Meeting the Reaper. [Completed]

[Yukki Kazuto]

Scarlet crept along the outskirts of the building, carrying a figure nearly double her size. She knocked on the back door, and waited as it flew open. The Reaper looked down at her, a smile on his face. “Come on, bring him in.” Scarlet carried the figure into the building where he was picked up by two thugs and placed on a table. As a light was shone onto him, Scarlet was able to get a clear look at his face.


He was a man, not to well past his prime, early thirties or so. He had scars all over his face, suggesting he had seen combat, and lots of it. His face was caked in dried blood and dirt, along with the rest of his clothing. He wore a black leather jacket, a white t-shirt, and jeans, all of which were in disrepair, ripped in places and bloodied in others.


Scarlet watched in silence as the two thugs tied him down to the table. They wrapped rope around his arms and legs, holding him down, but not in a painful way. She walked out through a side door into the room where Reaper and two other members of his gang were playing poker. “Scarlet, you’re still here? Well, why don’t you play a few hands with us while you’re here?” Scarlet sat down in the only spot left, and looked at the two cards in front of her.


She folded in disgust. Reaper always rigged these games, but nobody ever seemed to notice. He won enough to make it obvious he was doing well, but not so much as to where it was suspicious. Not that these hired thugs would have the courage to confront him. Scarlet walked out the door, and began wandering the streets. She thought about looking for Yukki, but decided against it.


Reuben and her had planned this. The job had been to get their man out of the building that was controlled by the crazy woman Yukki had met. The best plan they could come up with was if she was distracted, so they sent Yukki in, without his knowledge that he was bait. When the fighting had begun, she had sneaked downstairs and struggled to get the man out. Spending most of the time dragging him, she eventually got him down to Reaper’s base, a feat that took several hours.


Scarlet considered trying to find Reuben, but decided against it as well. She was meant to be alone. Besides, he had abandoned her and Yukki for some reason, even if she didn’t know what it was. She didn’t even go back to the house that had been purchased for the three of them on tier three. She wandered around tier five, walking past peaceful buildings and buildings filled with violence alike. Down here, the empire just kind of left it to rot unless the whole tier was in anarchy or something.


She wandered around, unsure of what to do next. She laid down in a side alley, covered herself with random debris to make herself less noticeable, and slept.