"Could be because we got drenched in the rain, not because of what she saw," an ever-so-slightly supercilious voice explained.
She concur it as the voice of Alas standing near her as she was lying on a bed, but she inhaled a manly scent instead of the usual alcohol mixed with the medicine smell of a hospital. She blinked a few times looked from left to right.
"Oh, you're awake," he uttered in a monotone manner as if he knows she would wake in that time.
He turned on the nightstand and filled a glass with water. "Here, have a drink."
Alas shoved tha glass on her face as if expecting her to accept it or accept it.
Blanche glowered at him she sat up on the bed and held the glass. She realized she was not in a hospital, but in a room with a white ceiling and carpeted floor. "Where am I?"
Alas sat behind
Once Blanche turned around, a heavy, loud, and cold palm smacked her left cheek."You bitch! I already said you should stay with him!" Penelope was fuming mad, she wore an A-line skirt patch with lace and a dark red off-the-shoulder blouse paired with black heels. Her hair was chopped off into a red bob cut.Blanche touched her stinging left cheek, it burns and it hurts. People passing by the building halted and gave their attention to them.She slowly faced the culprit, hand still on the cheek and her eyes speak the bewilderment and teary-eyed expression that Blanche felt.Penelope was ready to put her newly manicured nails in Blanche's skin. Her face screamed like boiling water in the morning, but when Blanche finally collected herself from that sudden outburst, she calmly spoke."What do you mean Penelope? As far as I'm concerned, I didn't do anything bad." The sourness of those words rolled in her tongue like
Some days, Blanche feel like wearing pyjamas and hoodie jackets all day, just feeling the sun's warmth as it rise from the east, but no, she can't do that. Like a bird on a bird cage she can't do that. She's bounded by a contract with the organization.An organization run by the devil.There's no way to run around the halls of their headquarters and expect to be out in the sun. That's just not what supposed to happen in the organization. They're expected to obey the rules, to be flawless in killing people, to shoot, and to use any weapon in the armoury.Especially when they set their eyes on Blanche, she felt as if they doubled.. even tripled their expectations on what she should do.Just like how a parent expect her oldest child to be a good example to his younger siblings. Except that she wasn't the oldest, and they're far from being parents.Blanche bit the inside of her cheeks as she tried her loudest scream yet no
"Is Ace back?"Blanche's eyes widen at what Farah said, she came running to the apartment door and knock with utmost curiosity and excitement on her face."Why are you asking?" Misha popped behind Blanche. "Does Ace doesn't go home frequently these days?"Farah covered the surprise on her face when she saw Misha and tried to smile. "Yes... at least that's what I observed."Farah seemed to be hesitant to tell them that but she did, and it makes sense because Farah was practically a stairs away from the house of Ace."He never got home?" Misha asked again for clarification and Farah nodded in return."There must be a misunderstanding. Ace always returns home." Blanche has a small hope in her eyes that says how Ace can do and she clings on that hope devoutly."No... He doesn't." Farah held the hem of her clothes and looked down sheepishly. The aura of Blanche was just too much for h
The floorboards creak as Blanche knocks on woods. She was crouched down, almost laying on the floor sideways just to hear who has the secret way to them."Blanche, should we be doing this?" Misha suddenly asked with worry.She climbs on one of the windows and knocks back on the ceiling. Blanche faced her. "If we want to find Ace, then what's there to ask?"Misha pouts. "But I don't want to find him."Blanche sneered at her and face the floor again, wondering who'll knock back on the floorboards she heard Misha grunt. "Why are we doing this? Does she forget that we're spies?"Part of being spies is being witty. At least that's what it should be, but Blanche already got tired of it.She sat on the floor as her pointing finger grazed at the floorboards. She doesn't want to admit it but she's pining for him.And she's doing things she shouldn't do, when does this start? Was it when he couldn
There's nothing to see here. Blanche let Misha go back first. She took a glance at the picture Misha turned behind, like how Blanche stole the key off of Misha without her noticing, she did it with a swift glance and she caught two little boys both in jerseys one with a big grin and the other with a serious but happy face.Their arms were on each other shoulders and it seemed like they just went to a stadium to watch a game, a date was written on the bottom side of the picture.Blanche examined that, before closing the door and hearing the voice of Misha calling her.She turn off the lights and locked the door before running back to the top room."Blanche."The moment Blanche got in the room, the sound of smashing glass dominated their ears as Farah went stunned."I..." Blanche was about to say something but Misha cut her off. "No, Farah, this was just an accident."The broken pieces of the gl
Slidell walked with her on the edge of a cliff, where the blow of the wind blew in her hair with no end.There's a weird-looking huge three just before the end of the cliff, it leaves were colored purple when the sun strike on them and it looked like they're shining and they dance through the wind.Blanche closed her eyes and feel the wind brush through her cheeks. She inhaled the fresh air the place gives. It's far from the city and near the park just like what he said, you just needed to climb a hundred steps concrete stairs to be here.But it's worth it when because of the air and scenery it gives."It's great, isn't it? We found this place when we're both drunk."Blanche turned at Slidell who wiped his mouth with the back of his hand after drinking water from his tumbler."I remember, we slept here and a security guard came after us the next morning," Slidell chuckles, he was looking at the weird
"We're teens. You need help."Those words remained on Blanche for the rest of the day, they sat on the park bench and drank coffee when a boy in a newspaper hat passed by them holding a bunch of newspaper."Isn't already time for delivering the newspaper?" Misha wondered. She finished a grande cup and was now on her second."Yes. You're right. Someone knocked me off and I fell asleep on the side of the street, when I woke up, it's already morning and the store won't accept these now."Blanche turned at the boy who answered what Misha asked, he heaved a heavy sigh and looked down on the floor."Well, what are you slacking now? You should sell them individually to people! Although I doubt if they'd be interested in buying one. It's already midday," Misha retorted.Blanche looked at her in bewilderment, did she drink too much coffee? She forgot that she's supposed to stop her when she finished her grand
“Never do that again, Blanche.”Blanche nodded, giving in to Hent that she’s wrong on thinking that she could handle all the problems that came in her way alone, sometimes, problems required friends so that you can solve them, just like what Hent said; two can tango.It was in the middle of the night, the moon creepily sought them as Hent and Blanche prepare for the next plan. It’s clear that the vital thing for the organization was not Blanche anymore, it’s Hent, but they learned better, they knew their rotten personality and bad things they did to them, so in order to not have Hent, Blanche arranged that Hent should be taken out of the abandoned building and she’ll be in hiding in the apartment, specifically in the room of Blanche that’s parallel to Ace.She knew how to go there by copying what Astolfo did, peak on the window first, Hent would be shu
Even if Alas looked like a self-centered narcissist, he still has a sense of pity, just a bit though, a tiny bit. For his brother who’s always had the center of attention, for his brother who gets all the love in the world.Alas grew up knowing that he’s not the favorite child, but when their mother died, things take a turn and in just a blink of an eye he was on the room listening to his father as he declared him the next heir of the family’s business.“I won’t let you, Alas,” Ace replied with a stern voice.“Well then.” He walked back to Ace’s bedroom and take a look over the window.“What if I told you that she wants to kill you?”Ace followed him, but his face didn’t move an inch, making Alas conclude that he knew that all along. “How can you do that?” That moment,
“Now that it’s clear Mr. Tassel don’t want to join us, what’s your next plan?”Blanche turned to the computer screen, it was another day and they’re on the abandoned building again, Moss was trying to have a conversation with Blanche while Rat just stood beside the door with his palms buried on his face.It wasn’t like she never told him not to be here ever again, she just told him that his job was done after they got Hent. But Rat doesn’t like that idea, he never talked to Blanche after they got Hent though, it’s always a filler word, sometimes in Moss conversation or in command.Blanche let the poor guy stay. He’s the one who showed them the abandoned place so its just reasonable to let him stay.But one fact surface from all, Blanche thought she could pull Mr. Tassel to let go of the organization and rebel against them, she
As Ace went on to his car with Dog on the passenger seat, he blew air from his rolled-up window and whispered if that’s the thing that his mother wanted.Ace gave it to Alas.Ace’s always the one who gave, Ace protects his brother, Ace loves him, Ace…For years, he has the job of protecting his brother, he had a camouflage and worked at a comedy bar as a jester so that he’ll have a flexible schedule because when Alas needs his help, he shall be there for him no matter what.Because he’s the next leader, the heir to the family, he shall be protected, the family shall put their focus on Alas and trained him to be the next leader, that’s why he always have to do something outside and inside the country, he always have men that observed his surroundings and keep him away from harm, a henchman that would go wherever he wanted him to go.
“Blanche and I were part of a mission to kill your friend,” Misha started, Slidell’s mind wasn’t on the postponed date now, but on the fact that the whole night, Misha opened up to him.He felt like he had a new responsibility to protect, what Misha said and what she’s going to say was something she let him hold, because she trusts him already.“But Blanche didn’t kill him, as what you see. She fell in love with him instead.”Slidell had no idea whose friend she’s talking, not until she continued, that friend… was Ace Crowne.“What?!” He half-shouted and half of the people in the coffee shop turned their heads on them, so he repeated it with a hushed tone,“Why do you want to kill Ace Crowne?”-“She wanted
“Hent, you recognize me now?”It took a few seconds for Hent to reboot, her processor was a bit louder than usual, Blanche could here her CPU running.And it looked so difficult for Hent, because of her other parts still missing, her skin, the narrow fissures, hair and ears, it looked like she was just a standard robot now.After getting her out of the organization, Moss, Rat and Blanche together with Hent went to the abandoned building.The curse place was the perfect hiding place for them, no intruders dared to step out because of the circulating ghost rumors, and no one dared to speak or point on the abandoned building. Seems like people really put the curse in this to the highest level.It’s a cool thing that Rat worked many jobs and have known this. Blanche is not afraid of ghost, she doesn’t believe in one, one could only believe when you first see i
Hent opened her eyes just after the whole lab room lit up.“Who are you?” she saw the lady in all black who entered in the room and step on her platform as unidentified.Blanche couldn’t believe what Hent just said, she was sitting on a silver chair with wires come from her limbs and arm and a lot on her head, there’s plenty of black wires in her head and it’s all connected to the big computer with 2 small ones outside of her platform.She feels so cold, its like something has change but Blanche couldn’t point what that was.Or she could, she just doesn’t want to accept it. As she inched closer to Hent, her metal skin become more evident, it’s like they peeled of her skin, and she’s left with nothing but a white piece of cloth, evidence that she was put to pieces were visible for her skin has a lot of fissures than ever before.
“We only have limited time, are you ready?” Blanche repeated with worry in her voice. Rat’s slicing onions with a butcher’s knife with such mastery and skill, and as if he didn’t heard Blanche from the second time, he turned on the stove and sauté his chopped onions and minced garlic in a pan. The yummy smell didn’t take too long for the whole room to take.“Rachmaninoff.”Rat stopped and watched the spatula fall from his grip. “Blanche.”Blanche crossed her arms and rested the side of her body on the door frame. “Oh, so now we’re saying each other’s name.”Rat turned to the fridge and Blanche heavily sighed. Blanche became worried as soon as she gave him a suitcase full of money the other day on the abandoned building.“This is going to be your payment, you could take i
"If you're going to take your girlfriend to a date, where would it be?"Ace raised his head from the book he's reading to face Slidell.It's all about having a dragon as a pet, he heard Slidell's question, but he's on the part where the dragon caught a robber sneaking in the house, and so he weighed their importance for a moment before taking the time of turning the page to read what's next.Slidell threw a cushion at him, they’re in the living area of his flat, and Ace was sitting on the seat Blanche sat in the morning, with his two feet placed on the coffee table and his nose buried in the book that he found on Slidell's shelf."What?!" Ace caught the blue square cushion that was thrown with just one hand."Who's the girlfriend your referring to?" He closed the book and sat just what Slidell want him to do, he settled forward and put placed his arm on his knee and touch his chin, giving his full attention