Crescent by Luka Lee (black authors fiction TXT) 📕

“Yes Ava?” I asked, and watched her boyfriend and partner Yoon walk up beside her. Yoon was a light water elemental, so his eyes were a very light blue and his hair was white, he was hot and I would date him if it weren’t for the fact he was straight and because of Eli.

“Good luck, We all love you, don’t forget you do have a family here.” Ava told me, I smiled slightly. Really I had never though of Crescent as just another huge family. I just thought of it as that I lived with my co-workers.

“Thank you Ava.” I said and walked back up the stairs then walked into the kitchen where Charlie was setting out the plates as I heard the oven beep. I took a seat and smiled at Charlie.

“So you’re leaving after this?” Charlie asked me, and I nodded simply, “May the gods and goddesses be at your side, my friend and adopted brother.” He gave me a sad smiled then went to go take out the meal.

I sat back in my seat waiting for the meal to be set out on the table. Funny thing is, is that my favorite dinner was pizza and spaghetti served together, but not together, together. Just on the sides of each other. I loved both of them, so why not just have them together?

I smiled at the food when Matt and Charlie sat opposite of me. We prayed then dug in. Charlie was a fabulous cook and fighter. I’ll miss everyone.

But I needed to avenge Elijah Grace.  

I watch as the boy in black exited the building of the Crescent Agency, I frowned wondering why this boy was leaving at this hour. It made me curious, but my curiousness always got the better of me. So I jumped down from the branch that I originally was crouching on. In the moonlight I noticed the boy had dark blue hair and Royal blue eyes, luckily he didn’t see me because I was still in the bushes so that he couldn’t.

I sighed running my hand through my midnight black hair, staring at the boy, who seemed on edge and stressed like he had lost someone very special to him. I narrowed my eyes zooming into what was around his neck that he was playing with nervously. It was two stones, a red sun and a blue teardrop. Fire and water. How odd, I had thought those two elements were in silent war with each other, I guess the rumors were wrong then.  

Unlike someone who was supposedly smart, I stood up and walked up behind him.

“What are you doing out so late kid?” I asked, the boy spun on his heel to look at me. His eyes widened and he backed up.

“I- I uh...” He stuttered looking at the ground, “I uh. uh....”

“Listen it’s late and not safe in this town, so why are you out of your unit boy?” I asked looking at him with my light silver eyes crossing my arms.

“I’m in search of someone, and I was heading to my vehicle.” He told me, then turned and started to walk away again.

“Weren’t you taught not to turn your back on someone?”

“Anyone who kills from behind is a coward, who can’t face someone for real.” The blue eyed boy snapped and kept his walking pace.

“Where exactly are you going kid?” I started walking with him, now more curious as to why he’s really leaving his nice comfortable home that he has been dearly gifted.

“That’s none of your business sir.” He grumbled and kept walking, until we got to an old black rig that was well taken care of, it looked brand new still unlike the others in the junkyard or those that were owned by the low lifes.

“Nice car.” I commented.

“Are you leaving yet?” He glared at me taking out a pair of keys from his pocket. I shrugged.

“Well that’s only if you’re going to tell me who you and what you’re going that it has to be now.” I said flipping my black hair out of my eyes, I was a head taller than the kid, but he was kind of adorable in his own way.

“I’m going to find the person, who killed my boyfriend in cold blood, and I’m David.” He said and shrugged. “There now can you leave?”

“Nope, you’re taking me with you water element.” I smiled and twisted my finger around a piece of his hair.

“No you’re not, if I’m not taking any of my friends with me what makes you think you can come with me?” He demanded to know. I smiled slyly.

“Because dear David, I can help you.” I winked at him, while he just gave me the unmerciful glare, “I’m not leaving until you say yes.”

“Fine.” He growled at me, “But who might I be working with?”

“Malachi Sapphire. I’m a dark elemental.” I told him simply.

“But dark elementals aren’t real they’re just a myth that people tell to scare people,” He said not believing me.

“Dark elementals exist, but we hide.” I shrugged.

“Why?”

“Because we’re rare and people want us for our power.” I told him, and he looked at me for a while and nodded.

“Okay, you are telling the truth. Whatever, get in the car Malachi.”He told me then got in the drivers side and started up the car. It had been  awhile since, I’ve been on a mission. Plus I was very much curious about this boy. He was obviously a dark water elemental. Those are mostly the most powerful out of all the normal elementals, but he didn’t seem to flaunt his power around which I was happy about and it was new.  I liked it too.

I got into the care and noticed that everything in this car was brand new, and was well kept.

“Okay, Malachi. Since you’re coming with me there’s a few rules.” David looked at me with his cold blue eyes.

“Alright what are they?” I smiled.

“One no eating in my car, Two you follow my orders, Three... Just don’t do anything stupid. If you’re going to be my partner in this mission than I want to make sure you don’t die as my other partner did.” He told me, and I nodded in understanding. He was interesting, the way he said it.

“When did this partner of yours die?” I asked him.

“This afternoon, I saw a glimpse of the person just before Eli was killed.” He sighed, and glared out the window.

“Eli that’s his name? By any chance is that Elijah Grace?” I asked him, David snapped his head toward me, and carefully nodded.

“Yes, but how to you know him?” He asked, I paused for a moment. He must not know what Eli was into.

Eli was part of a gang, but not many people knew, who he really was because he kept a mask to cover his identity. He was a great fighter and one of the best. I’ve only come across him once or twice when I was watching the rival gangs fight. What I don’t understand is why he kept that part of his life secret from others.

Then I came across a thought, one of the gangs must’ve murdered him by killing him from the back while David and him were out and about doing something today. Although it wasn’t exactly surprising his head was on the top to be killed by the others.

“I knew him, but it isn’t my place to say how.” I told him, David narrowed his eyes in annoyance then turned away pressing on the gas so that we could get to where we wanted to go.

“Are you telling me that Eli had some sort of secret life?” David asked calmly, which surprised me because most people when someone really close to them dies they normally freak out.

“That’s a possibility, but like I said it’s not my spot to tell you otherwise.” I said simply, looking out the window out of boredom.  I had never liked to ride in cars or anything, maybe that’s why I normally would just go outside and walk for hours on end.

“Why can’t you just tell me?” David asked, clearly annoyed.

“Because, of all things. I don’t think Eli is really dead.” I shrugged.

“And why not?” He huffed, “ Watched him die in front of my own eyes.”

“Of course you did.” I smirked just to annoy him, “ But there is a possibility he might be alive.”

“I’m not going to keep my hopes up because I watched him die.” David said stubbornly, I looked at him. No wonder Eli liked this kid, he was stubborn and slightly irritating like the bastard himself.

Publication Date: 06-09-2014

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