"Was to make sure my new family didn't catch wind of her little escapade."

The sounds and looks of surprise are sweet as boys gasp, possibly recognizing me from yesterday as Lisa stares with wide eyes. "Th-there's no way…" she whispers.

I grin. 'Yep, I'm gonna enjoy this.'

"You're that lady who jumped out of the Colonel's window!" Tin Can hops to his feet. I slowly clap and take a few steps closer. "Bravo, you boys actually have brains inside those heads of yours." I say, noticing the younger boy flinch slightly at my remark.

"Li… Lillian?" Lisa whispers. I turn my head towards her and smirk. "Lillian no more." I chuckle. "I've been given a new life out from your shadow, and I'm going to enjoy it. I merely wanted to pop in on you." I sigh and look over my hand with little interest, sitting on a stool I pulled from the void. "Seems I'm at a lack of information and you know how much I hate that, Lisa dear. So I've come for a few tidbits from you." I smirk at her, knowing I must look intimidating as she starts to try and shrink away, gulping nervously. "B-but… how are you…" I roll my eyes and stand, kicking away the stool. Blondie starts to get to his feet. I glare at him. He glares back. 'Kid's got guts.' I scoff and grin, leaning my face closer. "I suppose you want to be a hero and fight off lil' ole me, right?" My smile falls and I flick his forehead. "Sorry Goldie Locks, but I'm out of your league."

I turn and grab Lisa's arm, dragging her to her feet. "We'll talk elsewhere, preferably somewhere you three won't hear or interfere." I flick my free hand over my head and a wave of shadow overtakes us both.

As soon as I'm sure we've made it to wherever it is we've landed, in the middle of some fields, I push Lisa aside and she crashes to the ground. As she shakingly gets to her feet, I create an earthen throne and plop down, throwing my legs over one arm and leaning against the other. "So, love, you know what I want." She frowns at me, small droplets appearing in the corners of her eyes. "I'll give you the goddamned information if you answer my questions first." I sigh. 'I suppose it can't hurt. Besides, I don't feel like hurting her right now.' I sigh and wave my hand at her, allowing my head to fall back. "Fine, ask your questions and then I want my information. Then I'll take you back to your new groupies." She sighs and plops onto a mound of earth. "First off, WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL?! HOW DID YOU GET A BODY AND WHAT IS UP WITH THE SHADOWY PRIDE THING?!"

I chuckle and turn my head towards her. "While I don't know the whole story, it seems that, after melting Greed, the old man under Central decided he needed someone to take Greed's place. So he created a new Homunculi he wanted to call Insanity. For whatever reason, the new body called my soul to it and now-" I gesture to my body. "Here I am, new and improved and on the move!" I throw my head back with a loud cackle. Lisa winces. I smirk "As for the shadowy-thingamajig… I dunno, guess that's just the power he intended for his newest kid." I turn and smirk. "Anything else?" She frowns and crosses her legs. "Why did you have to be showy about the whole kidnapping thing?" I laugh and grin. "Oh, you know me. I wanna screw that stupid blonde's head up. Make him hate me even more. It's fun." Lisa sighs and shakes her head.

I sit up and narrow my eyes, leaning one elbow on my knee. "Now then, I've answered your questions, time to answer mine." Her exasperated look flips to nervousness. "Wh-whaddya wanna know?"

I sigh. "Well, it seems I haven't any idea what is happening or where we are in the story any more. I know the general idea, but I don't know specifically since I left Dublith. Terrible memory I've got." She scoffs. "Oh, that, yeah. Well, last I checked, Marie Ross has been busted from jail, and I just recently had to explain to the guys about-" "That Hughes guy, yeah, I was there for that." I roll my eyes as she tilts her head. "Speaking of which, how and why?"

I shrug. "Shadowy thingy, and because I wanted to."

I sigh and stretch my arms. "So I should probably stick with Chopper brains so I can harass Lust before she goes." I smirk and fold my hands behind my head. "I'll be the only girl in the family now." Lisa shivers. "Don't say it like that. You don't actually think of them as your family, do you?" Her voice hints at her desperation. I roll my eyes. "Of course not, you dingbat. I'm only related to them because they gave me a body. I'm still a copy of your soul." I hiss the last part venomously, to which she flinches again.

"Lillian, look-" "Stop calling me that!" I snap at her, rising to my feet. "I stopped being Lillian when I got this body! My name is Darkness now, and no amount of you begging or whining or bitching or anything else is going to change that!" She ducks her head as I swing at her. Grabbing her collar, I drag my Hikari to her feet. "No matter what you say or do, I will NEVER come crawling back to you. I will never return to relying on you for an existence I never wanted. I will bring this world and every other world to it's knees and force you to watch as I destroy everything and everyone. When I'm done, the Multiverse will never be able to exist again." Her eyes widen as I hiss in her face.

"I do so hate to go back on my own word."

Her eyes widen even more as my fist makes contact with her stomach. Had I not been holding her collar, she would have flown at least 30 feet away. She collapses to her knees with a pained gasp. I yank her back up and delivering a knee to her gut. She coughs up a mouthful of blood as I drop her. Lisa collapses onto her side, clutching her stomach. "I won't kill you, not yet. I need you alive, otherwise, what fun would it be here without someone who can put up a decent fight?" I kick her in the stomach, sending a mix of spit and vomit to the ground.

Her mind is probably so clouded over that she didn't hear what I said.

Bummer.

Once I'm sure she's unconscious, I sling her over my shoulder and motion for the shadows to take us away again.

Several seconds later the shadows open up to the reveal a peek of the three nerds we'd left before. I smirk and toss her out of the shadows. I smile a wave to the boys. "Ta-ta."

With that, the shadow closes up and I leave the room again.

The shadows vanish, leaving me to stand in the center of my little base. "That was fun." I drop back onto my blanket pile. I flick my wrist towards the book I'd left on the shelf by the door. A shadowy hand appears and brings the book to me. I smirk as I open the book. "This is hella lot of fun."

I quickly jolt down the day's event when I suddenly hear something.'Wait... Is that.. Coming from UPSTAIRS?!'

Angry, I storm up the steps and bust the slab of earth covering the entrance off. I hear a loud shriek of surprise as I emerge from the dark hall. "Who's there?!" I shout.

A few feet away, standing atop one of the old crates that were left behind from whoever last used this old warehouse, is a girl… at least.. I think it's a girl. The fuzzy ears and tail are very confusing. Her crimson eyes are wide with confusion and her, previously stated, fuzzy grey ears are folded back. Her dirty blonde hair looks it hasn't been cut in a while and her raggy clothes have obviously seen better days. I almost decide to blast the scamp right there when I realize: she's rather muscular for someone who looks homeless. Lean, but it looks like she could sprint across Central and back and not break a sweat. Hmmm..

The girl growls and drops on all fours. I scoff and cross my arms. "What are doing?" I snap. Her lips curl into a sneer. "I'd like to know the same about you. What're you doing in my territory?!" I scoff again. "Sorry, love, but this place is mine, so move it lose it." She growls and drops from the crate. "I hate to break it to you, "love", but I've been here way too long to lose this place to some…. human like you." She hisses the word human like it's some kind of plague.

I growl and lean towards her. "Don't group me with those stupid mortals. I'll kill every last one before I put myself in their ranks." She blinks in surprise before standing straight. "If you aren't human, what the hell are you?" I smirk and flick some hair over my shoulder. "I should be asking you the same." The girl chuckles and puts a hand on her hip. "Well I asked first, so it's only polite that you answer first."

I smirk and lean against the wall. "The name's Darkness. I'm an interdimensional demon forced into a homunculus body." She looks confused, but doesn't say anything. "Dominique. I'm a wolf chimera."

I chuckle and tilt my head to the side. "Instead of yelling at each other like fools, how would you feel about working with me?"

"With you?"

I chuckle. "More for than with, but yeah."

Her ear twitches as she raises an eyebrow. "And that would entail?"

I throw my head back, laughing loudly, spooking the wolf girl, or maybe piquing her interest. "Being a general nuisance to my brethren as well as the government. And the occasional kill here and there." A sinister grin grew across her face. She cackled, yes, cackled, before grinning at me. "Count me in, bitch!" (I quoted Sandstorm_Alchemist on this) I chuckle. "I like that enthusiasm. Come on, I'll show my lair, or whatever it counts as." I point to the destroyed entrance to the hall. I flick my wrist and the earthen doors repair themselves, sliding back into place and opening. Without waiting, I start down the stairs. I hear her feet slap against the stone stairs as she hurries to catch up.

"How the hell do you not trip? It's pitch black down here!" She complains after tripping on yet another step. I sigh. "I have cat eyes so I can see in the dark. Plus, I can control shadows as if they were my own appendages."

We eventually come to the bottom of the stairs. "Don't get too comfortable, I'll be rearranging it in a moment." As she looks around, I crack my my neck and knuckles. "Time to get busy…"

I slide one foot toward the wall on my right, pushing my hands in the same direction. A section of the wall moves back, creating a hallway. I walk down the hallway and punch the end. It opens up a doorframe. Using a pulling motion, the rock behind the door frame moves aside, leaving a large room.

With a nod from me, the shadows swallow up the bookcases.

Dominique yelps in surprise. I chuckle as the shadows put the bookshelves in the new room. They now line the entire back wall of the room. I flick my wrist and the room is quickly furnished. A lush black carpet, a large cottony mattress in the corner, the walls covered in a dark red wallpaper with lighter red paint drips streaming down the walls, and a large desk in the corner of the room.

I smirk and close up the wall, leaving only a large brass knocker shaped like a skull to give any idea that anything is back here.

On the other side, I do the same thing, hollow out a hallway, except this one is much longer. Several smaller rooms line each side. I leave a cushy bed, a carpet, a bookshelf, a dresser and a small lamp in each before returning to the main room.

Dominique is sitting on my pile of blankets, her ears twitching with every sound. I point down the longer hallway. "Go pick a room. I'll fix it up in a minute." She shrugs before getting up and walking down the hall. I crack my knuckles before changing up the main room. I stretch it out farther from the rooms, clear it of the blankets and other junk, and replace it all with three large couches, a coffee table, a large radio next to the wall, and dark blue carpeting. I turn and approach the left corner of the room, creating an arch way.

I flick my wrist again, a toilet appearing in the corner of the small room with a sink and counter close by. I exit the room, making a wooden door appear. Next to it, I create a slightly larger room and create several shower stalls and a large open bath in the ground. A tiled floor pattern appears and several small vents on the roof to keep clean air coming in.

Returning to the main room, I realize that being down here would keep air very hard to breathe… a few plants oughta take care of that. With a snap, several small trees and large plants scatter themselves throughout the lair.

"You done yet?" I glance up to see Dominique leaning on the wall. I shrug. "Figure out what you want in your room?" She nods. "I like it how it is. I'll add stuff that I find, make it more personal that way."

I chuckle. "Now THAT I understand." I flop down on one of the couches. "Well, make yourself comfortable." I wave a hand at her. "We'll work on what the plan is tomorrow."

Dominique sighs. "Alright, goodnight then."