Innocent Sin

Notes: Okay the plotline takes a twist. Well I had to make something happen. It can't be all cheese and crackers I guess. I came up with this in the middle of during homework. (And after re-reading my director's cut for the 38472347472347328472394234728th time) Fun no? The thing I promise is a happy ending. Anyway, here we go.

Yay! The following People rule!:

Dragon from the Black Lagoon - Fuzzy is good. Thank ya! (-L-)

Crazyboy - Stupid Birds!! Thank ya!

Demolition Cat - *patpat* Demo is special. And of course this will have Nny/Devi romance tweaked in it. Thanks again.

ChibiDevi - Yayayay! Hooked! Yahoo! Thaaaank yooooou!

Disclaimer: Oh hell, you know the deal.

Chapter Four: High Hopes Plummet

The sun hung low in the horizon, as the appearance of dusk began to fall along the streets of the city. Devi sighed, jingling her keys until she locked the door of the bookstore. Settling the keys into the pocket of her apron, Devi began to make her way down the street towards the building in the distance. The eager winds of the night began to pick up. They felt good against a weary Devi, whom had been working all afternoon. In the mist of all that had sat Johnny down, and explained to him about why cats are not children of Satan. Devi choked back a giggle when she remembered that period of time. She passed an alleyway, between a small record store and a diner.

The shadows within the alleyway darkened, and formed a mere silhouette among the walls of the buildings smeared with writing. Lanky, and skinny the figure emerged into the open area where the sun met his feet, and heated him pleasantly. Turning, he trailed after the girl, quietly. Devi, caught in thought again, did not take note of someone behind her. Even if there were people bustling down both blocks of the neighborhood, it wasn't uncommon. Amusement present, he loomed a few feet behind her, before he allowed both arms to slip around her waist.

"Boo!"

Devi jumped, and nearly yelped. The familiar voice set her quick thinking, to a mere state of amusement. Her heart rate relaxed, after a few moments.

"Johnny!..please don't do that?"

"Why?" He pulled her closer, enough for him to rest his chin on her shoulder.

"I like you."

Devi cracked a small grin. "Well Devi likes you too."

"Yay!"

"Nny?"

"Yes?"

"I thought of names today."

"Names?!"

Devi freed herself from his grasp, and walked forward, rather mysteriously. Johnny scrambled after her, for a moment furrowing his brows in confusion. Devi swung herself close to the curve, where a vacant beer bottle was laying motionlessly against the sidewalk. Devi kicked it into the street with the tip of her boot. Johnny watched it shatter, now eager he joined her side.

"What names?"

"Well one for one if it's a boy.."

"Yeeees?"

"John."

"After me!?"

"Yes."

"WAHOO!"

Devi laughed. "Now a girl on the other hand.."

Johnny's expression dropped. "Yes?"

"Nyx.  I like the sound of that."

"Wait a minute, that's still like a part of my name!"

"Yes."

"So it doesn't matter, because they'll both be named after me?"

"Whoa, slow down. I'm not having twins."

"It's a thought!"

Devi gave Johnny a look, before resting her hands against her sides as she walked.

"It doesn't matter."

Johnny stopped once the two had rounded the corner, with Devi's small apartment complex coming into view. The sun continued to hang lazily in the sky, dropping what seemed to be slowly. Lately, the sun just refused to go down. Johnny kicked a pebble out of his path.

"Devi?"

Devi stopped as well, and turned. "Yes?"

"You think I'm ready for this?"

She turned on heels, and grabbed his arm, pulling him off the side. Before she turned to face him. Her face was reflecting some of the setting rays of the skyline.

"Nny. You're getting a second chance. We both are." Devi stated, watching Johnny nod silently. "We're going to have to be as ready as we could."

Johnny, seeming content began to walk again. "I agree! What's done is done, and what's to come will be." Devi peered at him, and smiled slightly.

"Righ---HEY LOOK! A CAT!" Johnny squeaked.

A feline was perched upon the railing leading up to Devi's apartment. As Johnny fled for it, it hissed and scrambled onto the ground. Before it took off wildly down the platform. It disappeared out of view. Devi rolled her eyes, mounting the stairwell, looking down at Johnny, whom remained there. A finger raised to his lips, a frown gracing them.

"I'll get you a cat plushie if you're good." Devi cooed playfully.

"Cat plushie? YEEEEEAH! SCORE!" Johnny flailed an arm in the air.

She sighed, and grinned once again. "I'll see you in the morning."

Devi fingered her pocket for her keys, as Johnny watched her. He mutely nodded. He stood there and waited until he heard the click of the door, signaling that Devi was safely in her apartment house. Johnny turned around, as the sun plummeted from above him, and the vast night sky began to stretch across the city. Johnny looked up, and spotted the first star's twinkle of the night.

"No more being alone..."

The night was young, so as others settled down to dinner, and a slumber.

Johnny roamed the sidewalks, in thought about the new family on its way.

The stunning part was that it was his family.

(End Part I, begin Part II)

10:45 A.M.

"Will this be all sir?" Devi flipped the book up by its end and settled it into a small plastic bag, which had the bookstore's logo on it. She propped it against the counter, awaiting a reply and the small amount of money that she had rung up. Instead, the man in front of the counter merely grinned. His face a mask in shadows. Devi could barely make out the dull brown of his eyes.

"Sir?" She asked again.

"No." He replied, sounding hoarse.

"Another book?"

"No."

He stepped backward, and from the black jacket that was zipped to conceal his shirt, he pulled a pistol out of the left pocket. He held it up in the air, and fired a shot. A few screams rang out, along the aisle book rows, as people scrambled to the floor in protest. One teenager, leaning against the back of a bookcase paid no mind.

"Holy fuck!" Devi cried.

The stranger, clicked the gun backward, and pointed it at Devi.

"All the money, in that register. Now."

Devi backed up, furrowing a brow. She bit her lip. "We haven't made any sells today. There is no money."

"ARGH! YOU RESIST!" He screamed, and his finger squeezed the trigger of the small pistol.

Devi froze. She was in too much of a panic to move. The first thought that sprang to mind was a swift roundhouse to this guy's jaw would be the right thing here. However, her form stopped her. She was self-aware of what else was going on with her. Her green eyes flickered, and her pupils shrank. She stepped back, and closed her eyes tightly. Carefully, she waited for the pain to inflict the skin to be pierced.

The gunshot fired, yet the rushed amount of footsteps barely got her attention. It all was happening in slow motion. Instead of that pain, she heard a grunt, then a thud. As somebody's weight crashing carelessly onto the ground. Devi quickly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw, was the at emptive robber, rushing towards the door. Then the groaning got her attention. She looked down. At her feet, there laid a muffled Johnny. He twitched, as blood begin to seep through his clothing, and form in a puddle against the floor.

"JOHNNY!!" Devi screeched, horrified. She swiftly bent down, and lifted one of his hands. He squealed in fierce protest. Devi searched for the wound, spotting that the most blood was coming from his pierced side. Johnny looked up at Devi, and grinned.

"No more..being alone..." He said calmly, before eyelids begin to flutter over heavy eyes. The growing sense of blacking out was dawning him once again. The few people in the store began to huddle around the counter. Devi stood up. Eyes hazed over with liquid. The threatening of tears. Her mind was trembling. She could barely speak. But the words came from her in a shrill screech.

"SOMEBODY CALL 911! DON'T STAND THERE!"

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Cliffhanger! Oo. Did I scare you yet?