-Wizard aka Wiz - Age: Unknown - Assassin - Single - "Every man is mortal, every life comes to an end, but certain things will never change." ―Giovanni Auditore da Firenze.
“Goodbye, Baby,” She swallowed hard, a little dazed. Unable to show emotion in her vacant eyes she looked away from him as he left, she wondered if they would meet again. The room now filled with an empty silence she took a small step towards Wiz, unsure of what to say. She didn’t need to apologize, did she? It wasn’t like they were together or anything.
Just as she opened her mouth to speak the door burst open again, “What the-” Another Casanova had came crashing into the room, the man breaking anything in his path had swooped up Wiz, reminding her of some sort of tornado. Anger taking over her she cried out, “Put him down!” and held her blade tight in her hand. If she tried to stop him by getting in his way she would only end up like Wiz.
A blurred figure dashed pass Cloud. Moving with such great speed Cloud’s hair fluttered from the gush of wind it had created. Diverted from his thoughts, Cloud looked over his shoulders. The figure that had passed was bulky and making a beeline towards Wiz. Cloud only knew one person that cumbersome and could move that swiftly. For a second there he actually thought he would be leaving the city quietly.
Reaching the ruptured door Cloud leaned a shoulder against the frame impassive to the fighting. Wiz was tough enough to handle a thrashing. “Sky,” he said calmly. Cloud knew he could hear him, even through the sounds of fist hitting flesh, and the grunting frustration of Sky trying to get a clean hit on Wiz’s face. Cloud was aware why Sky was trying to pummel Wiz, and he knew there was a chance this would happen. “He wasn’t the one who set fire to the base…I did,” Cloud’s voice was calm and tepid as if there was nothing wrong with what he did.
“He wasn’t the one who set fire to the base…I did,”
Sky’s fist came to a slow pace as Cloud’s words began to sink in, until he gradually came to a stop. He got up from where he stood and looked at Cloud with bemused horror. His breath heavy from striking, “What did you say?” he asked as if he didn’t hear him the first time when in fact he heard him perfectly clear. He felt like he was crumpling inside and he was starting to feel nauseous. It felt like his first time on a roller coaster, everything was too fast to comprehend, and as he was plunged down that steep hill his stomach lurched into his throat, choking him and making a huge tangle of organs and intestines. Why did it have to be Cloud, his best friend.
And now the ride was ending things are a bit clearer, but everything is still dizzy and he’s a bit numb. Without thinking Sky slips out a knife from his belt, and hurls it towards Cloud. The knife barely misses Cloud as he dunks under the sharp metal as if he saw it coming. “Attempt to elude this one,” Sky says as he pulls out his butterfly knife. Squeezing the handle the latch unlocks and he flicks the knife open whilst lunging forward to stab Cloud.
Wiz got back to his feet with the help of a segment of what was left of the broken nightstand. It was upsetting to see Bones kiss Cloud, or anyone in fact. But wasn't that how brothers were supposed to feel? When it came to Bones their relationship never crossed the line of siblings, they were like brother and sister. Yet he still felt obscure about the whole thing, because here he was thinking about the kiss when Sky just tried to clobber him to a pulp.
“Attempt to elude this one.”
Wiz snaps back to consciousness, and reflexly he grabs Sky from behind hooking him from under his armpits. He didn't want Cloud dead that was certain. He was leaving anyways, Wiz was convinced thats what he meant when he said goodbye to Bones. "GO!" Wiz cries out to Cloud while Sky struggles furiously to escape. He was going to be able to hold back Sky forever.
Cloud just looked at Wiz with the same expressionless face he had on when he entered, there was something different about him, something unsettling. Then Cloud's view panned over to Bones, and for a second Wiz thought Cloud was going say something, but he just walked off into the gloomy shadows of the undergrounds.
Two knocks startled her, making her clench her fists and frown.
Visitors? She never got visitors.
Don’t let them in.
Let them in.
No.
Yes.
Don’t.
At war with herself she wrapped her fingers around her Gurkha knife and lifted herself from her bed, not letting one floorboard creak. With a deep breath she looked down at herself. She was in her assassin-suit, as she called it, her black shirt and dark trousers that gripped at her skin but and didn’t make a sound as she moved. The scars on her arms and ankles were prominent. Quickly tying up her hair she moved swiftly to the door, opening it ajar and flashing a green eye through the crack.
She felt like someone had just punched her in the stomach.
Cloud. Exhaling heavily she tightened the muscles in her jaw and slowly creaked open the door. “My god, it’s you.” She said rather apathetically, no expression or tone in her voice. Keeping her foot stubbornly behind the door to keep him from pushing it open she sniffed, “What do you want?” Something about him didn’t look like Cloud. Not the Cloud that threw her first birthday party, he was.. different. The light had fled from his eyes.
Cloud grips the back of Bones’ neck and crushes her lips to his. As he opened his mouth to hers, he tasted himself on her tongue, a mixture of Menthols and salty ocean water. He pushed into the room fumbling for balance until hitting a wall. His free hand slid down her chest then towards her waist, pulling her closer into the kiss. Shortly after he draws away, and as there lips pull apart, a gentle breeze flutters over their flame extinguishing the heat. His breathing comes out in short gasps. The intensity washes away. The rest of the world slowly comes back into focus.
The sun was just starting to set, tinging the sky pink and orange. A lone figure jogged was jogging into the undergrounds, panting heavily, sweat dripping down his skin. His clothes were plastered against him. He came to a leisurely walk when he reached the home he come accustomed to. The warm wind ruffled his hair, making him sigh softly in contentment.
As he got closer his brows began to furrow at the open door to his place. Usually Bones kept it locked, shed been acting weird lately, she was paranoid or scared Wiz couldn't tell which one, maybe both. "Bones?" he tries to whisper quietly as he pushes into the room. His heavy breathing comes to a stop as he gasps lightly at the sight of Cloud's body pressed up against Bones kissing her. It felt like the wind got knocked out of him. It was the first time he'd ever seen Bones kissed a guy and he didn't know why that meant such a significance to him. He couldn't say anything, he wouldn't even know what to say. he just stood there paralyzed, unable to move to even get out of there unnoticed.
Carefully she pulled herself from the cold train tracks, she lifted her shirt up just past her stomach and ran her fingers over the scars, each were like braille across her skin, reading out her past. She wish she knew how bad she looked. She could feel her hair was a tangled mess that stuck out everywhere, her eyes and cheekbones felt sunken when she ran her fingertips across her face. She removed an apple she had stolen and began to chew on it, it probably wasn’t great for her stomach, but she didn’t care. Her phone vibrated in her other pocket, she pulled the thing out and stared blankly at the screen. One new text from Wiz.
moor yn ni
She raised her brows before it clicked, “In my room.”
Hurrying down the tunnels she approached his room, she knocked hard thrice, crossing her arms tightly across her chest and waiting for him.
Watching the ceilings with empty eyes, he laid completely still on the bed. He didn't know what to do anymore. The pills weren't working, sure he heard the voices less often, but he was still killing. It was only a matter of time he was going to try to kill one of the gang members again. Maybe he should just embrace he thought, just kill everyone, and get it over with. If he died in the process, it wouldn't matter, at least the people he cared about would be safe from his hands. He sighed, and ran his finger across his face. Who was he kidding, there were only about a hand full of people or maybe three people he didn't want to kill, he was alone really. Suddenly he heard the door, sluggishly he got up from his bed to go open it.
He'd forgotten to wash up after what happened last night, so he was drenched in dried blood, his clothes sticking skin tight around him. Lucky for him when he opened the door it was just Bones, and she would understand the blood, but he didn't really care if anyone else saw him like this anymore, he was giving up on himself. He looked Bones up and down, she was covered in blood too. "What happened to you?!" he cried out, suddenly worried for her. He stood there looking down on her, forgetting that he was blocking the door so she could enter.
A pair of eyes flutter open, inviting the light of the moon to reflect off of each dark-emerald iris. The gaze up towards the sky is an empty one… that is, until he realizes the situation at hand. His body rises upward in one quick motion, coming to a sitting position on the wet concrete. Except… it hadn’t been raining- The skies were clear, and had been all day. Those green eyes travel down to what he was sitting in, and the burgundy color was completely visible, especially against his skin. Panic floods over him until he realizes that the blood isn’t his, but that didn’t make the situation any better. How’d he manage to end up on the concrete outside near the bridge? In the abandoned back parking lot he sat, in a pool of blood and… and bodies. All around him, scattered, there were bodies. The cause of the blood was obvious now, as he could see every neck nearly torn in half from a blade. His blade.
“Not Good…” he groans as he comes to a shaky stand, feeling weak for no apparent reason. The worst part was that he knew what was going to happen to him, and the inevitable ending he would have to take- which was driving a knife through his own heart. He didn’t have long now, and he knew it. He wouldn’t allow himself to get to the point where he might hurt someone he cared about, though the number of people he cared about were few.
Wiz: -shackles jingle as he sits up- Did you guys come here to pummel me like Sky?
Cloud:No Wiz. I’m sorry it’s like this.
Wiz: Your not sorry. This is exactly where you want me to be. You never liked me.
Sun: s-stands quietly-
Cloud: You’re not exactly the easiest person to get along with. But it’s not like that Wiz.
Wiz: Of course it is. How else would you steal Bones away from me? She loves me not you. If you really cared you’d of told her.
Cloud: If she’s in love with someone else. That doesn’t mean I’ve stopped caring about her. I told her about everything, Bones was really upset.
Wiz: -frowns- I’m sorry. I didn’t mean any of it. It’s just these voices, there telling me to hurt you. -looks down- I can’t stand this, it’s getting worse.
Cloud: It’s alright Wiz. We came here to talk about that. -gestures Sun over-
Sun: Hey, Wiz. I was wondering if you could take these pills for us. -opens palm with a pill-
Wiz: -crawls away- Get that away from me. You guys are trying to kill me. Aren’t you?
Cloud: If we wanted to kill you, don’t you think we would of done it by now. Instead of using some stupid pill.
Wiz: I’ve never taken pills before, my mentor told me they were for the weak. What is it for?
Sun: It’s for schizophrenia.
Cloud: For the voices in your head. If you get better maybe we’ll let you out.
Wiz: Okay, I’ll try it.
Sun: -slides- a capsule of pills- Take them in the morning and at night.
Wiz: -mumbling to himself-
Sky: -walks in with a tray of food-
Wiz: -turns towards Sky and grins- Hey Skylar.
Sky: Don't call me that. -lays tray in front of Wiz-
Wiz: How does it feel to rape the girl you love and not even know it?
Sky: -stares at wiz- ...
Wiz: Shes never-
Sky: -kicks Wiz in the face-
Wiz: -laughs manically as blood drips from his nose- Your just angry because I kissed her.
Sky: -grits teeth and scowls- Kissed who?
Wiz: Kitty who else. She wanted me.
Sky: Shut up! -his breathing becomes shallow-
Wiz: She was struggling at first. But when she felt the way my soft lips brushed against hers she couldn't help but to kiss me back. You should of seen-
Sky:
Wiz: -groans-
Sky: I said shut up!
Wiz: -looks lost- I wasn't talking?
Sky: -looks baffled- Your voice changed...
Wiz: ...
Sky: .... -turns away and starts walking out-
Wiz: It's the monsters Sky. You gotta believe me.
Sky: -looks at Wiz and walks out-
Wiz: So what is it about Bones you want to talk about?
Sun: Isn't that the one girl who you said kissed Mi-
Wiz *glares at Sun*
Sun: a.
Cloud: Yeah that's Bones.
Wiz: So you called me over because Bones kissed a girl?
Cloud: And your not interested one bit? Whats wrong with you?
Wiz: I'm leaving. Your lucky it was a short walk.
Cloud: -smiles- Stay, I was just having some fun with you.
Wiz: Then what is it?
Cloud: Okay. -licks lips- Where do I start? Rust says that you received some guns from the Jets. Correct?
Wiz: -nods- Yes.
Sky: *Walks out from the back door and recognizes Wiz's face*
Cloud: Okay I guess Rust was telling the truth..Were you the one who tried to kill Sky?
Wiz: -looks appalled- Why would I kill Sky? There's no rational reason for me to? I don't see why your interrogating me. Those Jets are the ones who you have your little feud with.
Cloud: Don't get sore I had to ask. Okay I guess you can g-
Sky: *swings a bat across Wiz's head*
Cloud: What the fuck Sky?
Sun:
Sky: This is the asshole who push me off the roof that one night. -checks Wiz's pockets-
Cloud: What are you doing?
Sky: Trying to find some sort of identification.
Cloud: His name is Wiz.
Sky: So that's why he was hiding under that hood when I saw him with Kitty.
Cloud-Sun: Huh?
Sky: It's a long story.
Cloud: Wait so he's the one who pushed you off the roof when you lost your memory?
Sky: Yes, his face was the last thing I remember before blacking out.
Sun: Guys? I don't think this is good time to be figuring things out, especially with Wiz knocked out. What if the cops pass by like they usually do?
Sky: Your right. -lifts Wiz's legs- Help me we'll take him to the old Casanova base, and lock him up down there.
Cloud: Are you crazy?
Sky: Well are we just gonna let him be free and push innocent people down roof tops? Think how many people he could have done it to before me.
Sun: He's right Cloud. What if it were Mia..or Bones? *helps Sky carry Wiz*
Cloud: *sighs* For fuck sakes, fine. *helps lifts Wiz from his shoulders*
Sky took out a cigarette because he knew he was gonna need one by the sound of Kitty’s tone, and he was right. She went on about how he was the one that hurt her. It was words he had already heard, and didn’t need remembering. She was stuck on the thought of Sky being the person that hurt her base on her sight, hearing, and scent. She couldn’t look deeper into it, and maybe she didn’t want to. If Sky were to respond again, they would just go no where except in circles.
By the end of Kitty’s rant Sky’s ears were ringing, and Sky was already one third done with his cigarettes. He was ready to say his peace, but seeing that she started crying he didn’t. It was clear to Sky by the way she looked at Wiz he wasn’t ‘just Wiz.’ And that could of been a reason why she was so defiant to Sky more then ever. When he saw Kitty in Wiz’s arm, Sky blinked lazily and looked away as if hurt to see the sight of it.
Sky dropped his cig and turned to leave looking almost as if he were bored. He couldn’t argue with Wiz. He couldn’t make things better when Kitty was like this, especially with that hothead of hers. Sky wondered if that rubbed off on her because they used to be so close. But the thought was cut short as Wiz called out and said sorry to Sky. This took him by surprise. Why would he be saying sorry? For what reason? But he continued walking, and just brushed it off, thinking it was just him mocking him again.
Kitty turned away from Sky for a moment, not wanting him to see the tears on her cheeks, although it was probably already too late. She knew that when he said he didn’t remember it was the truth. And she knew that because of that what she said was unfair. She’d seen in his eyes before how hurt he was when she told him what he’d done. But it didn’t change the fact for her that the person standing in front of her was still the one that had raped her. She wished she could look at him and just see the old Sky, but especially with the angry look in his eyes now she couldn’t see him untainted.
Hearing his footsteps she pulled herself from Wiz’s embrace and turned to see Sky walking away. “Sky!” she called, then stopped, not sure what she wanted to tell him even. She just didn’t want things to end like this. She didn’t want things to end at all. Last time she’d seen him he’d been shot, and the concern she’d felt for his life was still fresh in her mind. Trouble was brewing and who knew what could happen. She didn’t want them to part like this. She turned back to Wiz, giving him a worried look. “Wiz…could you give us a moment? I just…need to say something to Sky.” She hoped Wiz wouldn’t be offended but there were certain things about his presence here that had definitely made this encounter with Sky more volatile.
Wiz gave her a frail smile, "Yeah I understand. I'll just wait over here for you," he lied. He didn't see why she needed to talk to Sky. She would say her peace or whatever, but he knew Sky would still take it hard. Why not let him be? He'll get stronger from it, if he ever gets over Kitty. And he couldn't stay long, he still had a job to finish. "What are you waiting for?" he said in a false calm, "Go ahead."
Sky’s eyes blazed with a sudden light of anger as Wiz smirked at his failed attempt to grab him. Sky’s mouth quivered, and slurred words that were unintelligible, spewing into space like a volcano releasing its pent up emotions into the darkness. His hands closed into fists and he crouched forward, daring Wiz to repeat once more the words that had made him snap. But all he got was a conniving smirk. Seeing that he couldn’t get to Wiz without hurting Kitty, he forced himself to settle down cause he was just making it worst, and he got a feeling Wiz liked it when he was angry.
Cooling down Sky was able to catch some of Kitty’s words, causing him emotional pain. And her last sentence seemed to take him aback, that she would think he was trying to act alpha male. He didn’t need to prove anything to Wiz, the only reason Sky was angry was because he was rude. His gaze fell back on to Kitty, as he stepped away from her as if she were a stranger. “How could you say that was me? That was not me Kitty?” his eyes showed pain, “If you think that was me then you never really knew me. Because I would never hurt you Kitty, never.” He swallowed something dry, “You can only push me so much, and even I won’t even be able to reach you.” No matter how much Sky loved Kitty, there was always a breaking point where you give up, because of the lack of hope.
Kitty knew that what she was saying to Sky would have hurt him, but it didn’t mean it wasn’t true. He had no idea what he had put her through let alone not even being able to remember the act. Even Wiz couldn’t know, but at least he had seen how upset and hurt she was and he had helped her then, without wanting anything in return. So although she felt a twinge of guilt over yelling at Sky she also knew that she wasn’t telling him anything he shouldn’t already know.
Her hands still firmly on her hips shecontinued to glare at him. “You would never hurt me, Sky?” she said in a dangerously quiet voice. “So was it just my imagination when you attacked me and pinned my against a wall? Was it just my imagination that ripped my clothes and gave me bruises? Was it just my imagination that you raped me?! Because even if you can’t, I can still remember and I can remember how it was your body and your smell and your hands on me!” Without meaning to her voice had risen shrilly and she suddenly stopped, horrified, clasping a hand to her mouth. Her anger seemed to have merged seamlessly into upset as tears escaped down her cheeks. She took a step backwards, colliding with Wiz, and jumped involuntarily, half spinning to look at him. “I’m sorry,” she said, flustered, not even sure which boy she was apologising to.
Sky lost Wiz after the second sentence he was no longer interested with the situation. Arguing wasn't his thing if it didn't end with a fight, and fighting with Sky wasn't a really good option right now, well if you wanted to be on Kitty's good side that is. If there wasn't the concern of Kitty's safety, Wiz would have left by now, leaving the both of them to settle it for themselves. He didn't have to lift a finger when it came to the argument, Kitty was basically defending Wiz for him, and pretty well he might add. He kind of felt a twinge of sympathy for Sky, he was trying so hard but Kitty kept on pushing him. "But It only serves him right," Wiz thought as he bit his nails casually, trying not to feel guilty.
Rape? Wiz didn't know he cause that much damage to Kitty. He thought Sky just hurt her physically. He was starting to feel even more sorry for the both of them. Wiz knew Sky wasn't himself, Cloud had told him that at the hospital. But dam rape. He imagine himself in Sky's position. Raping the girl you love without even knowing it then you have no memory of it happening. How do you even apologize for that? It was one of the most twisted things he heard his whole life, and Wiz dealt with psychos before.
Seeing Kitty upset and with tears falling, Wiz pulled her in for a hug. Seeing that Sky probably shouldn't even if he wanted to. He carefully place a hand on the back of her head, and lightly pressed it against his chest, just in case she needed to wipe her tears on his jacket. "I know you want to make things better Sky," Wiz said with a calm tone, rubbing her back to sooth her. "But you can't get no where when she's like this." He looked up at Sky with hooded eyes, "Hey Sky," he said with a judicious pause, "I'm sorry."
Sky’s eyes hooked on Kitty as he approached him, but he didn’t seem to forget that her companion was still standing there ignoring him. Sky didn’t mean to be rude, he just didn’t like how her companion was holding his chin up haughtily. Like he was some kind of soc who didn’t speak to anyone he thought was lower then him. Sky took a quick glance at the stranger and rolled his eyes with disdain.
But Sky’s eyes quickly fell back on Kitty, when her fingertips gingerly pressed against his wound. It stung slightly, but in a good way. To Sky pain felt better then anger and sadness. “Yes it is getting better Kitty,” he answered softly, his tone calmed as he looked at her eyes. He got a feeling she was just distracting him, judging by the fear in her eyes, but he was going to accept it anyways. “I’m sorry Ki-” Sky started, but was cut off.
Sky gritted his teeth. A animal? Sky had never felt so disrespected by a complete stranger before, and he met hoodlums in the bar everyday. But the strangers second comment made him snap. What the hell did he know between Kitty and Sky? “I would never hurt Kitty, you little-” Sky barked, as he sprang a hand at Wiz, trying to get a hold of his hoody. But his hands swipped air because there was too much space between them because of Kitty.
Kitty could sense the tension brewing between the two boys. Her own stomach was doing flips with nervousness as she stood between then. She didn’t know what was going on but there seemed to be more at play here. As Sky lunged out suddenly for Wiz Kitty ducked her head to the side, only just missing collecting his arm. She could feel Wiz close behind her and began to panic again.,
“Sky stop it!” She pressed her hands into him, trying to push him back slightly though she couldn’t budge him. She was beginning to feel a bit claustrophobic between the two angry boys. “It’s just Wiz, it’s fine.” Her fright was slowly turning to anger as the two glared at each other. He wasn’t looking at her, but over her to Wiz, and that made her angrier. He couldn’t use her as some excuse for getting into a fight. Kitty placed her hands on her hips and glared back at Sky. “And you know what, you did hurt me. A lot. And Wiz helped me, he saved me from you and he saved me from myself. I’d be dead now if it wasn’t for him. So can you just back the fuck down for a minute and stop trying to be all alpha male!”
Wiz took a step back as Sky lunged for him, just barely evading his claws from grabbing his hood. He smirked under it, getting pleasure from Sky's lack of success, and the way he easily pushed his buttons. Wiz wished he could of seen his face. Then Wiz heard Kitty yell out for Sky to stop, and this only deepened his laughter in his head.
“It’s just Wiz," he heard Kitty say. "Just Wiz?" He repeated it to himself, as his voice gave the feeling that he was hurt. Was he really 'just Wiz'? Was it 'just fine' when they kissed? Did she really think of him as nothing to be jealous about or was she just saying that to calm Sky down? But Kitty continued to shove her anger on Sky, making it easy for Wiz to push the thought to the back of his mind, continuing to smirk mockingly at Sky. He thought he would just lay back and watch Sky try to climb the hole he just dug for himself.
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