Cloud AU's

Mort

None of the Arcobaleno had living family. That was fact.
No matter those that were raised and grew up in the illegal business -Viper, Fon, Giglio Nero Donnas- , that joined it down the line for personal reasons -Reborn, Lal, Verde, Colonello- or got dragged in without consent -Skull- none of them had living parents anymore.
Or, at the very least, they cut off contact and counted as dead for all intended reasons.

Some of them, despite that fact, like to be in denial and seek out any familial relationship they have.

"I do have family, Colonello!!" Skull hissed sharply.

They had barely met the blonde Rain less than four hours ago and already a fight was well underway. What started it was anyone's guess but from what could be derived & Luce recalls, their uninvited guest claimed Lal as his and for Skull to 'scram back to his mommy as she's probably the only woman that'll ever love him' before hearing that Skull was from the circus.

It was probably when he commented that Skull had been abandoned that their Cloud was getting mad.
His driving sure was getting more emotional, and it didn't help Luce's unborn child any more to be tossed around than it did them.

"The circus?? Pretty sure they only took you in out of pity." Colonello was being mean and while some of them did seem like they might interrupt, if only to switch drivers cause Skull was becoming increasingly less suitable - what with him driving with one hand as his head was turned to the backseats as he spit spittle back at the blonde.

Fon thought Skull's face turned an interesting shade of red at the increased jabs, only for his thought process to go full-on alert when flashes of purple became increasingly more prominent in his eyes and visible veins.

Family, as most of them learned in their time together, meaning bar the blonde, was a taboo topic around Skull. The man usually tended to avoided any talks about family, especially mentioning his own but when dragged into the discussion...

"I mean, your family is dead, you've got the entire emo thing going on and even your aftername, your family name, means dead."

Skull's eye twitches, yet he still had the decency to check the road once in a while. That is until he abruptly cut off the engine, making the car jolt to a stop and passengers curse none so appropriately at the action.
The driver's door swung open violently as Skull stepped out, threw one of the back doors open and heaved a startled Colonello out.

By this point the others also convened outside, Fon and Lal moving to stop the fight.
Lal moving to calm Skull with her flames (considering he was starting to loose control of his own), whom seemed obviously  pent-up with her student -for good reason- who Fon was holding back.

Reborn was already walking up to Skull, ready for a lecture. They had a mission and no time to waste on their silly squabble, they were late as is with Colonello's surprising presence.

That was until Luce spoke, garnering their attention and making Verde crawl out of the car as well, seeing where they were. "We're here. Now we just have to move up that mountain. Our informant will meet us there."

After being doused in Rain flames, his own being smothered like fire under a water hose, Skull just took to pocketing his hands in his jeans and trudging before the entire group, setting their pace as he was quietly seething (and steaming, literally. The air around him was displaced in blurry lines like the hot desert).

And, just to keep the situation at bay, Luce and Reborn were next in line after him, then Fon, Viper, Verde and the Rain duo. They were at opposite ends and it would stay that way until they reached their destination and/ or the mission was over and done with.