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[Nox]

The night air kept a chill to the air, but Nox didn't feel it with a warm bubble of air around him. His leather jacket was warm but this made it better. The power enhanced the smell of the Red Light District which in any city was a down side, but the enhanced sight made things seem brighter and the darkness not quite so lonely.

Aria was gone. Angry, hurt and probably going to go over the deep end. He would have to kill her. He wasn't sure he could. He couldn't do it for Deigo when he'd hurt his sister, but that was different he hadn't promised. But that was his sister's killer. He was a failure in that. But he hadn't stopped Aria. He'd proded her along her dark path too, using it as necessary and now he was going to have to kill her - he knew it in his heart of hearts.

A blood curdling scream ahead of him brought Nox out of his depressing thoughts. The power brought forth the sounds of a scuffle, whimpering and more screaming. The mouth of the alley approached and Nox would have heard the man sneer, "Shut up bitch. Hold still."

Around the corner in the shadows Nox saw a man, he wasn't very big, and he didn't look like much of anything at all was pinning a woman against the wall. The shadows hid more than he saw but the shapes were shapes and in the darkness his power enhanced sight saw things a little better than normal.

It wasn't hard to weave a net of air and drag the man away from the woman. But Nox approached with a smirk on his face. "Hey buddy! I'm pretty sure no means no."
The power was tight around him, it called for action and that made Nox's smirk grow wider.

The man turned to see him and the look on his face was pure hatred. But Nox was almost certain it wasn't aimed at the woman. It was like a switch flicked. The reaction was soon interrupted by a swift knee to the groin. While he bent over in excruciating pain the woman ran down the alleyway. Nox laughed. "I told you she meant no."