We are villains.

16.

I sigh after what Rose said. I hope that Nat joins Toman... Which leads me to the thought.

"Rose, I know it's out of the blue, but... Why did you leave Toman? Black death is 10x times worse. Why don't you come back?"I ask.

She looks at me. With a stone face. Serious. For a moment I even wonder if she's a human or not a robot who's lagged in one place.

"Ugh...you really wanna know the story?" she asks.

I nod with accepting glare.

"I mean... You helped us, maybe we could help you too if we just know more of the story."

Her eyes lighten up. She crosses her arms over her chest.

"I was from Nomoto in the beginning." She says and imedietly I'm caught off guard. I did not expect that. "But... Something terrible happen.Someone I loved killed someone else who I loved as well. So I left the group. I don't know who was behind the whole thing. But I just know that my goal is to take down Nomoto. Along with one person, whom I'd like to see suffer an awful death. I was in Toman but the moment they united with Nomoto I left. I'm not gonna help my enemies."

She was finding it hard to say everythung with an even voice.

"But the friends of your enemies are your enemies. So how do we know that you won't kill us?" Nat asks.

Rose looks up. Shrugs.

"You can't. You can't know I won't kill you. And I can't know you won't kill-"

"We won't kill you." I reassure her, certain in my words. "But I can't say the same for the others. Mikey, Draken. If you meet them in the fights, unless you're a better fighter, they would kill you." I say.

"Then they won't kill me." She tilts her head challengingly.

"You so sure?" Nat asks.

"I feel confident in my ability to fight." She says.

I move nervously remembering our last fight with Black death.

We stay quiet for a little while.

*Knock, knock*

All our heads turn to the door.

We share confused looks.

I walk toward the door, Nat practically running behind me to catch me just infornt of the door.

"Are we expecting someone?" she whispers.

I furrow my eyebrows.

"No, but why are you so scared?" I ask. It could just be a worker in the motel.

She tilts her head to the side as she sighs nervously.

"You know black death well enough..." she says.

Then I imedietly share her feeling. The fear.

I'm not going to allow myself to become a victim to terror again.

Decisively I open the door a little too euphorically and two blonde heads turn around in my direction.

Mikey?

Draken?

I'm still processing my emotions when Mikey looks quickly to the left and imedietly enters the room. Draken behind him. I just look at them with stretched out arms, my palms facing the ceiling. My whole body indicating confusion and questioning.

The fuck do they think they're doing?

"Uhm, hello?" I bark out roughly.

"Ohh, this is bad." Nat says and I see her back off slowly from Mikey and Draken who are starring at her. I just look at her.