Hell-Borne

He Still Cares

Lyric watches t.v. as Ember laid down on her lap, snoring.

She slowly moves her, she grabs all the trash and she throws it away. The door knocks.

Lyric walks over to the door, she opens it to see Ace glaring at her.

"Ace!" She gasps.

"What are you doing here?" She asks.

"I'm checking on my girlfriend." Ace says, leaning.

"Who's that?" Ace asks, gesturing his head at Ember.

"A friend of mine." Lyric says.

Ember opens her eyes, she immediately stands up, pulling out her glock.

"No!!!" Lyric shouts, jumping in front of Ace.

"He's good."

Ember sighs. "You got lucky, I would've popped a cap in your ass." She says to Ace.

Ace glares at her. "And if you missed that would be your ass."

Ember walks up to him.

"He's my boyfriend." Lyric says.

"Hey boyfriend, nice to meet ya."

"Does...he know?" Ember asks.

"Yeah." Lyric nods.

"She's one of the members watching me." Lyric says.

Ace nods.

"We can trust her." Lyric says.

Lyric looks at Ember, then at Ace before crossing her arms.

"I have a plan." Lyric says.

"What?" Ember repeats.

"We can stop both gangs." Lyric says.

"That's suicide." Ember says.

Lyric smiles at Ember, showing that she was dead serious.

Ember furrows her eyebrows. "Okay, what kind of flowers do ya want? Lilies or Roses?"

Lyric rolls her eyes. "I'm serious Ember."

Ace leans against the wall. "Lyric, I'm not sure if Ember here will snitch us out."

"As much as I'm scared shitless of Omar, Lyric's my friend and I owe her."

"Owe her for what?"

"Beating-"

"Nothing." Lyric butts in. "We need to focus."

Ace knits his eyebrows. Ember plays with the hem of her tank top.

"What do we need to do?" Ace asks.

"As much as I hate this plan...we'll have to throw Keith and Omar under the bus."

"But how?" Ember asks.

"One of them kills another." Ace suggests.

"Lyric, both of these men aren't innocent, Keith has killed, and raped."

"And I'm pretty sure Omar has some dirt under his fingernails too." Ace says.

"Killing is wrong." Ace says. "I know that."

"But if this continues one of us will wind up dead." Ace says.

Lyric knew he was right. Omar was smart, if he found out any more information about those two God knows what will happen.

All Lyric knows is, if Omar have some sort of dirt on you, he's using it as a weapon.

"We'll have to get them both caught, they both have police records." Lyric says.