The New Kid

What's the plan?

Tobin's POV

"She's good Lex, that's what she told me to tell you. Okay it's alright." I rubbed Alex back as she wept into her hands. "What am I doing wrong?" 

"No, Alex no, don't say that, look we just need a plan-"

"Tobin we had a fucking plan, don't you see it didn't work, now my baby sister is bleeding and all bruised up, she just cried in my arms, and what could I do, Tobin I-I-I'm such a fuck up!" I looked at Alex a little shocked, she doesn't usually say things like this, but she was so upset. I felt bad, I mean, h-how was I supposed to know how she felt, like I just haven't experienced it, so...

"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to snap, but..."

I connected our lips and pushed her on her back. She needs this right? 

~ 

"Alright if you two are done messing around on my couch you can get up and help me pick up the place, teams coming over. We need to talk." 

"Yea, sorry, she needed that." I told Becky and received a small slap from Alex, but she had a smile on her face and giggled as Becky walked away, but I saw her smiling too. 

"It did make me feel better, I bet if Brooklyn got a certain kiss from someone she would feel better too." Alex said and wiggled her eyebrows, but she saw my eyes grow as I saw Steph's reaction to her comment.

"Umm, sorry, I-I-I d-didn't-"

"Steph spit it out, you're fine." Alex gave her a smile and Steph seemed to loosen up.

"Sorry, Brooklyn wants to come in here, so umm..."

"Yea, can you bring her in her, or do you want help?"

"Umm no I got it." She turned around, but stopped mid step. "You shouldn't be walking!!!" 

"What?! Brooklyn!" Alex and Steph both ran over to her, but Brooklyn just shrugged and put her hand in her pockets. She smiled at them freaking out. "I'm fine, I told Tobin that."

"She did." I told them and raised my habd, but Alex just glared at me. 

"Hey, they're about to- why the hell is she walking?!" 

"Because. I'm. Fine." Brooklyn told us and everyone just nodded. Alex licked her thumb and rubbed a tiny bit of dry blood off her lip gently. Brooklyn smiled and laughed as we walked over and sat on the couch. 

Alex had Brooklyn snuggled into her side, so I just sat on the other side of Steph. 

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"Okay, we definitely know now that they've started it. I... we need a plan, I think the buddy system wasn't the best plan, well it would for other situations. They playing dirty and smart, so beware." Becky said and looked over at Brooklyn.

"We can't have anyone else get hurt, but- I mean there was a period of time during the school wars they had a certain way of settling things-"

"Becky no, we can't do that, they were dangerous." Hope told her sternly, but Carli seemed to agree with Becky. "We need to." 

"Can someone explain what the hell you're talking about?!" Syd asked impatient for them to finish their little side conversation.

"Umm, well since Becky thinks it's a good idea, then she can explain." Hope said harshly.

"Well umm, it's called the warfare cave. It's not really a cave, but you know just a name. The thing is it was a hard place to lose, because if you did it was bad, your team lost. Everytime we met it was a battle against the four teams, there's a coin flip, between two teams every time the teams change, the one who wins the coin flip picks their team first. Each team chooses one 'fighter' from each team to battle, once one person wins the team winning chooses a another person to fight, but theirs stay in, it's a strategy and fight game, but it's got out of hand last time and ended everything, after she died-"

"That's why we're not doing it again!" Ashlyn spoke this time stopping Becky.

"Look Ash, Hope, I know it didn't go as planned last time, but we should-"

"Ali... not you too." Ashlyn folded her arms as we sat there in shock. 

"I'll fight them." 

"HELL NO!" Alex looked down at Brooklyn and shook her head. 

"Al, I fought them once, I knocked out Camila in one kick, I can fight, I used to a lot-"

"What about the restaurant? Hmm, why didn't you fight them?" Alex looked at her expectantly, but got put in her place. "Th-they were gonna hurt Steph." Her busted open bottom lip trembled slightly at the words coming out of her mouth. 

"I-I didn't know...sorry." She looked over at Steph with a sincere look and looked down at her hands.

"I don't really think it's a good idea, but Alex, she can fight, she's good, what if we did it, we might win, we can stop them, so this doesn't happen." Carli told her and she just shook her head. She pushed herself off the couch and ran out the front door as I saw tears start streaming down her eyes. 

I started to get up, but was stopped. "No, I'm gonna go talk to her." Brooklyn took a deep breath and got up and walked outside.

"I don't know if we should do this guys." I told them and shook my head.

"But what if it is the only way?" Chloe asked as we all seemed quiet and fearful of what could happen either way.

"You can just shove a little girl out there, Brooklyn and Mallory are the youngest on our team and you want to make them fight, this isn't right." Christen shook her head and Julie patted her leg to calm her.

"What is 'right'? I'm sorry, but her temper is the thing that started everything!" Lindsey threw her hands up. "Lindsey is kind of right." Mallory mumbled and I shook my head. Mallory might like Brooklyn, but just because Brooklyn likes Steph doesn't mean she should throw her under the bus now.

"No, no she's not! Are you guys even thinking right now?!" Lucy shook her head at them.

"Yea, I'm sorry we're thinking about ourselves and the team, and tring to keep ourselves safe from the kid that is endangering us." Pinoe said, but Syd looked at her in disbelief and went off.

"The 'kid' didn't do shit! She was attacked and now being blamed, and talked about behind her back by her team?! What the hell guys, we're a TEAM!"

"Yea, a team that's falling apart." Klimg said and shook her head. "I'm sorry, but we can't defend her and have a repeat, it just can't happen." 

"You're gonna make a new foreign fifteen year old fight your battles?! That's low, she doesn't deserve that." Abby looked at her left back with disappointment, something flying all over the room. 

"I can't, I-I..." I got up and walked out of the house to go see what happened to Alex and Brooklyn. I stopped quickly and tried to be as quiet as possible, because the sight in front of me. Alex and Brooklyn on the ground, Brooklyn was sitting up with Alex's head in her lap as she looked up at the night sky. She gently stroked her hair as Alex shifted a little, Brooklyn turned her head and smiled at me.

She waved me over and I sat down next to them. Alex's eyes flashed over and a small smile formed on her face. "They're having World War 3 in there, but I wanted to know if you two are okay?" 

"Yea, we're good." Brooklyn and Alex smiled into each others eyes as Brooklyn answered me. 

"Everything will be good." I nodded at their comment as we say there and looked at the night sky.

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A\N: Do you think they will fight? 

I've picked my person for Brooklyn to be with andin the process have a few other ships set up.