Whew! I've really pumped these chapters out! I'm done with my second year of Latin and I've decided to spoil you all as a reward. Without further adieu, let's begin. p.s. I don't own John Wick, Ruby, and Mockingjay part 2 stole Aionion!
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Aionion glared at Dantos. He lashed out with a whip of the strange crystal and it smashed into the roof next to him. Dantos cursed and dived to the left. The shards of the broken roof flew over his head and embedded themselves in his cloak. The shards dug sharply into his skin and swiftly became uncomfortable.
The roof he was on crumbled and debris rained down around the two. Dantos' eyes widened before he swiftly rolled to the left and avoided another of the whips. Aionion's possessed body released the whip and drew the swords Aionion carried. Except they weren't his swords. They were covered in the crystal and glowed with an unearthly light.
Aionion's eyes also glowed with the same unearthly light. The light cast the rest of his face into shadow. Dantos looked around for something he could use because he didn't want to touch the crystal and see what it would do to his body. He couldn't use his chains as he'd just grab them and use them as a bridge for the crystal, couldn't use his hand scythes, and his hand cannons were useless against a tank.
Dantos' eyes widened as he nearly smacked himself. He had powers over darkness, why was he so freaking stupid? He drew one of his hand cannons and fired at the single light that still illuminated the alley. The alley fell into darkness and Dantos merged with them, becoming a part of them. Aionion looked around him, the glow emanating from his eyes barely illuminating the area. They caused more sinister shadows to dance on the walls and Aionion had a hard time deciphering which one would attack.
Then they all stretched to one corner. Aionion leaped to the corner and smashed into the ground. The only impact he felt was the ground and his fists. He mentally growled and it was passed on through the crystal. The sound reverberated throughout the area and Dantos froze in shock.
As he stopped suddenly, his foot caught on a pebble and it skittered off to the side, grotesquely loud. Aionion's enraged body's head snapped to the sound and the person who was stalking him. He leaped at the person and caught them by the throat. Dantos gasped as his throat was gripped tightly and he was slammed into the wall. Aionion's fist was wrenched back for a knock-out punch when Aionion suddenly went limp. Dantos pulled his hand off of his neck and slid down the wall, grasping his severely crushed and bruised throat.
Nonetheless, he slowly stood up and pulled Aionion's arm over his shoulder. The two had just exited the alley when Aionion became conscious.
'Why does my head feel like it was stomped on by a Goliath?'
'Maybe the fact that you took on too much of my power and went a little crazy?' Aionion's features visibly drooped when he noticed he was being held up.
'Why are you carrying me Dantos? I told you to watch over the girl.' Dantos painfully groaned.
"You impaled those three guys and then turned on me. You were like a wild animal. You had this crystal stuff all over you and- just look behind you." Aionion turned around finally noticed that an entire alleyway was covered in the slowly receding crystal. It covered the ground, the walls, and the exit opposite them.
'Huh. So that's what it does. Whatever, where's the girl?'
"I left her a few blocks down the road." Dantos smiled proudly at his choice before Aionion punched him into the wall they were passing. "The hell was that for?"
'For leaving a poor, defenseless girl all alone.'
The two were just turning the corner to greet the girl when Aionion's danger senses went off. He leaned back and Dantos glanced at him before taking a plank of wood to the face. He was bowled over and the girl stepped out from where she was hiding.
"I'm so sorry! I thought the White Fang had come back to get me." Only then did she notice that the two of them were covered in blood and sweat. "What happened?"
"Nothing to concern yourself with. Now, we didn't just save you to be heroes. We need something from you too."
"W-what is it?"
"We just need you to come with us to Beacon." To complete the image, Dantos smiled good-naturedly and gave her a thumbs up.
She nervously shuffled her feet back and forth before replying. "O-okay. How are we getting in? I don't think they let just anyone in."
"Just come with us and take a coincidence." He turned to look at Aionion before continuing. "Now, we have to go back to see Malcom. If you want to go to Beacon you'd best follow us."
"Okay! Hey, why doesn't he talk?"
'She's too naive and innocent. We'll have to fix that as soon as possible.' Dantos nodded.
"Yeah she has to be introduced to killing people instead of Grimm."
"Why are you talking to yourself?" Dantos spared her a glance before looking back at the girl.
"What's your name kid? We need to call you something besides girl."
Completely forgetting what she had asked before, she bubbly replied. "My name is Scarlet. I was named that because of my red hair. I don't really like my red hair because the other kids used to make fun of it and call me tomato."
Aionion finally stepped forward to talk to the fifteen year old. He knelt down on one knee and even then he was still taller than her small stature of 5' 4". Before he scared the shit out of her, Dantos spoke up.
"You're going to have to learn something about my friend here. He cannot talk but he has found a way around it. Sadly he can't hear our reply so we have to reply verbally. Don't panic or scream."
'Have you thought about this? I mean chewed it down to the bone. You dip so much as a pinky into this pond, you may well find out something reaches out, and drags you to the depths.' She looked around surprised before looking back at the man in front of her. He pulled his face mask down to show his lack of a mouth.
She jerked back in surprise but she didn't scream or cry out. She stretched her petite hands out and ran them down his cheeks. Aionion closed his eyes and remembered the last time someone had touched him like him. He jerked out of his memories when she removed her hands.
"If you can talk, why wear the mask?"
Aionion looked at the girl before replying. 'An assassin blends in with the crowd, not become the crowd spectacle. If you are to join us, you need to learn that very quickly.'
"But I thought Hunters and Huntresses fought Grimm.."
She paused for a minute before reading between the lines of what he said. "Oh. Ohhhhh...So you k-kill people?"
'It is what I was trained to do. Humans are of much more danger to themselves than the Grimm are.'
"What about the White Fang? Do you kill them too?"
This is where Dantos jumped in to avoid getting too far into this conversation on the streets, no matter how deserted. You never know who's listening.
"O-kay that's enough of that! Now let's head back to headquarters and get some dinner, or in your case Aionion, catch the last rays of the sun." He paused to laugh at his joke before realizing no one joined in. "Scarlet, collect anything you need or want and we will find you."
She'd started leaving when he said they were leaving and turned around at the end of the sentence. She looked around the now empty streets in surprise. "Where..."
Aionion stood on a roof three blocks away and were having a good laugh as they watched her determinately search for them. She eventually gave up and left to go pack her stuff. Aionion and Dantos turned to get back to Malcom to report their success.
Sometime later, Malcom's office
"Did you find someone?"
"Why do you sound so excited to be rid of us? I thought we were friends?!"
Malcom gave Dantos a deadpan look. "Well I just so happened to be watching the news when it came up on you two."
"Oh the part where we saved the girl right?"
"No. The part where you," he gestured to Aionion, "destroyed a quarter of a block in a rampage. And you," he swung his head back to Dantos, "only angered him further instead of knocking him out."
"Too late for an 'I'm sorry'?"
"The grand total of this excursion is going to cost me over five thousand Len. Just take a plane, get to Beacon, and stay out of any major trouble. You are to prevent student on student violence and only to interfere when it could become catastrophic. Are we clear?"
Dantos had one hand behind him on the desk with his fingers crossed. "Crystal."
"Uncross your fingers."
Danto's eyes widened before he nodded. He felt a slight intrusion before he heard Aionion. 'His eyes flickered for a moment. That's how he knew. He somehow saw through you.'
"Quite the interesting semblance you got Malcom. Is that how you know where we all are at all times?" He paused to inspect his nails. "Kind of stalker-ish if you ask me. Maybe I should tell everyone that you spy on them hmm?"
"What do you want?"
"What?"
"What will it take to keep your mouth shut and forget about this?"
"Well I would want a private jet, but I know that's not going to happen. You know what, I'll take this favor later. Aionion, we have a girl to find."
Aionion bumped knuckles with Dantos before the door swung shut behind him. 'So when will we call the favor in?'
"We'll know when we get there. Now where was she headed? I believe you set the chip on her."
Aionion fumbled with the tracking device he had before he found her. 'Heading towards a coffee shop. She's moving at a slow pace so we should be able to beat her there.'
"How do you know she's going to this coffee shop?"
'I took a look through her personal files for a while on the way here. She goes here often and buys the same drink every time, mocha with a shot of vanilla and extra sugar. Seems she likes things sweet.'
"That's a little stalker-like."
'Just wanted to find her preferences so we can surprise her there.'
"So you buy her coffee but not me?" He dramatically took in a breath. "I thought we were partners."
'You have a job. Sure not a respectable job like cooking, or working in a coffee shop like she does. Buy your own coffee.'
They paused in their conversation to exit the plane normally. Before long they were standing before the coffee shop and deciding who would pay.
"You pay!"
'You have more money, plus, you left her alone. You owe it to her.'
"Why do I have to pay for you then?"
'You offered to pay...'
"Yeah I did, didn't I?"
They stepped into the coffee shop and settled into a table set for three. The coffee shop had a quaint feel to it, more like a house than a store where hot drinks were bought. "It's quite cozy isn't it?"
Aionion nodded while watching the door. She'd be there any minute now. He motioned for Dantos to stay put and went to talk with the slightly frightened teen at the counter. He gestured to his mouth and shook his head. The teen visibly relaxed because mute people are always harmless.
Aionion looked across the counter looking for the coffee she drank. He pressed all the buttons needed before putting a note down. The teen clearly got the message and stuck in to the cup before handing it to Aionion. Aionion shook his head and gestured to the person hunched over in the doorway carrying a large bag.
He went to sit down and watch how she took coffee from a stranger. She set the bag down next to the door. She walked up to the counter about to ask for her regular before she noticed the cup with a sticky note on it. It had a smiley face on it with Drink Me! written on it. She grabbed the coffee and went to sit down near her bag. Aionion turned to Dantos and nodded before both put on White Fang masks and walked towards the exit.
She finally noticed them and stiffened up before relaxing and casually sliding her weapon from its sheath. 'Good. She noticed us. Now let's see if she drinks the coffee.'
The left the coffee shop and stood across the street. Scarlet visibly relaxed and sheathed her weapon before turning to her coffee cup. Now that she knew who it came from, the coffee shop quickly emptied when they'd walked in, she wouldn't trust it and put the lid on before grabbing her bag and getting ready to leave. Once Aionion was sure she was encumbered, they quickly walked back in and blocked the entrance. She looked back up and reached for her weapon before she realized she couldn't. She helplessly looked up as the White Fang moved her hair to the side before removing his mask.
She waited with baited breath before releasing it once Aionion revealed his face. She turned to look at the other one only to see Dantos pulling off his mask as well.
"Dear lord you scared me!"
Dantos waved her off before looking at her harshly. "You could have died three times in the last five minutes. We do not live in a world of straight up fights. People will attempt to drug you, poison you, or assassinate you while you are relaxed. The coffee could have been poisoned. We could have killed you while you were absorbed in drinking in the smell of the coffee. We also could have defeated you while you were incapacitated with the bag."
She feebly protested against Danto's statement. "This place is safe! No one knows I come here."
Dantos stepped back to let the technical genius tell her. 'You come here at least twice a day, you buy the same coffee every time, and you have a set pattern of how you get here. Any idiot with a scroll and satellite imaging could piece together where you are at any given time.'
"So? I would still be under the radar if it wasn't for you two."
'No. You would be dead if it wasn't for us.'
She glared before smirking at him. "At least I can visibly express myself."
Now it was Aionion's turn to glare, except he towered over her and his hands had his weapons extended halfway. His eyes narrowed and images of all the slaughter he'd done swept across his face, paralyzing her in fear. It left an unmistakable splatter of blood across his torso from right hip to left shoulder. The temperature seemed to drop several degrees before he leaned back satisfied.
She released the breath she'd been holding and committed to not making him any more violent. 'Dear Monty he's scary. Please never put me through that again.'
'Hmmph. So she has some spine.'
Dantos awkwardly watched Aionion transform into a terrifying demon before his eyes and rolled his eyes when Aionion looked to be satisfied. "Are you done now? We have a tight schedule if we are to catch a flight to Beacon tomorrow."
Aionion grabbed the small, relative to him, bag and pushed Scarlet through the door with the other. 'If we are to make it, we have to pick up the pace.'
"I know that but she can barely keep up now."
Aionion shook his head before throwing her back to Dantos and pulling her onto his back. She fit snuggly into the area between the swords on his hip and just underneath the hard crystal of his shoulder. Aionion and Dantos hefted their relative weights before taking off through the city. They began the long race from their location to the private strip Malcom owned.
Scarlet bit back a scream and held on for dear life as she was treated as a paper weight. She closed her eyes when they reached a large jump across a plaza before opening her eyes when they didn't fall. She looked down to see them barely falling and moving slightly slower than Dantos, who had slung a chain to a tower and held on for the ride. Aionion barely broke stride when his foot hit the roof on the other side of the plaza, before jumping again. This time, they landed on a tower close to the strip and Aionion set her down as Dantos swung up to them. Only then did she look out from the tower at the sunset as it set on the ocean.
"Wow...It's beautiful."
