2 A GIRL IN THE ALLEY
Blue Moon Bar
A tall man was standing outside the bar, smoking leisurely.
The crowd inside was unbearable. To avoid the hustle bustle area, he came out.
His forest green eyes stared at the road.
Pitter-patter!
The sound of the drizzling rain could be heard despite the busy road.
Cars continuously passed, with the tires splashing the water onto the road. A familiar scent of damp soil was clinging to the wind.
It was refreshing.
The man was enjoying the view.
He was around 5'11". He had medium skin tone with a cool undertone. His dirty blonde, spiky hair was covering his forehead.
He was wearing a black shirt, the same color as his pants.
The long sleeves were cuffed up to his elbows with a navy blue coat hanging on his left arm.
As he continued smoking, he noticed a sudden movement in the narrow alley.
Not being able to control his curiosity, he slowly approached the alleyway.
It was a pitch dark alley with not a hint of light.
It was not easy to see anything properly without being extremely close.
Keeping the cigarette in his mouth, he marched forward. He halted just as he saw a dark figure moving.
Squinting his eyes, he stared intently at it.
His eyesight gradually adjusted to the darkness.
Afterward, what he saw blew his mind.
The figure he saw was of a woman.
The shocking part wasn't the woman but the uniqueness of her appearance.
She was entirely naked.
There wasn't a single piece of clothing on her body.
The man's forest-green eyes widened in awe.
Feeling a sense of urgency, he strode forward.
Water splashed with his every step, making loud noises in the quiet alley.
The girl heard the sounds of footsteps. She slowly turned around.
A pair of glass blue eyes spotted a dark figure coming forward.
She stared at him until she could see his face clearly.
However, her vision soon went dark. She closed her eyes.
As the man approached her, he watched as her body collapsed onto the muddy ground.
He rushed forward and grabbed her arm before her head could hit the wet floor.
He pulled her forward and called out to her, "Hey, wake up!"
No matter how many times he jerked her body, she did not move.
The man noticed that her body was ice cold. He wrapped her body with his coat and picked her up.
As he walked to the bar, someone called out to him.
"Alex?"
The familiar voice sounded very confused.
The tall man turned and found a spikey redhead.
Lucas stared at the blonde and then lowered his eyes and found a girl in his arms. He was bewildered.
"Alex, what are you doing with a girl… a naked girl?!" Lucas inquired. "Don't tell me you are kidnapping her."
Alex looked at him with a blank expression. "You better call an ambulance. I think this poor girl was assaulted."
He wasn't wrong.
There was no other reason for a girl to be stark naked in the evening in such a crowded place.
No person with a sane mind would walk around in that appearance unless they were forced to or had no other choice left.
Without wasting another second, Lucan dialed an emergency number.
After talking to the police, he paid close attention to the girl in Alex's arms.
"She looks Japanese… but pink hair? She looks like a doll," he commented.
The girl's soft pink, silky, straight hair was stuck to her bloodless face due to the dampness. Her lips were dry and chapped.
She didn't look injured but exhausted.
Lucas observed her properly.
"Has she fainted? She doesn't look injured to me. Maybe she is just sleeping."
"Lucas, stop pestering," Alex ordered.
"But aren't you curious? I mean I should be curious too. You are carrying a girl!
"I heard you signed a contract but it wasn't for a movie, was it? Practicing how to be a hero?"
Alex calmly stared at him and stated, "Would you like to be the villain of that movie? I'd love to make you one."
"No way, man! What a bad joke. I'm going to have nightmares!" Lucas shuddered just imagining himself on the screen.
"Anyway, what should we tell Mateo?" he inquired. "He is waiting for us to celebrate with him. He will be hella pissed if he saw you with a woman, naked at that."
Alex replied, "I will take her to the hospital. You go talk to him. The party isn't canceled."
"If you aren't there, there isn't any point of a party and you know it." Lucan sighed.
"Fine, I'll go and calm him down. You go and save your heroine. You owe me a million bucks for being a supporting role," he said.
Alex smirked in reply.
The ambulance arrived along with a police car.
While the police investigated what happened to the victim, the medical team examined the current situation of the victim.
After inspecting her condition, they found nothing wrong. She was only over-exhausted and unconscious.
For further evaluation, they transported her to the hospital.
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"Are you out of your mind? Why did you have to meddle with a naked woman?"
Mateo exploded when he heard everything from Lucas.
His green eyes were blazing with fire.
He continued, "We have finally made a solid foundation for the company. It took us five years of hard work and countless sleepless nights.
"You are our President. If the media finds out about you hugging a naked girl and the police so much as even arrives for questioning, can you imagine how it will affect the company?
"We just signed the biggest deal we have ever dreamed of. You cannot destroy our hard work like this. Next time, avoid that victim and stay a kilometer away from her."
Alex started to have a headache upon listening to Mateo's nagging.
He was having a conversation with the police and was telling them how he discovered the girl.
That's when Mateo came out of the bar with a fiery expression.
He knew he had to go through the torturous lecture. He was prepared for it.
Still, it was unbearable.
Alex was thinking of having another cigarette when he got a call from the hospital.
He answered the call, "Hello?"
"Mr. Alex, I'm Dr. Fuziwoka. This is an emergency," the voice spoke from the other side of the phone. "Your patient's condition is unstable. Please come here at once."
