Black Mask: Lost Past

Who is responsible?

Elizabeth slowly closed the door behind her.

She walked towards the trio and sat beside Vanessa, who waved at her with a bright smile unwrapping the cupcake she was holding.

"Why are you here? Did you get into his pants." She asked in a suspicious tone. Elizabeth initially thought she was here to stay but recalling Vanessa's entrance, that was unlikely to happen.

"That son of-" Vanessa cut herself off as she looked at Victoria, who looked at her with an eyebrow raised in an 'I dare you' way.

Elizabeth furrowed her eyes in confusion. Was she missing something?

"A Saint. He wouldn't f**k me at all. Said he only beds people he loves and the ones that reciprocates his feeling." She muttered under her breathe, completely annoyed that the only person she was thoroughly infatuated with is such a..... nice guy.

It turned her on yet annoyed her at the same time. She didn't want a relationship let alone wanted to fall in love.

And definitely not with a person that knows everything about me. Even the one she didn't dare tell the ones she'd die for. Except for Christine but she isn't alive anymore so.....

"So why are you here?" Lucas asked, taking a bite from his cupcake.

"Because I was sexually frustrated and wanted to take it out on Victoria." Vanessa said bluntly and reached for another cupcake.

"Why her specifically?" Lucas asked confused and amused at the same time.

"Yea why me specifically?" Victoria asked tilting her head to the side slightly glaring at her best friend.

There's that look again. Elizabeth thought to herself. She, definitely, is missing something.

"She is an easy victim." Vanessa said shaking her head.

Victoria looked amused at that, not expecting her to actually say that.

"Anyways what happened to...to... what's her name again?" Vanessa asked looking at Elizabeth.

"Sofia. Yea nothing she is sleeping now." Elizabeth said, looking guilty.

Vanessa didn't look convinced but didn't ask further.

"Vanessa." Victoria called out, hesitatantly.

Said person looked at her in question.

"If. Hypothetically, you found your parents. What would you do?"

"If. Hypothetically, I found my parents then I will kill my father and whoever was involved in my past in the most brutal way possible." She said through gritted teeth and then flashed a smile at the girl sitting opposite her.

Victoria mouthed an 'ok' and looked at her lap, nervously.

She bit her lower lip and glanced at Elizabeth.

Though she didn't believe Vanessa is capable of killing her parents. If they, in fact, were responsible for the misery she had to go through, then she wasn't sure what she'd do.

"What if.... they weren't responsible for, well, anything you had to go through?" Elizabeth asked intently.

Lucas looked at his lover in confusion. Why is she asking that and why is the aura in the room different. It's almost felt suffocating.

"Then who is?"

Elizabeth looked away as she didn't have an answer to that question.

Who is? Who is responsible?

"You didn't exactly answer my question." Elizabeth said with her eyebrow raised.

"Should I?" Vanessa asked, imitating Elizabeth's look.

Elizabeth gasped.

Does she.... does she know?