paixaorpg | What a Pest You Are. Let's Turn That Around... [Active, Closed]

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What a Pest You Are. Let's Turn That Around... [Active, Closed]

Character(s): Shenzi and Hei
Content: Just another day of searching for the one person that really matters to him—until a certain hyena comes along. Hei takes action to have her be put to good use for him.
Setting: Starts at a random street with pedestrians around
Time: Beginning of week 34, midday
Warnings: Shenzi being Shenzi, and Hei being scary and violent when showing some of his true colors.

The human drones carried on, keeping a gap of distance between themselves and the man in the black overcoat. Hei had tried socializing and reasoning with these locals as his polite and harmless alias to find a lead on locating Yin, but they either shied away or took little notice of Li. A week had gone by after investing some time to observe them.

Squall had been right. There seemed to be an unnatural air to these people. Those who wore flashy clothes acted more arrogant than the lower class citizens that helped him just to get it over with. No individuality could be seen, as they were two separate collectives that didn't want much to do with anyone different from them. No one cared to approach Li when he decided not to be the first to speak to them.

Hei checked the fountains again in hopes to see a glowing blue spirit only he (and other contractors and dolls) could see. He looked among human faces for hers. Frustrating, this was. Where could she have gone? Was she alone in Tokyo after all?

If Timon spoke the truth about Organization Thirteen performing less experiments on anyone, did the Syndicate have her then? Did Organization Thirteen entrap any Syndicate agents around here? The organization Yin and Hei had to run from often hid themselves in plain sight. But walking around and exposing himself like this might draw at least one contractor out. That was a risk he was willing to take. He would demand and beat the information out of them to find out if they knew anything.

The city of Paixao lacked in metallic material, aside from iron doors and the fence around the park. If there was no iron around for him to touch and unleash the contract, he’d have to use his weapons in order to seek aid from Bai to harm any contractors, or Heartless maybe—if electric shocks could ever delay living shadow beasts. He’d have to learn more about them to know what kept them apart from ordinary darkness.

As for the female hyena he once spoke to on the message boards; she wasn’t that much of threat. Her attitude, and the intent of considering Yin as an easy meal through her laugh caused Hei to feel uneasy and aware of her for the doll’s sake. He only pretended to be startled at her angry response to Li’s empathy. He’d know how to deal with her, once he saw her.

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Shenzi was doing what she usually did: Nothing. She sighed and sauntered down the street. This place was so boring, especially after Ed mysteriously disappeared. She wasn't sure that she liked being so alone, but she wasn't about to go running to Scar, or that crazy lioness, for company. So all she had to do was terrorize the bland tasting locals and avoid the humans that were different from each other.

She wasn't paying attention to anyone when she walked past the fountains. The hyena brushed up against a human and she automatically snarled and skipped away. "Watch where you're standing human." She spat with a growl.

As he was moving onward, not far from him at all was the sound of a familiar attitude. A silent gasp came from whoever it was that irritated the hyena. Hei noticed a man backing up and skittishly picking a direction away from her as he moved past the third and final fountain.

He stopped and looked at her, eyes narrowing as the only emotion he would show her. This wasn't Li she was going to deal with, not this time. You again.

Shenzi ignored the dark haired human and advanced on the lighter haired one. This one wasn't important, she could kill and eat him and no one would care. The light haired human whimpered and Shenzi chuckled. "You ain't gettin' away..."

For a moment, he just watched.

It wasn't that Hei cared about the person who looked like he was about to run off. He had another motive for stepping in to intervene; getting her attention.

His voice came out low and hollow as he spoke to the pest he believed needed to be dealt with. "This newly acquired taste for human flesh can't be quite as satisfying as the impala, or any of the other quadrupeds you'd normally see as prey." Interruption of course was just the beginning. It didn't matter to him whether or not he would strike a nerve.

Memories around a previous mission were recalled, long before the Syndicate decided to deem Hei a threat. It's interesting, and a bit surprising that having read up basic information on African wildlife while undercover would come to be of use.

Shenzi was just about to lunge when the other human spoke up. Normally she would not have any interest in anything humans had to say, but this made her pause. It gave the light haired human enough time to scurry away, but Shenzi forgot about him and turned to glare at the other human.

"Impala's are a little more of a challenge. Humans are too fatty." Shenzi said, narrowing her eyes at him. "Why do you care?"

Hei in return showed the beginnings of a smirk. It had be true, for most humans who had next to nothing to not be much a challenge for her. Most humans.

I see. She doesn't remember my face. At least, not yet.

His response came out apathetic, and blunt. "It will be even less of a challenge for me to protect a comrade from a nuisance such as you. Since you're so content on junk food."

To Shenzi, most humans looked alike at first glance. "Protect who?" She asked, squinting suspiciously at Hei. What did he want? And what was he talking about?

It was clearly a mistake to expect much of anything from this ignorant creature. Taking control of this problematic situation was going to be a whole lot easier than he had originally thought.

Hei might as well use simple words and terms she at her low intelligence level would be able to understand. He continued to be bitter, blunt, and to the point, calling her out on what she didn't even try to hide.

"A week ago, I first arrived to this city, separated from a friend. I left a message on the message boards, mentioning her. From the first reply, you obviously only wanted to help yourself."

Perhaps now she'd take the hint, and notice how different he looked and sounded toward her, apart from the first time they spoke.

Shenzi's ears flattened and she backed away uneasily. She was not ashamed of her actions, but something about this human didn't sit right with her. "It was just my usual stuff y'know? I didn't mean anything by it right?" She started to remember now... yeah she's spoken with him before.

She wasn't getting mixed up with this craziness anymore.

Intimidation, sending fear into an opponent or someone he held captive proved to be a useful tool on several occasions. The Black Reaper plaster mask, left back in his apartment, only increased the emotion by a little.

Hei's dark blue eyes glared at the hyena icily. She wasn't off the hook just yet. She wasn't getting away--for he was just getting started.

Hei moved a black gloved hand towards the dark gray metal belt worn around his waist. Flipping a compartment open with just a flick of a finger, he yanked out one of his strong metal cables, strong enough to not break when wrapped anywhere around the bulkiest of humans.

He aimed for that long neck of hers as he tossed one end at her.

Shenzi still isn't completely sure what she's done, but whatever it was, she's not taking the heat for it. This human made her more uneasy than Scar ever had, and she certainly didn't like it. Her dark eyes followed his hand movements to his waist and her ears perked with alarm at the wire.

She let out a yelp when he threw it at her and bolted, the metal wire narrowly missing her neck. Oh hell, she was SO OUT OF THERE.

When the hyena began to bolt, Hei chased after her, the end of his coat billowing and flapping behind him. At top speed, he wasn't far behind. During the pursuit he watched where she would go. All the while he kept holding onto that same wire. The drones scattered off in different directions as he weaved and maneuvered past some of them. He wasn't going to lose track of his target.

It didn't bother him that he missed. Chasing the pest towards someplace a lot less populated with people would be more ideal to not miss and ensnare her. There were still some things he needed to tell her.

Hyenas weren't fast sprinters, but they were great endurance runners. As such she was able to keep going for a remarkable amount of time while the human dodged behind her. Everything she did to try and lose him failed, and it only increased her fear of him.

Eventually, she began to slow down and she dodged into an alley way and made one last attempt to lose him there.

Hei also had pretty good endurance for long pursuits on foot. In the end though, the perp wouldn't be able to shake him before he or she would tire out.

He didn't believe the hyena would be able to outsmart him long enough, what with his athletic build and previous determination through challenges to improve his stamina during extensive, intense military training. All that took place so long ago, before the living hell he and Bai had been through in South America.

When she slowed down and made a right into what looked like the ideal spot for them to have a little talk, Hei caught up to her easily enough and tossed one end of his wire again. He didn't miss this time. In this alley, he stopped and pulled on his end as the wire had wrapped around her big neck. With all the strength he had, he started to pull the hyena toward him. At the same time, he began to take some slow steps forward to get close enough to hold her down before she would strangle herself in a desperate attempt to escape.

The burning pain from the wire pressing in and constricting around the hyena's neck would only intensify the more she scrambled and pulled on her end to get away from him.

Shenzi let out a yelp of alarm and pain as the wire was flung around her neck. She immediately began tugging and thrashing, her sharp nails digging into the ground and creating gouges in them. "Let go! I didn't do anything to me you brute!" She snarled, deciding that fighting the wire wasn't the way to do things.

With a high pitch yip, she suddenly charged at Hei and lashed at him with her powerful jaws, fully intending on grabbing him by the throat.

Hei was swift to evade those deadly looking teeth. Without even the slightest hesitation, he sidled away from her muzzle to deliver a hard high kick to the side of the hyena's short torso. His black shoes were thick and hefty enough to produce a harder blow than Li's sneakers could.

He then ran around to tackle her from behind. Hei gripped and pulled on his end of the wire, enough just so she could feel another burning blast of stinging pain. He did this while his knees poked into her ribs. He leaned forward and lunged with his other gloved hand to grip at the back of her head. As he was used to handling opponents much more dangerous than a natural predator of the wild, he knew better than to let himself brim with confidence.

While Hei began to restrain her in place, he spoke up in a low, hard-edged tone of voice. "I could end you right here and now, or you could listen to what I have to say. Your choice."

Shenzi yowls in pain at both the kick and the wire on her neck. Part of her wanted to curl up and accept it, but the survival instinct she has tells her to keep fighting. She snarled and snapped at him, her teeth letting out audible clacks as they came dangerously close to a body part.

She growled at him when he spoke and stopped fighting, though her tense body said that she could launch back into an attack at any moment.

"Fine, talk. I'm listening."

Hei kept his knees pressed against the hyena’s ribs, enough to keep her still. He leaned forward and kept his hand down on the back of her head. His grip remained so she wouldn’t be able bite at him. In general, he had her pinned pretty good, and he wasn’t going to let up until she would start to resist him less.

His other hand gripped firmly on his end of the cable he ensnared her with. He intended it to stay on her as a constricting leash. If she chose to try and fight her way out at any time, Hei would pull back on his end again, briefly. Struggling to maintain a steady flow of oxygen in one’s lungs would override the predator instinct to lash out violently.

“To start, I’ll tell you a little about what I learned last week,” Hei began, his voice low, blunt, and straightforward. “Listen closely, because this is important for you to know. The ones who made this city are a group called Organization Thirteen. They have the power and motives to trap any prey they choose to be used as tools, or entertainment. Whatever they want...”

His face twitched with anger as he suppressed a lot of the intense hatred he felt towards their captors. “The members of this organization are called Nobodies, who exist on strong willpower alone to get their own hearts back. They believe they can succeed through using us, and others who are prisoners here. As crazy as this sounds, it’s the same information I’ve heard from more than one person. And they all sounded very serious.”

Hei stopped speaking to let the hyena absorb this information before elaborating on his other concerns. He believed he’d have to go over them with her one at a time. Although, he kept on alert for a contractor on the prowl. Anyone else he wasn’t all that worried about; a simple display of his sister’s power without harming the hyena, or raising his voice to sound aggressive would scare them off.

Shenzi yelped again at the applied force and let out a warning growl. She didn't like to be mishandled by anyone, not even Scar. However she also didn't want to die, so her ears flattened and she accepted defeat. The moment he let go she was SO outta there. Her ear flicked as he spoke, his words making no sense to her at all. She could practically smell his anger and hatred, so she said nothing during his speech.

"Alright... so what does that gotta do with me?" Shenzi said cautiously, "And why'd you go and attack me over that?"

Hei kept her restrained, especially in keeping her head low to the ground and facing away from him. Only he lessened his grip on her head. He would grip hard again if she tried to bite him.

"The Nobodies of Organization Thirteen are responsible for separating you from your Clan, hyena. You are here because it's a game to them, a dark and twisted game. I'm here for the same reason." Hei's eyes coldly stared down at the back of her head. "What's worse; there's a chance they might have trapped some members of another organization. One that Yin and I are running from. The Syndicate is also something of a threat to you. They would find you, press you for information, and then take your life before they'd come after me."

Eventually, he would get around to explaining why he had attacked her, unless she would figure that part out for herself. Right now he wanted her to take in the fact that they had common enemies who were deadly, powerful, and corrupt.

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