Black Knight To The Rescue

The street was busy, a perfect hiding place for an individual in plain sight. But not too busy, collateral would be troublesome, Zizi didn't need extra distractions. She only had one target, and that target was arriving soon. Or so Zizi had estimated, based on her four days' worth of scouting and investigation. Tyron was in position, and Zizi looked down on her phone, checking latest messages. He was good to go, and apparently still confused why Zizi wanted to do something like this. But he didn't need to know. All he needed to do was drive and almost hit a little girl. Shouldn't be all that hard for a mortal. Though Zizi had long ago learned that you could never know about mortals, they were as predictable as they were unpredictable. That was what made them interesting.
An impish smile rose to Zizi's face as she looked up from her phone and saw the target. Little girl, name was Anita, Altizica's alleged "daughter". What was big boy ultimately going to do with her, Zizi had wondered that. Devour her? Shape her into a pawn? Perhaps he was just toying with her. Whatever he was planning Zizi already liked it, this was all so horribly fun and interesting. As expected of Alt, he was never boring, pretending to live like a mortal.

Zizi put the phone away and stopped leaning on the brick wall. She was in an alley, half-covered by shadows. She looked the street over, did a quick analysis, and pressed a button on her phone.
Showtime.
The streetlight turned green, and Anita was the only one crossing the street. Just as planned. Zizi's friend drove from around the corner on a motorcycle at full speed, going straight for Anita. There was no way she could dodge in time. And before any other bystander with supernatural reflexes or speed could do anything Zizi shot off from where she stood, also going straight for Anita. The timing was important. If Zizi saved Anita too early it would be clear that she had known this would happen. And Anita would know if Zizi lied about having a future vision, the girl could see abilities. Too late and then...well, big boy would be one daughter short. Because Zizi's friend was going in with the intention to hit, under Zizi's orders. It was important to be genuine.
But Zizi's timing was perfect, and she jumped and snatched Anita out of the biker's way just few seconds before he hit the girl. And he sped off, leaving a crowd of people looking after him in shock and anger.

Zizi had wrapped herself around Anita, and for dramatic flair she had rolled once or twice before releasing the girl and looking down with at her with a concerned look, but still having a confident and mischievous smile. There was no point in faking to be too good, because Anita needed to know at least a small part of Zizi in order for the girl to genuinely like her.
"You okay there, kid? That asshole was in quite the hurry, huh."

@Schrodinger's Cat

It was working. The girl looked awestruck, in her eyes Zizi was probably looking pretty damn heroic right now. Most children were simple enough for this kind of plan to work like magic, no need for any kind of mental nudging. It was kind of boring, Zizi had hoped a child raised by Alt would have had a more interesting reaction.
Well, this Zizi's capabilities weren't enough for mental manipulating, the piece was too small.
A crowd was starting to gather, and Zizi glanced around quickly before focusing on Anita again. She grinned, now with more mischief than concern since Anita had said she was okay.
"Looks like you've become famous in just a split second, kid. Smile for the cameras and all that."
Zizi said quietly just to Anita, lifting the girl up and dusting her clothes a bit, glancing at the phones that some of the people were using to record the scene.
"Do you need any more help? An ambulance, a hug, a ride home? Or maybe a huge pile of something sugary and sweet?"
Zizi whispered the last part with and winked playfully, still squatting, so her face was on Anita's level. Zizi knew that Anita was a fan of sweets, but so were many kids, so Zizi's assumption wasn't too suspicious or anything. Some of the crowd was starting to disperse, when they saw the situation was in knowing adult hands.

The kid had showmanship, or at least a craving for attention, judged from how she waved at the cameras like a small queen. Zizi liked that.
Yes, Zizi was pretty sure Altizica was going to see at least some of this footage, and so she waved at the cameras along with Anita, giving the girl a hair ruffle and making the now pretty small crowd chuckle. Altizica wouldn't actually recognize Zizi, she had been using this body for barely a decade, but the main thing was that Zizi knew who big boy was, and she looked at the cameras with the intention that she was looking right into Altizica's soul.
This was getting fun~

The sweets offering had been the right call, and soon Zizi found herself being hugged by Anita. She didn't hesitate but only a split second, some hesitation was normal when getting hugged by a small girl you barely knew, that was normal for mortals. Zizi hugged Anita back, not too tightly, and patted the girl's back before releasing her and standing up, swiping her short hair back.
"I hear you loud and clear, little queen. But before I buy you a stack of cake taller than you I need to know who I just saved. The name's Cecilia, but you can call me Cecil."
Nicknames were a good thing, they gave others the image that you were familiar with them without actually revealing your actual name.

Zizi already knew Anita's name, but nevertheless she reacted like it was new to her and nodded with a smile.
"Then, Anita, you're going to get all the cake you want."
Zizi grinned, and turned to look at the small crowd that was still around.
"The situation is over, I remember that bike's plate, I will call it in."
She announced, and that was enough to get the crowd to more or less disperse.

The way Anita tried to imitate Zizi was amusing, and the way she messed up and tried to pretend it was on purpose was even more amusing. Zizi let herself chuckle a bit, and reached her hand out and brushed it against Anita's hair, making it smooth again.
"Nothing but the best for the little queen, right? Even though looks like she took her crown off."
Zizi smirked and tapped the top of Anita's head lightly, talking about the headband. Next offered a hand to Anita, meaning to hold hands. Kids liked to hold hands, right?

"If I run out of money then I guess I'll have no choice but to become your subject."
Zizi joked and snickered a bit, Anita was kind of cocky. It was good, to have attitude. It meant she wasn't completely boring.

Cut her hair shirt too? Well well, Anita was straight up idolizing Zizi now. But that wasn't a bad thing at all, the goal was to get the child to like Zizi, so it was the opposite.
"Then how about dyeing it too? I think pink would really suit you."
Zizi said with a bit of a teasing tone, smiling down at Anita. She swung their hands a bit as Anita lead the way. The girl was assertive, good.

Zizi was well aware of the possibility that Anita could take her powers, she was actually kind of hoping the girl would. It would've been cunning of her, sneaky, but Zizi didn't feel or see Anita do anything of the sort. She just held Zizi's hand and smiled at her. Well, suppose Anita had an actual conscience, since the girl did seem pretty humane. Not like a genuine eldritch. Perhaps that was what growing up in these kinds of surroundings as a child did even to a creature like eldritch. It made them...soft.
But at least Anita was a bit amusing.
"So, where are we going, little queen? Also, should I contact your parents? I imagine they would want to know their little girl almost getting into an accident."
That was Zizi's nickname for Anita now, and once Zizi gave someone a nickname it stuck.