Of Threats of Death (Axel)

What was I doing today, what purpose was there to this day. Each day had a purpose to fulfill, so what would be todays? The problem there in lay in the fact I had nothing to do today, my usual job as a teacher and tutor wasn't exactly lucrative right now. The snow had made traveling difficult, and since I worked so far away they had called one of the teachers that lived closer to the school to fill my spot. It was mildly annoying that I didn't have any way of getting any money, I mean I had to survive and to survive I needed money, and without a job I had no money.

I wandered the streets lost in thought, the usual greetings lost upon my ears as I wondered what I would do to get a decent meal on my table this evening. What could I possibly do, run errands do a few odd jobs, it was to late to even attempt to do that. The sun was already sinking behind the trees that surrounded the district signaling the end of another day. So far it had been so uneventful though, not a single person to aid or assist, and I hadn't even seen Liam and his daughter today. Since that first day that I had met him he had been on my mind, his beautiful daughter and the look on his face when I returned his daughter to him. That marked yesterdays good deed, returning a lost child to their parent, and meeting a very nice man.

Just when I was about to give up and turn in for the day I saw two girls running along the street. One looked afraid and the other looked full of rage and hate. This was never a good combination, a recipe for disaster infact, when two people ran in a situation similar to that one it resulted in either loss of life or some sense of pain. They began to fade from my vision, and I came to a decision that this was what I was meant to do today. I broke into a run following close behind the girl, but maintaning a safe enough distance behind that I didn't alert them to my presence. To add to the already haunting setting of the chase I realized that it had begun to rain. I looked up into the sky and gave a silent prayer that it would hold back some of its ferocity until this whole mess was sorted through.

Lowering my gaze back to the girl I was pursuing I realized she came to a halt in the middle of the clearing, slowing my own pace I walked tentatively towards her. Her back remained turned to me and I gently put my hand on her shoulder in an attempt to not startle her. "Excuse me, is everything okay, I couldn't help but take notice of you and whoever it was you were chasing. You don't look so good, please tell me what's wrong and I'll try to help you."

Apparently the girl was aware of my presence before I had even begun to speak because she was already turning around before my voice echoed around us. Her responce to my questions was less than convincing though, a simple "I'm alright" just wasn't going to work for me. To many times had I heard that answer and found out later that things were about as far away from alright as things could get. Did she take me for a fool, I wasn't born yesterday, I knew when trouble was brewing and there was definitely trouble on it's way here. I mean the girl was holding an axe and looked like she was about to go all bloody murder on someone, how in the world could she possibly think that I would be convinced things were "alright".

Than I got a more satisfactory answer from her when she said that there was an accident. It was more satisfactory than things were alright, because I wasn't buying that. It wasn't until she told me her name that, Eponine Esteller that I realized "an accident' didn't begin to describe what went on in that family. It was amazing any of them were alive in all honesty, they were a disfuntional family, and that was being nice. I could only guess that another problem had come up between them that caused Eponine to go berserk or something. Whether Eponine liked it or not I was involved in this afair and I was intent on making sure that no one would be suffering at the expense of a lost temper or something.

"Well, my name is Angel Leviair, and I'm going to help you with whatever it is you're dealing with. I'm not really going to give you any option here because I have the feeling that there is more to this story than you're telling me. I'm going to be helping you and that's that. Now tell me the truth, what is it that you're going through here and maybe I can help. I've dealt with alot of different kinds of people and problems so my knowledge might come in handy." People always tended to underestimate my tenacity and stubborn nature, once I felt the need to be involved there was no way to get me out of it.