Private Finished Pretty Girl on the Bad Side of Town

Belladonna was still confused at this turn of events. The group left, did that mean no more fun? But they said they were going to see each other again. How? They never exchanged any information on how to contact each other. Strange.

Looking back at the girl with even more confusion, she replied, "Hurt me? So they were bad? But they offered fun, and fun is good." It was clear that she was oblivious to what was actually happening. Maybe she could be mistaken for being drugged since she was being so passive, docile and only took things at face value.

Slowly straightening herself up, she added, "If what you say is true, then you are my savior? How can I repay you, stranger?"

Hiding bad things behind 'fun'? Then it was deception. She has to be cautious of this. She took a moment to recall what the group had done, what was said and linked them as signs of deception. She will however need more examples before this information will be any use.

"I am Belladonna. It is nice to meet you, Luna."

The police had pulled up beside them, with a friendly-looking young man leaning out the window. "Good evening, ladies. I've received a call that a young woman was being harassed by some thugs in this area?"

Unsure what to tell the officer, Belladonna looked towards Luna, wondering what her response would be.

The police officer took down notes and radioed in the details of the encounter. While he spoke the same language, their code words were like an entirely different one to Belladonna and she leaned in a little to hear a little better and decipher what was actually being said between the two sides of the radio conversation.

After everything was done, the officer turned back to the two girls and nodded to them. "It seems like those kids you saw were part of a local gang. They've been harmless so far, but with what happened here, we'll need to keep an eye out for them. You girls take care of yourself. The force will increase their presence in this area, but you still need to be careful."

Belladonna nodded, straightening back up. With another nod, the officer cruised off, likely to look for signs of the gang. He noticeably slowed down where the teens turned off and then returned to going at a stable speed until he made a turn out of sight.

With him gone, Belladonna looked as if she didn't know what she was going to do now. Perhaps go home. Or maybe look around the city some more.

The android's eyes stared back at Luna as she was going about deciding where she would be going. While she still wanted to go to the park, it was undeniably late. If the whole 'fun' thing didn't happen, she could have done a leisurely stroll at the park then go home.

Maybe there was still a chance for that. Her pathfinding algorithm found that if she took a little detour, they could pass the park and then go home.

Nodding to Luna with a smile, she said, "Home is this way," she said as she started walking across the street. There were currently no cars on the road, but she kept her guard up in case something suddenly appeared. Turning to Luna, she asked her the same question. "Where is your home?"

Belladonna continued walking straight down the side walk while looking at all the different buildings. There were food places, clothing shops, cafes and restaurants among other things. Although, most of them were closed, so Belladonna could only really guess what most of these buildings were used for.

She looked like she had never been to this place before, yet she was walking like she had memorized the layout of the city, even dodging posts while she was looking elsewhere.

"Academy? Yes, I am new there. I start after summer vacation ends. 7th grade for diagnostic purposes." The android turned to Luna, her eyes gleaming inquisitively. "What about you? If you have never been to the campus, then you are either a new student too, or not a student at all. What do you do?"