Snippet #1810893

Fury flashed inside Lucy's eyes in response to Laisin's words. How dare he call her pathetic! Greedy, well yes, but pathetic! She was anything but pathetic. Even so, his words alarmed Lucy. If it was true that he could read her mind, it was best that she kept a far distance from this man. The last thing she needed was for him to turn against her, although he would be a powerful ally.

Her fists balled slightly as she prepared to fire another comment at him. Looney beat her to the target by pinning Laisin against a tree and threatening him. Shock rippled through Lucy's expression. Not because of Looney's action (she had already figured to expect the unexpected from him) but it was because of a certain word that he had used. Friend.

In her lifetime, Lucy had been called many things. Friend, however, was often not one of them. She used people, often for a long time before they realized what she was doing. Some never realized this as she tossed them away like a broken toy once she had sucked them of all usefulness. She laughed slightly at Looney, enjoying her marionette turn into a watchdog and threaten the enemy. As Looney skirted away from the scene as if nothing had happened, Lucy smirked to Laisin. "I guess not everyone is immune like you are."

She smiled and then walked away from Laisin and Angelique, wondering why the girl was trying to speak to Laisin. He was a terrible bore. Quickly Lucy went to find Looney, decided she would keep their "relationship" stable. He was a powerful ally and someone who she did not want to suddenly turn on her. 

"Thank you for helping me, Looney," she said, smiling kindly to him. She paused, noticing that he had changed an nodded slightly in approval. Without the straight jacket he almost looked sane, and rather attractive. And chucked to this and continued her alliance plea, wondering what strings she could play with on Looney. "That man scares me. Can you try to keep him away from me, friend?" she asked, pulling a face of innocents. "I think we can help each other in many ways."