Heavenrend City

“For the sandwich…”
Blinking, Anna looked at her before her over exaggerating thoughts ceased. Geez, she could be such the drama queen sometimes; although the urges to still spend at the same time as worrying still over ridded her.
She smiled her fake smile she’s been using. “Thanks! I’ll pay you back- promise!” Anna grabbed the money and paid for the bags; it was a lot of help and saved her somewhat amount of money. When she placed the bags in a plastic bag, Elizabeth Bathory suddenly ran out of the shop, looking as if she was about to be sick. Bulimic? Sure, it was a rash thought but it was the first thought that popped in her mind, and the second one, Probably had to take a shit- know that feeling, been there… had to clean it up once… wasn’t any better.

She walked over by the group, waiting like the rest, taking out her phone and flipping it open. She examined the empty contents, and quickly checking the time before Ayano came back, seeming even more nervous and restless than everyone else. Anna parted her lips to suggest a place, but Alexa beat her to it, suggesting to get something to eat- of course, the only words Anna heard was, ‘I’ll buy’. Instantly, her motivation built back up again and she was happy as ‘usual’.
“Great idea!” She smiled, thrusting her arm up in the air as if to say, ‘here we go’. “Do you have any places in mind? I wouldn’t mind eating something sweet-“ She put her finger up to her lip as she thought. “Ice cream- or something… Maybe we should go sit down and eat?” Her dull eyes slipped to the rest of the faces, waiting for them to suggest something.

When Ayano returned, Alexa suggested that they go out to eat. And of course, the phrase that Ataro paid most attention to sounded: "I'll buy." "Well at least I don't have to pay for anything." He thought. "Maybe except the hoodie, but..." "Ice cream- or something...Maybe we should go sit down and eat?" Anna spoke up. Ataro shrugged. "Whatever you guys eat, I will." He said, fingering the scissors in his pocket again. It was something like an instinct to him. He also noticed that Ayano was uneasy- He wasn't sure was she saw, but judging from her expression, it probably wasn't anything good. He wanted to ask her why, but the memory of two nights ago where she had walked away from him came back to haunt him, so he shut up and just kept his mouth in a straight line.

Then he stayed quiet and just stared at all of them, waiting for them to reply.

"Ice cream, sounds good, I guess..." Ayano spoke up, agreeing with what the others have suggested. She tried to maintain her composure but her eyes kept darting around the stalls, keeping her eyes peeled for any familiar face that she might spot.

"If we're leaving, then let's get going now." She urged the others as she makes her way to the door, keeping alert of her surroundings, especially the parking lot. "They say that, once "they" attack, no one is usually left alive. Or if they do leave one alive, she's usually tracked down, in case they need something more from her." She recalled the motive of that particular group that got her back then.

Deep inside, Ayano knows that in this city, seeing familiar faces isn't always a good sign.

Alexa noticed that Ayano was apprehensive when they were in the parking lot. She frowned a bit at the sight. Then, she had remembered something her mom taught her and held Ayano's hand as they walked.
"My mom used to do this when I was scared. She'd tell me that 'I'm always here for you' and she'd take my hand."
Alexa then realized how awkward that seemed so she let go of Ayano's hand, blushing a bit.
"U-Um... I just wanted to help. I'm sorry if I made it worse."
She eventually found a place in the mall where they could eat. It was called Seiko's Bakery and Ice Cream Parlor.
"I saw this place a few times whenever I visit the mall with my family."
She really did feel guilty about lying in regards to her still having a family but what options did she have? They would hate her if they found out she was really a homeless street rat with a serial killer split personality. The negativity coming from her and the others went unnoticed by the customers. When the others were sitting down at the table, she noticed that the tension was still fairly high. Alexa looked at the menu a bit before she spoke.
"S-So what's your favorite movie?!"
She hadn't meant to yell. The tension was just too much for her.
'Good job, Lexy. Just yell out the stupidest question to a room of brooding twits.'
'Well, what else can I ask them?! It'll be too weird to ask personal questions right now and that was the first thing I can think of that wasn't too deep!'
'I'm going to kill those idiots at the window earlier later on.'
'No you will not. Can't you just let me have a normal day?'
'You should know by now that I can't~'
Alexa internally sighed and decided to explain her earlier question.
"Sorry... It's just that I've been home schooled most of my life and... I wanted to be friends with all of you..."
Alexa blushed and looked at the table, feeling a bit silly at how vulnerable she must sound right now.

While they headed to the bakery or ice cream parlor or whatever it was called, Ataro could have sworn he saw Alexa hold Ayano's hand. "Could this be real-life yuri-!? No, Hatsuyuki! Control yourself." He shook the thoughts out of his head as they walked. Entering the place, a cool wave of air washed over him almost soothingly. They took their seats at a table. So much progress in one day- First they were just all in the same group in detention, then Anna offered to go exploring and now they were just like any other student group of friends. Okay, so Ataro didn't know if they were really friends since they only met that day, but they were damn close enough.

Ataro was startled when Alexa asked the question in practically a yell. He blinked. Then he saw the girl look down at the table with a blush. "Sorry... It's just that I've been home schooled most of my life and... I wanted to be friends with all of you..." "N-No, it's alright. No need to apologize, I rarely go to school too, anyway." He found himself speaking. Of course, this wasn't something he usually did. Then again, he wanted to get over the trauma of losing Ayase haunting him to this day.

Ayano was taken back by surprise at what Alexa did. She wasn't used to having her hand hold by a stranger that way. Then again, there was nothing special about that. She stared at her hand after Alexa abruptly let it go. Somehow, it felt comforting. It's kind of the same thing when someone lets you know that they feel your pain.

They arrived at an ice cream parlor. As she looked at the menu, Alexa suddenly asked them a question from out of the blue. She quickly took it back however, saying something about her being home schooled. "I see. So that's why she seemed a little jumpy..." Ayano thought as her eyes darted from the menu to her companions.

"Well, there's really nothing much you're missing out on during regular school days." Ayano spoke up. "It's mostly just lectures and desk activities nowadays, so it's not that fun." She continued talking as she played around with the small condiments containers on the table. Unlike the three of them, Ayano had barely missed a day of school. "Well, I guess it's much more comforting than being alone most of the time."

She sighed in relief. Talking with others really does put her mind at ease, even if a syndicate member was probably lurking around somewhere in the premises. Yet as she looked at the three of them, she could see that these three have their own life problems too.

She looked over at the two girls other than herself as they made their way towards the parlor, looking them over before Alexa grabbed the hand of Ayano to try and ‘comfort’ her. Whether or not it did, didn’t concern Anna. Hell, that action went by over her head; Anna was used to skin to skin contact with the same gender considering the fact that was all she worked with. She’s even kissed another girl to get a huge tip- did she enjoy it? Sure, due to the money involved; would she have if it was with some other person?
Anna shook her head slightly at that thought- there was no time for romance; if she wanted something such as that, she could just upgrade her services.

When they arrived in the establishment, Anna seated herself and began to look straight at the menu; it’s been so long since she had ice cream, she almost forgot what it tastes like. Alexa’s voice rang out in the parlor, causing Anna to jump in her seat before Alexa began to explain why she was so on edge.
Before long, everyone began to creep out of their shell, causing Anna to internally roll her eyes as they began to speak.
"N-No, it's alright. No need to apologize, I rarely go to school too, anyway.
"Well, there's really nothing much you're missing out on during regular school days. It's mostly just lectures and desk activities nowadays, so it's not that fun. Well, I guess it's much more comforting than being alone most of the time."

Now this made Anna look up at the group her eyes skimming them before her mouth parted, opening them slightly as if she was about to say something but kept it to herself, her expression started into a smile. “See?” She began, placing down her menu and putting her elbows on the table. “We should become real-life f-“
She was instantly cut off with a deep male voice who called from the entrance.
“An-nnie doll!” Anna turned towards him, recognizing him instantly. He was a hefty gentleman, with a large overlapping stomach that doubled to his knees and graying hair. He waved vigorously. Everyone within the shop stopped and looked at him. “You work tonight?” He yelled, which made Anna go red in the face.
She instantly turned around towards her group with a huge a smile on her face. “Oh, god, I thought he was speaking to me. It scared me.” She laughed, ignoring the fact that he was still persistent in calling for her attention.

“Annie-Bell! Don’t ignore me like this. What about all those times?” Anna just quietly ignored him, nervously skimming over the menu before the man let out an exasperated air of breath. “Fine, be that way!” He yelled in an almost ‘flirty’ kind of way before he walked away.
“Hmm,” She said, looking around and bobbing her head. “I do wonder who he was calling to. It’s kind of rude to ignore him.” Anna shrugged and put down her menu. “Oh well, you guys ready?” She said with a smile, her cheeks a bit flustered. Looks like she’ll be in trouble tonight with a certain Mr. Calib.

Alexa smiled softly at Ataro and Ayano's kind words.
"Thanks... It's true that you don't miss much at school. The people there seem so mean and no matter how much I try, I can't seem to make any friends."
Anna was about to say something but some fat guy decided to harass her. Alexa felt a frown grow on her face.
'We should kill that guy.'
'Shut up.'
'It would be so easy to do. Just let me take over~'
'Shut up!'
Alexa shook Eradicator away. By the time he stopped, the man had left. Alexa sighed softly.
"Um... I know what I want to eat. Strawberry cake with chocolate ice cream..."
Alexa smiled softly. She never had cake before so that should be good.
"Um... So, w-what do you want to be when you grow up? I... I've always wanted to be a teacher for elementary school. I don't know why, I just really love helping others..."
She felt a wide smile grow as she listened for the others to answer.

Ayano heard a man suddenly calling out to Anna. Or an Anna at least. The Anna that was with them seemed to mistake her for the person the man is calling out. Though the man grew irritated, seeing as how he was being ignored. "What was that all about?" She had to wonder.

"I think I'll have a chocolate ice cream and some bread." Ayano said, halfheartedly. She still has her attention on what happened a while ago. She glanced at the creepy dude Ataro. If worst comes to worst they may have to fight it out with those guys. She wondered if he can take them all. Though all of them are pretty shady as well.

"Maybe not..."

Ataro had sighed in relief when Ayano said that it was mostly lectures and desk activities. He basically had ordered vanilla ice cream and said no to the pastries. He had very simple tastes- However, he found red beans in his ice cream before so he avoided it before. He only started eating again after he found out that it was Momoko's fault. He frowned when he heard a man calling out to Anna- Or maybe, another Anna, since the Anna that was with them said that she didn't know him. The man was persistent, though. Ataro glanced at him, a glare on his eyes. This guy was annoying him. If this guy was really someone Anna knew, Ataro would have already pounced on him, scissors in hand. Seriously, this fat man irritated him.

"Um... So, w-what do you want to be when you grow up? I... I've always wanted to be a teacher for elementary school. I don't know why, I just really love helping others..." Alexa asked them. Ataro looked up in thought. "....A game designer, I guess. It's all I can do, anyway." He shrugged. He glanced at the gloomy Ayano. He wondered why she seemed so uneasy a while ago, in the parking lot. And why she rushed past him at the student store. "Does she have a problem with something?" He thought. Then he shut his eyes. "Better not pry, it's not my business."

"Hmmm... I guess I'll be a writer or something. I'm not too sure yet. My future is still a little blurry." Ayano said in response to Alexa's question. Being discriminated for abilities she didn't have rather than being commended on what she did have has not helped Ayano think about what career she wanted to pursue the most. Her answering "writer" was only based on the capabilities she possessed.

She ate a spoonful of ice cream as she looked out the window. Sure enough there was a white van that suddenly pulled over by their shop. "No way. They're not gonna come attacking in broad daylight now are they?" Her heart skipped a bit as she looked at that van attentively. She sighed in relief after some tourists alighted along with a tour guide who started showing them around the area.

"Well I think there isn't much to see in this sad city. What do you guys think?" She asked the others, her mind away from those paranoid thoughts earlier.

Anna was quite relieved when everyone put the man to the side; her acting skills where quite good- maybe she should become an actor. She smiled to herself at that thought, but when it came to her order, she snapped out of it and ordered a cheesecake sampler, a vanilla ice and two small chocolate cakes in a to-go box. Anna was taking full advantage of an ‘I’ll pay’ treatment, ordering more than an average person ever would.
“I’ll pay you back!” She said to Alexa with her pinky up, as if she was pinking promising her to do so. In reality, Anna probably wouldn’t, though if Alexa did come across trouble, Anna would be more inclined to help her do so.

"Um... So, w-what do you want to be when you grow up? I... I've always wanted to be a teacher for elementary school. I don't know why, I just really love helping others..."
Or maybe not; the entire area in her stomach made her feel sour and bitter once more. She shoved a piece of cheesecake in her mouth and a spoonful of ice cream to prevent her from speaking as the others began.
"....A game designer, I guess. It's all I can do, anyway."
Typical dark weird-nerd answer. She thought, shoving another mixture of both in her mouth.
"Hmmm... I guess I'll be a writer or something. I'm not too sure yet. My future is still a little blurry."
Yeah, she’ll probably grow up to be a gloomy business owner who can’t find love because she spends too much of her time being gloomy. Oh god, Anna really needed to lay off the drama at the escorting place; it was really affecting her thoughts on people.

She shoved another spoonful of sweets in her mouth and simply shrugged; there was no way she could answer this question without choking or feeling shitty about her life- which was something that happened a lot but she tried to avoid it at all costs. Her original plan was to be an international history professor who traveled the world, teaching world history in several different languages, places and homes; earning lots of money before settling down at a rescue animal farm somewhere out on the country- but no, her dumb-ass parents just had to-
“Well I think there isn't much to see in this sad city. What do you guys think?"

If Anna wasn’t so stuck up and snobby, she would’ve given Ayano a piece of her cake to thank her for grabbing her attention away from those bitter thoughts.
“Well, I guess there is always a little more to a city than meets the eye.” She smiled while she swallowed whatever food was in her mouth, holding up a finger. “Maybe you guys just haven’t found your muse yet so you’re all gloomy and droopy.” Anna, once again, didn’t mean the words she said. She hated it here, just as much as she hated cauliflower or not getting holiday pay. She scraped the bottom of her ice cream bowl, already finishing it before she turned her full attention to her cheesecake platter, attacking a strawberry white chocolate slice.

"Maybe you guys just haven't found your muse yet so you're all gloomy and droopy."
Alexa flinched a bit.
"Ehehe~ Did I really come off as that gloomy and depressing? I'm sorry..."
A small smile made its way on her face.
'I really am doing a shit job...'
'Hah! I'm stronger than you think I am, Eradicator.'
'Oh, I never doubted that. It's because of your strength that you're my favorite toy to play with.'
"Still, I guess we're all still young so we have time to figure it out..."
Alexa fiddled with a lock of her long raven hair. A dark feeling swept through her.
'That girl we attacked earlier... Rise, was it? I wonder if she has friends...'
'You mean the girl YOU attacked. I didn't want to hurt her.'
'Yes, but I'm still the stronger one. My urges will always prevail because of your stupid martyr personality. Everyone comes before you... That's what you always say, isn't it?'
'Stop it, stop it, STOP IT!!!'
The thoughts were growing more and more out of control. Tears had built up in the corner of Alexa's eyes as Eradicator kept mercilessly attacking her in her mind.
"I... I'm really sorry... I just..."
Alexa stood up and ran outside. She needed to take some deep breaths and calm herself down. The flames flickered in her mind's eye as Eradicator started to force her to remember the fire that killed her parents.

Ataro watched as Alexa ran out on them. Silence took over the best of him as he just found himself sitting in his place, spooning vanilla ice cream into his mouth. "What a mood swing." He thought. Anyway, Anna had mentioned something about them being gloomy and droopy and things like that, and again, he bit his tongue to keep himself from talking any more. Besides, he really did look like your average emo- Black hoodie, eyebags, black hair, black everything. The only thing red he had was his scissors, that would drip blood every now and then.

Ayano had also made a comment about the city. This, he replied to. "At first you'd think Heavenrend is such a warm place filled with laughter. But yeah, there's not much to see here, just gloom all around." He shrugged once more and spooned more vanilla ice cream into his mouth. He decided to wait for Alexa before he spoke. Well, he did have some spare cash to burn, why not be nice and treat them somewhere? Probably to drinks, he thought.

Ayano was in the middle of listening in on whatever everyone's saying when she saw Alexa suddenly walk out on them. She seemed to be deeply troubled as she walked out. "What happened now?" She debated whether she would go after her or not. She glanced at the creepy dude Ataro.

"Usually it's the guy's job to run after them but--" Now that Ayano looked at him, he didn't seem to be the sympathetic type. "To hell with it!" She decided to not wait any longer. "I'll go see what happened." She excused herself as she followed Alexa outside.

Once there, she saw Alexa as if she was having some sort of episode. She found her weird; just a while ago, she seemed to be managing well but now... Ayano simply shrugged it off. She sat down beside Alexa without saying a word. Sometimes, she thought it best not to say anything but just comfort another through your presence alone.

When Alexa shot outside after excusing herself, Ayano went after her; which only made Anna think one thing- well, two things… Drama queen… then, Oh shit! Does that mean she’s not paying? Is she trying to jip us? This caused Anna to grow a bit worried, her eyes shooting towards Ataro, then the empty seats of Alexa and Ayano. They’re in it together!
This thought made Anna stand abruptly, smiling sweetly at Ataro. “It was my fault she ran out, but I think it might be alright if I go check on her.” Anna squeezed herself from the table and she made her way out the door, sneaking a peak at the two girls. She walked closer to the two and stood behind Ayano, her hands in her pockets.

“I-I’m sorry.” Anna cleared her throat, trying to sound guilty. “I didn’t mean to offend you.” She looked up at Alexa and smiled a sweet, remorseful smile- something she was unreasonably good at. “I guess I worded it wrong- what I meant to say is that you guys don’t seem like the type to speak much, so when I was with you today, I was shocked that you guys had an alright personality- that you guys were actually normal.” For the first time they’ve met, Anna was actually telling the truth; this kind of shocked her, making her grow abruptly quiet.

"Normal huh." Ayano thought about it as Anna followed them outside. "Yes. Despite our own issues, we are all normal humans. It's not like we carry all the world's problems. In the end, we are all the same, 6 feet under ground." Now that Ayano's thinking about it, all of her problems seem trivial now, as compared to children starving in Africa or people getting massacred in several war zones. She felt a bit remorseful now. She thought it was selfish of her to despair over her own problems when clearly, her condition doesn't matter one bit.

She took a deep breath and walked beside Anna, whispering something. "Can you cheer her up? I'm not good with this sort of things." She admitted that she is not the type of person to give advice nor to follow it. "How can I be a person whose shoulder you can cry on, if I've never even had someone like that before." She thought as she headed back inside. "I'll go back in for a while. Just go back in once you feel like it. Besides, that Ataro guy might get chewed out by the management once they collect the bill." She told Anna as she headed back inside the shop.

Inside the shop, Ayano sat in a seat parallel to Ataro's, taking down the prices of all the things they ordered. Not surprisingly, Anna had ordered the most of all of them. "She must really be hungry..." She thought as she took out her wallet. Good thing her money can cover for all of it; at the expense of not being able to afford the transportation home. She took it out and paid for their orders.

"Well, seems like I'm in the mood for a nice evening stroll later on..."

Alexa blinked. The words came at her like a blur.
“I guess I worded it wrong- what I meant to say is that you guys don’t seem like the type to speak much, so when I was with you today, I was shocked that you guys had an alright personality- that you guys were actually normal.”
Normal...? HER...? She almost laughed out loud but suppressed herself.
'There is no normalcy for me. There never is for the monstrous martyr.'
Alexa wiped tears out of her eyes.
"Sorry... I just... I remembered something horrible and I needed to get outside..."
'No thanks to Eradicator.'
He was quiet, his point had been proven so there was no reason to keep talking.
"Um... I didn't mean to make it seem like I jipped you out of a sweet treat. I meant to pay you, honest... But... there was something that happened to me... It must have come out when I asked about what you wanted to do with your life. It was stupid to react the way I did and I don't think you want to know about it..."
Alexa was truthful. She doubted Anna wanted to know that she was a homeless street rat with a serial killer as a split personality. Who would want to know that? Alexa wiped the tears out of her eyes.
"So... Let's go back inside. I feel much calmer now..."
Alexa walked back inside with Anna.
"I'm sorry... There was just something terrible that I had remembered but I got it out of my system... S-So, where do you want to go next?"
Alexa made sure to put a huge tip on the table, equal to the amount of cash that would have been paid for the food. She did promise she would buy so she did.

Ataro sighed as everyone ran out on him. The poor fool scratched the back of his head, watching as Ayano ran out, and then Anna followed suit. After a few minutes Ayano came back. She paid for everything they ordered, and Ataro wondered if she would be able to afford a ride home after what she paid for, especially Anna's orders. Alright, he decided, I'll go treat them to drinks. When Anna and Alexa came back, Alexa had placed a huge tip on the table. Ataro stared at it. "Ayano already paid, but...." "I'm sorry... There was just something terrible that I had remembered but I got it out of my system... S-So, where do you want to go next?" Alexa asked.

Ataro finally spoke up. "...I'll get you all drinks, my treat. What do you want?" He offered. He did have some spare cash, anyway.

After that catastrophe, Ayano had asked her to help her cheer up and then left, leaving her alone with the now calmed Alexa, who also followed Ayano and went back inside; having Anna follow behind. She had just heard Ataro offer drinks, coming a little late and just catching that.
Shit! She thought excitingly, grabbing the to-go boxes with the cakes in it. I hit the jackpot with these losers! Anna smiled wide, placing the cakes in the same bag with the two book bags.
“Anywhere is fine!” She exclaimed, clasping her hands together bouncing up, not bothering to lay off the foolish and preppy style she bounced in. “Since I chose this place, why don’t you guys chose?”

"Drinks." Ayano thought for a bit as Ataro made a very generous offer that was--unexpected of him. Still, seeing as how she also paid with Alexa, she thought she deserved some liberty to choose at least.

"Then, I'll have a vanilla shake from that stand there. Large. Is that all right?" Ayano informed Ataro, who now seemed less creepy than before. Or is it because her paranoia had lessened somehow. She waited for this guy to take down everyone's orders as she looked at the display on one of the book shops.

Ayano was apparently the first to tell him her order. "Then, I'll have a vanilla shake from that stand there. Large. Is that all right?" "Yeah, sure." Ataro replied. Then he looked over at the two other girls in the group. "How about you two?" While waiting for their reply, his gaze wandered over to a bookstore. "I wonder if I still have enough money to get a book after this." He thought. He then started to sum it all up in his head. So, the only things he bought today was the hoodie, and drinks for all of them. Thank god he only drank soda and nothing else.

He shoved his hands back into his pockets. His fingers hit the handle of his scissors again. If anything came to this mall and threatened them, he wouldn't be going down without a fight.

Alexa pointed over to a juice stand.
"Um... Can I please have a strawberry and banana juice please?"
Alexa almost smiled. This was one of her favorite drinks from when she was little. She walked over to Ayano and handed her 50 dollars.
"I'm really sorry about earlier."
She then walked back to Ataro, waiting for the juice. There was no sound coming from Eradicator and she hoped it would stay that way.

When Ayano chose the place and asked for large vanilla shake, Anna’s lips parted to say when she wanted when the ring of her cell phone went off, slightly startling Anna.
“Excuse me.” She said with a smile, stepping away from the group to answer it.
“Hello, Mrs. Lee?” Instantly, Anna knew who it was and a growing, sour pain went to her stomach.
“Yes,” Anna answered, being shot back into reality.
“Yes, well, you do realize that the children where all going to go on a field trip today, but because your sons didn’t turn in the money and the permission slips, they weren’t able to participate. They are at the office now and insist that we call you to pick them up.”
Anna couldn’t help but to smile bitterly at her own irony. “A-Alright,” She said, clearing her throat. “I’ll send Anna there right away to pick them up.”
“Again? Ma’am, if I may do so, I must say that you shouldn’t continue to send your daughter out like this. She has a life yo-” Anna hung up abruptly, not in the mood to hear the teacher’s complaints.

Anna walked towards the group and smiled at them. “Well, I have to bolt. I guess I’ll see you guys around later.” She said, smiling and returning to her stature from before. “Thanks for everything today!” She waved them goodbye before turning around and walking off. Of course she deserved this; she should be stupid or at least brain dead for ever thinking that she could be a normal girl for more than a couple hours. Anna checked the time on her phone and realized it was about time for the children to get out of school; she also realized that the field trip at the school wouldn’t end until later- which only meant that she’d have to pick them up now regardless.

When Anna got back to the school, she got into her car and pulled out, making her way to the elementary school, hiding the book bags but got the cakes ready for the boys. She picked them up quickly and was lucky enough to avoid the scolding of the principle of how rude her mother was for hanging up on her like that.
“I’m sorry.” Gideon said as they made their way to the car.
“It’s no big deal, bro.” She said, giving them the cakes she got. “I got you something sweet to eat.” She smiled down at them, watching their faces to light up.
“Holy smokes! Cake!” This time, it was Colby who excitedly jumped up, grabbing the cake out of her hands and not even waiting to get into the car before digging in.
“I met a few people who took me out for some sweets- decided to buy you something as well!” Anna said, getting into the car and starting it up and making her way home, telling them of the people she met today with little to no enthusiasm and using the nicknames to the fullest of their level.

While waiting for Ataro to bring the drinks, Anna had walked away from the group having to go do something important.
'I wonder what she had to do...'
She then waited alongside Ayano and Ataro.
"Um... We could continue to hang out if you want-"
Her talking was interrupted when a slick and wet sound was heard. She then felt an extreme pain on her side.
"O-Ow!"
She clutched her side, blood leaking out. As she turned to face whoever attacked her, she was suddenly met with a gun in between her eyes. The man in question was not happy and had his two friends take Ayano and Ataro hostage as well.
"None of you brats fucking move or blood will spill!"
Alexa's eyes widened.
'No... This shouldn't be happening! What's going on here?!'
The man looked over at the three.
"We want your cash. Hand it over to my colleagues slowly and I'll consider sparing you."
Alexa was trembling at this point.
'Let me take over, Alexa~ I can get rid of these bozos.'
'No! You'll just kill them. I don't want to kill anyone!'
'Tsk, tsk, tsk. I expected that you would say something like that. Looks like we have to do this the hard way.'
And with that, Alexa lost control of her body. She somehow kicked the guy's gun out of his hand and then his face.
"You little bitch!!"
He picked up the gun and commanded the rookie to follow Alexa. Alexa turned and looked Ayano and Ataro in the eye as if to say 'I'll get the police so hold on tight.' As the rookie continued to chase Alexa, she managed to lose him in an alley in the walls. He couldn't see due to the shadows but then a dark, male cackle escaped.
"I'm ever so glad to wake up to screw with the new blood~"
Alexa walked out of the corner to reveal that Eradicator had completely taken over. Gone are her girlish features and are now replaced with masculine ones along with white hair and pink eyes. Eradicator flicked out his knife.
"Now then, how shall I kill you~?"
The rookie's scream was loud and agonized. Everyone near that corner could hear it. Eradicator grinned at his handiwork. The rookie was stabbed six times in each major organ. If one looked deep, they could actually inside the rookie. Eradicator decided to screw around some more so he cut off the rookie's head and then walked slowly over to Ataro and Ayano. The leader instantly turned completely pale.
"No... It's you! You're that Eradicator Sins guy!"
Eradicator grinned.
"Ding-ding-ding~ And here's your prize!"
He then tossed the rookie's head on the ground leaving everyone to stare at it. Eradicator looked over at Ataro and Ayano.
"Now then, you get to tell me how to play this story out. How should I kill these men?"