Undercover
By Pegasia Silverfeather
III
Lilly awoke to the slamming of the front door. Startled she shoved the covers away in reckless abandon. Creeping in the shadows she watched from the hall as Angel, eyes blood shot and speech slurred, repeatedly crashed and cursed as she fumbled around in the living room. She could see that Angel had been drinking, which startled her to no end.
"Angel?" She asked as she dived to help her sister.
"That's my name, but who the hell are you?" She asked seriously with her head cocked to one side.
"Lilly, your sister. Oh Geeze `gel, your plastered!" Lilly said.
"You're not my sister." She said in a knowing voice.
A lump pitted in Lilly's stomach. That childhood feeling of insecurity resurfaced. Ever since Lilly was young she could tell that she was different. Not only was her wild curly red hair and striking green eyes a shock from her black haired, brown-eyed parents and sister, but also she could make strange things happen... like that day she joined the shadows. These things had always made her question the true relationship with her parents. Unfortunately, they died in a drive-by before they could question them.
The blood in Lilly's veins turned to ice as she looked into her sister's face. "Angel, what are you talking about,"
"You. Are. Not. My. Sister. Which word didn't you understand?" She said with slurred words.
"What?" Lilly asked in disbelief.
"Oh you better believe it toots!" She said throwing a file down on the coffee table. "I did a bit of homework."
Lilly grabbed the file and looked at it. `Abandoned Child.' Was written in red ink on the page. "But... This can't be right!"
"It's right. Humph! Your mother was some sleazy whore who left you on my parent's doorstep. Couldn't stand the site of you. Whoever she was didn't even have the decency to wrap you up. She just left you naked on our doorstep." Angel said with a malicious glint in her eye and a satisfied smile on her thin, chapped lips.
The look on Angel's face made her blood boil yet she calmly grabbed the files and went to her room. It was there that tears sprang to her eyes and poured down her cheeks. Pulling out her duffel bag she started throwing clothes half-hazardly into it and looked in the mirror.
Tear streaks stained her face and her green eyes sparkled with rage. Turning away she changed into a pair of faded jeans and a black sleeve-less. Tossing the pajamas into her bag she looked around her room. Racing to the wall she started grabbing daggers off of the wall and shoving them into sheaths then tossing them into another bag. Lilly grabbed the binder under her dresser and tossed it in with the daggers. Drying her tears she slung the bags over her shoulders and stormed out of the room.
Angel had passed out in the hall outside her bedroom and Lilly just glared at her crumpled body and stepped over.
"Good-bye Angel, let's not keep in touch." She said tossing a set of keys at the woman's unconscious body as she stepped out of the door.
She raced down the steps, passing flights like they weren't there. All the while `Kings Cross London' Played like a mantra in her mind. Over and over again she thought it. Lilly was running on instinct and not looking. As she was turning Wayne Street a dark blue car came out of nowhere. Her heart raced as she jumped forward onto the pavement away from the car. Getting up she dusted the loose gravel off of her forearms.
Her feet eventually led her to a dark ally where a secret entrance to an apartment building came into view. She pushed on the buzzer and waited for someone to answer.
"Yes?" A girl's voice rasped.
"Aqua? I need some help..." Lilly sobbed.
"Lee? Hold on." The door buzzed loudly and Lilly forced her way inside. Thuds on the steel stairs made her look up to see two people race down the stairs at a wild pace. The first was a girl about 20 years old with short blond hair pulled back in two braids on her hands were finger-less black leather gloves with the letters RIP. The other was a young man of about 24 standing startled with a long brown ponytail and bomber jacket. "Aqua, Shinigami, you are sites for sore eyes." Lilly said and abruptly fainted.
When she awoke Aqua was standing above her.
"It's about time you woke up." She muttered.
"Thanks for the concern." Lilly said sarcastically as she sat up.
"So what's your major malfunction?" Shinigami asked.
Lilly sighed and retold what had happened with tears in her eyes. The two only looked sadly at her.
"So, you're going Scotland? Ok." Shinigami said and stood up. "Let me see if I can get someone to take you there." He said darkly and walked away.
Lilly looked down at the floor. Shinigami, or so he called himself, was an assassin by trade. A fact that he hated. And now he had to ask a murderer to help bring her to a distant country. She knew that he felt horrible about it. And most likely Aqua felt no better. Aqua was a street fighter.
"Thank you." She whispered and lay down for what could be her last full nights sleep for days.
The next morning she hugged the couple tight and boarded a speedboat bound for Europe. She sat and watched the sun rise over the waters. Tears sprang to her eyes. "Good-bye America." She whispered, pain in her voice. And she watched as the country of her birth disappeared along with it her past.
What did you think? Well leave a message pweasies...Oh and would someone like to be my Beta reader? I need one...only ...A LOT! ~. ~'''
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By Pegasia Silverfeather
III
Lilly awoke to the slamming of the front door. Startled she shoved the covers away in reckless abandon. Creeping in the shadows she watched from the hall as Angel, eyes blood shot and speech slurred, repeatedly crashed and cursed as she fumbled around in the living room. She could see that Angel had been drinking, which startled her to no end.
"Angel?" She asked as she dived to help her sister.
"That's my name, but who the hell are you?" She asked seriously with her head cocked to one side.
"Lilly, your sister. Oh Geeze `gel, your plastered!" Lilly said.
"You're not my sister." She said in a knowing voice.
A lump pitted in Lilly's stomach. That childhood feeling of insecurity resurfaced. Ever since Lilly was young she could tell that she was different. Not only was her wild curly red hair and striking green eyes a shock from her black haired, brown-eyed parents and sister, but also she could make strange things happen... like that day she joined the shadows. These things had always made her question the true relationship with her parents. Unfortunately, they died in a drive-by before they could question them.
The blood in Lilly's veins turned to ice as she looked into her sister's face. "Angel, what are you talking about,"
"You. Are. Not. My. Sister. Which word didn't you understand?" She said with slurred words.
"What?" Lilly asked in disbelief.
"Oh you better believe it toots!" She said throwing a file down on the coffee table. "I did a bit of homework."
Lilly grabbed the file and looked at it. `Abandoned Child.' Was written in red ink on the page. "But... This can't be right!"
"It's right. Humph! Your mother was some sleazy whore who left you on my parent's doorstep. Couldn't stand the site of you. Whoever she was didn't even have the decency to wrap you up. She just left you naked on our doorstep." Angel said with a malicious glint in her eye and a satisfied smile on her thin, chapped lips.
The look on Angel's face made her blood boil yet she calmly grabbed the files and went to her room. It was there that tears sprang to her eyes and poured down her cheeks. Pulling out her duffel bag she started throwing clothes half-hazardly into it and looked in the mirror.
Tear streaks stained her face and her green eyes sparkled with rage. Turning away she changed into a pair of faded jeans and a black sleeve-less. Tossing the pajamas into her bag she looked around her room. Racing to the wall she started grabbing daggers off of the wall and shoving them into sheaths then tossing them into another bag. Lilly grabbed the binder under her dresser and tossed it in with the daggers. Drying her tears she slung the bags over her shoulders and stormed out of the room.
Angel had passed out in the hall outside her bedroom and Lilly just glared at her crumpled body and stepped over.
"Good-bye Angel, let's not keep in touch." She said tossing a set of keys at the woman's unconscious body as she stepped out of the door.
She raced down the steps, passing flights like they weren't there. All the while `Kings Cross London' Played like a mantra in her mind. Over and over again she thought it. Lilly was running on instinct and not looking. As she was turning Wayne Street a dark blue car came out of nowhere. Her heart raced as she jumped forward onto the pavement away from the car. Getting up she dusted the loose gravel off of her forearms.
Her feet eventually led her to a dark ally where a secret entrance to an apartment building came into view. She pushed on the buzzer and waited for someone to answer.
"Yes?" A girl's voice rasped.
"Aqua? I need some help..." Lilly sobbed.
"Lee? Hold on." The door buzzed loudly and Lilly forced her way inside. Thuds on the steel stairs made her look up to see two people race down the stairs at a wild pace. The first was a girl about 20 years old with short blond hair pulled back in two braids on her hands were finger-less black leather gloves with the letters RIP. The other was a young man of about 24 standing startled with a long brown ponytail and bomber jacket. "Aqua, Shinigami, you are sites for sore eyes." Lilly said and abruptly fainted.
When she awoke Aqua was standing above her.
"It's about time you woke up." She muttered.
"Thanks for the concern." Lilly said sarcastically as she sat up.
"So what's your major malfunction?" Shinigami asked.
Lilly sighed and retold what had happened with tears in her eyes. The two only looked sadly at her.
"So, you're going Scotland? Ok." Shinigami said and stood up. "Let me see if I can get someone to take you there." He said darkly and walked away.
Lilly looked down at the floor. Shinigami, or so he called himself, was an assassin by trade. A fact that he hated. And now he had to ask a murderer to help bring her to a distant country. She knew that he felt horrible about it. And most likely Aqua felt no better. Aqua was a street fighter.
"Thank you." She whispered and lay down for what could be her last full nights sleep for days.
The next morning she hugged the couple tight and boarded a speedboat bound for Europe. She sat and watched the sun rise over the waters. Tears sprang to her eyes. "Good-bye America." She whispered, pain in her voice. And she watched as the country of her birth disappeared along with it her past.
What did you think? Well leave a message pweasies...Oh and would someone like to be my Beta reader? I need one...only ...A LOT! ~. ~'''
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