"Who was that?" You ask Shadow.
"Oh, that was Ravenous red, but we usually just call her Red. You see most in our group has abilities similar to yours. That is why I sought you out."
"You can swallow people too?" You wonder, looking the man over.
"No, I'm one of the few that can't, the only way I can make people disappear is on paper." He chuckles. "My abilities are centred around getting around without getting noticed, hence my name 'Shadow'."
"So what was it you were doing before, you seemed quicker than most to abandon your old life?"
"I worked at a burger bar and studied to hopefully become a fashion designer. But you know it's a tough business so I figured with as slim chances as I know I have at getting somewhere especially being tau now all of a sudden, I should take this chance while having it."
"Well we could sure use a fashion designer."
"No kidding." You tease and tug at his raincoat.
"Heh, I see your point."
Suddenly Shadow turns off the road, apparently straight into a bush, but it parts at the very last instance and you find yourself travelling through a dark tunnel with several doors opening before you only to close again once you've passed.
At last he pulls the car to a halt inside a well lit garage where you see several other fancy looking cars and bikes.
The man is slick, before you have time to gather your impressions he’s on your side of the car holding the door open for you. “Oh, thank you!” You stutter quite surprised by both seeing him there all of a sudden and by what he’s doing.
“My pleasure madam.” He grins. “We should hurry though, I’m quite certain that more than Red are eager to meet you and considering what else there is to do, we should get going, you’ll be quite tired before the night is over anyway.”
“That much to do?” You wonder getting out and following his lead.
“Heck you don’t even have a proper name, we can’t just call you Lucy Marshall, that name you have to leave behind. As for a new one, we don’t know exactly what your powers are, so a new, fitting name might take some time.” Shadow says putting a hand on your shoulder. “So you shouldn’t take offence, but you’ll be called a lot of names until we can find you a proper one.”
“Oh? Trial and error?”
“No” he chuckles “I was referring to, ‘tuts’, ‘love’, ‘new one’, ‘kid’, ‘sweetie’, or whatever people can come up with. Just don’t take it too personal, your old life is history so it’s a bad idea for you to use that name here, that’d just ensure that you’ll keep on to it anyway and that can be dangerous.”
Shadow leads you through the complex and eventually you hear voices coming from inside the next door.   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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