Chapter 9
As Natasha made her way to the restroom, she suddenly felt a strange presence, a presence similar to that of Drogen and Bruce, then it hit her. A Grim reaper was here for her.
She took hurried steps back to the office. Maybe if she was around other people, they wouldn't recognize her, or at least, she could pretend not to see them.
Gracie observed the panic in her face as she walked into the office.
"Whoa, you're back so soon?" Gracie asked, referring to her trip from the bathroom.
Natasha opened her mouth to answer but froze when a man with black long hair materialized like smoke in front of her. She nearly jumped but she quickly gained composure and pretended she couldn't see him.
"Gracie, where is that...thing I gave you?" Natasha blurted, forcing a wide smile. Her heart pounded in her chest, her palms sweaty.
"Thing, what thing?" Gracie asked, the fact was Natasha had hurriedly tried to come up with something to say just to cover up her anxiety.
The reaper, Zeus, tilted his head and smirked, stepping closer to her. "You're not very good at this, human. I know you can see me."
"That thing, Don't you remember?" Natasha asked, looking desperately at her friend as if, asking her for help.
"You're really hot, no wonder you picked Drogen's interest" Zeus said with a grin.
Natasha felt the urge to slap the guy hard on the face but she knew that would give her away. She took a deep breath.
"Gracie! I'm on my period" Natasha finally blurted out as a last resort hoping the guy would get embarrassed and leave, but no... Zeus stood there as still as a rock, looking straight at her, trying to read her expressions.
"But you just saw it las...." Grace almost revealed but Natasha was quick to put a hand over her clueless friend's mouth
"Just come with me" she hissed, dragging Gracie towards the door, other colleagues were giving them the side eye knowing the two were at it again, they had gotten used to their bickering and loud noise making that they didn't bother to pay any attention whenever they started their drama.
Natasha could still sense the man following her.
' why won't he just give up and leave already ' she said to herself
"You are a pretty good actor, just give up the pretense, I know it's you"Zeus finally snapped
"Gracie, could you go get me a pad from the nearest store please" Natasha pleaded, she needed to send Gracie away so she could confront this bastard, you couldn't blame her for not keeping up the act for a little longer, she was known for her temper and didn't know how to be patient for long.
Gracie assured her friend that she would be back soon before heading into the elevator.
"Let's go somewhere private, I can't have people giving me weird stares when they find me talking to nothing" Natasha mumbled as she walked past Zeus and led him to the storage unit...that was the most private place she could think of.
Zeus grinned, clearly enjoying himself as he followed behind her.
She marched into the storage room, slamming the door behind them. she then turned to him angrily.
"Don't you know it's creepy to stalk a woman?"
"Finally decided to stop pretending" Zeus teased, leaning against a shelf.
"What do you want?" She snapped, her voice shaky despite her attempt to sound tough...she could literally feel her body shaking, had they come to take her.
"You know the answer to that better than anyone" Zeus replied
"Answer to what" she asked, feigning ignorance.
"You are a missing soul, you are supposed to be dead.... in fact, you died yesterday in that bus....I assume you are aware of that fact?" Zeus asked
Natasha's heart sank "But I'm alive right now aren't I, taking my soul now wouldn't change anything"
"It's not about change, it's about balance... your soul needs to be taken to maintain the natural order of things, so I hope you won't resist as i take your soul" Zeus said and a dagger magically appeared on his hand.
Natasha backed away from him and the only person that she could think of at that moment was Drogen...she uttered his name 3 times, but nothing happened...he didn't appear, like he promised.
Her breath came in short gasps. Was her life going to end here? she hadn't even said goodbye to her mother. How will her mom cope without her, her mom would be heartbroken to find out about her death, she was all her mother had left and taking her away would hurt her mom once more.
Her mother had already lost all her family members, her brother, her husband, her son and now her daughter.
"Drogen" Natasha found herself screaming his name as the dagger descended to her chest, but just before it did any harm, a blast of wind filled the room and someone appeared and stopped it in time.
With a single punch, Drogen sent Zeus crashing into the wall. The impact made a dent in the wall.
"How, how are you back? Weren't you supposed to be detained for 20 years, it's been barely 6 years" Zeus groaned as he struggled to gain balance.
"The next time you lay a finger on her, I swear I'll drag you to hell myself, Drake has let her go... she'll no longer be a target of the soul society...so you better stay miles away from her if you value your current status" Drogen warned, his voice cold and chilling as he spoke with a death glare.
Zeus's eyes burnt with rage but he didn't dare argue. With a frustrated growl, he vanished in a cloud of smoke.
Natasha stood fixed in her position, her eyes welling with tears as she found it unbelievable that he was standing right before her... looking more handsome than ever.
She didn't have time to think, or to wonder to herself why she was crying over the fact that this creepy grim reaper had just saved her life once again.
Without thinking much, Natasha flung herself into his arms, hugging him tightly as she shed tears.
"You came"