Street Kids

Sheena shows no reaction, except to pull the blanket more tightly around herself. She hasn't spoken since she turned back into her human self, and though every instinct in her is screaming to protest against this decision, screaming that she doesn't trust this man, that the minute everyone is asleep he'll probably kill them all, or drag her off somewhere to do...whatever he wanted to do...she doesn't say anything. She lets her eyes shift to where May stands with Jason, and watches them, intensely aware of everyone's every move.
 
Kira nodded to may and then nodded to hood. "Then he stays." she looked at him. "But I have my ye on you." she said smiling slightly. She chuckled to indicate she was jacking and then looked to may. "Keep legs company while I get her some clothes. Don't want these boys all over her now." she said getting up. She stretched out. "Ah let's see I think I could get something from a clothing store....maybe just a second hand store since they wouldn't have much security. She smiled and then looked at may. "Yeah they wouldn't have those clip things that might tack it here...easily slipped away." she nodded to herself happy. "Be right back!" she said turning into a German shepherd slipping her clothes off. She shook of her fur and ran off barking happily.
 
Though Sheena wouldn't dream of indicating as such, she hopes that May will come over and sit with her; part of her is certain that any moment, whatever he said otherwise, Hood is going to come over to her, rip off her blanket, and do...well, whatever it is he wants with her. Just thinking about the calmness of his voice contrasting with the darkness of his eyes when he last addressed her, she shudders involuntarily again, and bites her tongue to keep from telling Kira to hurry. She hates herself for responding in this manner, like a stupid, weak little asshole, but the best she can make herself do is lift her chin defiantly, finally looking in the general direction of the others.
 
Kira ran quickly into a store unnoticed. She grabbed some pretty nice girl clothes. She rushed out with a few people yelling at her. She managed to give them the slip and returned with her prize. She wagged her tail and set the clothes by Sheena. She looked at Hood and then grabbed her own clothes. Turning into a snake and then slipping into her clothes. She turned human covered but had to fit so her clothes fit right.
 
Sheena takes the clothes slowly, mumbling a thank you, and slips them beneath the blanket, putting them on beneath it, her hands fumbling slightly. The pants are baggy and too short, the shirt too short too, and neither are at all her style, but it's better than nothing; nevertheless she remains wrapped in the blanket once she is dressed.
 
As the others began talking, Hood's eyes shifted to each of them, listening carefully. Kira spoke first, then May. The latter seemed to have his 'side' on the issue and something in her eyes seemed intrigued. Perhaps it was toward his... abilities? Fighting a laugh, he continued to listen, giving a thankful nod toward May and returning the genuine smile by widening his own.


When May moved to the frightened boy, Hood's eyes went to Wolf-Girl for a moment, studying her. She was fighting a battle within; it wasn't hard to see given her grave and almost numb looking expression. The host body fought to feel sorry for her, but Hood had no intention of giving in to such feelings. They were things to cloud the judgement. Perhaps it was because the host was also cursed with partial Lycanthropy?


When Kira spoke again, Hood blinked out of his thoughts and looked toward her once more, chuckling at her words. "Ah, I wouldn't have it any other way," he said with a light bow of his head. "Feel free to watch me all evening. I can assure you, I shall remain civil."


As she shifted and ran off to get some clothes, he leaned back against the nearest wall, fingers resting on it and tapping a strangely comforting rhythm as he looked to those around him. They were all so interesting with their various quirks and flaws that he couldn't help but study them. He wondered briefly what memories they held, then quickly swept the thought away. It was a dangerous one; a thought that could get him acting on impulse and switching to another host. No... that would not do. He was beginning to grow fond of this body and, it had held out well so far to his 'changes'.


When Kira returned and set the clothes by the other, Hood turned his head to the side and closed his eyes, giving respectful privacy to the Wolf-Girl as she changed under the blanket. It didn't phase him, but was more out of respect for her.
 
Kira looked to Hood and nodded as was respecting the girl's privcy. She wasn't to use to him yet. She stretched out and looked around. She had a long day. Even now a longer night. She sighed deeply and went to the window looking out. She suddenly was lost in thought as she leaned on the wall looking out. Her hair fell in front of her face. She didn't seem to mind. Once she had gone into her own mind searching through her memories it was hard to come back out. The numbing thought of her parents passed not so quickly through her. She had stayed purfectly still. Not even bothering to shift her ears to listen to the others. This was common for her. (And me lol) She sighed deeply and moved to lean in the open window. Basicly looking at the sky. She glanced at the boy who was in shook for a moment. She then looked back outside. Maybe it was because she was tired, or just what happened today. Not having friends in such a long time started to get her thinking.
 
Sheena noticed that Hood gave her privacy, and it only confuses her. She still considers that he's waiting until they fall asleep to harm them somehow, but he hasn't made a move yet...still, this means nothing, and she has no plans of falling asleep.


Finally she speaks, saying slowly, "You...Hood? What are you?"
 
Hood watched Kira for a moment as she looked out the window, seeming to fade into her own thoughts. The creature shook his head, but understood just how it could be. However, where he assumed her thoughts to be calming, his were nearly always racing flashes of memories or explanations from the minds of his current and past hosts.


Wolf-Girl's words startled him slightly. He had not expected her to speak. Smiling, he met her eyes and spoke. "Well, I will tell you, but only if you give me your name. It's difficult to keep referring to you as Wolf-Girl in my mind. It hardly seems fitting," he rambles, shaking his head and continuing. "It is not the easiest of things to explain and I'm afraid it would lead you to mistrust me even more."


He thought on this, then nodded again to himself. "If you are sure you wish to know, I'll be happy to share, however."
 
Sheena continues to regard him with slightly narrowed eyes, still hugging her knees to her chest. She debates telling him even her nickname for a while, not sure she wants him to know anything at all about her, but then, she's pretty sure Kira said her name aloud already, so she finally says resignedly, "I"m Legs."


She goes silent again for several moments, almost for a full minute or two, before speaking with control, lifting her chin again. "I want to know. But let's get something straight. If you want to hurt me, or any of us, I'll fight back. If you want money, I don't have any. If you want to kill me I can run out of here in like a second, and I can climb fast and high. If you want sex, you have to pay me. And if you won't pay me...well...it's not like you would be the first, so it's not like it would scar my soul, or whatever."


But despite these rough words and tone, it is clear that she is deeply concerned, and she remains wrapped in the blanket.
 
Hood simply watched her, his fingertips tapping out the same beat as before on the wall. At her answer, he smiled a bit wider. "Legs? That is quite the interesting and unique name," he stated simply, waiting for her to speak again as he rapped the wall.


When she finally did, he listened carefully, analyzing the words as best he could with a mind so full of swimming thoughts and memories. "Alright. Allow me to respond, if I may. If I wished to hurt you or any of the others, I easily could have, and possibly could still. If I wanted to kill any of you, it would be possible I would succeed. However, I wish to do neither of those things as they would hold no benefit for me."


At the mention of sex, the male twitched slightly, almost recoiling in his own skin. "That is NOT something I would wish. I have experienced sex before and have yet to see exactly why it is such an urge among so many species. Perhaps the animalistic urges of this body would crave it, but such a thing is easily pushed back within the psyche." Calming, he continued. "I have no money at this time either, due to a recent robbery of the LAST place I was staying. In general, I find having money more of a problem than not having it, though that may not be a shared opinion."


Deciding to get on with his real explanation, he sighed and began, stepping forward from the wall slowly to show he posed no threat. "The current form I inhabit is that of a partial Lycanthrope boy named Isaac Abrams. I have been in this form for a few years now, since the boy was only sixteen," he stated, trying to think of a way to explain this better. "I am not entirely sure what I would classify myself as in terms of an exact being, but I am what is known as a symbiotic organism; one that binds to the host body. As for my own manner of doing so, I bind to a host and take over their body, shifting it over time to meet my needs until I have used what I require."


Stopping for a moment, he seemed to think again, letting a minute or so pass before he began again. "I do not know how long I existed before I bound to my first host, but when I did, I absorbed their knowledge and memories. It was if I was them, in a sort of bizarre way," he said, giving an almost sad smile. Thinking of the first always made him emotional. He hated it. Shaking away the feeling visibly, he continued, moving on to the blackness that he had displayed. "What I showed you earlier was a... sample of my true self, so-to-speak. I can excrete that substance through the pores of the host and use it as a means of defense or protection however I see fit."





Going quiet again, he touched his head, looking a little confused. "Perhaps I am not explaining it well. I may have to do more research. This body does not hold knowledge as well as some of the others."
 
It appears that he is being fully honest, but rather than being assured, this alarms Sheena further. Her face slowly drains of color as her mind begins to race with her new and rather disturbing thoughts at this information...


A HOST? To a Lycan boy her own age...does he always do that, pick Lycans to HOST off of? Is he going to pick HER now?! Is that why he's here, to take over her body...is this like an explanation of his plan?!


Her breathing quickening, she says hurriedly, "You can't be my parasite even if you did pay me, okay? I won't let you."
 
Kira looked back at him. "Well that's why you smell so weird." she started to laugh. "Well I wouldn't call it symbiotic. You see I would think most humans...like Legs over there not to have you blend with them. (Hahaha oh great this is stargate stuff...to bad you never got into it garos) she however was still alittle shaken and fearful herself. She didn't relize it but she was crying alittle. Once see noticed the slight wetness of the skin below the face she rubbed it giving out a fake yawn to hide that she was. That is until she felt something hit her arm causing a cut. She covered it and looked to see a priece of glass was thrown at her with red paint on it. She knew exactly who it was. He was near and suddenly she seemed to be really shaken. She sighed and looked at hood. "Anyways like I said....not to willing."
 
Jason stood, quietly, if nervously, after his outburst; but when no consequences arose, he began to feel slightly more comfortable. No, he wouldn't say that; more like slightly less scared. He jerked as Legs- as a wolf- nudged him, but he was used to dogs, and loosened up a little. He knew what she meant; he had seen her get in front of him. She was willing to protect him. Usually, he wouldn't have stood for this- he didn't need protection!-


But, you know, it was sort of obvious he did.


He allowed May to pry his hands off of his notebook. He grinned weakly at her consolances, and said, "Right. Uh, thanks..."


Jason didn't say anything else to Hood- it seemed as if he girls had it under control- and only shuddered slightly when the black... black something oozed out of his fingertips. It seemed that Hood would end up sleeping with them. Was he willing to spend the night with a shape-shifter, a werewolf, and a parasite composed of black goo?


No. But Hood had said himself, that he would be keeping an eye on them, whether inside the building or out; and, as he thought, he was probably part of "them." He didn't want to be apprehended... alone... outside in the streets, and be taken over and controlled by a parasite....


Yeah, maybe he'd just stay in his corner with May for the minute... at least she seemed normal.
 
At Kira's calling her a human, Legs nods quickly, saying somewhat defensively, "Yeah, I'm mostly human. Almost entirely. Just HALF Lycan and you already have one half Lycan, so you can't have me...or anyone else either. So...keep the parasite stuff to that other guy, okay?"


When she glances over at Kira again she sees that the other girl has tears down her face, her eyes widen, and she stands for the first time, taking a step towards her; Sheena herself has felt like crying for some time now but kept it tightly under control, but considering how cool and calm Kira has seemed throughout this, it stuns her to see her now upset. When the glass hits Kira's arm, she jumps, her face stiffening, and looks around to see where it came from in alarm.


(did it get thrown through a window or did something invisible throw it? that's unclear)
 
(Through the window sorry...tired.) Kira held her bleeding arm. She looked at what she knew as Legs. She stepped back at bit. "Um what?" she asked seeing as she started walking before the glass hit her arm. She looked down at the floor. "That um really hurt wonder who threw it." she said quite shaky, she knew who it was but didn't wan anyone here know. She didn't want to tell of her past. She smiled as best as she could.
 
As Legs's eyes follow Kira's gaze, realizing that the glass in Kira's arm came from shards from the window, and that someone had thrown something through, she goes still, her eyes darting back to the window as her anxiety heightens. If there's someone out there, wanting in, then they obviously can't go out through the window...but they can't stay here forever, someone can get in whenever they want to, OBVIOUSLY...and what about Hood? Yeah, May had really picked a great hideout...no one goes there, like hell...


"Someone threw something through the window...how many more f***ing people are out there?" she blurted, then whipped her head towards Hood. "Is that one of /your/ people?"
 
Kira growls. "Hey I highly dout hood had anything to do with this..." she said and held her head. "Aw....darn it it's him! He's after me again." she said and then started to choke up. "It's nothing really you guys are safe it's me he wants ok?" she said holding her arm tightly. He wanted to kill her not knowing exactly why or even if he wanted to kill anyone he thought wasn't human. "But just to be safe no shifting ok? He's alone don't worry." she said hurting her arm more then helping it. She fell to her knees trying not to cry. "..." she looked around. "He'll go away after a while."
 
That does absolutely nothing to assure Sheena, and she looks from Kira on the floor to the window to the others; Hood is suddenly no longer her most prominent concern. She doesn't move, her voice dropping low as she asks Kira, "Someone's after you...who? What the hell is going on?"


Possibilities flash through her mind, all much more closely related to Sheena's own concerns than to true possibilities for Kira...police, juvie officials, the men with the dwarf woman, and ridiculously, Sheena's own father all cross her mind, and she squats down beside Kira, her voice shaking slightly. "Someone's wanting to hurt you? And you think he wouldn't hurt anyone else? If they'll hurt one girl, they'll hurt every girl!"


ooc: Dawns on me that if Sheena keeps wolfing out, how are they gonna constantly replace her clothes? lol. She needs to rob an entire store...
 
Kira looked at her. "He wants to kill me...just like my parents." she said shaking a bit. "No just me, he's never gone after anyone else. I don't know why but he just wants to kill me like I know something, but I can't remember what it is he doesn't want known. I know there was something but I can't remember." she said frightened. She looked at her arm and then sighed shakily. "Need to calm down Kira....just...just breath." she said and then sighed deeply getting up. "He won't hurt you I promise...I know he won't. Just act human ok?"
 
Hood eyed Legs, his expression changing from confusion to a slightly less-than-cheery one. She was not taking the knowledge well, as he'd expected. "You have nothing to worry about," he explained calmly, shaking his head and meeting her eyes with his own black-rimmed ones. "I don't plan on switching hosts for quite awhile."


Looking towards Kira as she spoke, Hood tilted his head, listening to her explanation and nodding. "You make a point. And, as for 'blending', I do not usually take a host by force, if that is what you meant to imply. Even this host accepted what would happen," he said, frowning just a little. "He knew all of what he was getting into."


He didn't explain further however, as he noticed the girl's tears. Beginning to inquire about them, he was stopped by the tinkling sound of glass coming through the window. It had come from outside and cut the girl. He could smell her blood... a sweet smell to the nose of his Host. It was easy to ignore, however. "What was that?" he questioned, eyes shooting toward the window, then back to Legs. "Again, I have NO plan to switch my host to you or any here. Especially another with Lycanthropy. This body holds out well, but the mind is plagued by strange cravings. Bestial."


As Legs accused him or 'his people' of being outside, he shook his head, smiling again. "You are mistaken. I do not have 'people'," he explained simply, as if it made perfect sense, then listened to Kira's words, tilting his head as she choked up. This 'He' outside intrigued Hood. Perhaps he would get to have some 'fun' tonight after all.


His eyes going from one person to another, he stood in silence as Kira spoke, giving more information on this person. The hunched over man began to chuckle lightly, looking toward the window. "Perhaps I should go have a bit of fun with this person. He's breached the confines of this 'hideout' and that is just simply uncalled for," he stated, slinking towards the window, his eyes seeming to gleam. "Oh, what fun it could be."
 
Kira looked at him as he stood beside her and then nodded. "So what ever...I hate him...Just get me away from me!" She said starting to trust him more. Still she was ready to attack anyone who touched her at this moment. She curled up a bit leaning her back against the wall to keep her crouching. She looked straight down. It was a terrible memory going through her and would not pass. She was happily sitting with her parents as they read a story to her. Then a knock on the door. She was 11 years old then. When her mother opened the door she was laying her head on her dad's chest. Tired as he continued reading. Suddenly two gun fire shots awoke her. She opened her eyes as she did not hear her father's heart beating anymore. She looked up at him. A horific sight. She shook him yelling daddy. When she turned to her mother. SHe was gone too. Seeing the killer, it was someone she knew very well. She ran as he tried to grab her and then hid in the closet. He was searching for her almost at the closet door when the police ran in. He ran off not being seen. When someone opened the door they found a terrified little girl. Kira...Thinking about it she held her knees. "..." She was still trying not to cry anymore.
 
Seeing the way Kira's eyes glaze over, it reminds Sheena of herself, of how she can fade out from her surroundings when she wishes to and simply not exist in the present moment. Long ago, in a moment of greatest trauma, Sheena had taught herself how to dissociate from her body and picture herself flying in the sky, a hawk, free of any pain or stress...only it looks like Kira cannot do this, like Kira is caught inside memories that pain her...and hearing her words, Sheena has no doubt this is true.


Slowly she sits next to her, wrapping a hesitant arm around her, and watches Hood go; part of her fiercely hopes that he'll kill whatever or whoever is out there.
 
Kira looked at Sheena and then got herself back to reality. She put a hand on her head closing her eyes. "hm....Sorry." She said and then looked at the others. "I shouldn't be so....well." She looked at Sheena and then smiled alittle. "Just something I have to live through you know? Nothing I can't handle." She said slowly coming out of her state of panic. She started slowly showing her sweet smile. Se wasn't about to go back there again. There was enough confustion. She got her bangs out of her face and then stretched out. "I better lay low for a while till he goes away." She said with a fake smile on her face. She didn't like to show how sad she really was. It wasn't someone she wanted to be. She wanted to be happy although it seems so far away. Stolen from her but she wouldn't give up.
 
Sheena continues to regard her, not believing for a moment that she's okay, and though she lets go of Kira, moving to give her room to lay down, she stays sitting by her head where Kira is stretched out, feeling, as she had earlier with Jason, a protective need to stay close to her. She looks up at May and Jason, assessing their reactions to all of this, and pulls at the hem of the stolen shirt, which is creeping up past her navel.
 
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