Cleona huffed quietly, watching Raziel leave the room. Her entire form was tense and angry. How dare he? She swung her katana gracefully back into its sheath. "I'd like to see you try to kill me for real Raziel." She muttered to his retreating form. He was always waking away from her wasn't he? She sighed, releasing the tension from her shoulders. I should have kissed him when I had the chance. She frowned, shaking the thought from her head she stepped out of the room and onto the balcony, tilting her face towards the sun.
He reached his room, grabbed a black cloak "stay girly." he told Chara before closing the door behind him. Walking past the training room, he rounded a corner and walked outside. sheathing his swords he climbed the fire escape and sprinted across the rooftops. He plugged in headphones to his phone and turned on his music.
(Monster - skillet)
(YEEEEES! I love that song!!!!)
Peggy watched Raziel leave from her car.
"Would you like me to– Incoming call. Jack Malik. Accept//Decline."
"How…?" Peggy muttered.
"Hello, Peggy," a smooth voice cooed in her ear.
"SASHA, decline!" Peggy pleaded, working her controls in her car.
"You can't run from me, Peggy."
"Decline!" Peggy demanded SASHA.
"My procedures are being overridden."
"I'll find you," Jack continued, his tone edgy. "And when I do, you're going to pay for–"
"Disconnect," Peggy ordered.
Just as suddenly as he began talking, Jack was cut off.
She released a deep breath from her mouth and leaned back against the seat.
Cleona lingered on Raziel's balcony after he left, staring down into the city below. "Right rotten mess you've gotten yourself into this time, Cleo." She murmured to herself, playing with a piece of her long hair. Emotion was not her strong suit. She needed to drop Raziel and focus on her missions. He was an old friend, nothing more… She sighed. Just then her phone buzzed in her pocket. Looking at the caller ID, she sighed again.
"Rowan." She said softly.
"My Cleo…" His voice like a balm for every hurt. "Jameson tells me we have received proof that you have succeeded in your mission. Excellent work, my love." Cleona smiled, about to respond when he continued. "He also tells me that you have not returned to the airport yet. Why do you linger in Chicago? Come home, my pet."
Cleona's smile faltered. "I ran into an old friend, Master. I will be returning home soon."
There was silence on the other end and then.
"Very well. I await your presence."
Cleona stared at her phone after the line went dead. She owed Rowan her life. So as always, she would return to him.
He knocked on the window of the car "you alright?" Raziel asked Peggy. Looking around the vacant lot "so who was that?"
Peggy jumped, glad her mask was still up. "N-No one…"
"Liar," he glanced at her and smiled "got the same file too?"
"Yeah," she muttered, not meeting his eyes.
Vixian put her headset on and hit the button to call Peggy.
He nodded again and scanned the area "we're being watched, stay safe and don't do anything stupid." he said curtly before sprinting to the roof and climbing up, disappearing completely into the shadows
"What?" she whispered.
"Incoming call – VIxian."
"Of course," Peggy sighed. "Accept. Hello?"
"Hey Peggy, is now a bad time?" Vixian asked, hearing the annoyed tone in her sisters voice.
"Kinda," she admitted, her eyes were magnetized to where Raziel had gone.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I'll call you back later." Vixian said.
"No, it's… It's fine now. What did you want?" she asked.
"I was gonna ask if you had any freetime, like around 4 tomorrow? So we can go for coffee."
"Sure," Peggy replied, looking around the parking lot. "Sure, sure, yeah."
"Awesome, there's a cafe I passed earlier, I'll send you the address. See ya then!" Vixian replied.
"Alright, bye," Peggy said, her eyes darting around the parking lot. She didn't have anywhere to stay, so she just decided to sleep in her car. It was much less of a hassle.
Vixian looked at the information for her next mission but fell asleep in the middle. Chicken curled up on the edge of the bed while the other two foxes plopped down right on top of Vixian's legs.
Peggy woke a couple hours later. "Mmmm… SASHA? How long was I asleep?"
"Approximately 4 hours, Ms. Rivers."
"Uhhhh…" she moaned, sitting up and stretching in the cramped car.
Raziel returned back to the hotel late in the morning "pathetic scum bags." He muttered to himself as he pushed a button on the elevator, not caring if he was training blood from his swords. “Hey girly,”he stroked Chara’s head and sat next to her, not bothering to change or get in bed. Chara layed her head in his lap “had a run in?” He asked, seeing the blood in her mouth, she growled and gave him a bloody grin “good girl,” he said affectionatly
"Any new missions?" Peggy asked tiredly.
"Nothing. You have a meeting with Vixian today."
"Right…"
Peggy wasn't sure if she was excited or worried, or maybe something more, about seeing her sister again. Would she have to wear her mask? She was planning on it.
