Just Scraps

✟chapter twenty-seven ✟

-Elias

Marq, Chuey and I sat back and waited for Christophe to get home. Xael got home not too long ago, but he's nowhere in sight.
"What's taking him so long? He needs to hurry up!" Chuey groaned as he banged his head lightly on the passenger seat.
"No rush! This gives us time to think about our plan." I said.

The plan is to wait for Christophe to get home, and as he's about to open the front door we'll drag him to an alley and press him. We won't hurt him until he confesses to why set me up.

"Bye guys, see ya tomorrow!" A sudden car door slam startled me, Christophe waved goodbye to Ricky and his crew. They didn't even acknowledge his goodbye, they just drove away without a care in the world.

Without even thinking twice I hopped out of Marq's car and charged at Christophe, him and Chuey were behind me. We grabbed him and took him down, dragged him to the back of his house where Xael couldn't hear us.

Christophe kicked and cried, struggling as he attempted to get out of my death grip.

"Why'd you set me up? Huh? Tell me!" I shouted over and over again.

"W-what? Set you up? Why would I do that?! Are you demented?" He screamed.
"Cut the shit, Christophe! I know you're lying, do you think I'm stupid?" I shouted, I grabbed his arm and bent it as I pressed his against the wall.

"Xael— get out here! Help!" He managed to get out of my grip but Marq knocked him down by punching him in the back of the head.

In a matter of seconds, Xael came outside and watched in horror. Christophe laid on the floor groaning, and I stood over him with my hands balled into fists. 

Got clear of view of how this looks like?

"What the hell are doing to my brother? Get away from him!" She ran to his rescue and pushed me away.

"He set me up— I-I just wanna know why!" I stammered.
"Christophe? Of all people to accuse, you choose my fucking brother? Have you lost your mind?" She shouted, she got to her feet and got in my space,
"You and I both know that Ricky was the one behind this! He had nothing to do with this if you needed answers you ask me to get them for you! Don't come near us again, you punk! Stay away from here!" Xael shouted.

Hearing those words come out of her mouth tore me shreds, but I expected it. Although her relationship with Christophe isn't the strongest, he's still family.

"Alright— fine! You win! But, it'll never be over! He knows what he did."

"Elias! Leave us—"
"Xael, just shut up! He's right! I admit it, I set him up!" Christophe shouted.
"Y-you... what?" Xael asked faintly. He took her arm off of his shoulder and pushed her to the side, making her stumble.

I immediately stepped in and helped her up. Marq and Chuey took action and started beating on him.
"Guys, chill! I still want to know why he did what he did!" I interrupted.

Christophe laughed deviously, he dusted himself off and got up. "I didn't mean for it go this far, I do have regrets but I can't stand here and act like I'm a hundred percent remorseful 'cause I'm not,"

Xael cried silently, "Why... why would you do this? I thought you and I were becoming friends! Actual siblings!"

He laughed, "Us? Friends? Oh, Xael you can't be this stupid! This was all apart of my plan, for Elias to fail. I pretended to be nice to you, so when you find out Elias has been threatening me, you'll take my side and leave him in the dirt. I know this would hurt him, I know he loves you and it would kill him when he realizes that he has no one left. He has no family, his friends would abandon him, and lastly, he lost the only girl who matters to him and that girl is you! He would fall apart and give up on his foolish art career,"

"So, I became good friends with Ricky and his crew strictly because I needed someone to bash him for me! I refuse to get my hands dirty, I've never been the type to go around and put my hands on people. He and I had a mutual hatred towards Elias and we became friends on the spot. I asked him if he would do it, and he complied. I gave him fifty dollars the same night as my birthday and we followed him home,"

"Wait. You were there?" I asked.

"Sure was, while you guys were cleaning up in the living room I went to my room. I hopped out the window and caught up with Ricky and we followed you in his car. While you were getting jumped in a dark alley, I sat in the backseat and watched in amusement. Like they say... nothing good comes out Camden and you're not breaking the cycle!"

All I could see was red, Christophe has been brainwashed and manipulated by those jerks. I cocked my arm back so far and I punched him straight in the jaw and I kept going. "You brainless, son of a bitch! You don't know shit about me! If I were the old me I'd end you right now! But, you know what I'm letting you slide! You know why?"

He laughed, "Why, Elias? You wouldn't want to disappoint your father, would you?"

"No. It's because I'm breaking the cycle."