The 8th Sparrow

An Old Frenemy

Cathy's POV:

The girl Diego followed looked really familiar so, a second after Diego left I said, 

"I need to go!" Running after Diego, seeing Klaus staring and Five rolling his eyes. As I turned a corner, I spotted them and a kid, that looked around 10. I studied his features, white skin, grey eyes, and his chubby figure. Stanley, the kid of Trudy, from a band.

"I've raised him for twelve years. Now it's your time to take care of him," the bleach-blonde said.

And then she ran, but, if that was LiLa, I knew her well.

- time skip -

I was panting like crazy for running up the stairs, when I saw a person sitting on the roof, Lila,

"Took you longer than usual," Lila stated still staring into the sky.

"Hard doing anything without my powers,"

Lila looks at my wrist, to find the very same cuff that Commission gave dad years ago. Lila lets out a soft chuckle as I sit next to her.

"So, that kid yours?" I asked, masking my sudden curiosity.

"Nope, Trudy's," Lila replied, as she knows she can't lie to me.

" From that band?" I asked surprised, she and I used to go to the concert.

"Yup," Lila said as she took out an all too familiar dagger, the gold one. She ran a single finger on the blade drawing some blood, which she painted on my lips.

"Ew!" I said grossed out, as Lila laughed passing the knife back.

"So sharp," she breathed, "Is this from Diego?" Lila questioned

"Yeah," I said, confused, "How did you know?'

"Let's just say, you don't wanna know," Lila said.

If you think a bullet train might kill you if you stay on the lane, realization hit harder than that.

I widened my eyes, "You did not," I said, as Lila nodded slowly.

"Gosh! I was not ready to be an aunt, idiot!" 

Our relationship was, let's say, complicated. When I was born on October 1st 1989, Dad didn't reach me first, it was A.J Carmichael. But, he unfortunately slaughtered my whole family to get me. It wasn't until I was 12 I realized this. But until then, I was taught to be the deadliest, smartest, assassin. Me and Lila were like siblings, she makes the best friend but also a good competition to get the most noticed. When I was 12, I left Commission but, A.J still cared about me somehow and asked Mr. Hargreaves to bring me and adopt me. I haven't be in contact with her for 40 years. 

"I know!" Lila sighs deeply, "It's just that I want to see if he'll make a worthy father."

"Woah! That's smart!" I said.

"So, What's that with Five tho?" Lila said wiggling her eyebrows.

"It's Nothing!" I replied trying to hide my blush.

"I see how you look at each other, idiot," Lila said 

"He doesn't like me," 

"I'll see about that," Lila said.

"Okay, enough about this, how have life treated you?"

We talked until around 5 in the morning until Lila needed to go on another mission.

- to 9 o'clock-

I descended the stairs when Vanya walked up to the brothers with a new haircut.

"Where's Luther?" He asked