He grabbed me by my chin and forced me to look him dead in his eyes. His eyes held a murderous look in them," How would you describe the Devil"?
"Misunderstood," I answered instantly and shook my head," He's not really evil".
"Your mindset is fucked," He sneered," The devil is known to be the root of all evil".
"Maybe so, but isn't it strong human emotions that create demons?," I shrugged, my chin starting to hurt from his grip.
"What are you trying to say?," He released me but wouldn't let me budge from the wall I was pinned against
"Aren't humans actually the root of all evil? God is to help them be good and the devil to punish the ones that aren't ?," I tilted my head," You're not evil, you're just portrayed as it to scare humans into being good".
"I'm not hearing this from a little short stack child with undeveloped boobs," He growls and I huffed. How dare he insult me like that!
"Well unlike a know it all doctor, I actually try to consider every possible outcome," I gave a sarcastic smile
"Why do you think I'm the devil? How come you're dead set on calling me that?," He seems exhausted and my smile dropped.
"Because, you're not human, you're stronger, faster, more alluring, and you have a terrifying aura surrounding you," I was being dead serious," You terrify anyone that doesn't know who you truly are, yet you're kind to everyone, you try to help out as much as possible, but you beat up the ones that do wrong, you also have a huge ass dog that has razor teeth. Honestly, I'm not sure why, but you're a mystery and that's the only explanation I have".
"Yet, there's something you're not saying," He crossed his arms," What is it"?
"I don't believe in things like God, Devil, Angels, or Demons," I frowned," So why do I believe in you so strongly? It's truly perplexing".
"As I said, your mind set is fucked," He storm off and left me in the storage room of the hospital.
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I woke up with a start and saw four people leaning over me, I was clearly laying on a couch in an unknown place.
"Why, we usually leave people alone they faint when they see us," the girl with the pastel green hair rolled her eyes. the pixie cut went well with her slender face.
" Jyla I told you, she was passed out when I found her, " a girl with doe eyes rolled them, her hair a natural Auburn.
"so, she didn't see you"?
"no, she didn't".
"Well Satie she see's us now," His voice was cheerful and I turned my head to look at him. his head was nearly shaved but it looked good on him. his eyes held amusement.
I went to turn my head and came face to face with a stomach. My head was resting on someone's lap.
"Stop moving,"His voice was gruff like he smoked cigarettes and didn't plan to stop," I had to carry you here so I want to sleep".
I gulped and went to sit up but a hand came on my shoulder.
"Don't move".
" why shouldn't I?," I finally spoke and heard deep laughter.
"because if you do, I'll kill you," he said it jokingly but I couldn't tell if it was serious or not so I stayed still.
"What's your name?, " He asked casually and I felt something wet go on my forehead and I realize he was wiping it," Don't worry, it's just blood, you have a small cut".
"Maxine Rose," I said a random name and suddenly jumped up when the door open and slam.
"Dammit Lisa I was trying to stop the bleeding, " The gruff voice yelled and I felt a massive hand go over my right eye.
"Hero what were you thinking, bringing a stranger here, y'all want your identities to be spread, " she came back at him just as loud and turn to me," How does it feel to be the first fan to know the identity of Matrixism"?
"huh? I don't listen to much music but their sing 'Follow in the Dark' is good," I shrugged and looked behind me finally at the most piercing grey eyes," I didn't know they were keeping their identities hidden".
Hero raised a dark eyebrow and looked over at Lisa," I know what we can do".
Everyone including me turned and stared at him, waiting for him to finish.
"We need an assistant, why not her since she already knows our identity?, " He removed his hand from my eye and grabbed a napkin to wipe to blood off it.
"She's trainable and since we have Jyla and Satie, she can room with them at hotels, it's perfect in my opinion," the bright eye boy spoke up, I think his name was, actually I never got it.
"Miles, I don't want to share a room, Satie is enough," Jyla rolled her eyes and I made a mental note to stay on her good side.
"No? Ok, Jyla you can sleep in the Van when we travel," Hero held a no nonsense tone in his voice and I realize his voice wasn't scratchy from cigarettes, but naturally deep like he held some type of maturity.
"if I do it, it can only be for a year, I start college after that, " I finally spoke up and Lisa sigh and clapped her hands.
"I'll get the contract written up, you want salary or by the hour?, "She looked over at me and I frowned.
" I can choose?, " I was shocked at this, " salary, 700$ a week, 30$ a day for food and necessaries, also full paid insurance for the whole year".
" sounds like a deal, " she smiled at me and I gulped and looked at all them.
"I'm Maxine and I'm 21," I introduce myself.
"I'm Jyla, I'm 23," I was shocked she introduced herself first, " I'm the drummer and song writer, although I didn't write 'Follow in the Dark' that was Hero".
"I'm Satie, short for Satilynn, weird name I know, " she gave a goofy smile, " I'm the keyboardist, and Jyla's girlfriend, oh I also sing the female part of our songs when needed".
"I'm Miles, Stuart Miles, " the goofy guy shook my hand, " I'm the base player or I play the saxophone, I can't sing but I can dance pretty good".
"Finally, I'm Leviathan Hero Syrius, " He gave me a friendly smile that shocked everyone, " I'm the lead singer but I can pretty much do what these looser do, but that's too much work".
"Oh, so you're an overachiever," I casually stated and they all looked at me like I was crazy for even saying that to him," What? It's not an insult just an observation".
"Sometimes it's better to think before you speak," Lisa almost sounded like she growled. Of course if she knew who I actually was she would bowing at my feet. But I didn't run away to still be treated as a princess.
Hero's Pov
"I can't place it but something about her seems familiar," Miles finally broke the silence after a few minutes. Max had finally went somewhere to go sleep," The only ones I know with healing abilities like that is us, but she doesn't smell like a wolf".
"No, she doesn't smell quite human though," Jyla looked at the door she was in ," Also she's lying about her name".
"Who are we to judge that, we keep our identities a secret, why can't she?," I stood up," After all she's gonna make for a very interesting year".
"Oh did you hear? The SA killer striked again last night," Lisa looked up from her computer," Puts the victim count at 100 now, hopefully they never catch this person".
A serial killer that's been at it for 3 months and they already have that many victims, it's clearly someone that's been train their whole life.
"Listen to this, the killers method is ripping their heart out of their chest and hiding it, none of the hearts have been found," Jyla read outloud over Lisa's shoulder and I rolled my eyes.
"It's because whoever it is eats the hearts. They don't hide them," Max came out of her room and I raised an eyebrow.
How would she know something like that?
"Think about it," She spoke softly," no heart has been discovered yet and there isn't a trace of blood away from the victims, they eat it"
"But wouldn't that be cannibalism?," Miles looked at her.
"The killer seems to only go after humans, if a shifter is killed they transform into their original form, as the human form is just a disguise," She spoke matter of fact and walked over to our white board," I went to a co ed school with both humans and shifters, so I know a good bit about them, just like I know yall are all rogues".
"Wait, how?," Satie finally spoke up after just listening, hearing the shock in her voice match the one in all of our heads.
"I'm dumb but not stupid, keeping your identities hidden isn't for a marketing act it's clearly for protection," She spoke while writing something in a completely different language.
"What is that?," Miles looked at her curiously and she gave a soft smile.
"Call it a protection spell, it keeps.you hidden better," She glared at all of us ," once the door opens it'll stop working so I suggest we all go to sleep and yall can ask me more questions in the morning".
Ok so she's also extremely bossy, noted.
We all said good night and went to our respectable rooms.
Her as an assistant for a whole year? At least things are getting away from our usual boring routine.