"Lucifer."
The devilish man smirks at me calling him by his given name. Of course he wasn't the devil himself, but pretty damn close.
"Scarlet. Alexandra." he greets us.
"If you will excuse us, Lucifer." I call over my shoulder as I take my turn dragging Alex out of there.
Shutting us in the janitors closet, I pull my noise blocker out of my bag, and turn it on, setting it on the nearest shelf.
"What the hell is he doing here, Alex?"
Alex grimaces at my lack of apprehension of using the name for the underworld. I would have found it funny at any other given time.
"He just walked in to the lobby, and asked to see Soryu Oh. Your boyfriend."
I cringe. Soryu is in danger? He was in more so than usual. Why? Hello, MOBSTER!
And it was also danger by association. Great.
"Oh Bloody Hell!" I cry clutching my head.
"Scarlet?"
I get a sudden sinking feeling in my gut.
"We need to protect Soryu. At all costs." I say through clenched teeth.
Alex asks, "Should I go suit up?"
I nod sort of happy that I had a vigilante for a sister.
Before she could exit the closet I grab her arm and tell her, "I have a plan, Alex. And I am not sure you'll like it."
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"You plan on doing what?!" my sister exclaims as soon as I explain to her the last part of my plan.
"Calm down, Alex. I have it all sorted out."
I begin to turn off my noise blocker, but Alex stops by grabbing it out of my hands.
"Don't give me that crap, Scarlet. You must have known about this for quite a while. Why didn't you tell me?" she looks hurt.
"I might not be the nicest sister, Alex, but I swore that I would do anything and everything to protect you. Don't you get it? While you were in college I was training. While you've been dating Cayden, I have been forced to look over both our shoulders, for any signs of danger. I want you to live for yourself and be the person that I can never be."
Alex begins to cry, so hard that I could feel my heart shattering into a million tiny pieces. That way it would be impossible to pick up the fragments and glue them back together.
I hug her tightly not saying anything. I then take my noise blocker from her, switch it off, and put it back in my messenger bag.
I begin to open the door, "It still doesn't explain the part about killing yourself, Scarlet."
I smile sadly at her, "Luckily no else is dying to be me."
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(So...I know it's kind of sad where I left it off, but never fear! Things will be looking up soon...* gulp*...I hope. You should have seen the comments people made on this chapter... Scary... sorry babbling. Later! -Jackie Blake )