𝓑𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓛𝓲𝓮 || 𝒟𝓇𝓊𝒾𝑔

𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕖

"Vena, the Deviants are not a carriage!"

"To me they are!"

"She's going to get herself killed! Where's Thena when you need her!?" Kingo yelled running after me just as I drove fire straight to the Deviant's heart. "Nevermind then..."

"Not good enough, Vena. Next time, try being a little faster." Ikaris called out and I screamed in frustration making the Deviant he was fighting explode. "What the-"

"Was that fast enough for you, Ikaris?" I spat through gritted teeth and looked around to see the remaining Deviants have exploded also.

"Vena, why don't we take a walk. Just you and me." Thena said cleaning the blood off my forehead. "Makkari, tell Adonis and Ajak that Vena's with me. She needs to calm down for a little bit."

"Next time... don't hide those powers from us." Ikaris shrugged and I lunged towards him but Gilgamesh held me back.

"It's a power I hate. Get off my ass." I spat and held Thena's outstretched hand. "Where are we going?"

"Just for a walk. You'll be back in Adonis' arms before the feast, Aphrodite." Thena smirked and I rolled my eyes linking arms with her.

"Shut up, Thena."

...

"For how long have you known about that power?"

"Not long. I discovered it on accident and I've been training with Ajak ever since. It's not blood manipulation completely. I just manipulate the water that's in the blood."

"That's impressive." Thena nodded impressed. "By the way, I've noticed you're much more on edge lately."

"Just trying to keep that power under control." I mumbled hanging upside down on the tree.

"Vena, I know you're lying."

"It's Ikaris, okay!? I hate that man. He always pushes my damn nerves to the breaking point and then has tue absolute audacity to say 'remember your mission'. Like I know what my mission is, no need to remind me every waking moment." I groaned jumping off the tree and laid my head on Thena's lap. "I hate it. And then he goes and gets the praise for my work! I bet he's rubbing his mouth to Ajak about how he handled the Deviants and we just stood by watching him. Like that's Sersi, not me."

"Ajak never believes him, little Vena."

"I don't care. It's just the fact that he takes the credit for our work. All he's doing is flying and chasing one Deviant while we're down here being trampled by dozens at a time. And then he goes around saying that people like Druig or Phastos don't do anything!? If it weren't for Druig, humans would be dead and Phastos actually makes the barriers to protect them. All Ikaris does is boss us around and he gets to be mother's favorite!? That's something that just doesn't sit well with me."

"Well... you could talk to him but I think we all know how that's going to turn out." Thena sighed and I chuckled closing my eyes. "You shouldn't let him get into your head like that, Vena."

"I know, I know. I can't help it sometimes. He just thinks he's better than all of us because he's a perfect little soldier and 'perfect soldiers follow orders, Vena'. I'd like to give him an order to fly to the sun and explode like in Sprite's story." I shrugged and Thena started laughing.

"How's this? Next time he gets on your nerves, why don't you tap into that special power of yours to assert dominance? Because let's be honest, Vena. I think the majority of us fear you when you're out fighting Deviants. And now with this, I can only imagine Kingo running to the hills when your eyes start glowing." Thena said between laughs and I smiled shaking my head.