Warnings: Mature Language, Crying, Manipulation, Mental Abuse, Fighting, Blood, Betrayal, Smoking, Mentions of Alcoholism, Abuse, Aggression, Family Issues, Degrading, Paranoia, Mentions of Psychological Abuse.
Note: Remember this is Izzys POV so some of the things said about Miguel, Demetri, Eli, Sam etc are OOC for them typically as I'm portraying her paranoia. Long chapter btwww and it's unedited.
Also I'm not great at writing fight scenes, especially big ones like the finale one so use your imagination as well as my poor description!
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𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 we were doing the right thing in facing a man like Terry Silver head on. My mind was still a mess after everything, after his words. Maybe I was just some loser who didn't deserve a thing. Maybe I was supposed to lose. How can I go from having Johnny as a role model to having Kreese as a role model to having Terry as a role model. Well and I guess I'm supposed to class Daniel was one, although everything's too fresh at the moment. "Hey, you okay Iz?" Tory asked me softly as we went to leave the apartment hand in hand. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" I wondered, a slight defensive edge to my voice yet my voice was barely above a whisper. "I just.. I know Terry meant a lot to you, it's okay to feel scared or whatever." She whispered back, out of Sam's earshot who was walking slightly ahead of the two of us. "He meant a lot. Past tense. He..He doesn't now." I stuttered softly, squeezing her hand trying to assure her I was okay.
"Hey Izzy Pops." Simon smiled whilst the three of us walked towards the group that consisted of 80% of people who were now an enemy of mine. Demetri, Robby, Carl, Simon, Hawk and Miguel were all stood looking at the three of us. "Izzy, you're really here." Carl murmured under his breath, a soft smile on his face, I nodded to my brother. "Uh hey." Miguel said to Tory and I whilst Demetri and Eli remained silent. "What happened to your hand?" Robby asked gently, looking to my girlfriend. I knew they were pretty close, despite their fling they were originally good friends. I noticed he gave Simon's hand a reassuring squeeze. Wow, poor Sam Miguel and Eli being surrounded by LGBTQ+ relationships. "Training accident. I'm okay." Tory assured everyone. I still didn't say a word. I wasn't sure what to say. It felt too awkward, too much. I'd really messed things up with these people.
"We think we have a way to prove Silver and Amelia assaulted Stingray." Sam began to explain. "If the attack happened at the old dojo, that would have been after Silver installed security cameras." Tory chimed in. "So maybe it's all caught on tape." Miguel suggested. I thought about it for a second. "Wait, wasn't the place cleaned out?" I asked quietly. "Yeah, it was." Robby confirmed. "That might not matter. I mean the systems we sell at TechTown all save the footage to a central server. Silver probably took the whole system when he moved out." Demetri stated. "God I love it when you talk nerdy babe." Carl muttered, then both him and Demetri flushed when they realised we all heard it.
