I'm back and I'm better than ever! I'm so sorry that its been quite a while since I last posted on fanfiction. I will hopefully be active now that I'm in college(yay me) and I'll cross my fingers on finishing this story, one way or another...

Scipio's Point of View

Fire seemed to ignite with in the Queen and she begins to struggle underneath the policia. His hands try to steady her but this proves to be futile as she attempts to knee him. I nearly jump out of hiding before I hear a 'click' of his revolver and he aims it at her stomach. The policia laughs once more at the outcome of the situation and mutters under his breath to her. The Queen gasps and shakes her head in disagreement and he nudges the gun against her stomach again. What the hell was going on? As the policia held the gun in one hand, his other crept up her body- slow and deliberate- to her face. He runs his thumb along the edges of her mask, playfully taunting her. Without even thinking, my legs took me closer.

No one is allowed to see what was underneath that mask! Well, no one before me anyways' I thought as I dropped to the alley with a soundless thud.

Neither of the two noticed my prescense. It wasn't until I purposfully kicked a can at the officers' head did he stop lifting the Queens' mask. His head shot behind him to gaze upon the trouble maker that was ruining his fun. His eyes widen at the sight of the familiar of my mask upon my face; no one in the city could forget the mask of the Thief Lord.

"Well, well. Look what I have here." The officer smiled to the Thief Lord as if he was a big fat cat eyeing his prize. "Today must be my lucky day to have both the Queen of Hearts AND the Thief Lord within my sights. Man, I'm sure I'll get that promotion!"

"Let her go," I commanded and took a step forward. No matter who it was, be it rival or citizen, women should never have a gun pointed at them!

"Oh?" The officer then points the gun at me, "and here's the part where I say 'who's going to make me?' I'm not scared of a little pissant such as yourself, oh Thief Lord."

"Uh, guys?" Said the Queen in a soft voice.

"Oh please. You look like any other grunt on the police force. I bet you don't even have the balls to shoot! Now let the Queen go, she's mine and I'll be damned if you touch her."
My mouth was firing off more words than my mind could filter at the moment. I know I'd be super pissed if my only competition got put in jail, then nothing would be much fun anymore. I guess I could just stick to teasing Elizabeth, but for how long would that last?

"Oh shut up, Thief Lord" his sarcastic tone was dripping from each word he said as he ran his palm along the Queen's body to prove a point. "I can do anything that I want because I'm the cop and you're both the villians, and as my mother always told me, it's the good guys that always win."

"It doesn't look like that too me. If a random person looked into this alley I think they would differ in opinion. You fit the role of the villian much better than we ever could right now."

I know I was right when it came to this situation. If anyone did happen to look inside this narrow space, they would see a girl handcuffed and someone holding a gun at a pressumed teenager. Anger crept along the officer's features; his eyes darkened, his hand shook slightly that held the gun and his smirk melted into something closer to a scowl.

"Hey guys..." the Queen muttered again, shifting uncomfortably. Ignored.

Niether of us paid her the slightest bit of attention as we glared each other down. My hand twitch and the officer shot in that direction, barely missing it's target.

"I don't think it's wise of you to move Thief Lord," He smirks and motions towards me. I could see his lips moving and sound comming out but my attention was focused on my hand and the Queen. Her mask was down casted towards the officer's hip where the set of keys where. They were luminous and eye catching in the dark. Huh, glow in the dark? Neat-o. The Queen then looked up and nodded at me and I then understood what would happen next.

"HEY ASSHOLE!" She shouted at the officer to grab his attention. Her anger had now exploded with as much power as Mount Vesuvious and she was fed up with being ignored by us both. I still jerked at her loud voice and we both looked at her. Our attention was given.

"What woman! Can't you see two men are talking?" The officer had turned back to her and he raised his hand, about to smack her again.

That was my chance and I took it. Everything seemed to flow effortlessly as I moved forward to grab his wrist before he had a chance to mare the Queen's face and twist his arm behind him and pushed him to the wall beside the queen. We pushed and squirmed against each other until I slammed him into the wall again and all started to calm. The officer never even noticed the keys being plucked off his belt nor when I tossed them up towards the queens hands. She could unlock herself since I had my hands full.

Normal Point of View

"Finally! I thought he would never give me the keys!" Thought the Queen as she inaudibly turned the key and her wrist became freed.

She looked as her rival pinned Officer Shawn to the wall. Their heads were close as if whispering something of dire importance, but it didn't matter to her in the slightest of ways. All the Queen wanted was to get away soon as possible. Now she could either handcuff them both together OR...

"Move a smidge, sweetie." She commanded as she pushed the Thief Lord out of the way so she could get a hold of Shawn. Without hesitation she slung him down to the ground and procceded to handcuff Shawn roughly while she sat on his arse. The Thief Lord became puzzled as he watched her lean down against the officer and whisper into his ear,

"Next time you ever touch me with out my permission, I'll make sure that even the Sea of Dreams can not restore your manhood."

She then grabbed the said stone from his pocket and pulled his gun from the hoister. A simple six-shooter. She emptied the other five bullets from their champer and then held out her hand for the Thief Lord to hoist her up.

"Are we really going to leave him here" asked the Thief Lord as they looked down on the Officer. The Queen placed the Stone of Dreams in her pocket and fisted the bullets.

"We can't hurt him. We might be simple thieves but even we have some form of honour-"

She paused as he crouched down and started to untie his shoes and to re-tie them together.

"Oh that's so mature." was what she muttered as they both walked into the darkness of the alley ways.

The Queen of Hearts and the Thief Lord walked side by side through the sleeping city, making their ways to the docks.

"So..." He started.

"What?""

"You're welcome." The Thief Lord emphisized. He was refering to the whole rescuing from Officer Shawn.

"What are you talking about? I didn't need your help. I would of escaped all on my own." The Queen turned her nose up to the night as her heels clicked in rythm to the Thief Lord's steps. It was her pride that kept her so, and saying something like "thank you" to her rival would surely bruise her ego and inflate his.

"What a mouth you got" he muttered as they finally stopped. She pretended not to hear as they reached their destination. The docks.

"So why are we here?" He asked, looking out to the water.

The queen glanced down to her fist where the bullets never left. She had been clutching them since they left Shawn in the alley and now there were indents in her hand.
"I came here to throw these bullets into the water. I never approved of guns, because I don't believe anyone has the right to take a life." Her tone and body shook as she thought of her parents' death. The Thief Lord didn't know what to do so he turnned to her and hugged her tightly. The Queen didn't really object to the unusual contact, so she leaned more into the hug and placed her forehead on his shoulder.

"I don't know what you went through but right now you looked like you needed this." His voice lowered and became soft, his hands stroked her back in a soothing manner. The Thief Lord tried everything cheer the Queen up and from the looks of things, it was working.
She stood there in his embrace for what seemed like a while. The stars twinkled and the clouds were no match to hide the moon from them. The sounds of waves crashed softly against the docks and all was peaceful. They pulled away and looked at each other and gave each other a small smile.

"That's better. Now, lets throw these into the water!"

The Queen nodded and placed one in her hand,

"This one is for the saddness that bullets have brought me." She chucked it as hard as she could into the water, "and this is for the hell that I felt."

For every bullet, she had a reason to throw them. She threw them with all her might and it brought her satisfaction to see them sink forever into the depths of the water. She then held the last bullet by her thumb and index finger and held it up to the moon. Her eyes became glassy and a tear fell as she whispered,

"This is for the love of my family that I can no longer have."

With all of her saddness, she couldn't bear to throw the last bullet and it simply fell from her fingers and between the cracks of the docks below, never to see light again.

Well that is all for this chapter! I want to say that I'd feel so blessed to have readers even after so many months of inactivity! I will say that I am going to write and that I shall fix many of the ones I have done so don't you worry! Thank you so much for incouraging me to start back up again.

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