Magic in My Bones

Chapter 1

"Don't look back! Don't look back!"

"They're getting closer!"

"It'll be okay!"

"I'm scared!"

"Just hold on!"

The older girl turned a sharp right and jumped over several scattered boxes sprawled out. Sounds of water splashing and loose gravel scattering flooded the ears of the girls as the younger one held on for dear life. The sounds were replaced by yells and jeers of several men shouting at them to stop and return to them.

"DUCK!" The younger one screamed as the older girl did just that a garbage bin flew over her head at lightning speeds. No doubt the brute was the one who chucked it at them.

"No matter how many times you run, we always catch you! Give up now and we'll make sure Eri isn't punished as much as she already will be!"

The blood in the eldest girl's veins boiled. Eri was defenseless and torturing her was their way of disciplining them both, mainly her though.

Picking up extra speed from fear of being caught, the elder sister sprinted down the alleyway and into a public area. Ignoring the looks of the startled onlookers, the elder sister runs into a nearby park and into several thick trees to act as cover. Using her arms to cover Eri, the elder sister feels the many thick and sharp branches slice and whip her skin but she ignores them as the pain is nothing compared to what she has suffered through. There was no slowing down for her and her sister as she kept running past everything. They had to escape; they just had to.

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"You're saying they went that way?"

"Y-Yes! Miss Midnight!"

Nemuri Kayama, aka The Rated R Hero: Midnight, took note of the sudden young girls sprinting down the street and through oncoming traffic. What made the situation more suspicious was where they came from: an alleyway. Nothing good ever comes from seeing young kids running out of there especially when they disregard their own safety.

Midnight did give chase and called out to them but the teen was surprisingly nimble. She was quick, agile, and from what Midnight could tell, sprinting at inhuman rates. Was her quick something related to speed? Probably. But whatever the case may be, Midnight was outran but not out just yet. She called on the help of the locals who were nearby and they were very supportive of her quest.

Especially the men. Oh how very thorough they were in explaining where the girls went.

Midnight looked at the young man in front of her and gave him a signature smile of hers that always tugged on the heartstrings of everyone.

"Thank you very much, you have been very helpful." Midnight purred as she just adored the reactions the young men gave her whenever she caught them in a trance.

"M-M-M-My pleasure!" The young man said with red all over his face and hearted eyes.

Midnight walked over to the trees and saw the trail of footprints as well as broken twigs everywhere. There was plenty of debris on the floor, and from the way the trees looked, this would have hurt plenty. Midnight could sense this was something more than what was being let on. Were they running away from something? Was someone chasing them?

Midnight looked around the park momentarily. No one seemed out of place. Everyone looked like normal everyday folk. Even with her sharper senses due to her experiences, Midnight could never tell who was a villain and who wasn't. If Midnight could tell her job would be so much easier. But then again, it could be just as frightful because then she would know just how many villains truly live among them.