Chapter 2 coming up :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Black Cat...
I walked along the rooftops towards my apartment. This city was depressing most of the time, but at night it was pretty morbid. Especially if Chronos was prowling for targets. The moon and stars only sought to hide its nefariousness with casted shadows. Hidden beneath those shadows there would be a few deaths tonight.
Yes, the death of the targets of Chronos that range from infamous Mafia dons to entire families that probably didn't do much.
I stopped walking for a moment and looked out over the town. A sound of a gunshot rang far to the North. I sighed and continued walking across the tile roofs that would eventually lead to my quaint little home. This town was slowing plunging into despair.
If it isn't Chronos, it's thugs and criminals. Yup, the waitress was right, we get all types here. Types that seem strange, but are really even stranger. Sven...Black Cat...Me...
My mind raced back to earlier tonight when Black Cat killed Lib Tyrant. The guests were so shocked and they didn't even get to meet the guy who murdered him.
A quiet meow startled me and I looked down to find a small white cat circling my legs. I bent down and stroked it behind the ears. It purred in approval and quickly settled into my arms. I scooped the cat up and held it close to me. It was cute for something that tiny.
I suddenly felt eyes on me. I looked around the rooftops and eventually found what was making me feel that way. The pair of ochre eyes watched me from where they pierced the darkness. They were almost identical to a cat's eye.
"I'm glad you find me interesting," I smirked and Black Cat looked away although I don't know whether it was out of embarrassment because I knew he was staring or whether it was because he couldn't be bothered with me. It was probably the second theory even though I wished it was the first.
"Hardly," He quipped and his eyebrow twitched. I chuckled and walked over to where he sat on the roof.
"Is that why you were eyeballing me just now?" I teased and he turned a shade of red.
"I-I was not staring at you!" He denied with full force which only succeeded in making me laugh harder.
"No, of course not, just at the cat I'm holding in my arms right now," I said sarcastically and he scowled, clearly embarrassed.
"Whatever," Black Cat dismissed me and I couldn't help, but grin at how he becomes so friendly if you just treated him like a person.
I flopped down next to him and he glared at me. I just smiled triumphantly and he once again averted his gaze.
"What are you doing here anyway?" He asked coldly and I relaxed slightly.
"I live near here," I responded slowly and lay down on the roof so i could stare at the moon, "Why? Do you want me to leave?"
He didn't reply and I took it as a no. I looked at him as he lay down as well, his one knee in mid-air. He seemed so relaxed for someone who killed people for a living.
"Black Cat?" I said softly and he grunted for me to continue with whatever I wanted to say, "Are you, I mean have you ever really been, happy with what you do for Chronos?"
"I do what is required of me," He answered with no feeling, "that's all,"
"Fair enough,"
"How about you," He raised an eyebrow, "Are you happy being a...wait, what do you do?"
"I'm a dancer," I grinned at him and he blushed.
"Well, I suppose times are tough and desperate time, desperate meas-"
"I'm not an exotic dancer," I hissed at him, "I dance hip-hop and stuff like hip-hop!"
Then he did something that threw me off, he laughed. It was a sweet laugh, almost pure compared to his line of work.
I scowled and chuckled to myself despite how he called me a stripper.
"So," I looked at him, "Do I get the privilege of knowing your name or not?"
He looked at me with those eyes and I felt my stomach twist.
"Train," He paused and looked at the moon again, "Train Heartnet,"
I think that I must have been more content in that moment than in my entire life. Then again, my life hadn't been that great before. Still, the feeling stayed.
We had said so little to each other yet it felt as if we had said so much, but we were still happy just to sit in a comfortable silence.
"Sing a song unto the world,
Rising high the clouds unfurl,
Fan the flames into the past,
Here now our lives will last,
We'll never know the times of pain,
Fall down,
Fall down,
Falls the rain,
My life won't be plain,"
The words sliced through the air like a sword through water. Time itself seemed to stop and listen to the girl singing and when she finished the world appeared to cry out for an encore. Even Train was captivated by her voice, much to my displeasure.
"Oh hey, I didn't know I had an audience," She grinned and hopped over to us. Her white kimono shone in the light and flowed around her as she moved. Her dark hair was cut nicely so that it was about jaw-length all around except for her fringe that covered her forehead.
"We didn't know we had a ticket," I joked and she laughed with me.
"So, you guys are just sitting out here, alone," She twirled and stuck her hands as if to encompass everything, "How romantic?" She put her hands together and raised her eyebrows.
Train turned scarlet and grimaced which caused me to clutch my sides as I burst out laughing.
"We're not together!" Train protested, but she had none of it.
"You guys can get over whatever problems you have, true love withstands anything!" She said very enthusiastically.
I was on the floor now and gasping for air as Train put his face in his hands.
When I finally calmed down I turned to speak to her, "No, we're not gay together," I helped Train.
"Oh, my bad," She rubbed the back of her head, "I'm Saya," She held out her hand which I took and shook firmly.
"Haze," I replied and she smiled before looking over at Train who didn't say anything.
"You don't have to tell me your name if you don't want to," Saya tried to coerce Train, but he didn't really care. He was too secretive to share that. In fact, I'm surprised he even told me his name.
"Good, I don't want to," He was suddenly back to his reclusive self. That's the problem with Chronos, trust nobody, but yourself.
"Hey, you don't have to be rude," She scolded, "I was just being polite, plus I'm keeping the crows from pecking at your head."
Train looked at her as if she was insane and she began to explain, "If you sit here all stiff the crows will peck you,"
I glanced at a crow on the chimney and its eyes had a red gleam to them. I shuddered and shifted closer to Train. It didn't go unnoticed by him, but he made no attempt to move away.
"I think a night like this perfect for singing," She breathed and stared at the town, "It's beautiful, right?"
"Beautifully morbid, yes," I answered and she frowned.
"Why do you think that?" She asked me and I slouched back a bit.
"There's so much that goes on in this town that you don't notice," I glanced at Train quickly before looking somewhere else, "Murder, theft, assault, rape, drug deals...assassinations..."
I know Train tensed and I put my hand on his where it rested on the bench we sat on, but kept there for only a second.
"Yeah, but you can look past that," She said and I shook my head before standing up.
"When you have a past like mine," I began to walk away, but stopped on the top of the roof, "It gets really difficult to see the good things when all you've seen is the worst things imaginable,"
"I don't believe that," Saya shot back, "everyone has good in them, no matter what their past,"
"Yeah, I know someone like that," I winked at Train and waved at Saya before making my way home...
A sharp ringing sounded and I nearly fell out of my bed trying to grab my phone. I pawed at my metal side table looking for the blasted thing and eventually found it next to the clock. I looked at the device as it ticked mockingly in front of me. 6 AM. This had better be important.
"Hello?" I answered as I flipped open my cellphone, my voice still groggy because I was still half asleep.
"Haze..." A woman spoke to me and i immediately recognized the voice.
"What do you want?" I growled at her and I heard her smirk on the other side of the phone.
"Willzark and I have an interesting proposition for you," She replied calmly and I scoffed.
"What would the Elder Statesmen see in me that is of value?" I asked her and she sighed.
"That I don't know, but Willzark wants you to handle a mission for us,"
"Like I care what Willzark thinks," I grumbled as I sat up in bed, the covers falling away neatly so that my bare torso was exposed.
"We'll make it worth your while," She added and this had me listening.
"What are we looking at?" I said, interested. She chuckled and I realized that she was amused at how I behaved.
"You haven't changed at all, Hazel," She prodded and I creased my brow, "Come to Chronos HQ and we'll discuss this with the Elder Statesmen,"
"Still in the same place?" I asked.
"Still there,"
"When must I be there?"
"In an hour," She ordered and I scowled.
"I don't take orders from you anymore Sephiria," I lashed at her. The line went dead for a few seconds before she spoke.
"But as your sister I'm asking you to do this for me," Sephiria seemed almost like she sued to be.
"Fine, I'll be there in a few," I hopped out of bed walking over to my black glass cupboard that housed my clothes. As I pulled on a purple shirt and a black blazer I thought about what I had to do. It had been years since the Elder Statesmen even mentioned my name and that was mostly because of Sephiria.
I pulled out a pistol from a holster that rested on a hook at the back of the cupboard. I tucked it into the waistband of my jeans, but not before I double checked the safety. Let's not give another reason why name is a girl's name.
Well, if I was going in, I was going in prepared for the worst. I thought about possibly meeting Train while I was at the HQ. What would he think of me if he saw me inside the ornate halls of the Chronos Headquarters?
This could be good and this could be bad. As I saw it there were two possible theories that seemed very real and very deadly.
Going to Chronos HQ could be a really big opportunity for me,
Or the greatest mistake of my life...
Hope you enjoyed it! I'll update soon!