Characters
Benevolent_Day
Macabre_Day
Horrid_Night
Joyous_Night
Otherworldly_Night
Author's Note
I'll just be referring to Xiomara as Horrid_Night in this—
Again I'm not up to date with the new lore so I have no clue what's happening
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Bare trees strangled by suffocating fog loomed over a lone figure under an afternoon sky as dark as a starless night. Benevolent_Day was tall, ambivalent, and struggling. In her arms she held a body — a shorter woman dressed similarly to her partner, but in practically all black. Usually Benevolent was positive, calm and calculative. As the day drew on, each of these traits had vanished one by one. Now, the only thing that raced through her mind past her millions of thoughts was the desperate need to return to her [CITY]. In her panic she even managed to dismiss a blatant warning: a dirt-stained sign mounted upon a battered wooden post riddled with claw marks, bullet holes, and strange black stains.
Dead end.
Mere hours prior, Benevolent_Day and her partner (Macabre_Day) had been sent on a treacherous mission to discover new information about their union's sworn enemy: The Night Coalition, better known now as Sector Nocturne. However, the writer doesn't have discord so they have no clue what's going on anymore. [OPERATIVE] Macabre, being her impulsive self, had shot at a rather cocky 'labourer'. This of course triggered various alarms. Guns aren't silent, after all. For a while after the two did nothing but run and bicker. Suddenly, a strange sort of clunk was heard. Then, Macabre dropped to the ground. Luckily for her, Benevolent_Day was quick on her feet, swiftly lifting her shorter coworker and continuing persistently forward while expertly masking her concern.
Unsurprisingly for an experienced [OPERATIVE] like herself, it was a rather long time before Benevolent began to tire. The Doctor slowed her running pace to a walk; they were far from enemy territory anyways. Adjusting her hold on Macabre to avoid dropping the unconscious woman, Benevolent_Day gently swept her friend's jet black hair away from her face to ensure she wasn't bleeding from whatever hit her. No blood. Not yet. The pink [OPERATIVE] swore that she heard a sly giggle come from a short distance away from her, but she quickly dismissed it as her imagination as she heard no other movement. Even so, it was out of the ordinary for the Doctor to imagine things like that.
Meanwhile, three darkly dressed figures lingered nearby. Although they all belonged to the same group, each of them was watching from a different place. The first figure, the obvious leader, stalked the Day [OPERATIVE] from her left, dark cloak billowing behind her, embroidered moon shimmering against the dark aura Horrid_Night was surrounded by. She wore an intricate, dark outfit complete with striking purple accents. The notorious red triangle lay on various parts of Horrid's clothing: her shoulders, her boater hat's purple ribbon, and the band securely tied to her left arm. Her straight hair was tied into a casual low ponytail, which originally lay on her shoulder but had slipped down to her back as time went on. The other two figures, [NIGHT OPERATIVES], remained behind and to the right of Benevolent, signing messages to each other every now and again. The tallest of the two was Otherworldly_Night: The Exuberant. He stood taller than his leader, but not by much. Although he sported a more simple outfit than Horrid_Night did, they were dressed similarly. The main difference was Otherworldly's outfit had accents of dark green instead of mystifying purple. A dark coloured scarf was wrapped loosely around his neck, covering his face slightly. His long, dark hair trailed elegantly behind him as if he had a cape of his own. The occasional braid or red flower could be found in it from when his coworkers got bored. These braids were mainly the work of Emotionful_Night, Pleasant_Night; and Joyous_Night, the third member of this operation. Joyous stood out more than the others: the accents of his outfit were bright yellow, which somehow matched with the dim red glow of his eyes and the symbol on his armband. This, and his inability to follow people quietly, was why he remained to right of Benevolent, covered by the twisting trees; Otherworldly remained behind her, walking so silently he might as well have been floating. I mean, he's otherworldly, he might be-
Suddenly, the Night Leader stopped in her tracks, turned, and signalled to Joyous. Upon seeing this signal, the [NIGHT OPERATIVE] stepped on the nearest twig. It wasn't particularly audible, but Benevolent's hearing was not to be underestimated. She instinctively whipped round, defensive. The [OPERATIVE] looked nothing like her usual self: she was dishevelled and drowning in worry. Horrid understood this, and knew the Doctor would become reckless. Smiling slightly to herself, Horrid_Night teleported into the centre of the path in a puff of pitch black smoke. Otherworldly had teleported out of sight as to not be seen by Benevolent. He now stood near to where his leader was originally.
"Well well well, what do we have here?"
Benevolent_Day, who recognised the voice immediately, felt her breath catch in her throat. Her skin crawled with goosebumps under her uniform. Reluctantly, she turned to face the Night Leader. The two locked eyes for a few painful moments, Horrid's blood red eyes speared right through Benevolent's soul, but the pink [OPERATIVE] was not deterred. Just as Benevolent_Day made to respond, a second voice spoke. This voice came from directly behind Benevolent. Joyous raised his gun, a mischievous smile on his face as always.
"Sleep tight, [DAY OPERATIVE]~!"
Then he slammed the butt of his gun into Benevolent's head.
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hey there! second author's note sorry-
this was originally gonna be a one-part thing, but i've had other ideas as i was writing this
i wrote half of this at an ungodly hour of the morning so the plot might be a bit bleh- but i'll try to make the next chapter a little longer!
thanks for tuning in!
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