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Chapter 9 - Chapter 9 - Hellish Sniper

The group heads back to the city just after noon and sees the city bustling with players still, they find a few parking available and head inside the city. The group follows the main road heading back to their tavern for a quick relaxation, Jimmie refuses for the females to join him as he locks them out of his room and sits peacefully on the bed staring at the blank white wall, his kolt on the dresser near the door and his shirt off resting his body. The girls are in their room and not bothering Jimmie, they seem relaxed and at peace as well but through the wall Jimmie can hear them chatting but can make out any words of their conversation. Jimmie turns his head to the window looking out to the road they came from watching the busy streets and the market, he hears a sudden knock at the door, he head readjusts onto the door. After a few seconds Jimmie sighs and gets up, walks over to his kolt and holsters it then walks over to the door and answers it. In front of him is the silvered hair girl that he had seen before, he sniper rifle strapped to her shoulder. She stares at him, he notices this girl wearing slip on shoes and stocking going up her legs and a black knee lengthens skirt, leather corset with a black cloth cloak covering her shoulders and flowing beneath her. A moment of silence is shared as Jimmie is confused as why this girl wants anything with him.

"You're Jimmie?" She asks.

"Uhh... yeah?" He answers.

She pushes him back into the room and follows him.

"I can't believe it's you. Where are the other girls?" She asks him again.

He points the the wall signaling next door.

"Great, plus you owe me now since I saved you from a dangerous man, he was going to shoot you." She tells him.

"Wait... what?" Jimmie responds confused.

"Wait that was you, the sniper shots?" He adds.

"Yeah it was me, your goddess." She replies.

"Goddess?" He questions.

"I have no idea who you are..." he adds.

"Ugh, Jimmie how do you not under your goddess? I'm Phedione." She tells him.

"Phedione?" He questions.

"Shut up." She walks up to him and kisses him. Surprised by this he pushes her off him.

"What the hell was that?" He questions her in an aggressive tone.

"It's a hello kiss from me!" She exclaims.

"What? You got kiss someone you just met." He tells her.

"Not if they are my loyal follower." She explains to him.

"I don't know you!" He yells at her.

"Don't snap at perfection, I'm perfect and I'm trying to make you perfect as well, god and goddess side by side." She tells Jimmie.

Jimmie runs to the door and opens it, and runs to Phedione and starts pushing her out.

"Hey, heyyy you cant just push me out!" She shouts at him.

"Watch me." He calms says dragging her by her shoulders out the door.

"Hey let me go, I'm your goddess, I'm perfection, you should be with me." She exclaims.

Jimmie gets her out the door and slams the door on her and quickly locks the door.

"Okay fine, perfection can wait so I will wait here for you!" She shouts through the door.

Jimmie lays down on the bed and rests his eyes and sighs.

"Another one?" He quietly asks himself.

He gazes outside again then looks back at his shirt and jacket on the side of the bed. He gets up and puts on his stuff and heads into the bathroom and washes up his face in the sink then turns and starts heading to the door knowing that the crazy girl is out there.

"You in there still? Can you let me in?" Phedione asks.

Jimmie stays quiet, unlocks the door and hides behind the door, the door instantly swings open.

"Your goddess has arrived once again... Jimmie? Where are you?" Phedione asks the seemingly empty room.

Jimmie uncovers himself from the door and jolts out the door sprinting down the stairs of the tavern and bolts for the front door and sprints toward the South to the Red Sun's headquarters. Passing a few alleys, he slows down and begins to walk toward his destination. After a few minutes he turns to the alley where the Red Sun's are and see the door, as he moves forward Phedione lands in between Jimmie and the door including the guard posted outside. She smiles at Jimmie.

"You can't run from perfection. I know where you go at all times." She smirks.

Jimmie stays quiet but obviously surprise that she found him. Phedione eyes turn to a cheering look and she begins to pucker up ready to kiss him, her arms go out and her legs start moving run towards him. Jimmie has had enough of her and waits for her to get to him, as she makes her way through the empty alley she aims for Jimmie ready to kiss him only to see him dodge to her right side and a kick to her side kicking her to the left against the brick wall.

"Open the fucking door!" Jimmie yells at the guard.

The guard panics and opens the door, Jimmie sprints through the door and turns around to slam the door shut and locks it with the four locks the door has, just to be safe Jimmie slides a table against the door and opens the window to see the guard and Phedione. The guard is pounding at the door.

"Please help me, she's crazy, I should have came inside! Help!" The guard beats on the door shouting.

"You can't get away, I'll take this one as a sacrifice for your lack of perfection, don't worry the goddess will fix you Jimmie." Phedione says to Jimmie.

Jimmie witnesses Phedione grab on the ankles of the guard and slowly drags him away from the door into the darkness of the shadows in the alley. All Jimmie hears is a scream after they disappear so Jimmie closes the door window and heads to Veronica's office. The door is closed so he politely knocks on the door to hear her summon him into the room. Jimmie opens the door to see Veronica sitting in her chair.

"Ahh yes, it's you, how did my task do? No problems?" She asks.

"No problems, killed your target and took out the ambush point, shipments should be easier now without interference." Jimmie replies.

"Wonderful, here's your payment." Veronica slides 100 banknotes on the table towards Jimmie.

"Appreciated..." Jimmie says pocketing the money.

"When will I see you again? Red Sun's have more work if you like, in fact we can make you and your friends an ally to us." She says to Jimmie.

"I'd like to be allies, as far as seeing each other after this, I don't know, our path may cross again." Jimmie responds to her.

"Alright, well here." She slides four Red Sun badges towards him. "You'll be apart of us and the Desolate Order now."

"It's been a pleasure. I think we will head back to Pristine then head more West to check it out on that side." He tells her.

"Ahh it's dangerous over there." Veronica replies.

A short moment of silence is shared.

"Uhhh... Jimmie, not to... you know, alarm you, but do you know that woman?" Veronica points behind Jimmie.

Jimmie turns to see silver hair and a sniper rifle tip, it's Phedione.

"How the hell did you get in here?" Jimmie questions her.

"We can not be separated love." She says.

"Who is this chick? I mean she's petty cute, but crazy." Veronica says behind him.

"I am the one who saved Jimmie from immediate danger! I can see farther than most and my shot is best." Phedione says.

"That tells me you know how to shoot, but not who you are cutie." Veronica says to Phedione.

"Ohh I'm Phedione, the goddess and perfection." She replies to Veronica.

"Goddamnit." Jimmie mutters.

He walks pass Phedione and grabs her and walks out. "Pleasure working with you Veronica." He says to her.

"Ohh so soon? Okay ba bye." Veronica waves to them.

Jimmie drags Phedione out to see the table is moved to form a small crack in the door way for a single person to squeeze through. Jimmie shakes his head and moves the table and heads out, walking down the alley back to the tavern passing the guard crying in a separate alley.

"It's a devil, DEVIL!!" The guard screams out as they pass.

"Huh? I'm a goddess mister!" Phedione yells at him.

The guard backs up in fear and cries, Jimmie continues to drag her to the tavern, he enters to see the girls sitting at a table waiting for him and all of them give them disgusted and concern looks to why he is dragging some girl around.

"Like it or not, she's part of the party now..." Jimmie groans out.

"Whaaaaaat?!" All the girls shout.

"Hehe." Phedione giggles.

Jimmie head falls in shame and shakes his head to let Phedione go and turning around out the door and jumping on the bike waiting for the others to follow him out.