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Chapter four
Chloe examined the golden dress with interest, wondering whether or not she could get it. Glancing at the price tag she immediately pushed that thought from her head, much too expensive. Chloe looked around for Jasmine and found her standing near the door, watching everyone in the room closely and watching anyone that came especially close to Chloe.
Chloe sighed. "This was a trip so we could both have fun, not so you could protect me while I shopped." Jasmine hung her head and Chloe cocked her head to the side.
"What's the matter?"
"It's just… I don't know how to have fun. Fighting, protecting, training… it's all I've ever known." Chloe nodded.
"Well then, I'll teach you how to have fun and then we can have fun together." Chloe caught her words and blushed. Jasmine merely nodded and let Chloe lead her further into the store.
"Ok, use the girl part of you and try to find a really good outfit." Chloe instructed.
Jasmine took a deep breath and looked around. "Ok, the red dress with the ruffles is cute, but the sleeves are too wide, the golden dress you were looking at was ok except that it looks expensive and so fragile one wrong move will tear it, and that pink one over there looks like someone would wear it to a really formal event but not to any teenage parties." Chloe gave her an impressed look.
"Good job, Jazzy." She praised.
"Jazzy?" Jasmine chuckled.
"It's a nice nickname." Chloe said defensively.
"That's like me calling you Clo, except yours sounds right foe me, you sound better with Chloe."
Chloe smiled at her and the two continued shopping. When they finally left the mall, they were laden with bags full of make-up and clothes.
"That was really fun Chloe." Jasmine told her happily.
"Glad you like it, Jasmine." Chloe replied. They were nearly to the car when both stopped.
"Do you hear that?" Jasmine asked.
"Yup." Chloe replied. "Sorry about your car."
Jasmine sighed. "Me too."
"Will your mom buy you a new one?"
"Maybe, I mean look at what's-."
"Yeah, it sucks."
Both girls turned and quickly jumped behind another car as Jasmine's car exploded. Standing, Chloe brushed herself off. "Well, it seems the Order is still trying to kill me."
Jasmine sighed. "Come on, I'll call my mom to come pick us up."
Chloe nodded and set her bags down as Jasmine pulled her cell phone out. "Hey Mom, do you think you could bring your car down to the mall and pick me and Chloe up?"
Chloe listened to Jasmine explain to her mother what happened, but an odd whirring sound filtered to her and she looked around. Just as she heard a shot, Jasmine tackled her, screaming, "Chloe Move!"
Next thing Chloe knew she was on the ground underneath a panting Jasmine with Valentina screaming through the phone. Jasmine paid no mind to her mother's frantic voice as she realized how close she was to Chloe. Quickly getting off the blonde, Jasmine helped her to her feet and took the phone back up.
"Hey Mom, I'm gonna have to call you back. I need to get Chloe to a secure location." Clicking the phone shut, Jasmine picked up their bags and began leading Chloe away.
Across the street, a fanged smile glinted in the shadows. "Hmm, my cousin seems to have a very good protector. But is her friend good enough to save her forever? This should be a fun game."
Putting away the gun, Felina stealthily followed the two girls walking away.
"Who do you think they've sent now?" Chloe asked as Jasmine led her to a slightly crowded McDonalds.
"I don't know, we haven't encountered many of the Order's assassins before, but the ones we have encountered have always been killed."
Jasmine looked out the window as she called her mother back and gave her their location. Chloe noticed the bags underneath Jasmine's eyes again and wondered how long it had been since the girl had gotten a proper sleep. When the brunette hung up the phone, Chloe reached across the table.
"How long has it been since you've slept, Jazzy?" she asked in concern.
"Before last night?" Jasmine sighed. "Maybe a week or two."
Chloe's eyes widened. "You can't do that to yourself Jasmine. What if something were to happen to you?"
Jasmine shrugged. "Something would happen to me while I was on duty protecting you. Just like that first time. It's no big." Chloe's eyes flashed.
"Way big!" she said, her voice an octave or two higher. "You could get hurt. Or almost killed like that one night! It made my heart hurt to know that you had gotten hurt because of me! I don't want that happening. Tonight, you will sleep and I will sleep on the floor next to your bed and only wake you if I'm going somewhere. Got it? That way, you can sleep, and I'll be protected."
Jasmine cocked her head to the side and nodded, deciding that was a good idea.
"Alright." The tan girl nodded. "But remember, none of the Order's assassins has ever escaped us before."
"On the contrary," a voice said nearby. "One has, but I'll explain on the way back to the apartment."
Both girls looked up to see Valentina standing over them. Standing, the girls took their bags out and put them in the trunk before sliding into the car. Just as she shut her door, Chloe got a bad feeling and decided to get back out to check what it could be. Looking the car over, She didn't hear or see any trace of a bomb, so she knew the car wasn't going to blow up. Jasmine got out and looked around as well.
"You feel the bad vibes too?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah, it's like something's watching us, but from a really good distance and under really good cover."
"Come on, let's get out of here, fast."
Jasmine nodded and slid back into the car, letting Chloe take the front seat with her mother as she sat in the back. Glancing back, Jasmine thought she saw a shadow flicker on one of the buildings overlooking the McDonalds, but when she looked again, there was nothing there.
Tada! First encounter with Felina. Let's see what Valentina has to say ont he assassin that got away, eh?
