"What the hell?! I thought you were raised better than this, Ivy!" Yelled a fuming Rexine, her voice ringing through the room, as her sister Ivy explained her reasons to stay back.
There she stood, with her sister who she had claimed wasn't with the organization. Maverick next to Rexine, watching with an upset expression, a small frown on the boy's face.
"I'm sorry. But I'll do what it takes. You're either with me, or against me." Ivy replied to her sister coldly.
"Let's go, Maves." Rexine grit her teeth, turning around to her brother, grabbing his wrist and dragging him with her out of the house, leaving Ivy there. Rexine didn't feel any kind of remorse, leaving her sister— If her sister was going to be inhumane and illogical about her reasons, Rexine wouldn't interfere. She'd stick with the more reasonable sibling.
"Its not like she's my biological sister anyway, I shouldn't care so much." Rexine muttered those words to herself like a chant, hoping that it'd help her cope better.
Maverick, the usually joyous, silly boy was upset as well. He had a scowl on his face, following Rexine back to their vehicle.
After they had left Perry, Christian, Ruby and Nicole, everything went downhill. It's been approximately two weeks since they left the Four. After they left them, Rexine and her brother tried to track down Nathan and his group, hoping to milk an explanation out of Ivy. But she never expected her to be so… illogical.
Ivy had always been a pragmatic and sensible person in Rexine's view, but that view was shattered 10 minutes ago.
"Don't say that, Rex! She was family, by blood or not!" The poor boy replied to his sister's mumbles, his voice raising slightly.
"Not anymore!" Rexine replied angrily. That shut up her brother. The duo arrived back to their vehicle; a dark Blue car.
Rexine entered the driver's seat, her brother sat in the passenger seat. The two siblings stayed silent, the tension between them thick, yet they both were upset and hurt by their siblings unwillingness to give up staying with people who'd only hurt her in the end.
You'd assume since Rexine and Maverick weren't biologically related to Ivy, that they'd be a bit more distant to her. But for them, that wasn't the case. Ivy was family. They went through thick and thin together. Childhood, teenage ages spent together. Adulthood would've been their new milestone, but that achievement wouldn't happen. It's not as if Rexine cared about such measly things, but she'd care more about the fact Ivy would no longer be here to take care of them, have fun with them, and or spend time together as a family.
There's a saying, 'villains aren't born, they're made'. But for Rexine, she'd try to portray the villain as Ivy, yet it made no sense to her.
Maverick, on the other hand, wasn't believing it. All that time he had spent helping Ivy with her homework, all that time that he'd help Ivy with her trauma and comfort her, it was all gone, in ash and as bittersweet memories.
"Can we. . . leave now?" Asked the boy, looking up to meet his sister's gaze. Rexine nodded softly, starting the car's engine.
The car started, the car driving at a decent speed. Rexine's eyes on the road, the car silent.
Until Maverick broke it, "It wasn't worth it."
"What wasn't worth it?" His sister asked, although she has a decent guess of what Maverick meant.
"Leaving them. We should've believed them. At least. ." The boy's eyes had teared up, as he turned his head to the window, wiping the tears from his eyes that had yet to fall.
"At least then we'd be with them now." He finally added, letting out a shaky sigh.
"Hey Mave, don't be like that. . ." Rexine tried to comfort her brother, while trying to drive safely, too.
"I'm sure we'll find them eventually. They're nice people. Not the kind we used to hang out with, okay? I'm sure they'll forgive us if we apologize properly." Rexine stated, trying to empathize with her brother.
She felt guilty about it herself. It wasn't fair for them after all.
Maverick sighed. He didn't want to feel pathetic about it, but after all there was nothing he could've done to prevent his sister at the time in that situation. Since he was unconscious back then.
Though he really had many questions for Ivy, he wouldn't voice them. He gazed out the window instead, keeping the tears in check. If anything, he was annoyed. But of course it still hurt him.
It wouldn't hurt to try, right? Or so, that was Rexine's mindset.
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When was the last time any of the teenagers saw a mature adult? They couldn't remember. It wouldn't be long before they'd start to miss the adults bossing them around— At least that's how Ruby felt, even in her horrified state.
It would be hard to imagine that someone like Nicole dared to do this to her. It… Never did and never will make sense to Ruby.
"Are we there yet, Eli?" Christian asked, slight impatience in his tone.
"Closer than before, mate." He replied, sighing. "It's still some right turns away. This bloody place is pretty isolated from the city."
Ruby sighed softly. The once happy and energetic girl was gone— just like the quiet, calculating one among them, and who they thought was smart.
Christian had a scowl on his face, and miraculously, this time it was not because of Perry. He had his arms crossed, eyes out the window.
Perry herself.. was starting to dread Nicole's departure even more now. Tears? Again? No, she couldn't. But oh, she wouldn't and couldn't help it.
Silently, maybe not, tears fell. She didn't care to stop them. It had been far too long— Too long for this to keep going. She couldn't keep holding back negative emotions like she had before, at least not when it came to Nicole. It… hurt too much.
She looked out the window, letting the quietness speak for itself. She didn't make a sound, only letting the tears fall in silence.
She wasn't invincible, so she didn't know why she acted like she was. It didn't leave without an effect.
Waylen continued driving, following the ginger's instructions on the left and right turns.
No one said a word, as if it was a competition they all wanted to win at.
That was, until Eli cut through the silence, his heavy British accent being heard.
"Oi! That's a bloody movin' van, yo!" Eli shouted, earning glances from the four behind him.
"Is it the organization?" Axelle asked, leaning over to get a better look.
"No freakin' way, mate. Didn't those folks just leave?" Although Eli held a point, Axelle couldn't help but be a bit suspicious. Who else could it possibly be?
Perry exhaled, wiping her tears as if they were never there to begin with. Instead, her serious poker face slowly faded in.
"Get closer, why don't we?"