Stella followed the music. The beats of the song were making her feel giddy and overwhelmed. Excitement filled within her as she walked to the long line of the club. She waited around for about 15 minutes, people watching and not paying attention to those around her.
"Hey there hot stuff." She heard someone say. She turned to see past the ropes a tall Asian man, with long hair pulled into a pony tail. Pink dress shirt with a black blazer and black jeans was what he was wearing. A gold necklace hung around his neck.
"Uh hi."
"Haven't seen you around here before. "
"I'm just visiting."
"Why are you waiting in lines? Hot girls like yourself shouldn't be waiting. Come on." He gave her his hand and she took it hesitatingly. She followed him to the bouncer who immediately let him by, with Stella in tow.
The club was all lit up in multi color lights and strobes everywhere. Everyone was dancing, drinking, all having a good time all together.
"How about a dance, hottie?" He smiled at her, revealing cigarette stained teeth. She cringed.
"I guess. You did let me in after all."
"That's what i like to hear. " he grabbed her hand and waist and pulled her to the dance floor. He had her close to him, close enough for her to smell old cigarettes and beer. She cringed some more but turned it into a weird smile when the man looked at her.
When the song finally ended, he didn't let go.
"Why don't we get out of here?" He asked.
"Oh no thank you. I have to be back home in a little bit."
He gripped tighter.
" A little bit is all I need."
That made Stella's blood run cold. She knew exactly where this was going, but she was too scared to do anything. She just tried to get out of his grip when he was leading her out to an alley.
"I really, really have to go. " she said.
The man started to grip her wrists and pinned her to the wall.
"No one gets into my club for free. You gotta pay." He started to unzip his pants.
Tears were forming in Stella's eyes. She was frozen in fear.
"S-stop. P-please." She whimpered.
Suddenly the creep wasn't there anymore. Next thing she knew she saw him pinned down by another man. With long spiked black hair?
"Chase?" She said.
"Hey get off of me! That's my girlfriend, you nosy bitch!" The creep yelled under him.
"You perverts will do anything to save yourself huh? You think it's ok to take advantage of girls ?" Chase replied.
"Whatever man. That bitch owes me. "
"Oh no. She doesn't owe you anything. Creeps like you don't deserve to be on this planet."
The guy started to laugh. "Whatever. You can't send me to jail, bro. I got people all over the city. The cops too. You can't do shit!"
"Who said anything about jail?" He asked as he slowly transformed. The guy started to panic under him. Chase picked him up by his shoulders to face him.
"No! Please! I got cash! Loads of it. It's yours! Please don't !" The guy cried, tears dripping down his face.
"Look who's the bitch now." Chase chuckled. With that, he bit off the mans head and spit it out, throwing the mans body to the side. He transformed back then faced the fairy, who was absolutely stunned.
"Are you ok?" He asked, walking up to her closely.
"Y-yeah. How did you know I was here?"
"I have my ways. He didn't hurt you in any way did he?"
"My wrists hurt a little but that's it." She looked at the body. "Did you really have to...?"
" You're not his first victim. I may be evil, but even I think that's wrong." He cupped her face to make her look up at him. "Sorry you went through that."
She grabbed the hand.
"Thank you for saving me."
"Let's get out of here." He said softly. She nodded and followed him to a different part of the streets to where no one would suspect them of the crime.
He heard a growl and looked at Stella. She turned red.
"Are you hungry?"
"Yeah. I wasn't expecting to be there long before going out for a bite."
He chuckled. "Come on. Let's go." He took her hand and led her to a huge fancy restaurant.
"Chase, I don't think I'd be able to-"
"Don't worry. My treat. Just don't be sluggish when we train again. " he said. They got a table and sat across from each other. Chase was drinking in her beauty right then. She was wearing a black skater dress, with black heels to match. Red bracelets hung from her wrists, and the golden hair clip topped the whole outfit off. She was stunning.
"Chase, the waiters here. "
Chase shook his head.
"Yes. Um what will you be getting ?"he quickly grabbed the menu
"Think I'll get the fish. What about you?"
"Whatever. I'll get the same. " he gave the waiter his menu and he went back to looking at the fairy.
"So, what were you doing at that club anyway?"
"I like to dance. Haven't done much since coming to the temple. It's just fun to do, you know ?"
He shook his head. "Dancing is a distraction. You have to focus on getting stronger."
"That's what you said about tonight, but you're here aren't you ?" She giggled.
"Says the one who couldn't fend for herself. You proved me wrong about turning back to a weakling. " he glared at her. His expression softened when he saw how upset Stella was becoming.
"Uh, Sorry. Didn't mean for it to come out like that. "
"I mean, you're kinda right."
He grabbed her hand across the table.
"Listen. You were scared. I know you're getting stronger, but fear is exactly what causes you to not achieve your fullest potential. You'll need more training, that's all. "
Stella smiled. "Thanks, Chase."
He returned it.
"Now cheer up. The foods here. He looked over her shoulder to see the waiter coming with their meals. They ate, paid the check, and walked out the restaurant, with Stella holding onto Chase's arm. She looked a the time.
"Oh no!" She moaned.
"What?"
"It's 9:45! It took me an hour to fly here!" She started to run to the woods to transform, with Chase following pursuit. She flew into the sky, looking worried. She turned over to see chase flying next to her. She screamed. He laughed.
They reached the woods leading to the temple in record time
"I didn't know you could fly!"
"There's a lot of things you don't know about me." He replied, walking closer to her.
She looked disappointed.
"Something wrong?"
"Tonight was great, but I never got to dance." She said.
Chase frowned before smirking. He blasted a ray into the ground to reveal a record player. Music started to play.
He bowed and gave his hand out.
"May I?"
Stella smiled and bowed back. She took his hand, he held her close. He swung her around and danced with her gracefully. They both looked into each other's eyes and smiled the whole time. He brought her to a dip and kept smiling at her. She laughed. So did he.
When he brought her back up, the song ended. She sighed and went back to look at him.
"Thanks Chase. That really made my night."
"You're welcome Stella. " he took her hand and kissed it.
"Same time tomorrow for training. " he said
"As always. " she said. She was about to go, when she quickly went over to kiss him on the cheek. Chase's eyes bulged out in surprise.
"Ok goodnight!" She ran off without waiting to see his reaction.
It was a good thing she did. He was blushing up a storm. She actually kissed him on the cheek! He put his hand on his cheek, and smiled.
Stella walked into the barracks, where she was greeted by the monks.
"How'd it go ? Did you have fun?" Asked Kimiko.
"Yeah. I had a really great time." She said, walking into her room and closing the curtain.
Chase took his sweet time to walk back to his lair, where he was greeted by Wuya.
"How'd your "not date " go ?"
"It went well. " he walked past her smiling. Wuya gave him a disgusted look but shook it off.
Both went to bed thinking of each other.
