Alpha and Omega - Jackal's Story
Chapter 12
In collaboration with Subzero Dragon. Visit their profile to see the other side of this story. Important events that aren't mentioned here take part in the other side of the story.
The next thing I know, I wake up in a place that is almost my second home. I've been here often enough to call it that. It seems like I'm always injured on a mission and I often escape with my life. This time though, I have no idea how I did. All I can remember is that I was falling rapidly; the next thing I know, I am staring at the white washed ceiling of the infirmary. Something that makes this time feel different from the last time I was in the infirmary is that I don't feel injured at all. Nor do I feels as though I have suffered any brain damage. So why am I in here then? I sit up upon asking myself this question and hear a familiar scratching sound near me. Looking for the source, I identify it as the only other person in the room writing in a notepad.
"It's about time you woke up, Jackal." Sakuya seems to have a joke about my current predicament. I may have laughed with her if I knew what it was that put me in here for the umpteenth time.
"What happened this time?" I ask with a bit of humour in my voice. This seems to put Sakuya in a good mood. She must be glad that I got her joke about not being a stranger to the infirmary.
"You hit your head pretty badly. You should ask Robin for more details. She didn't tell me everything." Sakuya had a wide smile on her face as she told me this. "You didn't immediately fall unconscious after falling through the air though. That's all I'll tell you."
Why would Robin have more details? Was she one of the people that Hibari called in for help? I suppose that must have been the case.
"I guess I'll have to talk to her about it." I speak my intentions before a new thought crosses my mind. "What happened to the Garuda?" I was intrigued. I knew that I had managed to hurt it, albeit after enough hits but I can't remember what happened to it.
"The Aragami? Tatsumi managed to extract its core. He said that it was because you had injured it that they were able to." Sakuya informs me and I feel happy to know that I could help to extract he core of such a beast. Now, if only I could do the same for the Tsuchinoko. I lean back onto the bed with my arms behind my head.
"So how long have I been out for?" I attempt to make small talk.
"A few hours." Sakuya speaks in her usual tone before taking a glance at me on the bed. "You only suffered a minor head injury, you know. You were supposed to be dismissed as soon as you left." She must have noticed how comfortable I was getting on the bed as she seems to almost scold me.
"Why didn't you say that earlier?" I ask and push myself off of the infirmary bed. Sakuya doesn't answer my question but I wasn't expecting her to.
"Do you know where Robin is? I want to ask her about what happened." I ask Sakuya with the hopes that she knows of Robin's whereabouts.
"I have no idea." She exhales, moving herself so that she rests a hand on her hip. "Why don't you check her room to start with?" It's as good an idea as any. With my thanks, I leave the infirmary and head to the lift to reach our rooms.
When I reached her room, I gave a few knocks on the door but was met with no answer. I tried again.
"Robin?" A few more knocks follow me voice but, again, there is no response.
"Guess you're not in your room then." I sigh wearily before moving to the opposite side of the corridor to reach my own room.
"I haven't been here for a while." I remember that I was stuck in the hospital for a while and as soon as I was released I was forced onto a mission. So it has been a while since I was here. I look around my room and retake all of the details in. It's a pretty generic room really. Just the way I like it. After all, I'll only be in here to sleep. The walls have been painted blue, the bed has a standard white duvet and the only other items of furniture are a few chest of drawers which are a standard wooden brown and a table in the middle of the room with the same colouring. I walk over to my bed and lie down on it for a while.
"Where could you have went, Robin?" I stare at my ceiling as I think of all the possible places she could be.
"It's possible that she is on a mission. I should probably ask Hibari if that's the case." Now that I have a short term plan, it's time to act upon it.
"Then again, it is pretty late. I can wait until tomorrow to hear what happened on the rest of the mission." I reason with myself. If Robin had went on another mission then she would probably head straight to her room so she could rest. I should pay her an early visit tomorrow. With this in mind, I attempt to get to sleep. Of course, since I've been thinking about running into her tomorrow it takes a while before I do fall asleep but before too long I drift off.
A sudden, loud bang awakes me from my sleep.
"What the hell was that?" I speak my thoughts and take a look to the digital clock on one of my chest of drawers. It reads as 08:45. My eyes widen as I realise that the early visit I was planning doesn't seem very likely now. I know that Robin is an early riser so I was hoping to catch her by the time she left her room, but she would have already been up and about by now. Why can't I be an early riser for just one day? Getting up from my bed after shedding the feeling to stay in it to keep warm, I head to my chest of drawers to find today's clothes.
"I should probably have more variation with these. I'm starting to get tired of seeing the same clothes every day." The tone of my voice becomes slightly more wistful as I pull out an outfit identical to the one I have on now in every way. The only difference being that the one I am currently wearing is dirty. I change into my clothes and dump my dirty ones to one side,
"I'll have to remember to wash them clothes soon." I voice my future plans but right now, I plan on finding Robin and where better to start than her room. Hopefully she has, for once, slept in, or at the very least is still in her room.
For the second time in less than 18 hours, I find myself standing in front of Robin's door, waiting for her to answer my knocks and calls.
"Robin? You in there?" I am met with the familiar sound of silence as a response.
"Damn it." I was starting to get annoyed now. "Guess I'll just have to find you then." I give a sigh as I really didn't want to hunt all over the Den to find Robin. With a scratch of my head, I set off to the lift.
"I should check in with Hibari first in case Robin went on a mission." I voice my thoughts. I seem to be doing that a lot lately.
I walk up to Hibari's desk, noticing that she appears to be occupied with somebody else. I can't quite identify the person from behind. I hear part of the one-sided conversation the man seems to be having with Hibari and recognise the voice from yesterday's mission.
"Hey, come on. You know I'll pay for it all right. After all, that's the man's job during a date." The voice I recognise turns out to be Tatsumi's and it sounds like he has asked Hibari on a date. I look to Hibari to see if she will respond. I find myself having to force back a smile as I notice her discomfort. I decide to save her and speak up.
"Hey Hibari, have you seen Robin around?" The two of them turn towards me as I speak. Hibari appears relieved that the conversation has ended but Tatsumi doesn't share the same feeling.
"Hey! We're trying to having a conversation." Tatsumi speaks with an annoyed expression on his face. Clearly he didn't know that he was making Hibari uncomfortable. Or maybe he did and was hoping that Hibari would crack under the pressure. I didn't know Tatsumi was like that. Maybe I should keep an eye on him.
"Clearly." I give a simple response before turning to Hibari, waiting for her to answer.
"Hey! You can't just brush me off! You interrupted us!" He was starting to get angry now. "You should apologise!" I ignore his protests. I don't really care for arguing and I'd hate to create a scene and make more people become involved but that doesn't mean I wasn't beginning to feel angry as well.
"Have you, Hibari?"
"No, she hasn't accepted a mission yet, or been a part of someone else's mission. She should still be in the Den if you're looking for her." She answers quickly. It was clear that she didn't want the situation between Tatsumi and I to escalate.
"There's your answer. Now, leave and let Hibari and I continue our discussion." He leans against the counter as if ready to begin the one-sided conversation again. The object of his infatuation doesn't pay him any attention though as she continues speaking.
"Actually, Alisa enlisted you onto a mission which starts in about 10 minutes."
"Has Robin also been enlisted?" I ask her, impatiently. If Robin had been enlisted then I won't need to search around the Den for her. I could just ask her about the after-events of my memory when we're on the mission.
"No, she hasn't." That was all I needed to hear before I decided to leave. "Wait, where are you going?!" Hibari shouts after me. It sounded as though she was surprised that I'd leave like that. To be honest, I am too. I feel a forceful hand on my shoulder, forcing me to turn around to meet its owner. It just so happens to belong to the angry Tatsumi.
"Hibari hadn't finished talking to you!"
"I thought you wanted me to leave so you could continue to crash and burn with Hibari." I speak with a sly smile and my words make him stumble. He wasn't expecting that.
"Speaking from experience are we?" He doesn't appear angry anymore. Instead, he has a sly smile that mirrors mine although mine dropped upon hearing his question.
"What?" I had no idea what Tatsumi was talking about but my response only proved to amuse him.
"So you can give it out but you can't take it? Ha!"
"I have no idea what you're talking about Tatsumi." I speak with a confused expression marred on my features. I think Tatsumi may have finally cracked under the pressure of leading a team so many times.
"Look, just because you didn't fare very well it doesn't mean that others will as well." I still have no idea what Tatsumi is talking about. "I've been in your position a few times so I know how it feels. You've just got to get over it." His mood seems to have taken a 180o turn as speaks to me with what I deduce to be a knowing smile as he pats me on the shoulder.
"Tatsumi," His smile drops as I speak, "You should probably get your head checked out in the infirmary. I have no idea what you're talking about." With that said, I enter the lift, ignoring Tatsumi's claims of me being in denial.
My next destination is the infirmary. I'm only going here to make sure that she hadn't been in some strange accident since yesterday. I was beginning to feel a bit of worry that I have been unable to find her so I'll go to the infirmary, realise she isn't there, then allow myself to calm down since nothing bad has happened to her. I open the door to the infirmary and take a look around for the green haired girl that occupies my thoughts. I don't see Robin in here and breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, I can't see anyone in here.
"I didn't think you would visit me." A sudden voice alerts me to the fact that there is, in fact, somebody in here. I turn my head to the right and see a familiar head of dirty blonde hair and a pink shirt. I realise now that it is Karel. I wonder how I didn't see him there. Did my mind subconsciously block out his presence?
"Are you going to keep staring or are you going to talk?" He speaks. There's something different about him though. He doesn't appear to be speaking in his usual tone. I wonder if something is wrong with him.
"Why are you in here?" I ask, not moving away from the door frame. I didn't intend on staying here long.
"I'm not going to dignify a stupid question with a response." There's the disdain that I know Karel for.
"You know what? I don't want to argue with you today, I'm leaving." Or at least I would have had he not called out to me,
"Jackal, wait. I want to talk to you." He sounded tired but I didn't really care.
"Really? I can't say I share the same wants." Again, I attempt to leave but find myself unable to. I find myself becoming a bit worried for Karel. He does know that we hate each other's guts so why would he want me to stay with him.
"Come on, Jackal. I'm trying to be civil here." I admit that this behaviour is really unlike Karel. Whatever he wants me for must be important if he wants me, of all God Eaters here, to listen to what he has to say. I reluctantly move so that I am sitting at his bedside.
"I'm listening." Is all I can say to him. I was genuinely intrigued as to why he wants to speak to me but I can't let on that I want to hear what he has to say. This is Karel we're talking about, after all. He'll probably find some way to annoy me in the future. He gives a reluctant sigh. Clearly this is taking as much energy out of him as it is taking our of me. He lies back onto his bed before speaking.
"I was on night-shift last night, patrolling the walls after an Aragami was sighted nearby." He begins and I come to realise that I didn't even know that night-shift was even a thing for God Eaters.
"I defeated the Aragami but took a heavy blow. The thing is, I usually take the night-shift jobs because they offer the most money but now, I'm going to be out injured for a few days." Well, he still sounds like Karel, still only after the money. I didn't get why he was telling me this though.
"So I can't do the night-shift jobs. I don't know how often you've tried pulling an all-nighter but if a night-shift job comes up, do you think you can handle it?" Karel asks me and it looks as though it pained him to do so. Quite frankly, I feel like refusing him. I do like to sleep you know.
"You should know that I've already asked Shun and Gina but they're unable to do it." So even his friends don't want to help him, why should I?
"Why should I help you? You have been nothing but a pain in the arse ever since I arrived at the Far East."
"Listen, I know we don't always see eye-to-eye but if an Aragami manages to destroy part of the Anti-Aragami Wall, then there will be a lot of casualties." I suppose Karel is right.
"Are you trying to guilt trip me?" I still couldn't help feeling the animosity between us despite the situation.
"Jackal." He begins and rises from his bed in pain, "please." Well, Karel must be serious to start showing me some manners despite how much it hurts him to use them.
"Okay, Karel. I'll accept the night-shifts for a few days but you owe me one." I had to let him know that I was only doing this so that I would gain the advantage in our 'battles'.
"Sure, Jackal." Was his exasperated response and with that, I left the infirmary.
I had no idea where Robin could be. After I left the infirmary, I had checked a few other places including the cafeteria, training room and God Arc Storage Area but couldn't find her. The place I hadn't checked was the roof. Once the lift stops at my destination, I leave it and start wandering around the roof. I notice that one of the helicopter's propellers are turning quickly. My only thought about that is that it must be getting ready to take off. I know that Robin didn't have a mission planned so I don't bother checking inside the helicopter and continue walking on the roof. The sun's rays almost burn my exposed skin as I walk.
"It's very hot today."
"Hm? Jackal?" I hear Robin's voice and it seems as though she has noticed me. "I didn't think you were one to relax on the roof." I'm not sure if she is genuinely surprised to see me or is just trying to be funny.
"Robin!" I shout as I finally find her around the other side of the lift, back against the wall, green hair flowing over her shoulders with her sketch pad resting on her lap. "I've been trying to find you since yesterday." I feel relieved that I've finally found her and slump down next to her.
"Ha ha, really?" Her laugh didn't sound genuine.
"Well, you know, I fell asleep obviously." I say sheepishly with a hand scratching my head.
"Of course you did." She smiles before returning to the same tone as before, "So why were you looking for me?" Robin speaks, I notice her inching away from me as she does so. Now that she mentions it, I was so hooked on trying to find Robin that I forgot why I was supposed to find her. My eyes widen in realisation.
"Damn it. I was so hooked on finding you that I forgot the reason why I wanted to." I move my fingers to my head as I try to remember.
Five minutes of silence pass by and I still can't remember my reason for finding her. I give an exasperated sigh and give up,
"Never mind, I'll remember eventually." I look to her and notice that she has moved about two metres away from me. Why? I don't know.
"So, you were drawing something?"
"Hm? Yeah, yeah, just the scene from up here." She speaks and we continue to make small talk for a while until,
"So how are you since you got out of the infirmary?" She asks me.
"Well, I've been fine. I woke up and found Sakuya was in the infirmary too."
"Was she injured? Hurt?" Robin panicked at that. I had inadvertently worried her.
"No, no, no, don't worry. She was checking up on me. When I woke up she told me to... find you and... ask about what happened yesterday." I had finally remembered what it was that I was trying to find Robin for.
"Ha ha, oh really?" There was that laugh again. I wonder if something is troubling her.
"Is something up?" The concern in my voice must have been present as she began to look a bit guilty.
"No, why do you ask?" Was she nervous?
"Well, you've been inching away from me for a while now. You've already reached the edge of this wall. I'm pretty sure that you're already turning to inch along the other wall as well. Did I do something wrong?" That was the only definition I could find. I must have done something wrong for her to move away from me like that
"What? No, no, no, no. I -"
"Well, how about I make it up to you?" I interrupted her as I got up from my sitting position to walk closer to her. She appears to tense up as I approach. "How about we have dinner together? Just the two of us." I beam a wide smile at her. My offer seems to startle Robin. She hadn't been expecting me to say that. Maybe I should have went with something more 'me', like making a competition and the winner getting a mochi ice cream. I cut short my musing and wait for the girl to respond.
"I... Um... I don't think... that's a good idea." Poor Robin, she must be nervous. I'm not sure why though, she likes food, right? I thought she'd probably jump at the chance to have some for free.
"Come on, Robin. It's not as if I'm asking you to accompany me for a candle-lit dinner for two." I tease her before a mischievous smile crosses my face. "Or is that what you'd prefer?"
"Wha?" I have to withhold a laugh at her embarrassed expression. Instead, I beam my mile at her,
"You haven't said no." I tease her again, making sure to come closer to her as I do so. I have a plan for this to work. Maybe we won't have a candle-lit dinner but at least we can have a dinner. All of this talk has made me feel pretty hungry and I'd like the company. Besides, it kinda feels like Robin had been avoiding me.
"Wha? Then n-"
"Perfect!" I cut her off as I pick her up onto her feet and begin dragging her into the lift, by gripping her shoulders and pushing her towards the lift, placed around the other side of the wall. I thought she would refuse so I had to do something. Mind you, that doesn't mean that she isn't protesting now.
"Get off of me, Jackal!" I can't quite identify the tone in her shout. Maybe she's angry, maybe she's upset, or maybe, just maybe, she's secretly begging for food. A growl from my stomach tells me that I am.
It took a while but, eventually, Robin did comply with the free dinner. Of course, if we want to be somewhere private that means that we'll have to sneak our food out of the cafeteria since it's probably crowded and there is a high chance that somebody would walk in on us, therefore making it not very private.
"Wait in my room. Feel free to 'freshen up'." I speak teasingly and give her a smirk, ignore whatever she says in response. I had just unlocked the door to my room as I said that. I think about locking it but that probably wouldn't be very safe. What if something dangerous happened, like a fire and she was locked in. Anyway, best not to make myself depressed if I am to sneak two trays of dinner back to my room. I have no idea how much this is going to cost me. I can only hope I received some sort of sick pay for the multiple times I was in the infirmary.
Opening the door to the cafeteria, I see a few faces chowing down at the food on their trays. They pay attention only to their food and nothing more, something which I am thankful for. It will allow for me to easily sneak the food out, at least I hope it will. Before I take the two trays, I analyse the cafeteria to make my plan. First of all, the trays are stacked near the doors, allowing incomers to take their trays straight away and head to the service counter. Speaking of which, the service counter is situated about five metres away from the doors. It is almost like a big cuboid with one of its faces being the viewing window. The surrounding areas inside the cuboid are filled with cooking equipment. Looking around once more, I notice a few deserted tables near me. So the plan is made. I simply have to get the food, and make it look like I will be sitting at one of the deserted tables near the cafeteria doors. Now, to enact it.
I take two trays from the rack before proceeding to the viewing window. I hadn't noticed before but these trays are pretty bland. Just red and patternless. Well, I have no time to dwell on details, I have a mission. Walking to the viewing window, I see nobody ready to serve me. I give a loud cough into my hand to attract the attention of anybody that may be there. There's no doubt in my mind that the people already tucking into their meals probably glanced at me as I did so but I don't pay attention to it.
"Roy! Another customer!" One of the people from behind me shout and I hear some shuffling noises from behind. I rotate my head so that I can attempt to thank the person but as I do so, I realise that nobody is looking in my direction, therefore I don't know who to thank. I mumble my thanks though, hopefully the person will hear it.
"Yeah." This word and a grunt brings my attention to the one I now know as Roy. "What d'ya want?" Looking at the man, he doesn't look like he should be a chef. The bald head, stern look, as well as a large, hair figure makes the man look very unpresentable. Even his speech makes me think that I won't get along with him.
"What do you have?" I ask him, almost fearing angering the man. If a fight were to break out, I don't think I would win. I would give it my best shot though.
"See for ya sel'" He gestures to the food presented behind the counter but within eye sight. The food looks great. There is an assortment of colours and numerous dishes I could choose from. There is such a wide choice that I have no idea what to get. Come to think of it, I should have asked Robin what she wanted.
"I'll take two scoops of that please." I point my finger to what looks like roasted potatoes and move my finger to point at another thing that looks like some kind of meat. "As well as two scoops of that."
"Two?!" The man bellows and I take a reflective step back. This gives him time to see the two trays in my hand. "Whatcha wantin' two fer?!" The man asks with a questioning gaze and I feel like I'm being scrutinised. I rack my brain for an answer.
"I'm ordering for a friend as well." I try to put on my most convincing smile. I hadn't anticipated that the chef would ask why I need two lots of food. Damn! I should have thought of that!
"er yeah? What's wrong with 'im? Why can't they order for themsel'?" He wasn't buying my answer. To be fair, I did give a true answer. I am ordering for a friend.
"She" I emphasised her gender, "has just been released from the infirmary. I want to surprise her with the meal." I gain more confidence as I speak, hoping that the he has a soft spot for injured women. Silence passes over us for a few seconds which feel like hours as the chef mulls over my answer, locked into a tight staring competition with me. He doesn't say another word as he takes the trays and adds my choices to both of them. I notice he adds another helping of something to one of the trays. It looks to be some kind of vegetables. I get a better look as he hands both trays back to me.
"This is" he slightly raises the tray with the vegetables on, "for the girl." I smile in response and thank him for the food. I do feel a bit guilty that I had to lie to get him to give us the food but it's all for the greater good. I take the trays and sit to the deserted table closest to the cafeteria doors. I look back to see that the chef is glancing in my direction. His gaze remains on me for a while.
"Aren't ya gonna eat?" He asks with a looks of suspicion on his face.
"I prefer to wait for my friend before I eat." I speak the first excuse that comes to mind and hope that it will sate his curiosity. A minute or two passes before he returns to the confines of his cafeteria. By now, the food has probably become quite a bit colder so, taking the chance, I grab both trays, turn my back to the cafeteria door and push against it, sending it wide open.
After stealthily manoeuvring around the Den, I managed to come across my room without anybody seeing me or the two trays of food in my hands. Come to think of it, I'm glad I didn't lock the door now as I would be unable to open it whilst holding our dinner. I manage to bend my elbow so that I can open the door with it and enter the room, using my foot to close the door whilst I make sure not to drop the food. I look towards the middle of my room to see Robin there, looking uncomfortable. I wonder why that is.
"Here you are milady. A scrumptious looking dinner." I place the tray with vegetables on the table in front of her and deposit my tray across from her.
"Thank you, Jackal." She tells me with a smile, I just hope the smile will remain in place throughout our private dinner.
"You have no idea how difficult it was to get these." I say with a fatigued sigh and slump into my seat opposite her.
"Yeah, I'm surprised you managed it. Only the higher ups are allowed to eat in their rooms so I'm not surprised that you had difficulty. How did you do it?" She seemed sincere with her explanation and I give a grin.
"I had to make a plan to get our food and come back here without being seen."
"You're not usually one to plan ahead, Jackal." Robin jokes with me as she, unsuccessfully, tries to suppress a smile.
"Oh really? Well, when you hear how I did it, you'll think I was a genius." I fist bump my chest as I describe how I managed to sneak the food here.
By the time I finish telling my tale, I see Robin with a happy grin on her face.
"You're right. You are a genius." She comments and I can't help but take pride in how she agreed.
"Of course I am. I am Jackal after all." I smile cockily and fist bump my chest again.
"Yeah, but you forgot the drinks and the cutlery." She says with the same smile on her face that mine is completely wiped off. I had wondered why she hadn't been tucking into her food while I was talking. I was sure that the chef gave us the proper cutlery. Was that why he was watching me? To see if I had noticed that he hadn't given us the proper cutlery? Damn him!
"Hahaha!" Robin's loud laughing brings me out of my cursing thoughts about the chef. She must find it funny that I forgot all about the drinks and cutlery.
"Okay, okay. Laugh it up." She continues laughing but it is beginning to die down. As it does, she raises her hand from underneath the table to reveal two sets of knives and forks.
"What?" I utter in surprise. Had Robin taken them while I was explaining my cunning plan. What a devil.
"You little minx." She gives a wide smile as she gives me back my knife and fork.
"You did forget the drinks though." She doesn't smile as she says this and I don't know how to take it. Is she depressed that I forgot? Or is she just simply trying to convince my that I did forget by not smiling and making appear as though she isn't joking? Maybe I'm looking too much into this.
"Hang on." I get up from my spot and head out of the room and into a side section of it where a very small kitchen is kept. It's too small to cook anything worthwhile in it, hence why I got the food from the cafeteria, but I will be able to pour two glasses of water for us. There's no chance I'd be able to get drinks from the cafeteria after all. That chef probably has a death warrant for me after my little lie.
After pouring the two glasses of water, I head back into the room to see that Robin has already began tucking into her free meal.
"Any good?" I ask as I set down a glass of water not too far away from her but far enough away that she won't be able to accidentally knock it.
"Yeah, it's pretty good." She says after swallowing her current mouthful. I sit back down in my position,
"Good, because there was a lot there and I didn't know what you would like." I set about eating my own meal as well. We make small talk as we eat with topics relating to life in the Far East but as we almost finish our meals, Robin takes a serious tone.
"Jackal, can I ask you something?" I am startled by how serious she becomes so suddenly and can only think that I have done something wrong.
"Y-Yeah, what is it?" I'm nervous. She doesn't usually take such a serious tone.
"You- you aren't going to forget this, are you?" She turned away as she asks. She looks so delicate and frail that a wrong answer would probably break her.
"How would I forget it?" Damn it. I should have said something more reassuring.
"Well, you do have amnesia, after all. And, you did forget about what happened after the mission yesterday." As she mentions this, I am reminded of why I originally wanted to see her but the conviction in her voice doesn't allow me to press the issue.
"I'll try not to. I didn't try to forget what happened yesterday either. What did happen to make you take such a serious tone?" Shit! I didn't mean to say that! It just slipped out! I watch for her response and it isn't a very positive one.
"I'm sor-" I attempt to apologise but rapid knocking comes from my door as well as a shout of my name before the person responsible opened it. The two of us see an angry, irritated Alisa standing in the doorway, hands on hips and eyebrows furrowed.
"Jackal! Is this where you've been all this time?!" She screams in anger before noticing that Robin is in the room as well. The three of us are silent for sometime. It's a few seconds later that Alisa breaks the silence.
"Am I interrupting something?" The anger is no longer present in her voice and, as much as I'd like to say that she was interrupting something, Robin speaks for the both of us.
"No, I was just getting ready to leave." She sounded quite depressed with these words as Alisa moved side and allowed Robin to walk out of the room.
"So I did interrupt something." She watches Robin as she enters her own room opposite from mine.
"So what did you come here for?" I give a depressed sigh at the situation. I'll have to check in on Robin at some point. It would probably be best to give her some time to herself at the minute though.
"Oh yeah." Alisa speaks in realisation before storming over to me and grabbing me by the arm, pulling me out of my room. I barely have time to close my door as she starts rambling.
"We were supposed to be on a mission a long time ago! Now we are very late!" She shouts and I remember that Hibari tried to mention the same thing to me but I ignored her. I should probably apologise to her the next time I see her.
"I need my God Arc." I inform her as she continues dragging me by my arm. By now, I am walking alongside her but she still keeps a hold of me, probably to stop me from escaping.
"It's already at the helicopter. The pilot said that he had seen you on the roof but then disappeared somewhere. What were you doing?" I remember that I had found Robin on the roof. So the pilot had seen me at some point.
"Whatever you were doing, it caused us to be very late! The Aragami may have moved by now!" She pulls me into the lift and towards the helicopter when we arrive at the roof. It looks as though I am heading on a mission. I wonder if it will be just the two of us or another God Eater or two will accompany us. Either way, I'm going to have to check up on Robin after this mission. Hopefully this will give her enough time to calm down.