Guess who's back! Yep, here I am, and I'm feeling better and able to write! `Knives and Sickles' is drawing close to a conclusion, and I must say it's turning out quite different from what I expected. Ho yes, and BEWARE OF SCENE CHANGES!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own JtHM in ANY way, Jhonen Vasquez does, but I DO own L, Lashee, KC and any other non-JtHM chars. Saves the Day owns themselves and the song "At Your Funeral", I don't. Oh yes, and Twitchy-Chan owns...herself...o_o;
`Knives and Sickles'
Chapter Five
By: Reki-Chan
She was running, running as if her very life depended on it, which it didn't. The girl had earlier followed that boy and girl, and heard a conversation they had with another man. She had eavesdropped, and picked up enough to know what was going on, and she knew two people who would be interested in this information. The girl had even stolen the other female's bag, she knew those two people would like this bag as well. Her eyes of brown looked about wildly, she took a sharp turn, running into a blue-haired girl, knocking her down. The brown eyed and haired one didn't even say sorry, she just kept running. She knew how valuable this information was, and how important it was. She had promised she wouldn't let them down. And, you see Lashee didn't break promises. Ever.
`D-Kun and G-Kun will be thrilled with this information...they'll be glad to know that I'm keeping a good eye on that L-Chan, and I might even get a treat!' The girl thought, a slight smile tugging on her painted lips, and she sped up her speed just thinking of what wonderful treats she would receive for this. She looked at the bag she was carrying, and noticed that a poorly sewn doll was falling out, she grabbed the doll before it fell, and her running speed slowly began to slow down until she came to a complete stop in the middle of the sidewalk. She stood there, staring into space blankly, much like L when K.C. had control over her.
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A young woman with short black-brown hair stared out a window as if she was awaiting something or someone. She narrowed her cold brown orbs, `Where is she? She pledged loyalty to us...that girl said she was going to bring back information on Alexis,' she thought to herself. A shadow moved behind her, she turned sharply to see another young woman who looked almost exactly like her. "Hello, Gurase," she said in a smooth voice, carelessly glancing at her before turning back to the window, "I see you're as impatient as I."
The other woman, Gurase, nodded a bit before joining her. "Yes, I am. I feel that doll might betray us..." Her voice grim, she gazed with stern eyes out the window and at the filthy streets of the city below. She sneered a bit, "Look at them, Diene, crawling about...like roaches." She shuddered slightly and turned away from the window, and stared deep into the shadows. "I wonder why Alexis isn't back yet...Or Lashee." She looked to Diene, an eyebrow raised.
Diene grinned slightly, "With Lashee's luck with men, I wonder where she might be...But she still promised to never let men stand in the way of looking after Alexis." She laughed slightly, "But she still will ignore that promise when it comes to Ruianu...You know that boy she obsesses over nonstop? Or perhaps she just found a nice acorn to examine in case it might take her to its `alien' planet." She rolled her eyes slightly, and shook her head slightly, "Anyway, let's just hope that `doll' is doing its job."
The other nodded slightly, "Hai...Let's hope. Because if isn't, that could mean major problems on our end, you know." The woman frowned slightly and then added, "Anyway, we should also hope she doesn't run into the current one, or even the one whose place she's taking. Who knows, her fate might become unsealed...or she might even, well you know..." She looked back at the wall, and glared at it as if expecting it to talk or glare back.
"But Gurase...are you sure this is right? I mean, what if she does have a future after-all? I don't think we're supposed to inflict that curse open those with a future, may it be bright or gloomy." Diene had a look of worry on her pale face, "I mean, she hasn't come home yet and normally she'd be home by now. And if she had no future, she would always come straight home and do nothing, even if that doll tells her to..."
"I know! I know! I've been thinking about that too, but I don't care whether she has a damn future or not, it's too late in the game to turn back now, what's done is done and nothing can change that. You and I both are well aware of that, I hope." Her sharp eyes looked to Diene, who still looked worried.
"Yes, yes, I know. But I can't help but feel sorry for the girl, I mean, the life that she's going to lead shall be a horrid one. No human should have to live like that..."
"Diene, look, without them this world would be even more unbearable and perfectly good people would be killing themselves! We only need the bad people killed, not good people killing themselves, you know that! So stop suddenly pitying the girl, that's not our job. Our job is to make sure she grows up to become that!" Her eyes looked spitefully at Diene; "You aren't getting soft one me, are you?"
Diene looked out the window yet again, and shut those midnight orbs, "I don't know, Gurase, I just don't know..."
~*~
"My only family..."
"Family?" Nny said, looking up at L, "What do you mean by your `only' family. Did your parents die or something?" He noticed her shiver slightly and then shrug. Her eyes lowered, "L, tell me. Who are D-Kun and G-Kun, besides being your family? And how long have you know Lashee? Tell me, L, it's very important that you tell me everything you can." His eyes narrowed at her.
The girl took a deep breath, "I don't really remember much before D-Kun and G-Kun...But I do remember telling me that my parents didn't really mean to have me and that I was about to be put up for adoption or something like that when they were killed. I don't know how they were killed though, D-Kun and G-Kun never told me. And about Lashee? I guess the same thing goes for her as well, she's been my best friend since as long as I can remember, you see. I never have really been without her; we're almost like real sisters." She sighed, and stared at the ground sadly. A shiver ran down her spine and she looked up at Nny and Squee. "That's all I can tell you, I don't know anymore than that. You'd have to talk to D-Kun and G-Kun for anything else." She shrugged a bit, and her gaze fell back onto the ground.
Nny nodded a bit, and shut his eyes, deep in thought. This girl had to have more to her past than just that. And what about the fact that she used to hurt people? Maybe this D-Kun and G-Kun knew more about the girl than she knew herself. He stood up, "I need to think for awhile by myself, Squeegee, L, please go out and do...something." He waved the two off with his hand.
Squee nodded, and took L's hand, "C'mon, L, let's go." And he pulled a rather confused looking L out of the house, and across the yard into Nny's deteriorating home. "Let's get your bag and then hit town to get some cherry Fizz-Whizzes, okay?" The girl nodded slightly, and looked about for her bag and didn't find it. She frowned a bit, and looked to where she had placed it last.
"Where is it? Where's my bag? I can't find it, Squee." She turned to him, her frown deepening, "I know I didn't take it with me..." The red head looked again to where she had left it and found an acorn. Her eyes widened a bit, "Oh shit. I think...I think Lashee was spying on us."
It was Squee's turn to frown, "How? Nny would have noticed, and she didn't fling herself off the bus when we did," he pointed out, blinking. "Anyway, how would you know she was spying on us? All that's there is an acorn...and THAT doesn't tell you much."
She grinned slightly, "Oh, you see, Lashee has an obsession with acorns. She thinks all acorns come from a great acorn shaped planet and that they're invading earth to seek revenge because we planted their people. She even gives them names." She picked up the long acorn, "And this one, I know for a fact, that she named it JuJu Prissy Cat." She tossed it into the air a few times and caught it each time. "Well, we'll run into her soon enough, let's go get those...Fizz-Whizzes?"
Squee nodded, "Yeah, let's go." He pushed open the door, and he and the girl stepped out, L telling him about the adventures that she and Lashee had when they were small.
Later...
"...And once we pretended we were the sole future for earth by defeating these evil beings called the `Wyrm'. And that we could transform into strange animal like things. We, of course, always won these `wars'. And we always had fun playing, I'd say that was our favourite game!" She laughed a bit, sipping on the Fizz-Whizz they had gotten earlier. She smiled brightly, this was rather fun!
"This song will become the anthem of your underground. You're two floors down getting high in the back room. If I flooded out your house, do you think you'd make out? Or would you burn up before the water filled your lungs? And don't you feel..." Sang a voice from behind the two.
The girl blinked, and turned to the singer, a young girl with short blue hair and was nearly six inches taller than either of Squee or L. The blue haired girl looked at them, and pulled off her headphones, "Um...what're you staring at?" She asked blinking in confusion.
"Oh nothing...It's just that song you're singing, Saves the Day, isn't it? And At Your Funeral if I'm not mistaken," responded the pigtailed red head brightly. She loved that song!
"Uh, yeah. You've heard of them? Not many people have, you know." She looked at the strange girl, and blinked, trying to decide whether she was a twinkie or not...
L smiled happily, "Yeah! They're my favourite band! Oh yeah, and by the way, my name is L. What's yours?" She said, introducing herself and offering the blue haired one her hand.
"I'm Twitch," said the other, taking L's hand and shaking it, "Nice to meet you." She said, seeming a bit unsure about this girl.
L shrugged, and dropped her hand, "Hey, Twitch, have you see a brown haired girl with a bag come this way by some chance?" She asked, hoping that maybe the runaway Lashee was somewhere nearby and that she could get her bag back.
"Yeah, I saw her. She pushed me over, she ran that way." Twitch pointed in the direction in which Lashee had run before she stopped so suddenly.
"Thanks, Twitch! Bye!" She took the boy's hand, and ran off in that direction. "Hurry Squee, hurry!" She continued running, practically dragging the unfortunate Squee across the ground. She stopped suddenly, let go of Squee causing him to fall upon the ground, and her brown eyes slowly widened.
He stood up, rubbing his head gingerly, "What's the matter, L? Hey -Look! It's Lashee, looks like we found her after all..." He stared at the immobile Lashee, "Wait, why isn't she moving?"
L frowned a bit, and shook Lashee, "Lashee..." But Lashee only stood there, that glazed look still upon her face; the doll still clutched in her hands. "Oh no...The doll! She must be doing something to her!"
Suddenly, Lashee's eyes fluttered, and she opened her mouth to speak; "Oh...hello L-Chan...hello Squee, how are you?" The girl's eyes were still glazed over, and the way she spoke, it was almost as if she wasn't used to speaking. Like it had been a VERY long time since she had last spoken, or even that she was a mute that for the first time found a way to speak. She looked at L, those eyes almost glaring at her so that L was forced to take a step back from the might of that glare.
"L...Lashee what's wrong with you?" Asked an extremely frightened and worried L, her voice quavering a bit. But Lashee more no answer but continued to stare at her with that gaze that sent shivers down her very spine.
Squee noticed L's reaction about this situation, relising this wasn't how Lashee acted...ever. He stood bravely before the ghost-like Lashee and spoke in what he hoped was a brave voice, "Lashee, stop acting like this now, and give L her bag and K.C. back...now!" This seemed to amuse Lashee, for she only laughed, and waved K.C. about like a limp rag. Then, she turned and ran off again, her speed faster than they had ever seen before. Something wasn't quite right about Lashee.
L slowly turned to Squee, her dark brown orbs wide, "Squee...I think K.C. has control of her. I also think I know who she was feeding off of, and why males react so strangely to her," she looked thoughtfully at Squee, "well, expect over you, that is."
The boy blinked in confusion, still not really understanding, but of course, he hadn't known Lashee as long as L had. "What do you mean by that?" He quirked an eyebrow and looked down at the slightly shorter girl.
"What I mean is, K.C. has been feeding off of Lashee's already extreme personality and filling the holes in with some power to attract men. I also believe that because she's been feeding off of her, that some sort of a bond formed between to two so that whenever Lashee and K.C. touch that the doll has the power to jump into Lashee's mind to..."
"...Control her," Finished Squee for her, nodding slightly. He understood now, and the puzzle was coming together quite quickly now, but also seemed to be getting much bigger. "But, I still don't understand, why does this doll have all this power? There must be some greater force behind it! L, I think we need to meet your D-Kun and G-Kun, I got a feeling that they know the answers."
The girl sighed, she had hoped that it wouldn't have come to this. She nodded slowly, "Yeah, I suppose we have to. Here, I'll lead the way since you obviously don't know the way." Squee nodded, and they two began walking off towards the direction in which Lashee-K.C. had run.
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Another cliffhanger! Ha ha ha ha! And guess what? I'm not gonna write Chapter Six until I get, um, at least five more reviews! Am I evil? You betcha!
Signing off--
Reki-Chan
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own JtHM in ANY way, Jhonen Vasquez does, but I DO own L, Lashee, KC and any other non-JtHM chars. Saves the Day owns themselves and the song "At Your Funeral", I don't. Oh yes, and Twitchy-Chan owns...herself...o_o;
`Knives and Sickles'
Chapter Five
By: Reki-Chan
She was running, running as if her very life depended on it, which it didn't. The girl had earlier followed that boy and girl, and heard a conversation they had with another man. She had eavesdropped, and picked up enough to know what was going on, and she knew two people who would be interested in this information. The girl had even stolen the other female's bag, she knew those two people would like this bag as well. Her eyes of brown looked about wildly, she took a sharp turn, running into a blue-haired girl, knocking her down. The brown eyed and haired one didn't even say sorry, she just kept running. She knew how valuable this information was, and how important it was. She had promised she wouldn't let them down. And, you see Lashee didn't break promises. Ever.
`D-Kun and G-Kun will be thrilled with this information...they'll be glad to know that I'm keeping a good eye on that L-Chan, and I might even get a treat!' The girl thought, a slight smile tugging on her painted lips, and she sped up her speed just thinking of what wonderful treats she would receive for this. She looked at the bag she was carrying, and noticed that a poorly sewn doll was falling out, she grabbed the doll before it fell, and her running speed slowly began to slow down until she came to a complete stop in the middle of the sidewalk. She stood there, staring into space blankly, much like L when K.C. had control over her.
~*~
A young woman with short black-brown hair stared out a window as if she was awaiting something or someone. She narrowed her cold brown orbs, `Where is she? She pledged loyalty to us...that girl said she was going to bring back information on Alexis,' she thought to herself. A shadow moved behind her, she turned sharply to see another young woman who looked almost exactly like her. "Hello, Gurase," she said in a smooth voice, carelessly glancing at her before turning back to the window, "I see you're as impatient as I."
The other woman, Gurase, nodded a bit before joining her. "Yes, I am. I feel that doll might betray us..." Her voice grim, she gazed with stern eyes out the window and at the filthy streets of the city below. She sneered a bit, "Look at them, Diene, crawling about...like roaches." She shuddered slightly and turned away from the window, and stared deep into the shadows. "I wonder why Alexis isn't back yet...Or Lashee." She looked to Diene, an eyebrow raised.
Diene grinned slightly, "With Lashee's luck with men, I wonder where she might be...But she still promised to never let men stand in the way of looking after Alexis." She laughed slightly, "But she still will ignore that promise when it comes to Ruianu...You know that boy she obsesses over nonstop? Or perhaps she just found a nice acorn to examine in case it might take her to its `alien' planet." She rolled her eyes slightly, and shook her head slightly, "Anyway, let's just hope that `doll' is doing its job."
The other nodded slightly, "Hai...Let's hope. Because if isn't, that could mean major problems on our end, you know." The woman frowned slightly and then added, "Anyway, we should also hope she doesn't run into the current one, or even the one whose place she's taking. Who knows, her fate might become unsealed...or she might even, well you know..." She looked back at the wall, and glared at it as if expecting it to talk or glare back.
"But Gurase...are you sure this is right? I mean, what if she does have a future after-all? I don't think we're supposed to inflict that curse open those with a future, may it be bright or gloomy." Diene had a look of worry on her pale face, "I mean, she hasn't come home yet and normally she'd be home by now. And if she had no future, she would always come straight home and do nothing, even if that doll tells her to..."
"I know! I know! I've been thinking about that too, but I don't care whether she has a damn future or not, it's too late in the game to turn back now, what's done is done and nothing can change that. You and I both are well aware of that, I hope." Her sharp eyes looked to Diene, who still looked worried.
"Yes, yes, I know. But I can't help but feel sorry for the girl, I mean, the life that she's going to lead shall be a horrid one. No human should have to live like that..."
"Diene, look, without them this world would be even more unbearable and perfectly good people would be killing themselves! We only need the bad people killed, not good people killing themselves, you know that! So stop suddenly pitying the girl, that's not our job. Our job is to make sure she grows up to become that!" Her eyes looked spitefully at Diene; "You aren't getting soft one me, are you?"
Diene looked out the window yet again, and shut those midnight orbs, "I don't know, Gurase, I just don't know..."
~*~
"My only family..."
"Family?" Nny said, looking up at L, "What do you mean by your `only' family. Did your parents die or something?" He noticed her shiver slightly and then shrug. Her eyes lowered, "L, tell me. Who are D-Kun and G-Kun, besides being your family? And how long have you know Lashee? Tell me, L, it's very important that you tell me everything you can." His eyes narrowed at her.
The girl took a deep breath, "I don't really remember much before D-Kun and G-Kun...But I do remember telling me that my parents didn't really mean to have me and that I was about to be put up for adoption or something like that when they were killed. I don't know how they were killed though, D-Kun and G-Kun never told me. And about Lashee? I guess the same thing goes for her as well, she's been my best friend since as long as I can remember, you see. I never have really been without her; we're almost like real sisters." She sighed, and stared at the ground sadly. A shiver ran down her spine and she looked up at Nny and Squee. "That's all I can tell you, I don't know anymore than that. You'd have to talk to D-Kun and G-Kun for anything else." She shrugged a bit, and her gaze fell back onto the ground.
Nny nodded a bit, and shut his eyes, deep in thought. This girl had to have more to her past than just that. And what about the fact that she used to hurt people? Maybe this D-Kun and G-Kun knew more about the girl than she knew herself. He stood up, "I need to think for awhile by myself, Squeegee, L, please go out and do...something." He waved the two off with his hand.
Squee nodded, and took L's hand, "C'mon, L, let's go." And he pulled a rather confused looking L out of the house, and across the yard into Nny's deteriorating home. "Let's get your bag and then hit town to get some cherry Fizz-Whizzes, okay?" The girl nodded slightly, and looked about for her bag and didn't find it. She frowned a bit, and looked to where she had placed it last.
"Where is it? Where's my bag? I can't find it, Squee." She turned to him, her frown deepening, "I know I didn't take it with me..." The red head looked again to where she had left it and found an acorn. Her eyes widened a bit, "Oh shit. I think...I think Lashee was spying on us."
It was Squee's turn to frown, "How? Nny would have noticed, and she didn't fling herself off the bus when we did," he pointed out, blinking. "Anyway, how would you know she was spying on us? All that's there is an acorn...and THAT doesn't tell you much."
She grinned slightly, "Oh, you see, Lashee has an obsession with acorns. She thinks all acorns come from a great acorn shaped planet and that they're invading earth to seek revenge because we planted their people. She even gives them names." She picked up the long acorn, "And this one, I know for a fact, that she named it JuJu Prissy Cat." She tossed it into the air a few times and caught it each time. "Well, we'll run into her soon enough, let's go get those...Fizz-Whizzes?"
Squee nodded, "Yeah, let's go." He pushed open the door, and he and the girl stepped out, L telling him about the adventures that she and Lashee had when they were small.
Later...
"...And once we pretended we were the sole future for earth by defeating these evil beings called the `Wyrm'. And that we could transform into strange animal like things. We, of course, always won these `wars'. And we always had fun playing, I'd say that was our favourite game!" She laughed a bit, sipping on the Fizz-Whizz they had gotten earlier. She smiled brightly, this was rather fun!
"This song will become the anthem of your underground. You're two floors down getting high in the back room. If I flooded out your house, do you think you'd make out? Or would you burn up before the water filled your lungs? And don't you feel..." Sang a voice from behind the two.
The girl blinked, and turned to the singer, a young girl with short blue hair and was nearly six inches taller than either of Squee or L. The blue haired girl looked at them, and pulled off her headphones, "Um...what're you staring at?" She asked blinking in confusion.
"Oh nothing...It's just that song you're singing, Saves the Day, isn't it? And At Your Funeral if I'm not mistaken," responded the pigtailed red head brightly. She loved that song!
"Uh, yeah. You've heard of them? Not many people have, you know." She looked at the strange girl, and blinked, trying to decide whether she was a twinkie or not...
L smiled happily, "Yeah! They're my favourite band! Oh yeah, and by the way, my name is L. What's yours?" She said, introducing herself and offering the blue haired one her hand.
"I'm Twitch," said the other, taking L's hand and shaking it, "Nice to meet you." She said, seeming a bit unsure about this girl.
L shrugged, and dropped her hand, "Hey, Twitch, have you see a brown haired girl with a bag come this way by some chance?" She asked, hoping that maybe the runaway Lashee was somewhere nearby and that she could get her bag back.
"Yeah, I saw her. She pushed me over, she ran that way." Twitch pointed in the direction in which Lashee had run before she stopped so suddenly.
"Thanks, Twitch! Bye!" She took the boy's hand, and ran off in that direction. "Hurry Squee, hurry!" She continued running, practically dragging the unfortunate Squee across the ground. She stopped suddenly, let go of Squee causing him to fall upon the ground, and her brown eyes slowly widened.
He stood up, rubbing his head gingerly, "What's the matter, L? Hey -Look! It's Lashee, looks like we found her after all..." He stared at the immobile Lashee, "Wait, why isn't she moving?"
L frowned a bit, and shook Lashee, "Lashee..." But Lashee only stood there, that glazed look still upon her face; the doll still clutched in her hands. "Oh no...The doll! She must be doing something to her!"
Suddenly, Lashee's eyes fluttered, and she opened her mouth to speak; "Oh...hello L-Chan...hello Squee, how are you?" The girl's eyes were still glazed over, and the way she spoke, it was almost as if she wasn't used to speaking. Like it had been a VERY long time since she had last spoken, or even that she was a mute that for the first time found a way to speak. She looked at L, those eyes almost glaring at her so that L was forced to take a step back from the might of that glare.
"L...Lashee what's wrong with you?" Asked an extremely frightened and worried L, her voice quavering a bit. But Lashee more no answer but continued to stare at her with that gaze that sent shivers down her very spine.
Squee noticed L's reaction about this situation, relising this wasn't how Lashee acted...ever. He stood bravely before the ghost-like Lashee and spoke in what he hoped was a brave voice, "Lashee, stop acting like this now, and give L her bag and K.C. back...now!" This seemed to amuse Lashee, for she only laughed, and waved K.C. about like a limp rag. Then, she turned and ran off again, her speed faster than they had ever seen before. Something wasn't quite right about Lashee.
L slowly turned to Squee, her dark brown orbs wide, "Squee...I think K.C. has control of her. I also think I know who she was feeding off of, and why males react so strangely to her," she looked thoughtfully at Squee, "well, expect over you, that is."
The boy blinked in confusion, still not really understanding, but of course, he hadn't known Lashee as long as L had. "What do you mean by that?" He quirked an eyebrow and looked down at the slightly shorter girl.
"What I mean is, K.C. has been feeding off of Lashee's already extreme personality and filling the holes in with some power to attract men. I also believe that because she's been feeding off of her, that some sort of a bond formed between to two so that whenever Lashee and K.C. touch that the doll has the power to jump into Lashee's mind to..."
"...Control her," Finished Squee for her, nodding slightly. He understood now, and the puzzle was coming together quite quickly now, but also seemed to be getting much bigger. "But, I still don't understand, why does this doll have all this power? There must be some greater force behind it! L, I think we need to meet your D-Kun and G-Kun, I got a feeling that they know the answers."
The girl sighed, she had hoped that it wouldn't have come to this. She nodded slowly, "Yeah, I suppose we have to. Here, I'll lead the way since you obviously don't know the way." Squee nodded, and they two began walking off towards the direction in which Lashee-K.C. had run.
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Another cliffhanger! Ha ha ha ha! And guess what? I'm not gonna write Chapter Six until I get, um, at least five more reviews! Am I evil? You betcha!
Signing off--
Reki-Chan