Rain of blood... (Liam)

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Word: 376

Notes: Hope it is ok.

The air in Fukuoka was totally cold that night, it was raining abundantly and there was almost no one in the streets. The cold wet air hit the few ones that were still outside. but it was also nice, because the scent of the salty sea was in the air, it was also nice and relaxing. Well it wasn't that relaxing for common people, the wild wind was hitting the ships and the boats, the wood cracked in the ships as if they were in pain or afraid about the storm that was hitting the docks and the city.

It was already difficult to see someone outside, but it was even more difficult or weirder to see a gaijin in there. An outsider, a teenager that was walking calmly down the street to the edge of the dock, waiting for the ferry that would take her to Buzan, South Korea. she was walking calmly as if nothing in the world could harm her. As if she had just killed 5 men in a room in a very well known Hotel room in Kyoto. They were evil men, they were drug dealers, all of them were the kind of men that were always thinking about how to injure more people with their poisons.

It had been a good work, clean and exact. She had used her roses, 5 beautiful white roses shot exactly at the hearts of the men. they thought they were looking at an angel, or maybe a sweet girl from some human dealing, maybe they thought she was there to entretain them... well they only saw her less than 5 seconds, then all of them were dead, laying on their own blood, the roses would be vanished and as always the police wouldn't know what killed them.

She leaned on the bar and looked at the sea as the rain fell all over her. She was wearing only her jeans, a gym tight black tanktop and over it a light blue silk long blouse. She could have gone to Buzan by shadows, but she was told that someone from the Agency would meet her there in Fukuoka, so she decided to wait there. Ater the mission, she used a shadow and left to Kukuoka.

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Liam had his own ways of getting around. If it did amaze him that his handlers had a massive network around the world, well he would be amazed. But it did not impress him. He had long since let go of emotion, though he would occasionally have cracks break through. He only ever thirsted for blood now. Maybe. But there was Eve. He always felt confused by what he felt for her. But he knew if the order ever came for him to kill her, well it would be the only shot he would regret to take. He wasn't sure what the emotion was called but it would be something he would have to figure out later. He shoved the emotions aside. This was no place for them. He slung his rifle over his shoulder, vanishing from sight as he could hear the sounds of sirens and screaming as people ran past him. There was the one time where he had a mission to kill a crowd, It was a wonderful memory, spraying the bullets, causing chaos. Oh he relished missions like that. Sure the one on one missions were fun, but It didn't have the same factor of destruction and chaos.

He slung his leg over the side of his Bike. One of his bikes. Motorcycles were wonderful. Almost the same rush as that of a kill. He spurned his bike, watching people scatter, screaming slightly at the sight of him. Bound in a leather vest over a long sleeved shirt, his mouth covered with his muzzle, a pair of goggles covering his eyes. He was armed to the teeth. Knives, throwing knives, two hand guns, his rifle, a sawn off shot gun, and a few other weapons attached. He was to meet an operative that was dealing with some drug lords. Some people get all the fun, he thought. Today he was just being a drop. His previous kill was something through his handlers, not Washington. The rain started, his hair was soaked, his clothes, minus the leather boots, pants and vest, he was soaked to the bone. His bike was nearly silent, compared to many of the other street bikes that he had come across in the world. Why someone would want to have something so loud and obnoxious was beyond him. But to each their own. Not that Liam cared. He was just a killer, he wasn't allowed to have an opinion. His face was blank, distant and resigned. He was used to having his hands bound, his face muzzled. Well the former statement went out of the window. He had to have his hands free if he was going to kill people.

His motorcycle roared to a stop as he pulled up to the ferry where he was to be meeting the operative. There, there she was, he couldn't mistake her for anyone else. Eve. He found it hard to be a cold hardhearted killer around her, but it was something to push away the thought. She was another operative. Again it would be a shame to kill her, but if the order came, he was just following orders. He leaned against the rail next to her, removing his goggles and placing them atop his head. He looked at her as he grunted. He had found out early how painful it was to talk with the muzzle on. He didn't deserve a voice. Animals don't deserve a voice.

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Word: 440

Notes: A kidnapped Liam!! XD

the rain kept pouring all over the zone, but Eve was still leaned on the rail. Her mind wasn't there, it was lost in her thoughts, but they weren't thoughts about what she had just done less than 30 minutes before that moment, NO! she was thinking about Remus and how she could see how his heart still quivered for Felicity in ways it would never do for her. She was thinking about Felicity, why the hell she was back?! Then she also thought on other people, Mors told her to look for family, well her family wasn't that little medic, that weak blonde girl. then there was Gunnar, he might be... but he would never be Liam.

She sighed and then wiped some water from her eyes and forehead, then continued feeling the water rolling down her fae, maybe, just maybe in a very weird world, some day they would be free... She had made herself a promise, to help Liam to get out of that place, away even from Sky and Avetis, Liam needed the peace of Norther America, maybe Alaska or Canada, maybe there she could be sure that he would find peace, away from people who would try to hurt him.

Those were her thoughts when suddenly a motorcycle just stopped and parked behind from where she was. She sighed and rolled her eyes. She only hoped it wasn't a tourist or a gang member, because she wasn't in the mood to play with foolish mortals. But then she heard the sound of the steps and made her smile, then the already familiar grunt from Liam under the muzzle. Usually the sight of Liam would be of terror, horror and the knowledge that he would leave behind a pool of blood and corpses, but for Eve, he was just her brother, her family. besides Avetis... and Mattie.

She turned her face at him and smiled. "They should have told me it was you." then she just leaned on his shoulder, no warning at all, she just felt safe with him, only three men had that power, Avetis, Mors and Liam. "so... also a job here? or they sent you to pik me up?" she smirked and then looked at him again. She hated that muzzle, whenever she had the chance she took it away, because he was no animal! "I'm going to kidnap you... we're going to take a warm bath in the thermal baths near here." She grinned at him and winked at him then held his hand and a second later they were at the entrance of the so called thermal baths. "ready?"

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Eve was just so different. She and Sky were the only females that he had ever come across in his life. Well there was Lia but she had long since died. The memory was faint, broken by the pain of the beatings and training that he had been put through after that. His handlers said they had to break Liam of the notion that there was a possibility for freedom. He used to dream about his parents or someone coming by to get him, that he had been loved at one point. But the thoughts were quickly beaten out of him. The pain of having his bones broken, the white hot brand being pressed into his skin, the conditioning, any dreams or hopes he had were quickly dashed. Now he had no dreams, no hopes, no will of his own. He was muzzled, leashed and bought and sold like some kind of show dog. Well maybe show dog was being nice. They ate better than he did. He had even come to the point that he slept in a nest of sorts in his room, not on the cushy bed. It was too soft and he couldn't get comfortable in it.

Eve stood there, her mind was clearly on something else. Liam could tell. It was that time of the year for her, something that Liam had become accustomed to. She talked to him fairly often when she was down or depressed. He almost never talked back to her, the muzzle was to blame for that. But he listened. That was about all he could do. It was different. He was quite confused about his predicament. Why would it matter, why does she care about him? Why would anyone have anything to do with a monsterous dog like him? It was quite strange and it confused him.

She spoke to him, first asking if he had a job here. Liam shook his head no. Then she asked if he had been sent to pick her up, to which he nodded yes. If he was going to be the one to pick up Eve, why didn't they just tell him that? Then she stated that she was going to kidnap him. He raised his eyebrow at her, wondering what she had in mind. Thermal baths? What was that? Liam had hardly ever been allowed the use of a shower or a bath for many years. Eve took his hand and they vanished, appearing in front of the baths. It was a familiar sensation of shadow travel.

There was something that he wanted to speak to Eve about. He had been in camp, marking one particular target, the head of the infirmary. He hadn't gotten the order to kill, so she had gotten away. That Tessa girl had tried to detain him and take him in. It hardly worked. She tried to fight against him while injured. Fighting against him was a bad idea unless you were Sky or Avetis, but doing it like the way she did, with an injury, was stupid. She asked if he was ready, he nodded that he was.

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Notes: She is determined XD

Fall was already mid way, and winter was coming soon, very soon. Eve hated those seasons, no matter how hyper and how happy the teen would be, while those seasons were passing over Earth, her heart was like earth, covered with darkness, cold and death, so she tended to be really sad those days... in fact months, nearly 6 months. Very few people could help her through those days, maybe only her adoptive father Avetis, her adoptive brother Liam and nowadays... maybe Miyuki and Mors. But still she felt so lost and lonely the 90% of the time.

but in that moment with Liam by her side, she didn't feel that lonely, she felt well and happy, maybe it was because she could do something nice for him, something more than just flowers in his gray cold cell, she could actually take him to some peaceful place, a place where no one knew him and he could rest for at least a couple of hours. She looked at Liam and smiled at him, but then tilted her head and sighed as she shook it. Her hands lifted slowly to the lock of his muzzle and just undid it.

"I simply hate this thing..." she said as she removed the muzzle from his face and smiled at him. She put the muzzle in her bag and then looked at him again, she rubbed his cheeks with her thumbs and smiles at him. "there... much better, and now you can actually reply to me, I like your opinions." she said and then started walking into the place. She wasn't sure that the people in the agency wouldn't know about him taking it off or not, but she would make them pay if they hurt him because of that. She would tell them who really was the one who freed him from that piece of horror.

"you'll see, the hot water will be so relaxing!!" she smiled at him and looked inside for the manager, there she found a young woman, maybe a couple of year older than Liam. She spoke to them in Japanese, but then smiled at Eve's face, her japanese was really rusty, so th woman spoke again in a good English, but with a marked accent. Eve smiled at her and asked for a thermal bath for her and her brother. The woman told her the price and Eve paid for it in Yens, then the woman gave them some robes, towels, sandals and personal effects, all of them new and in plastic bags.

Eve thanked the woman and smiled at Liam, "come, ours is number four... ironic don't you think?" she said knowing that number four was also death in Japanese.

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There were many places that Liam had been, but there were no places he had actually visited. There was a difference. Visiting a place consisted of staying for more than a few hours, that was simply passing through. Liam was a ghost. He was there and then he was gone once more. The blink of an eye, the shadow flickering in the night, that's all that he was. That's all that he would ever be. All he ever knew was the burning of the brand, the cold steel biting into his skin, the breaking of bones, the tearing of muscles, that was all that he knew. Until he met Eve and Miyuki, he didn't know tenderness. And Miyuki had show it to one of her captors, a complete stranger. He was a wild animal, someone who had been broken, been tamed by men who made Hitler look sane. Only recently did he learn that some of the biggest names throughout history had been demi-gods. But he trusted Eve. He knew that she would never do anything to hurt him intentionally. Yes at times there were things that happened unintentionally that left people hurt. But all of the emotional trauma that Liam might have experienced, it was locked away, hidden in a stone chest. It was always best not to feel.

Liam winced slightly as he felt the touch of Eve on his muzzle. He expected pain, a beating. But the touch was light, tender, gentle, different from what he was used to. She spoke, removing the muzzle as she gently rubbed his cheek with her thumb. There was still a deep gash across his chin from where he had forced himself to speak to Miyuki through the muzzle. “I don't have an opinion.” Liam said to Eve as he followed her inside. Liam remembered the first time he had ever met her and to be honest, he was quite taken aback that this small girl, this child, was unafraid of him. She was either stupid or fearless, or a bit of both, who knew? Little children always weirded Liam out. But something was special about little Evie. He was dingy and grungy, it had been almost a week since he had a shower, but luckily he didn't smell. Spray deodorant was a godsend. He had no real idea what the thermal bath was or what it entailed. He didn't want to get too comfortable. Comfort left you complacent.

Four symbolized death, well well that was quite ironic, or at least if he understood the concept of irony he would have found it to be funny. But as emotions were out of his realm of understanding, Liam had his usual cold and distant face. He wasn't sure where he was supposed to go or what he was supposed to do with the items that the woman handed him. What on earth was this? He frowned at the things in his arms as his brow furrowed, trying to figure out what he was supposed to do with this stuff. He took one of the sandals and closely brought it to his face as if he was trying to scrutinize every little detail about it.

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Notes: She really will protect him if anything happens.

Eve waited till the woman left then she looked at Liam with a brow lifted, she hated when he thought so low of himself, she knew, because he had told her and showed her how they had made him think that of himself, but she still hated it! she shook her head slowly at him and stood right in front of him. "now... listen to me Liam... and listen carefully, when you are with me, you are no animal, you have an opinion and you are my brother... ok?" she said and smiled at him, then kissed his cheek and walked to the one that was for tem both. 

In there she saw the men's dressing room and the women's. then she saw his face, how he examined the sandal. "ok... first of all... the things she gave you are for you to use. so first you'll go to the men's room, it's that one and you'll take off your cothes, all of them!! including the leathed vest and the bullet proof one. and you'll cover with that towel on your waist and the robe on your shoulders, ok? the sandals are for your feet. then you'll bring back the rest of the stuff. deal?" she smiled at him and then grinned. "you'll have fun. I'll go change my clothes too, I'll meet you back here."

Then she turned and walked into the women's dressing room. she also saw the shower in there and the small bench on the floor. She had always thought that Japanese had the best stuff even those things in the bathroom, she loved that! some stuff were jut like their roman baths back in camp Jupiter. Then she sighed and shook her head, she knew that in Camp should be the afternoon, her cohort would be in training or almost, well after bath she would be there, like in an hour or maybe two.

She changed her clothes and then walked out again this time wearing her towell around her body and the robe over all of that, wearing the sandals too. She looked at the water, it was clean and warm, she could see the steam floating over the water, and she knew it was going to be so calm and relaxing. She would think about camp and Remus and Miyuki later, in that moment she wanted her brother to relax and feel safe for a moment, no matter what.

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It seemed like habits were hard to break. Liam had been told for most of his life that he was nothing, that the dirt he walked on had more value than he did. The air he breathed was much too precious than he was. His life was nothing, it was forfeit to his handlers. They had even trained him to hand a weapon over to his employers if the services that he rendered were unsatisfactory. Eve wanted him to be at peace, for him to be happy and normal. He didn't know how well the training and conditioning had effected him or how deep it ran. He was her brother. That he was important to her, that he was someone that was important to someone. He had never been told that by anyone but her. She kissed his cheek and he tenderly placed a hand on it. Liam cared about her, or was that what the emotion was called? He didn't know. He tried hard to remember what they were called. All he had known was pain, and the thrill of a kill. Good kills were rewarded, any sloppiness was rewarded with punishment. Whippings with a razor tipped whip or broken bones.

Eve explained what some of it was for. So he nodded, understanding what she was telling him. He walked into the bathroom. It was much better than a piss pot in the ground dug with a shovel. Opulent was a better word for it. They were quite beautiful. He could appreciate the design, the marble, the wooden inlay, all of it was top notch. Liam removed his black, leather vest, then his bullet proof vest, then the long sleeved shirt that had been drenched, his gloves, then the black leather pants and boots. He wrapped the towel around his midsection. He looked at his torso in the mirror, all littered with white scars and discolored burns. But he watched as another man entered, removing his clothes as Liam looked over at what he was doing. He must have looked lost since the man, in perfect English, offered to help him get acquainted. “Bath first. Shampoo, soap, cloth here. Clothes here. Bad luck to go into springs dirty or with soap. Rinse well.” Liam nodded as the man pointed to the different things that he had mentioned. “Don't looks so scared Gaijin. This is relaxation.” The older man said as he nodded to Liam. He sat down on the small stool, turning on the hot water and proceeded to scrub off all of the grime that had accumulated on his skin. So he re wrapped the towel around his waist and placed the robe over his chest as he slipped the flip flops on.

He walked over to their number, number four. He gently pushed the door open to see Eve standing there. The steam rose off the water in intricate wisps as they floated skyward. “This is different.” Liam said as he looked around the room. There was a small table, a tea pot and some cups were placed amongst a few things to eat. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to find the security in his heart to know that he would be okay that nothing would hurt him here. Eve was with him and he hoped that he hadn't put her into much danger.

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Notes: XD this two are so cute!! Siblings!!!

Eve was waiting outside, she had been in those kind of places maybe once or twic in her life, but she loved the peace that someone could experiment in their lives when they were capable to rest in the hot water, natural sources and springs, so perfect! but she had always been all by herself, first time was when she was 14th, she was sent to kill a man, she still remembered him, it had been in a place like that one, in a room like that one too.

She had killed him in his bed, but she was all covered in blood, it had been a bad kill, he had been a legay of Mercury and was fast, tried to defend himself and the use of her roses wasn't as perfect as it was later. So all covered in the man's blood looked at the hot water and got into it, she had relaxed so well that she spent like a whole hour in there, then she had burnt the room and her clothes, then she just left.  so no one ever told her the right way to get into the springs, she only got inside when she needed to calm down and rest.

She thought about her latest problems, Miyuki was in a cell, goverment wouldn't hesitate to hurt her only to get the information they wanted from her or they thought she had! What if they did to her what they did to Rogers?! she breathed deeply ad tried to calm down. then she tried to think in other thing, but Remus' face popped in her mind, she was also betraying him y not tellig him, but... what could she tell him without betraying Avetis too?! but suddenly she heard Liam's voice.

She looked back at him and noticed he was clean already. She smiled at him and noddeed. "that was the idea, take you to a different place before they put you again in your cell. I want you to see more of the world than only cheap hotel rooms, dead people and your cell." She smiled and held his hand in hers.

She was glad he had never been sent to hurt her, to kill her, because as an example, seconds before she would have died and wouldn't even notice it, he had been so silent even wearing those sandals! but she loved her brother and he was also in her list of people she had to protect. "come on... let's get into the water... unless you ant to eat a bit before it." she said pointing at the food and the tea.

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Maybe if things had been different, maybe if he had grown up in a different situation, he would have found this place to be beautiful. The intricate steam that curled up off of the water, the sounds of the waterfall, the cool air of the open bath, anyone else could have appreciated it. But not Liam. His eyes darted back and forth, he knew that there were six different exits, two of which would have required him to use a bit of speed and acrobatics to exit through. There were ten objects that could have been used for weapons and five vantage points from which to snipe. But any sniper worth his gun would have been able to kill anyone in an open air bath. A rookie sniper could have dropped them both like a deer with their guard down. But he couldn't not let his guard down. HE would do whatever he could to protect Eve even if that meant sacrificing himself for her. She had so much to live for and he didn't. He knew she had people at the camp that loved her. That cared for her. She had Avetis. She had more, so much more.

HE took her gentle hand, setting foot in the hot water. There was no sound that escaped his lips as he sunk into the water. It felt as if he had set foot on the sun itself. The heat was more than enough to make all of his tense shoulder muscles relax. His back and shoulder muscles were rather strong. The corded muscle across his back and arms were scarred and burned, the skin told a life time of pain and suffering. There was even a spot on his shoulder where he had a bone spur that had developed. It wasn't painful, it just looked awful. It didn't keep him from doing what he was good at.

Liam shook his head at the thought of eating, but he did think the stuff sitting on the tray smelled quite nice. The food was nicely portioned off. But it was different than what he was used to. Before he came to the agency, his diet mostly consisted of a boat load of vitamins and protein. “I've eaten already once today.” He said as he dipped himself fully under the scalding hot water, coming back up as the air was cold compared to the rest of his body, making his lungs feel as if they had been filled with ice. Though the air itself wasn't that cold, but compared to the heat of the hot springs, it was. His face and skin was pink, flushed from the heat of the water.

“Eve, tell me about camp.” Liam said as he turned around to face Eve while he rested his head against the stone edge of the hot springs. It was cool against his warm skin. But he watched her intently, wondering what exactly she would tell him about camp. He had been in camp once or twice before to mark targets for later. But past that, he didn't know of camp or of the gods.

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Notes: I adore this siblings!! XD

When Eve was with Liam, it didn't matter where, how or when, but he made her feel safe.  It wasn't that she lost in a second the habit to check the room where she was standing in.  But when he was with her, she felt that she could take some time to relax, to be herself, to speak of her likes and dislikes, to sing or dance or create amazing floral ornments. She knew Liam would never tell her not to be herself. She would really appreciate his opinions about the things she did, but also she knew he would never hurt her.

She took off the robe and stood only in her towel, which was covering her whole torso, so it was perfectly fine to be in there with her brother. Then holding his calloused hand they walked into the water. It was so hot! still, she could feel how her body was relaxing. then she heard Liams voice and looked at him, she shook her head slowly. That reply plus the extense map over his skin, muscles and bones were the reason she needed to take him there. She hated how much damage the agency and the ones before them, did to him.

"Once... just once today? Liam!..." sighs and shakes her head. "Liam, you know that humans eat at least 3 times a day... that is the healthy way." her deep blue eyes locked in his and then smiled softly. "and you know I hate to eat alone, so... could you please eat something? at least later? maybe some... miso soup?" she asked with a puppy eye look and then smiled softly at him, the look that she only had with him. She had different sweet looks for him, Avetis and Remus. then he moved and rested his head on a rock and she dive and then got back up and smiled, all blushed due hot temperature.

His question got her off balance, he usually never ask for anything and about anything. But she knew that he would be sent to check camp no matter what she would have said, which wasn't a surprise, yet... indicated that their bosses didn't fully trusted her.  "camp?" she asked and smiled widely. "where can I start..." she looked at Liam and then closed her eyes, her face was in complete calm, complete peace. "It is like a sanctuary for people like you an me, demigods, legacies... they train like a roman empire legion, but that is not that bad, in fact the training is like... a light training for us. and there are no monsters, no creatures in there. and New Rome... LIAM!! you must see it, I must take you there! it is an amazing place to live! peaceful... no tortures, no whips, no... no one hurts you." she smiled softly and opened her eyes.

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It had been at least eight hours since he had eaten. He didn't like to be seen eating. IT was human and he couldn't be human. He had to be a machine. That had been drummed into his brain from the age of three. But Eve was concerned about him. Not that he cared for his own well being. Liam was more concerned about what would happen to her if she did not eat. It was still strange for him to have someone that actually cared about his well being, someone that saw him as more than a commodity to be bought and sold. That's all he was right? He was just a prized bull. No, he wasn't even that. He was just some sort of prostitute being bought and sold to people for his services. Prized bulls were treated better. All of the foods that were on the tray looked quite delicious. It was all foreign, nothing that he recognized. Past the food that he ate at the mess hall, well that protein bar and the vitamins, he didn't eat food. He never ventured out to eat things. But he nodded as Eve made him promise that he would at least eat something from the tray. His stomach gave a low grumble as he looked at it from the hot water. He closed his eyes and focused his mind, ignoring the feeling gnawing away at his inside till it stopped.

Liam listened to her talk about camp. She seemed to passionate, so involved with it. There was care and love in her voice. But he knew that under the surface she was like him. She had a bit of a longer leash than he did, but it was still a leash. He knew what she had gone through with Skylar's conditioning. He had been put through conditioning since he as little. The breaking down of his mind on a nightly basis to keep him compliant, silent and obedient. She really and truly loved this place. She had probably found love, friends, people who cared about her and could protect her better than he could. He would hate to kill her. He would regret taking her life it the order ever came. Liam would hate to destroy every thing that she had come to love and care for. He simply listened to her as she spoke about wanting him to see it. She opened her eyes and looked at him, proclaiming that he must see it. He had seen a bit of it, but not much considering how expansive it was.

"Eve," He said as he bobbed his head over the top of the water, looking at his little sister intently as his eyes darted around the room, each time returning to her. "I don't know what will happen." He said slowly. He continued to watch her intently as he spoke slowly and chose his words rather carefully. Liam had never been taught properly to speak and he had little chance with his muzzle on. "But I swear that I will always do my best to protect you. You mean the world to me. You are the only one to ever show me kindness that I did not deserve." That was the only thing he said as he then submerged his head under the water once more. He felt the heat sting the coolness of his face.

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Notes: she hasn't realized who her family is XD

"aren't you scared of me?"...

those had been Liam's first words at Eve, he had spoken slowly, lowly, as if he had been scared of being heard by anyone including her. His voice had been a whisper, just a bit louder than the wind when it passed through a crak in a window or a door. In fact if a comon girl would have seen Liam, maybe she would have screamed believing he was a boogy man or something like that, but eve wasn't comon, she had seem a monster killing and devouring her mother,  so a teen with a muzzle wasn't going to scare her that easily.

"no... why should I feel scared of you?"

she had replied at him that cool night of summer, she remembered it very well, it was like a tatto or a fire brand in her mind and soul. since that moment till that day in the Japanese baths, Eve had loved Liam as a brother, as the silent, but present soul that had been kind to her, he had protected her, he had even covered the fact that she visited him almost every night for a year and a half before she went to camp Jupiter. then she also visited him at least a once a week while she trained in camp. being with him was the only time she could fully relax. Not even with Avetis, because she wanted him to never have to worry about her loyalties, so she always acted as if nothing bad was happening there with her.

among all insanity, Liam had always been her point of sanity, the point where she could be kind, gentle and sweet, it wasn't that she wasn't that with Avetis or back at camp with Remus or Miyuki, no... she was that, but with all of them she had something to hide behind her mind or soul walls. But not with liam, he knew all of her as she knew all of him. So when he pronounced those words to her, she looked at him and knit her brows slowly, not upset, but worried, worried about him. what he was promising in that moment would compromise his life at some points of their missions.

"Liam... brother.... " she got closer and put her hands on his cheeks and slowly shook her head. "no, if they order you to do something, do it... if they order it to someone else, don't save me... I don't want them to punish you because me... because of my weakness about my current mission. don't you know that you've been my sanity the past 11 years of my life? I won't let them hurt you... not for a mission, not because of me..." She didn't realized about it, but maybe only for Avetis, Mattie and Liam she would let the camp burnt to ashes if that would keep them safe.

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Liam didn't quite know what emotions were. They gave him the problem of needing to be described but he was more than useless at doing so. Fondness? was that an emotion? If he recalled correctly it was. Yes, that was it, he had become quite fond of Eve. And if he were to be honest, he was quite fond of Avetis too. The man had taken an interest, much like Eve had, in his wellbeing. It was on odd feeling and at times, Liam didn't like the way it sat in his chest with some bit of a strange weight. It was concerning, a bit weird, he didn't know how to describe it. Sometimes he didn't like it at all, it made him feel uncomfortable, but then there were other times that he didn't mind. It seemed that here lately he was stepping outside of his comfort zone more so than usual here lately. Oh he had no doubt that later on, he would bet his handlers would beat that out of him once the mission parameters were accomplished. They would claim him too soft, that he would need to be reprogrammed, that he was no longer what they could use. It would end. His life would be forfeit. It wouldn't be quick and painless. He would suffer, he would beg endlessly for his life to end, his whimpering wouldn't strike a stone heart, but then he would die. HE would be judged for his crimes and he would suffer for all eternity in hell. Or whatever hell they had in store for him.

Liam blinked at her confession. Was it a confession? Did she truly care about him? Why would someone care about him? He didn't deserve the kindness of others. There were plenty of people that deserved it and he wasn't one of them. He was a killing machine, just that, a machine to take orders and to be used like a tool for the highest bidder. He was a service to be bought and paid for. Like a dog, less than a dog. Liam fell silent, thinking. His stomach turned. The bile almost rose to his throat but it didn't. He swallowed hard, trying to calm himself down. No, this was no time to let panic set in. He watched her for a moment, trying to decide if she was telling the truth or not. She really had so much to live for and he would gladly give his life for her, so Eve could have a chance at being more than what he was. It had been so long since he had last seen the outside world without the muzzle on. Time had passed so quickly from the walls of his containment unit. But when the lanky teen had been first given to the government for use, that curious little child had been the only one who wasn't afraid.

"Why are you not afraid of me, of dying?" he questioned.

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Notes: sorry the delay!! *hugs*

Liam made a question that had been maybe the hardest in her life to reply and also the easiest one. Her whole life she had been trained to be strong, to be silent, to be fearless, to be simply a weapon of mass destruction, a souless killer. and she knew that as a weapon, the moment she was of no use to the agency, then she would be dispossed as any other army equipment. so why wasn't she scared of dying... it was because she had prepared herself for it since more or less the time she had been 13 years old. also, how could she be scared of Death when her father was the personification of it?! she knew death because she has it inside of her, running her veins.

then she looked into his eyes, those sweet eyes that could inflict horror to his enemies, but for her they seemed the eyes of a lost puppy. his hands had never hurt her, they had always been a balm for her soul. when she had been tortured to be reminded of her loyalty by Sky, she had ran away to be with him, to find shelter with him, the only one who could have understood her in that moment. He had been so sweet, so understanding! he allowed her to sleep that night and many others. then his question about why wasn't she scared of him was easy to reply to. she smiled softly at him as she did it.

"Well... maybe outside you are the deathliest being on earth, I know you are!" sighs and then moved slightly her shoulders a slight shrug in fact. "but for me, before my eyes, you are my brother, my family. I would never ever be afraid of you. not even if you stood in front of me with an arrow piercing my heart." smiles peacefuly, then continued. "which leads us to the second question... I'm not scared of Death, because I'm part of it. My father is the god of death. I know that it is part of life, everything, everyone is born, lives or exists and then dies or dissapears. I'm not afraid of the fact of my body stops working. I know my heart will stop one day, my brain will rot and I will go back to Earth. Maybe what I fear is not that, but... what I will find when I'm gone."

she said and shivered even when the water was still hot and steamy. "I've killed so many... that I know I'll find them all on the other side. some of them didn't have someone to put two coins on their eyes, so they will be waiting for me by the dock." she sighed and tried to keep her smile on. "but what I fear more than that, is that you could get hurt or killed if you don't follow their orders... That is what really scares me." she said and then wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a tight warm hug, a hug that only a baby sister could give. a Hug filled with admiration, respect and love. "I've always wondered why you're not scared of me... why did you care for this weirdy girl so much?"