Fungi- A Tale Of Two Warriors

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(Zoe) 
         I didn't want to tell them but it felt like I had no other choice.. I feel bad because I've hurt the old one. I don't think she'll ever forgive for not trying to help them. I can tell she doesn't want me around. But at least I can stay. I don't like how the girl's reason to keep me was only to use and trade me. 
As long as I don't go back I am fine. I should probably thank her for not getting rid of me. Walking over to where the girl is, her and the guy she's talking too go quiet as I approach. She raises an eyebrow waiting for me to speak. 
"I just wanted to thank you for not getting rid of me. You never told me your name?" I say then she chuckles slightly before speaking. "Remember that I'm Violet and this here is Blake, he is off limits." She says, narrowing her eyes at me near the last part. He laughs quietly at her comment and rolls his eyes jokingly. Ok, Jeez I wasn't gonna steal him or anything.
 "Ok.. Thanks again, Violet." I say before quietly returning to my spot. Glancing over at them I'm confused. Are they a thing or something? She seems protective over him. I don't want to ask her because I don't want to somehow piss off the only person keeping me here. I want to give Violet more reason to keep me around. I want to prove she can trust me, maybe even change her mind on trading me. I just got to figure out a way to impress her

CHAPTER 31
(  Alex  ) 
Mary Ann is grieving, very heavy. She is not known for being sad or vulnerable. Mary Ann's head was resting on my shoulder, my arms were around her rounded body. 
“Oh Alex, how could they have done that? Her group killed all my little family! All my old friends and the tiny babies runnin’ ‘round. They’ve died, Alex. All but you two girls. All I have left.”
It seems all the grief and sorrow from the museum is hitting all at once. I started to cry. My adopted family was dead. Everyone was gone except Violet. And my adopted mother, Mary Ann. My scab wound was tearing from the position I was leaning on her. I did not care very much, only hurt a little. I felt blood leaking out. Tears dampened my shirt.
Why, why would those people do this? Why did the people need to die? They didn’t deserve it, I didn’t deserve to be stabbed! I need revenge. Mark my words, I will blow their houses to smithereens. I will do to them what they did to me. I Will ask Violet to show me how to kill someone.
I didn’t realize Mary Ann was watching me.
“Hunny are you ok?” She said.
“Oh, um,  yea. I’m fine. Hey, I need to go find Josh. Ok?”
She nodded and I got up. I brushed the hair out of my face and walked out. Josh was on the roof. 
“Hey, man.” I sat down beside him. He looked at me and asked why my cheeks were so pink. I told him that my hair colour melted onto my skin and he didn’t question further. We just sat there. I could feel him staring at me and it made me feel weird. I hit his leg from annoyance and he started to laugh. 
“I can’t believe that my first impression of you was a girl dressed in colourful trash dancing around! You are so strange, Alex.”
“Like you are any different, Joshua. With your things and stuff.” I shot back.
We laughed at each other for a bit. Josh bumped me and joked,
“Hey, did you know that after the explosion thing-incident I believed that your freckles were burns? Yes, I believed that something exploded in your face and the shrapnel gave you dots. Am I at least a little right?”
He is half right, some spots on my arms are shrapnel burns. Let's not tell him that.
I giggled and put a finger to my lips.
I feel better talking to him. I like him.
I see now that he is good, always has been.