Queen of Hearts

oil and water

the doors to Imanis house registered as open. Mercy walked inside with no regard for the security system now blaring an intrusion alarm. 

"securitys gotten better." she mumbled to herself. 

odysseuss had done more than just piss her off a few moments ago. for the first time in a while, she felt an emotion that wasnt anger. something she hadnt felt since she was 17. 

the pain in her head had finally subsided, and she was able to cool the anxeity roilling in her stomach. He had stirred a pot of memories she had tried hard to supress. bright blue eyes and an echoey voice commanding her to kill people. 

she shivered at the htought. 

it helped that she got to kill those men aswell. whatever he had said to Odysseuss clearly wasnt an explanation of their buisness, otherwise Odysseuss wouldve told her. he didnt offer an explanation as to why those men were after them, or how they just so happened to find her when Odysseuss had the bag with him. 

mercy didnt want an answer. as long as it didnt happen again. 

there was a thundering of footsteps, and a loud, irish girls voice sounded. 

"stop where you are!"

a ball of bright red curls charged mercy, she sidestepped and held tossed the bag to the floor, moving to grab her knife, only for odysseuss to grab her wrist. 

"Ruby! calm down!" he barked. 

mercy threw his hand off, turning to tell him off, but becoming distracted by a loud click of metal on wood. 

"ruby! ruby its fine! o-oh."

a second girl, extremely tall and lanky, holding a metal cane in one hand, limped into the room. 

mercy turned to Ruby, who was glaring at Mercy. 

she was pretty. with slightly tanned skin covered in red freckles. her nose was wide and flat on her face, her lips fairly thick and pouty. she was asian, with blood red eyes and slightly thin, transparent eyebrows. her arms were bare besides a few status tattoos. she was very muscular, stocky, and had wide shoulders and narrow hips. her expression was full off mistrust, she glanced between Mercy and Odysseuss, who was flashing an apologetic smile.

"i didnt think Imani wouldnt tell you guys to put Mercy in the system, im sorry Ruby." Odysseuss said. 

mercy wrenched her hand out of his grip, not even bothering to scold him for touching her once again. she glanced at the other girl, leaning on her cane and giggling quietly. 

she was tall, just a few inches taller than Odysseuss. her legs and arms had little to no muscle definition, she had on a pair of pyjama pants and a white tank top, showing off a small curve of her waist and proportional hips and shoulders. her skin was dark brown, her hair was platinum and locced, pulled back by a wide scrunchy. she had slightly down turned eyes, angular facial features to match her slightly bony appearance. her lips were thick and plushy looking, her nose had thinner and had a small bump on it. she had a nose ring and multiple earrings. her eyes were neon green, with goat-like pupils. the final odd detail about her was her ears, they were pointy like a nymphs. 

her height, lanky build, and white hair lead mercy to ask one question. 

"your a nymph?"

the girls smiled. damn she was cute. not in a way that Mercy wanted to fuck her. she just looked genuinely kind. in fact, it put mercy on edge. she felt like this girl might be hiding something. 

"descended from them, not full nymph." she replied. 

Mercy turned to ruby, and glanced back at the other girl. Ruby had relaxed, pocketed her pistol and was staring at Mercys legs.