Fear and Fate(poly)(bxb)

Romero's Fate

"Where's Mia?" Seven asks first.

We're back home and things are wrapping up quickly now. We've secured over half of the Northern territory so it's nothing but smooth sailing and intimidation from here. The only thing is our numbers have dwindled significantly. We don't have as much work to do now so it's not too big of a deal but it's noticeable, to us and our enemies.

"You didn't hear me?" Seven walks directly in front of Von, stopping him from going straight to his room.

Von places his heavily tattooed right arm across Seven's narrow chest. Von is way taller than Seven but still shorter than me. I stand up and Seven is already on the ground. He just stays down, staring up at our leader with broken doe-eyes. The look on his face tells me I don't need to intervene.

"So you can hear you just can't think of a response." Seven gets up and stands right back where he was. He wasn't speaking with a chafa attitude before but now he is. "Where the fuck is Mia? Use your words unless you want me to start using my hands too."

Von smirks and it's condescending. "Baby, are you threatening me?"

Seven leans into the slight graze he gives his ear, eating it up. I'm about to put him on the floor next.

"Where is she?" I ask coldly.

"Forget about her." Von's voice is colder. It sparks the attention of everyone in the room despite how low it is. His all-black outfit compliments his dark personality, his dark hair, and the ink of his tattoos.

"Wait, wait." Kimori stutters. "What do you mean?"

"Do as I say and stop questioning me. Mia is gone. Let it go or you'll be next."

Seven takes three steps back from Von. Something is finally clicking. Seven looks pristine like a prince, like he's too pretty to think. But I can see it in his eyes when the gears shift into place and the rose petals wilt.

"Everything we went through to keep her, all the shit I took from you in the beginning, I'll never forget that... I can't remember a lot of things but I'll never forget that." Seven says as his voice crescendos from shaky to sturdy. "You're lying. Tell me you're lying or this will break me. You know I can't take this."

"She was a liability to the gang. You never partnered with her so you can't even speak on her capabilities on the battlefield." L closes his laptop as he comes to Von's defense. "Von was right to get rid of her and if you can't see that it's because you didn't care about her as much as you pretended to."

"Mentiroso," I scoff. "You're so fucking spineless, L. I'll knock all of that shit over."

If L agrees he probably knows where Mia is too. This was his idea and he's just using Von as a face for it. I walk towards him.

"Where is she?" Kimori whispers softly. He stoops to the ground and covers both ears.

"Tell us," I demand before my mind starts wandering. "Did you shoot her again? Did you burn her body? Did you tie her to a brick or an anchor and throw her over the dock?"

"What did you do to her?" Seven asks in disgust.

Von starts to walk past him and I hear something only akin to skin on skin, but it's loud. Von actually looks shocked for a second, then he raises his hand too.

"Where is she–" Seven is so much smaller than Von that when Von slaps him back, he hits the wall.

Von grabs him quickly and presses him there. His black clothing covers him entirely and hides the younger from my view. It's enough to make me get active as well while conejito stays stunned on the floor.