June

"You got hit pretty hard." Thomas tells me as he looms over me at the hospital. I nod and scratch my neck, he raises an eyebrow.

"Commander Jameson's faith in you faltered a little bit. You seriously would have to persuade her if you want to continue this." I widen my eyes. Just because Day got a jump on me, doesn't mean that she can just cancel my entire mission. I have to say though, with all those injuries, him doing all that was impressive. Plus, Day kind of looks like a girl, mostly from his eyes (Sapphire blue. Soft, with a slant of approx. 10 degrees. Beautiful) But that was all I was able to tell before getting hit in the chest and all.

"That's not fair!" I whine. "Day got a jump on me! I thought he left, and my guard was down." I grit my teeth, I should've been more alert, but I was kind of off guard. I thought I was prepared for Day if he did attack, with him being injured and all, but he recovered at an astounding kind of time.

"Day?" Thomas asks. I stare at him like he couldn't get any dumber.

"Yeah, you know, the guy who got the jump on me." Thomas shook his head.

"June, the gun got the person's prints. That wasn't Day." I stare at him for half a second. That would explain the astounding skill and lack of injury. "It was someone else. We only found one of those prints before, skimming the sewer walls. He calls himself Light, but that was the only time we ever found his prints."

"Well, that explains why he did look like a girl." I frown. I should've been more clear on the details. It should've been more obvious to me.

"A girl?" Thomas asks and rubs his chin. "I guess, we're going to have to investigate more to this new character." He said as I nod before he touches his earpiece and nods.

"June, Jameson told me that she'll give you one more chance. And also, not to screw it up." I smile and nod.

"Thanks, Thomas." I reply as he smiled.

"Welcome, June. You should get some rest. Let those bruises heal." I nod and snuggle in bed, wishing Ollie was next to me. Its almost 4 AM, but other than my sore body, I felt fine and alert, my mind rattled through this new character. Light, huh?

She had really good skills, there was no doubt on that. (Her reflexes were impeccable. She had a quick eye for the smallest things, ie: My legs twitching etc.) This Light person seemed to be a girl, based on her more feminine features. (Long, wavy, dirty blond hair) She seemed interesting, compared to Day. Her fighting style was different than what I learned before. Like she created her own moves or something.

I place my throbbing skull against my pillow and hope that nightmares of my brother won't wake me up.

*A*

Light

I don't bother with Day for the next two days.

I typically spend my time lying around the neighbourhood in the day, and running through the night. Yesterday, I decided to sleep during the night, so today, I was full of energy in the day. What a change.

For some reason, I keep on seeing Day as well. I don't exactly know why, but once I first noticed him, now, its practically impossible not to notice him. My feet tap the floor as minutes tick by. I want to run across the rooftops, but I'd be arrested on sight. My body is spike full of energy, and I'm waiting to run.

My ear twitches as I hear some commotion. I turn my head and walk towards the noise before seeing a Skiz Fight. I roll my eyes, these guys are desperate for some entertainment. I would bet on it, but really, I don't like betting. Too much risk involved.

Suddenly, I notice a girl get pushed into the centre. Tess. I widen my eyes and stare at her. My hair is stuck in a bun, and my fingers twitch, but I stop myself before I do something stupid. Then, another girl with dark, black hair steps in.

Everyone bets on the regular, Kaede, but I stare at girl with black hair. Okay, no, I'm staring at her stance. Her practiced stance.

"1500 Notes on the dark haired girl." I say, handing it off to the chubby betting man. He raises an eyebrow, but takes the money.

I wasn't mistaken to bet on her. She wins by a mile, even when Kaede took out her knife, she dodged it with ease. Well, she got skimmed, but that was about it. But I knew she was heading towards her death match.

The gamblers, she didn't think of the consequences. The gamblers were to ones who would kill her for winning.

I get my Notes and watch as she gets stampeded by gamblers. There's something about her that seems... Familiar. But really, I see lots of people, a lot of the time. I probably saw her at the black market or something.

Suddenly, a dust bomb goes out and I see a wave of white-blond hair. Day. Now he's helping strangers, huh?

I watch as he helps the girl to this old library balcony. My eyes are trained on them before wondering why I'm actually watching this. Don't I have better things to do. I shake my head at myself and walk away.

*A*

Somehow, I end up getting six hours of sleep last night, so when I woke up, energy was practically emitting from my pores. I ended up wondering the early morning, walking around the sector. My eyes barely compute the streets, but somehow, someway, I manage to get back to that old library. I want to facepalm myself. Why do I keep ending up at the same spot?

I see Day and Tess talking to eachother up on the higher levels, and the mysterious, dark haired girl sitting by herself. I'm wearing my casual clothes today, black tights, a tight, light grey t-shirt. My hair in its regular ponytail. I turn around, ready to walk somewhere else, when I hear small talking.

My hearing is much more... acute than others. It seriously comes in handy at times like this.

I turn to see the Girl talking. I can't hear what she's talking about, but I can noises coming out of her mouth, and her mouth moving. She's not looking at me, as I causally keep walking, but my eyes keep looking back at the girl. Eventually she stops, and I spot a tiny, tiny movement of her mouth. My eyesight is raptor sharp, so I saw her tongue twitching. Touching something.

I shake my head, she had something in her teeth. She was humming or singing to herself. I can't take things too seriously, she's just a girl who was in a Skiz fight. With a practiced stance.

I grit my teeth and walk away, trying to think about something other than Day, Tess, and the Girl.

*A*

Next chapter is going to be very... eventful. Should come out in a few days. :)

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