Characters: Anita Blake, Zetsu
Setting: Greenhouse
Time: Day 004, late morning
Summary: Zetsu and Anita's first encounter after the latter knocks the former cold.
Warnings: Language!
Prior to this, Anita had never spent much time in the greenhouse, and she had no idea why. The combination of plants was stunning; it was much better than anything she had seen back in St. Louis. Plus, it was so different from the rest of the house. A girl could almost imagine that she was in another place, somewhere saner and more comforting than this hell-house she'd been stuck in for the past several months.
The animator was surprised at how she had accepted the circumstances. Every day was merely a chance to exist, while every night was a fight for survival. And last night. Last night had been absolutely crazy. That poor boy had been knocked unconscious, not by one of the house's monsters, but by one of it's captives. By Zetsu. Anita knew she had a good reason not to trust him.
But she had taken care of it. And now it was daytime, and Anita could relax in the Greenhouse. That is, until she saw a human figure out of the corner of her eye. While during any normal day (as normal as this house could be, anyway) this wouldn't have been cause for alarm, this figure had a distinctive long coat and leafy adornments around his head.
"Oh, fuck," Anita sighed, already turning to head for the nearest exit. If that guy was strong enough to not only survive several rounds of Hornandy customs, but could walk around after only a few hours, then the brunette sure as hell didn't want to be anywhere close to him so soon after last night's showdown.