Badass Dynasty

Head twisted with the clouds

{Erica}

The next day was like a ghost town. No one spoke about the fight, and no one wanted to. My parents consoled me about the fight but, I didn’t need consoling, I need answers, and fast.

After my training, I went to the medic hall around the corner of the maintenance room and walked in to see multiple rooms with their own doors, I decide to visit Nancy first so I walked in to see her with her jaw wired shut and bandages around her face. Expression peaceful as she sleeps without a care in the world it seems.

Just great..

So much for getting answers..

I walked up to her bed to get a better look at her face. Bruises lie all over her cheek, mouth, and eye area like she’s a cheetah. I almost felt bad when I just remembered when she lied to me dead in my face and my slight anger resurfaced.

I decided to just leave her to rest and walk out, calming myself down before I break something.

I decided to pay Valentine a visit so I went to her room door and knocked on the door kind of firmly.

Valentine: Come in. Don’t be loud.

With that I slowly entered to see her torso wrapped in multiple layers of bandages, her face slightly pale, and her hands wrapped to the bed in a way to restrain her.

Erica: Lashed out?

Valentine: Apparently. They won’t unwrap them unless I eat or drink..which I can’t do for another two weeks.

The more I hear her talk the more my heart feels this weird feeling of..sadness.

Am I feeling bad for her..?

I sit on the chair next to her bed and stare at her, not with longing or with a feeling of pity, just..a stare. A distant stare. A stare that could speak a thousand words if it had a meaning behind it.

Erica: So why’d you do it? Why the fight.

Valentine looks up from her hands, a look that speaks that she’s obviously tired from the physical and emotional pain she felt with in the last couple of hours.

Valentine: Just..needed some answers, and looks like I got em.

Erica: What do you mean?

She looks around the room and at the door, making sure no one is outside or listening in.

Valentine: I really wanted to see what she knew about my sister. I need the answers Erica. You don’t understand how-

Erica: I don’t understand, yeah, but was nearly dying the right thing to do?

Valentine: Yes. Cause win the end I won. That b***h is lying in that bed with no hope of waking up. And I hope she doesn’t wake up either.

I sigh as I slowly stood up. I glance at Valentine one last time before I started to step to the door to leave and let her rest.

Erica: Get some sleep Val, and for the love of god, don’t stay up thinking about this s**t anymore.

With that I leave, I close the door behind me and I step out the medical area and start Making my way back home when all of a sudden I hear a loud alarm blaring in the building.

Men started rushing out in huge groups as I stop a man with slight panic in my eyes.

Erica: What’s going on!?

Random guy: Ambush! Enemies are trying to break in!

I run away to the others going at my full speed, not caring if the guys think I’m running away. I find them and speak with heavy panic in my voice.

Erica: ITS AN AMBUSH! WE GOTTA-

I’m cut off when I see them with various of weapons in their hands. Antonio with a gun in his Hollister and duel knifes in his hands. Maya had her hands bandaged around the knuckles to prevent bruising and her hair is tied up in a high pony. And Jason is the worse one, he has everything. From the knifes, to the guns, to the extra weapons, he’s like a ninja but..scarier.

I read the room as I look to Jason.

Erica: Hand me a gun.

He digs in his army sized bag and tosses me a gun and some ammo as I load it up and c**k it one good time before shoving it behind me.

Erica: Let’s go.

[Outside]

When we make it outside the chaos is already to the roof, men punching and shooting at each other like it’s WWI..and boy is it bad.

I lead the others behind a pillar as I look at them with tense and strategic eyes.

Erica: What’s the game plan?

Antonio: it’s an obvious cover up for the actual plan it seems.

I catch his words as I peak from behind the pillar and see some men trying to make it the back way of the building as I nod.

Erica: So we follow them and get their asses.

With that we all book it and make our way to the back when I notice something and duck.

Erica: GET DOWN!

Everyone ducks in time to avoid the gunfire that appears when I see a man shooting at us a couple of times before he runs away to the back of the building.

Antonio: FOLLOW HIM!

I don’t think twice before I get up and sprint to the back of the building. I pull out the gun I got from Jason and I hold it in one hand while running with all my might.

I make it to the back when I see the men trying to set something up to the door.

A bomb..

I point my gun and shoot one of the guy’s arm, blood immediately pooling on the ground when he clutched it and screams as they jerk their heads to me.

I dive to a wall near the building as I hide behind it as soon as they pull out their own guns and start to shoot, entering an intense gun fight between me and them.

I get my gun close as I peak from behind the wall and scan the area as I smirk when I get a plan.

I boost it from behind the wall as I dive and roll when I pull out my dagger and throw it at one of the guy’s leg to get him down as I shoot the other two and make it to the bomb. The wires are slightly complex but I can defuse it in a couple seconds.

Erica: Green..Blue..YES!

I defuse the bomb in time as I grab the case it was in and leave the men there as some on our men come over to deal with them.

I head back to the others and see the fighting slowly stopping and I hold up the case with the defused bomb inside.

Erica: They we’re gonna blow us the f**k up. You’re welcome.

I throw the case on the ground and walk back to Antonio, Maya, and Jason as I pocket my hands without a care in the world.

Maya: You looked like you had fun.

Erica: It was fun until I had to defuse a bomb. f*****g assholes wanted to blow up MY father’s place? Not happening.

Jason gets a closer look at the bomb I defused and glares at me with a new look, like I’ve killed someone super important to him.

Jason: How the f**k did you defuse this s**t? NO ONE here knows how to, so how the hell did you? You betraying your own father now?

I widen my eyes as his words ring in my ears and I pull my hands out my pockets. I look him up and down to make sure this wasn’t a sick joke and to my surprise..it wasn’t.

Erica: I trained my whole life for a moment like this. From fighting and doing other things I might have to do, so don’t put me down because you can’t defuse a f*****g bomb like I can asshole.

Jason: It’s not even about you defusing the bomb, ever since you got here you’ve been showing out and doing s**t and I’ve been trying to tell you that you need to leave it the f**k alone. JUST LISTEN FOR ONCE DAMMIT.

And with that he kicks the bomb and storms off back into the building, I watch him leave with heavy steps as I turn to the others with a disgusted expression.

Antonio: Don’t mind him. He’s trying to recover from the fight still. Give him some days.

And they all head back inside, but I stay outside and watch over the men who carries out the enemies they defeated with practiced ease.

What the hell is wrong with Jason?

What did I do..?

I didn’t even do anything..