A Choice: Blue Moon

-This is a branch/continuation of "A Choice" by Thedrag0n22 and a segway of "A Choice: White Night"

-This is the full story, an abridged version will be posted in the White Night series.

"So what now assassin?" the curator shoots the question at Velvet leveling his gaze steadily on hers. Your eyes widen at the statement taking a step back you rapidly start to rethink your decision. Velvet glares at the curator, she turns to you grimacing "Like I said it's... complicated." "Years passed since I disappeared, many were certain I was dead, there are times I wish I did..." Velvet trailed off looking into the distance. The blurring of the edges in your sight warn of the vision before it starts.

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A Choice: Blue Moon I



Velvet lies in a room, medical equipment shoddy and cobbled together hang in various spots grimly recording each passing moment. Her eyes fly open nightmares unremembered still linger in her gaze as she bolts up confused and dazed. Velvet stumbles from the bed reaching for the door in a panic. The door swings open before she grabs the handle allowing 2 masked people inside, they grab her and force her back onto the gurney. "Wait stand down, stan-" a blade appears in front of one of the masked people. Drawing a trickle of blood from their neck Adam menacingly challenges "Are we ready to listen now?" "So-sorry" the man chokes as he holds his hands up desperately trying to appease the testy redhead. "Leave" he gestures towards the door retracting and sheathing Blush. Velvet silently watched this spectacle with a mixture of awe and fear wondering what in the world was going on. An awkward silence hangs in the air, muting Adam as he slowly turns and grabs a chair. Setting it next to the bed he leaned forward over the back of the chair. Looking Velvet straight in the eyes "So what now?"

Velvet curled the sheets around her terrified and confused her eyes bolt around the room searching desperately. "You can leave anytime you want-" Velvet rushes the door nearly ripping off the handle in a frenzied escape attempt. "After we talk." Adam finished not even bothering to turn from where he was. Velvet didn't hear him and kept trying to tear open the door. A shot ricocheted near Velvet's head freezing her in place with fear, she started to hyperventilate unable to cope with- cold steel pressed itself against her back. The air suddenly chilled as she raised her hands in the air. Adam leaned forward, breath rolling across her neck as he reached her right shoulder. Amongst all the chaos and swirling conflict he was calm, the eye in the middle of the storm. "Are. you. done. yet?

Velvet whimpered a confirmation waiting for the blade to cut her. "Alright then..." he pulled Blush away and guided her toward the chair he had abandoned. Setting his weapon to the side he leaned against the cold clammy wall and letting out an exasperated sigh he rubbed his temples. Velvet finally finding her voice hoarsely asked "W-what happened?" hands trembling as she tried to contain the nervous energy. "You died." Adam stated plainly still focused on reducing his splitting headache. "Wh-" "Or so everyone thinks." Adam cut across her reaction not wanting to deal with that again. "You were ambushed in the woods near your school, you fought and were in a horrible state, if I had not come by when I did you would have died. The group of people responsible fled, and yes you were attacked by humans not Grimm." he spat the name of the former like trying to get a bad taste out of his mouth. "It's been 3 years since that day and you have either been in surgery, in a coma, or so out of touch with reality you can't even remember it and frankly..." his arms sagged as he stared at her "I don't even know why I saved you much less why I'm still here."

He turned and walked toward the door calling back "that's all I had to say you can go y-" "Help me..." Adam stopped and turned his head shocked by her actual voice. "Excuse me?" he asked back. She got up from the chair finally letting go of her death grip on the sheets. She gazed at him locking him in place and begged "Please..." Sighing a twinge of frustration and... joy? he turned around and nodded his head "Alright, we'll see." "Thank you." Velvet closed her eyes and bowed her head allowing all the tension from the past, what 15 minutes? To just melt away taking solace in the help she had found. "That being said..." Adam continued snapping her back into alertness "You may want to put on some clothes." He finished smirking as she looked down and finally noticed that this entire time she had been naked. Turning scarlet she quickly grabbed the sheet to cover up as Adam chuckled asking the doctors in the hallway for her clothing.

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