning since the whole Mason thing. But this time she was talking about last night when she found me doubled over on the staircase. I told her, "Alright I suppose." She nodded her head, and absolutely did not believe me one bit. Breakfast went by slowly, and at noon we were all finally finishing up. I was rinsing the syrup off of my plate when Bertha yelled, "Shun! Hurry and come here!"
She had scared me, and I dropped the plate in the sink. I was running to where Bertha was calling me from, not caring that I may have chipped or broken the plate. The door to the building was wide open, and I saw my Clan mates gathered around outside. Along with a few people passing by. Bertha was shooing them away when I ran down the concrete steps.
I pushed through Adam and Ebony to see what was going on, and felt my breath escape me. Laying on the sidewalk, was a girl. And not just any girl, but a Fallen. She had long hair that was as black as mine, and a quiet skin tone. Her eyes tried to force themselves open, and I caught glimpses of their color; dark gray, and almost black. She was wearing a pair of short shorts, and a low-cut tank top.
She was beautiful. I felt myself being drawn to her, almost like a magnet to metal. I shook it off. What was I thinking? Alice was the only one for me. The girl said weakly, "Help. Please. Before he finds me again." Bertha snapped her fingers, and startled me as I realized I was losing myself in the girl again. Adam and Thatch eagerly helped her inside, and Bertha scooped up a bag that was laying near where the girl was.
She said, "I guess this belongs to her." Ebony skipped inside behind Bertha, and I soon followed. Adam and Thatch had placed her gently on the couch. She looked like a statue display at a museum the way she laid so elegantly on the cushions. I looked down on her from behind the couch. A spectator in awe just like everyone else. Her eyes opened, and she looked at all of us and smiled a smile that would make Hollywood celebrities envy her.
She said, "Where? Where am I?" Bertha said in her normal voice, "That's not important at the moment. What happened to you though is." The girl placed her arm on her forehead and said with tears forming in her eyes, "It was so awful. He threatened to kill me. He chased me down after I left our apartment. I was running for days when I finally collapsed in front of this building."
I suddenly felt anger boil up in me. Who would dare hurt her? My thoughts growled things like that. Things that didn't seem to really come from me. Bertha looked down at her and said, "You're safe now. What is you name?" She moved a stray lock of hair away from her eyes and said, "Sky. Sky Williams."
Bertha walked off into the kitchen and returned with a glass of water. She said, "Well, Sky. I guarantee that you are completely safe here in this building. You are welcome to stay here however long you wish." Sky took the glass from our Caretaker. Even her simple movements were delicate.
She took a sip of the water and then placed it down on the floor. "I already feel safe here. And somehow I know this one right here will make sure that I really am." She brought up a slender, soft hand to my cheek when Alice walked in.
Alice
I didn't know what to think when I opened the door to the tenement building. The girl who I had bumped into at the mall, was laying on the couch in a completely different outfit, and had a hand placed on Shun's face. I let my purse drop off of my shoulder and I caught it in my hand.
I said, "What's going on in here?" I was trying not to sound like I was ready to take the head off the first person who spoke, but I couldn't contain all of the anger I was forming inside. Shun pulled away from the girl's touch, and turned away. I could see as plain as daylight that he was blushing. Bertha saved the others the pleasantries of explaining, and said, "This is Sky. She was running from somebody that was threatening to harm her, and collapsed in front of the building from exhaustion."
I looked at her. I had just seen her a few hours ago, and she looked fully rested and not exhausted to me. My attention darted from the obviously faking girl, to Shun. Who was still looking highly embarrassed that he was caught with her hand on his face. I said calmly as I could, "Shun, can I see you in the other room."
I used my eyes to point to the room I was talking about. He said, "Uh, sure." I walked past him, and snatched his wrist and pulled him into the room, then slammed the door shut behind me. I looked at him with narrowed eyes, and my arms crossed over my chest. "What was that back there?" The poison in my voice even surprised me. Shun said, "Hey, she put her hands on me."
I rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah. I saw that. Why did you let her though?" Shun ran a hand through his hair and said, "She just suddenly did that the very second you walked in the building! I didn't have time to react or say anything to her. Why are you so worked up over this?"
I tried to keep from exploding why I had every right to be worked up over this. I said, "She. Had. Her. Hands. On. You." Shun sighed and looked me right in my eyes and said, "Alice, you of all people should know that you're the only one I want to be with." I felt a blush on my face, and then I felt stupid for getting so overly jealous. I said, "I know. I'm sorry I lost my head."
He smiled and got closer to me and put his lips on mine. I felt the passion that Shun had for me in the kiss, and I returned it. He said to me, "Please do lose your head like that again." I smiled and said, "I won't, but I have to tell you something about this 'Sky' chick."
I put air quotes around her name. If that was really it. Shun raised a brow and said, "And what would that be?" I told him, "When I was at the mall I ran into her. Like literally, ran into her. She didn't look exhausted and like she had been running for days to get away from some abusive guy. In fact, she looked like she was ready to go and work the streets."
Shun looked at me with a quizzical look and said, "Well, when we found her she looked pretty much worn out. Maybe you ran into somebody that looked like her." I shook my head. "No. I saw her. How many jet black, dark gray eyed Fallens do you think are in this city?"
Shun looked around and shrugged his shoulders. "You've got a point there. Well, let's get back to the others before ideas start to go through their heads." I nodded my head and we walked back into the room with the faking girl. The minute Shun saw her again, his eyes were fixed on her and nothing else.
ah. long chapters. i wrote this last night cause i was bored out of my little mind. XP lol. normally i would hate mondays, but not this monday. ^^ lol. yay. well, read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~