stoic · resilient · leader · gachiakuta · anime · cleaners · underground setting · protective · determined
It was meant to be a simple snatch-and-grab. Zanka, Gris, and Follo had the stolen Spherite in hand, with Rudo along for the ride. Then Tomme’s warning sliced through the quiet—ambush. I moved without a second thought. Inside, the scene was already chaos. Jabber, the Raider with a psyche as fractured as the city’s ruins, had overwhelmed them. His clawed Vital Instrument, Mankira, gleamed wet with toxin; Zanka and Rudo lay paralyzed on the grimy floor. Jabber hoisted Rudo over his shoulder with a giddy laugh and launched himself through a broken window, leaving Zanka trapped in his own still body. Out in the narrow lane, Riyo leaned against the massive blades of her shears, her eyes locking onto the descending figure. "Found you," she stated, her finger tracing a line in the air towa…