Street Kids

"Yup I'll follow this guy anywhere," Rhys said before he could think. He blushed and tried to think of a way to make that sound, well, less like he probably meant it. What was wrong with him. "You know, um, ah, yeah that is what is going on."


Rhys felt that Devin might just murder him or at least move away from him. He wondered if his mouth just sometimes got disconnected from his brain, but it was too late to take back his words. Whatever. It didn't matter what the girl thought after all. It's not like it would be wrong for Rhys to like Devin anyways. Still it was better to focus on who she was. Rhys looked at the sea. It was so close and it called to him, but he couldn't just go with her around.


"What brings you here?"
 
*Miyako smirked at May* See how quickly you forget the past, neither of you recall our first meeting do you, you say we threaten you but as I recall it was your male friend that threaten me that first night back at the gas station. (it's true) You and your friends were the aggressors from the start but instead of doing what we would have normally done, out of concern for you Sheena we didn't, if we had that first night, we wouldn't be having this converstation. Besides I don't see why either of you care what I think anyway, after today we'll never lay eyes on each other again. *Glares at Sheena* You never answered the question..well the statement Sheena. If you had stayed, would you fight with us...kill for us..die for us? I think if you answer that honestly the answer is no..So us not trusting someone that wouldn't risk themselves for us like we have done for you does not deserve our trust. Vincent treated you with more respect and kindness then either of you deserved he defended you against members of our own pack and did either of you bother to thank him? Or did you just look at him with disgust like he's a monster...sub-human? You sit there and say I don't know you, this is true I don't care to. But when someone actually made an effort to treat you like a person you treated him like he was dirt...So you judge us even harsher then we judge you, but at least Christian and Vincent were willing to give you a chance despite how you treated them. Christian is my mate and Vincent is an stupid oaf but he's like my brother and I will not risk my family for you. So no we don't trust you, and you've done nothing but hate and judge us so why should we?
 
None of this seems exactly right to Sheena, and yet, somehow she can't quite deny that Miyako has a few points- very, very few. Because Miyako's right...Sheena isn't sure that she would fight to the death for the sake of these people.


But the rest of it...Miyako has a way of skewing things just slightly, and Sheena shakes her head, her voice calmer now, as she tries her best to set things straight as she sees them.


"We were not the aggressors. It wasn't US, it was Hood, just like it wasn't Vince, it was those guys trying to hurt us. Same exact idea. And you, by the way, were stalking us without saying why, that's a threat. You would do the same to us if we were stalking you. You weren't concerned with me, you were just following Christian's orders. And he threatened to kill all my friends so he wasn't too concerned either, at least at the time. You only risked yourself because you wanted something from me, you wanted me to vote or be part of your war or whatever. And Vince? Actually we did say thank you, me and May both. But he did rip a guy apart in front of Caroline, instead of dragging him away or whatever. That's not something we're gonna be thrilled she saw, because guess what, she might be what you think of as WEAK but she's still been through hell enough already too."


She gritted her teeth, then made herself finish calmly. "You never answered my question. What was that he meant about humans dying if I go off?"
 
Don't you get it I wasn't stalking you, I was protecting you from the shadows like I've been told to from the start, your friend is the one that made the first hostile move, so at the diner when I saw him moving towards Christian...My Christian I did what I had to do to keep him from attacking him. Since he's found you Christian has made it our mission on pain of death if we failed to protect you. He cared about you for some reason when he didn't have to..You're not his daughter you're not even one of the pack but out of some blind loyalty to your mother and the hope that you could help him he went out of his way to find and protect you. (btw Miyako doesn't know Christian more diabolical plans either) Yet after he helped you, did he even stay around and hold it over you, he didn't even wait for a thank you. So don't you dare judge him..All this time you've probably thought he wanted you for his mate that he was going to force you to stay I bet you feel pretty stupid now don't you..*Throws her hands up and turns around* I'm done I don't have to defend us from you, lets just shop and get through this day so I can go home.
 
Sheena doesn't answer then, somewhat uncertain as to how much truth is behind Miyako's words. She certainly doesn't trust her, and she doesn't think it's at all beyond her to try to play Sheena to her own agenda, perhaps even one separate from Christian's. The woman seems to believe her own words, but then, how often could someone convince themselves of lies?


She falls into silence, looking over at the very quiet Caroline to make sure she's okay, and reaches over to pat her leg briefly. Caroline is sitting up straight now, appearing more calm than earlier, but her eyes are still worried as she looks between the girls and the adults in the front seat. Meeting May's eyes, Sheena reaches for her hand and simply holds it.


Maybe whatever Christian was saying was a lie. She couldn't wait to get home either, see the boys again. Well, the boys minus Devin, anyway.
 
(I wasn’t planning on it. Her memories really messed up, so she does this often. If you want to know her before she killed herself though, I suppose we can talk about it xP)


Sheena and May don’t want to back down, but neither does Miyako, as the three girls seem to be at each other’s throats. The word weak was being thrown around a lot and everything Cain hadn’t learned yet was brought up, such as the girl’s past. Before that, Miyako had mentioned they were still going shopping, which got him to throw the car back into drive and speed up after glancing out the rear view mirror. She tapped him after a phone call in Japanese and tells him to turn right, to which he abides.


If Christian was planning on letting these girl’s go this plan would go a lot smoother, but by the way this conversation was going it seemed a lot more like reverse psychology. Sheena would eventually submit and agree if only to prove herself to someone like Miyako. It seemed like they had finally stopped fighting though, and an awkward silence ensued in the vehicle after Miyako was finished.


Cain glanced back into the rear view mirror, expecting May to say something next as Sheena seemed to submit. Miyako spoke of Christian like any mate would, but it was details that none off the group would know about. There were always two sides to a story, as someone often told him; Cain’s glanced back again before returning his eyes on the road.


o-o-o-


The beautiful sea, Pandora couldn’t remember the sea from her past life, but then again any memory she had was hazy. These boys even, hazy, yet she knew there was something there that sparked her interest. Maybe it was the fact that they all seemed really awkward around her, creating a thick atmosphere as the other boy said he’d follow the sea obsessed boy anywhere. Then he turns and asks her what brings her here…


What did bring her here? She couldn’t remember why she was on the sea, she just remembered waiting up and knowing she had to find somebody. These somebody’s were the familiar ones, but she couldn’t really understand why. Instead of answering his question though, she asked them the first question that came to her mind.


“Am I making you uncomfortable?” the query was simple as she glances at them in turn, she supposed that was one type of answer. If she was, she would leave them for now, to play in the sea, and return to them later.
 
Jason had stepped back a little when the girl hopped into their group, startled. He tried to discreetly observe her as Devin's fabricated for their trip to the beach; "I just tagged along," he supported the others. "It's cool living so close to the ocean."


He looked out over the sea a little, since it was getting sort of awkward just looking at the girl and her strange eyes. There was a boat or something way off on the horizon; too small to really make out. The rest of the scenery was empty, except for a bird or two.


Rhys asked the girl why she was out here, but she only responded with another question. Was she making him uncomfortable?


Well.... The girl was sort of odd, if friendly. Other than that, she seemed pretty normal so far. Watch her turn out to be something supernatural, he thought; it seemed to have been the theme for the past few days.


"No, not really," said Jason, mostly sincere. It was the only polite answer, anyways- although he supposed he'd seen a lot of less polite answers recently, like stabbing someone in the gut or shooting them. He wasn't planning on stabbing her, though, so being polite seemed the best option.


"You have cool eyes," he added, spontaneously. He didn't think he'd ever seen amber eyes before, except in animals.
 
Devin looked away uncomfortably as Rhys's words sounded out. Yeah...that did sound a bit...creepy. But still, if Rhys acted like it was nothing then maybe Devin could at least try to aswell? The guy was about to go away for who knows how long, there was no point bringing something up now - not that Devin was likely to anyway. He was glad when the topic was changed, attention re-focused on the strange girl. She then seemed to refuse to answer Rhys's question, instead asking another of her own, and this made her even more suspicious in Devin's eyes.


Was she making them uncomfortable? Certainly.


"Oh no, I'm just wondering what a young girl like you is doing out on the beach alone?" He grinned at her, "Even I dragged these two along with me, and I'm a grown man." Without being rude, he had carefully moved the topic back to why the girl was here. He just hoped she wasn't sent by Calius. He would hate to hurt such a pretty face.


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May was getting sick of Miyako and her attutitude, her more than likely lies, and she was sick of arguing with a girl who clearly knew nothing about them and was so blinded by her love for 'her Christian' that she would do and say anything to make him look good. So she aswell fell silent, eyes harsh as she glanced out the window. She was still annoyed, quite obviously so, then Caroline shifted and May looked to her worriedly.


How was she? Was she okay? Sh*t with all Caroline had been through these past few days May was surprised she was still sane. Finding out her 'dad' was actually a sick man who kidnapped her as some sort of way to fill the hole in his heart, then obviously having to adjust to the fact that supernaturals existed, and that she was among them. She almost got killed at a diner, and then ambushed by two strong Lycans who made crude comments about her figure, or lack of one.


But the girl seemed better than she was earlier, fine even, and May found herself glancing to meet Sheena's eyes, the two reaching out and holding hands gently. She was glad they got to go, but would Sheena want to after what Miyako had said about innocent humans dying? Would May want her to if humans were going to be killed? She mentally sighed, at least now maybe they could get some relaxation and just shop for a while.


Like normal, average teenage girls. That would be nice.
 
Rhys glanced over at Devin for a moment, before allowing his attention to focus back on the strange girl. Why she making them uncomfortable? Well Rhys' actual answer would be yes, but not because she seemed suspicious or anything, although she did. It was just that Rhys was so close to his goal and now he was being denied of it because he did not want to expose himself. So yes he was uncomfortable but only due to his impatienance. He was also a little uncomfortable about his previous words.


At least he was leaving for a while. Maybe when he came back, it would be different between the two of them. Rhys was sure that he was going to make an impression to be remembered by.


"Not really. It's just not really the time of year to be down at the beach. I guess we were just all curious why someone else was down here." Rhys gave her a reassuring smile, although all he really wanted was for her to leave. He just wanted to get this over with. The waiting was killing him.


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Ana found that her plans were not so easy to do. She had made a move to sneak onto a ship, but time after time she kept getting denied. She got really close at one point but if a stupid seagull hadn't tried to shit on her, she would have made it onboard. She cursed herself for crying out as she dodged it and bumped into a crate.


The young girl was simply fuming. If she was going to leave, today was not the day anymore. At least not by ship. She thought of other methods that might work as she walked away from the docks. She headed towards the beach area. Maybe she could see if any more would come into day which might get her a fresh start. Instead she spotted a small group assembled. She paused, though she wasn't sure why. Something about them seemed...off? Something in her tingled as she looked at them. Ana wondered if it was some sort of magic and if so, she thought maybe to just run off.


But she watched them. Maybe she'd see something that would tell her why she stopped.


 
*Miyako sighs then turns back around one more time* Be sure to buy the little one plenty of clothes and toys, it's not her fault she's stuck with you two so she should at least get some enjoyment out of her life.*Miyako notices a black van with blacked out windows turn in behind them as well as the others already following, Vampires? She thinks to herself, but why would they be following them? What sakes do they have in all of this? She was becoming confused by all of this and why Christian sent them out without a proper escort not that she needs one for herself but she knows despite his words he still wants this brat safe. She finally has to admit that even she doesn't know the full picture of Christian's plans taps Caine on the shoulder again* Turn left again
 
Caroline, having been listening to them in continued silence, looks somewhat offended by Miyako's last comment about getting her toys. She sits up a little more, shaking her head, and mumbles softly but clearly, "I don't play with toys. I'm not a baby, I'm TWELVE."


Sheena, who has no idea whether a normal twelve-year-old would be expected to be playing with toys or not, given that she herself at twelve was constantly shifting between living on the streets and being caught and sent back to foster care, doesn't know how to respond to that. She herself thinks of Caroline as a little girl, much, much younger than herself and May, but it's clear that Caroline doesn't want anyone to think that. She gives her a little smile, glad the girl is speaking, at least, and remains silent herself, not wanting to even give Miyako ammo to continue their previous conversation.


As her eyes drift again towards the window, she, like Miyako, notices the blacked windows of the vehicles and frowns, suspicious. She watches it carefully as Cain pulls into the parking lot of a mall, and sees that it is pulling in too. Is it following them? Are those Christian's guys?


"That van," she says softly to May, nudging her and inclining her head towards it, and then raises her voice, not yet stepping out of the vehicle. "Are those your people, or what? Because no one normal drives a van like that."
 
*Miyako nods* No they aren't with us? Only two kinds of people drive Black Vans with Blacken Windows...Rapist and Vampires, I hope they're rapist, but if they're vampires we shouldn't have to worry to much being it's a high sun today, lets just hope there is no kind of cloud cover today, in the meantime I see no reason for them to spoiler the day for right now. *Of course she knows it's vampires and is wondering were her backup is, again she can handle herself but she has no clue what Sheena and May would be able to do against a van full of vampires, especially since most are just as strong and as fast as any lycan plus most she's ever fought are centuries older and they come with hella powers to boot, it takes considerable effort just to take down one, god help them if there is as many as that van can hold. But again she keeps up the brave act even tho the thought of being drained scares the hell out of her.* Everything is fine after all Rapist and Vampires need to shop to, for their rope and rubber gloves and stockings for their heads and vampires need their sunblock SPF 50000 and lets not for get eyeliner for those Emo-Vampires I swear if they get out and sparkle I'll probably die from laughing to hard.
 
Rapists or vampires? Well, yes, that was the standard cliched answer, but still Sheena was suspicious, especially the lightness of Miyako's response. The woman was not one to be humorous under most circumstances, and it made her wonder if Miyako herself was worried and attempting to cover it up. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at the woman closely, trying to read her expression, and then looked over at May, seeking out her thoughts.


Caroline's eyes widened as Miyako spoke so casually of vampires and rapists. She had only recently learned what a rapist even was, and the thought now alarms her as she stays still, seeming to now have no intention of getting out of the van. She had not yet thought of the possibility of vampires existing and this too is a scary thought for her. Some of what Miyako is saying makes no sense to her- why would a rapist need rubber gloves, and why would a vampire need eyeliner? What's a emo vampire...and why would they sparkle?


She's not exactly up on pop culture, nor is Sheena, so both appear blank at this comment. Sheena is still looking at May when she speaks.


"Vampires can't come out in the sun, right, sunblock or not. And anyone else we can handle...come on, Caroline, let's go get you...well, whatever you want."


She steps out of the car first, then motions for Caroline to follow even as her eyes shift again to the van.
 
The last of their group also provided an answer to her query, and he was the first to answer Pandora’s question about them being uncomfortable. Not really it seemed she was causing trouble for some odd reason, she wondered why…The next thing out of his mouth was a compliment though, and she smiled slightly “Thank you” was her simple response.


Then the boy who loved the beach spoke nex- “What’re your names?” Pandora asks this suddenly, realizing conversation would go easier if she referred to them by name. Then realizing she had interrupted, she answered his question as if she had heard it. “I don’t remember why I’m here…” she notes, trying to think on the question, trying to remember.


There was a presence approaching though, and Pandora glanced around idly before the other boy answered her query. He mentioned it wasn’t really that time of the year to be down by the beach and she blinked rather than responded in anyway. What time of year was it now? She couldn’t remember…


They boy did seem to be waiting for something though, so before they answered Pandora’s question, she turned tail and left. The girl headed for the stranger a little ways away, locking upon her as the figure that had been watching them. Pandora approached with no fear, immediately asking, “Were you watching us?”


((Trying to give Rhys some leeway))


o-o-o


May remained quiet, something Cain didn’t really expect of the girl but he shrugs it off, instead tuning in to Miyako’s words. She’s telling them to buy plenty of clothes and toys, to which Caroline is offended, and the two of them seem to notice they have some visitors at the same time. The man tries his best to speed up slowly, trying not to alarm the girls and turning left as Miyako had asked him.


The van followed after him into the parking lot of the mall, and the girls in the back notice it as well, Sheena asking May if she knew of it. Miyako explains that they weren’t with them and Cain glances back, knowing much the same thing that Miyako does. Life as a lycan…or at least pretending to be a lycan and blending into this pack, has given him a few pointers.


Miyako tries to calm them; first she’s explaining they may be rapists but then admits if they were vampires that the sun was far too high for it to be of any danger. Cain is much like her, trying to put on a brave front, but he does so more easily, he’s done more than enough stupid things in his life. The woman is trying to tell them they may be going shopping too as Cain finally stops and parks the vehicle.


He wearily gets out of the limo and opens the door for the girls in the back, making sure to keep a wary eye on the van.
 
May - similar to Sheena - had no idea what a normal 12 year old should be like, as she herself was anything but normal at that age. But then again, Jason was thirteen - just a bit older than Caroline - and May hadn't seen him running around with action figures or cuddly panda bears. Then Sheena whispers to May, nudging her in the direction of a black, blacked out van, and May immediately becomes suspicious. Why the hell was a black, blacked out van following them? Who even owned a black blacked out van?


Calico. And, according to Miyako, rapists and vampires. That was good to know. As she looked to the van May couldn't help the sarcastic comment that slipped after Miyako spoke, "Rapists? That's funny, I've met hundreds of rapists and only one of them has a black van." She says this as she follows Sheena out of the car, glancing to Cain briefly. She makes sure to stick close to Caroline and she glances to Miyako as she speaks, "If they're rapists, we can take them. If they're vampires...." She glances to the van, then Sheena as the Lycan comments on them not being able to come out in the sun, effectively allowing her to finish her sentence. May has met a vampire once before, when she was fourteen. She shivered slightly, hand covering her neck protectively, she could still feel his fangs running across her soft neck. He didn't hurt her - not more than the average client did anyway - and was oddly polite for a blood sucker. She was so scared, terrified that at any moment he could have bitten her a bit too hard, injected her with venom, or not have been able to stop once blood was flowing.


She wouldn't be scared this time.


She looked around at the others, an eye still on the van, as she spoke casually, "What shop should we go into first?" She knew the other two needed clothes, and she would have to pretend - to keep her non-humanness a secret - that she needed them too. She glanced to Cain then, feeling she should say something to him, and she offered him a polite smile - he hadn't done anything that put him in the dog house yet. "You should probably come with us too, for safety's sake." It would be awful if the guy was left alone to look after the car and they came back to a corpse.


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Devin watched the strange girl as she flickered her amber eyes between them all, then blurted out a question in the middle of his speaking. Their names? She wanted their names? "Uh, um..." Devin tried to quickly think of how to answer, should he give his real name? Should he make one up? What about the others? Did they want to share their real names with this weird girl or not?


Then she had suddenly turned away before Devin could answer, marching over to a stranger. Was that why she was here? Meeting someone? Then again, she seemed a bit angry at them, maybe they had kept her waiting too long? Devin suddenly sparked an idea, and turned to Rhys, "You can go while she's distracted..." He trailed off, glancing to Jason then back at Rhys, "If you want to, of course." He didn't want to make it seem like he wanted Rhys to leave, infact, he oddly enough wanted the merman to stay, despite his , um, attraction to Devin....


Yeah, no way of putting that unawkwardly.
 
Jason thought the girl's "Thank you" was pretty novel. It was the first time she'd actually responded to one of them, after all- which made it a nice change. The next question, too, was a bit on the more normal side- asking for their names- but quickly after came "I don't remember why I'm here...." If that wasn't vaguely mysterious and strange, then Jason didn't know what was.


The boy began talking, oblivious to Devin's deliberation. "Well, I'm-"


But then the girl was gone. Jason looked, confused, at where she's stomped away to. "Strange sort of girl," he commented to the others. She didn't... seem all too sane. But who was he to judge?


Jason looked over when Devin suggested Rhys take use of the moment. "Uh... Yeah," he supported. "Go have fun with the other merpeople!" The boy still didn't want to see him leave, but supposed there was only stalling it. Besides... he still ​sort of wanted to see Rhys with a tail.
 
"That's pretty much a...one of those things people say but it's not always true," Sheena rolls her eyes in response to May's comment about the black van, directing the cynicism towards Miyako rather than May. She is thinking of the term "cliche" but can't think of the correct phrase for it. "And if it's a vampire, we've got it. I can rip them into pieces and I bet Miss Maimer can too," she nods towards Miyako, then gives Caroline a reassuring smile as she makes her tone more playful. "And May can charm them while stabbing them in the heart with her toenails, and Caro can hang on their arms and bite their ankles."


"I will not," Caroline says, but she is smiling, realizing that Sheena is being playful, and she gets out of the car with only one more anxious glance towards the van. Sheena starts towards the entrance to the mall purposely not looking back, for Caroline's sake, but she is alert, tensed for action if necessary, and listening, looking out the corner of her eye.


"What store? I never go to malls," she repeats to Caroline, and Caroline, who has only gone with Lewis a few times before, thinks.


"Uh...I like Old Navy...I think I'm getting too old for Justice even though the stuff still fits me. Um, Aeropostale..."


"Sure," Sheena agrees, although the thought of herself wearing any clothing with a name brand plastered across it, no doubt in bright, cheery colors, is not exactly what she envisions herself wearing. No matter; she knows very well whatever Caroline can wear isn't going to fit her. She'll probably end up buying men's clothes, as usual.
 
Rhys had no problem with giving out his name. He was going to leave pretty soon. It's not like he had much to worry about. But as he opened his mouth to give it to her, she walked off. Rhys looked at her for a moment and then turned back to the others.


Devin was right. It was time to go. He looked from Devin to Jason and then to the ocean. He could feel a sense of excitement and anxiety start to overwhelm him. He nodded and turned back to his friends.


"I'll come back for you guys. But you don't have to wait for me. I don't know how long it'll take." He moved to Jason first and gave him a hug. "You be good okay? Don't abuse those new powers of your's."


He then moved to Devin. He took a deep breath before pulling him into a hug. He hugged tightly wanting to remember this and then, suddenly, he pulled back and was kissing Devin. It lasted all of two seconds but it felt good. It felt as if he had been shocked. He pulled back blushing hard and knowing he should go before Devin realized what had happened.


"Something to remember me by." Then he turned, stripping as he ran, into the ocean. He dove under the water his whole body tingling with excitement. He could feel it. His old form. He looked down and smiled. His tail. His beautiful tail. It was back. He rose out of the water and waved and then flipped his tail at them.


"Until next time you guys!" Then he was gone.


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Ana didn't expect any of them to see her. Not really. She guessed she had gotten so use to being ignored by people that when Pandora came over to her, she almost panic and took off.


She looked the girl up and down, ignoring the boys on the beach. She felt something odd about the other girl and it made Ana shift nervously.


"I'm sorry," she finally said. What else could she say? She had been watching them. It was kind of late to deny it now. But she wondered why she had stopped to watch them. Surely the group wasn't that interesting. But her feeling of something being off about this girl might prove contrary on that. She gave her a small smile. "I didn't mean to see creepy. I was curious is all."
 
Cain is surprised when May invites him along for the shopping trip, but looking at the black van it isn’t all that weird. Nodding before closing and locking the doors, heading after the three girls and one woman into the mall, hand folded neatly behind him as they talked. Would this be his chance? He didn’t know. But he knew he needed to join up with these girls soon. All he could do at the moment was follow them around and protect them in case those vampires did show up.


o-o-o-


Pandora smiles, “Me too” is the note she makes, motioning back to the group with her head “Do you remember them too?” The girl is only wondering because her memory is getting stronger, she had been told their names hadn’t she? Maybe she was just attaching names…


Suddenly remembering that Ana was in front of her she tense up and stared at her, realizing she was supposed to be looking at the group. When she turns to look at them again, a boy is missing and she frowns, “We shouldn’t look away from them” she notes. Then suddenly turning to grab Ana’s wrist she tugs her towards the group and plops another stranger in front of the two boys with a smile.


“She wants to meet you too” she explains, impulsively.
 
*Miyako has the same reaction as May did and rubs her neck, just the thought of another man other then Christian touching her in such a way sickens and frightens her and she hates being afraid more then anything she hates it because it makes her feel helpless like she was back in her village before Christian found her. She moves over to Cain and in a low voice.* No matter you must stay strong brother, you will not let a hair be out of place on these girls as long as they are still under my protection we must keep them safe..Now are you armed?*Of course if Cain is pretending to be one of the pack he should be armed but just in case Miyako pulls a black handgun out of her bag and hands it to him on the sly. And of course Miyako is civil to Cain after all she believes he's a part of the pack.* While we're inside you need to buy yourself a new suit, members of our pack shouldn't dress off the rack like that, so get something and will have Christian pick up the bill.* She's trying to act more light hearted but the situation is still dire to her.* Now girls I will give you the freedom to do as you please here but given our friends in the van I must request you stay with in sight of myself or Cain.
 
Miyako's warning is somewhat concerning to Sheena, and she looks back at her sharply, frowning before she tries to straighten her expression where Caroline won't see. If Miyako is worried about the van, then that means it's definitely a threat, and a pretty serious one...what if it wasn't vampires? What else could it be...who else might be after them?


Her mind is grasping for possibilities as she walks through the mall with the others, not paying much attention to the stores so much as keeping alert of everyone around here. She follows Caroline into a preteen store and attempts to show some sort of interest that she doesn't have over the clothes Caroline tries on, and then lets them drag her to a few women's and teen stores, where as she thought, she's not interested in anything nor does she think most will fit her the way she wants them to. She buys herself some men's pants and shirts and a few hoodies, undergarments for herself and Caroline, and teases May about the undergarments she should get, knowing that May doesn't need clothes at all. Shoes and jackets complete their clothing needs, and she also picks up necessities such as hairbrushes and deodorant. Caroline, Sheena has decided, is the world's slowest shopper because she wants to look at absolutely everything, but Sheena is willing to put up with it for her, only giving May looks occasionally over top of her head to show her boredom. Eventually Sheena holds May's hand through most of their walking, ignoring the slight self-consciousness she still occasionally feels.


When they finish up at the mall, having bought some food at the food court as well, and a stuffed cat that Caroline had eyed but tried to play off as being too old to want before Sheena simply bought it anyway and thrust it at her with a raised eyebrow, they head out to the parking lot, and Sheena makes sure that Caroline is behind them all as she looks around them warily. The van is still parked there...did they even get out, or are they just waiting all this time?
 
As they are walking, Miyako approaches Cain and he can tell from the way she is moving that even she is worried by the van. Her whispered words are only met with a nod as he accepts the other firearm and feigns fixing his belt to put it in his waistband. The other hung in a holster that hung on the inside of his jacket. The next thing she asks him to do is get a suit, and he once again only nods; a new suit would be nice for any occasion. Whether one was actually lycan, or not…


Then she finally turns her attention to the girls, asking them to stay in vision of either her or himself, to which they seem to agree. As they enter the mall, he is sure to keep all eyes on the girls, but must leave Miyako alone with them to pick up the suit. Once he is in the new suit and charges it to Christian, he finds his way back to the girls.


Along the way, Caroline had picked up a stuffed cat and they had eaten, but Cain didn’t mind missing food. Since he had died, he ate less and less, and now it was more like a way to occupy his time rather than a necessity. As the group exited the mall, Cain made sure to keep a keen eye out for the van as well as the limo.
 
May is not as worried as Sheena is about the van, but it still does cause some fear as they clamber out. She does glance back at it, almost to check, but makes sure to do so while Caroline is focused on talking to Sheena. She doesn't recognize the van, which is hopefully a sign that it's nothing to do with Calico. If it's rapists, they can take them. And vampires, well, she was pretty sure they could take them too, but it would be annoying to have to reveal her supernaturality infront of Miyako - who would definitely tell Calico.


They would both probably be annoyed with her for keeping a secret from them, but she couldn't care less. The only Lycan she trusted was currently walking hand in hand with her through countless pre-teen shops.


May showed much more interest than Sheena in the clothes, as she herself is quite girly anyway, and gives Caroline countless advice about what to buy and what not to buy. She even chucks a few items of clothing at the girl that she thinks will look nice on her, and can't help but smile when Caroline does indeed buy some of them. May can't help but tease Sheena lightly about the girly clothes that the Lycan doesn't want to buy, but then she gets her own back on May, even causing the shifter to blush as she teases her about undergarments.


May does infact buy some clothes from the women/teen shops, just to keep up the human appearance, but she gets very little, just a few tops, skirts and jeans. As they walk back, she does indeed notice the van, and her guard is back up just like that. She gave Sheena a worried glance over the top of Caroline's head, and then spoke, "Come on Caroline, your cat can come in the back with us, but if it shoves it's butt in my face don't blame me if it goes out the window." She is of course joking, which you can tell by her tone, and her butt referral is from the fact that cats often shove their butts in people's faces when being stroked. Cain opens the door for them before she can, and she motions for Caroline to get in first. If anything is going to come out of that van to harm them, Caroline needs to be safe inside the vehicle.


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Devin ignored the instant awkwardness he felt when Rhys hugged him, it was fine to hug him right? It wasn't leading him on. Pssh, yeah it was fine. It wasn't like Rhys was kissing him or anything.


Until he did.


His eyes widened and he tried to pull back, but Rhys was already gone. His eyes widened further - to the point he was scared they were gonna pop out - as the male then stripped and dived into the ocean. Rhys, had just kissed him. He shivered violently, knowing Rhys couldn't see as he was already gone, and wiped his mouth. A dude had kissed him. Nothing personal against Rhys, but he felt sick. He didn't even notice the tail flipped at them.


He tried to shake himself out of the extreme discomfort he felt right now, and turned to the two girls with a wan smile, "Uh, hey. Is she your friend or something?" He glanced to Jason now, it was just them two, speaking to two complete strangers. Let's just hope they don't turn into lions that try to eat their heads off......
 
*They leave the mall onto the parking lot just as the sun was coming down and dark shadow cast itself over the entire parking lot and directly over the van, then the side door of the van cracks open just a bit and a grayish smoke creeps out it. Miyako's eyes shift so her lycan vision allows her to see clearly into the dark van and sees the glowing red eyes and then the white fangs. She lets out a slow growl as you reaches behind her back and grips her short sword hidden under her jacket. She looks around the parking lot for the backup she called for before they got to the mall but there is no sign of it, or any other shoppers, this place has been clean out, how the hell is that possible that there are no stray mortals moving through the entire parking lot, She turns to Cain being the only pack member with her.* This is not right were is the backup we called for? They've should have been here by now. You there May keep a firm grip on the little one, don't get separated..*reaches down in her boot and pulls out a small gun and slaps it in May's hand.* It's small but it's loaded with silver bullets, aim for the head or the heart. Sheena, if Cain and I attack I need you to run a head of May and Caroline and make sure they get to the car. And if something happens and Cain and I get cut off I want you to drive back to the club and protect yourselves. *She grabs her phone one more time and calls Christian but the phone just rings over and over.* SHIT! Something is seriously wrong back home, he wouldn't leave me out in the cold like this!
 
"He wouldn't do that, he's not weird," Caroline giggles in response to May's comment about her stuffed cat, hugging it to her chest. Despite her feeble protests that she was too old for it, she was happy to have it to hold onto, and stroked its fur affectionately. She starts to step into the van as May asks her to, not looking behind her at the van as the other two girls were.


She doesn't notice that they are tense and increasingly alarmed until Miyako starts handing out weapons. When May and Sheena don't join her in the van, her head snaps up, eyes wide, and she grips her cat tightly as she crains her neck to try to see what's going on. "May? Sheena?"


Sheena ignores her, her attention focused on the van as she prepares to shift if needed. She has a feeling it's going to be needed...why don't they just get in the van now and drive off? Are they actually about to fight, right in the middle of the mall parking lot? In public?


It's getting dark though...what are they waiting for? Why aren't they just leaving? Does Miyako actually WANT to fight?


"Miyako, what is this?" she says under her breath. "Vampires? Really?"
 
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