Me: Yay! You see Cas again! :D Anyways, I only own Lexus and my characters. Oh and there's mild cussing in this one, because of Lexus. You have been warned! Happy reading!


Castiel walked slowly through the ugly winding streets, glancing over his shoulder from time to time. His thoughts lingered on that girl that he had met, that neko named Lexus. He passed families that were covered in dirt and stick thin. Castiel's heart twisted as memories from his childhood came forward. He gave his head a shake and continued to walk with a scowl on his face. Soon a concrete parking garage loomed ahead and Castiel willed himself to walk faster. He hopped over the white and red block and dashed inside. His footsteps clicked loud and clear on the concrete floor. It was dark and Castiel's gray eyes scanned for danger.

"Castiel! Hey!" Castiel turned to see a band of three boys stepping out of the darkness. The leader had course black hair and dark brown eyes that looked almost dead.

"Luka..." Castiel said with a cool edge to his voice. Luka smirked and walked closer. The other two boys stood so they were parallel to Castiel. So he couldn't run.

"I noticed that you disappeared for a little bit. I would have contacted you, but you know that communication is hard these days."

"Yea, my little brother got hurt. I had to help him." Luka looked impressed at that.

"Oh, I completely understand. Family always comes first, that is unless you owe someone money. Then they come first." Castiel scowled.

"Sorry, money's tight. I had it, only it got swiped." Luka chuckled.

"Of course Castiel, how much time do you need to get the money together?" Castiel shrugged.

"A few days to a week." Luka smirked.

"Of course," His gaze darkened and Castiel cried out as Luka's fist collided with his stomach. Luka punched him in the nose, making a small line of blood drip from his nostril. Cas ducked and managed a solid punch on Luka. Castiel wiped the blood from his nose with the back of his hand and spat out a clump of blood.

"You should know by now that I can take a hit." Luka growled.

"Oh really?" Luka swung and Castiel knocked him to the ground with three solid punches. One of Luka's lackeys tackled Castiel from behind and tried to hold the red head in a choke hold. Castiel elbowed him in the gut and Castiel started to run. The final lackey pulled out a gun and Castiel cried out when the bullet skimmed his side. Castiel covered the wound with his hand and kept running, stumbling a little. Luka stopped his lackeys from going after him.

"He can't get far with that wound. Besides, we have other work to do."


"What's going on?" I asked as I reached the first floor. Lysander turned to me with a sympathizing look on his face.

"It was your father, Lexus." I growled. I stomped out, and pushed passed Nat to see that an older man with ash colored hair and green eyes like mine.

"I thought I told you to stay the fuck away from here!" I growled, ignoring Nat's flinched when I cussed. My dad didn't look even fazed by my anger.

"I wanted to see you again, Lia."

"My name is NOT Lia! It's Lexus! And as far as I'm concerned, you're a stranger to me. So stay the fuck away from me and my friends!" With that, I slammed the door in his face. My friends looked at me with shocked looks as I breathed heavily, glaring at the door.

"Lexus? You okay?" Melody asked in a small voice. I took a deep breath.

"I need some air." I grabbed my hat and coat and stepped out without another word to any of them.


I shoved my hands in my coat pockets as I wandered aimlessly up the abandoned street. Some said that it wasn't safe to wander the underground alone during the evening, but as long as you didn't draw attention to yourself, you were fine. The underground was mostly where the poor would come if they didn't have anywhere else to go. It often smelled of weed or smoke. You could buy smokes or drugs for a couple bucks if you really wanted to. I was pulled from my thoughts when I heard moaning. I quickened my pace to see that there was a guy with a wound in his side, slouched against a wall of a building. My eyes widened when I saw that he had firetruck red hair. I knelt.

"Hey, it's okay, I'm going to help you." I gently lifted his hand to see that blood was covering it. I didn't have access to first aid, so I helped him stand, and let him lean on me.

'Nathaniel's going to be pissed at me.'