It was comfortably warm in the beat up car of Enzio, so much in fact that his sister Katerina was quietly dozing off, barely able to keep her head upright. They didn't get much sleep over the last couple of days. Their mother had been buried little over two weeks ago and on top of that there had been increased Crusader activity in their area. Grieving for the passing of his much loved mother was hard enough even without worrying for his sister's life. He couldn't do it both at the same time, so he put his grief aside to protect his sister. The thought of losing her was too much for him to bear. Not only was she a living memory of their mother, she filled the hole she left behind. He shook his head, trying to will away such thoughts. He tightened his grip on the steering wheel with a look of determination on his face. Enzio was willing to do anything to keep her safe. They were driving into the main district of the city and it was fairly quiet for the time of day. Enzio usually wouldn't think much of it, but the news of Crusaders closing in had him on edge. He surveyed the road warily, keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. 

He took his eyes of the road for a couple of seconds to glance at his sleeping sister. His expression softened into a gentle smile, even when she was sleeping she looked like her. Enzio considered snapping a picture of her because he knew she hated photo's, but in the end decided against it. It was too dangerous to take out his phone while he was still driving. With his luck they'd ran into someone and they didn't have the money to fix their own car, let alone someone else's. With their mother gone they lost a good chuck of income. Their father worked hard in the family restaurant and so did his brother who worked a construction job. It was barely enough to go around, the funeral alone had put them in major debt. They had to get a loan to pay for it and it was a miracle they even got it. Katerine made some money occasionally with her fortune telling and catering for people in their community, but it was not a steady source of income. Nobody but they knew about her being a super and he wanted to keep it that way. The less people who knew what she could do the better. He trusted nobody. 

Katerina stirred in her seat, feeling like someone was watching her. She opened her eyes and took a deep breath, still halfway asleep. Even without looking at him Katerina knew her brother had been watching her. She straightened her clothes not wanting them to wrinkle and ran her fingers through her curls to make sure they looked good. 
"Hey there sleeping beauty" Enzio said jokingly, turning his eyes back on the road. His sister hated that nickname. Even when she was sleeping she somehow made sure she wouldn't mess up her looks. You'd never catch Katerina with a bedhead or wrinkled clothes, not on a normal occasion anyway. 

She ignored Enzio teasing her and looked out of the window, they were getting closer to their destination. 
"You know, when you're sleeping you look exactly like mom" He attempted to sound casual, but there was an undertone of sadness to his words.
When he mentioned their mother Katerina glanced at him seeing soft clouds of grey gathering around his head. From his chest, grasping claws of vague pink stretched outwards into her direction. None of these were visible to Enzio and he didn't even realize what shapes his thoughts were creating. It told Katerina everything he wasn't able to put into words. He missed her and tried to hold onto her as a replacement almost. 

When she tried to make eye contact he avoided her gaze. Enzio knew from his sisters face that she knew more than she let on and he didn't feel like talking about it right now. She carefully put her hand on his arm giving him a soft squeeze.
"I know, you don't have to say it out loud" Katerina said quietly, swallowing back the lump she felt in her throat.

For the remainder of the ride the siblings didn't say much to each other. They weren't the talkative type to begin with and the increasing tension they both felt as they got closer to their destination didn't help much. Enzio pulled over at the side of the road, facing his dad's restaurant. The restaurant was now open nearly the entire day, including the mornings. They offered breakfast too, since they needed all the money they could get. Their dad spent more time in the restaurant than he did at home. It was during the mornings that Katerina could earn a bit of extra cash by offering readings to their customers. Most if not all of the customers were Italian Americans and a lot of them were also very superstitious which was usually the reason they went to Katerina. Anxious to know their future. Still it didn't sit right with Enzio for her to be out in the open like this, it was dangerous. 

Katerina watched her dads restaurant from behind the car window, there were a lot of customers considering the time of day. Maybe she would be better of helping her dad waiting tables. Then again she occupied the customers so they didn't mind having to wait a while to get their order. Her grandmother warned her her intuition may be clouded because she was grieving and it was best not to tell fortunes when she felt especially down. But life went on and she needed to do the things she had been doing before her mom passed away. 

Enzio looked at his sister who seemed to be lost in thought as usual. She always had something on her mind which was probably the reason why she was so forgetful. It was too busy in there. 
"I'll come and pick you up when you're done, so hi to dad for me." He said with slight smile. 

"I will" Kat replied, smiling reassuringly. 
"Don't forget to ask nona and Carlo what they want for dinner, I'll take it with me when I'm done."
Enzio nodded and waited for his sister to get inside the restaurant before driving off.