Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away [closed]

[aspectional]

He's late.

Being in the employ of Shannon Vaughn means that being late is a bad thing and Eli knew that well, but living with his father and having to deal with him meant that sometimes he ran late because of a conversation had gone on too long or he needed to go run an errand for him. Normally, he could cheat by just teleporting to get there on time, but he still wasn't familiar with this part of town and he didn't want to be seen by anyone who didn't know about his powers. Plus, he had been ordered to go to an alley and teleporting in would just be a bad idea all around in that case.

So Eli had to run all the way from the apartment he shared with his father to the specific alley he had been told to go to, nearly getting turned around at a couple of points due to the mental map he had of the area not being fully complete yet. But he successfully got to the street the alley was connected to only a few minutes late, looking like he had run all the way from home. He took a moment to slow down his breathing and heart rate and did his best to make himself presentable. Once that was taken care of, he slipped down the alley and did his best to try and make sure Shannon didn't notice when he got to where he was dealing with whatever unfortunate person who had gotten on the wrong side of his boss.

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There were still enough people milling about. Those who had just rounded the corner, or those stumbling away from the scene of a crispy fried traitor in the alleyway. Firemen and ambulances and police cars would all be on the scene soon depending on how quickly the concerned citizens were to an available phone. Shannon was currently using one, no longer on the line with Michelle but making it appear as if he had something left to say for the passers-by, to try and tie things up even longer.

"You're beautiful just the way you are," Shannon said with a notable edge of sarcasm to it. That wasn't the type of statement blind men made so casually. "No, I was thinking of another use. Can you make other people appear as someone else?"