Friday, May 18, 2007

Tabula Rasa

Chapter 11

“Am I a lost soul or nasty stuff?”

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The last lesson has finally ended.

-Didn’t remember math being that boring.-

-And you were on your last math class when? 1789?-

-Hah hah.-

-Oh there she goes!-

She’s walking towards the busses.

-Let’s get a move on.-

Malice does something I would never have the guts to do: she walks over to our target and says “Moi.” (Hey.)

“Mitä sä haluat?” (What do you want?)

“That’s a bit rude don’t you think?”

“Oh you wanna speak in English now?”

“Jag talar svenska också.” (I speak Swedish too.)

”Moi aussi. But let’s stick to one language, please.” (Me too. But let’s stick to one language, please.)

“Fine. We need to have a little chat.”

“About what?”

“Can’t say it here. Let’s wait until my partner gets her ass over here, we get to the bus and then go to your place.”

“And why exactly would we do that?”

“Trust me when I say that it’s a matter of life and death. Literally.” She waves at me. “YO! ROOKIE!” People give her glances but she ignores them completely. I sigh and walk over to them.

“Hey how about you tell us your name for starters?”

“Tarina.”

“Well that’s an interesting name.” (A/N: Tarina means a story in English. It’s not a common name.)

“Fuck you.”

“Oh my, the lady can swear!”

Tarina glares at her while taking out her bus card.

~*~*~*~*~

“So who are you two really?” We’re walking towards Tarina’s house.

“For starters, I’m Malice and the rookie here is Anya.”

“Malice. What a fitting name for you. And?”

“We’re dead.” I glare at her.

“You shouldn’t say it so bluntly.”

“Well it’s the truth and there’s no way around it.”

“Okay, you two are dead. So why are you wasting your time with me?”

“’Cause your our case. Our job is to keep lost souls and all the other nasty stuff in line.”

“Am I a lost soul or nasty stuff?”

“Neither. Yet.”

“Let me guess, you’re here to prevent that?” I look at her.

“You’re amazingly cool with all this.”

She shrugs.

“I had a feeling something like this would happen sooner or later. Not this fast though.”

“Well that makes this a lot easier then.”

“So how long are you two going to stay here?”

-A good question indeed.-

“No idea. The gate back won’t open before we’re done here.”

“WHAT?!”

“What, that your new favorite word?”

“Sorry to interrupt this very intelligent conversation but we’re here.”

She opens the door.

“You don’t lock your door?”

“No, there aren’t any thieves around here.”

“So when are your parents coming home?”

“In a few hours.”

“That’s enough time for us.”

“To do what?”

“Smash this place into pieces of course.”

“She’s kidding!”

“I know.”

“You do?”

“Yes. I know some people like her.”

“Well good for you. Now get moving.”

“Is she always so aggressive?”

“Absolutely.”

“Hah hah.”

We enter Tarina’s room. She sits on her bed after throwing her bag to the corner.

“So let’s get down to business.”

“Right.”

“We’re here to make sure you won’t get on the bad side.”

“And that’s going to happen how?”

“That’s where we come in: we’ll be here to keep all the dark stuff away for some time.”

“OK.”

“You sure you get all this?”

“Yes.”

“Hey Malice. Where will we stay during this mission?”

“Don’t worry we stay at the Finland’s local forces’ place.”

“Which is where?”

“In Helsinki.”

“That’s two hours drive from here!”

“You think I don’t know that?”

“Yes.”

“Now you’re trying to piss me off on purpose.”

“Yes.”

“Damn it.”

“Back to the point, how do we get to Helsinki?”

“A bit of teleporting. I’ve. Got. It. Covered.”

“As always.”

“No need to get smart rookie.”

“Whatever you say, boss.” Malice smirks.

“And don’t you forget it.”

“So will we bump into this dark stuff?”

“It’s possible. Well rookie can practice using her powers.”

“Well isn’t that great.”

“So here’s the deal: we keep following you around for some time. So you better get used to it.”

“OK.”

“And we leave you on your own once our job is done. Get it?”

“Yes.”

“Great! Now we gotta get going while the teleporting magic is working properly.”

“Huh? Go? Now?”

“Yes rookie. Go. Now.” She digs her bag and takes out a small square-shaped, red object. She throws it on the floor. It starts glowing and turns into a door.

“Well it was nice talkin’ and all but we have to go now. See ya tomorrow!”

“See ya.” Malice opens the door and walks through it. I follow.

~*~*~*~*~

I walk into a small office. A few desks around. I’m greeted by a blond guy.

“Oh so this is the Koria team.”

“Yeah we are. Where’s Katja?”

“At the back.”

“Thanks.”

We walk to the back. The door slams open and I can see something black before I see a girl dressed in a full Goth-attire (as in a gothic dress, dark make-up and surprisingly a pair of black cat ears) hugging Malice. She looks about 14 years old.

“Kya~ it’s been so long!”

“Katja get off.”

Katja lets go.

“So is this Anya?”

“Yeah. So how’s Finland been holding up?”

“Fine, I even got the time to go to Tuska last summer!” (A/N: Tuska (Suffering) is a big rock/metal festival in Helsinki. If you go the you won’t see any other colors but black.)

“Oh that’s nice.”

“I loved it! You should go there next year!”

“I’ll think about it.”

“Oh yeah you’ll be sleeping on the sixth floor, hallway 6, room 6.” (A/N: Sounds like a great place to stay in.)

“Cool. We’ll go unpack our stuff now.”

“OK. See you later!” And with a small puff and black smoke she’s gone.

“Okay, off to Hell we go.”

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A/N: First of all, the character Katja is based on one of my good friends (also named Katja).

And to everyone who didn't get the Hell-thing, 6th floor, hallway 6, room 6. 666. Get it? Good.

There was also a little bit Swedish and French in the chapter. Swedish is Finland's second main language so we have to study it at school. And I study French now.

Until the next chapter!


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