Among the dim light of the moon shining into the window, tears fell, sprinkling the blue and green plaid sheets. A male was sitting on the bed, quietly sobbing into his knees, on which were pulled up to his chest. He bared silver hair, a single purple streak was going through it. The bangs hung down into his eyes, partially obscuring them from view. “Why does the world have to be so unfair?” he questioned mentally, blocking out the calls of his name from the other side of the door. “I hate it... I hate all of this.”
“Zeno, come out! Please!” a male voice called, desperation clear in his tone. “She didn't mean that! She didn't know what she was saying!”
“Go away!” Zeno screamed, not looking up.
The male outside the door sighed and a jingling sound was heard. “I'm coming in, Zeno. I need to talk with you,” he said, obviously unlocking it. Zeno didn't look up, not even when the lights turned on, flooding the light blue room with luminescence. The one who had opened the door had hair, almost as black as the night itself, with deep red highlights barely distinguishable from the surrounding hair. He wore thick, black rimmed glasses, and had on a dark blue T-shirt with black jeans pants. “Zeno, listen to me,” he said, sitting on the bed beside the crying boy.
The light revealed Zeno's clothing, a light yellow hoodie, with a deeper yellow shirt underneath. He was still wearing shoes, which were green Velcro sneakers. “I don't want to hear anything you have to say...” he said quietly, looking up to reveal light green eyes, the same as the older male's. The light also revealed that he was a young teen, around thirteen or fourteen.
“Zeno, they aren't leaving because of you.” the elder male said, putting a hand on his back.
“Toron, she said it. She flat out said it.” Zeno responded, glaring at him.
“She's drunk off her shit! Mom doesn't know what she's saying,” Toron told him, sighing. “You need to understand, they aren't leaving because of you. They have some issues they need to work out with each other and they have to find a new place. Its fine, bro. I'll take care of you.”
“I know that, but still. Why can't things ever be perfect?”
“Zeno, nothing is perfect.” Toron stated, rolling his eyes. Zeno was quiet for a moment before responding.
“It is in My Little Pony.” he said quietly.
“That's just a show.”
“I know, but its perfect in THAT world.”
“Well I think that's moreso because of the characters IN the show than anything else.”
“Why can't they be out here?” Zeno sighed.
“Well... make a wish on a coin for it.” Toron suggested, a grin gracing his face.
"... A coin? What bullcrap is that?"
"What? If you can wish on stars, why not coins?" Toron chuckled.
"I think I'd prefer trying the stars." Zeno scoffed, leaning over to the window. He looked up, seeing the stars in the sky. Though there were few, since they were in an actual city. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, Toron smiling as he saw his brother focusing so hard on this. At least it would make him feel better, regardless of it doing nothing more than such.
Zeno soon stopped wishing, then looked back at Toron, smiling. "There, done."
“Sweet. Now c'mon. We have no school tomorrow, so we can pretty much just chill. I'll take you to a restaurant. How's that sound?” Toron asked.
“Depends, which one?”
“Good question.” Toron laughed. “We'll discuss THAT tomorrow. For now, get some sleep. I'm gonna go see mom and dad off.” he told Zeno, gently pushing him so he was laying down on the bed. Zeno took his jacket off and turned onto his side, sighing and closing his eyes. “No argument tonight?” Toron asked, surprised by this.
“Why bother? I made my wish, so now I just need to wait for it to come true.” Zeno said. Toron smiled but inside, he felt like he made a grave mistake. Wishes don't exist. His brother would end up heartbroken, and it was because of his idiocy. He wanted to punch himself, but he forced himself to just walk out.
Zeno fell into slumber, confident that his plea would be answered in some way.
–
“You think he's dead?”
“Rainbow, he's breathing. How can he be dead?”
“I dunno! I don't even know what the ponyfeathers is going on here!”
“Dashie has a point. We don't know if he can be dead and breathing here.”
“Pinkie, don't agree with her.”
Zeno groaned, turning onto his side as he tried to block out the sound. The damn TV was screwing with his head, and he hated it. Making it sound like his dreams were reality. He knew full well that that ludicrous wish would never come true. Dumb reality is playing with... Hold on. Wait one sec. When the hell did he have a TV in his room?
He immediately shot up into a sitting position and was greeted by the sight of six people. Three were standing around his bed. One of them had dark purple hair with a violet streak going through some of it, and had a purple shirt on with a matching skirt. She kind of looked like a bookworm stereotype girl he would see in those anime he watched. The one beside her had hair as pink as bubble gum, wearing a lighter pink blouse and matching skirt with stockings... looking at her honestly made his eyes hurt somewhat. She also had a blue and yellow bowtie... Moving on, there was the last one. She had hair that was mostly blue, but to the left side of her head, it had multiple colors, like a rainbow one would say. Her attire was pretty much the most normal one. She had a navy blue T-shirt on, which was being covered up by a sky blue hoodie, though the hood was off at the moment, and she had on plain jeans. She also was sporting a pair of goggles that sat atop her head.
Zeno could think of absolutely nothing to say, but could feel himself breathing heavy and his heart was beating like crazy. He knew WHO they were, but at the moment, things weren't clicking in his brain. All he knew was that people were in his room, without his permission, and that warranted one response.
“TORON!” he screamed, backing up to the wall. All three girls flinched, looking surprised.
“What's with this filly?” the one he knew to be Rainbow Dash asked, glaring at him. “Shut up.”
“Its alright, we're not going to hurt you.” The purple haired girl, Twilight, said, her voice soft and assuring. She held her hand out slowly, but Zeno refused to take it, still trying to comprehend what was happening.
“Zeno! Are you alright?!” Toron asked, bursting into the room with a baseball bat in his hand. He stared at the scene before him, a mix of complete confusion and wonder overtaking his prior feelings of concern. He knew who these people were just as clearly as Zeno did. Though he had the same issue. Comprehending it.
“Okay... Well... Um...” Twilight stammered, before sighing. “Can we go somewhere to sit and talk? We need to explain some stuff, obviously.”
Toron nodded slowly and pointed to the stairs, before walking over to his brother. “Are... are you alright?” he asked, though was focusing on the Mane 6 exiting the room. Zeno also got to see the three he didn't see previously. Applejack was standout, as she had her trademark hat on, as well as wearing and orange shirt and brown vest with blue jeans shorts and boots. Rarity was also easily recognizable, with her hair a light shade of purple. She had on a white blouse with purple shorts under them. Fluttershy, despite exiting the room rather quickly, was seen to have a yellow jacket and white dress on, but that was all he could see.
“Zeno? Speak to me, man.” Toron said, shaking him slightly.
“Huh? What?” Zeno asked, snapping out of his fixation on the former ponies.
“Are you okay?” Toron asked again. Zeno nodded once before climbing out of bed. “Alright... well... Um... I really... really don't know what to say right now...”
“Me neither... My wish... came true though...” Zeno said, a small smile etching its way into his face.
“Now, now bud. We don't know if that's them.”
“Yes it is!”
“Look! I want to believe that as much as you, but this could be entirely coincidental. I say... for now, we go talk to them, find out who they are, and what they're doing here.” Toron said, trying to maintain control of the situation. Zeno nodded, and followed the elder male out of the room, down the stairs and into the living room. He now got a better glimpse of Fluttershy, seeing that her jacket sleeves were rather long. Long enough to cover her hands up.
The Mane 6 had made themselves comfortable, and were lounging on the sofas, though Dash was simply laying on the floor. Twilight immediately got up as soon as she saw the boys. “Alright, I think I should start from the top.”
“That would be best.” Toron said with a nod, leaning against the wall.
“My name is Twilight Sparkle.” she said, gesturing to herself. Zeno nearly said something but Toron covered his mouth, shaking his head before indicating for Twilight to continue. “We're from the World of Equestria. We were told you'd already know about most if not all of this?”
“Indeed, we do... But, here, Equestria, and you all too, is just--” Toron began, but was cut off.
“A TV show, yes. I'm well aware.” Twilight sighed. “You see, we were... forewarned, I suppose you could say, by Princess Celestia. This world is in danger. As the Elements of Harmony, its our duty to protect this world... and all the rest too.”
“Wait. What do you mean exactly? You're telling me but I'm not entirely certain what you're talking about.” Toron stated, holding his head.
“Okay, I figured you'd say that. There's a... certain evil, in Equestria. Princess Celestia refered to them as The Abrogate . Now before you say anything, they ARE dangerous. Don't think they're not because of the name.” Twilight said, instantly adding the last part to it. “Pretty much, they're the embodiment of Destruction and Creation. Kind of.”
“The way it was explained to us, and in her exact words,” Dash started, then paused, pulling a piece of paper from her pocket and reading it. “Is that they were created by the negative feelings of everything.” she finished, tossing it to Twilight. The former unicorn caught it between her index and middle fingers, giving the blue haired girl a glare before looking back to Toron.
“As we were told, you two can prevent this. We weren't told how so please don't ask that. Anyway, typically, emotions like that are locked up in some place where nobody can reach them. Someone from Equestria shattered the gap between the planes, allowing them to appear in this world. We're not certain who, but everyone who can is looking into it back home.” she explained.
“I see... Now... why exactly do we have to be involved?” Toron asked, staring at Twilight.
“I just said don't ask that! I don't understand what she means! But apparently, you two are the equivalents of Celestia and Luna in this world... To a much, much lesser extent.”
“What do you mean to a much lesser extent?” Zeno asked.
“You can't raise the moon or the sun, nor can you send people to the moon. You just have powers that are a lot stronger than those of anyone else in this particular world.” Twilight said to him.
“Right. Right. So... how exactly do we fight of these so called...” Toron trailed off before a thought occurred to him. “Wait, why are you in our house?”
“He asked it.” Dash said, grinning.
“Ponyfeathers.” Twilight swore. “That's the hard part of the explanation. You see, we have to HELP you combat The Abrogate. Though... crossing planes takes a lot of effort and magic. It took a lot out of Princess Celestia and Luna both to get us here. So... Its not like they could have made preperations or anything and all... so...”
“We have to stay here.” Dash finished for her. Toron considered every part of this in his head. On one hand, Zeno would have friends to keep him company, they honestly probably didn't have a CHOICE, and they would be helping save the world. Of course, on the other hand, their parents would throw an enormous bitch fit if they were to find out about this, they would need to go through quite a bit to get the ponies acquainted with everything in this world most likely and they would likely have to shove all of the Mane 6 into their parents' room... Of course... Neither Toron or Zeno actually cared if they got in trouble with their parents... and Toron did know HOW to register people for school and all considering he had to do so for Zeno.. Maybe this could work out.
Immideatly, a loud bang was heard at the door, and Toron jumped, looking at it. He spared a glance at the clock. It was three in the morning! Who would be knocking on the door and this time? A second banging was heard and this time, Toron saw the door seem to ungulate from the strike.
“Oh no.” Twilight said, her eyes narrowing. She held her hands out and suddenly, a brown staff with a blue crystal at the end of it materialized from what appeared to be sparkling dust in her grasp. The rest of the Mane 6, save for Fluttershy and Pinkie, did the same. They stood from wherever they were and brandished some type of weapon. Rainbow Dash got a sleek sword, the blade a deep blue color and the hilt a deep gold. Applejack received a pair of brass knuckles, though it would be more fitting to call them ebony knuckles, due to the fact that they looked to be made of some type of black metal. Rarity received a purple shield, which had an odd diamond shape on it, the same as her cutie mark from the show. “Pinkie, Fluttershy, get the littler one out of here.” Twilight ordered, facing the door.
“What's going on?” Toron asked, confused and worried. Fluttershy and Pinkie immediately came over and Fluttershy picked up Zeno, who looked rather terrified.
“The Abrogate. They actually found this place... I wasn't sure if it would happen at all, let alone so soon.” Twilight said. She then pointed at Toron and a large broadsword appeared to hover in front of him. “Take that. I don't think the kid can fight just yet.”
“Let's go.” Pinkie told Fluttershy, who nodded and walked up the stairs with her before Pinkie abruptly stopped. “Uh, Twilight? Where do we go?”
“What kind of... Ugh, The roof! Go to the roof, Pinkie!” Twilight snapped.
“Okie Dokie Lokie!” Pinkie said, hurrying up the stairs with Fluttershy. They were fairly lucky to have Zeno with them, otherwise they would have gotten lost numerous times throughout three story building. With him, however, they were able to get to the attic, which contained a door to the roof, which they promptly exited. Fluttershy set Zeno on his feet, and he looked around. He had only been up onto the roof itself twice, though he couldn't recall what for. He then saw something that stood out. And quite easily too. The sky, despite it being night, could be seen as red. When looking to the sides of the house, he saw that the entire house was surrounded in some type of blood red dome.
“Well, we should be safe for now.” Pinkie said, but then blinked as her foot started tapping.
“Pinkie Pie... What does that sense mean?” Fluttershy asked, confused and concerned.
“Uh, that's a rare one. It means that something ultra, mega, super duper bad is about to happen.” Pinkie explained, looking around before shrugging. “But I'm sure it can't be all bad.”
“Usually when people say that, it means something bad is gonna happen.” Zeno said, looking at Pinkie, who was roughly about three inches taller than he was.
“Oh don't be silly! Words can't make stuff happen!” Pinkie giggled.
“And that usually adds to it.” Zeno told her.
“What could possibly--” Pinkie was cut off as the roof shook, knocking the three of them off their feet. They looked up to see a hand, black and appearing to be made of dripping ink, grab onto the corner of the roof. Seconds later, a second hand, looking the same, appeared beside it. Followed by more and more hands. The three teens mouths hung open as they stared, an enormous shadow being cast over them as the hulking beast to which the hands belonged to hauled itself up and over the edge of the roof...
Author's Note
Zeno: Um, so yeah. This was written solely by me, no help at all. I need help being descriptive with stuff because I don't know how to do that well, but I hope the overall plot has caught your interest. I don't know when the next chapter will be posted, but I'll try to make it soon. Hope you enjoyed.
The three teens stared at the gargantuan monstrosity that rose up before them, climbing onto the roof. It had numerous arms, as they saw before it even got onto the roof, and a thick, obese torso but no legs to speak of. It looked to be composed of complete and total ink, which dripped from every inch of it. The most stand out think on the beast was the large mask which looked like a bull skull, two giant horns protruding from it. The skull was placed in the middle of the torso, and had glowing red dots in the holes were a bull's eyes would have previously been in.
It stared at them all before some of the torso beneath the mask seemed to sink into the body, before thrusting out, revealing a mouth full of disgusting, wretched, yellow, sharp teeth, and splattering the inky substance at them. The stared in fear, as its long tongue drooped out of its its mouth, oozing the goop. “Oh no!” Pinkie squeaked, standing up and holding out her hand. A pink bow suddenly appeared in it, the string being a deep, almost enticing blue, with specks of white here and there. She put her free hand up to it, as though she held an actual arrow, and pulled back. A pink arrow formation suddenly appeared, composed of pure energy, which the Element of Laughter fired at the beast.
The arrow hit its target dead on, and made it recoil, but it simply roared again and its hands flew out towards her. She jumped back and took aim again, but suddenly a hand grabbed her ankle and lifted her high into the air before swinging down and slamming her into the floor. The pink haired girl let out a cry of pain, but managed to roll out of the way before the monster could crush her by slamming one of its hands down on her. Zeno and Fluttershy looked on in both fear and worry, seeing Pinkie battle with the beast.
“Can't we help?!” Zeno asked, distressed. Fluttershy simply shook her head, whimpering quietly. “There HAS to be something!”
“I don't know... There.. there is one thing but... I don't know if we can....” she said, almost in a whisper.
“What is it?!” Zeno asked, desperate even more so after seeing Pinkie Pie get buffeted away from the Abrogate monster and hitting the field that surrounded the house before falling face first onto the roof. Fluttershy was silent for a moment before speaking, her voice softer than before.
“Why do you want to help her?”
“What?” Zeno asked, confused. “What kind of question is that?!”
“What is she to you that you want to help her?” Fluttershy asked him.
“She's my friend!”
“How? You just met her.”
Zeno thought about that for a few seconds, before it was interrupted by Pinkie screaming in pain. They both looked up, seeing that the monster now had her in its hands, two holding each of her arms, and two more holding each leg. It appeared to be trying to literally rip her into pieces!
“BECAUSE ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO!” Zeno cried out, tears welling in his eyes as he watched Pinkie. He suddenly saw an incandescent light shining beside him. He looked beside him, seeing Fluttershy actually glowing bright yellow. She gave a small smile before holding her hand out to him. He could practically feel the cordiality resonating from her being, and slowly reached out, touching his hand to her's. The beast's attention was drawn by the resulting golden flash of light, and looked over, pausing in pulling on Pinkie's limbs. Fluttershy was now seemingly completely made of pure golden energy that flowed like liquid, the only part of her being that seemed different being her hair, which, while being composed of energy as well, was pink.
Zeno stared as Fluttershy hugged him close, her being slowly sinking into him, making him start to shine as well. He looked at his hands before screaming out as the light increased in intensity, the monster looking away as it nearly went blind, dropping Pinkie Pie in the process. She groaned and looked over, seeing that now, Zeno had completely underwent a transformation of sorts.
While he still physically looked the same in that his hair didn't change much aside from now being normal, hanging down in his eyes rather than slicked back, he had some... additions. He has yellow wings extending from his back, the same kind pegasi typically had in Equestria. He also now had Fluttershy's aqua colored eyes. He now had the same jacket Fluttershy was previously wearing, the sleeves being longer than his hands but not long enough to cover up the light purple staff he had in his hand, a rune symbol on the paddle-like end of it along with a silver jewel in the middle. He also had a necklace on with the same symbol as Fluttershy's cutie mark. He looked completely calm and collected, simply staring up at the Abrogate.
“Poor thing...” he said quietly, walking forward. Pinkie smiled weakly and crawled out of the way, leaning against the house. She heard footsteps coming and her smile got slightly bigger. “It's time for you to go now. I'm sorry.” Zeno said, looking up at the monster as it towered over him.
“ZENO!” Toron yelled as he smashed the door open, nearly crushing Pinkie Pie behind it, though she was just out of range of it being fully open. He stared, the rest of the Elements of Harmony behind him doing the same, at the scene before them. Zeno held up the staff as the creature's hands combined into two- a right and a left- and two swords tore from its body and into its hands. It raised both of them and roared loudly, swinging them both at the boy. Toron was about to leap forward, ready to sacrifice his life for his younger brother's, but found soon that there was no need to do so. Zeno's staff shined with a brilliant light as he swung it horizontally to the sword, the light being thrust from the staff and in an arc, slicing the blade in half and causing it to erupt into millions of tiny black particles, which floated into the air and dissipated. The creature recoiled slightly, and Zeno swung twice more, once horizontally and once vertically, two more arcs of light flying out and cutting the monster into four pieces.
“Goodbye.” he said finally, closing his eyes and tapping the staff on the ground once. Immediately, the four pieces of the Abrogate erupted into pure light energy, which quickly faded away. Slowly, the dome surrounding the house began to wither until that too was no more. Zeno turned to them, and in a quick flash of light, Fluttershy was there again, and Zeno's changes to his appearance were gone. “Toron!” he said happily, and took a step forward, before his eyes suddenly closed and he collapsed on the ground, unconscious. Fluttershy also felt her eyes get heavy before she suddenly fell face-down on the floor.
“No! Zeno!” Toron said, worry striking through his heart as he ran over and cradled his younger brother in his arms. Rainbow Dash walked over and lifted Fluttershy up over her shoulder and smirked.
“Who would've thought Fluttershy'd be the first one?” she questioned, to nobody in particular. Toron looked at her in surprise. “What? You thought this would be a surprise to us?”
“Dash, just come on. I'm pretty sure I have more to explain now.” Twilight sighed, walking back inside.
“Come on, darling,” Rarity ushered, helping Pinkie get up to her feet. “Let's go get you fixed up.”
“C'mon. We ain't got all day.” Rainbow said to Toron, walking into the house as well. He nodded and picked up Zeno, holding up in his arms as he followed her. Once they were all gathered in the living room, Dash set Fluttershy down on the couch while she and AJ sat on the floor.
“Alright. Where should I start?” Twilight asked Toron, pinching the bridge of her nose to stave off an oncoming headache.
“Well, let's see,” Toron said, pretending to be in thought. Zeno was still in his lap, out cold. “Oh yeah, I got a starting point. How about an explanation as to why my baby brother all of a sudden turned into a mother fucking Power Ranger?!” he asked angrily.
“Okay, okay, calm down.” she said, holding her hands up as if in surrender. “That's called Crossing Elements. Each world has its own types of Elements of Harmony. Of course, they aren't all called that. But still, all Elements of Harmony can cross with each other. It gives the Elements of the world new abilities in addition to their original ones. It isn't just limited to the synonymous Elements fusing with each other either. Any Element can fuse with any other Element. However, like Elements do fuse to create more powerful results. The one thing that's needed to fuse however, is acceptance or understanding of another Element, or at the very least an Element synonymous to it.” she explained.
“Yeah, right before that, he said that he wanted to help me because he was my friend!” Pinkie said, smiling happily. “But Fluttershy asked him why, so he said because it was the right thing to do. I guess that'd be...” she trailed off, trying to think of a word.
“Justice?” AJ asked.
“Heroism?” Rarity suggested.
“Righteousness?” Dash tried.
“Righteousness sounds about right.” Twilight said, nodding. “That's pretty synonymous with Kindness.”
“I see...” Toron said, in thought. “Okay, so wait. New question. We beat up tons of those things and they just kept coming. But that huge dome thing disappeared after the big one bit the dust. Why's that?”
“That's because we were fighting a Tribe of them. Each Tribe is headed by a single, really powerful Abrogate. So they can keep going on and appearing so long as the Tribe Leader is fine. If its hurt, they start appearing at a slower rate and get weaker. That's why we had to go fight at first. Once Pinkie managed to pepper it up a bit, they couldn't break the door, so there was no issue with it. That's why I said we can go to the roof at that point.” Twilight explained. “That Dome is a Field of Abrogation. It's the area that can actually send out Abrogates. Luckily, they can't appear in the same area within a month's time. And it only appears if there happens to be a large amount of negative emotions surrounding the area. Which begs a question from me.”
“Um... Yes?” Toron asked, looking at her.
“Why would one appear around this home?” Twilight asked, looking right at him. Toron stared before sighing.
“I'll put him down, then I'll explain it to you.” he said, walking up the stairs to Zeno's room. The Elements of Harmony were silent before Pinkie spoke up.
“So, can I ask a question?” she asked, looking at Twilight.
“No, you cannot have cake right now.” Twilight said, giving her a stern look.
“No, no, no! Not that silly!” Pinkie responded, shaking her head.
“Then what, Pinkie Pie?”
“Those two are Celestia and Luna of this world, right?” the former Earth Pony asked.
“Yes. We established that.” Twilight sighed, facepalming.
“Then doesn't that mean they aren't actually Elements?” she asked. Twilight paused, stunned. That wasn't something she had thought about.
“That's a good point.” Dash said, looking at the Element of Magic. “We haven't actually met the Elements of this world. Where are they?”
“Um...” Twilight said quietly. “I dunno. I guess we'll have to worry about that later on. For now, we found the Alicorns of this world. Well, minus Cadence. Hopefully, we'll meet them soon.”
“Maybe. Ah hope so.” Applejack said, leaning back. “If push comes ta shove, the medallions the Princesses gave us will shine, right?”
“Yeah.” Twilight said, nodding. “Still. I can't help but wondering. What are they like? This World's Elements...”
–
A scream resonated out as a clanging noise was heard. “Nice one, Laila.” a female voice complimented. Two females stepped out of the shadows. One had blond hair, tied back in a ponytail. A single red bang hung down in over her right eye. She had on a black crop top, also wearing black sweatpants and a blue hoodie tied around her waist. She had on white sneakers and black fingerless gloves, which were stained with blood. Her light red eyes scanned the scene before she grinned a sadistic smile.
“Thanks, Christine.” she said, an Italian accent in her voice, looking over her shoulder at the other woman. She had violet hair and wore glasses over her purple eyes. She was taller than her companion, at around five foot two. She had a white lab coat on, with a purple shirt under it, which ended right above her belly button. She also wore a black skirt which went down to just above her knee and hospital-nurse-like shoes. In the waist of the skirt was a silver pistol, shining in the moonlight.
“No problem,” the girl in the scientist's coat said, walking over. At Laila's feet was an man, his face scrunched up from multiple punches. He was laying facedown in a small puddle of his own blood. Christine bent down to him and pat him down before removing a wallet from his pocket. She then walked forward, to the second of many people in similar condition. She took his money as well, before moving on to the next one. This one was a girl, who had blood pouring from her mouth, her face holding a dazed look. There seemed to be a permanent indentation where Laila's fist had struck her stomach. After she had finished collecting the money, Christine walked over to Laila and smirked. “Got it all. Nice one.” she chuckled, but then turned her head at hearing a groan. One of the men who had been beaten up was slowly raising to his feet. She sighed and pulled the gun out of her skirt, aiming it at him.
“WAIT!” Laila yelled, grabbing her hand just as she pulled the trigger. This jarred her hand slightly, making the bullet miss its intended target, the man's head, and hit him in his spine. He bellowed in pain as Christina gave Laila a look. It wasn't one of anger, but she didn't look pleased regardless.
“What?” the taller girl asked.
“You said I could handle all of 'em. I get to kill him.” Laila responded, walking over to the man and sitting on his chest. Christina sighed and rolled her eyes before nodding.
“Fine. Just come on when you're done.” she said, walking off.
“Right, right. I got it.” Laila said passively, smirking at the man's terrified, tear-stained face. “Y'know, I kinda hate to do this. But what can I say? I'd be dead if it wasn't for the boss. I'm loyal, y'know? Like a dog. It where I get my name.”
“Please... Please don't..” he whimpered.
“Nah, nah. Shut up. I can't let ya live. You should have paid off your debt, rather than think my organization was weak.” She said, raising her fist and punching him hard in his mouth. Several teeth flew out and onto the ground beside him. “You should have pleaded with your BOSS!” she said, grinning as she landed another punch with her other fist. She then rained down punches onto his face, laughing. “Next time, ya better consider the conciquinces of your actions, buddy! Think before ya do and all that good crap! Don't underestimate us! Nobody can beat us! You will serve as a personal fucking message to your boss, you low life piece of crap! Now, just, DIE!” she snapped, landing one final punch to his nose. Without a doubt, the man was no longer breathing.
“Tch, pathetic. Not even worth getting pissed on, ya poor bastard.” she sighed, getting up. Blood was all over her clothes and some had even splattered onto her cheeks. She shook her head before walking to follow her colleague. Christina was outside of the ally, waiting.
“Had fun?” she asked, rolling her eyes.
“Kinda. It let me release some anger. Now c'mon. Let's get outta here and grab a bite to eat before we report to boss. I'm starved.” she said, stretching.
“I swear. You took to life as a mafiosi so quickly.” Christina said, shaking her head. “Where do you wanna eat?”
“Meh, maybe some McDonalds would be good.” Laila said, smiling.
“Fine, fine. Let's go. AFTER you wash up.”
“Jeeze, you're like my mother.” Laila muttered as Christina put an arm around her shoulder, the two walking off together.
Author's Note
Zeno: Okay, here's chapter two. Oh, and for those wondering, Spike WILL make an appearance. Just not right this minute. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter. And one more thing. Should I change this to "Teen" instead of "Everyone"? I'm curious. Not sure.
