Ever since he had encountered the werewolf man he hasn't heard or seen a single sign of the thing. He had asked Reg if he could search through the city with his cop buddies but so far they found nothing.
"How does a fucking 8ft tall werewolf man just disappear?!" Delsin groaned out in desperation. "I mean come on imagine the powers I could get from that thing!"
"Oh no my brother is not becoming a werewolf. It's already bad enough that you can't clean up after yourself; you want to add fur into the mix? You can forget it!"
"Aw come on Reg! I am the cleanest person you know!." Delsin whines as he and his brother walked down the street.
"Delsin you probably haven't showered since we got here."
"Well... Ok that's not the point! Having werewolf powers would be awesome and you know it."
"Come on we don't even know if you can do that thing again like you did before. Besides do you really think you need that things power? Who knows what it can do. What if it morphs you into a hideous monster and you can't change back?"
"True... I mean come on who knows what would happen if this sexy face was over run by fur and fangs? Snarling and drooling is not attractive." Reggie sighed, not pleased with his brothers choices for what's truly important.
"Delsin I'm serious!"
"And so am I-" A blur of orange ran past them and his eyes snapped to follow.
It was that girl from before.
"Whoa whoa whoa hold up!" He yells running after her.
"Delsin!? What the hell– get back here!"
Chasing after the girl he dodged people before quickly catching up to her and grabbing her wrist.
"Hey! You're that orange chick from before." He asked as she tried to tear her wrist out of his grip.
"Wha-? Holy shit it's you!" She yelped as her struggling stopped.
"Yeah yeah it's me no autographs please." He smirks keeping his hands on her wrists.
"So why were you running?"
"Uh well I kind of need to get to work I'm sort of 20 minutes late no big deal." Her voice was dripping with sarcasm.
"Oh really now? 'Work' huh?" He pulled up a free hand to physically quote 'work'. "You sure you don't have anything to hide? Like some powers or-"
"Do you know what assuming does?" She interrupted.
"Hm... Nope."
"It makes an ass out of you and it makes me late for work."
"Oh yeah sure." He regrettably lets go and she quickly pulls back rubbing her wrists.
"Man you have a hard grip you know that?" She hissed rubbing her wrists.
"Yeah well being a conduit does that to you."
"You sure you should say that word? You know, in public?"
"Aw are you worried about me? How adorable." He teases batting his eyelashes and she tried desperately, but failed, to keep herself from laughing. Thank god this girl had a sense of humor, he thought.
"Delsin! What the hell man? You know we're not all fast and the furious like you are so can you learn to slow-"
Reggie slowed down and looked at the two before raising a brow at his younger brother. Of course he held his hands up in defense.
"Well I can see you're in trouble and I still need to get to work so..." She mumbles trailing off to leave the situation but Delsin wasn't going to let her leave just yet. He quickly grabbed her by the hood and pulled her back to reveal a peach skinned round face and wide nervous brown eyes. Her dirty blonde hair was frazzled as if she had just woken up and her nervous smile just thinned out into a nervous line.
"U-uh wait seriously I have to go I need my job man!"
"She was one of the people who was trapped in those cages around the time we got here." He explains to his brother ignoring the short girls pleas.
"Wait, are you sure? I mean you could be mistaking her for someone else." Reggie said ready to scold his brother incase he was right. "No man she's the only one I've seen wearing this bright ass orange hoodie." He stated gesturing to the girl who shuffled on her neon colored sneakers. "And your point? There were plenty of innocent people stashed away inside those cages because of paranoia Delsin, you can't just rule out one person cause they're dressed in bright orange."
"Oh really?"
"Yes really."
"It's so I don't get run over."
"What?" Both brothers looked over to the girl who tensed under their gazes. Her eyes shifted downwards before glancing back up.
"A lot of people here don't really look where they're driving and I've seen plenty of people run over by cars. I'm just wearing orange so I don't get run over... That and its my favorite color."
"And what if you do get run over?"
"Well I haven't been run over yet so it means it's working. Can I go now? I'm late for work come on please?" Reggie sighs rubbing his forehead before glancing to the girl. "Where do you work?"
"I work at Olaf's as a cook." Hearing the familiar name Delsin grinned and looked to Reggie expectantly. "Heeeeey bro I've got this great idea! Since I made her late for work why don't I take her there myself? I mean I am the reason she's late."
"Delsin you are not taking her to work. You-"
"Kay thanks love you bro bye!" He yells picking the girl up who began to scream and cling to him out of sheer terror.
"Delsin!"
Reggie's voice echoed in his ears as he laughed and jumped onto a roof of a car. Using his smoke he launched himself into the air and lands on a nearby rooftop before jumping off and landing once again on the nearest building. He kept hopping and each time he could feel her hands grip tighter and tighter on his shoulders until they landed across the street from the familiar restaurant.
"There we are-fuck!" He curses holding the side of his head accidentally dropping the girl. "Ow... What the hell was that for!?" She scrambles onto her feet breathing heavily and holds a hand over her chest. The other hand that was used to slam against his head was now gripping her other hand.
"Don't. Do. That. Ever. again!... Please." She pants shaking uncontrollably. Noticing her shaking his anger faded and he reached out to her.
"Whoa whoa are you o-" He was interrupted when she took a step back from him.
"J-just just don't do that again, I don't care if you're a conduit or what ever you call yourself but please don't do that again." She took in a deep breath before letting out a long sigh.
"... You're afraid of heights aren't you?" He asks carefully taking a step forward.
"Y-yeah... S-so can you not do that again?"
"I dunno it'll be hard to be like superman if I can't fly." He grins while leading her over to Olaf's.
"Superman doesn't kidnap girls."
"Hey I didn't kidnap you I just helped you get to work!"
"By picking me up and using your powers when your brother was clearly against it."
"Pft he just doesn't know what fun is." She raised a brow up at him and he grins sheepishly.
"Ok he's a cop but that's basically the same thing." He shrugs as they near the entrance and she takes off her hoodie to show her work shirt and he raised a brow.
"You know I thought it was the hoodie at first but you can run fast for someone who has a bit of extra fa-ow!" He held his smacked hand and shook it while looking up and spotting the angry glare.
"Don't call me that."
"Whoa calm down there." He held up his hands though he wasn't at all frightened. She was glaring yes but her round face made it hard to think of her as scary. She looked more like an angry chubby puppy. Which is adorable.
"I gotta admit you are adorable when you're mad." He grins resting his hand on her head and ruffles her already frazzled hair.
"Ugggh noooo!" She whines putting her hands in her face. "Not you too, why does everyone say that?" She groans gently removing his hand with her own.
"Cause it's true?"
"Cause you like being a jerk?"
"It's part of the charm." He grins cockily before rubbing his sore arm as she smacks it.
"Yes very charming." She laughs before quickly folding up her hoodie and heads inside.
"Wait up," He grabs her hand.
Delsin knew there was no way this girl could be a conduit but he was curious, after all when they had first met her she had disappeared without a trace. She had to have some power to do that right? No person in a bright orange hoodie could disappear without being noticed. So when he took hold of her soft hand he was a bit disappointed when he didn't see a part of her past or gain any powers.
"What? Come on man I'm right in front of the door. Can't you wait until I get off work? Or is this the part where Bannerman reveals his secret identity?" She asks with a small smile.
"Ugh not you too! Where'd you hear that stupid name?" He groans taking his hand back to hold them above his head. " Can't I at least have Smoketastic man?"
"No I'm pretty sure that's worse than Bannerman."
"Pft what'd you know?"
"I know that Smoketastic man is stupid. I'd say the Smoker would be better but that's just promoting those nasty ass cancer sticks." She shrugs sticking out her tongue in small disgust.
"Well see ya then Bannerman."
"Yeah, see you... And it's Smoketastic man to you!" He held up a hand before slowly bringing it down. He stood there for a while, ignoring the looks of people around him. He took one step back, eyes still lingering on the restaurant before turning and leaving the area.