Chapter 5 Lily's Second Encounter? The Monster who can Steal Anything!
Author's Note: I will start updating less frequently soon as I will have to go back to work, but I will try to update whenever I can.
A week had passed since Lily's experience with the Red Shadow's Weakness, ever since that day Lily has gone out four times in the Red Shadow guise, she also managed to find out that the time limit for her power was an 40 minutes before it begins to fall apart but an hour before she winds up completely nude. (After a day the costume will reappear from the book) She hasn't had as close a call since the first day because she always made it home by the time her shoes and gloves fall apart.
"Okay tonight, I'll run around a little bit." She said to herself as she snuck out her window.
The pain had stopped since her body got more used to moving around at the heightened speed, though she hasn't tried fighting since she has just been trying to master the basic speed. (Though using her Shadow Streak would still strain her body) She began to run around once again moving so fast and so silently in the dead of night that she could clear entire streets in an instant.
"Tonight I'll go the usual route. She said to herself.
She ran until eventually she came to a tall building which she began to traverse in seconds, swiftly climbing to the top of it, when she made it up the seven storied building, she stopped as she saw a person standing as if waiting for her.
"Hello." Said the individual.
It looked tall (About 7 foot) wearing a purple suit, with sharp black shoes and a bow tie, the weirdest part however was that it's head was in the shape of a ginger cat's. "Why hello." He stated ever so calmly at the site of Lily. "I've been expecting you."
Lily felt taken aback at this man's look, she had never seen such a thing before and didn't know what to say.
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" He said confidently. "Well never mind, I'm not here to talk, I'm here to take what's mine." A smirk stretched across his face and he put a pair of gloves onto the ends of his long arms.
Lily felt slightly uncomfortable at the site of him but she got into a fighting stance. "Who are you?" She asked cautiously.
"I am Cauldron, Cat Burglar extraordinaire, and you are the Red Shadow." Lily grew surprised at his knowledge.
"How do you know who I am?" She replied.
"Silly girl, we all know who you are, well not you but more your title. Amongst us, you are quite famous." He began to crack his knuckles. "Like you we don our powers in the night and like you we are above human!" He shouted before sprinting at her.
Cauldron begin trying to hit Lily swinging his fist aggressively at her. She dodged each swipe before trying for a flurry of kicks from her right foot only for Cauldron to back away. "That all!" He yelled holding her right boot in his hand. "How pathetic." He smiled.
Lily began to feel aggravated, before dashing at him and going for a flurry of swings, still unsuccessful, he moved behind her and pushed her, she span around and readied herself to fight him before noticing a scrap of red fabric clutched within his hand. She thought for a second and then realised that that scrap came from her back, more specifically the piece covering her ass!
She stood for a minute before her face began to turn red as she moved both her hands to cover her ass. "YOU SICKO!!" She screamed as he smiled.
"You were the one who defeated the Chameleon? How pathetic both of you." He laughed. "I am Cauldron Cat Burglar Extraordinaire, Master Thief who can steal anything." He then turned around. "You aren't even a worthy challenge, come back later peach." He said before disappearing.
Lily tried to see where he had gone but couldn't, then she thought for a minute. "Peach? Isn't that a term for ass? You Pervert!" She yelled before swiftly running to make her way home to get a change of clothes.
Later...
After she made her way back into her home, she began to get changed. Frustration built up inside her chest as she stripped, frustration at not only being unsuccessful in the fight but also at being insulted and humiliated whilst getting defeated. She then heard the doorbell ring.
"At this hour?" She said looking at the clock which just struck 11:30 at night.
She got dressed in her pyjama's and went downstairs before she opened the door and saw a face too familiar for her liking. "Hey!" Said the blonde woman who stood at the door.
"Rose!?" Lily said shocked at her sudden appearance.
"Hey there sis, how's things going!?" She said lifting a carrier full of her stuff. "I'm coming to stay!" Walking into Lily's home.
Little did Lily know that her life was going to get a lot more hectic.
Stay Tuned for next time! "Sisters! Red Shadow's Sidekick!"
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