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'The' – Thoughts
'The' - Telepathic Speech
AN: Bwahahahahaha! I finally got on the computer! Again!
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The Altered Rotation
oO~First Mission~Oo
"Have the both of you thought about my offer yet?" Break asked Jack and Alice.
The duo looked at one another before the gold-haired man replied. "We've decided to join, as it would be a good opportunity for us."
Break nodded, a serious look upon his face, before it switched into his usual happy-go-lucky expression.
"Where are we headed?" Jack asked Raven as the carriage bumped along the road.
"There's an Illegal Contractor somewhere in a village nearby," Raven answered, "We've been assigned to find out who it is and stop him or her before he or she does anything serious."
Jack looked at Raven for a while until the piercing emerald gaze annoyed said man.
"What?" Raven asked.
"You're tired and worried," Jack stated, "But you hide underneath a tough façade you created for yourself."
Raven's eyes widened for a moment before turning to look out of the window.
A moment of silence passed before Raven decided to speak. "Did your clock begin its rotation?"
Jack smiled, imperceptibly. "No, contrary to belief, I have a Legal Contract with Alice."
The black-haired man looked at the emerald-eyed male sitting opposite him, in shock.
"How?" Raven asked, "The only way to get a Legal Contract is to have it approved by Pandora."
"Let's just say I had a little help," Jack smiled mysteriously.
-Leverru-
"We'll be staying in an inn, then?" Jack asked as they walked passed different vendors and their stands.
Jack stopped, when he couldn't hear Alice's footsteps behind him anymore. "Alice?" the gold-haired male called.
He spotted Alice near a meat vendor's stand, drooling at the sight of the food. He chuckled at the sight, as did Jack inside his head.
'She is quite the girl, isn't she?' Jack chuckled.
'Indeed,' Oz agreed, 'Are you sure she never acted this way when you knew her?'
'Never,' Jack confirmed.
Jack ran over to Alice as Raven followed, muttering about 'Stupid Rabbits" the entire time.
Jack paid for some of the meat and the trio made their way back to the inn.
But once again, they were interrupted on their path as they saw a gang of boys bullying a little brown-haired boy.
"What's that poor excuse of a father going to do to help you now?" one of the males asked as the gang continued to beat the poor brown-haired child.
"Stay away from him!" came a deep, sharp, baritone voice.
The gang looked up to see Jack standing there, his one visible emerald eye glaring at them.
Scared of the strange man with a powerful aura around him, the gang ran off.
"Are you alright?" Jack asked.
The boy nodded before thanking Jack.
"Who are you?" the boy asked, before remembering to introduce himself as Phillip.
"Call me Jack," Jack smiled gently.
"Go on ahead," Jack told raven, "I'll meet up with you later."
Raven nodded stiffly and tried pulling a reluctant Alice with him.
"Alice," Jack said, the brown haired girl looked at him, "I'll come along later. Go with raven and don't cause any trouble, alright?"
Alice nodded reluctantly before going with the black-haired man.
"Now why were those boys beating you?" Jack asked, sitting down net to the boy.
"They were making fun of me because we were a noble family that just became poor," Phillip explained, "They were trying to take this locket from me."
Phillip held up an ornately locket that was designed delicately. Jack opened it to see a picture of a lovely woman.
"That's my mother," Phillip told Jack, smiling, "She died a long time ago, but I remember that she was a warm and kind person."
"She was indeed a beautiful woman," Jack commented, handing the locket back to the young boy.
"Mhm," Phillip nodded, "But it's okay, I still have my father, so I'm not lonely."
"You're a very lucky person, then," Jack said softly, before ruffling the young boy's head playfully.
"What about you, Onii-san?" Phillip asked. "What about your parents?"
Jack's smile faltered, but he looked up at the sky as he told the boy as much as he could. "I don't remember much of my mother, since she died only a few days after I was born, and my father…well, he was never around much, even to this day. But I always had my friends and my uncle as well as my sister to keep me company."
"Oh dear," Jack commented, "It's gotten pretty late. I've got to go and meet up with my friends before they get worried, and you, lad, have to get home, before your father gets worried."
"Okay!" Phillip said, before running off, waving goodbye to Jack as he did so.
Jack waved until he could no longer see the boy.
He put his arm down and walked in the direction of the inn.
Pandora~Hearts
"Where were you?" Raven asked, as he spotted Jack.
"I was just talking with the little guy," Jack said, waving his hand, as if he were waving the matter off.
Raven bristled at the gesture.
Before the black-haired man could say anything, Alice came out just as Jack's head snapped up and his eyes became unfocused.
"What?" Raven asked, alarmed.
"The stench of a Chain," Alice stated, before smirking maliciously, "Stupid Contractee isn't even bothering to hide his Chain's stench."
"Another familiar aura," Jack said. 'Zwei and Doldam.'
Jack ran off in one direction as Alice ran off in another. "Stay with Alice! She'll lead you to the Chain you're looking for!"
And with that, Raven began running after the brown-haired female.
-Rainsworth Manor-
"So what's happened?" Sharon asked, as Break poured a cup of tea for both her and himself.
"The Illegal Contractor we'd apprehended," Liam said, pushing his glasses further up his nose, "Has escaped today at 2.00 in the afternoon after murdering six valuable members!"
Pandora~Hearts
Liam Lunettes had short chestnut-colored haired, and light sky-blue eyes.
He wore a long ankle-length trench coat that was white at the top and was a navy-blue after the white. He wore a pair of black-blue slacks, white wrist-length gloves, a pair of wire-rimmed glasses, and a pair of circles dangled from rectangles hooked in his ears. He wore a pair of black dress-shoes.
Pandora~Hearts
"I wouldn't worry so much," Break said, "I have a feeling that something interesting will happen."
"But anyhow, Liam-san," Break said.
"You're useless!" Emily exclaimed.
"Liam-san," Sharon spoke up, "Feel free to regard the both of them as air."
-Leverru-
Jack continued running until he spotted Phillip being chased by someone. He leapt into the air and flipped once before landing on his feet in front of the figure chasing the boy.
Pandora~Hearts
The figure was female. She had white-gray hair that was short in the back but two thick chin-length strands hung down the sides of her face as her bangs were splayed across her forehead. She had blank indigo eyes, pale and pale skin. Over all, she looked no older than fourteen.
She wore a pair of white thing-length flat-soled boots, a white mid-thigh-length skirt, a white dress-shirt, and a blue coat that was high-collared, and had long sleeves that didn't allow her hands to be visible; the sleeves had big white frills.
Pandora~Hearts
A Large blade popped out from within her right sleeve and she pointed it at Phillip.
"If you would come with me, Phillip West," the girl said, before the young boy ran off, screaming in fear.
"That was quite rude," the girl stated in a monotone voice.
"Who wouldn't be?" Jack asked, "You just pointed a blade at a little boy and tell him to come with you! If that doesn't scare someone, I don't know what will!" Jack sweat-dropped.
"In that case I'll have to pursue him," the girl said, getting ready to chase after Phillip.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that," Jack said, stepping in front of her.
"Then I'll have to eliminate you," the girl said, "If you don't get out of my way, that is."
With that, she ducked underneath Jack's arm and went on to chasing Phillip.
As she passed Jack, his eyes widened. 'Zwei.'
"There it is!" Alice exclaimed, stopping in front of what looked like a deformed caterpillar with multiple red orbs for eyes and numerous legs.
"I'll figh—" Alice said before cutting herself off and looking at Raven with a dumbstruck look on her face, who had mirrored her expression.
"I…can't fight…without…O-Jack…here…" Alice choked out.
"RUN!" Both exclaimed as the Chain chased after them.
"You stupid evil seaweed-head!" Alice shouted as they ran.
"Shut up! It's all your fault you stupid rabbit!" Raven retorted.
Pandora~Hearts
"What will you do with him?" Jack asked as the girl straddled Phillip.
"He isn't Grim's Contractor if that's what you're worried about," the girl stated, "His father is."
She then flipped over the edge of the terrace, Jack behind her.
Pandora~Hearts
Raven and Alice continued running until they hit a dead end.
Grim was about to attack when a figure somersaulted off of the terrace above them and struck the Chain.
"Echo?" Raven exclaimed
The figure turned to Alice and Raven and looked at Raven in surprise. "Gilbert-sama?"
But no one was able to say anything more, for Grim raised its hand to attack.
But before it was able to strike another figure leapt off of the same terrace Echo had and struck Grim with a sword.
The figure landed kneeling, his back to the trio. He stood up and faced them to reveal Jack.
"Jack?" Alice and Raven exclaimed.
"Jack?" Echo whispered.
"B-Rabbit!" Jack called out, his palm facing out at Alice.
Alice morphed into her B-Rabbit form, chains, scythe and all.
'I'm so sorry, Phillip,' Jack thought, closing his eyes before commanding Alice to finish Grim off.
With quite a few strikes of her scythe, Alice finished off Grim and Phillip's father disintegrated as a result of his Illegal Contractor's Seal making a full rotation.
"That was quite an interesting battle," a voice stated as he came out of a nearby alley.
"Vincent?" Gilbert whispered in realization.
A bientôt,
TsukiyoTenshi