Chapter 17 - Unexpected (1/2)
”See ya Laura. I'll visit sometime tomorrow.” Peter left those words and a brilliant smile as he slowly made his way out the warehouse. Laura frowned as she watched him leave. Peter had been acting weird the whole time today, and he had stayed pretty late.
Laura cast her glance up towards the sky and figured that it was about 11pm. Peter usually left earlier than that. Something wasn't right. Once that though entered her mind she started to worry. Not having had a real friend before, she was still very distrustful of Peter.
She had been thinking about it for a while now, but this was as good a time as any. Getting up quickly and sniffing the air, Laura identified the scent that Peter carried. Something that she inherited in her DNA, she was able to distinguish what people smell like and track their scent. Something extremely useful to the people that use to control her.
Because Peter didn't use any type of deodorant, because he couldn't afford any, she was easily able to pick up his scent. Sometimes deodorant threw her nose off, when many people used the same one.
Silently leaving the warehouse she used her training to scale one of the nearby fire escapes. Getting to the roof and finding the right direction, she set off. Peter had only left a few minutes ago so she caught up quickly. Peering over the side of the building, she kept low and in the shadows as she confirmed that she could see him.
He was walking slowly towards a certain direction. She shadowed him making sure to leave no traces. It wasn't long before he walked into a flower shop. Laura stopped on top of the building just across from the place, deciding to think to herself while she waited.
She had been planning to follow Peter for some time. It was too much of a coincidence that they met and became friends, and she had to make sure 'they' weren't behind this. Maybe it was another one of their sick games, or tests they liked to put her through, she wasn't sure. But after so much time she wanted to make sure.
Maybe they wanted him to get close to her, before they dumped some trigger scent on his body and sent him her way. She didn't want to go through that all over again. She felt her rage start to build as she thought of the last time the trigger scent was used. *Snikt* Laura's claws popped on instinct, but after a while they slowly retracted.
She really hoped her worst fears weren't realized as she waited for Peter to leave the building. Not long after he finally walked out of the shop with a small bundle of flowers. Their scent was overwhelming even from a distance and Laura smiled slightly. It would be easy to track him now.
Shadowing him once again as he left the area, she watched him expertly dodge anybody that was walking on the streets. She tensed every now and then when some thugs or hooligans walked by him, but they didn't do anything.
'Lucky them' Laura thought that quietly as she craved to see the blood of someone who tried. She stopped herself for a second after that thought came and went. That was an unusual reaction. Before she could think about it more, she bounded over to another building and realized they had reached their destination.
They were at a cemetery. Laura's face turned sober as she realized that this trip was personal. Thoughts of her own mother popped to her mind as she realized why he might have been acting weird the whole day. Today was either the death or the birth of someone close.
She watched as he walked towards a set of graves before placing the roses on one of them. Staying there and talking for a while, Laura didn't ease drop on the conversation; she would give him some privacy. Spending a good hour there, he didn't leave until it was 12:30.