"Where the bloody hell is, Elouise?!" The door flung open forcibly as a woman's voice blared across the four walls of the luxurious penthouse, the whole room momentarily shook at how the woman's voice thundered.
Elouise who is quietly reading a magazine on the couch shrieked and staggered in fear when the woman's growl hit her ears, she lose her balance and scurried away from the long couch to find a place to hide, fumbling around the living room. Veronica's black orbs peered from across the kitchen counters, standing at their door was stature of a tall woman with a blonde ponytail and familiar glowing red eyes, the woman shut the door behind her almost breaking it and ferociously march into the room.
"Hi there, Ava" Veronica casually greeted the woman but she was just ignored by her. Ava's glowing eyes narrowed across the house in search for Elouise.
Avarice Grace Johnson, the earthly beacon of the first zodiac sign, Aries The Ram. Despite of Ava's aggressive nature and strong personality she is very passionate and fiercely independent, she does not back down on anything or anyone given and can definitely pulverize one's ass if provoked given her super-strength as her ability.
"Show yourself right now, Elouise!" Ava roared as outrage overcame her senses, her aura glowed a dark red color and her energy emanate wrath which is enough to make anyone pee in their underwear. The blonde woman finally noticed Veronica who is quietly making dinner and gave her a threatening look.
Veronica being too preoccupied with her cooking just pointed her fingers to a trembling pillow over a light brown couch. As Ava lifted the cushion pillow, she saw a white cat with blue greyish eyes cornered to the side of the sofa, hissing viscously and back arching up. The woman picks the cat up at the scruff of its neck as it scuffled in an eager attempt to break free from the woman's grasp.
"Veronica, you asshole! How could you betray me!" The cat, who turns out to be Elouise, started to scream and hiss in anger but Ava examined her violently almost tossing and turning Elouise as if she's some kind of stuffed toy.
"Stop it Ava! This is animal abuse" Elouise yelped as her entire world began to spin in circles and stars suddenly reflecting on her eyes, after Ava finished checking if Elouise got any injuries or wounds. She pulled her into a tight hug that almost crushed Elouise into pieces.
"Thank God you're alive and unharmed! I got worried that something bad happened to you but what the actual fuck is your problem?" Ava bawled at the white feline bringing Elouise near her fuming face. Elouise curled up like ball, petrified at the sudden turn of events she quivered in fear seeing the blonde woman's ominous energy and smoldering glare that screams nothing but evil. She just forcefully shut her eyes close with her paws and began to recite a prayer in her head.
"Can't you be any more stupid by jumping off a building and shapeshift during the New Year's Eve countdown with people looking up at the sky waiting for the damn fireworks display!" Ava growled without pausing neither did she stop to breathe in air, she is seriously mad at Elouise for what she considered as a horrible mistake.
"How can you be so utterly stupid and expose yourself like that, Elouise?! Are your screws loosed or do you want me to tighten it all up for you?" Ava groaned in frustration and placed Elouise down on the couch, she began to pace back and forth in front of Elouise as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
"I was literally sky diving hundreds of feet off the ground without a parachute on! What did you expect me to do? Go free falling off that building and let my guts splatter all over the ground like I'm some kind of frozen dessert?" Elouise spat sarcasm and looked at Ava with disdain but the serious vibe vanished when Veronica, who is busy preparing dinner at the kitchen counter accidentally let out a small titter and closed her mouth with her hand trying to suppress her laughter.
The blonde woman sighed in resignation and slightly scratches the tip of her nose with her eyebrows furrowed, she flopped down the couch and threw her head back.
"What I'm trying to say here is that, someone caught a video of you shapeshifting into an owl Elouise!" Ava stated slowly and carefully as if she's talking to a couple of kindergarten students, she gave emphasis on the word 'caught' and tossed her phone to the side of the couch where Elouise is sitting. Upon hearing this, Veronica's attention perked up and she dashed towards the living room feeling intrigued.
"You're kidding right?" Elouise asked almost yelling and her tail pointing upwards, she gawked at Ava's phone as Veronica leaned towards and tapped onto the screen.
The video started with a girl like figure falling off a building, when the camera zoomed into the girl, she took off her mask and it revealed Elouise, her facial features are quite recognizable from the given height and distance, in a split second, Elouise turned into a barn owl and people started gasping and shouting from the background before it flew off from the frame. As the video came to an end, Veronica stood up with an awfully blank face and turned away while running her fingers through her hair.
"Oy vey" She muttered weakly and headed back to the kitchen.
"H-how is that even possible?" Elouise staggered and began to panic; she tapped the screen repeatedly with her paw but Ava immediately snatches her phone away from Elouise and glared at her.
"It doesn't matter, because they already saw you transforming into a barn owl it won't change the fact that you're trending in every social media platform, as we speak--" Ava gradually raised her voice in anger as her hands glowed a bright red color, in a blink of an eye she effortlessly crushed the phone that she was holding like it was just some paper. Elouise suddenly spring back in fear falling off to the side of the couch when Ava threw her phone towards the cat with a loud grunt.
"I'm sorry" Elouise's voice crack in regret as the words shyly fumbled from her lips, she is back to being human again and a set of icy greyish blue orbs peeped at the side of the couch with knitted brows.
Ava's hard expression softens as she saw Elouise, she sighed in resignation and went to where Elouise is at.
"I know and it's okay, as long as you're alive" Ava reassured Elouise by patting her head before she proceeds to edge of the coffee table and took her bag.
"Well, that's one good drama" Veronica awkwardly stated as she threw some clothes at the naked Elouise who is hiding behind the sofa. Then the blonde-haired woman took out a piece of paper from her bag and gave it to Veronica.
"Here's the last mission, I got everything prepared for the both of you. All necessary information is included in this paper and also, the people involved" Ava's heels clanked on the marble flooring as she made her way to the door.
"I have to go and clean up this mess, ring me up or message me on my other dial number if something came up. I'll see you tomorrow, ladies" Ava bid her goodbye and gently closed the door. As Elouise squinted at the paper through lidded eyes she stumbled upon the target's profile, her hands involuntarily clutched on the white piece of parchment and bit her lower lip turning into a smirk
"Dominique huh?"