ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ - ᴠɪ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ

ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡ

we stand in a lake. dark fog surrounds us. it is pretty. 

"i almost drowned in these waters," silco says. we've heard this before.

"you told us a million times." jinx complains.

"vander wasn't the man you thought he was." i tense at his name. i still get upset when he talks about him.

"right, he was like a brother to you, and he turned his back and blah, blah, blah did we miss anything?" jinx says holding her arms. i drag my fingers along the water spinning in a fast circle.

silco snickers, "i've got a new one for you." he puts his hand in the water and brings it back up, "that day, i let a weak man die." he spoke before pulling himself under water. me and jinx looked at each other before he came back up. "and another was reborn. betrayal, that pain that feels like it'll eat you from the inside out, can either break you," he pauses looking at jinx. "or forge you into something greater." he shifts his gaze to me. "you need to let powder die, jinx. karlie has already drowned phi. do the same. then the fear can no longer control you." he reaches his hand out to her and she takes it. i spin around and take my braids out. my long hair falls into the water. i submerge my self into the water and come up pulling my hair out of my face. 

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we put the crystal on the machine one final time. it works. jinx spins in her chair and i yell excitedly spinning around.

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i run in the bar, jinx walking behind me. i jump on the bar top sliding. jinx sits and looks at the bartender. light music plays as i bob my head and look at my nails.

"chuck!" the bartender jumps and looks at the two of us.

"thieram. uh... my name's thieram." the man says.

"nice try, chuck." i say not looking at him, still looking at my nails.  jinx taps the table and the man gets to work on her drink. 

"what's all the hubbub?" jinx asks looking at the ceiling.

"uh. boss wants us to grab someone up." the man speaks pouring jinx a drink.

"someone? anyone?" jinx questions. "who are you grabbing?"

"some girls." the guy answers. "i mean, i mean not... i'm not grabbing girls. oh, other than the.. those ones... i guess."

"good because if ya were i might just have to grab you up myself." i saw laughing throwing my head back. the guy chuckles nervously.

"focus. who are they? why wasn't i invited to the party?" jinx speaks placing the crystal ball in her cup.