"S-stay back," the man said as he grabbed the child and held her close to him as he still held the gun to her head. 'Mommy" the child cried. "Shut up!" the man yelled pressing the gun harder against the child's head. "I'll give you one chance Adam, let the girl go and turn yourself in," she told him. "h-how do you know my name?" he asked her his eyes wide "I know everything," she told him. As she began to walk towards the man. "s-stay back," he said "stop he's gonna kill her!" Psyche shouted.
But Nightingale didn't stop. Even as the man was cornered with a wall he didn't shoot the girl. Nightingale punched the man. His head hit the wall so hard he blacked out. The gun dropped to the ground and the child ran past Nightingale and into her mother's arms. At this point, Psyche, Veil, and Tricity had already finished with the other robbers.
"Are you insane?" Psyche asked approaching nightingale. Nightingale turned and just stared at her. "you could have gotten her killed" Psyche added. "no you could have gotten her killed," Nightingale told her. "you were reckless and put not only yourselves but these people in danger with your inexperience" Nightingale told her. "we were fine" Psyche replied.
"you wasted time," Nightingale told her. "he had no intention of killing the girl or anyone else" Nightingale added. "that's not what..." "you heard?" Nightingale interrupted Psyche. "a little word of advice, Raelyn," she said "Not everyone follows through with what they're thinking" she whispered before walking past Psyche.
Psyche turned around and tried to read Nightingale's mind. But there was nothing. It was almost as if she was somehow blocking out Raelyn's powers. Who the hell was this girl? Raelyn questioned as Nightingale disappeared.
"Psyche we need to get these people out of here," Veil said "Right" Psyche replied running over to the hostages and untying them.
The day ended well for them. The cops were thankful for their help though they weren't exactly happy about it.
"Today was amazing Sam said as she fell onto the couch I mean who would have thought id have so much fun running into a burning building and saving people," Samantha said as she stared up at the ceiling. "tell me about it," Magenta said, we were only able to stop a gas station robbery but making that guy fall on his ass as he ran out of the store was hilarious," Magenta said with a laugh.
"I'm Sure," Raelyn said awkwardly. "How was your day didn't you save a bunch of hostages from a bank robbery?" Mark questioned "Raelyn doesn't believe it counts because nightingale showed up," Lindsay said simply. "Nightingale showed up? Ben said slightly excited. "she's real?" he added. "seems to be," Elian said sitting next to Sam on the couch. "She knew who I was," Raelyn said. "to be fair your face is kind of everywhere," Derek said entering the room.
"She knew I could read minds and for some reason, I couldn't read hers" Raelyn added everyone went silent "ok ill admit that's weird," Lindsay said.
"so what do you want to do?" Derek asked "I want to find out who this girl really is" Raelyn replied.
Mae sat on her couch watching TV with Ollie. But thoughts weighed heavy on her mind. Suddenly her phone rang. "hey" Mae said as she answered her phone. "I'm sending you on assignment" Elliot's voice echoed in her ear. "I'm already on assignment" she replied. "I guess I could always send Lillith," Elliot told her. Mae was silent for a moment. What do you need me to do?" she asked him. "I need you to infiltrate the unwanted Hideout," he told her. "and then what would you like me to do drag your sister back?" Mae asked. "just observe," he told her.
"I don't have much of a choice do I? she asked him. "no," he told her. "not unless you want your sister to do it" he replied. "no," Mae said simply. "good," Elliot said before hanging up. Mae put her phone down. and looked at Ollie. "were just not allowed to live in peace are we?" she asked ollie as she pet his head.
Flashes of memory passed through her mind as she thought of Lillith, her older sister. What happened that night?
How did she escape? Mae knew Lillith was the one who killed their parents. The memory of her sister covered in their parent's blood as she stood in front of their lifeless bodies will never be something Mae will forget. But why did she do it?
Deep down that didn't really matter to Mae though. No, only one thing mattered to Mae when it came to her older sister. That she would be the one to kill her. And one day she would. It was the reason she became Nightingale 7 years ago. Though she quit for a time that didn't matter.
The only reason she agreed to work under Elliot in the first place was so she could kill Lillith. And he knew that too.
Suddenly there was a knock on her door. Mae got up and walked to the door then opened it. Suddenly she was grabbed by the throat and slammed against the wall.
"what a coincidence" Mae barely managed to say as she grabbed the arm of the person choking her. "Elliot and I were just talking about you" Mae added. "though the whole time I was thinking about how I wanted you to die" she continued. Lillith was silent. "What are you doing here Lillith?" Mae asked as she glared at her older sister. Lillith was still silent as she began to choke Mae.
Mae no longer had a choice. She hated doing this but if she didn't she would be killed. Mae began to concentrate.
She put her free hand in front of Lillith's waste then suddenly Lillith went flying back. Mae fell to he knees as she rubbed her throat. "I was wrong your not Lillith," she said with heavy breaths. "you're a goddamn shapeshifter sent to kill me" she added
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