A Job Unfinished

[M A T R I X]

A single figure slipped around the corner, away of her pursuers, the police. She had just finished a job on the Ambassador assistant general, and they had chased her down the alleyway. Suddenly, a dead end stopped her right in her tracks. The police rounded the corner just in time to see a long and slender red fox slip through the air vent of the abandoned nearby building, and escape them in the nick of time.
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Chi sighed a sigh of relief as she got out of the cramped vent. It made her nerves and muscles ache, she hadn’t counted on a member of the crowd pointing her out. The police chase had left her weary, and she began to trot home, hoping that she could get there before her 12 hours were up. The cold air brushed her belly fur, and her gold band was beginning to freeze in this weather.

[F L A M E]

Now, as he trudged wearily back home, he felt his fiery temper rising up once more against the Step-Ass. He felt the urge to yell at him, to scream out how he despised that man, how he should leave Alex's mom alone. She was too good for him, anyways. The teen let out an angered shout, then jumped in surprise when a beam of light swung in his direction.

"Who's there?"

Alex's hands were out of his pockets and in front of him in a defensive stance, and he halted in the walkway. Who was tha-...

"This is Police! You are trespassing on private property! Show yourself!"

The light -it was from a flashlight, Alex was certain,- bobbed closer from around the corner of a food stand, and Alex frowned. d**n! He should have been more careful! He glanced warily around, then made a dash to his left.

"Hey!" The Patrol officer was in sight now, scanning the grounds with his flashlight. Alex found himself between two more stands. He stepped back carefully, hands outstretched behind him, eyes glued to the figure of the police officer just a few yards away. "Come out, I know you're here!" The light seemed to move in slow motion in the adolescent's direction.

Alex made a move to run, and nearly crashed headfirst into the wooden wall. Crap! He was trapped! He spun around, staring into the darkness, watching the light as it pierced through the blindness toward him. Five yards, two yards, one yard, two feet...

"Hey!" The policeman exclaimed as his light fell upon the figure between the two stands. "What's a fox doing here?"

The canine twitched its tail in annoyance and glowered at the officer.

"Heh, okay, then. Run along, little foxy. See here, I thought you were a person! Some trespasser you are. Imagine me taking you in."

The oddly colored vulpine let out a sharp bark, and the officer took a startled step back. Raising his hands in front of him, he made a shrugging apology.

"Well, sorry little fella. I'll leave you be, now." He watched the fox warily. "...Don't eat me now, ya hear....?"

The officer turned to leave, and the fox slunk out of the dead end, then darted down the pavement and out the entrance. It's dark, glittering orbs watched the flashlight's beam disappear as it rounded another corner.

"Idiot," the vulpine barked. The four slender legs trotted swiftly and the fox was on its way into the darkness. "Now...lets see how much trouble the Step-Ass is gonna have for me."

[M A T R I X]

Chi's fox head snapped around as she heard the pursuet of another. Then she heard the word foxxy. Another one was here. She stiffened and looked around, waiting for some unknown foe to jump out at her. It could be another Assassin, or it could be one of the Theives. She narrowed her eyes and flattened her fur. The blood was pulsing throug her veins and she could feel the continious stretch and pump as her leg expanded, and then returned to normal size in her band.

[F L A M E]

Alex sniffed another fox and he though Another shapeshifter? or just a normal fox? He abandoned his walk home and trotted into the warehouse. He looked around and saw nothing confused he turned to leave. Then something stopped him another presence another fox presence......

[M A T R I X]

Chi boldly approached the other fox, and could right away tell that he was no ordinary canine. She tilted her head to one side and narrowed her eyes. He didn't look like any Assassin she knew. She spoke quietly, but boldly,
"You are no ordinary fox. Who are you?"
She watched him closely. She would wait until he told his side of the story, because This babe, she thought, ain't talkin' until she's seen all she needs to to trust you... She almost raised her eyebrows as she thought, Rival or no rival, this puppy's cute...

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[F L A M E]

Alex looked at the other fox and thought shoulda known.. shapeshifter and assassin. Then he spoke aloud "I am Alex and you are?--" He was about to say and why are you trespassing on my lands? but he didn't. He swished his blue-gray tail in partial announce for he almost got caught, and he had to get home.

ooc: ha that's funny Alex is an awesome fox though lol

[M A T R I X]

Suni raised her eyebrows. He expected her to give him his name. Instead she asked another question,
"You a theif? I've never seen you around Assassin territory before."
She flipped back the fur hanging in her face and waited for his answer. Her eyes kept on dancing to his tail. Boy, she loved his black coat. If only he was a shapeshifter that was a raven. Then she would be head over heels. But babe or no babe, she knew that it was her duty not to reveal her identity, and besides, he had just given her his name, so obviously he wasn't too wary of her.

[F L A M E]

"Yes I'm a thief and you're in thief territory" Alex watched her closely now beginning to get angry. He flicked his tail in annoyance and said "I've got to get home... So just leave MY territory and go back to your own." He had wanted to get home before his 12 hours were up and now that wouldn't happen.

[M A T R I X]

Chi smiled and changed into her human form. Most of the police were gone, and anyways, her 12 hours were almost up. She walked over to the fox that was now so small to her and said,
"I'm Chi, Second in Command of the Assassin Guild, and I can do what I like. Besides, your twelve hours are almost up, so you had best change back as well. We're both running from the police, so why not do it proudly."
Just as the police rounded the corner they eyed them both suspiciously and started yelling orders into their radios. She calmly gave Alex a look and began toward the police, who were surprised. She walked right inbetween them, and two big ones stood in her way. She took them both out with one kick from her foot, and then turned back to look at Alex.
"Coming, or staying?"

[F L A M E]

Alex nodded and shifted into his human form then followed after Chi. He looked back at the police and laughed they were to stupid for a shifter. He looked forward again and stayed close behind Chi all the while knowing he should get home.

[M A T R I X]

Chi smiled and watched Alex change back into human and then follow her. She waited for him to catch up and said,
"You know thief, your alright."
She knew that they both should be getting home, but since she lived by herself it was hard for her to have any reason to go home.

[F L A M E]

Alex looked over at here and replied "You're alright too... for an assassin." Then he remembered home and got angry remembering his fight with the Step-Ass... He suddenly despised the thought of going home.

[M A T R I X]

She smiled and said,
"You don't want to go home do you? Well, at least you've got someone. I was abandoned at three because I'm a red fox. Pish! Dropped on a hospital doorstep. Then I ran away from my 'tutor' so now I'm here, and proud even though I live in this dump."

[F L A M E]

"That's rough. And yeah I don't want to go home. My step-dad or 'Step-Ass' as I call him treats me like crap." He bunched his hand up in a fist remembering his fight with the Step-Ass once more. He looked over at Chi and sighed.

[M A T R I X]

Chi tilted her head and raised her eyebrows,
"Harsh. Never had a stepfather myself, but I've heard they're not much fun. Most shifters run away from them to join us because of them steppies."
She smiled and grabbed his shoulder, patting it. It felt weird to comfort a theif.
"Things are rough all over Alex. There's no way out of it. Maybe our guilds will finally join forces, but that's probably not likely in our generation."