Reflections of Dawn

Would she?

Well, Alysha had eventually found Sebastian's room.

After forcing the lock, she raced into the room, bouncing across the bed once before whipping open the wardrobe and sifting through the contents. She talked constantly whilst doing so.
"So, where are they then? Because I came here expecting some big confrontation or something, and all I got was you. It's awfully empty, which is surprising."

She sighed, slowly shutting the wardrobe. "Wears a lot of black, doesn't he? Oh, what's in here?"

She then proceeded to go through the desk draws, still talking to Luci. "Sweetheart, you haven't answered. Are you okay? Aww, are you bitter that they left you behind?"
She pouted mockingly, then winced. "Shit, cut my finger. Note to self; do not put hand in Sebastian Morgenstern's desk draw without checking what pointy objects he's stashed in there first. Shit, that hurt."

Luci raised an eyebrow. "Question, are you completely insane or just high?"
"Maybe I'm not the insane one." Alysha cackled. "Maybe you are. Maybe this is all inside your head!"
She turned back to Luci. "Then again, I think you'd have to be a whole new level of insane to hallucinate me. So, since 'Hugs-and-knives' here has nothing of value, or colour for that matter, where's Lilith's den?"

Luci blocked the door. "No."

"So, she's got one then?" Alysha's eyes twinkled. "So go on, where's she stashing her battle plans and secret weapons?"
Luci said nothing. Alysha groaned. "God, you can clam up. Oh well, I'll just have to search everywhere."

And then ensued what could only be likened to a game of cat and mouse, Luci always just that tiny bit behind Alysha that allowed her to be just out of reach.

That is, until the library.

Luci was expecting Alysha to be playing some sort of hide-and-seek around the bookcases, or throwing the volumes around like some kind of poltergeist.

What she didn't expect was to find her standing in the middle of the room, looking at a painting on the wall.
It was the same painting Nyx had been drawn to on her first visit here, two warrior women locked in combat as behind them, their armies clashed.

Luci herself had been drawn to the painting before, mostly after Lilith's arrival, as one of the women was eerily similar to the demon, so much so that it probably was based on her.

It was the other woman that remained a mystery, features covered by hood and helmet.

Alysha let out some sort of strangled snarl, that made Luci jump.
Alysha whirled around, eyes glowing dangerously, gun aimed at the faerie girl. "She wouldn't dare, would she? Would she?!"

Sorry it's a bit long, I just didn't want to pad this over a lot of pages.