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LIZARDS POV

She…she is mine now.

I watch her mumble in her sleep and let my eyes rake over those features I know so well now. her long dark hair, still damp from the shower we shared, the freckled across her cheeks and nose, her full pink lips that she bites when she's asleep. I lift my hand up and pull her lip out of her teeth with my thumb, letting my fingers graze her soft, delicate skin for a moment longer.

I roll over in bed, staring at the setting sun. We slept the whole day, not waking at all. Well I didn't, I don't know if she did. I think back to the kill, how easily it came to Dizzy. It was like it was nothing at all. I was scared the first time I killed someone. Hell I was only ten years old and Mama had kept me sheltered up until then. Mama didn't like to talk to me anymore after that. She kept Goggle away from me to, and never let me touch Ruby.

I looked down at Dizzy. That man…he had mentioned her name. It was filled with such clarity and understanding. How did he know who she was? Was she someone important? Or was she someone wanted for something? I had wanted to ask her, but the right time never came up. Maybe she had killed before, had killed dozens of people and we just didn't know about it. I would have to ask her when she woke up. I'm sure I'm not the only one in the family that wanted to know.

I closed my eyes and counted the day in my head. How long had she been here? Not quite a month right? I don't fucking know. I reached up a hand to run it across her flat stomach. Maybe there would be life in there, maybe. Would she want it? Why would I care, she was my mate. She must bare my children, it's just how it goes in the hills. Was it the same out there, in the outside world? Were they just paired and meant to breed like us. I don't think so. Why would Dizzy mate with me anyway? I thought she didn't like me.

"Lizard?" I heard a soft mumble come from Dizzy.

I looked down and saw her golden eyes looking up at me, half lidded. "Huh?"

"What time is it?"

"Hell if I know."

She chuckled and stuck her face into my side, slipping back into sleep. I sighed and ran my hand through her hair, holding up a few strands to smell. She smelt the same as usual, only my scent was strong on her. It was real, final, our mating. She was mine, and I was hers. It was hard admitting I was hers. But somehow it didn't bother me as much as I thought it would.

I saw it from the corner of my eye, on her collar bone. I ran my fingers over the bright red wound and jerked my hand back when the skin jumped under my touch. I had done that? I didn't remember doing that. When…still no specific memory of sinking in there.

I sat up, not disturbing Dizzy, and left the bed. I watched her arms reach out to find me, satisfied when they found the warmth I left behind. I smirked and found my jeans, pulling them on. I needed to talk to Papa. I needed to talk to him about the marking. It had to mean something, even if I could not remember. Maybe I did just bite her by accident. Whatever. I left the room silently, making my way into the spare room Papa used for charging all of our walkie talkies and kept all the maps and newspaper clippings.

Papa was staring at one map showing a bunch of small houses and there was a patch of green in the center of it all. His eyes were lost, thoughtful, but I had to interrupt him.

"Papa-"

"She's from here," he placed the tip of his finger on a small red circle. Moving closer I saw a rather large house. "It's gone now, burned to the ground."

"Who're we talkin' 'bout?" I played ignorant.

"Dizzy, she burned down her house. I got Jeb to check to check in on her after I heard that man say her name. The records speak for themselves, she's wanted for murder. She escaped the day she was supposed to go into a psychiatric ward."

Dizzy? Was that why killing had come so easy to her? No, no I wouldn't believe she did that on purpose. I turned on my heel, stomping towards the door.

"Where are you going Lizard?" Papa made it to my side as I walked towards the stairs.

"Dizzy and I 're taking a road trip." I growled.

Papa nodded and walked back to the room while I hurried up the stairs to Dizzy. She was awake when I got there, wiping her eyes with her knuckles as she woke up. She was naked still, sweat shining on her body in the moonlight. I had to control myself, this was…this was actually important.

"Dizzy."

She looked to me, the smile on her face disappearing. "What is it?"

"Get yer clothes on. We're takin' us a lil trip to th' next town over."

The closest town was a total porn hub pretty much, a town of sex and violence. I used to love it, now thinking about it I don't even think it should exist. This place we were going to was a rough place, but I knew they had to have some record on her. I knew they had computers, must be on some database right? Or whatever, im not good with anything but a gun.

Dizzy stumbled back out of my room, into hers and came back a few minutes later in a white button up and holey jeans; I could see the black bra underneath. I grabbed a normal shirt and Dizzy followed me back downstairs to Papa's control room. He was there, holding two pistols, two walkie talkies and a medical mask.

I sneered when I put on the mask. Had to hide my face ya know. I slid the pistol into the back of my jeans, watching Dizzy do the same and we both took a walkie talkie, snapping them to our waist bands. This was serious, I needed to know if she was really the murderer everyone said she was. For some reason I didn't want it to be true. I wanted her to be…I don't know, normal I guess.

"You best be back by morning, or we'll send a search party after ya. Hell, I'll get Hades' clan to come after ya." Papa warned, synching our walkie talkies.

"Don' worry, we'll be back by midnigh'."

Papa nodded and we left, walking out towards Jeb's gas station. We needed to borrow one of his cars. I stayed by an old Cadillac while Dizzy walked up to the door, knocking on it with her knuckles. Jeb answered, half asleep until he saw me. After that is eyes widened and he looked like he was wired.

"Sorry to wake ya Jeb." Dizzy apologized.

"It's uh…its ok." He kept his eyes on me while they talked. "What do ya need?"

"We need to borrow a vehicle. Gotta do some stuff real quick. Can we have the keys to that Cadillac?"

Her doe eyes got Jebs trust and we had the keys, Dizzy driving. I could see that she was still tired, but there was no way I was going to wait for this. Was I being an asshole? Kind of. Did I care? Nope, not one fucking bit. I watched her out of the corner of my eye as we neared the small town, watched the purple neon lights flash in her eyes. I looked forward finally, sneering at the flashing woman sign above a strip club. Yeah we'd been here before. Had to tease Goggle about him being a virgin. None of the women seemed to give a shit as long as they got into that wad of cash we stole from that dumbass drug dealer. I remember their eyes lighting up when I flashed the bindle of white shit we snagged. I don't know what is was, and I don't care. It was amazing for a moment. But it made me miss a couple hunts, so I snore to never take a bite of that actual monster ever again.

"Turn right here. The libraries the smallest building on the street," Dizzy looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "What? I've been to the library before."

She chuckled and pulled into the cracked parking lot. I got out slowly. Looking around for any threats. I could see a flash come from the point of a distant hill and nodded, grabbing my walkie talkie from my hip.

"You see us good?" I asked.

Static came from the walkie talkie; must be getting ready to storm. I couldn't see the sky because of the lights. "Yeah, it's ok. The lights 're messing me up."

"Alrigh' this shouldn't take too long."

The walkie talkie cut off and I clipped it back to my waist, letting Dizzy take a hold of my hand and pull me towards the doors. When we entered it was rather dark, greasy old men sat at terminals watching videos I turned away from. I never liked porn, it was never enough stimulation if you know what I mean.

I watched some men turn in their seats and watch Dizzy pass, looking at me with a smirk and that 'she's too good for you' look. I glared back at their looks and squeezed Dizzys hand. She looked back at me and caught one man's eyes, letting go of my hand and hooking a finger through one of my belt loops, jerking me towards her so that we walked with barely an inch between our hips. I smirked under my mask; didn't seem to bother her, we walked perfectly fine this way.

We sat at a computer in the far back, far away from any prying eyes and Dizzy went to the National Wanted Database. Is it fucked up that the title hurt my head?

There was one picture under Ellen Carmen, and the picture was a far cry from the girl sitting beside me. Her eyes were dull, lifeless and her hair was stringy and pale, knotted. She held some type of board in front of her chest with numbers and letters. I leaned towards the computer, trying to read the words under her picture.

"Arson, two counts of first degree murder, outrunning police and theft of vehicle." Dizzy read off, covering her mouth.

I watched tears fall onto her cheeks and hand; I leaned forward and pulled my mask down, licking away the salty tears. Her eyes met mine and she smiled, leaning against my shoulder while I put my mask back on. I looked back at the rest of the men and found no eyes on us. I saw one girl at a terminal, finding that really strange, but ignored it and looked back at Dizzys picture.

"Is any o' it true?" I whispered.

"No, I did nothing. It was a simple fire. Someone let a blanket fall over the space heater in the den and it spread. I ran because I knew they'd all pin my parent's death on me. It was an accident."

I pulled her up, letting her exit off the page or whatever, before I tugged her towards the doors. No one stared this times, all kept to their pleasure. We sat in the car, surrounded by silence, staring out at nothing, at the activity around us, at a woman getting raped in an alley. I turned away from that, not wanting to see that going on anymore.

This fucking girl, this fucking fragile girl had changed me so drastically that I can't stand rape. I fucking hated her, but I loved her all at the same time.

"I was…I was running drugs to a guy in Huntington Beach when I wrecked," her small voice cut through the air.

I looked over at her. "Wha' kind?"

She sighed and looked up at the torn roof of the car. "Meth; halfway here I got a call from my Grandma and she said if I wanted to I could come to her place and get the mental help I needed. So I dropped the stash all over the highway and kept going. I was supposed to be in Huntington now and be normal…well you know."

I nodded, staring at her perfect face in the lights of the city. Her face lit in purple, blue and yellow, making her seem like one of those fairies in the books Mama used to read to me. "We should start heading' home already. Mama'll worry."

Dizzy nodded and we started the car, leaving the small city a little smarter. I knew of her innocence now. She hadn't killed anyone in her previous life. For some reason that comforted me, made me love her. I reached over to the steering wheel, taking her right hand in mine and bring it to the middle console. She smiled at me, but I just stared, analyzing her eyes.

I looked back out at the dark highway, glad that we were away from that place. I never liked the city. I only like the entertainment but now I had something I could mold without paying. The walkie talkie on my hip belched static and I unhook it, removing my mask.

"Wha' Goggle?"

"There's a black van following yall. Get into th' deser' now!"

Dizzy jerked the steering wheel of the car and we flew into the sand; I could see the van hit its brake then turn to follow us. Dizzy hit the gas, forcing the old car to hit its limit. We flew through the air, me howling in pleasure and looking back at our followers. That bump did them in and they flew, twisting and flipping towards the ground. I watched them crash and howled again, making Dizzy stop the car. It slid in the sand and I jumped out, holding up my pistol. Dizzy came from the other side, holding her pistol like a professional.

A groan came from the van and I saw a body pulling itself from the wreckage, draggin its twisted legs behind it. I ran up, crouching over them and digging the barrel of my pistol into their forehead. It was a girl, probably as old as Dizzy with the same inky hair.

"Lizard, check if there's anyone else in the van," Dizzy ordered and I nodded, jumping away from the body and running towards the van.

Only one more body was there, mangled and barely breathing. I growled and decided to make them suffer, jerking them out by their collar and slinging them towards the ground. They gasped out, sending blood up into the air so it could splash back on their face.

"How many were in there?"

I looked up at Papa, not at all surprised he was there. "Only the-"

I heard a gunshot and turned to Dizzy and the strange girl, seeing red when I saw Dizzy fall to the ground, holding onto the left side of her stomach. The woman on the ground gave a weird gurgling cry and dropped the pistol, her body slumping in death. I ran towards Dizzy, landing on my knees n the sand beside her. She was crying, blood coming from her mouth and nose.

"Dizzy…Dizzy ya gonna be ok." I whispered, pulling her into my arms.

"What the hell happened?"

I looked back at Papa. "The bitch shot Dizzy, I gotta get her back to Mama."

Papa nodded. "We'll take care of things here, Pluto get the bodies!"

I made it to my feet and started to run, hoping Dizzy was going to make it. She had to, she had to live, after all this shit she just can't die on me.