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I found a decent spot to sit in. The bidding room looks standard. It seems like it will start in three minutes or so. Also, a BUNCH of people are here. More than I expected. As I guessed, i'm definitely not the only person about to attempt this.

Generic well dressed guy is asking for bidding's, some people respond back sort of.

All is normal until..

"And now for the jewel of this session, a one in an existence.... BLAIR CLOAK!!!!"

"This is a very high priced which is why it's the last thing that will be bided today. Alright do we have a $12,000,00?.. Do we have a.."

He went on, although I specifically got this seating for a reason.

1: It's close to an exit.

2: It's close to the guy presenting.

Now then.. to open up the perfect opportunity to do this. I can tell people are getting adrenaline as well.

Then the power goes out suddenly.

Alright now here's the perfect cha-

"AHHHHHHHHHH, OH GOD"

"SAVE US"

more shots were fired

"HE'S DEAD"

"MOVE IN NOW, GET THE PRIZE."

more shots were fired AGAIN

I moved out the way but I can not see anything. Well I see the bright yellow blinking lights from the guns I presume. So MANY.

I smell lead and blood as well. So people are definitely dying probably? I also hear more screaming and shots being fired.

I think i'm safe around this area, I darted to where I believe the exit to be located right around when the first shots were fired. I couldn't see obviously but I do know i'm not the main area of wrath right now.

I honestly don't want to get up on stage and immediately get shot. Doesn't help I don't have a Hyperion cloak on me to sort of negate the bullets.

*BOOM*

A bright yellow light appeared with smoke coming out of it. I couldn't see it fully because of where i'm at right now but i'm pretty sure someone blew up a wall. I'm assuming they're escaping with the cloak.

I can see a bit of my face and body now. I had blood on me and around the area i'm in.

"GOD DAMN IT, YOU LET ONE RANDOM ASS GUY ESCAPE WITH IT.."

Wait, one person escaped with the cloak, an easy target maybe? HAH.. Actually they just escaped from.. Bare minimum 6 people.

The darkness quickly engulfed the room again.

Shots were still going off but with less frequency. I could hear crying from all over the place.

Well now is a good time to escape.. probably. However it's one person, i'll just find this guy and personally borrow the cloak from him. My skills and charm will win him over. Heh. I'm such a genius for this idea that no one TOTALLY will try to do.

I ran out towards the direction of moonlight, which i'm assuming is the exit. I wish I had whatever the group had on to see in the dark... That way I could see a lot more easily what i'm bumping into.

I broke through the door, then suddenly someone approaches me-

"Hello, think the two of us can work together to find the cloak? I know how to fight as well and we'll split the rewards. It's okay if you don't want to, i'll just find someone else.."

Oh my god-

I uh, have never been this close to an attractive asian man before.

Short brown hair, pale skin, brown eyes, attractive lips, grey glasses, a grey jacket. He seems shorter than me and around my age range as well

He gave a slightly concerned face when looking at me

"Are you okay? please pardon me for bothering you if that's the case."

'Oh no, yeah. Yup, hahah... Yeah we can work together.'

He then proceeded to get physically closer to me and looked me in the eyes.

"Alright, my name is Chrollo. Pleased to meet you, young lady."

'No, the um pleasure is all yours.. mine...'

I was talking like a complete idiot as usual.

"Everything will be fine, you can trust me. I may not look like it but I keep my promises" he said while smiling and taking something out of his pocket.

Aughhhhh

This is really dumb to trust a random guy you have never met before for this type of thing but.. come on... He seems nice OKAY

"Just think of me as your friend, well at least for now." smiling the same while adjusting his glasses and hair and laughing a bit.

Friend.. I want a friend..... Alright this will be my very first friend. I guess

'Thanks!'

*cut*

He said no problem or something like that.

I felt a slight sting on my neck, probably because of these feelings.. He did back up after that stinging though.

"Alright, as your new friend, I just need you to stay in this place for a few minutes. I got some other friends coming and they always like meeting new friends of mine. It'll be the six of us, counting you and me. Is that fine ms. Garcia?"

'Umm, yeah! yeah it's fine.' I think I smiled a little bit.

Ms. Garcia.. I always wanted someone to address me as... wait.

I start to walk over to the stairs. How does this guy know my last name?

'Hey Chrollo, how do you know my last naaaaa-'

My vision started to get blurry along with my speech.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Gemini. I need to turn over some random people and you're the type that's easy to trick. I'll get some money out of saying that I turned in some of the group members who did the shooting earlier. I really can't think you enough Gemini."

He said that with the same smiling with his eyes closed. His face and body was distorted though.

*Tied*

'Why....'

'Is this funny to you? 'tricking' insecure and lonely people like me. I'm seriously hurt..'

I was losing my strength and fell to the ground completely. I started to cry because i'm a dumb fucking crybaby who trusts a random guy that approached me at the perfect time.

I'm so fucking dumb and pathetic, I for once thought I found a friend. One person I can always lean back on.

I'm so desperate at this point I trusted anyone, especially anyone that is very attractive.

"Huh, you're crying. Oh well, save them for one the guards find you. Also yes I do, you said it yourself. I found you in the bathroom having something that resembled an anxiety attack and knew you would be a good target. Your type of people are gullible in general. That or petrified, so I it's nothing dangerous to deal with."

'Do you even see me as a human, or another fucking target..'

I was at this point bawling and afraid of what will happen to me.

"Ms Garcia, I think i'm done talking with you.." I can't tell what his face is but his tone sounds slightly calmer and calculated.

Luckily, I came up with a plan!

I was physically crying and mentally but I wasn't completely clouded by my current emotions.

I went over the the stairs for a specific reason. It makes doing this stunt easier because of the handle there. Chrollo followed me over as well which is what I hoped. I don't believe Chrollo noticed what I was actually doing when he was talking or thought it was pointless. While I was standing there, I taking the small rope I kept on me and applying it.

I figure Chrollo probably has some type of device on him like me so why not take advantage of that. This rope I was applying is sharp and hard to actually see. Sort of get cut by it a decent amount of times heh...

'Chrollo, I have to tell you something..'

He started to walk back to my general area but still a little distance from us.

Well that's still enough room. hahaha.

This will be fun punishing this jerk!

"What is it?"

'Chrollo... you're a dumbass...'

Chrollo for a second noticed what I led him into but he was too slow.

He walked right over the rope.

*SNAP*

The rope got untied when he did that and wrapped around him in a very forceful and fast way.

So forceful that he might break a bone or two, but more importantly will break anything, preferably his exo suit. If this works, his exo suit will wrap around him with way more force than usual and sort of?

CRUSH HIM TO DEATH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Probably not to death but he'll sustain some injuries. Chrollo flinched and his legs got tense.

Then a small explosion happens from his pocket. Immediately the exo suit breaks a bit and stabs him in the chest. Causing immediate bleeding.

The exo suit really got messed up from that explosion as it proceeded to uh... fly off into directions that are opposite to me.

I guess one of them bounced off and hit Chrollo in the head? I couldn't see above his chest.. I suddenly see him fall down.

Bleeding and possibly head trauma.

Serves that jerk right!

Then something unexpected happens. Chrollo got up, dusted his jacket, and said this.

"Fine. Ms. Garcia, you are quite clever and too dangerous to be kept alive. You also know my name now. So how about this, because of your skills and having no one else to turn back to, let's attempt to work together."

He stabbed me with something in the neck again and I started to gain my strength back.

'Wait, what........'

"You can't trust me after that stunt I performed on you, but i'll trust you."

"Hypothetically, you'll pull the trigger and that will be it." His face and tone remain neutral.

I get back up and he hands me a gun.

"Shoot me in the head if you still hate me and don't trust me."

'Wow, you are quite stupid, Chrollo..'

But it would be boring if I killed him now...

He seemed surprised that I didn't shoot him.

'Okay, you stop manipulating people.. and we'll be allies.'

I put the gun up the side of his head while having my hand on the trigger.

'If not, then i'll put you in this exact position and pull the trigger.. Actually it's okay if you manipulate when I say it's okay. GOT IT'

I pull my hand back from the trigger.

"Alright I understand." His tone doesn't change much even when he has a gun up to his head.

'Then let's work together to find the cloak together, also for sparring you your life sort of? You will buy me dinner.. NOW!'

"Alright... Wait that's all?"

'No, I will utterly humiliate you, I will strip you naked and you will be my personal slave, you will praise me everyday admiring my features. You will feed me one of your kidneys to prove your loyalty. Then you will shave off your hair. Then you will act as my personal maid. Also you will become my personal portable toilet for whenever I have to use either numbers. Then you will get a tattoo saying 'I LOVE GEMINI' on your back. I'll start to make fun of you for being asian. Then I'll force you to become my partner in the new novel, 'My racism system'. Then I'll tell your family and friends that you died 12 years ago. Then you will become my stress management. You will take everything I throw at you. Punches, kicks, insults, chainsaws, gunshots, poison, etc. Then you will die of an unknown illness and i'll revive you back to life just to torture you more. I FUCKING OWN YOU AND YOUR SOUL AND YOU WILL ACCEPT TO THESE TERMS.'

"........"

I put my hand on the trigger again.

He starts to try to back away from me, his eyes are wide now.

'Just kidding! well everything after the slave part, I'm not THAT EVIL'

We both laughed. Chrollo seemed to be more of an nervous laugh than me though. I took the gun and stopped pointing it towards his head.

"Okay.... let's just collect ourselves and plan the next course of action."