𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞: 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞, 𝐕𝐢 𝐗 𝐎𝐜

chapter four

★ vias pov ★

My heart races as I approach the shop, exhausted from sprinting so fast to catch up to her. I stumble through the door, breathing heavily.

Vi looks up at me, her eyes wide "what're you doing?" She asks me, her voice is panicked "what the fuck do you think your doing?" I yell kicking the wooden crate she's sat on. She doesn't seem to notice my aggression as she stands up putting her hands on my upper arms and glancing toward the door "why are you here, you have to go home" she tells me her voice almost shaking.

"You can't just leave us!" I reply my voice shaking with a mixture of anger and devastation "I have to do something!" Vi retorts panic still obvious in her tone as she ran hand through her hair.

"You think leaving us is solving our problems? Have you thought this through at all" I snap wiping tears that threaten to fall

"yeah believe it or not I've actually thought about it!"

"Well you've not thought hard enough!"

At this point a tear runs down my cheek but she swipes it away with her thumb looking at me sympathetically as she cups my face with her hands. "Sweetheart its not safe" she says gently but I shake my head wiping my eyes with the back of my hand once again "I'm not leaving" I insist crossing my arms.

She tilts my head up with the hands that have been cupping my face as she presses her lips to mine, kissing my gently in a way that almost seems like an apology. She's never done this before, but I end up closing my eyes and returning it despite the circumstances as I forget to pay attention to my surroundings.

☆vi's pov☆

I reach behind via, slightly unaware of where my hand is reaching as my mind is slightly cloudy and my eyes are closed, but I eventually find the door knob. I open the door trying not to disturb her or make her aware of the situation. I move my arms and place them on the doorframe leaving her standing on the edge of the step as we break apart and she realises what's going on.

"Wait w-" she starts but she dosent get to finish her words as I gently push her which causes her to fall landing on her side against the floor. Im worried for a few seconds I may have hurt her before I remember the alternative is her getting taken by enforcers.

☆ vias pov ☆

The side of my body hits the floor as I try to sprint back up and reach the door hitting my shoulder against it as I try to get out. "Vi you ass let me out!" I scream, I don't stop my shouting as my fists hit the door repeatedly until my hands are red.

I hear her teary apologies from the other side of the door but my shouting dosent end until my voice starts to become hoarse.

"Via?" The voice of a small white haired boy comes from above the small green window, I wipe my eyes jogging down the steps relief washes over me seeing ekkos silhouette through the green glass.

"Yeah little man it's me" I hum trying not to sound as distraught as I am "think you can help me out?" I question

He opens a latch on the other side and swung the window open, though it's too high for me to escape through. I take a few steps back and run jumping as I catch my foot on the wall. Ekko lends me a hand which I take, though my hand manages to grasp the wall as well which I try to put most of my weight on not wanting to pull him down with me.

I use my arm on the wall to pull myself up rolling onto the cold concrete as I watch little man close the latch, one which he seems to have attached and is hidden by a patch of grass. "Good hiding place kid" I mutter sniffing as he lends me a hand to help me to my feet.

I see vander and benzo rushing this way but ekko pulls me away before I get a proper look leading me up a ladder on the side of the building. "But vi-" I start though ekko ushers me up "benzo and vander will take care of it" he reassures as I climb up, my breathing shaky.

☆☆☆

We're sat together on the roof watching what's going on below us, I peer down and see vander Being lead out by enforcers as benzo followed behind. I turn to ekko watching his equally worried face.

"They won't be putting vander away, surely" I start my voice already shaking at the thought of never seeing vander again crosses my mind.

He doesn't get a chance to reply as we hear a sickening scream, when my gaze shifts back to what's happening below us I see the bloody body of grayson on the concrete.

A gasp comes from me as I watch a thin gauntly man approach through the smoke. One of his eyes is a little fucked up.

"Silco!" Benzo yells, stepping forward waving around the metal pipe in his hand "you animal. Go crawl back into whatever hole you came out of!" He snapped

"Benzo! Stay back" vander warns his voice anxious but benzo dosent seem to listen as he moved forward swinging the pipe in his hand. Silco finally speaks, his tone unnervingly calm "you never did know when to walk awak away"

Benzo rushed forward moving to Bash silco with the pipe though something tackles him to the ground. Vander drops to his knees seeing the amount of blood, and benzo unmoving.

Tears fill My eyes but I try not to let them fall as I focus on ekko who looks on the verge of sobbing. I hugged him gently trying to comfort him though it dosent seem to work as tears stream down his face and a sob escapes him

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HEY CHAT IM BACKKK
would've written entire episode but couldn't be arsed and I need to update bc I haven't since may WHICH IS CRAZY BTW?

anyway will hopefully have a new one out by this weekend but idk we'll see how I feel.

Also gf has found me on here so we shall see how she judges me lesbian writing skills :)