TᕼE ᗰOᑎᔕTEᖇ IᑎᔕIᗪE [1]

i didn't order more trauma, i'd like to return it please

i hesitantly move down the hall, keeping amajiki behind me but still in venom's view range. he had popped up and was now on my shoulder, small, watching my back as i watched our front while walking. it was stressful, hearing that voice after so long, and both venom and i were majorly on edge the closer we got to what seemed like the source of the voice.

"v..." i mumble, about to turn the corner, and i feel him nod from his position on my shoulder. he made himself even smaller, not wanting to show that he was out and alert the person i really hoped wasn't actually here and i was just being messed with.

'please god if you're listening, don't do this to me. i really don't need this, i just got out of one traumatizing situation a while back and i really don't need another blast from the past and this'll be a shit ton worse. please please please don't do this to me'

it seemed my internal prayers worked, though, because as i turn the corner, i don't the person i'd thought it would be. unfortunately, though, there was someone familiar standing in the middle of the hall, smirking at me.

"it's been a while, cutie. nice to see you're still very cute, but i'm kind of sad that you're covering your cute face," the girl says with a pout on her plump lips, and i cringe.

"how many times are you gonna call me cute? and, i know where i know you from, but who are you again?"

she looks downright offended at my question, pouting even further. "you're mean, cutie. i'm agawa namiko, remember? did you break up with that girl you said you were with, because i can treat you so much better than however she was treating you," she says, smirking and licking her lips while staring at me. i shiver, shaking my head and glaring at her.

"sorry not sorry, but no, i haven't broken up with her. we're very happy. now, what the hell do you want with me?" i demand, but my brows furrow when i see the panic cross over her face with my question.

"i can't-"

i tilt my head to the side, giving her a blank look.

"where is she? it's obvious she's behind this. you have marks on your arms that i would recognize anywhere."

the redhead's face morphs even further into one of terror, and i watch her eyes flit to somewhere behind me. i move to turn around, momentarily forgetting that venom was trying to keep an eye on amajiki, but i let out a hiss when her arm alights with flames and they lunge at me in a furious swipe.

growling, i jump away from her, clutching at my arm that she'd managed to burn. looking at the wound, i glare at the burn on it before turning my glare back on her.

"is she making you do this? is she keeping you from telling me anything?" i question, and agawa looks even more frightened as she uses her quirk once more to try and get me.

as i dodge her attacks, i come to the conclusion that she was definitely being controlled. her attacks weren't as precise as they had been when we'd fought back at the licensing exam, coming off as erratic and not as calculatedly thought out as they'd been back then.

well, she's definitely here. i just can't sense her, which has always been a problem. looks like god really isn't on our side, today

"you fucking think!" i hiss to the symbiote, dodging another burst of flames sent my way, i was now hanging upside down on the ceiling, amajiki suspended in the air close to me by my tendrils.

agawa suddenly lets out a cry of pain, falling to her knees and clutching at her arms as tears fall down her face. i move slightly closer, letting out another animalistic growl once seeing more marks forming on her arms.