RAMEN RUN! {Open}

[scarletcross]

Scarlet sighed, seeing as he didnt have anything for her aching eyes. Her head throbbed painfully, and she sighed. The pain that she was feeling was causing the more human side of Scarlet to come back. "Im sorry Dark, dont be so paranoid. I've not hurt anyone i've- okay... i've slipped up once but that was to get a point across. I wont hurt you..." she said, her voice lower than it had been until two men came in. Her eyes blinked, and she cringed away from the light, she couldnt look at them because of the light behind them.

"Hey! calm down!" Scarlet began screaming back in what little chinese that she knew but it didnt work. Dark had to go and shoot at one of them, and then he was wounded by the other and he was now sitting on the floor. Scarlets ribs were clipped, nothing but a light flesh wound so she flinched and that was it. Her black eyes turn to watch the groaning man on the floor. She stepped over to him, her foot on his chest, just resting there. "Try to kill my friends will you...?" She snarled and lifted her leg, shoving it down right through the mans chest. A burst of blood flew out, his heart was crushed. Scarlet pulled her foot out, which had been ankle deep in the mans chest. She then turned to Dark and moved to him, her eyes still black. "Would you like me to help you, or are you still going to kill me?" she asked, her tone hurt, her eyes sad even though they were still black as the animal inside her. Scarlet was squatted infront of him. "I'm hurt... that you... that you would want to kill me because of what i am..." Her black eyes were watering, and soon a tear or two fell. "Let me help you... okay...?" her hands reached out slowly to aid her harmed friend.

[Urjasz Volkova]

His blood was leaking out of his slowly, a small puddle around him had already formed. He watched, half dazed as Scarlet killed the man. He just wanted to sleep now. As she approached him, his hand grasped his gun. She offers help. How could she help him? His mind was gone and he knew it. He self harmed, but not in the sense of physical hurt. He could never kill someone he loved, not after Kaja, so it was easier for him to destroy the bonds before they were made.

Her hand was there before him, but it looked a mixture of far away and close. Even if he wanted to grasp it, he could not find it. Spitting blood on the blood, he sighed and put the gun to his head. Fuck it, he thought, and he pulled the trigger. Nothing. For a moment he paused, puzzled by it. He pulled the trigger again, and several times more. He looked at it, realising he'd let off all the rounds on the Chinese. His option of refusing help was beginning to loose hope. Throwing his gun away, he picked himself up the floor, slipping a little on the blood. He pushed his way out the door, stumbling every now and then. He made it past the road, and as he reached an alley, he just gave up and collapsed.

[scarletcross]

Scarlet looked at him, he clearly was dazed and didnt understand that Scarlet was friend, not foe. even in her state she could control herself amazingly. He raised the gun to his head and Scarlets eyes widened, her hand grabbing for the gun until she saw his finger twitch and pull the trigger. Her eyes squeezed shut waited for the shot and the sound of his slumping body, but the only thing that followed was more clicks. The gun was empty and Scarlet sighed, her eyes looking at him as he tossed the gun away. "Dark, its okay... it really is..." Scarlet sniffled, her knees soaked in his blood for she was kneeling in the pool of his blood. He began to get up and she caught him when he slipped, but he left, stumbling off. Maybe he was going home.

Scarlet grabbed his gun and her own, following him. He collapsed in the alley, but Scarlet was there in a flash, catching him before he hit the ground. "Let me take care of you..." She scooped him up and was off, running at high speed to her little apartment outside of chinatown. She scaled the building, getting in by the balcony doors. Scarlet stepped inside, the apartment decorated in red black and white. Slowly she walked him to the bed, and laid hum in the red satin sheets. She blood wouldnt show at least. "Lay there or i'll have to do something i wont like." Scarlet looked at him, her eyes a gray color, no longer black but not green either.

She went ans grabbed a box, the things it held were to aid him. Bandages, peroxide, things of the sort. She opened it and then slipped off his jacket and shirt. Scarlet flinched at the wounds, and then began to clean them. She knew it would sting, but the cleaner they were, the better off Dark was. Scarlet then removed the bullets in his chest one by one, them plunking into the little plastic dish she was holding. Once such was done she wipped up the blood and patched the wounds, leaving him there to rest. She stood beside him and sighed, shaking her head. "Silly... silly boy." she smiled softly.

[Urjasz Volkova]

Nightmares. Visions. The truth of what he is. In the darkness of his mind, his greatest fears and memories played, like a playlist designed to torture him. All the times he had kiled, all the people he loved and killed. His father's face smiled before him, only to be torn apart, replaced by his mother's laughing face, which followed with her face as he killed her. His worst memory, killing Kaja, played back like he was watching a film from another person's view. It restarted, this time in his view. As he looked at her face, it switched between her and Scarlet's face. The setting changed and he was on a roof. Scarlet was there. He could only watch as the dream version of him stabbed Scarlet repeatedly, and then devouring her in wolf form.

Bolting up, he screamed in agony, flying halfway across the room. The room? He looked about the room, studying it rapidly. As he pondered he got from the alley, he saw Scarlet standing next to the bed. Looking at her, a chill hit his chest. He was bare chested. Had he blacked out and changed? It hadn't happened to him in nearly a century. Feeling his chest, he felt the wounds. There were healing nicely. His attention back on Scarlet, he bolted back up, grabbing his jacket. He made his way to the door rapidly, trying to avoid her eyes.

[scarletcross]

Her eyes looked at him, and he gave a yell sitting up them disappearing to across the room. Scarlet blinked, eyes wide and eyebrows raised. "Well good morning." She said softly, her eyes bright and emerald. Her hand was held out to him, palm up. "Come now Dark. Theres no danger here. Rest please." Her voice was soft and sweet once more. he seemed frightened and confused. "I carried you to my apartment from the alley... i cleaned and patched up your wounds.... Its okay Dark. Calm down... really..." She took a step toward him, Scarlet was slow, her hands palm up to show that she was harmless. "Come on.... its okay..." her voice was soft as her body moved slowly.

He bolted for the door and Scarlet was there, a lock clicking. "Dark. Calm down." Her eyes looked staight into his, her mind soothing his own, he would feel slightly calmer and possibly forget about what he was doing. "Please, sit down and relax until you're fully healed. Just because you're Lycan doesnt mean you can run around all holey like swiss cheese." Scarlet smiled at him playfully and then took his hand, sitting him on the bed. "Relax here. You are in no danger, and the same for me." Scarlet tried to reassure him.

[Urjasz Volkova]

His beating heart was beginning to slow. It felt like she was taking over his mind. He didn't care, it felt nice. It made him feel happy. His surroundings were becoming familiar and felt safe. But his mind was as usual split in two. The Lycan half was resisting. But not for the normal "let's tear everything in two" reason. He was getting feelings for her, and he knew the moment he liked her, or worse, loved her, he would never be able to carry on if she died. Worse still, he had dreamt of killing her, and he was worried it was a vision of some sort.

As she sat him on the bed, his mind was a bundle of confusion. Her soothing words both calmed and scared him. It wasn't so much being weak and allowing someone in, it was more fear of what would happen. Plus, even if he wanted to, he hadn't been with someone, love making wise, that he actually loved. His eyes averted hers, and he looked at the floor. Calmly, he told her "I should not stay. If I do, I will end up liking you even more than I do now. And I could not stand to like someone so much that their death affects me. I have never had, nor will have happiness in my life. It's empty and should remain that way. Everytime I love something, it is taken away from me." He looked up at her, looking deep into her eyes "I've just met you, but you fill that empty space inside me and make it warm. If I lost that, I would just give up. I might even love you, but hell, I don't even know what that feels like anymore. It could be lust, but whatever it is, it beats the hunger." Looking away from her, he sighed and lay on the bed, facing away from her.

[scarletcross]

Scarlet looked at Dark, he seemed to be relaxing with her words, but his eyes showed the stress and frustration that he was feeling. She wondered why, but her questions were soon answered. Like her too much? Love her? What? Scarlets eyes were baffled, and matched her expression. Her forehead was creased with confusion and one eyebrow was raised. Dark didnt love her, right? "Dark, really, come on now. You have found a good friend, and sure you love me, but not in a kissy-smoochy way. Its easy to get confused between a friendly love, and a love-love." Her eyes and smiled reassured him, even though he wasnt facing her. "You know that there is someone, somewhere that cares enough to carry you to thier home and mend your wounds. Its something i take you havent felt in a long time. Have you eve had a friend before?" Scarlet asked, curious.

She turned him onto his back so that she could see his face. "Come now Dark, dont be all upset." Scarlet patted his leg, the closest thing to her. She had to admit that she felt bad for somehow making him fall in love with her. Maybe she had lead him on or something. Scarlet didnt know what to do really, she hadnt meant anything to happen. "I'm your friend Dark, you just havent been able to distinguish love from friendship yet." Scarlet smiled brilliantly, trying to cheer him up.

[Urjasz Volkova]

The words past him like water down a slide. He was listening, but he did not take any of it in. His mind was gone and he didn't know what he felt. Empty. Nothing inside. The love was gone. The hunger gone. Just nothing there. His eyes showing his hollow soul, he answered "Friends are hard to come by these days. Most don't live too long." Getting up off the bed, he put on his jacket and stood by the door.

"Unlock it. I should leave now. I don't want to have to break down your door." His words showed no emotion, no life. "I'm looking into a new property at the moment. Perhaps, sometime, you can visit? I'll give you a call" he said, passing her a card. On it showed his name and number. "I'll let you know the address when it's sorted. I just need somewhere to call home now. Somewhere I can retreat too." Turning to face the door, he closed his eyes, knowing what came next was hard for him to say. "And um... thanks for the care and all. I'd of been fine, but cheers anyway...."

[scarletcross]

Scarlet had said something wrong, she screwed up somewhere in all of her babbling. It was obvious because Dark seemed cold and hollow now, nothing like before. "Did i say something?" she asked, wide innocent emerald eyes blinking. He got up and moved over to the door, asking her to unlock it. Obviously he didnt know that the door locked from the inside, meaning he could flick open the lock infront of him and then open the door. She wasnt about to tell him that though. Her whole demeanor saddened, her straight posture slumped. "I'm not going anywhere for a long time. With my powers advancing and the protection of my master... or whenever he wants to protect me.... i wont be leaving anytime soon." Scarlet walked over to him, her hand on his arm.

Scarlet unlocked the door slowly. "If you ever need to get away Dark, you are always welcome here. Even if im not here when you arrive, just hop in the window, its always open. I wont care." She looked down, her eyes darker. Scarlet really felt bad, like she had done something wrong. "But... sure." She nodded. "Ill come visit when you want... if you dont feel like killing me that night." Scarlet was still hurt that he had been planning on killing her, or trying to back in the ramen shop. her hand turned the knob and opened the door. "Dont thank me, I will do anything for my friends.... You're welcome to stay if you dont want to leave... but seeing as you do.... farewell..." her little frame stood there, holding the door wide open, emerald eyes looking to his face.

[Urjasz Volkova]

Avoiding her eyes again, he walked through the frame and out the door. Giving a quick wave back, he made his way out the building. Once in the street, he started walking down the road, his face still blank, his mind blank. No emotion showed on his face. Nothing. He felt nothing. He brushed past stranger after stranger, before arriving at the Chinese place. Police were everything, with the press and crowds. Blending in, he watched as the police checked the shop.

Turning away from the crowd, he made his way towards the alley he'd collapsed in. Hand on the wall, he lent against it, his mind coming back into focus. In a random spurt of energy, he boosted his way up the walls onto the roof. The urge to run filled him like a toxic venom. Sprinting across the roofs, he ran faster and faster until running out of rooftop. Not slowing, he let himself fall off, landing hard on a car below. Stumbling off the car, he avoided the strangers who had seen it. In a back path he stopped and slumped to the ground. After a quick gasp of breath, he banged his head once on the fence and let a few tears drop. Wiping his eyes, he got up and made his way into the world....