Identity Swap (Nimue/Sonya)

Even after her talk with Mia, it did not mean that she did not feel bad about today. There was like a brick in the pit of her stomach and she felt like if she took a deep breath she might vomit. She wasn't made for this, again why was she a hero? She was much too... much too bad with how to handle this stuff. She was going to do this as best as she could and she was sure that was to be expected of her... number one hero, can she vomit now? She was upstairs in Giovanni's house, he would bring her. They had made a strategy that he would bring her as Il Capo and although she was very scared that Ishtar knew the real Il Capo because why not, she also knew how some hidden heroes looked like... they would have to try and as he was Italian or so Giovanni said thanks to the name, it might work. She found this the worst plan but as he said he would protect her and be there and the like, she was bringing a civilian into trouble what hero was she.... she had agreed though because she had not wanted to go alone. She managed to now take a deep breath and watched herself in the mirror as she pinned her hair together. She had braided it first, pinned the braid to the back of her head and now had combed her bangs further back and put the hair pins there before making sure she had the hood of her hero outfit ready. The robes hid enough of her normal clothes and she this time put a smaller medical kit underneath the folds as well as the three pieces of her spear. She felt horrible, Ishtar was probably not a dummy that would know well enough that she was hiding it. She hid her green hair further and would only have to pull the hood over when they were ready to arrive. She checked her face but it was without any make-up as she did not hide her red markings as the hero she was.

She looked up and away from the mirror when the door opened and Giovanni showed up and she held her breath. If she had not known any better, he looked too fitting for the role. She just had never seen that suit before but he had not seen her hero outfit before either so it made sense. "Fitting, I think?" She wasn't sure what to say without it sounding bad, he did look good but imposing as well. She wasn't sure what to say about it and she just stood there like the brick in her stomach. Not sure if she should say something. She would follow him down the stairs and to the front of the house and look at the limousine, really? She did not say much, swallowed the bile away and went to take a seat. She wanted to know and yet did not want to know how he knew where Ishtar was, she probably had flaunted that around because how else would everyone be able to take the kids and so on, things she did not want to know. She held his hand and just looked at her knees. What would they expect of her? Apart from staying alive... or so she hoped.

She heard the wolf whistle and although she wanted to smile and blush about it, she couldn't. Obviously seeing her like this was not a good thing, after all, she did not want to wear it like this and such. She wanted to be normal at this point but she wasn't going to give up. She swore when she got kidnapped and escaped the plutocracy that she would not give up and would do the most she can as a hero and healer. She would nod as he took her hand and just said they would be saved, she wanted to trust him for sure. But there were so many questions and she did not want to ask because she did not want to doubt him, it was just hard to pinpoint in her brain what made her so afraid, was it for her own? For Giovanni? For the both of them or just seeing Ishtar and the potential effect that would have on her. She was glad to have him by her side, it was better than having no one but she could not forget how Mia reacted and just wonder again how stupid she could be. She was one of the top heroes, and yet she needed a civilian to feel safe? What kind of insane way of working was that, she should have asked Tobias to come along or something, she should have informed someone but she had not done that and suddenly she felt a wave of panic come over her that way. Had Mia told the PSC? Had she asked that? She almost felt her breath quicken and she would hyperventilate if Giovanni wasn't there to calm her down.

Once in the car, it was obvious that she still wasn't feeling well and that she was making up every doom scenario in her head and asking the impossible questions, she watched the outside through the tinted windows until she felt Giovanni take her hand and she turned her face to him. She nodded, "Did that investigator figure out if she knows Il Capo? What if he is there? You will be in serious trouble." She whispered as she did not dare to say such things louder as if that made them real. She nodded, she was sure he could be tough, you needed to be tough if you were dealing in the restaurant business, she was sure of that. She was under his protection, and his now alter ego Il Capo, just for today. She would be pulled closer to him and just let her head rest on his shoulder. The nausea wasn't leaving her but she should make the best situation out of it as much as she could. It was better this way then being taken by a villain and she had forgotten the whole deal about rewards.

This was a very strange conversation, reputation proceeds her? Like what? It wasn't like many people knew about her, so that meant she only had to do with reputation. Well, it was probably nothing much, she would sigh but that wasn't good so she said nothing. She only looked at the woman, her eyes blue. She kept her face stoic and without many expressions, surely it was obvious to everyone that she was tense but she tried to. She was not alone, little to anyone their knowledge, there were PSC people out here but she had told them to do only what is necessary but it was basically only Giovanni here and more she did not know, she was not aware of anything except Antonio being here. But she wasn't sure what to say or do right now. She did not trust the word of a villain, no matter what part on the list they were or on the list at all.

She did not say anything, there were no questions so she wasn't going to answer that. She looked up at Giovanni and wasn't sure what to say at all. They were not really talking to her, they were just stating the obvious. It was obvious right that she was always willing to sacrifice herself for others? She wondered if that sense became less with Giovanni around, but she did not want to go too far into that discussion, she was at first and foremost a healer and thus she would jump aside and do whatever she could to make sure people were not harmed or else well... there was enough to consider. Maybe she should open her mouth, be stoic, be direct, anything really. She had already said to cut the chase and get to the point but Ishtar did not. "Then what is it that you want to talk about." She decided to say, she did not care and should not show that she did not like how Giovanni acted, what did he mean talk later. He shouldn't leave her side, he was only pretending!

The conversation did not take that long, also because she did not want to show any of her uncomfortable demand as well as her naive status and that she might say something wrong, she saw it coming, and she was very careful but that did not mean that it would be easy. She did not want to be in contact with the number one villain for long and that would also not have been the deal with the PSC. Besides, she did not want a wish, there were too many people on that list that she wanted off and just wishing for the list to not exist was probably not going to work. She had to be more tactical and as she had not found a solution since she spoke to Mia, she had decided not to take up one in case it was offered. She wasn't going to give in to that temptation or whatever the hell it should be. It made her prickly and angry but she would just play her cool.

With that same demeanour, she could walk to the car, and just try and be casual. But when they were in and she knew they were out of sight, she sort of collapsed, at least she did not cry. She was listening to the explanation of the game and did not like it. She was still very afraid that Ishtar knew Giovanni wasn't Il Capo but for now, it had worked and the PSC had not asked too many questions. She watched their fingers interlace and that he squeezed her hand softly, she returned the favour and looked back up. "It did, but I don't want to gamble all the time. You were pretty impressive though." But then again being a restaurant owner, you had to be tough to some customers. It was probably far from being the same as being a mafia boss or a villain or whatever they called it but maybe that's what Giovanni dipped his inspiration from.

She was glad to arrive home and was the first to get into the mansion once Giovanni opened the door. She looked over her shoulder to wait for him as they would have to probably both redress. He kissed her and she couldn't help but laugh as he explained what he thought of the situation now they were back at home, it was probably adrenaline from the nerves or something, that's what she felt and she smiled in his kisses as he complimented her and she kissed him back. Well, at least something nice came at the end of the day?