(occ hope you don’t min me God modding you slightly)
Hades drove his Nissan Silvia around town a bit. He wanted a change of scenery from the labs, and it was pouring down with rain. The rain beat a ceaselessly rhythm against the windshield of his car. Hades was tempted to floor the accelerator and play around for a bit but he restrained himself, no, not here, not in town.

Finally the rain started to ease a bit, he drove around to a nearby café. By the time he found parking the rain had stopped entirely. He parked and walked to the cafe. Gone was the aura of deadliness of unnatural fluidity, instead he was relaxing. He was decked out in a t-shirt and jeans. The t-shirt was not being too tight did show off nicely his well built and well muscled physique. He was not overly muscular nor overly skinny either. Since the Registration bill he had let his hair grow a bit, it was still only like 4mm long but it served to blunt the shocking appearance of baldness and also softened his features, making then seem less intimidating. All in all he had the air of being slightly mysterious but with a twinkle in his eye.

As he entered the Café and smiled to himself at the familiar jingle of the door bell, he noticed a strikingly stunning young lady sitting by herself. As was his custom sometimes when he was I the mood he walked over and said
“Excuse me, I see you are sitting alone, would you mind company or do you prefer to be left alone?”

She had on black jeans and a white tank top on. And white tennis shoes. Emma was reading a book while waiting for her food to come. She heard a man ask if he could join her. Emma looked up at the man and thought about it. She didn't know what to say. Emma looked around there was other seats why whould he want to sit with me She thought."Sure have a seat."She said thinking better find out why. As she went back to her book.

Hades was not surprised when the girl said yes. If he saw someone sitting on their own in any eating place, and asked them if they minded company they usually responded yes, he had yet to receive a rejection.

Seeing that the rained had lightened he smiled a remarked “Well at least the weather has gotten bette…”

he stopped as the raind suddenly returned with a fury hammering on the glass window.
“..r”

“Guess not” He chuckled, his laugh was genuine, he was relaxing today.
“the names Walker by the way.”

He waited to see if she was annoyed by conversation, if she was he would leave it at that, have his food and leave, but if not, hey at least there was the chance of meeting a new friend!

Emma looked up as this man said his name. "I'm Emma it's nice to mmet you."Emma said softly as went back to her book. She still didn't know why he was wanting to sit with her. "Can I ask you something?'She asked looking up from her book thinking it was time to find out. "Why did you come over to me?'She asked looking at him waiting for a answer.

“Why did I come over to you?”

“Hmmmm” Hades pondered for a moment.
“Well it is an odd habit of mine you could say, taught to me by an old friend many many years ago. When I go to eat out on my own or even with a friend, and see someone alone I usually go and ask them if they mind that I sit with them. If they prefer being alone that is fine, if not I get to meet someone new and hopefully listen to their story and get to know them. You would not believe how many people and things you get to know by doing that. It is also a great way to make friends.”

He smiled a smile that made his eyes twinkle. It was a warm and genuine smile, one that made people smile in response.

“Do you mind me coming over to you? I hope and trust that I have not offended you.”
Now it was his turn to wait for an answer.

"I just never has someone just come up to me like that. That's all."She said as her food came to the table. Emma pushed the food away."I'm not hunrgy anymore. Be right back."She said standing up and heading to the bathroom. She left her book on the table. She started to get sick in the bathroom. She didn't know what was going on.

“Ok”
Hades hoped that he had not been the reason that for her loss of appetite, but then decided that trying to guess the mind of a female in a non life threatening situation was futile and so gave up on it. His drink arrived and he promptly started to drink the hot aromatic coffee and awaited for Miss Emma’s return.
At one point he was tempted to look at the book that she was reading, but she had put it face down and so he decided not to.

Emma soon came out of the bathroom. She set down at the table."Sorry about that. I just not feeling to good right now. It's doesn't have to do with you."She said to him drinking her water. She picked up her book and a newpaper clipping fell out about her mother and father's death's and had a picture of Emma and her name. Emma didn't see it fall out.

Hades looked concerned.

“That is ok, hope it is nothing serious.”

Out of the corner of his eye Hades noticed the newspaper clip. While Emma was distracted with drinking her water and looking at the rain outside, which was getting lighter and the sky was not so dark as before, Hades quietly picked up the paper from the floor. Before he could stop himself he had scanned the whole article. He was saddened by that fact and could sympathise with her loss.

Hades reached over and handed her the clipping. “This fell out of your book, I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to read it. Sorry for your loss.”

His eyes looked down as he said these words; he had not intended to invade a lady’s privacy. Anyhow he waited her reaction.

Emma quickly grabbed the paper from him."It happen there's nothing I can do about it."She said knowing that she saw the murder happen. And she stood up and put the paper in her pocket. There was a saddness on her face. She did try to hide it from the man. She set back down and went back to her book.

“Sorry, I guess you could say I think I know a little of how you feel, something similar happened also to me, but we don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to.” Hades was slightly unsure of what else to say knowing that the biggest mistake he could commit was to babble incessantly on and on.

His socializing skills were very rusty, these were not usually the skills normally required of an assassin, except when he needed to infiltrate someplace. Oh well, at least he was trying.

When she got up Hades almost thought that she was gong to leave. But alas that was not to be, Hades hoped that they could keep talking, he had not felt this much compassion for another human for quite some time. He wished that he could comfort her, but was clueless as to how he should go about it. He had never been taught that.

"Why are you looking at me like that? The only other person who ever looked at me like that was my father."She asked as she smiled alittle bit. She was happy that someone like her father was out there. But she never thought she would meet this person. And this was showing in her eyes as she looked at him.

Hades look slightly baffled as to how to explain, well at least that brought her some amount of joy. Hades was really touched, even stunned at being told he was like someone’s father.

Him? A professional assassin, a cold blooded killer, an immortal like a father? It was almost too much. Once a man now altered, twisted, genetically manipulated to become the perfect killing machine, he who once caused the death of one whom he had sworn to protect, a man whom had the closest brothers, who were far closer than any family could be, literally ripped from his side. He had few illusions about himself, he was a killer, possibly almost the opposite of the definition of normal and sane, and now he was being told that he reminded this poor girl of her FATHER?!?![/u][/i]

He stammered for a millisecond. “Umm, I guess because you remind me of someone who sorta was my surrogate daughter, (the fact that the person to whom Hades was referring was one of his brother’s great grand daughter was a fact that Hades omitted)… Um, she passed away a little while ago, along with her true parents, who were also friends of mine.”

Pause

“Sorry if I am creeping you out.” Hades said with a slight smile.

Upon second thought Hades was feeling very very touched and honoured by being told that he was slightly fatherly?[/u].

Emma started to laugh at thought that he was creeping her out."Not at all you not creeping me out.She said laughing as she looked around. "Umm do you like mutants?"She asked wondering how he would take about her powers.

Hades smiled when she laughed, she was cool. His smile widened even more when she popped the question about mutants. Grinning mischievously he asked “Hmmm, let me think now. Why do you ask?”

Oh how he enjoyed a little bit of verbal play now and then!