Engel für Verkauf
Chapter 11:
The demon sighed and pulled something from behind him, "I have the updated list…" he unrolled the piece of browned paper, "it's been shortened again."
Towa looked over with a cheerless expression, "It's gone from top fifty most wanted to top ten now…"
The two read over the piece of paper, at the top of the list, the name Dark Mousy was printed, large and bold. Underneath, a brief description, and after that; wanted, dead or alive. There was a soft scoff from the demon, "I used to be, what, seventeenth? Now I'm the second most wanted criminal around this place…"
The witch frowned, "I'm eighth. We've moved up a long way…"
Daisuke looked around the room; an old photograph caught his eye.
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He could make out the large figures dragging someone behind them as they headed for the exit. "Elliot…"
The demon looked over and smiled, "Hey, when you get out; don't go and get yourself caught again. If you do I'll make sure I come back and haunt you."
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"What's what supposed to mean?" He studied the photograph, filled with large grins and happy faces. The bottom right corner, the words 'Get caught again and I'll kick your-' was neatly printed on it. And around the group, signatures filled up the page.
"That's what he said to us before every…mission, we used to call it." Green eyes looked down at the hands folded in her lap, a small smile on her face, "he meant for us to have fun on the heists, that's probably why we sent those notices beforehand. It made it more…challenging."
While the witch looked down, violet eyes traveled towards the ceiling, he let out a sigh, "It was all just a game to us…"
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He began tugging at his chains again, gnawing at his lower lip in desperate attempt to ignore the pain that began to bite away at his wrists. Don't let them just kill you off like that, you idiot!
Blood trickled down his chin as he bit harder down on his lip, he gave a sigh and went slack for a bit; a shadow flew past the window of the cell across from his. Dark recognized it immediately, he began struggling against his bonds once more, "No…not Death…why now? Damn it Elliot! No!"
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"One by one we're getting caught, our team…or what's left of it." She shook her head with a sigh, getting up, she headed out of the room, "the human must be hungry from traveling so far, I'll go fetch you some food."
Satoshi looked at the demon who sat in the darkest part of the room, "What happens to the ones who get caught?"
Argentine regarded the other coolly, "Isn't it obvious? They get tortured then executed."
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The door to the bed chamber opened softly, raven-like eyes looked around before sighing and stepping in. Having witnessed the execution of his ex-comrade had made his head spin uncontrollably. The mercenary's last words hung in his mind heavily, refusing to loosen its stubborn grip. "What am I to do…?" He asked himself softly.
There was a soft shuffle that caught his attention immediately. Narrowing his eyes, he walked up to the bed only to find his master's newest slave in it with nothing but a blanket covering his pale body. He could only imagine what his master was going to do to 'celebrate', having caught another one of his old friends.
Aderyn shook his head, suddenly angry at himself, they're not my friends…they're just…people I cared about…he looked over at the sleeping figure with a frown, "what should I do, little one? Do I betray my old life or my new?"
As expected, he received no reply.
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After what felt like an eternity, the door swung open and soundless footsteps made their way towards his cell. Taking a whiff of the air, he immediately identified the visitor, in a low voice; he asked the figure coldly, "what do you want?"
No reply.
The footsteps merely continued down the corridor until they stopped in front of his cell; Dark didn't bother looking up and the two simply stood there in silence. "…are you here to execute me, too?" Aderyn didn't flinch or show any signs that he had been affected by the scornful tone; the vampire frowned at the silence, "How could you? How? How can you just stand there like nothing happened? Like Elliot didn't just get killed in front of your eyes?"
Finally, the other replied softly, "…he spoke to me…"
He looked up, mildly surprised, "what?"
The demon cast a quick glance down, noting the weariness that flickered in the wine colored eyes, "Elliot…he spoke to me before the execution…"
"What did he say…?"
Instead of looking down on the prisoner as he had previously, he kneeled down to look the other in the eyes, "that's part of the reason I came down here, I was hoping you'd be able to decipher it, he told me that you were right."
The feeling of melancholy washed over him for a second, watching the demon kneel in front of him, inquisitiveness brimming in his eyes, looking exactly the same as they'd been all those years ago.
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"What are you doing? That's not yours."
He froze and looked at the person who'd been talking, it was someone who looked around his age, but then again, looks were deceiving. He narrowed his eyes, "Are you stupid? I'm stealing it!"
The other wasn't fazed in the least, stretching his wings a bit before asking him another question, "Why?"
The same curiosity sparkled in his eyes back then.
"Because I'm Dark Mousy, that's why!"
"What does that have to do with you stealing?"
It took him a moment to think of a response to that, "Because it's in my blood, now who are you and why are you asking me all these questions?"
"I'm Aderyn, and I was just wondering."
"So you don't care that I'm stealing all this?"
"Not really, you looked like you're having fun."
"…want to join me?"
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I suppose it's my turn to trust Elliot's judgment. He couldn't help but to feel relieved, just a little bit. "Hm? And what was the other reason for coming here?"
Aderyn's lips twitched faintly, "I figured you'd be lonely down here."
Dark gave a dry laugh, "I'm sure your beloved master would approve of you talking to the prisoner and getting your nice clothes all dirtied. But it's the thought that counts, right?"
"He's enjoying his celebration feast right now. And after he's finished, he'll probably enjoy his time with the little one." The vampire narrowed his eyes, he paid no heed and stood up, the nostalgic atmosphere disappeared almost immediately. "I'm merely stating the truth. Don't get any strange notions from this visit, this doesn't change anything."
"I wouldn't dream of it," he bit back coldly. "That collar you have on your throat's told me that already."
Realizing that he wasn't going to get a straight answer from the vampire, he straightened out his clothes and left without a glance back. The iron doors were slammed shut and Dark was alone in silence once more. I wonder how the others are doing…Having seen a glimpse of the old Aderyn, the one that he knew from long ago, gave him a small spark of hope. I'll get out of this. I will.
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Later, while the two were asleep, the demon and witch sat around a table, grave looks on their face. "You know what we have to do."
Towa nodded silently, "I can't believe it's come to this…"
"You better believe it; this is getting out of hand. Here's what we'll do, you contact the team, the whole team. But get her first, she can help with that. I'll go see what I can round up, alright?"
"Yea, don't worry about the kids, they'll be safe here. You be careful out there."
A small smirk graced his features, "you forget who you're talking to, number eight."
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He could hear faint voices from a distance; it belonged to a woman, "so those two have been living with Dark-san these past years?" He wanted to open his eyes, but he couldn't fight off the sleep just yet. "The human looks pretty young…must be pretty recent…"
Daisuke managed to crack an eye open to make out blurry figures talking from the doorway, but once again, weariness washed over him, lulling him back to sleep.
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When the redhead awoke once more, there was a lot of chattering downstairs. He got up and made his way down, there were three of them, Satoshi, Towa and another female. They sounded frustrated, he headed into the room quietly, "…is something wrong?"
The three turned and looked at him, "Dai-chan, you're awake!" He smiled and nodded at the witch, then looked at the other girl who didn't appear much older than Towa, "oh, I didn't introduce you yet, this is Rika-chan. She's a necromancer."
"A…necromancer?"
"You know, someone who brings the dead back to life-"
"Though I can only do it temporarily," she interjected and added modestly, "Towa often exaggerates about how amazing necromancy is."
The witch huffed, "but it is! I mean, it's like stealing from Death's loot!"
"…which is why she hates necromancers in the first place."
"How can you tell? She never changes her expression!"
Satoshi frowned and cleared his throat, "we're straying away from the topic at hand here. I believe we were here to discuss something more important than Death's expressions."
Rika nodded, "he's right, Daisuke-kun, I hope you realize that you won't be able to get far in the underworld as a human…"
Red eyes blinked as he looked up slowly, "…exactly what are you planning on turning me into?"
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Mismatch eyes looked over as his servant entered the hallway, "how is he, still holding out?" The demon nodded wordlessly, "as expected of the infamous Dark Mousy," he mused as he turned away from the door, "you're dismissed."
After the other bowed and took his leave, he chuckled to himself, they're all playing right into my hands, I wonder how much more he can take before he crumbles. A smile found its way onto his lips as he silently listed off the things he had done already, killed his comrades, have his partner in crime at my disposal, have his little slave chained to my bed…
The vampire licked his lips as he headed for his bedroom, what shall I do next…?
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Nya
Whoaaa haven't updated for like a year now...been busy with school and all that :S Sorry, this chapter's short-ish, to an extent. And my mind's blanked out so yea... XD Enjoy!
What should Daisuke turn into? Suggestions please :)
