We meet Again

Now back home in our apartment, Edward and I sit on a sofa and listen to the radio.

"Good Morning people of Aquaria! It's the Morning news! Today with a new hot topic."

"That's right John, last night 2nd Princess Amber was kidnapped from her room, she was found missing today at 6:30 on a roof of a construction site. The current investigation reveals a whole night chase that happened through the slums of Aquaria, as our princess has managed to escape her kidnappers."

"That's right, Amber claims that she was kidnapped by a Crime boss named Gunter-"

Listening to the radio passionately even though we're hungry and tired, we both still sit in our dirty clothes on the sofa listening to the radio. As their broadcast comes to an end, we jump in relief as our names weren't said.

"It's over! Finally, we can take a break from this craziness!" As we practically cry tears of happiness, Edward jumps up and calls dibs on the shower.

"That's not fair! I smell way more than you do!" Giving me the finger, I yell at him to at least not use all the hot water. Lying down on the sofa, I close my eyes trying to get some sleep, only to hear the phone ring.

Ignoring it, I throw one of the cushions at it. "Shut the hell up!"

"... Raven, You do know that you accepted the call? Right?" Falling off the sofa, I pull myself to the phone. "Gabriel! I totally forgot about you! Haha..."

Having a second of silence, I hear from the other side of the call. "Holy sister? How do I know that he can hear me?" Holding back my laughter I hear her storm in. "For heavens mercy! Gabriel, you're just 50! The first smartphone was invented 90 years ago!"

Grabbing the phone she screams into my ear. "Raven! Stop playing with Gabriel! There's a serious issue at hand so stop making these stupid jokes!"

*Thud* Throwing the phone at Gabriel, I hear her smash the doors shut on her way out.

"Raven?"

Rubbing my forehead, I say. "Yes? But just so you know, my grandfather is 90 years old and was born in the 2010s and he still answers the phone better than you do! So get to the point!"

I start to lose my nerves not because of Gabriel's incompetence, but because I can hear Edward singing in the shower.

"Well Never mind that Raven, I call you to tell you that the public demands a perpetrator. It won't be long before the best detectives descend onto the slums and gather evidence of your and Edwards's involvement."

Knowing where this is going, I start to beg. "Gabriel, please! I just got home! I haven't even eaten!'

"I'm sorry Raven, You have 8 hours to get rid of any evidence that could point to any of your involvement in the kidnapping, good luck."

*Beep Beep* Hanging up on me, I'm left watching my wallpaper with the clock.

[7:30]

Hearing the door open Edward walks out of the bathroom with nothing but a towel wrapped around him. "Something wrong?" *Crunch* Taking a bite of an apple, he tells me that he used all the warm water in the boiler.

"No, everything is fine. Let's just go."

"Where?

.....

Now outside, I explain our situation to Edward.

"I see, so what is our first stop?"

"The clothes shop, there's a lot of DNA evidence that leads to us, not to mention that Ambers' DNA is also there." Running to the shop, I thank god that they open at eight.

Running through the still-unlocked door, we see the dried blood on the counter.

"It's 7:40. We got 20 minutes. Check the back for bleach, I will find something we can use to scrub it away." Grabbing a sponge I look around for anything else that could potentially lead to us.

Looking through the rack of clothes for any blood stains, I hear Edward running to me with a bottle of bleach. "Perfect"

Pouring a bit on the blood, We start to scrub. "What's the next place?" Edward asks.

Thinking about it, I say. "Honestly, I think this is the only one that has any chance of being found."

Maybe, I won't spend the full eight hours running around cleaning shit up.

*Bang!*

.....

As Amber sits in a car filled with men armed to the teeth she asks.

"Where are we going?"

"To a none disclosed location, Ma'am! We believe that keeping you in the royal palace is not a wise decision, as its defenses were already penetrated once!"

Listening Amber just nods her head. After all, it's not like she can tell them that no one broke in. I mean how would she explain that she just snuck out because she wanted to?

As one of the guards knocks on the driver he asks what the hold up is.

Not getting a response he knocks again, only for the top of the armored car to get ripped off.

"Jesus!" Opening fire at the man that ripped the top off, one of the guys yells.

"He's a Malkuth! Non-enhanced attacks are useless!" Throwing away their guns, they pull out full-on machetes, as Amber gets scared, She runs out of the truck away from the attacker.

Turning around she immediately recognizes him. It's Gunter with some of his men.

Running away through alleys, Amber grabs a trash bag and throws it onto her followers.

Taking a shape right turn she hides in a dumpster. Hearing her followers run past, she jumps out and runs in the opposite direction.

"Give me that!" Hearing a man yell, Amber peeks from behind a corner, only to see a man with a gun threatening a bruised-up woman. "I said let go!" Kicking her, the woman finally lets go of what seemed to be her wallet.

"Shit! It's almost empty!" Kicking the now unconscious woman on the ground, he yells. "What did you spend it on?! How the hell am I supposed to make a living, when everyone I rob is so goddamn poor!"

*Crack*

As Amber watches in horror, she decides that's best for her to not get involved so she tries to leave, but the robber sees her sneaking away.

"Hey!" Starting to run after her, Amber tries to run away like she did tonight, but she can't. Her body, it's as if her weight doubled! Not even realizing that she had begun to slow down.

She gets tackled to the ground by the robber. "Stop moving!" Trying to get him off, she grabs a nearby brick and slams it against the robber's head. Knocking him off, she gets on her feet and tries to make a run for it, only to get grabbed by the leg.

Hitting the ground, the robber curses at her. "I'm gonna gut you like a wild animal! Just wait you bitch! Your neck is gonna snap like a twig!" Getting his hands around Amber's neck, she begins to slam her hands hopelessly against his.

Starting to feel light-headed, Amber fights with all her might, but to no result. Now pushing her hand against his face, she pokes his eye with her nail.

"GHAA! AHH!" Screaming in pain, he lets go of Amber, allowing her to breathe again.

Taking a deep breath, she pushes herself off the ground onto the robber and grabs his Gun.

"Girl I'm going- Put that down, It's just a miss understanding, right haha?" As Amber holds the gun to the head of the robber, she realizes something.

Wouldn't the world be better without this trash of a human being? What does he do for the better of the world? Right... By getting rid of him I would be doing the world a favor.

"Please just let me go, I-"

*Cl-BANG!*

....

As Edward and Raven are talking about how many other places they will have to visit they hear a gunshot from behind the store. Running out they almost immediately see a familiar blonde girl with a gun in hand.

"No... just when I thought that luck finally struck me..." As Raven walks over to Amber he prepares to disarm her in case, but to his surprise, Amber isn't in a shock. If anything else she seems determined.

"Amber?" Turning around, she looks surprised to see me. "Raven? What are you doing here?"

Looking at the store, I just smile. "Nothing, I was just cleaning something, until I suddenly heard this gunshot." Pointing at the man, I ask her if she could get off him. Even though I can see that she shot him point blank in the head, I put my fingers on his throat to confirm that he's dead

"Well, he's dead. So how did it feel?" Looking at Amber, I try to understand why she killed him. "I... I thought that I would be doing a favor to the world if I got... rid of him."

Sighing loudly, I say. "Good then, but we should move, I don't think we're the only ones that heard the gunshot." Nodding along, Amber and I get picked up by Edward.

Scaling the building, Amber asks. "Why did you say [Good] When you asked me why I killed him?" Landing on the roof, I reply.

"There are many reasons why a person would kill, but the first time is the same for most people. [No other choice] But It's the second time they kill their intentions become clear. It's usually during the second kill that person makes the conscious decision to take the life."

Jumpin' across a gap, I continue.

"But the problem is why they decide to take the life. Sadly, the most common reason is. [They've missed the thrill of killing] By no means I'm saying that's the same for everyone, some people can't go back to how they were before they murdered someone, but the ones that do get high on the power to take one's life."

Looking over the edge, I see real police forces close to the dead body. "If we've spent a second longer there, we would be dead meat." Turning back to Amber I ask her why is she here again.

"I... I had to run away, Gunter attack my transport to safety." Nodding along, I tell her that she has some tough luck and that I wish her the best of luck before trying to make a run for it.

I don't want to get entangled in this! I haven't eaten slept or anything!

But as I turn around, Amber grabs me by my ponytail. "Where are you going?! aren't you going to help me?"

Looking her dead in the eye, I yell. "Help you?! That's a suicide and I like living! Not to mention that I already got an Ultimatum!" While Raven starts to mable on in how deep shit he is.

Amber turns to Edward. "What did he mean by an Ultimatum?"

Shrugging his shoulders, he says. "To be honest, I don't know. I was in the shower when the call happened after I used all the warm water I came out only to find depressed Raven on the phone."

Noddin her head, Amber tries to say something only for everything to come to a sudden stop. Feeling something sharp dig into her shoulder, she screams out.

*Bang* It was a bullet that went straight through her shoulder.

Falling to the ground, everyone looks at the shooter.