Chapter Five: The Killer On The Roof

It was the morning after...actually it was a little after 10, nearly considered the afternoon...at least at McDonald's anyway. Veronica hurriedly walked down the sidewalk having almost forgotten the date she made the day before to meet Matt for coffee.

"He probably thinks I completely stood him up...Dammit, and what the hell kinda person does that make me out to be?! Standing up a blind man? I am so going to hell for this..."

She huffed as her pace quickened. Untill she heard behind her...

"Why in such a hurry? You didnt over sleep breakfast did you?"

She turned around to see Matt walking up behind her.

"Oh! Hey! Guess Im not as late as I thought?"

"Oh...no...you definately are, I was here earlier...around 8 or so. But I figured you overslept...if you dont mind me saying, you seem to be that type of person."

"Huh? Well yea...mornings arent my best thing and well...I kinda had a rough night."

Matt nodded in agreement.

"I didnt get much sleep either."

They walked into the cafe, Veronica sitting at her usual window booth seat with Matt across from her. A waitress walked over, one of Veronica's friends.

"Jessica, mind doin me a favor?"

She asked.

"Sure Ronnie, what cha need?"

"I got a kid thats lookin for a job, she'll probably stop by this afternoon. Shes real nice...but kinda goin through some life problems y'know? Could ya take care of her for me and set her up?"

"Oh yea sure! We're lookin for more help anyways, especially when all those kids come in from school to get lunch...its such a pain."

Veronica smiled.

"Jess your the best, thanks bunches!"

Matt lifted his head up some with a small smile.

"Now I can tell your definately not from around here..."

"What do you mean?"

"Your too nice, taking care of that girl. Anyone else around here really wouldnt care at all and would easily take advantage of a young girl...being so vulnerable and all."

"Oh really? And what do you know about vulnerable girls...?"

She asked, crossing her arms and sloutching back in her seat.

"I know that they tend to get into trouble more easily then normal girls."

"What about me? Do I seem vulnerable?"

"Not at all...infact from the way you talk and the obvious attitude in your voice, I can tell you've taken down your share of bad guys in your day."

"In my day? 'heh' you wouldnt be calling me old now would you?"

"On the contrary, I just insisted that you wouldnt be doing such things now a days..."

"Well you can believe me, you'll never find me running from a good fight...I might be a woman, but dont forget Im from Jersey...dont be so quick to judge the garden state's residents, though we do have kinda a bad rep anymore."

Matt just smirked. The waitress came up with their coffee and an extra full pot for refills.

"So...what do you do?"

Veronica asked, starting conversation.

"Lawyer."

"Oh? Well...thats interesting..."

"How so? What do you do?"

"I...uh...Im kinda between jobs at the moment..."

"Why dont you work here, and give me free coffee in the morning?"

He said with a slight smile. She laughed a little, shaking her head.

"I dont do well when it comes to remembering lots of things at once. Plus Im not a morning person, remember? I cant pretend to be all happy smiles and cheery for these people."

"Why not? Your doing it now."

"Huh?"

"Your smiling...though its not very early, its still morning..."

Veronica blinked, looking across the table as Matt picked up his coffee cup to take a sip. "How the hell does he know that...?" She stared blankly, leaning forward a little bit. Matt just chuckled some, setting his cup down.

"Something on my face, or is this how your people say hello where you come from?"

She slowly slinked back into her seat.

"Uh...no...I was just...y'know...nothin 'hehe' Im just weird."

"Its alright, you can be curious."

"No, its nothing, its ok."

"Wondering if Im really blind or if Im just putting an act to pretty girls, huh?"

She blushed a little, shaking her head as she took a sip of coffee.

"Well...no, not exactly...I mean, its just a little strange that-"

She blinked, setting her cup down as she saw his red sunglasses sitting on the table and she looked up to see a pair of pale colored eyes.

"Im-"

"Its ok."

He said, slipping the glasses back on.

"Everyone gets curious at least once. Anyway..."

He stood.

"Hate to cut this short...but due to our late meeting, I have to go early. You wouldnt happen to be around for lunch would you?"

"Um...well considering its nearly 11...when do you have lunch?"

"I should be here around 1 or 2...if your alright with that?"

"Uh, yea sure. Not like I have a job to go to. I'll just meet you here later this afternoon then."

Veronica's Apartment

"Meow!"

"What? What can you possibly want?! I just fed you, I petted you, and you just finished licking your ass...what more do you want?!"

"Meow!"

Veronica was laid spread out on the couch, Angelo sitting on the floor and looking up at her.

"Meow!"

"Agh!"

She sat up, the cat jumping onto the couch and curling itself in her lap finally laying his head down.

"Oooh no, nuh uh, your not using me for a bed just because you wanna take a nap. A normal cat sleeps 19 hours out of the day, if you think Im gonna sit here for 19 hours your sadly mistaken!"

Veronica said, standing up as the cat fell to the floor. She walked into her bedroom, falling face down on the bed whose sheets had still neve been made from days before.

"I need a man...or somethin to keep me busy..."

She mumbled into the sheets while turning her head to the side to look at the alarm clock as it turned 1:38pm.

"I should go meet Matt for lunch...I dont know how much coffee I can take, it'll just make me more antsy and I'll never get to sleep tonight."

She pushed herself up off the bed and went to her dresser, picking up her hair brush then moving to the window as she brushed her hair looking out.

"Maybe toight I'll go out...do my thing..."

She turned her back to the window, putting her brush away as Angelo jumped into her bed ad began hissing madly.

"Hey! What the Holy Hell is wrong with you?"

Veronica looked oddly to the newly gone insane animal.

"Calm down, jeez Im sorry I got up."

She went to pet him, leaning forward some with her arm stretched. Angelo jumped up onto her back and them lept forward to her window. Thankfully it was closed because cats dont fly so well, he caught his claws into the curtain and rapidly swatted his paw at the window. By the time Veronica turned around, she didnt see anything there and simply assumed the cat was on a Cat Nip high and had gone into a temporary period of insanity.

"Whatever...just dont break my window and fly out into the traffic."

She turned her attention away for a moment, hearing the cat start going at it again. When she looked to see what it was, she caught sight of something just in the corner or the window.

"What?"

Veronica took the cat, plucking his claws out of the curtain, and sat him on her bed as she went back to the window but again saw nothing. Out of curiosity, she opened the window and climbed out onto the fire escape as she looked down into the busy street and hen turned her ead up again to see something leaving the top of the building.

"I knew it! Theres someone up there!"

She looked inside for a second.

"You stay here, and I mean it."

She climbed up the fire ladder, since her apartment was alredy faily high up, she only had a short way to go. She stepped onto the roof carefully, her bare feet feeling hot against the black tar of the roof. She looked, seeing someone standing by the stairway entrance...looking oddly enough familiar though his head was down and arms crossed over his chest.

"Hey! You! Who are you?!"

"Im talking to you! You were creeping around my window, if you dont live here then you-"

"Aw...your goin to tell on me? After you so easily 'defeated' me before...I thought you might wanna go another roung Sweetheart..."

"What...?"

He lifted his chin up some, turning his head to her with that unforgettable look.

"Dont tell me ya forgot about me already Love?"

"You! Stop following me around or I'll call the police!"

He smirked, stepping away from the stairs entrance and letting his arms fall to his sides. He was more lazily dressed since their last meeting, wearing a normal black muscle shirt with dark blue jeans and boots.

"And what exactly are they gonna do...Arrest Me?!"

He started, going towards her.

"See after that little fit you threw the other night, the police had already been called...and of course they found me...in the women's in none other then...'ugh' your little girls things. But thanks to your boss...well, ex boss? He paid em ta get em off my back...and well, thats pretty uch why Im here today."

"Your here for me? For what?"

She questioned, standing her ground. She didnt exactly beat him last time, but by his show she figured she could take him. "Hell, a quick push and he'll fly over the side of building...it'll look like suicide from down there."

"Well...the money of course. You know how much that man likes his money...since ya never fully paid em back, he's gonna charge ya all the police charges as well. So...if ya dont pay..."

He laughed some, in a way sounding so wicked as he flashed 3 shruiken stars in his one hand and lifted his head looking up at her with a twisted grin.

"I get ta have my way with ya..."

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