E r o s

"You seem to be in a rather good mood today" Mikhail commented as I walked in and I gave him what I felt to be a smile that rivaled the brightness of the sun.

"Yes, I am" I said and it was as if Mikhail was drying up like a raisin as he stared at me wearily.

"Well, Grim Reaper, let me fill you in. Since our findings have been very accurate, I figured it was time to tell Silver so I've asked him to come over later" he said and I nodded.

"Oh good, Silver can handle half of the problem for us" I said with a wave of my hand, leaning against my desk while crossing my arms.

Mikhail's eyes lingered on my chest for a moment and his frowned suddenly deepened.

"For the love of...can you please button your shirt? Parading around with love bites makes you seem sleazy" he said and I forced down a laugh.

"Not to the people that know who they're from" I said with a smirk and Mikhail just rubbed his hand over his face.

"I take it back, I don't like lovesick Eros either" he muttered.

"Well I love making you uncomfortable. Do you want to know the details?" I asked and Mikhail gave a sardonic smile.

"I couldn't wish to be wiped off from the face of the earth faster" he said and this time, I did laugh.

Mikhail's just so funny after all, messing with him never gets old.

The door opened and suddenly Jamie walked in with Harvey in tow, the two of them stopping as they took a look at me.

"Why's he cheesing at nine am?" Jamie asked.

"Yeah, it's creeping me out" Harvey said with a nod and I raised a brow at the couple.

"Am I not allowed to smile in front of my friends?" I asked and Jamie grimaced.

"I think we should call a doctor" he whispered to Mikhail and Harvey while glancing at me.

"Yeah, look at his chest, I think he's got a rash. Do you think he knows?" Harvey said and we all just looked at Harvey.

This guy...

"Yes, Harvey, I'm sure he does" Jamie said.

"Silver is coming soon, will you two be sticking around?" Mikhail asked, finally changing the subject.

"Don't got anything better to do" Jamie said with a shrug and Harvey shook his head.

"Can't. Gotta meet up with Cole for his class soon" Harvey said and that's when I looked to him.

"...his class that starts at 10? Shouldn't you be gone already?" I asked as I narrowed my eyes at him and Harvey tensed up nervously.

"Y-Yeah...haha. Let me just, go." Harvey said before leaving the room with haste.

"Seriously" I said with a sigh.

It wasn't long before Silver got here, surprisingly by himself as he walked in. He was dressed casually once again, the inconspicuous clothing making him seem like a regular civilian. I thought it was a blending in tactic, and part of it is true, but I quickly learned that Silver just likes to walk amongst people normally.

He's not a fan of whispers or stares, so he has settled for mundane clothing choices as his defense system.

"Hello, Eros. Eros' shadow, and...who are you?" Silver trailed off as he looked at Jamie who had become instantly annoyed.

"Leaving" was all he said before walking out of the room.

"He doesn't have a funny bone, I see" Silver muttered as he took a seat.

"So. What is so important that I had to come all this way to hear it?" Silver asked.

"All this way...? Dude you live like thirty minutes from here" Mikhail said and Silver held a hand up.

"Shadows don't talk" he said and Mikhail instantly gained a murderous look.

"Please stop pissing my friends off" I said and Silver let out a loud chuckle.

"It was just a joke! I kid, I kid. No one around here seems to laugh" he said as he held his hands up in surrender.

"Your jokes are hardly well received" Mikhail grumbled.

"Okay, okay. Don't make me play mediator. Let's just get this out the way" I said and started by taking out the documents from my desk drawer and sliding them over to Silver.

"What...is this?" Silver asked as he flipped through the photos.

"How far did you get in your dealings with Northway?" I asked.

"The guy said he wanted time to think it over but I figured he was just going to turn me down since I never heard back from him...this car" Silver's eyes were glued on the photos as he sifted through each one carefully.

"I've seen it before" he said and I nodded.

"Yeah, and guess who it belongs to" I said. Silver looked at me through his lashes, hands holding the photos very delicately.

"Northway's the one who's been ordering the hits on your guys" I said.

Right after saying those words, a very thick feeling filled the air, Silver's eyes giving off a dangerous look as he stared me down.

"He did what...?" He said, almost as if saying 'repeat that and be sure you're right'.

I had no problem doing that at all.

"The proof is all there. That car is registered to Northway, it's been at every single scene. And I'm pretty sure if you squint, that's him sitting in the passenger seat right there" I said as I pointed to one of the photos that was particularly zoomed in on the car, Northway's silhouette in the photo.

"It also explains why the targets are so specific, there's no way he would even know some of these people if he hadn't met them through you" Mikhail said, further supporting my claim.

Silver placed the photos in his hand on the table slowly before reaching into his pocket and taking out his phone. We watched as he dialed a number and held his phone to his ear.

"I want you to see to it that any means of fleeing available to Luis Northway ceases to exist. All of his vehicles are to be destroyed as well as any private jets he may own. Do the same for any possible yachts or boats. Shoot his knees if you have to, I want this bastard stranded and should I find out that he still managed to escape, it's your head I'll be coming for after"

"Oh..." I muttered after hearing all of that and Mikhail leaned into my ear.

"And I thought you were bad" he said and I snapped my head at him.

"The hell is that supposed to mean?" I asked and Mikhail just turned his head, clearly ignoring my question.

"What's your plan?" I asked after Silver got off the phone with whoever he was speaking with.

"I'm going to stick a grenade in his mouth and watch him blow up into tiny little pieces before gifting each and every little piece left of his remains to his family" Silver said, nothing but bloodlust in his eyes as he spoke.

Yeah...I've definitely lost my title as Grim Reaper.

"How do people even come up with this shit?" Mikhail whispered in disbelief.

"I don't care for his reasonings, they're probably too petty for me to care. I can play dirty as well" Silver continued and he suddenly made eye contact with me.

"I won't ask you to get involved. You've done enough for me so far, even managing to discover his heavily buried tracks. I know I may have been unreasonable in the beginning but I'd still like to thank you for helping me out regardless of your reasons. I won't forget it" Silver said and towards the end, a little bit of light had returned to those dark irises.

"No problem, I hope it's only common sense that you'd do the same for me" I said and to my surprise, Silver gave me a genuine smile.

"Of course, we're going to be brothers soon anyways. Family has to stick together" he said cheerfully but Mikhail and I were hardly reciprocating as we looking at him in shock.

"What?!" We yelled in unison but Silver had already stood up and waved us off.

"Toodles" he said, walking out of the room.

"What the fuck does he mean?" I asked and Mikhail was shaking his head in disbelief.

"He just said it so effortlessly too...what the hell is his relationship with Noel?" Mikhail asked.

"Hell if I know" I muttered.

After finally getting over the disturbing gift Silver left for us, I decided to dive back into the Sid situation. If this kid was so into crime, then that means it wouldn't be too hard to figure out his next moves let alone find a trail to lead us to him.

~~~~~~

S i l v e r

That fucker was dead.

Dead, dead, dead, and oh yeah, dead!

To say I was having an extremely hard time maintaining my cool was an understatement because I felt like a ticking time bomb that was rigged to blow.

I can't fucking believe I had offered to be in an alliance with such a bastard! I knew I shouldn't have listened to that shit head Elliot, who the fuck thinks making friends can avoid murders?!

Granted, I lucked out with Eros. He really was different, even when thinking back to our first interactions, it wasn't as if he brushed me off. He listened and then made his decisions, albeit having a scrutinizing attitude towards me at first, nothing he ever said was a lie.

That I can respect.

That two timing no good dirty bastard Northway however was going to feel every inch of my annoyance and rage before he dies.

Huffing a bit, I opened up my phone, seeing that I'd missed a call from Noel which had me squinting just to be sure my eyes hadn't gotten worse. I didn't always wear glasses or contacts, the pesky things always bothering me somehow despite me needing them.

It's not a normal occurrence for Noel to call me, he'd rather much me stay far away from him than have a friendly chat.

Putting the phone to my ear as I dialed him back, the phone continued to ring but alas no answer and that's when I began to feel...weird. Hm, just to be sure he's alright I'll just drop by his house.

I guess my premeditated murder plans can wait.

I laughed at the thought, it was just very unlike myself really. I'd found that ever since meeting Noel, that's become something I do often.

Honestly when I said all that family crap I was just messing with them but as I thought about it, I can't say I dislike the idea.

Noel had intrigued me from the very beginning, his defiance exciting me like no other even though it was written all over his face that he was about to shit himself. I just found that resilient part about him very endearing...

I wouldn't say I was in love with him, more like I liked seeing him squirm. Hmm, maybe that does fall under the category of liking someone?

Who fucking knows.

Before I'd even realized it, I had ended up at Noel's apartment. By now the security guard had already knew my face and he just tilted his hat at me as I passed him, me giving a stiff smile in return.

I hate that.

Heading up on the elevator, I waited for the doors to open and once they did, I walked over to Noel's door. Knocking on the door, I waited for a response but when I got none, I knocked again.

He couldn't be sleep, it's too early for that and not to mention the fact he's a light sleeper.

Taking out my phone, I just let it ring while putting my ear next to the door.

Nothing...so is he really not here?

That's not right.

Noel has clearly expressed that he was no good with people, so it wasn't hard to cross off the 'out with friends' option.

Perhaps he went to see his brother? Nah.

Seeing Cole always meant that his guard dog was surely never too far behind, and those two definitely didn't get along. From what I could see, even if Cole had a soft spot for Noel, Eros clearly did not and was even verbal about it.

I guess I'll just talk to him later...

Or I could just use the GPS I had installed on his phone.

I know how this sounds, a little crazy, I'll give you that. But Noel was seriously just a little too unaware of himself and those around him. I can count at least three times where I've had to stop him from getting injured by some very strange anomaly.

It was also the only way I could keep some kind of contact with him anyways, if it wasn't initiated by me, then I'd never get to see Noel.

It kind of hurt to think about it like that but I sucked it up, I was a big kid. I can handle a little cold shoulder, it's only for now anyways.