Ghosts of Utopia

It was a bad thing to freeze when danger was ready to strike upon on you. It was a bad trait for a tief in general and Kaz usually got away with what he did, when he was confronted with his crimes. But not this time. Because this didn't feel like a crime, this felt like someone stabbed him right in his chest and twisted his leg and tortured him. It already felt like he had been caught and that this jailcell wasn't a lock he could easily pick.

He was somewhat grateful that Aella had stopped running and let go of his hand and he immediately wiped it on his coat, as if she bore some dangerous, uncureable disease. The fact that she suddenly started to throw sticks at the creature, let him to believe that she might have gone insane. ''What the fuck are you doing!'' He said in a hushed tone and clenched teeth, looking worringly from her and the monster, who now had his attention drawn to Aella. What she asked of him was not something he could fulfill. Had she forgotten? The monsters, he accidentally had summoned in the past had vanished too after a while, so couldn't they just keep on running until it would disappear? ''I don't know how.'' He admitted. To be fair, Kaz had never been great with emotions, and since this was a direct result of that, it was hard to think of an outcome where he would save the day.

There would be a day that everything in his life would go right. But that obviously wasn't today. With a panicked look he switched bwtween looking at Aella and the demon, trying to figure out what to do. This was bad, this was very bad. Kaz thought he had more time, that he could find a way to solve the problem of his summonings, but apparently someone like Aella could already tip him over the edge. Which was not the best thing in the world. He hadn't seen her powers in action a lot and it had been years since he'd seen her again, so watching her ripping off a branch from a tree was.. impressive. If the situation wasn't so dire, he would actually applaud her. Because she was the only one of them both that was actually doing, or trying, something and was looking for a way to solve his problem.
”You’re too weak. Do you think I haven’t noticed? If you weren’t able to bring Kruge back, then how was I supposed to rely on you?” Kaz' head snapped back to her, an offended look replaced his confused one. ''Excuse me?'' He started with a growl, his hand cleanching his cane. Did she dare start this now when they were facing this.. hellspawn? ”This is your fault, like always. You always had your way to mess things up. How do you think I left you there bleeding on the streets? Because I just couldn’t stand the fact to marry a fucking coward like you!” Kaz set a step towards her, anger boiling up inside him. He was no coward, he never had been and she had no right to call him that. It was her who left him to die, she went with her tail between her legs. That hadn't been because of his actions, she had all done it herself.

It were her last words that made him cross over the edge again. How easy you could push his buttons. He held up his arm with his cane, his eyes full of fury, ready to just hit her where he could. How easy it was for her to anger him. ''You worthless piece of--''
The next thing he knew, everything turned black and a sharp pain hit him at the back of his head. When he managed to open his eyes again he found himself slumped against a tree, his cane out of his reach, Aella meters away from him. Confusion was first, hadn't he just been standing there, right in front of her? Kaz narrowed his eyes, trying to crawl up. He felt blood slipping down his neck and realized he most likely hit a branch. ''And the point of all that was exactly what?'' Kaz managed to say with a grumble, knowing that this headache wouldn't get away any time soon. The man managed to get back on his feet, leaning heavily on his cane as he felt his leg took a lot of damage as well. His eyes scanned the area and the realisation hit him. ''Ah. Like that.'' He mumbled with a frown, while cleaning some of the dust off of his coat. The demon was gone, somehow, he'd managed, or maybe she had, to sent it back. Well, that was one problem less, right?

He hadn't fully realised what had happened yet. A rush of adrenaline was still flowing thorugh his veins, but his anger had vanished in thin air.
All that was left was confusion and pain. A lot of pain. It wasn't only his leg that was aching now, he could feel there was something wrong with his ribs as well, and his head was everything but calm. A gloved hand went to the back of his head and for a short few seconds he started at the blood. His eyes flashed to Aella, knowing full well what she had done, but Kaz decied to keep his mouth shut. She fixed it, he had no right to complain or hate her for what she had done, no matter how much he wanted to.
A very simple conversation indeed. Kaz hated himself for getting over the edge so easily, how easily she could pull his strings. It had been years, why was he still like this? Maybe her telekinetic powers weren't the only ones she posessed. He put his problems with someone else again, how nice of him. Kaz frowned still confused and trying to assess the situation. ''You do that, I'll make sure we never cross paths again.'' He replied in the same manner. Nothing had happened, this meeting hadn't taken place and everything was fine. Nothing was fine. But who gave a shit. ''It was so nice to meet you.'' Kaz continued with a slight, sarcastic bow. His eyes met hers, the same cold and distant look in them like always ''Let's never meet again.'' He waited for her to move, because he had to admit, he had no idea where he was.