Badass Dynasty

Weapon slaughter

{Erica}

The tension in the room spread like a fire to a building doused in gasoline. Nancy stared at Valentine with hatred etched through her face, fingers crackling with every move.

Nancy: Watch your f*****g mouth.

Valentine: Or what? You don’t even have the BALLS to fight me.

I suddenly step between them to stop the argument.

Erica: Alright now that’s enough. What’s your damage with each other?

Valentine: This b***h is a liar, I can’t believe she’s still working for boss. I bet she lied about her age too didn’t she?

I c**k my head to Nancy whos gaze is kept solely on Valentine, eyes shooting daggers at her.

Erica: Nancy WHAT is she talking about? You look older than my mom..what-

In a split second Valentine licks her thumb and smear it on Nancy’s face, and that’s when I saw it..makeup smudges near her supposed eye and face bags.

Erica: Nancy..

Nancy looks around at us and throws her broom she was holding to the side, the noise echoing in the hall.

Nancy: You got some f*****g nerve doing this to me..

Valentine: Should’ve thought about that before you let these men do what they did to my f*****g SISTER!

Erica: ENOUGH! Guys you need to calm down.

Nancy push past me as she got back all up in Valentine’s face.

Nancy: Fine. You want a fight? I’ll give you one. Training room next week, personal weapon of choice, be there or be a b***h and not show up.

With that Nancy walks off, and the rest of us are left in silence. I gentle put my hand on Valentines shoulder as I speak in a calm and low voice.

Erica: Valentine..what was all of that?

Valentine: What is was is a challenge and I’m gonna beat that b***h’s ass.

Erica: No Valentine, I mean why are you guys so upset with each other?

Valentines looks at me like I said an offensive line of words as she shoved my hand away from her shoulder.

Valentine: You seriously don’t know what she’s done? Boss never told you?

I looked at her confused as she pulled me away from the others as she closes the door to her tech office and spoke in a hushed voice, like a small quiet mouse.

Valentine: Look..I won’t say much but you have to at least understand that Nancy CANNOT be trusted, by any means necessary.

I stare at her with confusion and rage at the statement, also at as if my body is instinctively wanting to punch her straight in the nose.

Erica: You just want me to ignore her? Are you out of your mind?

Valentine: Erica PLEASE..you need to listen. Nancy is bad news, she’s so bad that most of what I’m about to say I haven’t even told your dad yet.

I grow curious as she walks over to her chair and sits down, crossing her legs with a heavy sigh escaping her mouth.

Valentine: She’s the reason my sister disappeared without a trace, she helped her. I looked for my sister for years and I still can’t find her.

My face falls as I looked at her with sympathy..but also with something else..

Rage..

I don’t know why..

I just feel angry..

Erica: Valentine what do you mean that she disappeared without a trace? And WHY didn’t you tell my dad about half of this?

She looks away, like the next words that are gonna come out her mouth are poison to the ears and her taste buds.

Valentine: Those monsters..they broke her, treated her like she was a princess at first for her looks, but in the end..it was just to get what THEY want, and it was her.

I looked at her as if my hands could just wrap around her neck and choke her until she turns as blue as the ocean.

Erica: And then what?

Valentine: She disappeared. Without another sound. Like she never existed.

Erica: And then?

Valentine: Nancy came. She told me about what she done to help her, and I just..lost it on her. I don’t care, because I’m gonna kick her ass.

With that she stands up, going to her drawer and pulling out brass knuckles and slipping them on. I grab her shoulder to stop her.

Erica: Valentine STOP. Fighting isn’t gonna-

Valentine: Yes it is. If it gives me answers I’ll beat that b***h black and blue.

With that she shoved me aside and storms out, leaving me there with a confused and angry facial expression. Too much was going on all in one day and I don’t want to have to deal with this s**t when it hits the fan.

A week goes by and things were HELLA tense. The guys looked around as Valentine and Nancy stare daggers into each other, but fir them it’s amusing, to me it’s terrifying. I finally stand up and speak through the tense silence.

Erica: Alright, so when is this fight happening?

Nancy: In 5..4..

Valentine: 3..2..1.

The girls stand up and they both leave the room on opposite sides, the men following behind like eager puppies wanting to get food from its mother.

Me, Antonio, Maya, and Jason rush out to see everyone run into the training room. My heart drops down to my feet as I turn to the others.

Erica: What do we do?

Jason: Nothing.

We all turn to him with pale faces as we taking in his words, hitting us like a school bus full of sumo wrestlers.

Maya: What do you mean ‘nothing’!?

Jason: I mean ‘nothing’. We can’t stop them now so it’s best to see what happens, we cant let them die so if something goes wrong then we be there to intervene.

Antonio: Neither of them are gonna stop until the other is dead.

Jason: Exactly. It buys us some time.

I stare at Jason as this whole new attitude isn’t the one I remember from our high school days. THAT Jason was sweet, kind, compassionate, smart. THIS Jason is someone who lives on the edge every single day, like it’s how he breaths air.

Erica: Time? We don’t have time! They’re about to fight!

Jason: We won’t let them kill each other, I know it sounds impossible but their combat skills aren’t that advanced.

With that we hear yelling, yelling like two people are trying to rip each other’s throats out. With that we rush in the training room and see it, Valentine and Nancy dueling it out.

Valentine has simple training clothes I’d wear when practicing my Budo..but Nancy, looks super different than when I first meet her. Her face looks young now that the makeup is washed off, her combat outfit looks like one a pro martial arts athlete would wear, but when I see what’s in her hands, my heart drops a second time..

Duel guns..

No no no this’ll end badly..

I’m not gonna watch this..

I try to walk up to stop them but Jason grabs my arm and shakes his head and I snatch myself away.

Erica: You’re just gonna watch this!?

With that I hear a bang, and then a second one. My head c***s to the fight to see two bullet holes in the walls.

She missed..

Thank god..

I still don’t like this..

I watch the fight with intense and gazing eyes, my heart dropping with every swing and dodged attack the girls give.

Every swing gives me a mini heart attack. Every dodge give a slight feeling of relief, I don’t know why, I love fighting, it’s all I know, but somehow..this battle makes it look..unnecessary.

Within a split second I hear a crack, and then a pop, two pops. My heart freezes over like Alaska. I turn to see both girls on the ground, Nancy with a broken jaw with some blood escaping the corner of her mouth, and Valentine..surrounded in a growing pool of blood.

Valentine..

Nancy..