Moments with Sylus

Cuffed for a Day - PART I

"Ahh... what? Not now..."

I was about to leave Sylus after our quick meeting. He had information about a high-tech armor smuggling operation happening in Linkon City. I'd been searching for a lead for weeks and finally decided to turn to the Onychinus leader, who knows every nook and cranny of the underworld. And I was right. Within seconds, he found a trace of the smugglers.

As I turned to walk away, I felt a force dragging me back to him. I knew instantly what was happening to us again. The Aether core energy linkage had formed around our wrists once more! It had happened once before when we were in N109 zone.

"Oh... miss hunter, what should we do now?" he asked, though he didn't sound troubled. He had a mysterious gaze and a matching mischievous smirk on his lips.

"Gosh, this can't be happening right now! I need to get back to the office and analyze this new data for my mission!"

"Aren't you a little... spicy... impatient kitten?" He gave a soft, rhythmic tap to each of my cheeks with every word he said.

"Sylus! This is not a joke!"

"I know."

"So?"

"If you want to go there that badly, then..." Sylus lifted his hand along with mine, a playful smirk on his face. "You can take me with you."

"You must be joking, right? Bringing the Onychinus leader to our hunter association base while cuffed like this? Seriously, Sylus?"

"There's always a solution... Maybe you can chop off your hand?"

"No... How about chopping off yours so you can heal yourself?"

Sylus chuckled, nodding with amusement. "Oh, sweetie... You've really become bolder. But I like the idea... It's not like I can't do that..."

"Sylus, I was just joking, okay? No need to take it seriously!"

Sylus continued to chuckle while ruffling my hair.

"Hey..." I fixed my hair, pouting.

"You will naturally say no to destroying the Aether core idea as well..." I gave him a sharp gaze at his playful smirk.

"As I said, there's always a solution, kitten."

"Okay... what now?"

"Why don't you send your information to Tara, Nero, or... someone else from your office?"

"Wait... how do you know their names? When did I even mention their names to you?"

"You didn't."

"Then... how?"

"I know everything... especially about you."

"Oh great... Mephisto... Are you stalking me using him now? You even know about the people I work with in my office?"

I looked around and saw a familiar crow with shiny red eyes trying to hide behind some bushy leaves.

*sigh*

"He won't follow us anymore. I'll send him away..." Sylus lifted me with one hand and casually put me over his shoulder while talking.

"HEY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? WHERE ARE WE GOING?"

"Home."

"YOU CAN'T TAKE ME TO N109 NOW!"

"Who told you we're going there..."

"Then-"

*SWISH*

(They vanished into thin air with a black-red mist!)