Night life~

Chapter 10~ New beginning

Small chapter for recovery on the event

It had been a few days since the event of Valeria's kidnapping. She had been remaining in her room, depressed, scared, and tormented by what she had gone through and seen for the first time in her life. She barely ate and replied to her brother or anyone via her text messages. 

"Valeria, you'll need to get out at some point. Come eat, I have fresh fruits with breakfast" He stated, hoping she would get up. But, no answers were said and nothing could be heard from her room. Sighing as he walked away, back down to the kitchen to eat by himself once more. Taking his phone out, he sent another text to Az "~Haven't heard from you too.. Call me when you get a chance~". He sent out the text knowing it would be ignored regardless, it had been a few days too since Az hadn't replied.

Recalling back on that day. Az had already left the area before anyone else could find him. No one knew where he was or any location on him. Even after speaking to Damascus about Az and the need to know his location. Damascus tried his best with tracking Az's phone but nothing had pinged up. It didn't help the fact that some of his members were getting worried, some went home but the few stayed behind just in case but they weren't sure what to do without their boss. Mikey took them in and helped them keep their mind busy by hiring them at the club, the restaurant, and the gym. Hopefully, until Az comes back. While Jakob and Pietri went back to Genusis to give Sandy a proper burial.

As for himself, his arm was recovering slowly. He could barely use his left arm for anything. Cooking, especially for Val since she has barely eaten. He felt useless but he still tried for her. This was her first time dealing with death, kidnapping, and overall helpless. He had been there himself in the past and it's not what anyone can take, he knew just how she felt.

He decided to walk back upstairs with a small bowl of the fresh fruits he had ready for her. With his injured arm, he held the bowl between his forearm and stomach as he opened the door to her room and walked in to settle her bowl on her dresser. She was awake but she was zoning out on the dresser itself as she laid on her side, beneath the blankets with her head peeking out.

He sat down on her bed and gently brought his hand over to the back of her head, trailing his fingertips along her scalp. He eyed down at her and noticed her eyes watering once more, telling him she was not taking it well still. "Come here..." he stated as he easily lifted her up to sit so he could hug her tightly with her head pressed into his neck. "shh.. it's ok.. I know what you're going through is not easy and I understand how you feel. Let it out, sis.." He stated in a low soft tone. She released an immediate screaming cry as if she had been holding it in, trying to regain herself but couldn't the moment she was held. 

He felt bad for her, she was not ready to deal with such action. She wasn't meant to see this in her life and this angered you... You hated Jax and Kat for this but you knew Kat was the brains behind this attack. Hopefully bashing her face in would bring some sense to not fuck the two gangs. Now Jax had a new challenger and Kat knew her place with Mikey.

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In the following days, Mikey worked from home as one of his members brought his laptop and a few folders to work on. He remained in his room since it was the nearest to Val's room in case she needed him during her outbreaks. But so far she had been quiet and he would check on her to make sure she was still there from the semi-panics he would get. 

He filled more reports on the situation that had happened a few days ago along with the drugs still coming into the city and affecting lonely individuals, desperate for its effects. During that downtime, Mikey asked for Az's remaining crew to look around for him while they worked for him. They could have easily gone home but they wanted to stay in the area. 

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A week had passed and still no sign of Az. But Val had just started to come out of her room to socialize a bit along with eating. She still felt unsafe. 

Mikey was in the living room this time, tapping on his laptop when he noticed Val had shown up in an extra-large sweater he had bought her just a few days before. It was something to make her feel comfortable, hoping it would help a bit to get out of her room.

He couldn't help but chuckle at how small it had made her with it on when she walked into the kitchen to grab a snack. "finally you're up" Mikey spoke out. But this startled her with a scream. "Mikey!! Don't scare me!" she screamed out immediately as she threw her snack at him. Both his hands were up, wincing at his still injured arm. "Oh, I'm sorry!" She stated before running over to lightly grip his arm but he reached over patting her head "I'm fine Val, it's healing... just a little tight right now."

At least for once, they both felt it was a bit normal. It was one step closer.

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Another day passed, a Wednesday morning Valeria did in fact text Az the night before. She was worried for Az and has been since Mikey hadn't heard from him since that day. "~Az.. at least text or call me with a few words saying you're ok.~" She sent the text, sighing softly.

She waited, almost a month had passed. She lay in bed and her phone dinged. Reaching over, she expected to be one of her friends or even Mikey texting her to come down to eat but it was neither. It was Az.

"~'M here...~"

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Not much to say, just a small recovery to get back on track!

Thank you everyone!