A/N: Sorry about the last chapter. I had stayed up until 12:17 AM, gotten up at 7, and been in school related activities until 5:45, then I had Choir at 6:30, so I had no time. I was practically falling asleep in choir, so you know that I didn't get anything in the way of writing done. Next week I will try to get on a more regular schedule. So yup. That's about it. Hopefully see you all tomorrow!

Sorry about this chapter too, I'm also a bit tired today.

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Fabian's POV

I watched as that girl, Night's Cloak, vanished into the night through the alleys.

"What did that girl do to my heart?" I asked the night.

"Everything," replied a girl's voice from the night's air. I glanced around, and finding that I wasn't alone, I turned to the homeless girl who had been standing in the shadows.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"She's taken your heart and made it whole, but she's broken everything about your life," she answered.

"That doesn't make sense," I said, taking a step towards her.

She looked up at me with her large blue eyes. "Sir, I know this. I have watched as many men are dropped on their hearts, so to speak, by women. This street used to be full of lovers, before the new inventions." She looked up at the street lamps. "I wondered what they were doing here, but no one answered…no one does anymore." She looked up and down the street. "Everyone is gone, I'm the only one left. They've all moved on, to a different place." She looked up at me. "I know it, I know it's true, it's because of the fire, in One-oh-two."

I looked up at the street sign above our heads. It read 1-0-2. Looking back at the girl, I began to realize what was going on.

"You're dead?" I asked. She nodded, her hair bobbing around. "That fire happened fifty years ago, miss." She nodded again. "But you look so real."

"I'm as real as the person who sees me thinks I am. I mostly help men with getting over their friends who are women…" she muttered, sitting down on the cobblestones. "So what's your problem Mr.?"

I sighed, sitting down next to the ghost. "It all started earlier this night when I was reading up on Astronomy, and the Night's Cloak came in trying to steal something, and she almost succeed, but I caught her, kissed her, and let her go. And she's a thief." I sighed again, putting my face in my hands.

The girl nodded. "You've got it bad." Then she disappeared, leaving me alone in a dark street with nothing but doubt about a girl in black.

I walked back home to my cold bed, thinking about her and the few minutes I'd been with her. Maybe if I met her again, I'd be able to do something, or sort everything out...maybe, most probably, not.


Nina's POV

When I got back to Trudy's house, my house too, I noticed that my "family" was waiting in the living room (common, whatever).

"What's going on?" I asked.

"We've got a problem," said Trudy, sitting down next to Amber. "People have been saying that they think the Night's Cloak lives somewhere in this neighborhood."

I frowned, flopping down next to Patricia and Piper.

"We'd be in really big trouble if they found us with the stuff," said Willow from next to Alfie and Jerome, who were nodding.

"But if we don't continue to steal, the poor will grow hungry," said Mara. Amber rolled her eyes.

"I still don't get why we have to do this," Amber muttered, picking at her nails. "I mean, we already have to work so hard just to feed the eleven of us, or however many there are, why do we have to give to the poor?"

"Amber," Patricia rolled her eyes. "It's good to give to the poor."

"Ohh…I knew that," Amber smiled.

"Anyway, we have to think of a game plan," said Mick. "Couldn't we just hide Nina's stuff in the other house, and pretend that she's sick when she goes out?"

"Wait, are we on surveillance?" asked Willow.

Joy nodded. "Our whole neighborhood is on surveillance because some rich people got together enough money to stake us out," she muttered.

"Then couldn't I just sneak out the back, through the waterways and slip over to another side of town, make myself known there, then when they shift the spotlight over there, I just come back here," I offered.

Mara shook her head. "That might work, but there are too many ifs. And, people might figure out it's a ruse, because Night's Cloak is supposed to be silent, creepy, and stealthy. Not showy and spreading himself all around. But the slipping out the back is a good idea."

"If we put the gaurds to sleep, Nina sneaks out the back in the waterways, and someone else goes out the front, we might get away with it," said Jerome. I looked over at Amber, who had her arms around Piper (who was asleep) and Patricia (who was singing quietly). Glancing around the room, I noticed everyone was tired.

"Look, Jerome's got a point," said Mara, tapping her finger on the arm of her chair. "If we do it right…"

"We always do stuff right," I said. "We've never messed up yet!"

Except tonight.

"Speaking of which, did you get the stuff?" asked Eddie, perking up. I nodded, pulling the pouch of money out of my backpack. I tossed it over to him so he could spread it out among the others so they could distribute it around the city.

"Come on guys, let's go to bed," I said, standing up.

"Nina, you should be more careful if you go out, go to the other house before coming back here, go to some of the shelters, do anything so you don't get followed," said Mara.


A/N: Thank you (not that you) for reading! I will update Anubis Secrets soon, I just haven't had anytime! Sorry! Please review!