Yellow Hearts

2.10

"What the fuck are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in DR scamming the government?"

"Who do you think has been accepting each of your requests, have you painted my zodiac yet?"

"Yeah... wait a fuck- are you the one who abducted us?!"

"Believe me there's good reason."

"I'm so telling Mom. And Daddy. And once I tell tía you're really dead."

"You think your tía's unaware of my involvement?"

"No, I just know that all of them are gonna beat your ass when they find out how involved you are."

"Just hear me out hm?" he held his hands up, not looking away from her eyes even when they showed an intent to kill. "The cameras in your room aren't disabled like your friends but one of my cohorts is on duty currently so anything you say or do won't be filed. Do not use that information to hurt me."

"You've got ten minutes before I break the mirror and stab you."

"Fair enough." he shrugged and they sat down at her table. "How should I start?"

"Figure it out quick cause the timer's already started."

"Bonita." he dragged out her name. "Murder isn't a good idea with your arm all cut up like that."

"And whose fault is that?"

"I'll send Alex in to bandage it soon. But I suppose your threat still stands–"

"Both of them."

"–so let's get down to business. Leo and Sofía along with the rest of your friends' guardians and your friend's little sister are here as well, locked in the level below us. Though I get the feeling you already knew that."

"How would I have any way of knowing that Tío?"

"I don't know how you know most things Bonita. You know how to cook a man in a convection oven after all."

"Only if necessary."

"This place isn't actually a containment facility."

"Am I in grippy sock jail?" she whined. "I fucking knew it."

"No, this is not a psychiatric ward. It's a corrupt facility run by a bunch of pigs who won't hesitate to use you, your family, and your friends like they did earlier."

"And apparently my exes too. By the way, how dare you force me to interact with Laden of all people."

"It wasn't my choice. If it was, I wouldn't have sent you in there at all."

"Sure, let's pretend I believe it." she crossed her arms leaning back in her chair. "How is this even, y'know, legal?"

"Because it's government-run."

"Great. And what are we supposed to do about it? I'm five foot five and all my weapons were taken away."

"Don't sell yourself short, I saw what you did to that boy earlier. Imagine every time you did something wrong and authority blew it out of proportion. Then what the other authority did to stop that."

"You mean nothing? Honestly, all I did was push Sarah off the pyramid and suddenly I'm one mess up away from expulsion. I didn't do anything to the staff there!"

"Exactly. Places like this are the same way. They abuse their power and authority, and no one is going to stop them unless we do."

"Once again, what are we supposed to do?"

"Well my group is planning to burn this place to the ground from the inside out."

"Hated that movie..."