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PS.. Next chapter is the final! (told you it was short :P)

..::Song of Inspiration - Black Dalhia (Explicit) - Hollywood Undead::..

Hei's body was hard and warm against mine, a solid force of nature that was crafted and honed for this. Even the smell of him was like the wind.

We rose so fast, my instincts were to grab onto his black jacket, my stomach clenching. We sailed across the ledges of houses until we reached the edge of the city.

I death-gripped Hei until the moment we touched ground and then I couldn't feel my legs. I fell to my knees, sinking into the grass. My body hadn't stopped shaking and I wrapped my arms around myself.

"They're still on us," Hei stood over me. "We have to keep moving."

"What about my parents? They're going to notice that I'm missing." I gasped. How could all of this get so out of control? This afternoon, I was just a normal teenager...and now, I was on the run for my life.

Hei was silent beside me.

"Why is this happening?" I looked up at him as my voice broke. I was barely able to control the overwhelming feelings bursting from under my skin. Tears that I fought so hard against finally slipped past. I licked my lips, the saltiness sticking to my skin. I hated that I was crying in front of him. Not because it made me look foolish, but because it made me look weak. I hated that he made me feel like this.

Yin had wandered towards a small stream within the park, sticking her feet into the water.

They were looking for this stupid necklace. That's why Hei brought it up on the roof, not because he cared about me. He was a killer. A contractor. Why would he care for anyone but himself? And this stupid necklace...it was a fake anyways, Shion didn't even trust me with the real thing. Why should I care so much about it. I clutched my hands into the earth. My chest ached so much, I felt like I might explode.

I hated all of them. Hei, Mao, Yin. I hated Shion.

"Yin, you stay in the city and go back to the hideout," Hei called over to her.

"And what about you?" She asked. There was more emotion in that simple question than any other time she spoke.

"You can contact me on the radio, or leave your specter. I need to get her to safety."

I remained quiet on the ground as they spoke about my fate, as if I wasn't there.

There was no more conversation though. Footsteps sounded from behind me before Hei grabbed my arm, pulling me up. "We need to keep going Suou. I know a place that we can stay until we figure out what to do."

I didn't fight him off as he grabbed my hand, tugging me behind him and we ran again. My lungs were burning, and my body felt so weak..if I kept pushing I thought I was going to throw up. But this pain, this tiredness...it was better than the utter despair and black hatred I had felt before.

We made it to the outskirts of town, where Hei hot-wired a car. I watched as his entire being was illuminated in a blue glow. His blue eyes shone red and electricity sparked from his gloved hands. The engine roared to life. He wasted no time and we took off down the main highway.

He hadn't said anything to me as we sped through the highway. Day was fastly turning into night, the sun was casting brilliant orange and gold hues over the city skyline. I didn't care, didn't feel the inspiration of the scenery the way I normally would. Some time while we drove, I had ripped the shard off my neck, gripping it in my hands. The cool glass was a physical reminder that this was just a fake.

The meteor core.

"You said your brother gave you that necklace?" Hei finally spoke. His eyes never left the darkening highway.

I stared out the window. I didn't want to talk, but I answered flatly. "Yeah."

"You told me once he was very attached to the necklace. Do you think it could still be with him?" Hei glanced over to me. The lights of the dash lit up his features in a way that made him look as if he were made out of the stars and sky.

He looked immortal.

I pushed those feelings aside. The man I was attracted to was not the same man sitting beside me. Li was gone - he never existed. My feelings for him never existed. It was all fake.

I glared at him. "You're not digging up my brother for some stupid necklace!" I had no real attachment to the necklace. At least not now, they could have it for all I cared. But, for some reason they wanted it, so that just means I wanted it more. Even though it was childish.

Hei gripped the wheel, "you don't understand the situation you're in. People are going to be looking for you - they're going to kill you for the meteor core. If you tell me where it is, they won't bother you anymore."

"Is that how all you contractors think?" I growled at him, "you think that I want to have you people violate my deceased brother for some object you don't even care about? You are so heartless. You go around pretending to be somebody you're not, playing with feelings of us normal people. Why? To try to get close to me so you can steal this?" I held up the necklace I had wrapped around my wrist in my frustration. "You're a real sick kind of person."

Hei was silent, his eyes straight ahead as he considered what I had said. "I never tried to make you have feelings for me, Suou."

"Well, isn't that a flaw in your master plan," I snorted and glared out the window. The city lights were now a blur behind us. If I was proud of anything, I guess it was that these people wouldn't get what they were looking for. Because, if I had a fake.. That only meant one thing… Shion still had to real one.

There was no way I would tell them where he was. Not in a million years.

The ride to our location was silent. I no longer cared that the man sitting beside me was the same one who made my heart flutter only a couple of hours ago. Li was dead. He was gone.

Hei turned off the main interstate, onto a back road. He continued on it until we were deep into the woods. I stopped paying attention to the outside world. Everything was a dark hue until we stopped. I squinted in the night, making out the dark exterior of a home. It was hardly visible, only illuminated by the moonlight. Hei got out of the car and made his way to the door of the home. I remained in the car, if Hei wanted me to follow him then he would have said so.

Soon, he was at my door within minutes, opening it swiftly. "It's safe, they won't be able to find us out here."

Cautiously, I got out of the car. Hei led the way and when we were inside, I had to admit the cottage was nice. It was small, and had an open concept. The floor plan flowed together and I assumed there was no bedroom. Only the couch, that perhaps flipped into a bed. Hei took off his jacket, removing his weapons as he made his way around the house, only turning on a couple of lights.

I stayed in the main living area with my arms wrapped around myself. The cottage had no heat, and I felt the cold touch of night through my t-shirt and shorts. They did nothing against the chill and I shivered. The floorboards of the home creaked, his footsteps were near silent as Hei emerged from around a corner. He held a blanket out towards me. I grabbed it from his hands, saying nothing as I wrapped myself in it.

"You can sleep here tonight," he walked back into the kitchen. I glared at his retreating figure, then moved to the couch and tucked my cold feet under the blanket. The couch sat just below a window that had a perfect view of the night sky.

I gazed out the window at the fake stars. They were fake like this necklace Shion gave me, or the feelings Li made me feel.

How could a contractor, who's killed countless people, be able to act like that? How could he be so kind and then become this cold person? I brought my knees closer to my chest, resting my head on them.

It didn't make sense though. If Hei was truly a killer, then why bother trying to be nice to get the meteor core… It just didn't make sense. My earlier anger, my outburst, was nothing but ashes. That fire was gone; now I only felt tired, confused and sad.

And alone.

"That cat, Mao, he had said that you're a killer." I didn't care if Hei was listening or not. "Why didn't you kill me for the meteor core?" I asked out loud, through the open walls.

"Why bother pretending to be Li when it would have been so much easier to kill me. You might have liked it, since you've done it so much." I didn't recognize my own voice, didn't recognize this bitter and venomous person.

There was a creak from the floorboards, before Hei was in front of me in a flash.

A knife at my throat.

I felt an electric charge snap at my skin and I held that deep-blue stare.

"Should I kill you?" He asked, the moon illuminating his features. His voice was cruel and dark. "Would that make me even more like the contractor you have come to despise?"

I refused to look away, or to flinch. "Do it, because maybe you have something to prove, more to yourself than to me -"

Hei dropped his knife, yanking me up from the couch by the collar of my shirt. "Listen Suou, I know that you're hurt. You're right, I could have killed you and taken the shard, but what does that do?" He hissed. Our faces were inches apart, he could either hit me or kiss me in that moment. "I would just be another contractor with more blood on his hands, and you would be another body I had to get rid of."

He was so close, our noses almost touched and I could feel his breath on my cheeks. "I'm giving you a second chance to go back to your normal life." I watched the rage, such icy rage, storming beneath those blue eyes.

For a moment, I realized that this outburst wasn't what normal contractors would do. The same thought registered in his eyes, and I could almost see him seething. Somehow, I had gotten to him - enough to break his shell of a mask. He knew it too.

Hei released me and stepped back. "Tell me where the shard is."

This again. I almost laughed - almost. I kept my eyes on him, willing my face into stone. I didn't care if tears strayed from my eyes. I didn't flinch, didn't move - I only looked into those never ending, cold eyes.

After what felt like hours, Hei turned on his heels. His knife that he had thrown to the ground clattered up by a wire on his waist. "Suit yourself."

Hei grabbed his jacket, his second knife and slammed the door behind him. Where he went, I could care less. But, I heard the car turn on and I sighed a breath of relief.

I curled up on the couch again, hugging my knees to my chest.

This time, I didn't stop the sobs that ripped from my throat.