They stood in one of the many alleys of the city Xin within the red light district. Monica turned to face Sous and Tany taking out her wand. She swirled it around, a light dark orange glow engulfed them.
The girls felt themselves getting taller, muscular, hairy, and sweaty. Monica placed her wand away and looked at the two men before her. Sous and Tany looked at their bodies, shocked and awed by the transformation.
"Wow, they're handsome," Shadow blushed.
"I turned you two into men. Its too dangerous for young girls to be out here alone," Monican exclaimed.
Sous looked down her pants and then pulled at Tany, looking down her pants as well. Tany slapped Sous' hand away, face beet red.
"Look at me- I am a human man!" Said Sous waving her body around. "And I have a penis and balls-"
SLAP!
Monica slapped both Sous and Tany over the head with her wand. The two coward on the ground covering their heads from the blow.
"DON'T YOU GO USING IT EITHER!" Monica yelled at them, a warning to stay focus on the mission and not get distracted by the services being offered.
"Yeah, but why'd you have to hit me too! Sous is the mischievous one," Tany complained with a knot upon her head. They both looked the same, just the manly adult versions of themselves which included short air and a more squared figure compared to a curvy one.
Shadow shook his head and stepped up to the now two men. "This entire area is the red light district. We suspect your mother is either here, in Oromo, or Caroland." Sous and Tany were paying attention now. Tany took out her wand, held it tight within her hands.
"Let's spend the night going from one establishment to another and see what we can gather. Even if we don't find her, hopefully there's information we can obtain that can help us narrow her whereabouts down even more."
Sous and Tany walked in one section with Tany walking on one side of the street while Sous walked on the other side. She was looking up at the signs, hating the idea her mother was in a place like this when she was grabbed by the arm and pulled into a brothel.
The madam was an elderly woman with a cigarette in her mouth and her hair in pink rollers, wearing a moo moo.
A sweat drop appeared above Sous' head as she tried to get away but the madam held her tight. "Ooooo yew so himdsome!" She said squeezing Sous' bicep. "Yew have money, right? I have plenty of girls for yew. Pick whu yew like!"
The human woman searched all about Sous' body looking for money. Her legs, arms, her buttocks.
"Hey!" Sous yelled blushing. The old geezea even got into Sous hair searching for coins.
Sous grabbed the woman and sat her down.
"I don't have any money." Sous lied.
The madam took Sous by the arm and led her past the foyer, down a hall where women were entertaining clients, and stopped at a door.
"Now, this girl is our most popular. Once yew have her, I'm sure yewr money will appear."
"What I-"
Sous was shoved into the room with the door sliding shut. She turned around to see the room's light source were severel lamps giving off a red glow. Fitting for the environment.
There on the bed was a woman with her hair tied up above her shoulders that were bare. She sat in the bed with the covers covering her body including her breast. She turned to look at Sous with purple eyes, her eyebrows cast downward yet with a small smile upon her face.
Sous looked down, not wanting to see this. She turned to leave, seeing it wasn't her mother so to her, there was no point in staying. Sous reached out for the door handle-
"You have to go so soon?"
Sous' hand stopped in mid pose.
Tany walked into a brothel, looking around at the directions and red lanterns that were on the wall. The writings were different than the Atin she knew. Instead of letters, the writings were in symbols, characters. She wondered what language this was, though many seemed to speak a few languages for on the streets she heard signs of Atin, Den Den, and even Arey.
"Can I help you?" The woman behind the counter asked. "Although I assume you want a girl maybe a boy."
"You mean woman or man...?"
The madam shook her head. "No, girl or boy."
Tany did her best to not show her disgusted look. She shook it off and pointed to the symbols on the wall. "What language is this?"
"Han is the language spoken in Xin, we also have a dialect of it called Anese. So what do you want, a girl or boy?"
Tany shook her head. "I want a woman who is mixed with human, witch, and vampire."
The madam lifted an eyebrow up and tilted her head. "Oh, I know who you speak of. She's popular. But word on the street is she's not allowed to service anyone. What good is she then is what I say?"
"Where is she?"
The madam just looked at Tany. She wasn't interested in giving out free information. "You want a girl or boy?"
Tany slammed some don on the table. "Where is she?"
Tany ran down the street with her wand to her mouth. She was about to alert Monica of the news she got when a man came running to her.
Yonk!
"My wand!" Tany quickly turned around, sliding on the pavement. She ran after the man who swiped her wand. She pushed past clients, slid under carriages, jumped over parked cars. When she came to an alley way, she ran up the wall and performed a flying knee to the man, slamming his face into a brick wall, shattering his side teeth.
Sous sat on the bed with the girl who she discovered was quite young. To think she had to serve so many clients, day in and day out. She listened to the girl talk about her hopes, her dreams. She listened when the girl talked about being taken from her village when the wolves came. Apex.
The first person she serviced was an Alpha female but the Alpha lost interest in her due to the girl being just a human.
"Zhiliary," Sous had whispered to herself.
Sous stood up and walked to the wall. There was no windows in the room, anything that would help the girl escape was not present.
"Do you know where your parents are?"
"Dead."
"Any other family?"
"I have an aunt who is married to a fairy in Faelock," the girl answered.
The madam looked up from her paperwork at Sous and the girl. She smiled when she saw the girl was with Sous.
"I see yew enjoyed yewr time with her."
"I want to buy her. How much?"
The grin on the old woman widen. "10000 don."
Cha ching!
Sous walked out the building holding the girl's hand. They came to a red light on the street and stopped. Once it turned green, the two of them walked to an outside food vendor. The man was wearing a red bandana and making fried rice, something Sous never had.
While their meals were being prepared, Soud gave some coins to the girl so she could call her aunt on a payphone, for Sous would be paying for her flight to go home.