"How is it, milady? Can you see?" The doctor inquired after removing the white bandages wrapped around the young lady's eyes.
The preteen had wavy white hair, fair white skin and a delicate, frail body. Her eyes were a crystalline blue, glistening like a lake in the summer. The girl was angel incarnate, radiating innocence and purity. She blinked once and twice, yet her eyes still were not focussed. Those beautiful eyes appeared to be clouded, unable to see.
"No, but my eyes don't hurt anymore." The girl rubbed her eyes and still all she saw was the pitch black void.
The doctor's lips straightened into a line. The young miss' eyes were physically healthy but as if there was some kind of mystical force clouding over them, she had lost her sight. Even when the hospital's best healers gathered to heal her, they couldn't do anything beyond healing her eyeballs. He was afraid the young miss shall never see again. "…If anything comes up, don't hesitate to press the bell, alright?"
The girl nodded and the doctor left the room. The only people inside the big hospital room were now the girl and her bodyguard, the ability user that had shared his sight with Kin the night before.
He waved his hand in front of the girl's eyes curiously and found that she really didn't react. She blinked but her irises didn't move at all.
"Stop that, Cain." The girl smacked his rude hand away like she was swatting away a fly.
Cain froze, his purple eyes widening with shock. "I thought you couldn't see! Did you lie to the doctor, Victoria?"
"Are you stupid? I could feel the wind blowing against my face." Victoria retorted. "Never mind that, quick, use your ability on me."
"My ability? Alright." Cain nodded and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they were glowing and his vision was being transmitted to Victoria. "Can you see?"
Victoria nodded with a big smile. She could see herself as if she was looking in a mirror but from a strange angle. It was from above and an angle in which she's never seen herself before. However, Victoria was satisfied. She had proved her theory correct and her world was longer just that darkness. "I've decided, you're my exclusive bodyguard from now on. You're going to be my new eyes!"
"Impossible." Cain frankly refused. "I still have to go on missions with Boss."
"Father will understand. Aside from Mother, there's no one he loves more than me in this world. There's no way he'll refuse my request."
"…" Cain grumbled to himself inwardly. It was no secret that Kin doted on his daughter. He treated her like a precious jewel and gave her anything she wanted.
Victoria smiled smugly in response to his silence. "More importantly, help me put this bandage back on."
"Why? You don't need it, do you?" Cain questioned.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You don't understand the magnificence and beauty of this white fabric, Cain. Its soft breathable material feels good against the skin and makes it feel natural to keep my eyes closed. Not only that! This white colour, it completely matches my theme! Look at me, the only non-white thing about me are my eyes. With this bandage, everything will be white, there will be no more of that jarring blue." Victoria rambled excitedly.
"You're too obsessed with the colour white." Cain sighed but did as instructed. He wrapped the bandages around her eyes once more, completing the image of a delicate and fragile young girl.
Victoria jumped up on the bed and did a little twirl. Even when she didn't turn her head to look, she could still see her figure spinning around happily. It was one of the few advantages of Cain's ability, she thought to herself. "Perfect! I'm as angelic as usual, I see."
"And even more narcissistic, it seems."
Victoria stuck her tongue out at Cain and spread her arms. " Look how angelic and fragile I look. You'll never associate this beautiful blind girl with villains would you? I say it's the perfect disguise."
"You're never going on missions so there's no need for a disguise. Just admit it, Victoria, this is completely redundant and only serves to satisfy your strange sense of fashion."
"Shut up and call me milady from now on since you're going to be my exclusive bodyguard." Victoria commanded with her hands on her hips.
Cain sighed and complied. "Yes, milady."
Victoria smugly smiled. "So, what happened during the four days I was unconscious?"
Cain took a seat on the stool. "Well, we got ready to raid Houston's hideout and completed the mission just the other day. Oh, and Boss picked up a little boy around your age. It seems that he helped to kill Houston. Stabbed a rusty old blade into his back or something."
"A boy my age?" Victoria asked.
"He's a little younger. A scrawny little kid with black hair and eyes." Cain described.
"A black haired boy…" Victoria mumbled. Then as if a light bulb lit up in her mind, a sneer graced her face. "How interesting, this has never happened before..."
"What's going to happen to him from now on?" She asked curiously.
"Uh, I'm not quite sure. Boss was originally going to send him back home but one of our spies found out that the heroes know that he was there."
"Oh, then he can't go home, can he?" Victoria smilingly asked. "How pitiful, I should go see him. Where is he right now?"
"He's next door."
"Great!" Victoria hopped off the bed on her bare feet. She looked around for slippers but the shared sight was still and unmoving. When she realised, Victoria kicked forward where she guessed Cain's shin would be, squarely hitting her target. "Look down, you idiot."
Feeling aggrieved, Cain directed his eyes down at the slippers on the floor. They were beside Victoria's pearly white feet and were white just as she liked it.
Slipping the shoes on, Victoria used Cain as a guide dog and had him escort her next door.
The guard standing outside knocked on the door and opened it for the two. As soon as the door opened, Victoria, through her shared sight saw a malnourished boy sitting amongst a bed of flowers look towards them as he shed a tear.
Instantly, the words she was prepared to speak were stuck in her throat.