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Colors Of The Past: Chapter 2 The Blazing Officer

*inside a bar, late*

Things inside this bar were crazy right now. A couple gangs of hoodlums had taken it over, and they were terrorizing the place in their drunken state. "Please sir, you're spilling wine all over the floor!" A blonde, female bartender said. One of the hoodlums turned to face her. "Shut up! I'll act however I want in this bar!" The hoodlum yelled, pointing a crowbar at her.

During the commotion, the door opened. A man with spiky dark red hair walked in. He wore a crimson leather jacket, dark red gloves, black pants, and crimson boots. He walked up to the counter, ignoring the gang that was inside.

"May I have a drink please?" The man asked. The hoodlums looked at him angrily. "Hey! We own this bar, who said you could come in?!" One of them asked.

"Its a bar right? Means I can come in whenever I want if its open." The man said. "Smart mouthed bastard!" The hoodlum with the crowbar yelled, swinging it at the man. The man caught the crowbar and punched the hoodlum into a seat. He then dented the crowbar.

"Anyone else?" The man asked. One of the hoodlums took out a knife. "You attack one of us man, we take you down!" The gang member yelled, stabbing at the man wildly. The man caught the knife in between his fingers and ripped out the point, and bonked the hoodlum in the nose with the butt of the handle, calmly dropping what used to be a knife to the floor.

"Now, may I have my drink in peace?" The man asked. The other hoodlums attacked him. In seconds, they all lie in a heap outside the bar. The bartender looked at the man as if he was an alien.

"How did you...." The bartender began. "Secret." The man said. "Let's just say I've been trained to fight thugs." The man said, holding up a police badge and grinning. "By the way, what's your name?" The man asked the bartender. "Its Veronica....." The bartender said.

"Veronica? Nice name. By the way, if your having problems with these thugs again, call me." The man said, handing Veronica a card. "You're serious?" Veronica asked. "Completely." The man said, turning to walk out of the bar.

"Wait!" Veronica called after him. "What is it?" The man asked, turning around. "Before you go, I have to learn your name." Veronica asked. "Crimson." The man said, pushing the doors in front of him and leaving. Veronica walked back into the kitchen to pick up a few towels to clean up with.

"Are they gone?" One of her managers asked. "Now they are." Veronica said, thinking about how Crimson had beat them all up without even trying. A little later and she would be daydreaming....

"Um....Veronica? What are you smiling about?" Her manager asked. Veronica snapped out of her daydream and blushed. "Nothing." Veronica said.

*the next day*

Crimson walked inside of a large building. "Oh hey Crimson." One of the police officers inside said. "Yo." Crimson said. "You hear that one of the police squads got murdered last night?" The policeman said. Crimson's facial expression changed from relaxed to serious. "What happened?" Crimson asked.

"They were sent to investigate this strange train system that several people have vanished on. The train seems to appear at random times through out the night, and no one knows where it drives too, or where stops. Even more mysterious is that there are no records for it in any subway systems." The policeman said.

"Where is this train exactly?" Crimson said. "Its about two miles from this bar. But I really don't think you should investigate on your own. I mean, its dangerous....." The policeman muttered. "I'll take care of this. Trust me." Crimson said, turning around and walking off. A case like this wasn't ordinary.

"Things are gonna be rough if they come back." Crimson said to himself as he got on his motorcycle and sped through the city.

*meanwhile*

Veronica was running for her life. Those thugs from last night had come back. They had tried to attack her, and without any means to defend herself, she ran. However, she wasn't exactly the most athletic girl, and she was definitely tired from running for so long. She had to have ran at least a mile or more.

She wanted to stop, but she could still hear yelling behind her. Those thugs were relentless. Veronica herself was dog tired and out of breath, not having the energy to keep running for much longer. She looked behind her and saw the thugs beginning to catch up. It would be certain death if she let them.

Staggering ahead, she saw a train stop in front of her. Its door opened. Gratefully she ran inside. The train began moving forward incredibly fast, moving across the city. Veronica looked down from a window. The view up there was amazing. With all the buildings and such. But she noticed there were no people on this train. " Why is that? " Veronica thought.

A few seconds later, humanoid creatures in black suits wearing white and black masks with clawed hands in a black gloves moved towards her. At the front of them was a tall man with spiky white hair wearing a long black cloak, black gloves and white shoes. "Welcome." The man said. Veronica looked at him and the other creatures in horror. "Stay away from me!" Veronica screamed as the creatures moved towards her.

*meanwhile*

Crimson walked into Veronica's bar to find no one there. "What happened here?" Crimson asked. He found those thugs from the other day outside. He approached them. The leader turned around and saw him, and a smug expression crossed his face. "What did you do?!" Crimson asked.

"Why should I tell you? You don't need to know." The leader said. Crimson grabbed his collar and slammed his against the wall, small cracks forming. "You have ten seconds." Crimson said. The leader's facial expression radiated fear. "Okay okay! We came back today and we wanted to get some revenge on her. We weren't going to kill her or anything, just ruff her up a small bit. And she got on this train and left. That's all man, I swear!" The leader said.

Crimson dropped the leader on the floor. "Which way was that train going?" Crimson asked. "L-like a mile east of here." The leader said. Crimson walked off, leaving them.

*on the train*

Veronica turned and ran from the creatures, tripping and falling. She crawled towards a train door and opened it, only to be thrown back by the speed of the train. The creatures continued to approach her. She didn't even have the energy to scream as she awaited her end.

Just then, one of the train's doors shot from is hinges and hit two of the Masked so hard both flew out of the train. Veronica looked up and saw Crimson in front of her. "B-but how did you get up here?" Veronica asked. Crimson turned to face her. "I'll explain all that later. Right now, just stay behind me." Crimson said.

"So you're like us...." The white haired man said. "Shut up. Its my goal to destroy creatures like you." Crimson said. "You're a Kaijin too Crimson. Don't act so high and mighty." The white haired man said. "I told you to shut up!" Crimson yelled, running towards the man and throwing a punch at him. The man dodged and threw Crimson into a door, launching a flying kick at him that Crimson countered by kicking him in the chest.

The man back flipped and landed on his feet, but Crimson was already upon him, elbowing him in the face and following with an uppercut. The man backed away and shook his head. "I underestimated you." The man said. Crimson was about to charge at him again, but the man tore a door off its hinges and slammed him with it, sending Crimson flying into a pole.

Crimson tried to get back up, but the man began to punch him in the face rapidly. He grabbed the man's fist and tried to hit back, but the man countered with a painful kick to the face that sent Crimson flying out of the train, but to avoid falling Crimson swung from one of the structures surrounding the train and jumped back in and kneed the man in the chest, which sent him flying into the seat so hard he rebounded and crashed through the window, screaming as he fell.

Crimson walked back to Veronica, who looked scared and in awe at the same time. "You okay?" Crimson asked. "I-I think...." Veronica said. "Good. Let's get out of here." Crimson said, looking at city below them. Just then, there was an explosion in the room and the train jarred violently.

Veronica screamed, but she opened her eyes to see Crimson had shielded her from the explosion and its flames, unscathed. "Looks like he's back." Crimson said. A tall humanoid wolf like creature with black fur walked towards them. Its body seemed to had fused with pieces of black armor, so most of it looked organic save for the gauntlets on its hands, a remnant piece of a wolf like helmet, and slight chest armor.

"W-what is that?!" Veronica asked fearfully. The creature appeared in front Crimson in a millisecond and punched him in the torso, which made him drop to one of his knees. He swept the creature off its feet and punched it, but it flipped onto its feet and grabbed his fist. It then thrust its claws at him at deadly speed.

Veronica screamed and closed her eyes, not wanting to see Crimson's death. But rather than the sound of impalement, she heard a clang. She opened her eyes to find a figure wearing crimson colored knights armor and a helm that resembled a dragon head that also covered its mouth. The creature's claws had struck the armor, and the figure was perfectly fine.

The creature looked at the figure with surprise at kicked the figure straight through several train cars with ease. The figure then looked at Veronica. "Crimson?..." Veronica asked. The figure nodded and picked her up, hopping on to the roof of the train. "Forgive me after you wake up." Crimson said, knocking Veronica out and throwing her extremely high into the air.

He back flipped as the creature he had been fighting with earlier tore through the roof. "So you are a Kaijin." The creature said. "It took you that long to figure it out?" Crimson asked. The creature laughed. "Mere curiosity. I don't care if you're one of us. You shall still die by the hands of me, the Wolf Kaijin!" The creature yelled, charging at Crimson at high speed.

Crimson took its slash head on, smirking. He kicked The Wolf Kaijin in front of the train and ran after it, but the Wolf Kaijin kicked him towards the train. Crimson kicked the train and jumped off it, tackling the Wolf Kaijin too the floor and punching it in the face. He then picked it up and threw it at the moving train so hard that it stopped dead in its tracks, the Wolf Kaijin punching through the front of the train.

Crimson laughed. That had actually looked pretty funny. But he stayed on his guard. Kaijin happened to be incredibly resilient beasts, and something such as being thrown into a moving train would annoy it rather than hurt it. He then heard the groaning sound of metal, and the Wolf Kaijin threw a train car at him, which Crimson caught. But the Wolf Kaijin punched it, its fist going clean through the metal and hitting Crimson's face.

The train car dropped with a loud thud as Crimson was sent flying into a building. He got up and looked to see Veronica getting closer to the ground. "I have to end this quickly!" Crimson said. He unsheathed a crimson blade, fire dancing on its edges. He then jumped from the building onto the railway and ran towards the Wolf Kaijin, slashing it with his sword.

The Wolf Kaijin screamed in pain and tried to slash him with its claws, but Crimson grabbed its arm and bent it painfully, nearly snapping its bones. It grunted and slashed his face, but the attack didn't even scratch his helmet as simple sparks flew off. Crimson threw the Wolf Kaijin onto the roof of the train with the intent to finish it, but the Kaijin howled as a strange energy enveloped the train, its lights humming to life.

"You are exceptionally strong. I almost died in this battle. But it ends now!" The Wolf Kaijin yelled. The train began moving at mach speeds, the Kaijin's laughter being carried on the wind. Crimson saw Veronica fall past the train. He had to end this now.

A fiery aura rose from his body as his sword was covered in flames. The eye sockets on his helmet began glowing red. He braced himself, then after letting out a dragon like roar, he sprinted towards the train at high speed, a dragon of fire coming off of him like a trail.

The Wolf Kaijin looked at him in alarm. "No! I have to stop this thing!" It screamed in fear. But it wasn't fast enough. Crimson's sword collided with the train and slashed straight through it, flames exploding it. The Wolf Kaijin tried to escape, but Crimson caught up to it and cut slashed it in half, the Kaijin exploding with the rest of the train. He then jumped off the railway and caught Veronica, landing several stories below in a parking lot.

Crimson changed back to his normal form and carried Veronica back to her bar. Soon, Veronica began to stir. "Crimson?...where are we?" Veronica asked. "We're back in your bar." Crimson said. "I remember being on the train....and then you turned into that knight and protected me from that thing...." Veronica muttered.

"You've saved me so many times now. How could I repay you?" Veronica asked. "You don't need too Veronica. By the way, you have any lemonade?" Crimson asked. Veronica went behind the counter and gave him a glass, which he happily drank. He then stood up.

"See you again sometime I guess." Crimson said. "Wait! Before you go...." Veronica said, giving Crimson a small kiss on the cheek. She blushed. "I kind of....got a crush on you on the day you came in......and since you saved me so many times I figured it was the least I could do to repay you...." Veronica said.

"I'll take that. Well then, see you later." Crimson said, walking out of the bar. He felt something watching him though. He looked on one of the buildings and saw a tall boy with spiky black hair wearing a black fedora, a black overcoat, black pants, gloves, and boots wearing a red scarf that was blowing in the wind.

Crimson sensed an inhuman quality about the boy, and jumped onto the building across from him. "Who do you think you are?" Crimson asked, scowling. "I saw your fight with the Kaijin on the train. I didn't do anything since you obviously could handle it. However, know this. Don't get in my way." Black said. "I'm an officer. I'm supposed to protect people, regardless if my enemies are Kaijin." Crimson said.

"I could care less about your job of protecting others. Don't get the wrong picture. Just because we both aim to destroy Kaijin doesn't mean we're working together. If you interfere with me I'll destroy you as well." Black said. "I'm more than likely always going to interfere with your fights considering the fact that those Kaijin will cause extraordinary destruction." Crimson said.

"As you wish. But know you're putting yourself in danger doing so." Black said, jumping away and vanishing into the night.

"You don't know the half of it, buddy." Crimson muttered, walking off.

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Colors Of The Past: Chapter 2 The Blazing Officer

*inside a bar, late*

Things inside this bar were crazy right now. A couple gangs of hoodlums had taken it over, and they were terrorizing the place in their drunken state. "Please sir, you're spilling wine all over the floor!" A blonde, female bartender said. One of the hoodlums turned to face her. "Shut up! I'll act however I want in this bar!" The hoodlum yelled, pointing a crowbar at her.

During the commotion, the door opened. A man with spiky dark red hair walked in. He wore a crimson leather jacket, dark red gloves, black pants, and crimson boots. He walked up to the counter, ignoring the gang that was inside.

"May I have a drink please?" The man asked. The hoodlums looked at him angrily. "Hey! We own this bar, who said you could come in?!" One of them asked.

"Its a bar right? Means I can come in whenever I want if its open." The man said. "Smart mouthed bastard!" The hoodlum with the crowbar yelled, swinging it at the man. The man caught the crowbar and punched the hoodlum into a seat. He then dented the crowbar.

"Anyone else?" The man asked. One of the hoodlums took out a knife. "You attack one of us man, we take you down!" The gang member yelled, stabbing at the man wildly. The man caught the knife in between his fingers and ripped out the point, and bonked the hoodlum in the nose with the butt of the handle, calmly dropping what used to be a knife to the floor.

"Now, may I have my drink in peace?" The man asked. The other hoodlums attacked him. In seconds, they all lie in a heap outside the bar. The bartender looked at the man as if he was an alien.

"How did you...." The bartender began. "Secret." The man said. "Let's just say I've been trained to fight thugs." The man said, holding up a police badge and grinning. "By the way, what's your name?" The man asked the bartender. "Its Veronica....." The bartender said.

"Veronica? Nice name. By the way, if your having problems with these thugs again, call me." The man said, handing Veronica a card. "You're serious?" Veronica asked. "Completely." The man said, turning to walk out of the bar.

"Wait!" Veronica called after him. "What is it?" The man asked, turning around. "Before you go, I have to learn your name." Veronica asked. "Crimson." The man said, pushing the doors in front of him and leaving. Veronica walked back into the kitchen to pick up a few towels to clean up with.

"Are they gone?" One of her managers asked. "Now they are." Veronica said, thinking about how Crimson had beat them all up without even trying. A little later and she would be daydreaming....

"Um....Veronica? What are you smiling about?" Her manager asked. Veronica snapped out of her daydream and blushed. "Nothing." Veronica said.

*the next day*

Crimson walked inside of a large building. "Oh hey Crimson." One of the police officers inside said. "Yo." Crimson said. "You hear that one of the police squads got murdered last night?" The policeman said. Crimson's facial expression changed from relaxed to serious. "What happened?" Crimson asked.

"They were sent to investigate this strange train system that several people have vanished on. The train seems to appear at random times through out the night, and no one knows where it drives too, or where stops. Even more mysterious is that there are no records for it in any subway systems." The policeman said.

"Where is this train exactly?" Crimson said. "Its about two miles from this bar. But I really don't think you should investigate on your own. I mean, its dangerous....." The policeman muttered. "I'll take care of this. Trust me." Crimson said, turning around and walking off. A case like this wasn't ordinary.

"Things are gonna be rough if they come back." Crimson said to himself as he got on his motorcycle and sped through the city.

*meanwhile*

Veronica was running for her life. Those thugs from last night had come back. They had tried to attack her, and without any means to defend herself, she ran. However, she wasn't exactly the most athletic girl, and she was definitely tired from running for so long. She had to have ran at least a mile or more.

She wanted to stop, but she could still hear yelling behind her. Those thugs were relentless. Veronica herself was dog tired and out of breath, not having the energy to keep running for much longer. She looked behind her and saw the thugs beginning to catch up. It would be certain death if she let them.

Staggering ahead, she saw a train stop in front of her. Its door opened. Gratefully she ran inside. The train began moving forward incredibly fast, moving across the city. Veronica looked down from a window. The view up there was amazing. With all the buildings and such. But she noticed there were no people on this train. " Why is that? " Veronica thought.

A few seconds later, humanoid creatures in black suits wearing white and black masks with clawed hands in a black gloves moved towards her. At the front of them was a tall man with spiky white hair wearing a long black cloak, black gloves and white shoes. "Welcome." The man said. Veronica looked at him and the other creatures in horror. "Stay away from me!" Veronica screamed as the creatures moved towards her.

*meanwhile*

Crimson walked into Veronica's bar to find no one there. "What happened here?" Crimson asked. He found those thugs from the other day outside. He approached them. The leader turned around and saw him, and a smug expression crossed his face. "What did you do?!" Crimson asked.

"Why should I tell you? You don't need to know." The leader said. Crimson grabbed his collar and slammed his against the wall, small cracks forming. "You have ten seconds." Crimson said. The leader's facial expression radiated fear. "Okay okay! We came back today and we wanted to get some revenge on her. We weren't going to kill her or anything, just ruff her up a small bit. And she got on this train and left. That's all man, I swear!" The leader said.

Crimson dropped the leader on the floor. "Which way was that train going?" Crimson asked. "L-like a mile east of here." The leader said. Crimson walked off, leaving them.

*on the train*

Veronica turned and ran from the creatures, tripping and falling. She crawled towards a train door and opened it, only to be thrown back by the speed of the train. The creatures continued to approach her. She didn't even have the energy to scream as she awaited her end.

Just then, one of the train's doors shot from is hinges and hit two of the Masked so hard both flew out of the train. Veronica looked up and saw Crimson in front of her. "B-but how did you get up here?" Veronica asked. Crimson turned to face her. "I'll explain all that later. Right now, just stay behind me." Crimson said.

"So you're like us...." The white haired man said. "Shut up. Its my goal to destroy creatures like you." Crimson said. "You're a Kaijin too Crimson. Don't act so high and mighty." The white haired man said. "I told you to shut up!" Crimson yelled, running towards the man and throwing a punch at him. The man dodged and threw Crimson into a door, launching a flying kick at him that Crimson countered by kicking him in the chest.

The man back flipped and landed on his feet, but Crimson was already upon him, elbowing him in the face and following with an uppercut. The man backed away and shook his head. "I underestimated you." The man said. Crimson was about to charge at him again, but the man tore a door off its hinges and slammed him with it, sending Crimson flying into a pole.

Crimson tried to get back up, but the man began to punch him in the face rapidly. He grabbed the man's fist and tried to hit back, but the man countered with a painful kick to the face that sent Crimson flying out of the train, but to avoid falling Crimson swung from one of the structures surrounding the train and jumped back in and kneed the man in the chest, which sent him flying into the seat so hard he rebounded and crashed through the window, screaming as he fell.

Crimson walked back to Veronica, who looked scared and in awe at the same time. "You okay?" Crimson asked. "I-I think...." Veronica said. "Good. Let's get out of here." Crimson said, looking at city below them. Just then, there was an explosion in the room and the train jarred violently.

Veronica screamed, but she opened her eyes to see Crimson had shielded her from the explosion and its flames, unscathed. "Looks like he's back." Crimson said. A tall humanoid wolf like creature with black fur walked towards them. Its body seemed to had fused with pieces of black armor, so most of it looked organic save for the gauntlets on its hands, a remnant piece of a wolf like helmet, and slight chest armor.

"W-what is that?!" Veronica asked fearfully. The creature appeared in front Crimson in a millisecond and punched him in the torso, which made him drop to one of his knees. He swept the creature off its feet and punched it, but it flipped onto its feet and grabbed his fist. It then thrust its claws at him at deadly speed.

Veronica screamed and closed her eyes, not wanting to see Crimson's death. But rather than the sound of impalement, she heard a clang. She opened her eyes to find a figure wearing crimson colored knights armor and a helm that resembled a dragon head that also covered its mouth. The creature's claws had struck the armor, and the figure was perfectly fine.

The creature looked at the figure with surprise at kicked the figure straight through several train cars with ease. The figure then looked at Veronica. "Crimson?..." Veronica asked. The figure nodded and picked her up, hopping on to the roof of the train. "Forgive me after you wake up." Crimson said, knocking Veronica out and throwing her extremely high into the air.

He back flipped as the creature he had been fighting with earlier tore through the roof. "So you are a Kaijin." The creature said. "It took you that long to figure it out?" Crimson asked. The creature laughed. "Mere curiosity. I don't care if you're one of us. You shall still die by the hands of me, the Wolf Kaijin!" The creature yelled, charging at Crimson at high speed.

Crimson took its slash head on, smirking. He kicked The Wolf Kaijin in front of the train and ran after it, but the Wolf Kaijin kicked him towards the train. Crimson kicked the train and jumped off it, tackling the Wolf Kaijin too the floor and punching it in the face. He then picked it up and threw it at the moving train so hard that it stopped dead in its tracks, the Wolf Kaijin punching through the front of the train.

Crimson laughed. That had actually looked pretty funny. But he stayed on his guard. Kaijin happened to be incredibly resilient beasts, and something such as being thrown into a moving train would annoy it rather than hurt it. He then heard the groaning sound of metal, and the Wolf Kaijin threw a train car at him, which Crimson caught. But the Wolf Kaijin punched it, its fist going clean through the metal and hitting Crimson's face.

The train car dropped with a loud thud as Crimson was sent flying into a building. He got up and looked to see Veronica getting closer to the ground. "I have to end this quickly!" Crimson said. He unsheathed a crimson blade, fire dancing on its edges. He then jumped from the building onto the railway and ran towards the Wolf Kaijin, slashing it with his sword.

The Wolf Kaijin screamed in pain and tried to slash him with its claws, but Crimson grabbed its arm and bent it painfully, nearly snapping its bones. It grunted and slashed his face, but the attack didn't even scratch his helmet as simple sparks flew off. Crimson threw the Wolf Kaijin onto the roof of the train with the intent to finish it, but the Kaijin howled as a strange energy enveloped the train, its lights humming to life.

"You are exceptionally strong. I almost died in this battle. But it ends now!" The Wolf Kaijin yelled. The train began moving at mach speeds, the Kaijin's laughter being carried on the wind. Crimson saw Veronica fall past the train. He had to end this now.

A fiery aura rose from his body as his sword was covered in flames. The eye sockets on his helmet began glowing red. He braced himself, then after letting out a dragon like roar, he sprinted towards the train at high speed, a dragon of fire coming off of him like a trail.

The Wolf Kaijin looked at him in alarm. "No! I have to stop this thing!" It screamed in fear. But it wasn't fast enough. Crimson's sword collided with the train and slashed straight through it, flames exploding it. The Wolf Kaijin tried to escape, but Crimson caught up to it and cut slashed it in half, the Kaijin exploding with the rest of the train. He then jumped off the railway and caught Veronica, landing several stories below in a parking lot.

Crimson changed back to his normal form and carried Veronica back to her bar. Soon, Veronica began to stir. "Crimson?...where are we?" Veronica asked. "We're back in your bar." Crimson said. "I remember being on the train....and then you turned into that knight and protected me from that thing...." Veronica muttered.

"You've saved me so many times now. How could I repay you?" Veronica asked. "You don't need too Veronica. By the way, you have any lemonade?" Crimson asked. Veronica went behind the counter and gave him a glass, which he happily drank. He then stood up.

"See you again sometime I guess." Crimson said. "Wait! Before you go...." Veronica said, giving Crimson a small kiss on the cheek. She blushed. "I kind of....got a crush on you on the day you came in......and since you saved me so many times I figured it was the least I could do to repay you...." Veronica said.

"I'll take that. Well then, see you later." Crimson said, walking out of the bar. He felt something watching him though. He looked on one of the buildings and saw a tall boy with spiky black hair wearing a black fedora, a black overcoat, black pants, gloves, and boots wearing a red scarf that was blowing in the wind.

Crimson sensed an inhuman quality about the boy, and jumped onto the building across from him. "Who do you think you are?" Crimson asked, scowling. "I saw your fight with the Kaijin on the train. I didn't do anything since you obviously could handle it. However, know this. Don't get in my way." Black said. "I'm an officer. I'm supposed to protect people, regardless if my enemies are Kaijin." Crimson said.

"I could care less about your job of protecting others. Don't get the wrong picture. Just because we both aim to destroy Kaijin doesn't mean we're working together. If you interfere with me I'll destroy you as well." Black said. "I'm more than likely always going to interfere with your fights considering the fact that those Kaijin will cause extraordinary destruction." Crimson said.

"As you wish. But know you're putting yourself in danger doing so." Black said, jumping away and vanishing into the night.

"You don't know the half of it, buddy." Crimson muttered, walking off.