The Apprentice (For Fenrir13)

[Sassy_World900]

It's a cool spring night. The skies are clear but you still wouldn't be able to see the stars for the glowing lights of the city hid them away. On the west side, known for there the low life live and crime seems to happen every second. On a rooftop of an old boarding house, there was a girl. She was in her mid teens. She had messy mid length black hair with streaks of red. Piercings on ears, both on the lobe and the tip and one on her left eyebrow. Having deep blue eyes. Wearing a black rockband shirt that exposes her shoulder and the strips of the blue tank she wore under it. She wore black tight jeans with the knees ripped and black combat boots.


Right now she had a bow in hand and was aiming the arrow at a dummy with a target on it's chest. With a deep breath she pulls back and lets it sore, though she misses her target. "Crap!" she growls. She's been at this for over an hour and was getting no where fast.



Avril lets out a sigh and sets the boy down for a moment. Grabbing a bottle of water and chucks it down.

[Fenrir13]

"Nice going, brat.", said a masculine voice and punched the girl on her arm. It was her father, who wore a matching biker get up and had a red, viking style beard. He looked more like a thug than a high ranking John Wick style assassin, but despite his flashy, class lacking outfit his reputation was fierce in the underworld. "You suck at this, let me try.", he grumbled and took a crossbow that lay on the ground next to some other projectile weapons. He fired and hit bullseye. "There, that wasn´t so hard.", he said, in a slightly warmer voice. Alltough he was a bit rough he could be affectionate in his own way."I am going to get some beer, don´t do anything I wouldn´t do while I am gone.", her father, whose name was Kyle, said.

[Sassy_World900]

She grunts as he punches her in the arm. Looking at him with a glare and a pout. Telling her she sucked at the bow. "Well who uses bows in this day and age? W have things called guns now." she said in a sarcastic manner. She couldn't believe that she shares the same DNA with this chump.


Avril watches as he gets a bullseye. In a nicer tone he tells her it wasn't that hard. "Easy for you to say. You were there when they made the first bow." she quietly mumbles under her breath. After catching her breath, he tells her he was getting a beer and not get into trouble. "When do I ever?" she asked with a smirk on her face. The better question it when doesn't cause any trouble.


As soon as he left, she went back to using the bow, it took a few more tries, but soon gets a bullseye herself. "Take that old man." she said. Just then she heard a sound coming from down below and looks. She sees a of punks walk into an alley. Nothing new there. They were spray painting the wall, again nothing new. But then she sees something and that made her go down the fire escape and start a brawl with the punks.


Now while she is not good with the bow, she is good with her fists. She was quick and nimble. Dueling out blows left and right. Even giving a few good upper cuts. Now why was she doing this? Because not only were they spray painting the walls, but a cat. While she has no feelings for the building. All of them around here had them, she will not stand by and let them hurt a harmless animal that wasn't doing anything.

[Fenrir13]

"Yeah, but the bow doesn´t make as much noise.", he said with a toothy grin, amused by her protest. He ignored her comment as he went of the get a couple of cans of beer at the store, not noticing the brawl at first. But when he got back something felt off. "You didn´t do anything while I was gone, right? Just kept practicing like a god lil brat, right? Right??", he questioned her with a sceptical expression, putting the cans in the fridge. Sadly they always needed a little until they were cold enough. Ice cold.

[Sassy_World900]

By the time that he came back. She had drove away the punks. Cleaned the cat as best as she could and took it to a nearby shelter. Telling them what happened and that she did her best to help it. When she got back to their place. She went to the bathroom and looked herself over. She was a little battered but you should of seen the other guys. Still she put on some band-aids on some of the scrapes and covered some bruises with make-up.


When Kyle returned from his beer run. He would find her laying on the couch watching some action flick on the TV. When asked if she did anything while he was gone. She looks at him with a slight smirk on her face. "Yes, just shot the arrow into the target." she tells him. Though she was thinking to herself that she also took out some trash.

[Fenrir13]

"Oh wow, how many tries did you need?", asked her mentor with an amused smirk. "Whats up with the band-aids? Have you been fighting? I sure know the feeling of wanting to sock a punk, but we really should keep a low profile in our line of business.", he said with a grunt. "What are you watching?", he further inquired, dropping himself next to her on the couch and waiting for his beer to get cold.

[Sassy_World900]

"Not that many." she said in a cheeky manner. When asked what with all the band-aids. She flinched slightly. "Oh, one of the arrow stray and I caught it, just fell down the fire escape a bit. No big deal." she said so casually. Mentioning the punks, she frowns and leans back on the couch. "Don't worry, it's late, in a dark alley and all I did was curse and threaten them. Not once mentioning my name." she tells him.


As her father joined her on the couch. She was asked what she was watching. "Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift." she tells him. "Mostly zoning out though."

[Fenrir13]

"I find it hard to believe that.", he countered with a deadpan expression on his face, not being impressed by her cheek for a second. He then listened to what she told him about getting hurt and he didn´t believe her for at all. "Yeah, right. Don´t you want to tell me the real story?", he asked, firmly but with a hint of real concern. She was his daughter after all, and while he was hard on her he ultimately only wanted her best. He rolled his eyes a bit as she identified the movie. "That corny old yarn? Haha, nice cars, though. Wish I could drive one of these beasts. Better get to bed, though. You´ll feel better tomorrow. I am not your drill seargent, but we have to keep up some manner of disciplin.", he reminded her.

[Sassy_World900]

When asked for the real story, she lets out a sigh. "Honestly it's no big deal. You know I've dealt with far more worse." she tells him. Which was true, this was nothing compared to other times. When he talks about how corny the movie was, she snorts. "Yeah, but it's good white noise." she said with a smirk on her face.


As he mention that she should go to bed soon. she looks at the time and it was getting late. "Yeah, feeling kind of beat." she said and gets up from the couch. "Don't get to plastered old man." she said in a cheeky manner. Before going to her room. She walks over to him and gives him a quick hug. He might be a pain sometimes and likes to stroke his own ego. He is still her dad and she does love him.


With that she goes to her room. Which look like a typical teen room. Messy, covered in rock and anime posters. she changes into some comfy sleep wear and crawls into bed.

[Fenrir13]

"I´ll leave you the long leash for now, at least as long as you seem to be able to handle it.", Kyle said, thinking it was the best way to help her mature. He shrugged when the girl said the movie was good white noise. If it helped her sleep...
As she hugged him he gave her a quick but firm squeeze, smiling lightly. Maybe they were hard on one another but they were fond of each other as well. Then he let go, watching as she left and thinking on how big she had gotten. Then he shrugged again and got his first beer. Might as well watch the end of the movie, he thought.