"Why am I here?" I asked the men and women assembled before me. Looking at that dark-skinned woman briefly before I rubbed my head. Something had harshly struck me there several times recently. And I had a killer headache right now...
"Vigilante Nin, by request of an unlikely man, you are hereby ordered to work with us." one of these men said. And I did not like how he worded that at all. I swear... If they said that man was him...
"This same individual has also made it clear that Student Larishazza is to be relocated to a location of your choice. However, we shall not be accommodating her in the slightest. That responsibility falls to you..." one of them callously said. It angered me that they would talk about Lari that way. Yet, I was fine with it. I knew where I could get money to keep her well looked after...
"That is the daughter of an Ibeneroccian noble!" one of them hissed before they were dismissed.
"We expect results... Nin..." they spat before they stormed off. I stared at the door he left through before I looked down. I know it wasn't much, but I could finally get Lari out of that hospital! I could finally see her in person and not through a window!
"When can I do this?" I immediately asked the dark-skinned woman as she grinded her teeth at the door I was just looking at.
"Whenever you want." she snorts before she straightens herself out.
"Now, then." I say with a stomp of my foot. She then looks at me with an exhausted expression.
"It can wait until the orbital-halo makes the rounds again." she yawns before she leaves as well.
"Tch." I let out before I move to leave as well. If I did not have anyone to prove it, then they would not let me do it... Yet, I tried not to dwell on that. I just tried to be happy with the fact I was able to move her...
At least, until I started to think on it some more... And, as if it was on queue, that laughter filled my ears.
"You..." I growled as that smirking bastard slowly walked out from the shadows of this alleyway I was suddenly in.
"Like the present?" he mockingly asked before I lashed out at him. Only to be smacked away and beaten to the ground.
"Just a bit closer..." I warned as he stopped attacking me. Like when I ran away before, however, I lost the drive to go after him. It was all becoming clear to me once again that this was a hopeless affair.
"Now, I want you to pay close attention, Dance Partner. This is going to be a very, very strenuous relationship. I need to demand perfection from you, you hear?"
"Eat shit." I spit after removing my mask.
"Yes! That's it! Keep that fire burning inside of you! And, who knows, maybe your girl might just wake up again!" he tells me before he vanishes in but a blink. I snort angrily at him before I slowly move towards the nearest city gate. He did not come out of the city, so I could have a peaceful night out there. And I hated to admit it, but this once, I was thankful.
And only because wherever he took me was near a gate that I could just walk right out of. Yet, I did not make it far beyond the city. And I collapsed into the dirt. Sighing in exhaustion as I looked out at the many blades before me.
"I will save you, Lari... Just wait for me... Wait, please..." I begged her before my eyes started to close.