...for that special...

[Sienna London]

Hearing a muffled gasp erupt from the same spot, Sienna tilted her head and smiled with an angelic innocence. Something about her image and the situation looked unnatural, yet she could handle it just fine.

"I'm in bit of a niggle," She shook her head and sighed. "I wonder if I should either kill this muggle supporter or just let her off with a memory erasing potion. The former will be fine, but the latter means I can utilize her for later."

She turned and leaned on her forearms, peering at the woman who was clearly concious and trying to escape. But the chains on her were very tight and magic restricting. "What do you think, Miss Diablo? You do prefer to be called Miss Diablo, am I right?"


(niggle = Brit speak for 'nagging problem')

[diablo]

Reina nodded her head to the woman's question, but she was thinking about what the woman had said. Kill the mugglelover or use the mugglelover?

"Well, does she have family, because then they would come sniffing around asking questions about her. If she is a loner than killing her would be fine, but then if she truly is a loner then she would be most useful later on."

Reina slowly turned her head to Sienna's and smiled. A smile that would shock anyone who actually believed the girl was innocent and sweet.

"Or you can change her way of thinking. My sister taught me two ways. One is a potion, but she has to drink that every week. It's a hassel. The other is a charm, but that's also slightly difficult, because you have to make sure you are powerful enough so that if anything that might make her think like she did before would be overridden with the spell. Otherwise you have to keep preforming it til your done with the witch."

[Sienna London]

"Ah... So you're more useful than you look," Sienna said without a beat. She still kept her smile. Having twenty-six years of practicing how to look clean and chipper benefitted her in times such as these. "Let's keep her alive. Though I'll just erase her memory, as I do not have time to make a long potion or charm. This spell I have is simple, fast, and quite effective."

Walking around the counter, she bent down to the elderly woman crouching in fear. Clearly she had given up, and just looked at Sienna. But she was very quick and placed a a hankercheif over her eyes. Standing up, she whisked her wand out and brisky stated, "Oblivisci decem hora!"

Putting her wand away and removing the hankerchief from the woman, Sienna whispered to Reina, "Wait for it..." The woman was slow to respond as she looked like she came from a coma and trying to figure why she was in chains.

[diablo]

Reina paused and watched the woman slowly become disoriented. Reina hid a giggle behind her hand and tried to seem inconspicous.

"Is she okay," Reina tried to ask innocently.

[Sienna London]

"Oh goodness, she's come to!" Sienna said with a care in her voice but a lie in her eyes. Kneeling to the the woman, she tried to take the chains off. A deep set of panic came unto the woman as she struggled again. Looking to Reina and to Sienna, she stammered, "W-who a-a-are you?"

Sienna blinked at Reina to go along with the idea. "Sienna London, ma'am. I believe someone attacked you and left you here unconscious."

The lady stared at Sienna blankly, having a hard time putting two and two together. "Ma'am, I-I think I know how to help you," Sienna stood and pointed her wand at the woman. Instantly the woman flinched, but when the spell shot from Sienna's wand, it directly hit the chains and not the person. At once the chains broke lose and disappeared. "Oh Merlin! They weren't supposed to disappear. But at least we freed you."

The woman rubbed her sore arms and looked at the other females. In one second, she gave a grateful hug to Sienna. "Angels! Pure angels," the woman said.

Giving the woman a warm smile, Sienna looked back at Reina, "Come, Reina. We've got to help her up."

[diablo]

Reina looked so concerned she had tears in her eyes as she looked at the older woman.

"Oh, I'm glad we got here in time," Reina's voice trembled a little as she looked around as if making sure they were indeed safe.

Reina nodded to Sienna and went to the woman and helped her stand up. She supported as much weight as she could.

"Are you sure you're okay, maam? How can we help you?"

[Sienna London]

The woman got up with the joint effort of the two. Looking at both of them with hopeful eyes, she asked a few questions of her own. "Was I robbed? I can hardly remember what happened. Is--" She lowered her voice, "--is he still here?"

Brushing the hair out of her eyes, Sienna was pleased that the woman thought it was a man who robbed her. On the surface, she only showed a face of thought and concern, "Reina here was trying to catch him, but he was fast. I'm sorry... I think I took your money."

The woman was in shock as she took in the words. "Wha-What...?"

[diablo]

Did Sienna mean to say I think I took your money? Reina nodded her head enthusiastically. She looked at the woman with wide open eyes.

"I ... I tried my best. I did. He was much much too fast and too strong. I even tried a jinx, but.."

Reina lowered her head in mock shame.

"..I missed. He got away."

[Sienna London]

(typo! I meant 'he'.)
((I'm sorry that I was MIA for a week, I had mid-terms.))

Sienna put a hand on Reina's shoulder and shook her head. "Reina, it's okay. It wasn't your fault." The woman looked on with sympathy and added, "You shouldn't beat yourself up for that, young lady. The both of you helped me so much."

The lady was completely falling for their scheme, and it made it all the easier for Sienna. "Thank you for cooperating and trusting us, Ms..." She waited for the woman to finish her sentence. The woman quickly replied, "Oh! 'Tis Hannigan, Alice Hannigan. My husband ceased about ten years ago."

"Oh my... I'm sorry, Ms. Hannigan. Of what, may I so ask?" Sienna asked patiently and without pressuring her. Alice answered, "A Death Eater, I'm afraid. They... they gave him no mercy." She lowered her head in the same moment that Sienna smirked.

Changing back again to a frown, Sienna said, "Ma'am, I want to help you. I represent an organization that helps those down on their luck because of those ruthless people. I'd like to help you restore any damages to your store," she gave a very warm smile and waited for the woman's reaction.

[diablo]

Reina watched Sienna in action. Reina was really loving this first hands on experience. Usually she just found like minded people and told them mysteriously to join a party, but this ... this was something much better much cooler.

Reina looked at the older woman and gave her an encouraging smile. She nodded in a way that showed Reina was also part of the group and they did want to help her in any way possible.

[Sienna London]

"Oh my!" Alice said in surprise, "You're part of that generous charity? But I mustn't impose, dear..." She rubbed her hands in thought. Sienna lightly put her own soft hands on the woman's weathered ones.

"We shut no one out, Mrs. Hannigan. Seeing that you are in a rough spot, Reina and I will not leave this store until you let us help you. Understand?" She looked to Reina and nodded slowly at her. Secretly, she despised this Good Samaritan part of the job, but she knew her place in the establishment of the Deva.

The woman encased Sienna's hands with hers and held them up as if she glorified Sienna. Sienna's smile widened, which usually meant that she inwardly flinched. "Thank you, Miss London. Thank you, Miss Reina."

[diablo]

Reina tried hard to keep her smile plastered on her face. This was getting too cutesy wootsy for her and if she had to do all that Cross had another thing coming.

"You're very welcome. You should come to our next party/meeting. You can meet everyone and tell your story. It'll help others find that bad bad man who attacked you and also you might be able to help someone else who was in a similar situation as yours. We need to stop people from doing horrible deeds."

Stop people from doing horrible deeds. Hahaha! We're those people. This is too ironic, funny, and just fun. I must remember to thank Sienna for this. HaHaHa. Stop bad people. We should kill her.

Reina had to bite her lips to stop laughing. She was scared she was about to set the old woman off.

[Sienna London]

They had to endure more sappy moment with the woman until she finally let them leave. Sienna's happy facade faded the farther she got away from the store, and she was glad. "You see, Reina," Sienna said as she chucked the homemade brownies that the lady made into the street, "I take my position in the Deva seriously. But I take a different approach. I'm the people's good conscience that tells them to go to the dark side. You get me, Reina? Now you may not have to take my way, but I'm sure that Madame Cross has plans for you, my dear."

[diablo]

Reina nodded totally seeing her way.

"I don't know if I could do your approach. It's so hard. Inwardly I just wanted to scare the crap out of her and bind her to me or somthing. I like your approach it's much more fun, but how do you resist the urge to just ... slap her silly. She was so sickenly sweet and happy."

Reina shook her head at the thought and remembered that she had pledge to thank Sienna for the lesson. She shrugged off the comment about Cross having plans for her. She was sure Cross will tell her soon.

"Oh, thank you very much for showing me that. That was awesome."

[Sienna London]

"No problem, lassie," Sienna said in the Irish accent, but more mocking this time around. "It's years of self-discipline, you could say. Being a polite and nice girl gives you an advantage to lie effectively when needed."

She smiled as she grasped the piece of paper with the lady's information on it. "Sooo easy. Shame it wasn't any harder," she looked onto Reina. She already thought of her as a little sister. This works out perfectly, she thought. "Come. I'll buy you a shake or whatever you teenagers drink these days."