Exploring (open)

[Autumn]

Autumn convinced her mother to let her take the children and Demon out for a walk. Although her mother fought it she eventually caved and let Autumn go out and explore the city. Autumn had rushed about looking through the boxes for her children's clothes and then her own. For Tyler and Lily, she found black one pieces with crimson skulls on them. For her self she found her black Tube top and dark green fishnet shirt, with sandblasted bell bottom jeans that had a hole in the right knee. She had her high tops by the door and after she finished getting dressed and dressing the twins she put them on. She set Tyler and Lily into their stroller and fixed up Demon with his leash. As Autumn was about to walk out the door her mother stopped her.

"Wait Autumn, Wait!. Don't for get this."

Her mother gave her the bag full of the the baby's supplies and some water for Demon and herself. Autumn smiled and hugged her mother before putting the bag in the storage compartment in the stroller. Then she was off. Autumn walked down the street and caught quite a few looks. Autumn didn't care though she was busy pushing the children. Their little eyes looking up at her made her smile. Demon walked ahead of the stroller and eyed everyone with suspicion. Autumn sighed softly. Her black eyes roamed around the streets, looking into stores and looking at cars as they drove past. She spotted a bench and realised how tired all this walking had been. She and Demon walked over to the bench.

Before sitting down Autumn checked on Tyler and Lily, they were sound asleep. She pulled a bowl and some water from her bag. Demon sat down waiting for her to give him the water. She poured the water and slid it over to him. Once it was in front of him, he quickly lapped it up. Passers by got hit with some of it because he really was a messy drinker. Autumn ignored the dirty looks she got and pushed her long black ponytail behind her shoulders. The two long Blood red streaks that were not tied back hung around her face. She reached up a pale hand and pushed them behind her ears. A set of sparkling Skull studs and steel spikes protruded from the holes she had in both earlobes. Her tattoos were hardly visable through the fish net shirt.

"Well Demon, What do you think of the new place?"

Her dog looked up at her with big eyes and she smiled. She reached out a pale hand and scratched at his ears. She would set up a blanket to shield Tyler and Lily from the sun.

[Chrynos]

A peaceful day, he had to admit. Considering his lifestyle, that was a pretty rare thing. Chrynos stopped in his tracks, letting out a soft sigh as his crimson eyes glanced up at the sky. Clouds slowly drifted across the blue sky, care-free and worry-free. The blue-haired man let out a chuckle. How he wished he was one of those clouds? They had no worry and they never really need to do anything, save let the wind blow them by. That lifestyle was like heaven compared to his hellish one. Day by day, it was rare when he would not get into a fight at all. Despite that, he was already used to it. That's what one has to do to survive, after all. Adapt. Adapt and survive. That's the world.

The 20-year-old male was wearing a black leather jacket, unzipped and revealing his loose white shirt. For his lower body wear, he had a pair of black cargo pants that were baggy and only tightened at the ends. For footwear, he was wearing a pair of black sneakers with blood stains on its soles. Of course, these were hard to see, consdering they were, well, at his soles. His left hand was in his pocket, his right arm hanging by his shoulders. Now, if Chrynos' blue hair did not attract a person's attention, it would be the unique Ring Of Horror he wore on his right hand. The Ring that had the special voodoo effect of inflicting fear on any weak-minded opponents.

Chrynos closed his eyes for a moment, letting out a soft chuckle as he continued on in his stride. As soon as he took his first step, he opened his left eye. Chrynos had one weakness. One well-hidden weakness. He was blind in his right eye. Of course, blind eyes had whitish irises, but his red contacts hid that. Also, he had trained himself to hear opponent attacks and react accordingly. Still, the chances of hitting him on his right was higher than hitting him on his left. Ignoring the glances given to him by the pedestrians, he moved on.

That is, of course, until he reached a bench where a young beautiful girl sat with a trolley carrying twins and a dog. Keeping his pace constant, he eyed the girl, before letting his left eye land on the dog. This, was not good. His Ring Of Horror had bad effects against animals, especially dogs. They'd go slightly crazy when catching sight of the ring. Hopefully, the owner would be able to control the dog.

[Autumn]

Autumn hadn't noticed any one walking down the sidewalk near the bench. In fact right around the time that a boy came walking near the twins stirred and began to cry. Autumn sighed softly and removed the blanket that shielded them from the sun.

"Its okay Tyler, Lily, Mommy is right here see. Peek-a-boo."

Autumn spoke gently to them trying to calm them. Demon sat watching her untill he heard someone walking their way. His head turned and his brown eyes rested on to the boy's own. Demon had one intimidation tactic. He didn't look people over, he went directly to their eyes. Most people felt uncomfortable being looked at by an animal that could make them food. Autumn would free her children from their confined seats. Lily looked much like Autumn. For such a small child she had alot of hair, her eyes were like Autumn's original colored eyes, brown. Not to mention that Autumn and Lily had the same skin tone. Tyler on the other hand, he was a little more tan. Not much but just a little. Autumn would look around.

A soft sigh left her. Both children cradled in her arms. Demon would growl softly at the boy before turning his attention back to Autumn and the children in her arms.

"Shhh, Its alright."

Autumn spoke to the small babies in her arms and bounced them softly. Demon stuck his nose and softly nuzzled Tyler. Both children seemed to calm them selves. Autumn sighed gently and began to try and positon the children so that she might feed them. Demon stood protectivly ather side and softly nuzzled his nose against one of the babies when they began to get fussy. It wasn't easy but Autumn found a way to get to the bottles. She set the babies back into their stroller and held the bottles to their mouths. Demon set his head in Autumn's lap and she sighed softly. Being a young mother wasn't easy in the least.

[Chrynos]

The dog turned towards him as its apparent owner tended to the young twins. Chrynos could not resist but glare back at the dog's eyes, refusing to give up to a creature actually smaller than he was. True, the dog may be vicious and brutal, but Chrynos had met worse. A family dog would be somewhat a simple, though dangerous, opponent. That is, of course, if the dog were to strike. Chrynos kept the glare as he kept his pace casual, a calm expression pasted onto his face. As he did, he was reminded of the battles he's had the past few months, when he was trying to get the Mafia off his trail once more. All the pains he had gone through, all the sufferings he had inflicted, everything. It all flashsed through his mind like a movie on super fast forward.

The quick flashback was then interrupted by a growl, coming from the very canine Chrynos found himself lifelessly staring at. It seemed that the dog had succumbed to Chrynos' red eyes and retreated to its owner. That, or it found Chrynos simply not much of a bother, which kinda pissed the young blue-haired man off. If that was the case, how pathetic was he to be looked down at by a dog? A creature supposedly lower than them in the authority chain in this sadistic world. Chrynos took a deep breathe, calming himself. Ever since the day he left New York, he actually found himself a bit of a changed man. He now enjoyed the thrill of battle more than he used to and his way of thinking... It was more, so to say, sadistic.

Then, his eyes landed on the young girl once more and how she was treating the twins. At that moment, he almost thought that she was their mother. Of course, she looked too young to have given birth already, especially to twins. Then again, there was a possiblity of adopted children. He remembered Saito, back in New York, who had an adoptive son. Curiousity overcoming the better of him, he stopped right behind the trolley, standing opposite the young lady with the babies in the middle. Giving her a friendly smile, he spoke in a rather kind tone, though keeping it controlled so as to not make himself look like some kind of pervert.

"A young mother, huh?"

[Autumn]

Autumn nearly jumped out of her skin hearing someones voice. Demon's head withdrew from her lap since she about lept off the bench any way. Her black almond shaped eyes looked over at the man behind her children's stroller. Well, this was odd, at least to Autumn it was. Why was this man so close to her children? It was a little creepy. Demon again turned and looked over at the man. His eyes locking onto the man's own. Autumn sat there, quiet for a moment before finally speaking.

"Yes."

Her eyes went back to the babies and Demon sat still. The St. Bernard refused to remove his eyes from the man this time. Autumn's cell phone would beep. It was a soft beeping sound. She sighed softly and pulled it from her pocket. She turned it off and slipped it back in. Her hands then removed Tyler from her little stroller. Autumn put the baby over her shoulder and softly her pale hand began to pat and rub at the baby's back. Over that same shoulder, under the childs head was a towel. Tyler burped and a bit of drool and her lunch came up as well landing on the perfectly placed towel. Autumn disliked the sound that came when a baby spit up but as a mother you had to get used to it. Though the smell of sour milk was no pleasure either.

"Ick, Tyler... does this have to happen every time, I should ask mom to buy you something a little softer for your stomach."

Autumn said in a soothing tone to the baby in her arms. She slid Tyler back into the stroller and did the same thing with Lily after folding the towel on her soulder so that the second child wouldn't end up laying in the mess the first one made. After a few moments Lily would burm and Demon couldn't help but turn his eyes away from the man to look at the small child and tilt his head. It always amazed him that out of something so small such a loud sound was able to escape. It was like when the babies would cry at night. He would get up with Autumn and go into their room with her. While Autumn would try to get them back to sleep or do some other chore with them, Demon would stare in amazement as the small child screamed its lungs out. It was an odd sight.

Finally as Autumn slipped little Lily into the stroller she coverd both children with the blanket so the sun would not disturb them. Demon returned his untrusting gaze to the man behind the stroller. The st. bernard was tenced and ready to attack if the man did something wrong.