He was tall, probably 6'1 or so, with short blond hair. His eyes were a particular shade of hazelnut with a cold humor dancing about them. He had a smirk on his face, the look of satisfaction.
Bill took a moment to digest the scene that lay before him. The man was standing over Lucrecia, looking at her with the expression of a wolf whose decided to play with his food before destroying it, while her expression mimicked that of a deer caught in the headlights.
Her skirt was ripped and her tights torn. There was a pool of blood beneath her, the source of which was a large gash down the side of her leg.
"Richard!" Tomo screamed.
He looked up, a blank expression momentarily rearranging his features, only to return to a slight cruel smile.
"Yes, Tomonori?"
Tomo walked over to her uncle and slapped him with a force only women know.
"Every time! Every fucking time! Mithros! The dark god will claim your soul one day, and that day the world with sigh with relief such evil has left it's realm!" With that, Tomo snatched the small dagger in her uncles hand and made her way back to Lucrecia and Suki-Chan.
They both began lifting Lucrecia up between them when Bill walked over and swooped the girls slender form up in his arms. She was surprisingly light for her size.
'Maybe those strange clothes she wears make her look bigger..?' Bill pondered as they walked.
Once they turned the corner Tomo turned and threw the dagger at her uncle, hitting him square in the arm.
He winced, then pulled out the weapon and licked it, looking at his niece maliciously.
"Until next time, little one."
Just as soon as they were back in the room Bill sat Lucrecia down on the couch and went to look for some bandages.
"Dude..." Tom began, staring at the girl, "What HAPPENED..?"
"Not right now Tom, I've got to wrap her leg up before she bleeds to death or something." He was riffling through a first aid kit he had found.
"That's useless," Tomo turned her attention to Bill momentarily, "she's going to need stitches."
Bill looked at the girl on the couch, she was shivering and looked like her she'd witnessed the death of her only family.
'Of course she'd be frightened after an encounter like that..'
Lucrecia looked over to Bill, pressing a rag Tomo had given her to the wound to slow the bleeding.
"Some first meeting, huh?" she smiled feebly, "Sorry, I've ruined everything, again.."
"No, no. Don't say that." Bill smiled back at the girl, "Just not exactly uhm... how do I put this.. Normal? Then again, I didn't peg you for being any normal."
Lucrecia shuddered when he smiled. He was so very sweet and caring and innocent. When he smiled it seemed like he was looking into her very soul and easing her.
She winced and looked down at her leg. The blood had seeped all over the couch and it made her nauseous.
She turned and puked in a trash pale next to the coffee table.
Suki-Chan walked over and put a fresh rag on the wound while Tomo finished up a call with the paramedics.
"You know it's going to make you sick when you look at it, so why do you bother to do so?" Tomo asked while Suki was wiping up the blood from Lucrecia's leg.
Lucrecia wiped her mouth off and sighed.
"Are you squirmish around blood?" Bill asked.
"She's not particularly squirmish around blood unless it's her own." Suki said seeing as Lucrecia turned out another round of stomach acid.
"It's weird, I know. There's just something about seeing my life fluids leaking out of me that makes me sick to my stomach." She said while whiping off her mouth once more.
Bill looked at the three of them and scowled, feeling very left out.
"So, who was that? And why did he hurt her?"
"That, dear star, is my uncle Richard. He also happens to be the owner of this building. We suspected he booked you here knowing she wouldn't stay away. She's been his pray since she hit middle school." Tomo said, looking over Lucrecia's wound.
"What do you mean 'Pray'? Doesn't that sound just a bit sinister?" Tom was the one who spoke this time.
"She needs to calm down, where did I put that damned iPod?" Tomo mumbled to herself.
"It's exactally as it sounds." Suki said, turning to Tom, "He's attempted rape, he hurts her when time presents it, he damn near killed her once. But because of his money and status, he's never had to do big time for it, no more than a few nights each time."
Tomo fumbled and pulled out an iPod Touch out of her pocket and a pair of hot pink skull candy headphones. She scrolled through the music a moment and popped the headphones on Lucrecia.
"That's messed up." Bill replied while watching Tomo and Lucrecia. "Hey Tomo, what are you doing, out of curiosity?"
"Music is one of the only things that can calm her no matter what her situation or predicament." Tomo laughed lightly and brushed some hair from her friends face.
"I see, so what's she listening to right now?" He looked curiously at them.
"The song that will calm her most. It makes her feel lonely, but as if she's surrounded in a sea of people. Yet also happy and calm. But also angry and excited. Just about every feeling a person is capable of, depending on why's she's listening to it." Tomo laughed again.
"Which happens to be a song by you, Bill. Hilf mir Fliegen." Suki said, a smile on her face.
"Why all the emotions?" Bill had never gotten such a statement before and was lost for words.
"I'm not sure, you'd have to ask her. She's quite temperamental when it comes to her music and to her feeling for yo.." There was a loud nock on the door.
"That's probably the paramedics." Suki said while heading to open the door.
A few guys and a girl dressed in orange walked into the room. The girl rushed to Tomo's side and began examining the wound immediately.
The first guy walked up to Bill and asked for details on the accident.
The others guys had also gone to Gustav, Tom and Georg. None of which had been present, so were of no use in this particular matter.
When the questioning was done, Bill walked over to Lucrecia and sat down next to her on the floor. He smiled and then began singing 'Hilf mir Fliegen' for her.'
The headphones were gone by this point, seeing as the paramedic wanted Lucrecia to be able to hear and respond to her.
She smiled at Bill wistfully and reached out to him only to pull back with a jerk, afraid of his possible rejection.
Bill grabbed her hand and pressed it up against his cheek while continuing to sing for her. Her skin was soft and she smelled of vanilla and fresh forest rain. Bill almost lost himself within the mesmerizing scent.
When he looked up, Lucrecia was blushing. He laughed a bit, looking at her cute red face.
Lucrecia smiled again, his laugh causing her heart to flutter. He was simply gorgeous. She winced a bit as the paramedic wiped green goo over her now-stitched leg.
Bill was suddenly glad that this was the last stop on their tour. There were aloud to take a break now, for about a month, anywhere they wanted. And Bill fully intended to remain here and get to know this strange girl, if only to satisfy his curiosity of this girl. Why she was so intriguing and how she can lul his senses with just a smile. And why the smell of her skin was so intoxicating.
'We'll just have to find out, won't we?' He thought to himself.