Chapter 29
Dark stretched his arms out and sat next to me on the bench. It was lunch time and so far, no one has figured out who the three new "foreign exchange" students were really. One thing was, though, is that Dark-a.k.a. Nick-had a fan club of all girls.
"Well," the thief next to me opened his box lunch and stuck a chopstick full of rice in his mouth. "This has been a fun day-"
"You're not sneaking out of school, Mousy," Krad-a.k.a. Jeff- spat at him. He sat next to Brianna. Good thing this bench could hold up to six people.
"I was going to say so far," Dark replied. "But thanks for the idea." He looked at the sky as if trying to see how long it would take him to fly away without being caught.
"Oh, shut up, bro!" Midnight-a.k.a. Jessica-elbowed her brother in the stomach. She was sitting next to him, so her attack was effective. Brianna, who sat on my right side, giggled a bit and I joined in.
We all ate and talked about various things when a girl with glasses and red hair strolled up to Krad.
"Hey," she began with a confused look. "You look like the guy who tries to stop Phantom Thief Dark on his thefts." I couldn't help but noticed a small smirk on Dark's face.
"Never heard of the guy." The blonde replied with a fake confused look as he took his last bite of salmon.
"Okay," the girl waved. "Sorry to bother you." She ran off to her friends.
"Whoa, Kraddy!" Dark laughed.
"Shut it, thief," Krad closed his box.
"You may want to cut your hair to avoid getting caught," Brianna suggested.
Krad snorted as we all stood up and went to class as the bell rang.
After school, the five of us met with the Harada twins, Daisuke, and Satoshi as we boarded the car and talked up a storm. The twins, Brianna, and Satoshi left at the first stop and the rest of us talked until we left at the last stop.
At Daisuke's house, Emiko and Towa were waiting outside.
"Hey! How was school?" Emiko asked.
"Good," we all replied at once and began to laugh.
"You want to come in for a snack?" Towa asked.
"Sounds good, but I need to get home and do some chores." I replied. "I'll see you later."
Everyone waved at us as Midnight and I left. We arrived at the bridge and were walking across it when a huge gust of wind knocked me off my feet. Luckly, Midnight caught me.
"Surprise," Akari's voice sent a chill down my spine.
"What do you want?" Midnight spat at her in an angry tone as she helped me to my feet. "When did you take over Brianna's body?"
"Just as she entered her house door. Her home is only a few blocks from the station." The white-clad girl took a step near me and we backed up. I could feel drops of sweat on my neck and was scared to death.
Suddenly, I spotted two black dots flying towards us in the sky. I waved at them and yelled, "Dark! Krad! Over here!"
Akari let out a growl as she pulled out her sword and I gasped. Midnight slowly extended her wings and put her left one in front of me. Dark and Krad landed behind us, wings spread out.
"Ally," Midnight began. "When I give the signal, run towards the house. Dark, Krad, you'll both attack Akari with me." I nodded.
After a few seconds, Midnight shouted "NOW!" and I turned and ran to my house as the others fought. As I was running, I slipped on some ice and almost fell, but I balanced myself and ran again. I slipped again, but this time, I wasn't so lucky.
I fell off the side and screamed as a hand grabbed mine. It was Dark. His arm was cut and so was his leg, but not much.
"Ally! Hang on!" he yelled and I nodded. Akari came behind him and, using the bottom of her sword's handle, thrust it into the thief's back. He let out a short cry of pain and let his head hang down.
And let go of my hand.
I plummeted into the icy ocean below and let it consume me as its prey. My eyes closed and the last thing I saw was Dark's head hanging down of the side of the bridge, trying to save me.
Even though I was underwater, I felt myself shed a single salty tear.
