Chapter 14: Stealing Yet Again?
Night had fallen over the city, and under its shadowy covers lurked two thieves, one an expert phantom thief and the other his accomplice.
"Why are we doing this again?" Kimi whispered to Dark as they scaled the wall quietly just in case anybody was looking for them.
"Kimi, what part of 'Phantom Thief' do you not get? C'mon, I'm just doing this to get back in business, and…," Dark told her playfully, and then switched to a serious tone, "I felt some type of pulse back when I was near it." Kimi's heart twitched slightly as she remembered it.
"Pulse?" Kimi asked once again. They were now on the rooftop of the store he had seen the sculpture in. A small, wintry breeze picked up and ruffled their clothes and hair before settling down for another nap, undisturbed. She stared at Dark's back for a minute before he turned around.
"The pulse I felt was of magical energy, like some type of…shadow looming over it. I've got to get it out…"
"Shadow? What do you mean—like an evil spirit?"
"Sort of," Dark replied, staring into the long distance of the west. "Kimi, I need you to go down there and distract anybody happening to try to look or go into the shop."
"Why? Can't you just go in there, get it, and come back out, Mr. Phantom Thief?" Kimi questioned sarcastically in a way.
"Being a thief isn't easy, you know," Dark said, fading into the night. Soon, he was nothing but a wisp of air. For a moment, Kimi slightly panicked. What if he never came back? What if he was a traitor and left her there?
"No, he isn't that stupid…he wouldn't leave somebody who has a jewel of the Mirror of Life." Jumping down onto a soft spot as not to wound or kill herself, she walked quickly towards the front of the store. The air felt colder and denser than before, and she rubbed her hands together to warm them up. 'Is it because I love him that I stick with him?' she thought as she peered in the shadows of the shop. She saw nothing, and heard nothing except for the whistling of the wind that suddenly gotten slightly enraged. A few minutes passed, and a couple of people passed, only a few eyeing her, especially the men. 'Perverts…' Kimi told herself, knowing what they were thinking.
"Kimi!" Dark whispered from above, and the girl whipped her head up to look even though she was slightly blinded by the newly born rain.
"Dark?" she yelled back, "What's going on? Why aren't you getting the sculpture?"
"It's gone! Now come on, we've got to go!" With that Kimi gazed around her to make sure she was alone before running into the alley, but, luck wasn't on their side.
Police sirens blared their call into the night, and Kimi and Dark couldn't help but whip in the direction of the sound. The bright and dazzling flashing of blue and red began to speed their way here.
"What the—damn it! Kimi, get up here!" Jumping and dashing quickly, she ran to the rooftop Dark with positioned on, but their running didn't end there. Dark leapt onto a neighboring roof and landed, looking towards Kimi to catch up. She was hesitant at first, but being able to hear the police squads' voices snapped her back into reality. Leaping, she landed only inches off of the edge and then began running again, still not recovered from the shock of landing.
"How did they find us?!" Kimi asked desperately.
"Did you trip a switch?" Dark inquired her back.
"No!"
"Then wha—augh!" Dark jumped backwards; something in front of the two exploded, sending a force of energy knocking them down. Out of the smoke flew another feather, but this time Dark whipped out one of his own black arrows and blocked it, sending it blasting somewhere else.
"Is this…Is this Krad?!" Kimi asked the person sending the feathers, but received no answer.
"Now!" commanded another gruff voice. At this some whizzing was heard and a net flew onto them, trapping them. On instinct, Dark whipped out another one of his black feathers and cut the wire net, and then sent it into the ground; it exploded, sending smoke up into the air as a diversion. Dark grabbed Kimi and pulled her up forcefully, but by the time he jumped onto the next roof the police already had their guns cocked and were ready to shoot.
"Damn," Dark muttered, but then something struck him.
"Stop resisting and we won't shoot!"
"Never!" 'What…?' Kimi thought for a moment, her face totally blank, before realizing that Dark had started to fly away from the scene. "Kimi," he managed to tell her through the sounds of the bullets shooting, "I'm going to drop you, okay?"
"Drop me, what do you—Ahh!" True to his word, Dark had dropped her. 'Is he trying to kill me?!' Kimi thought, terrified from the height she was falling at. She closed her eyes and braced herself for impact against the ground. The impact that would kill her…but it never came.
Opening her eyes, she looked into the golden eyes of an angel-like figure. 'Am I in heaven?' she thought, watching as the angelic man dressed in voluminous robes placed her onto the ground.
"Are you okay, miss?" he asked in a concerned way.
"Yes…" she answered, checking herself if she had any wounds. Landing in front of her was Dark, who stared coldly at her angelic savior.
"Krad," he stated darkly, watching as the angel curled his lips into a wicked smile.
"K-Krad…?" Kimi repeated, turning her head to face the blond-haired man. 'This is that homicidal guy?!'
"Yes, it's me, Dark, or better yet, Kokuyoku," Krad confirmed, swiftly grabbing Kimi and placing one of his lethal white feathers at her neck. Kimi tried to struggle against the homicidal blonde's firm grip, but eventually had to surrender as she saw the feather come closer to her neck.
"You dirty bastard! You're still doing your tricks after all this time?!" Dark yelled at him, blazing in fury.
"All this time? Dark, you don't really believe that we've gone into the future, do you?" Dark growled low, watching his options cautiously. 'You bastard, dragging a girl into this!' he yelled at him in his head. Leaping, he attempted to punch Krad from behind, but missed as the angel impersonator jumped forwards and landed a couple of feet away from Dark.
"You jerk! Let her go! This is our fight!" In the next moment Krad released Kimi and jumped upward and disappeared. "You're not escaping now, Krad! I'm gonna end this!" Dark attempted to jump upwards, but was dragged down by something; he hit the ground, landing hard onto the loamy dirt.
"Police! Put your hands up!" yelled a burly young officer through a megaphone. 'Crap!' Dark thought, whirling in the police's direction.
"Officer, sir, let me handle this," said some person from the crowd. Stepping forward, dressed in a simple voluminous white suit, was Krad.
"Oh, um, okay, sir." Krad grinned evilly, staring at Dark with satisfaction. He had finally had Dark in his clutches.
Oh no, Krad's back!! Wait, Krad fangirls love that…wait…anyway, review please!