Neil stood at the top of the roof looking down with sullen eyes at the balcony that stood outside Gabe's window. He had seen the girl come in and out of that room. Had seen the strange light that shone in her eyes when she glance up to look at the sky.
He didn't know what they had talked about but he knew he could find out by asking the girl.
Carefully, using the same wall she had use to climb up and down the balcony, he descended onto the sidewalk.
Okay, she had gone straight down the street, he thought. How far could she have gone?
Skin cooling by the night wind, he walked glancing down every alley to see if he could catch any movement in the shadows. Any sign that there was a girl out there.
He couldn’t.
"Damn," he whispered in the night. He had been wondering the streets around the house restlessly and still couldn't find her anywhere. It was as if she had vanish in thin air, as if such a thing was possible.
He turned around, giving up and ready to go back to the Mansion when suddenly there she was.
The strange girl with the deep blue eyes. Standing behind him with an expressionless face.
Then she smiled and her face broke into one of ridicule, "You were following me?"
"Yes," he answer politely.
"And may I ask why?" her brown hair falling on her shoulder as she tilted her head.
"I saw coming out of my friend's room," he answered truthfully. There was no point in lying to her; he had the feeling she would be able to tell.
The smile faded from her lips but remain in her eyes as she said, "Why not ask your friend what I was doing there instead of follow me around?"
"I wanted to meet you," that was true too. He had wanted to meet the girl with the blue eyes who shone with a different light inside them. Wanted to meet the girl brave enough to jump over private property to sneak into Gabe's room.
"I'm Neil," he continued extending a hand for her to shake.
"I'm Sarah," she said in return, taking her hand in his. Her eyes dimming as the humor faded from them.
"And I have to go now," she finished. Giving him one last look before turning and continuing to walk down the sidewalk. The cars seemed to slow down. The night quieted down as the darkness swallowed her up and he couldn't even make out her silhouette anymore.
Sarah, the name suited her, he thought as he began walking back towards the mansion wrapped up in his own thoughts.
Too wrapped up.
He felt their presence but it was too late by then. Hands reached out and grabbed his arms as another pair of pale hands brought his hand down and everything was blacker than night.
*
"You brought the wrong guy," said a voice that did not sound pleased by that at all.
"I did not," said another who clearly didn't care weather he was the right guy or not.
"He's not the one she wants"
Neil didn't know to whom the voices belong to nor was he stupid enough to ask. Instead he kept his head down pretending to be still passed out.
"She said he lived in that mansion"
"Yeah, lived inside not outside"
"I saw him coming out of there"
"Honestly Markin, you're too stupid for your own good sometimes"
"Oh please. You're far stupider than me Spin," said Markin walking around the room. Each step on the hard granite echoing in the walls.
"Letting that girl go for the sole reason that you thought she was pretty."
Spin sighed fondly, "She was beautiful"
"She could have seen us taking him," remarked Markin in a more serious tone than before.
"She didn't. I made of sure of erasing that part from her memory before we let her go."
"You shouldn't even use your powers on humans like her. You should have killed her and the chance of her remembering"
Spin sighed but didn't respond.
Something else was said but the words sounded distorted and came from far away.
(needs to be continued)
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