V & V - Rageous Rageon Redemption.

Between Friends

Velvet POV:

Midori: "Who is that?"

Velv: "I don't know. But they sound distraught!"

We hear a male voice cry from the floor below us; Midori and I look at each other with wide eyes.

Voice: "V-E-R!"

He shouts one final word, but I can't discern what it is. His voice fades, the solid floors and walls muffling his sound until we can no longer hear him. We listen intently for any further sounds, a wave of worry washing over me swiftly.

The voice didn't belong to Veneer. It carried a heavy accent and a more forceful tone. While it wasn't Ven shouting, it raises the question of who was screaming and why it sounded so distressing.

Midori: "What do you think happened?"

Velv: "Well, maybe the inmate is... you know."

Midori looks at me, not following what I'm implying.

Velv: "What I'm saying is maybe... the inmate isn't all the way here with us."

Midori thinks it over yet shakes her head softly after a moment.

Midori: "I don't know; we haven't heard anyone else since we arrived. I know they put crazy Rageons in here, but I have the feeling if that guy was crazy, he'd have been screaming like that long before now."

Her logical statement and thinking surprise me yet again; she really is so smart compared to how she acts.

Velv: "Wow, M... that is true. I didn't think of it like that."

Midori: "Thanks! Though it doesn't detract from the fact that dude's so upset. I wish we could help him."

I sit for a minute, thinking of what she's said.

Velv: "You're sure there isn't a way to the floor below us? I'm pretty sure that's where the screaming came from; it may be the boy's wing."

Midori stands and pushes the bars aside to peek out. My anxiety sharpens as she leans out further, her legs rising above the ground. If we're not cautious, she might topple forward, and the thought of her falling from this height because of my encouragement weighs heavily on me. I see Midori's arm slip, and she tumbles out of the window.

Velv: "MIDORI!!!"

I scream, doing everything I can to try to squeeze past the bars keeping me in the cell. Oh fuck! I can't believe it actually happened! What do I do? Who could I call? How-

Midori: "Velvet? Velvet!"

I blink, opening my eyes to see Midori standing a couple of feet in front of me behind her bars. She holds onto them tightly while pressing her face through the middle of two of them.

Velv: "What- how? How are you ok?"

Midori: "Velvet, what's going on? I was looking out the window, and then you started screaming! I nearly fell out; you scared me so bad. Then you just started mumbling to yourself on the floor!"

I rack my brain, re-imagining the fall over and over again. I know what I saw; there's no way I didn't.

Velv: "I-I... I'm sorry! I saw you fall out of the window, and I started panicking because I was so scared, but you're here now and okay, and-"

I ramble, stopping as I grip one of the bars before me. I pull my hand back in pain, seeing my skin turning red from where I came in contact with the bar.

Midori: "Woah... your bars are all covered in tiny snow!"

Velv: "Frost... but yeah. It hurts to touch; it's so cold."