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Both girls quickly rush back to The Last Drop, their hearts pounding against their chests as (Y/N) slams the door to the basement open. All heads turn to her, with Powder's being the quickest as she had missed her sister and guardian.
"Where's the-" Vi quickly starts from beside her mother but stops when her sister leaps to her side, her smile soft and relived before wrapping her arms around her sister. (Y/N) looks down at the younger of the two and exhales softly.
The woman looks down at the small coffee table and reaches for a familiar set of gauntlets, but Mylo grabs her wrist with a frown. "Hey! Those are Vander's." He warns. "Slow down, Vi? What's going on?" All heads turn to the pink haired teenager, her breath shaky and eyes blurry.
"Benzo's dead." Vi finally forces out, several gasps of disbelief filling the small room as (Y/N) looks down at her kids.
"They took Vander." Vi continues, and Mylo's face grows with worry. "Who took Vander?" (Y/N) doesn't say, and let's Vi answer instead, if she brings up how she knew who this person was, she'd have to many questions to answer with no time to spare.
"Whatever killed Benzo.." Vi's choked voice draws her attention. "..was like nothing I've ever seen.." Powder watches, scared, as (Y/N) gently rubs her sister's shoulders, trying her best to calm the frantic girl down. "It tore him apart.." more sobs break through and Vi leans fully into her guardian, eyes shut tightly to block out the images.
A minute of silence covers the room, before both boys reach out and bring the girls into their arms. "You're not doing this alone, guys." Claggor speaks up, Mylo nods. "He's our father too Vi."
(Y/N) looks up when she hears rustling, and raises a brow at her youngest kid running around collecting any and all gadgets she could find before stuffing them into a small satchel.
"Do you know where they took him?"
"The old cannery next to the docks." (Y/N) speaks up, her attention averted as she looks down at the group. "Ekko said.." she looks up and her face pulls in surprise as Powder stands, ready to come with, her bag at the ready with a determined look.
She goes to say something but Vi beats her to it. "I need you to sit this one out, Powder." The older sister tries gently, not ready to risk loosing the one person she'd been fighting for. Powder frowns. "What?"
"You're not coming."
"I'm not afraid."
"It's too dangerous."
"But families stick together, you said it yourself!" The blue haired girl tries to convince her sister, but to no avail Vi refuses. (Y/N) tries to step in as she watches Vi's hand holding her back begin to tighten. "Powder we don't want you getting hurt-"
"I want to fight! I can help!" Powder tries again, ignoring her mother and focusing more on her sister. Vi looks down at her sister, agitated that she wouldn't let it go.
"You're not ready." She says loud but firm, and guilt slowly eats at her when she sees the heartbroken look in her sister's eyes. "You and (Y/N) are all I have left." She tries to soften the blow before reaching down and gently cupping the younger's face. "I can't loose you." Powder leans into her sister's palm but moves her head away, and Vi frowns.
(Y/N) takes a step forward and leans down, a soft smile on her face. She gently takes an object Vi had been holding tightly in her hand, and hands it to Powder. "Here, if they come for you take this and run." She places it in Powder's hands, her voice firm.
Vi nods and continues, "Wherever you are, light it up, and I'll find you. I promise." Gently leaning forward the oldest sister taps her forehead against her sibling's, before turning and walking up the stairs.
(Y/N) leans forward and kisses her youngest daughter's forehead. "I'll be back before you know it." She says, her voice a whisper so that only Powder could hear. (Y/N) then gets up before swiftly making her way to the top of the stairs and closing the door behind her, leaving Powder all alone in the small basement room.
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An hour passes and the group finally makes it to the old Cannery. They all scramble on the roof, careful not to draw any attention. (Y/N) takes the lead and looks down through a broken peace of glass.
"Let's get Vander and get out." She says and swiftly moves along, her trio following behind with worried but determined faces. She lands on the floor with a quiet thud, her knees bent before looking around and making sure she wasn't spotted.
The kids follow afterwards, their hearts hammering as they trail behind her closely. Vi peaks from around the woman's shoulder and gasps as she sees straight across the small platform bridge, her father bound to an old rusty chair, his wrists and ankles locked.
Without a word Vi moves across the bridge, causing (Y/N) to panic slightly but follow afterwards.
The group makes it to the small room he was locked in and (Y/N) quickly bends down to cup his face, checking to make sure he was awake and well. Vander spits out the slightest bit of blood, and feels his eyes soften when he sees her face.
"(Y/N).." he mumbles, and grunts slightly when she wraps her arms around his neck and pepper his face with kisses. "Asshole.." (Y/N) whispers against his skin, and both Vander and Vi chuckle at her remarks.
"What are you doing here?" He quickly asks, and it's Vi's turn to wrap him in a hug, her breath shaky as she takes in his beaten form. "We're breaking you out." She states firmly, and (Y/N) nods.
"Mylo." The (H/C) woman says, and the boy takes it as his chance to quickly get to work on releasing his guardians bonds.
"H-how did you get in?" Vander continues his questions as Vi and Claggor remain at his side while (Y/N) looks around quickly, on the lookout for any unwanted company. "There's guards everywhere!"
"It was easy." His daughter says softly. "We found an open window..and.." her words die out as she takes in what she just said. No guards. No security. Trap.
"You have to get out, now." Vander urges, and looks straight up to stare at his friend. "(Y/N) get them out!"
The woman turns around and goes to speak, but stops when an icy voice cuts through the air. "Welcome." They all turn around, and (Y/N) tenses when she sees him, his scar as prominent as the day she and Vander tried to drown him in his own blood.
"You have my congratulations, (Y/N)." He says her name softer, but his tone is just as sharp, just as deadly as she remembered. "But I'm afraid this will be a very short reunion." Goons begin to sprout from behind him, all dawning the bored but blood thirsty looks as you'd see on any other street rat.
"Have you heard the rumor?" Silco asks, his crowd finally complete as they all stand around him, weapons at the ready. "Vander and (Y/N), the cowards, fled town with their children." He looks up from his position and locks eyes with (Y/N)'s (E/C) ones, and his gaze hardens. "And they were never seen again."
(Y/N) grits her teeth at his words and stares him down, her head was buzzing with so much anger that she nearly missed Vi's words. "Claggor, see if you can find another way out of here." She looks down as she sees her daughter step to her side, Vander's gauntlets strapped tightly around her hands.
"You don't have to do this." Vander quickly says, but stops when he sees (Y/N) put a hand on Vi's shoulder, and squeezes it. "Yes, we do."
Loud thumps rings through the metal flooring as a large goon makes his way forward. He was much larger than either of them, but neither of the two were fazed. (Y/N) looks down at the pink haired teen and smiles. "You ready for some mother daughter bonding?" She asks, and she feels Vi's shoulder loosens with tension.
"Im ready."
She lets her daughter take the lead and follows, watching as Vi brings her arms up and meets the man halfway down the bridge. She looks to her right and locks eyes with Silco and her hands tighten into fists. The man snorts before raising his arm, a large knife in hand and takes the first forceful swing at the teen.
Vi grints as she blocks the blade with a gauntlet, time almost standing still before she pushes him back and swings her right arm up and connects with the man's jaw. She sends so much power that she lifts him off the ground for about two seconds before (Y/N) jumps forward and grabs the man's arm and ripping the knife out of it.
The woman then jabs the knife into the man's cheek, allowing him to let out a howl of pain as he falls to the floor, his body twitching and blood leaking from the side of his face. "You fucking bitch! You bitch you stabbed me!" He yells in pain, continuing to clutch the side of his face.
Silco looks up, surprised at the young girl. Vi breaths out and bumps her elbow into her mother's before they both run forward, Vi a little ahead and meeting the others halfway.
Vi dodges a woman's blade before punching her swiftly, knocking her out. (Y/N) ducks from a man's fist and grabs his shirt before swinging and tossing him off the bridge. She takes the knife she grabbed from the first goon and uses it to get breathing room from the others trying to jump her.
Rather swiftly both Vi and (Y/N) make quick work of the pathetic excuse of security Silco had fighting for him, and both girls were determined to make it out of this factory alive, no matter what.
A man comes up from behind (Y/N) before swiping his blade along his tongue, not caring about the blood he drew and takes a jab at the woman. He knocks her shoulder, causing her to cry out before she's tackled by another woman who wraps her arms around her neck.
Vi sees this and jumps on the woman before pulling her back and knocking her out cold. (Y/N) let's put a yell as she grabs the man's head and jabs her knee into his face before tossing him to the side. She lets him fall limp just as a screech brings her attention forward.
Another man steps up except he didn't look like one, his skin was pale and purple veins crawled all along his face, arms, stomach. One arm was larger than the other and he had a slight hump thatย stuck out his back.
He was a monster.
(Y/N) tries to catch her breath as she makes out what exactly she was looking at. He didn't move but he was looking at her, dead in the eyes, unblinking and unfazed. Before she could take a step a blur of pink rushes past her and (Y/N)'s eyes widen as she tries to grab her daughter.
"Vi! No!" She tells desperately and watches as the girl jumps onto the ledge of the bridge before jumping up, her fists raised as she aims for the beast's head, a loud cry ripping from her lips.
The creature dosent move as she nears but reacts when her hands are about an inch from his face. Its reflexes are quick as it doves her attack and lunges its larger hand up and grabs Vi by the neck.
The girl is surprised at the speed of the creature and tries to move her neck from its grasp, but its fingers tighten around her with every second she moves. (Y/N) reacts quickly and rushes forward, her knife raised while she tries to stab it in its side.
It dodges the attack just as quickly and slams (Y/N) down onto the bridge, its knee pressing into her back while her head continues to get crushed. She could feel its nails digging into her scalp and begin to draw blood, allowing it to dig deeper and scratch against her skull.
She hears Vander's yell as well as Silco's but it's drowned out as her ears begin to ring. (Y/N) grunts as she's lifted and cries when both she and her daughter are thrown across the bridge, and land on the floor with pained groans.
"(Y/N)!" Vander screams, and said woman painfully rises to her feet before gripping Vi's arm and tugging her back into the room. She notices Claggor digging an old pipe into the wall and breaths. 'Almost home' she thinks, her vision going red as blood begins to drip from her head onto her face, but she ignores it and sets Vi down next to Vander's chair before running back and trying to pull the door shut.
The creature growls and starts picking up speed as it hears, and (Y/N) cries out as she grunts and shuts the door and locks it just as it rams into the other side, sending her flying back but with a sigh of relief.
Her back hits the ground and she groans, but smiles slightly as Vi appears above her, her blurry form yelling and asking questions (Y/N) probably would know the answer to if she could heard her daughter.
The ringing on her ears lightens up just enough for her to hear Vander sigh in relief. "You did good." He says, and (Y/N) scoffs. "Our daughter definitely has talent." She says through parted lips, and her daughter's face from above her smiles gently before hugging her mother around the neck and helping her up.
(Y/N) grunts as she stands, before leaning her back against the door just as the creature begins to ram into it. The churning of Mylo's gadget catches her ears, and she looks up just in time to see Claggor make quick work of the wall, all that they needed now was for Vander's to be free and they could go home.
The monster rushes against the door once more and (Y/N) pushes back, some dust and debris falling from the ceiling and landing atop her head. She notices that after a beat, the beast stops, and she looks up to see Vander free and Claggor standing infront of a giant whole in the wall.
Vi quickly pulls her up and they both smile at eachother, but their relief begins to fade when the sound of a toy turning and moving catches their attention. (Y/N) leans her head against the door and listens, the sound was familiar, she just didn't know from where.
A minute follows before she's blown back by a strong force, 'explosion?!' She screams in her head, and turns just in time to wrap her arms around Vi and bring her closer to her chest before she's blasted back by a blue cloud of smoke and fire.
Another blast goes off and (Y/N) hits the ground with a thud, she hears Vander yell as a blue spark snakes through the cracks in the door and blows them back again. A splat is heard as Claggor's body slumps against the wall, followed by another leading to Mylo's back hitting the wall, a pipe lodged in his shoulder.
One last blast follows as (Y/N) cries out in pain before the roof caves in, trapping her and her family below the rubble of that small room, her arms still tightly wrapped around her daughter.
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Electricity sparking wakes her up, and the first thing (Y/N) hears is Vander's pain cries. The woman looks up and sees that her friend pushes the ruble off of him, and she tries to do the same but cries when her leg pulls harshly.
Looking down, (Y/N) realizes that a pipe had gone directly through her right thigh and indented itself into the ground, trapping her. She cries out in pain but stops when she hears Vi's cries from beside her. She notes that Vander had gotten up and was trying to keep the remaining goons at bay, leaving her to gently try and soothe her daughter.
She tries moving but stops at the shooting pain in her leg, and braces herself for what she was about to do. Pulling herself into a plank, (Y/N) slowly begins moving her leg upwards and yells at the feeling of the metal pipe cutting through her skin, her flesh as well as several veins.
Blood leaks onto the floor but she dosnet care as she continues to move, Vi's cries even more painful than her throbbing leg. She looks to see Vi turned around, her eyes trained onto a small head of a toy monkey.
Her leg is fully up as she cries and pulls it out, her voice mixing with Vander's scream. (Y/N) shoots her head up and sees Silco walking away from the bridges edge, and the monstrous purple beast coming towards them.
Both (Y/N) and Vi sigh as the metal scrap keeping them pinned to the floor is lifted, but the woman grabs her daughter as she locks eyes with the beast, covered in purple blood and eyes turned to slits as it stares at them.
She hears it grumble as it watches them, and it almost seems to hesitate before it takes a step forward. It's yanked back with such a force that both (Y/N) and Vi audibly gasp as it gets pinned about the arch of the door, an even taller, paler beast shouting and screaming in its face as it pins the shorter monster by its neck.
The new beast slams the smaller one into the door, breaking its neck and watching as its body slumps to the floor.
(Y/N) tries to pull Vi behind her as the beast enters the room, the dust clearing and revealing a face she'd never thought she'd see. Vander stops briefly and stares back at his friend, before growling and grabbing his head, turning around and letting out frantic yells.
"What the fuck.." (Y/N) mumbles, and winces when she tries to move her leg. Vi gasps as she sees her mother's thigh, completely torn apart with blood and dirt seeping in and out of the wound.
"SILCO!" They hear Vander's yell but ignore it as they try to get up, (Y/N)'s arm around her kids as she pushes herself up. The fire begins to move around her and a high pitched sound reaches her ears, but she's pulled forward just before the flames could consume them.
Both her, Vi and Vander are thrusted out of the building and sent plummeting towards the ground below, their fall cushioned by Vander's new form.
(Y/N) blacks out almost immediately but wakes up just as quick. She gasps as she clings to her friend's arm and pulls herself up to check if he was still alive with Vi at her side.
"Vander.." they both cry out in desperate please, and watch as his head gently leans back, his eyes fluttering shut but pushing to stay open so he could see their faces one last time.
Vander looks at Vi and grunts as his chest heaves once, then twice, "Take care of Powder.." he mumbles, causing the girl to lean her head down and sob into his chest. His transition then turns to (Y/N) and it seems as if he was finally allowing himself to let go, to stare at this one woman's face before he shut his eyes for good.
"..love." He mutters with his final breath, and (Y/N) chokes back a sob. She leans down and presses her forehead to his, and lets herself cry out, her tears staining his paling face while her daughter screams beside her.
Thunder crackles just above them as lighting strikes the ground, signaling that it was time to try and head home. (Y/N) leans her weight onto Vi's shoulders and winces with every step, but they both stop as a familiar voice yells at them from behind.
"Vi it worked!" Powder's excited voice makes them look up as she nears them. "My monkey bomb finally worked!" She says with glee, her eyes shining like never before. (Y/N) examined her younger daughter's face and grimaced at the bright smile she wore, completely oblivious to what she had done.
"You did this..?" Vi's quiet whisper knocks at her ear, and (Y/N) takes notice of her eldest's shift in demeanor.
Powder stays quiet for a moment before looking around, her smile falling as she sees Vander's corpse.
"Why?" Vi asks, and she begins to let go of (Y/N)'s arm. "Why did you do this?" Powder squirms at her sister's questions.
"I..I didn't..I was saving you.." her breath catches in her throat as her fists begin to tighten when she sees Claggors bloody goggles to the side, and the thunder rumbles again.
"I only wanted to help.." she sobs, and continues to repeat the phrase as she tries to make sister and mother understand. (Y/N) shakes her head as she watches the girl panic, and tries to move closer.
"I told you to stay away.." Vi completely lets go of her mother's arm, causing (Y/N) to wince as her foot hits the ground and pain shoots up her thigh.
Powder continues to plead with her sister as she nears her, and yells as she's stroked across the face and sent to the floor.
"I told you to stay away!" Vi yells, not bothering to look as her sister raises a hand to her bruised cheek or (Y/N)'s yell. "Vi!" Her mother yells, and limps to grab her daughters shoulder but stops as her foot gives in and she to is sent stumbling to the floor.
"No! Why did you leave me?!" Powder yells back, and winces when her sister grabs her face with her hand.
"Because you're a jinx!" Vi practically yells in her sister's face and ignores (Y/N) trying to grip her shoulder and pull her back. "Do you hear me? Mylo was right!" She finally lets her sister's face go and looks down at her hand, her face turning in guilt before walking away, leaving (Y/N) and Powder to yell after her.
"Please Violet! I need you!" Powder screams into the rain, and yells even more as (Y/N) brings her into her hold. "It's going to be okay, Pow-Pow.." the older woman mumbles against her daughter's forehead, and gently strokes her hair before trying to get up.
"I'll go get your sister okay? Just stay here!" (Y/N) quickly limps away, and turns back once more as Powder looks up at her. "I'll be right back Powder, okay? I promise!" Her mother limps away, leaving the young girl in the pouring rain beside the dead body of her father.
(Y/N) catches up to Vi and and leans against a wall with her, before grabbing her daughters handย hand and trying to calm her down, her young daughter's screams ringing through the alleyway. (Y/N) looks down and sees Vi gripping her side in pain, and tries to take a look at it.
She looks down before moving her head as she hears Vi gasp. "Powder!" Looking up, they see Silco looming over the blue haired girl, and they both rush up to try and reach her.
"POW-!" They both yell, but stop when two arms wrap around their necks and cloths are placed over their mouths and nose. (Y/N) recognizes Marcus' voice when he shushes them both, and begins to drag them away, the last thing they see being Silco bending down and reaching out to the one person they both swore to protect.
"He'll kill you if he hears you.." Marcus' voice lulls them to sleep as he drags them both away, (Y/N) trying hard to fight against the drug but failing ultimately. "Come on..let's go.."
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"Where is your mother and sister?" Silco gently asks as he reaches for Powder, but grunts when she shoots out and wraps her arms around his waist, her face in his shirt as she continues to sob.
"They left me.." she mumbles, her sister's words still ringing true in her head. "She is not my sister anymore! She was never my mother..!" She sobs at her last sentence, feeling so small and weak as she was left behind once again.
Silco stares down at the small girl before looking up and staring at Vander's dead body, his breath leaving him while he takes in his best friend's form. He moves his arms around, and his little group of goons stare down at him as he brings Powder into a hug, his chin resting against her head.
"It's okay.." he whispers. "Well show them.." he wraps his other arm around her head, shielding her from the rain the best he could. He grumbles, and turns to order his men away. They leave, allowing him and his new company to watch as the flames died down, and a new day to begin.
Powder peels her eye open, void of any stray tears and red from all her crying and pleading. The fire shone against her face, causing her beautiful purple irises to become a more light pink, but only for a moment before it disappears.
"We will show them all."
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