In a dark alleyway amongst the trash laid a motionless body of a man in a puddle of his own blood. There were sounds of shooting and shouting in the background yet for the man it was all just some incomprehensive noise.

How did this man end up in this situation? Let’s start from the beginning. The man’s name is Ariel Lost, an orphan from America.

He was born in year 1987 on 16th of September and this year had reached the age of 27. Arial didn’t know who his parents were from the very beginning of this childhood, but he didn’t even care, from young age he was a child who rarely showed emotions, maybe part of the reason was because of his sickly body he was born with.

Just running for a few minutes would make him close to fainting. That was the reason he couldn’t make very much friends. Since children at the orphanage would always play active games, which required a lot of stamina and energy, Ariel couldn't partake in them and was left out..

However one thing you should remember is that life is always fair. Physical capability that was taken from him was exchanged into a genius mind. Ariel’s intelligence and maturity was comparable to any adults, which made him stand out from the rest of the kids.

Unfortunately his expressionless face made him unattractive to parents who wanted a cute child. This resulted in him not being adopted all the way until he had to go out to live on his own.

His school life, apart from his high grades, could be called ordinary. He didn’t have many people he could call friends yet he didn’t have any lack of admirers, Ariel was of average height but his face would be called handsome by any woman, he had short black hair and piercing, cold blue eyes, his entire constitution was feminine and his snow white skin didn’t help.

Still, towards women his heart was like a block of ice that couldn’t be melted by any fire. Ariel didn’t take interest in any woman, no matter how pretty she was, although he would always decline politely, making sure the other party wouldn’t be too down. So all they could do was to only watch and admire from the side like one does with a beautiful painting.

When he finished school, because of certain events he turned to the life of crime. One of the first people he met starting out was Georg Byse. Best way to describe him would be the opposite of Ariel. He had a well built body, go lucky attitude and much experience in theft. His only problem was his lack of planning in his crimes, which actually lead to both of them making a partnership.

Soon they became S-rank criminals due to their successful thefts. Name given to them was Phantom Duo, it originated from them never being seen during a heist, except of several facts which proved there were two of them.

But good things don’t last forever. On one of their heists, when Georg returned to the hideout they soon found out that he was tracked, Georg regretted not being careful but it was already too late. The building was surrounded by the police and swat, leaving the only way out of the building the back door.

They managed to escape easily, but their luck soon ran out. While they were running trough an alleyway the police intercepted them, blocking off the only way they could go. To save his friend, who immediately had a gun pointed at him, Ariel jumped into the way of the bullet, which unfortunately went right trough his heart.

That’s how we return to the current predicament as Ariel was feeling how his life was slowly draining out of his body and the grim reapers scythe hung above his head. He slowly lost vision, and then only darkness remained.

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