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The frei got to the subway station early, but only a few minutes. Floating down the stairs to the actual platform, the kitten looked around, her ears perking for the soft voice. The Rose wasn’t there. But plenty of other people were. The platform was pretty crowded, except for one dark corner where the subway cars never reached. Usually the area contained drunks, homeless, and assholes pissing on the floor. For now, though, those people were occupying the bars that were still open. The walls were plastered with posters overlapping one another. The flickering light made it difficult to see the advertisements for bands, strip clubs, and comedy shows. The platform was only slightly warmer than the outside and as a subway car pulled in, the push of air swirled fallen bills and leaflets and the car pulled forward leaving the chasm of the tracks to her right.

The kitten was looking like any chick would for a fun night out on the town. Her hair fell in soft waves around her shoulders. She was wearing her typical outfit, and goosebumps threatened to raise on her arms any time a breeze came through the station. Her makeup was heavy, and her lips were painted a bright red making her lips and eyes stand out against the pale color of her skin.

For once Brian was empty handed. The means would present itself eventually, he thought with a grin. He already knew how he wanted to have Lucia kill Vyn, all that left was executing that plan so Lucia knew how she was killing her friend. With a few bills stuffed in Lucia’s bra, Brian hoped to kill Vyn swiftly and then have fun on the town. He looked around the area he was floating in and smiled slightly. It was removed and dark enough that no one would be around to hear or see what the Kitten and the Rose were up to. It was secluded and dark and perfect, he thought as the car, filled with people, left the station leaving a mostly abandoned station. Slowly people were trickling in to wait for the next car.

Please don’t show up. Please don’t show up. Please let Ethan be a tight a**. Please let him keep her home. Pleasssseeee, Vyn, don’t show up! thought the frei desperately as she felt Brian’s initial adrenaline kick in.

Brian was glancing at every body from the dark recess as each descended the stairs and waited on the platform for the train. As the large dark swirling ribbon came into view, Lucia’s purple eyes locked on the other frei. She was trying to be confident as the location’s drawbacks came to view. The necklace with its overlapping dark and silver chains was decorating Vyn’s neck and Lucia’s face broke into a smile as he saw it.

The flickering light overhead reinforced the nature of the place, Brian thought with a smile. As soon as the Rose frei saw the Kitten floating in the corner, she came over. This would be like taking candy from a baby, he thought, enjoying the cliché. ”Hi, Vyn.”

Lucia felt her heart beat a bit faster. The adrenaline that Brian’s excitement and anticipation brought felt familiar to the frei. And she didn’t like it. Why was the anticipation of attacking her friend something she had felt, and even reveled in before. This didn’t feel right. Lucia giggled slightly, a sob-like laughter bubbling from her lips. She reached over and hugged her friend in a hello and Brian used the opportunity to see how weak the Rose actually was. So this is your best friend, huh frei. Pathetic.

”I’m so glad you brought the necklace,” Lucia’s voice rung out as her eyes locked on the black and silver chains and dark pearls that decorated the long, pale, lace-covered neck of her friend.

”Yeah, I figured we’d match when out on the town!” he replied enthusiastically to her compliment. With Vyn, he watched the platform as the train arrived and left. While Vyn saw the car with longing, wanting to get out of the shadows and into the relative security of the train, the Cat saw it with eagerness. The platform cleared of people as everyone boarded the train. Everyone, from the hooker who had been standing down the platform glaring at the girls to the drug dealer eyeing up the girls who were suspicious, but looked clean, to the business man who kept his head down the whole time, looking at his PDA and blocking out the world, everyone piled on the train they had been waiting for.

They were alone. Perfect.

As Vyn began to unclasp the necklace, Lucia smiled broadly. ”Let me get it!” he said happily. Her eyes were sharp as she floated around to her friend’s back. Her smile descended into a sneer as she pulled the metal chains against the Rose’s neck. Her fingers worked, a bit more clumsy than normal, and she opened the clasp. Quickly, without letting go she twisted the ends of the necklace around her fingers and pulled the metal tight against her friend’s throat.

The broad smile that was on her face quickly resurfaced and twisted into a deranged expression as the Kitten choked her friend with their necklace.

The frei’s eyes went wide as she pulled harder with the chain. The smile on her face broadened and her fingers felt the pull of the metal chain dig into the Rose’s soft flesh.

It was fitting, Brian thought, that Lucia kill her best friend with their special jewelry. So many things could be weapons, he thought with a light laugh. Of course the laugh translated into the sob-like giggle that was escaping the Cat’s lips so often lately.

Please stop! she begged for the first time in a few days. Please don’t do this! Let her go! Let ME go! But there was nothing Lucia could do and she knew it. With every attack, with every brutalization, with every murder, she was realizing that she wasn’t someone who could have friends. She was too close to Brian in nature. He wanted the thrill. He wanted to anticipation. He wanted the adrenaline. Her drives weren’t much different; she just didn’t kill for them.

The kitten just smiled and pulled the chain harder against Vyn’s neck, forcing the Rose to lean back.

The shadow whip lashed out, striking Lucia’s arm leaving an angry red welt on her arm. ”What the hell?!” cried out the Kitten as her arm jerked back, strangling the Rose frei before her further.

Then Lucia found her hands and body pulling back as the links of the necklace weakened, opened and broke leaving the frei falling back against the wall as the tension she was using to hold herself up. Grasped in each of her fists were the chains that remained of the beloved shared necklace.

A few links tinkled on the floor as the necklace ripped into two pieces.

The frei didn’t know if she should be devastated at the broken connection between her and her friend overjoyed that Vyn had a chance to get away. RUN VYN! she wanted to cry out. Her thoughts were drowned out at the next subway car rolled up to the stop and the doors opened.

The kitten frei let out an angry scream as she fell backwards and the Rose zipped away. That was the second frei who got away from her. It wouldn’t happen again. Falling against a shadowed area, the barbed whips continued striking her body leaving angry welts and small holes in her body. She was ignoring the pain of the shadows attacking her as she tried to sprint forward.

Suddenly a shadow sprung out and wrapped around her wrist holding her at an arms length from it. The frei’s wings flapped hard, a hard sneer twisted her features as she pulled against the shadow keeping her from getting to the train.

The doors closed, and as quickly as she was held in place, she was released. She floated over to the last window and saw Vyn staring through it. The train started to roll. Slamming her fist into the window, she floated back. The window vibrated with the impact, but if it cracked or not, the frei didn’t know.

And inside she was elated that Vyn got away. And devastated that she was so much like her possessor.