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Two days passed since Jimmy returned home.
And he didn't do much in this time.
He was mostly still recovering from gunshot and spent most of his time on the couch playing with Norman.
He's also taken a break from vigilantism, at least until he's in better shape. He only went out once, and that was only to the store to get a food supply.
But he managed to forget Norman's food, so he planned to go again today
It was 5 a.m. when he decided to go get cat food.
He pulled hoodie over his head, which hung loosely on his shoulders, took wallet and left.
-
The sun was already setting as he walked the streets and tried not to be noticed as much as possible.
(these streets are dangerous)
And if there was one thing he didn't like, it was the feeling of weakness (especially now, due to his injurie).
And if someone were to attack him, it would not be good.
(Although his wound has now healed enough that it no longer bothers him when he walks, there is still a risk that it could open again.)
It had happened to him several times that he had been dragged into the street as an attempted robbery, or had been caught walking alone at night, and been simply attacked by grup of people.
But those times he was able to defend himself, and avoided it quite well.
He would be an easy target now.
This area of the city is not the safest and that was one of many reasons why he became a vigilante.
Heroes rarely came here, so crime only rose.
He went to the bus that took him closer to the store and when it stopped he got off and walked the rest of the way on foot.
The bell rang when he entered, there was a woman behind the cashier who didn't pay much attention to his entry and keept reading the newspaper as if he wasn't there.
There also weren't many people in the store otherwise.
Jimmy walked around, and a soft melody of a song thet sounded familiar floated in the air and he hummed it to himself as he searched among the shelves
When he finally found the cans of cat food he took three and headed for the cash register.
-
The sun had already set and the streets were empty only the pale light of the street lights was still shining, when he was returning and when he was almost home a dark shape appeared walking towards him.
Jimmy just wanted to think it was nobody. He lowered his head and stared at the ground avoiding eye contact. His ear-fins twitched, footsteps were getting closer and closer to him and the man, just passed by.
Jimmy exhaled and smiled to himself at how paranoid he looked. He should really relax more.
And then, out of nowhere, a hand grabbed his shoulder and he cried out in fear.
"Oh my, Jimmy it's just me."
The dirty blonde pulled away from the hold stumbled and looked back to see Scott standing there, confused. Jimmy was so relieved to see a familiar face. He probably almost had a heart attack.
"Scott, hi!" he said after taking a few deep breaths.
"Hi, are you ok?" Scott asked worried. Maybe I shouldn't have snuck up on him like that
"Pretty much yeah" Jimmy scratched the back of his head as answered.
Scott nodded slightly then changed the subject.
"I saw you across the street and wanted to say hi. We haven't seen each other in a long time." Elf paused and then continued "...sorry about the date, I really wanted to come but... my boss's really difficult and made me come to work I-"
Oh so he wanted to come?!
"It's okay" Jimmy giggled
"Silly but I thought you just didn't want to come"
"wha-Jimmy no. I wouldn't do that. I would never just leave you for no reason."
Jimmy blushed at this and a smile crept onto Scott's face, he grabbed the dirty blonde's hands and pulled him closer and kissed him on the cheek.
"and I mean it"
If Jimmy was only a little pink before, now he was red from blushing, and even his fin-ear had become a darker color.
Now Scott was also blushing as a pleasant silence passed between them.
"Would you make up for the last time and go on a walk with me" Jimmy whispered, breaking the silence, and held out his hand, Scott grabbed it. "I would love that"
"Then let's go." Jimmy pulled him forward and they continued together hand in hand.
When they were walking, Jimmy felt much safer with Scott compared to before.
-
After half an hour they reached Jimmy's apartment and stopped in front of the door.
"So this is where our paths diverge"
Scott began "Yeah" Jimmy added.
Elf tilted his head "See you soon then. Promise"
Jimmy smiled "can't wait"
Scott playfully nudged him "silly"
"So until next time" Scott waved as he turned to leave
"See ya" Jimmy greeted as he headed into the building.
Doorknob rattled and he stepped into the apartment. Norman, as always, ran up to greet him.
Jimmy put down the cat food and picked Norman up, lifting him in front of his face. "You won't believe what happened"
Jimmy had sparks in his eyes while norman just meowed tiredly.
-
The night was dark and the moonlight shone silver on the warehouse.
The door creaked open and then slammed back with a thud.
Heavy footsteps echoed through the large room. fWhip looked around for any singhts of life and at thet moment avian swooped down from the roof pillar and landed right in front of him with the wind.
It was Emperor, or the most annoying guy he knew.
His wings spread out behind his back as display his pride. Even though the light was limited to only the glow of the moon through the window, the colorful feathers were still quite noticeable and his smiling eyes glowed red like a diamond crown in his hair.
"You're late" Emperor said.
"Yeah I figured." fWhip replied.
And without another word the avian already flapped his wings and launched himself back into the air.
FWhip muttered something under his breth and followed deeper into this big werehause.
-
"Hey Hades. Haven't seen in a while"
Mythical call out.
FWhip waved back in greeting.
They stepped into a hidden meeting room. Mythical was already sitting with his feet up behind the round table as the two entered. When all three sat down, the meeting began.
"Xornoth isn't coming. According to them they 'have other things to attend to'" Mythical began. Joey sighed at that and leaned back in his chair.
"Isn't this the second time they haven't come?" FWhip asked, leaning forward
"I thought they were in charge here"
Mythical sighed "They are. Xornoth said they won't be here today so be it. If you have any other questions you can find them and ask yourself. But let me remind you that you are not officially a member yet, and I wouldn't push my luck with them if I were you."
Fwhip kept the same position. He didn't move, he just stayed firmly in place.
Brunette stared back at him with red eyes.
Emperor on the other side supported his head with his hand in boredom and waited for the two idiots to stop this nonsense, and after a few tense moments-
"so!" the brunette clapped his hands, drawing the others attention back to him in a good mood as if nothing had happened.
This sort of thing has happened many times since fWhip has been working with these villains.
Mythical often had mood swings, sometimes he would be in a good mood then he would look like he wanted to kill you for the smallest thing and then all of a sudden he would be like nothing had happened.
He had known Mystical for a long time before that, and he had never behaved like he did now.
He wasn't sure, but it seemed like that initiation had something to do with it. Thet's why he himself has not yet agreed to fully join the group. (He still didn't trust Xornoth)
But now it was best to pretend like nothing happened.
"So Hades how did it go in the lab, got the thing" FWhip grinned pulling files from inside his coat and throwing them in the middle of the table
"Here's everything" as the two villains went through the papers he leaned back and continued. "But there were some problems"
"Yeah?" Emperor looked up.
"Major and Solidarity showed up, but I took care of it"
"Well that's interesting~. What did you do?" Avian asked.
"Well?" Mystical encouraged.
He already regrets saying that.
"Well, I fought with the Major" he pointed to his cheek where the ice caused a deep cut .
"I had enough, and I was going to shoot him." he simply shrugged, "but Solidarity appeared from nowhere and the bullet hit him-" "Wait you shot your ex" Emperor looked pleasantly surprised.
"look, me and him have been nothing for a long time and it will stay that way, if he gets in my way I'll get rid of him" fWhip snapped.
"shesh harsh" Mystical whispered to Emperor who nodded.
FWhip sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose "Okay whatever let's continue." The two villains nodded after a moment and straightened up in their chairs.
"So we can probably agree that certain heroes are really getting annoying when we're doing our jobs" Mystical changed the subject.
"Yeah especially Major, man prevented me from a mission last time too. And I couldn't even touch him with my powers because of his stupid ice" Emperor complained.
“Well, he's not just like that among the higher heroes, he's good. I don't know how you managed it, but you were the one who beat him in a long time" Mystical looked at the redhead.
fWhip put his hands behind his head, "Guess I'm just better than you two."
Joey rolled his eyes at that.
"But besides him, there are still others like Mad King and that axellotl vigilante, even if she hasn't been active for a while, I believe there is still a possibility of her return." Fwhip continued.
"You're right" Emperor adds. "if we wanted to move the plans forward, we would have to get rid of some big names first"
"Then the sooner we start the better" creepy smile crept onto Mythical's face as he said that.
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