"Look out!" Nycole tried to scream over the music. Sudden squeals of terror erupted from the crowd around them. The empath had felt waves of terror so faint that for the first second she had believed them to be nothing. It was only when the girl looked up she saw that same brute with a beer bottle. Trying not to believe the man to be that horrible she let it go. On the other hand when the man raised the bottle over his hand Nycole decided it was best to pull her detective out of the way.
His hand slid behind Nycole's head as they both toppled to the floor. Bending her head into his chest she allowed him to roll the body weight and cushion her fall. Nycole didn't see how Kristo made it to the scene so quickly. It didn't matter. That was the nature of his gift. It was his ability be anywhere in seconds that made him who he was.
Kristo grabbed the man's wrist. Twisted it driving him to his knees. It wasn't the first time customers had gotten rowdy. Hell, it wouldn't be the last. Places like this always seemed to draw an edgy crowd. She watched as Kristo pulled the man out of the dance floor.
"I think we are okay now." The man underneath Nycole murmured in her ear. The empath's cheeks flushed. The girl praised her good fortune to be wearing the leather mask.
'Kathain you are now a goddess.' The girl glanced back at her pined victim.
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Sakaki felt the weight in the girl's hips shift slightly. The thick smell of roses and vanilla filled his nostrils. The girl's hair hung around her neck and onto his chest. Silky strands of hair tickled him through the fishnet. Chocolate brown eyes locked with his. The damsel blinked slowly as if finally realizing where she was laying.
"I am sorry. The club is not normally like this." The girl smiled a small sheepish half grin.
Sakaki believed her. The girl surprised him. The young hunter sat up as the girl rolled off of him. His eyes trailed the curves of the dancer's body. The young hunter watched for signs of shock, hell even being slightly shaken. The young girl seemed relaxed, poised. Narrowing his eyes he studied her.
"I am used to the excitement. Are you going to be okay?" Sakaki asked allowing his concern to show.
"I am fine. The guys here do a really good job protecting the dancers." She said flatly.
Sakaki watched the bouncer walk up behind the damsel. The man seemed close enough to Sakaki's height. It was that fact that made it hard to believe that much power coming from the man. However Sakaki knew not to under estimate anyone.
"It's not safe right now. You should get back to the platforms." The little man all but ordered of the girl.
Sakaki watched as the girl seemed to retreat into herself. The young hunter couldn't tell if it was loyalty to the man or her employer, but she seemed suddenly so somber. Looking back at the bouncer the girl nodded her compliance.
"It seems I have to return to my lofty position. It was very nice to meet you. And thank you again. Let the bartender know I said to give you what you want tonight. Here take this to give to him." The damsel looked down at her left hand. Removing the ring on her on her ring finger she placed the slender silver bloom in his hand. The girl's hand wrapped his fingers around the ring. Looking into her eyes he wanted do say so many things.
Sakaki was intoxicated with the girl. The mystery behind her mask intrigued him. Her silky smooth voice, her sweet clean smell, and her satin skin it all drew him to her. Sakaki wanted to pull the girl back on to the dance floor. To spend the night trapped in a world where witches, seeds, orbo, and the STN didn't exist. Sakaki wasn't a hunter here. Sakaki was a knight for this fairy.
The young hunter wanted to reach out and pull her close, but he didn't. He just sat there in the middle of a sea of people. The young hunter stared up into her eyes. The same chocolate brown eyes that seemed to be widening in surprise.
The damsel leaned in closer. Her check brushed the side of his as the girl leaned in.
"It's been thrilling."
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Every second that the empath had held Sakaki's hand, Nycole learned about her detective. It wasn't that she was blind to all the small things around him and this situation. No, she had always suspected. It was that she wanted him to have only been a detective. A person who came to close to a world he couldn't understand, let alone control.
As Nycole stood in front of the mirror of her bathroom, she looked at the fairy of Nocturne. The rest of the night was quiet. The muscles in her arms ached slightly. That only proved that it had been a good night.
Taking the leather mask of Nycole was faced with a little more truth then she wanted. The cold reality of the night set in. Her detective was a hunter. More then that he hunted her kind.
"You seem lost in something. Where are you?" Kathain's voice came from the bedroom.
"I guess I am just really out of it. It was a long night." The empath said without breaking eye contact with the witch in front of her.
"Are you sure you are okay? I saw that guy come at you and that patron. By the way looked like you were having fun there." Kathain said as she came in. With a towel tossed over her shoulder, the other girl was trying to quietly hint at a shower.
"Here let me get out of your way." Nycole grabbed her wet washcloth and headed for the door. Nycole began to wipe away the night one patch of makeup at a time. Tonight had been amazing. The club was packed. The bar made more money tonight then the night before. Over all it had been a good night.
Nycole felt the flat itself relax. As each member of the house drifted into dreamland the empath could feel her own muscles relax. The soft murmured sounds of singing drifted out of the bathroom. Closing her eyes Nycole allowed herself to open up to the house.
Kathain seemed to teater between exhaustion and bliss. Bear and Raven seemed to be arguing about the last coke in the fridge.
'Look I put it in the back so I would have it after work.' One said to the other.
'It is the one with a dent in it. It's mine cause I dropped it last night.'
In another shower Geoff seemed to be fighting with the cap on his conditioner.
"Stupid… God damn…. Why won't you open?" He growled at the contraption.
In the living room Kritso and Brett watched a movie someone had found in a shop down the street. Only mildly interested Brett seemed to allow his mind f to drift in and out of this realm. His mind was the only blank space in the small flat. It was his talent to stop all conscious thought that set him apart from the others.
"I can't believe I am actually watching this." The thought rang loud and clear from Kristo.
"And I didn't even get her name." The foreign voice broke into the empath's thoughts. It was probably a patron waiting on someone who left early in the night. Nycole looked out of the bay windows over her bed. Then young figure stared up for the street corner. The young motor cyclist seemed to take note of her.
"Princess is that you? Is that your bedroom? Have you been locked away in that tower for the night?"
Nycole touched the windowpane in front of her. It was her detective, her new knight, and her hunter. He would hunt her some day. But for now she had to protect her family and that meant staying close to him.
"Good night Princess."
She could imagine him mouthing the words.
"Who is your admirer?" Kathain's voice overshadowed all of the internal voices of the people around her. The empath whirled around startled. Looking back down at the street below Nycole watched her young hunter. The engine let out a sudden roar as it sped away.
"It's the guy who helped me out tonight. I think I am craving sushi. I don't know after tonight I need some space." Nycole replied.
"I have had the worst craving for Shrimp Tempura. And remember while you're out don't do anything stupid. We need to keep a low profile." Kathain reminded her.
"Alright. Let's get some sleep." Nycole said as she turned out the lights.
Nycole eased into her single bed. The girl pulled the over stuffed comforter up around her shoulders. Drifting into the space where dreams met reality a hunter transformed. Her bedroom stretched becoming a lofty tower. Where a red headed princess slept locked away from a world that wouldn't have her.