Catwalks down the street with Sky, thinking about what she'll need get done before the night is done. She'd need to stop at the flea market to see if any of her stuff sold, then she'd have money to buy what she needed. She'd need to get dog chow and some bones for Jerry Lee, and if there was any money left she'd get some food and groceries for herself.

She walked along fairly silently, distracted by her thoughts. So distracted that she nearly ran into someone.

Sky walked right behind Cat in silence, he wasn't in the best of moods and was thinking about someone drugging Cat's drink last night. But he was still sharp to the surroundings and if anyone did anything he would be on them straight away.

"Keep your eyes open Cat."

Cat looked up and moved so she wouldn't run into the person. "Guess I was a bit distracted." She kept walking, stopping outside the flea market. "I'm gonna see if anything I put up for sale sold." she said to explain ehr actions as she openned the door, glancing back at Sky.

"I'm coming in with you," Sky said as he followed her, "what did you put up for sale?"

"Just about everything." She shrugged slightly, "I needed money for groceries and dog chow."

Sky shrugged, he knew money was hard to come by. He was glad he had little need for it other than to pay rent and the occational blood drink.

She walked up to the counter, and the cashier on duty seemed to recognize her immediately. They talked for a moment, the lady at the counter mentioning someone had come in asking about Catherine. Cat nodded, seeming to have expected that, "You didn't tell him anything, did you?" "Naw, I wouldn't tell that freak a thing. A couple of your things sold, lemme get yer money." The lady openned the cash drawer, counting out some money for Catherine. Cat thanked her and lead the way out.

Sky didn't want to seem like he was overhearing the convosation between the woman and Cat, but he couldn't help it. He occupied himself looking at some vaguly interesting things and looking interested, but pricked his ears up at the mention of someone asking for Cat.

"Now to the pet shop to buy a chew toy?" Sky asked as they left, they walked in the direction of the main shops that are open late at night. Sky and Cat turned round a corner but infront of them were three thugs blocking the street, tapping their hands menicingly with thick sticks.

"Yeah wouldn't want Jerry to ruin your..." She went dead silent when she saw the thugs. She looked at Sky, a bit nervous about the situation, and slid her hand in her purse.

"I don't think they're vampires, I can't smell anything suspicious." He whispered to Cat, Sky slid his hand subtly into his pocket and lightly grasped the handle of his knife, just incase.

The thugs took a few steps towards Sky and Cat but the biggest of the three stood out infront of them. He was large in all directions, his belt had barely enough holes to support his pants from falling from his massive gut. Draped over his shoulders were a patchwork of faded denim pieces sewn roughtly together to repair an old jacket and his toes poked out of tears in his hiking boots.

What do we have 'ere then? He called out confidently, rocking his head on his thick neck.

Cat didn't pull her 'weapon' from her purse. She was trusting Sky could take care of them, but she had a few tricks up her sleeve if one of them got near her. She watches them, smirking slightly, "Well if I had to guess, I'd say three dumbshits with sticks. And poor fashion taste." She glanced over his outfit and shook her head with disapproval.

Her insult took a few seconds to register with the two cronies, but the leader was sharper. He coughed up a ball of phlegm, he spat it out and it landed between Cats feet. One of the other thugs moved to go round the back of them and the third stood next to the leader thug.

Sky stood still waiting for one of them to step closer.

Oh she's a pretty lass, whats yer name girlie? Dipshit 1 said in a fake lovey voice.

Cat seemed to be standing differently, though it wasn't all together obvious other than she seemed a touch shorter because her knees were slightly bent. "Well it's not girlie, for one. And I don't plan on telling you my name, and I highly doubt you could convinse me otherwise." She smirked.

She thought it might be interesting if one of them did get ahold of her, because not everyone expected a girl to know anything about any sort of fighting. She already had her moves planned out if they caught her from the front, or from behind. She thought to herself 'I'm a bit glad Joseph made me take those Judo and Kendo classes...'

The Big thug didn't like her tone, he gripped onto his weapon and took a swipe at her with it. The thick stick arched towards Cat's head in a vicious backhand. Sky could see it coming, as could Cat, you didn't need vampire reactions to see when a thug was going to hit you with a big thing.

Everything suddenly slowed right down in Sky's eyes, he could tell exactly where the stick was going and his instincts were natural. His hand darted out, it looked normal speed to him but all other eyes couldn't see him move, he was just 'there'.

Sky stopped the stick in half swing by grabbing the thugs hand, then with a twist and a crack his thumb just hung loosly, dropping the stick. The other thugs looked at eachother, over their shoulders and then gave shrugs all while looking very confused.

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She smiled slightly when he took her hand, again blushing. She lead the way into the grocery store, 'speed shopping' and only getting the essentials. She only had two bags of groceries when they left, and her smile had brightened considerably. "We better head back so I can drop off this stuff."

She saw the stick fall from his hand and smiled. She rotated slightly and kicked out, catching the large thug in the throat hard. She went back in her stance, grinning broadly as the large thug fell back gripping his throat. It would be a few minutes before he would be able to breathe right again. She looked down at him, "Its not nice to try and hit a lady."

The larger thug,collapsed on the floor, his hands went to his throat and he made gurgling sounds as he tried to breath. Fluid filled his mouth and dribbled down his face. The other thugs dropped their weapons and ran in opposite directions.

"Nicely handled," Sky said as he poked around in the thugs pockets, producing two wallets and a pack of ciggaretts. Looks like he'd been busy mugging other people all night.

She shrugged slightly, more relaxed now that the others had fled, "I'm better at Judo, but Kendo is more useful." After a moment, she grinned, "Well, I still have some purchases to make, shall we continue?" She was mostly cheerful because she hadn't ever really thought she could knock someone over like that.

"Yes lets go," Sky started walking again, he also gave a sharp kick to the thug as he went by. He felt the wallets and the more padded of them he opened and took the notes out then slid them into Cats handbag. "Thats for the nice kick."

She blushed slightly, not knowing what to say. She started for the pet store, knowing that it was likely to close soon. Her thoughts slowly drifted from the encounter with the thugs to what her friend at the flea market had said. She suspected slightly that their run in with the thugs hadn't entirely been coincidence. She was almost certain they would have worse problems before the night was over.

Sky walked besides tredding slowly, he wanted to look confident and so refrained from looking over his shoulder every two minutes. Instead he made it subtle, when they went to cross a road, though it the dead of night, he would look both ways as if expecting traffic. "London habit." He said if Cat asked, "how far are we?"

"There's a small pet store just around the corner" As they reached the pets store, she went in first and waved to the owner. She spoke briefly with him before getting some chew toys and dog food for Jerry. When they spoke, he mentioned an odd fellow who had come asking about her only an hour after she left the last time she came. She nodded, seeming to expect this. She paid for her stuff and headed back for the door, making a vain attempt at a smile.

Sky stayed outside and watched the rabbits in the shop window. Most of them were sleeping, they looked so cute and fluffy. He took the time to inspect the other wallet; there wasn't much cash in there, a student ID car and although he looked old enough to buy drinks with a little editing he could use it to get 10% of in bars, there was also a family picture but with the faces cut out.

Cat came out and smiled slightly at Sky, "One more stop." She started walking, staring at the ground. She knew she should tell Sky what was going on, and now was as good of time as any. "Did you hear at the flea market when my friend told me that someone came looking for me?"

Sky went into appologetic mode, he looked guilty and if he wasn't so pale he would have gone red. "Yeah I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. Where now?"

"A few blocks away there's a grocery store, I gotta pick up some food." She continued walking, going silent for a short while. Finally, she starts to explain what's going on to Sky. "The man whos looking for me is the same one who killed Joseph..." she begins.

Sky wrapped himself in his jacket tightly for a cold breeze, that seemed so unnatural, covered him like a blanket. As he wrapped himself tightly the knife he had in his pocket brushed across his chest and the cold blade bit into him like never before. He wondered what it was but tried not to let it bother him.

"Was Joseph killed by my kind?"

"Joseph was your kind, he was killed by a fairly smart human, who has perfected his methods of killing vampires. The first time I met him, when he killed Joseph, he told me that he would let me live on the condition that I avoided vampires. He said if I didn't I would be seeing him again." She sighed, staring at the ground.

"And you didn't tell me this before because?" Sky hissed in a low voice, the temperature definatly dropped again. Taking a calmer tone he tried again, "I can't defend you if thats what you expected, I'm barely half a century old, just a young blood."

He reached into his coat and held onto the handle of the knife, not sure why but he suddenly didn't like this mortal. He should never have gotten involved with her.

"Because I didn't think there'd be any problems. This city is quite a ways from where he last hunted, I didn't think he'd come here. I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I don't expect you to defend me... That's what Jerry Lee's for. I just thought I should warn you. I don't think he'll try anything unless one of us travels alone. He doesn't try to attack people who are with others... or with dogs. He has a phobia of dogs, and that's the main reason I got Jerry." She stared at the ground, "If this bothers you, Jerry and I can leave, but that's not a guarantee that he won't still come after you."

"Hmm...well lets hurry up. It will be sunrise in a matter of hours." The air warmed around him and for a moment everything was much better, he let go of the knife and let his hands fall by his side. Instead he took hold of Cat's own hand.

Sky took one of the bags and held in firmly in one hand and his other found Cat's free. A slight smile spread across his face as he realised what he'd just done...twice.

"I wonder if Jerry Lee's torn up my place yet..."

"I hope not, but if he did I'll replace anything's that destroyed... once I get the money to." She smiled broadly at him, giving his hand a gentle squeeze for just a moment.

He squeezed her hand back gently, he could easily remember the way back to the appartment and tried to make full haste of it but taking a slightly different route to the one they had come. Incase the thugs had returned in more numbers.

((Back to the Living Spaces, god this is like a Yoyo lol...))

((Yoyo? Yeah, that sounds right. *pulls out yoyo and hits the thugs in the head with it* You posting there first or shall I?))

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