"So you're here to guide me home then?" Crimson gave me a quick nod and gestured for me to follow him. It was unsettling being this close to a man with such a high kill count. If I did one wrong thing he'd make sure there would be no record of me even living. He made that very clear last night.
"I… Lutz was spewing bullshit I'm not going to lay a finger on you." I shot my head up at his words. His eyes still feel like they can burn holes into my flesh when he looks at me.
"I mean you did threaten me last night."
"Yeah well, you fucking flirted like it didn't matter."
"I was drunk." His shoulder fell at my shy words.
"Yeah… I know. It's why I left before you embarrassed yourself more. I'm not stupid to believe anyone would like someone with my record trust me." He sounded hurt. I wanted to help, but I was still wary of him. I will give him some credit I'm still unharmed.
"Then why are you taking me home?" A mixture of emotions flashed through his eyes before he answered me.
"Lutz talks about you a lot. Everything he's told us is true. Is it so bad I wanted a minute of something good in my life too… I want to know you. I want your trust like Lutz has won. I'm just tired of only dealing with backstabbing assholes." I was stunned by his words. I know Lutz said most people in their line of work aren't doing it with ill intent, but the fact CrimsonStroke the second most wanted villain in the city is actually one of them is surprising.
"...You want a friend that's why you're helping me home?" I moved a little closer to him, but enough that I can still run if needed. "It might take a bit longer with you after last night, but I think that should be fine."
He looked at me slightly stunned as I walked ahead of him. He shook it off, and quickly caught up to me. It was actually nice to just talk to him on my way home. It oddly enough felt safer too. My house is apparently much further from Lutz's house than he ever let on. I feel bad that he always walked me home from his bar now. This gave me a lot of time to just learn what I can about Crimson though. He a soft guy just gotta be the right person to see it in him. It turned out Ink Sac wasn't his only sibling. He shockingly has a twin sister that's a hero. I wonder how family functions with them are? After the very informational trip home I got to planning when Ink could meet the wishing child. As always it went over great Ink just acted like an overly happy big brother the whole time. Ink's a bad guy, but he's not a bad guy.
"HEY ISLAND GET IN HERE!" I nervously looked up at my boss's office and made my way there as calmly as I could muster. "Look I get that your good at your job, but I fucking told you to stop fulfilling those damn villain request!"
"I… I'm sorry sir. I'm just doing what hits my desk. Plus all I want is to keep the kids happy."
"Yeah? Well, I FUCKING WANT THE HERO COMMUNITY TO STOP COMING FOR MY ASS EVERY TIME A VILLAIN ENTERS A HOSPITAL!" I bit my tongue to keep myself from snapping back at him. I've met a large number of said people in that group their horrible as well as adding self-centered to some titles. All the villain I've met have been so much nicer than them.
"I'll just complete two more cases, and quit villain work I swear sir." He glared me down and got up close to my face.
"You better or your ass is hitting the street if you do more than two!" He pretty much sprayed through that whole chat. I left with a quick nod and wiped off my face once I was out of his office. Before I got to my desk my phone started to ring. My special phone.
"Hello, this is Via. Are you calling to one ask about a wish you can fill, two get in contact with a fellow villain, or three for the special few?"
"It's a three Angela…" I sighed softly slight stress lifting off my shoulders.
"Hi, Crimson what do you need to talk about?" He grumbled something to someone on the other side with him.
"We're going to kill him plain and simple." I looked down at my phone confused. Who is this we and what are they talking about.
"Who else is with you, and who are you killing now?" There was a small dispute on the other end.
"It's just Switch on my side I guess. Anyway, we're killing your boss that was bullshit how he treated you." I looked down in slight disappointment.
"Did you have Switch hack the cameras and my boss's computer… AGAIN!" There was nothing but silence for a bit after that.
"... We just want to make sure you're in a safe environment."
"Now back to this 'WE' part will I ever actually get to meet Switch? I mean he pretty much knows my every step, and I don't even have a face to put the name to." I heard some angry mumbling on the other end.
"Look Angela he only knows everything so no one gets backstabbed. He'll meet you when he fucking says and no one else sadly has a damn say. Plus he really doesn't like people, and is a damn prick be happy you don't have to meet him." I looked at my phone confused.
"That's a rude way to describe your friend…" I started to look over my files when an honest and real chuckle came from the other end. It made me happy that Crimson could actually warm up to me, and get out of his depressed shell.
"Oh, that's fucking rich. Switch is just a fuckin associate… only friends I got are you, and this damn butcher at a Canadian meat shop." That was a weird shortlist, but two is better than nothing. I looked over the first wish file, and the smile that worked onto my face was uncontainable.
"Hey Crimson can you help me with something!" He hissed softly on the other end.
"Already said I'd kill your boss, and for the love of God don't scream over the phone!" I cringed at the lack of cursing. That is really not a good sign around Crimson.
"It's not about that. Please don't kill my boss enough people hate me here already. What I need is help with a wish." All I heard was silence for a while.
"... Isn't that Lutz job?" It still confuses me as to why he always sounds so hurt when something involving Lutz and I pops up.
"Well, I already have the wished-for villain on the line. Be silly to ask for Lutz to contact you for me." Crimson was so silent that I made me wonder if he hung up actually. I was about to do the same when he mumbled back in shock.
"Someone actually wants to meet CrimsonStroke…? They want to meet me, the second most wanted villain…? That's stupid and fucking a problem waiting to happen!" I sighed softly looking over the file.
"He does, and it's a very ill orphaned boy due to mysterious reasons. I think we both know what that means."
"A wish to hide a kid wanting to actually make a contract with me… Fine will fucking go tomorrow." I smiled softly writing out the date and best time to go.
"Thank you… I'll keep the hero away you know that. It's what I'm best at."
"And that's what I fucking hate… Hero aren't nice either. Stay safe Angela." With that Crimson cut off the call. I still don't get the whole Angela thing. My name's Via it's not hard to forget, but he got Angela stuck in his mind somehow. I read over the kid's file a little more to get a better understanding of him. From what I've gotten his name is Floren, and he's going to be four soon it seems. Such a smart little guy and he's using it for wrong doing if this meeting with Crimson is anything to go by. A file can only do so much I'd rather met the young one in person. Boss said I wasn't allowed to do that anymore because of my closeness with the villains could endanger them… somehow, it hurt but I didn't argue with him over it.
Meiko here, I actually like how my story came a long. However, slowly after this chapter I keep feeling like Via breaks character. I'd change it but I'd probably have to rewrite a lot of it... So will be stuck with a flip flop character changing Via so sorry.