Okay guys... Here we go, we get to see Violet again. And get some more insight to things, regarding the Prophecy, and Victoria. So enjoy guys. We're almost there, chapter 50 is almost here. Enjoy the chapter guys!
-Aftermath-
"Tanner! Tell me what the fuck that was!" Kya yelled, she had just stormed into Tanner, and Miranda's apartment, kicking the door in. Miranda and Tanner simply looked over at her. They were sitting on the couch, Tanner was reading a book, while Miranda was doing her makeup.
"Oh, hello Kya! I assume you're referring to Violet being taken?" Tanner asked, Kya glared at him, storming up to him, she reached out to him, but Miranda's strong hand on her wrist prevented her from going any further, a glare on her face.
"Don't try and hurt my brother." Miranda said dangerously. They had come this far by sticking together, and would never allow the other to be harmed. They relied on each other, simple as that.
"Let go of me…" Kya muttered, Tanner simply sighed.
"You'll have to calm down a bit Kya. My job prevents me from directly interfering in events. Nor can I speak of them to people outside of Miranda. I watch people I love get hurt, even die, because of my job. So I would ask you to please calm down." Tanner said, Kya glared at him.
"You told me to keep Violet away from her house once we left it! She ended up being taken by Victoria, and you knew it! You say you cant interfere, but you couldn't tell me that instead of the house thing?"
"Violet being away from her house is essential to her survival, I told you this much, but that's because I was destined to. I, like everyone follow a path that's laid out in a prophecy. The one Violet happens to be chosen for. Outside of those events I cannot speak of the future, as it could alter the course of the prophecy. Me and Miranda would lose our jobs, and subsequently be killed by our employed if I violated this rule."
"So, you're just selfish, that it? You and your sister, above everyone else?" Kya asked, Tanner gave her a look.
"If it were you and Violet? What would you do? Do you really think I enjoy sitting on the sidelines while people I care about are hurt and killed? Even though me and Miranda live in pain, we wish to live just like anyone else, shouldn't we be allowed to do so… We finally get to retire after this job, I will not take that from my sister just because you're being selfish."
"But, you're the selfish one!"
"You're just acting like this because Violet is gone, take a moment to calm down. Everything will work out, just leave this apartment, and maybe focus all that energy on finding Violet, instead of yelling at me. But you absolutely have to keep her away from her house, go, gather the essentials, things she cant live without, Toni, and Kelsi are gone right now, so I would move quickly."
"If Violet doesn't come back…" Kya muttered, before she dashed off. Miranda hummed, while Tanner focused on the door, and snapped his fingers. The door, once broken, hinges, and wood alike reformed as Tanner returned the time of the door to the way it was before Kya kicked it in.
"You okay?" Miranda asked, Tanner smiled at her.
"Yes. Using that magic is troublesome, but… I should only have to do it one more time… Then, the job ends…" Miranda sighed.
"Two more years… I cant wait, wait, was that a spoiler? The two years thing?" Miranda asked, Tanner shrugged.
"No plot armor here. Well, maybe us… But with the others no. If someone decided Violet has to die, someone else with a high magical energy will simply replace her in the prophecy, and story. A legacy situation, they'll inherit whatever role was intended for Violet." Tanner explained to Miranda, and the others he knew were there.
"So, if Violet dies from ZaZick…"
"Kya, Ruby, or Jesse could, and would take her place as the main character of this story. It would actually be interesting if that happened. The prophecy we're following could head any way, so long as people play their role."
"Like Yuri had to do?"
"Yes. It was essential he be distracted long enough for the attack on the Complex to happen. It's just started… So the next scene, when Victoria leaves, that's when she stabs Zack. She leaves directly from the next scene to the Complex to attack Zack, and in turn, revive ZaZick."
"Right… So, another question… If someone else can fulfill Violet's role in the prophecy if she dies, couldn't they just do so now, and spare Violet the pain? Technically we fit the role as well."
"It works like a Hierarchy. Violet is at the top, so as long as she is alive, no matter what the prophecy defaults to her, in order for someone else to assume the role, she must die. We are at the bottom, when there are no worthy candidates alive, we must ensure the prophecy is fulfilled."
"Well… Hopefully Violet will be okay… Maybe you guys can check on her?" Miranda asked, referring to the guests that kept peeking in on her life.
-Aftermath- Port Royal-
"You wont get away with this you know, my friends will come for me!" Violet exclaimed, as Victoria gripped her arm, and led her down the dark streets of Tortuga. Victoria's face turned dark.
"No, they wont. No one is coming to save you, no one knows where you are… All out of magic, in an unfamiliar world… A world like this, you wont last a day." Victoria said, with a sadistic, and slightly victorious tone. Violet glared at her.
"You wont at least give me a fighting chance?" Violet asked, Victoria laughed darkly, and pulled Violet into a dark alleyway.
"Oh, you'll get a chance. Let's go Violet." Victoria said, shoving the blonde away from her. Violet stumbled a bit, before she regained her balance, she turned around, and glared at Victoria, clenching her fists tightly, and getting into a stance just like her mom taught her.
"I'm gonna teach you a lesson you bitch." Violet said, in a determined voice, Victoria just smirked and held her hands limply at her sides, not feeling the need to defend herself. Violet didn't waste any time, lunging at Victoria, aiming a quick punch at Victoria, who simply grabbed Violet's hand quicker than the blonde could comprehend.
"You're pathetic." Victoria said, before tightening her grip, Violet screamed loudly as Victoria squeezed her hand, she felt her bones break, before Victoria shoved her away. Violet fell back, holding her hand, and crying. "As I said. You're simply pathetic Violet, there's nothing about you that's special."
"What do you even have against me? What did I ever do to you?" Violet asked, Victoria glared at her.
"Okay Violet, since you gave me the gift of hurting you, I'll play along. My family never got the attention they deserved from this pathetic world. Not my branch, no it was always the other branch, the ones who served the Protectors of Balance. The one's you, and that pathetic bitch Ashley come from." Victoria said, Violet glared at the mention of the people she was birthed from, she wasn't apart of their family.
"I'm not them." Violet said, Victoria rolled her eyes.
"Right, you're pathetic in your own right. Anyway, my branch was cast to the side, forgotten, shunned by the rest of the family. All my parents wanted was to impress the other branch, naturally they didn't have time for me. I wasn't bothered, I never needed them, but I was still alone. Well, mostly alone."
"I then went to Apex, and my first day I made a friend, her name was Emma. She was the first friend I ever really had, everyone else simply didn't deserve my attention, but I took a liking to her. Startling I know, I actually wanted to hang out with her, be around her… But she never had time for me, because she was always with you." Victoria explained, Violet glared at her.
"So, you're jealous of me? That all, all of this because of petty fucking jealousy? You're the one who's pathetic!" Violet told her, Victoria glared at her hotly, obviously hating the assumption.
"I am not jealous of you!" Victoria screamed at her, eyes burning brighter with hate as she stared at Violet. "The only friend I had was being taken from me, so I devised a plan, a long game. I slowly put doubts in her mind while at school. I told her about all the bad things, and Emma was just way too easy to break. She gave in almost immediately, and broke up with you, and… It made me feel good watching you hurt like that…"
"I wanted more, so when you came to Apex, I saw the perfect opportunity, I would make your life miserable. I don't know, something about you… Since the moment I saw you, you had just made me angry, I already hated that you were taking Emma from me, but when I actually looked at you… Something about you just pissed me off." Victoria said, Violet glared at her.
"It sure sounds like jealousy to me…" Violet muttered, Victoria glared at her, summoning a knife from the Darkness.
"You remember this Violet? It feels way too good to see you hurt, I cant explain it entirely, but I hate you… Maybe it's fate, maybe I'm destined to kill you, maybe it's because of that stupid fucking prophecy… But I do know that seeing you hurt gives me a high that I've never been able to replicate."
"You must live a sad life… If causing pain is the only way you feel happy… I feel sorry for you more than anything." Violet said, Victoria glared at her, and reached for her, grabbing Violet's throat, and holding her in the air, as Victoria held the knife up to Violet.
"It would be so easy to kill you now… I really want to, but… That wouldn't hurt nearly as much as my other plans… Like leaving you stranded here… I wonder how long you'll last? A young defenseless girl, surrounded by rough pirates… You'll get killed, or turned into a slave, get your pathetic mind broken by them, you'd probably love to stay after a while, the pathetic whore that you are."
"You're sick! You don't know me! Someone will come for me!" Violet yelled, Victoria laughed, and slammed Violet against a wall, disorienting her, before she dropped her on the ground.
"I'm going to leave now, have an appointment with Zack…" Victoria said, before she summoned a Dark Corridor, she held her knife up. "I'm gonna hurt him, and there's nothing you can do about it." Victoria said, before she walked into the portal, it closed behind her. Violet winced, and pushed herself up, still clutching her injured hand, it still hurt like hell, but that didn't matter, she needed to find a way out of here.
"Oi! Little girl, what're you doing 'ere?" A large man asked, he had walked into the alley, flanked on either side by two other men, just as large. Violet bit her lip.
"I'm… kinda lost." Violet told them, preparing to run, but seeing no reason to distrust them at the moment. Though they weren't stopping, just kept getting closer, as she backed away slowly.
"We can 'elp ya out… For a price." The lead man said to her, Violet glared at him as he, and his friends advanced on her. This… wasn't good. And she was just a normal… Well, slightly above average girl. Her body may have adapted to basic physical exercises, but she was still no match for three grown men on her own, not without her magic, or Keyblade at least.
"I have a feeling I know what you want, and my answer is no." Violet told them, with a glare, before she took off in the other direction. The three men chased after her, she was actually thankful she was so small for once, it made navigating the maze of alleyways easier for her, while the three men were on her trail, they didn't have a much easier time.
"Oh shit!" Violet yelled as she tripped on a bottle, falling forwards, she couldn't get her hands out to soften the fall, having to hold her broken one with her good hand, so when she fell on the cold, hard cobblestone, it roughed her up, her nose broke, and her face contorted in pain.
"Not so lucky now are ya?" The man asked, as he approached the injured girl, and grabbed her arm, pulling her up, and staring at her up and down, with a lecherous gaze. Violet contorted her face, and spit in his. He recoiled, and smacked her. "You fuckin' bitch! I'm gonna teach you some manners, boys, hold her…"
The man stopped talking when he turned his head to see his two goons on the ground, and a tall half-Japanese boy stalking towards him, blood red eyes aflame, his hand holding an actual flame in it. He dropped Violet on the ground as he reached for his pistol, but the half-Japanese boy moved faster than he could see.
Violet watched, full of joy, and slightly horrified at the sight of Yuri burning the mans face off with his magical flame. Yuri's blood red eyes fell upon her, as pure hatred turned to concern in a flash, he dropped down, and used a quick healing spell on her, healing her injured hand, and face, before he scooped her into his arms.
"Don't worry… You're safe now." He told her, as a Corridor of Light opened up, Violet's face twisted for a second before she began sobbing loudly, clutching tightly onto his shirt, and curling into him, rubbing her head on his shirt as they walked through the portal.
"Yuri! I'm so happy to see you!" Violet cried, Yuri simply smiled at her. He had been distracted with Roseanna's Replica and hadn't picked up on anything unusual until now. He focused on one thing in particular, a joy from Victoria, after searching her mind he saw everything, the attack on the complex, and what she did to Violet… He had to make a choice, save Zack, or save Violet. He let his Heart choose something for once.
"I'm sorry I didn't get there sooner…" Yuri apologized, Violet shook her head and stared at him, tears shining in her eyes. They were currently in Golde Park, in Virtuoso City Proper… Tanner had told him that Violet was not allowed at her house after midnight of last night, so he was taking her to Kya's.
"You're the best Yuri…" Violet told him, Yuri smiled at her, and nodded. "Really, I don't want to think of what would have happened if you weren't there for me…" Violet said, Yuri hummed.
"I'll always be there to rescue you Violet, when you really need me. Now, I'm taking you to Kya's house because she's been worried sick." Yuri told her, Violet nodded. "Your house is also not safe anymore…" Yuri said, as his face grew grim.
"What?" Violet asked him, Yuri looked over at her.
"ZaZick, a terrible being that Zack had trapped inside of him, is now free. Zack is dead, he was the only one who stood a chance against ZaZick, and now ZaZick wants to target those who beat him before. Including your parents, therefore, you are not allowed to go near them." Yuri told her, Violet glared at him.
"Yuri! If my parents are in trouble I have to be there! I have to help!"
"You're out of commission for two weeks. Until then, I will not allow you to go home." Yuri told her, Violet glared at him.
"Yuri. Let me go!" Violet yelled, as Yuri shook his head.
"I already lost my best friend, I wont lose the one person I love as well, please, do not ask me again." He told her, Violet just glared at him, trying to squirm out of his arms, but he held onto her tight, not allowing her to do so.
"Violet! Yuri!" Kya's voice was heard, Violet turned her head to see Kya, Jesse, and Damon running towards them. Yuri smiled slightly. Kya approached Yuri as he set Violet down on the ground, she looked like she was about to run home.
"Kya… I'm okay…" Violet said, her cheeks heating up, Kya just shook her head, as she pulled Violet into a tight hug, burying her face in Violet's shoulder.
"I was so worried about you… Come on, Tsubaki's waiting for you at home." Kya said, before she pulled Violet close, and began walking, her arm keeping the blonde girl in place beside her.
"But… Kya, I need to see my parents." Violet tried to reason with her, Kya shook her head.
"No. I was told I cant bring you to your house, so you're not going to your house. I'm bringing you to mine, your parents already know this. They'll come visit when they can, but you need to rest, and you cant be at your house to do it." Kya told her, Violet glared at her.
"Am I the only one who was left out of this decision?" Violet demanded, Jesse, and Damon shrugged.
"We didn't know either. Come on, why cant she go home?" Damon asked, Kya glared at him.
"I don't want to lose her." Kya told him honestly, he just shook his head.
"Doesn't exactly answer my question." He said, Kya shook her head.
"Something bad is happening, if Violet goes near the house, she will die, and there will be nothing any of us can do to stop it." Yuri told them, Damon, and Jesse simply gave him a look, but accepted his words.
"I still want to see my parents…" Violet told them weakly, not at all liking having no choice in this matter, Kya let out a sigh.
"I told you they would come visit when they could. Just relax okay? Your magic is gone, and you need to rest, or you could permanently damage your body." Kya told her, Violet simply sighed.
The group made their way to Kya's house, with Kya leading Violet to the bedroom while the other waited in the living room. Once Violet was laid down, Tsubaki curled up on her chest, and Violet smiled, stroking the small Frost Ferret's fur. Kya smiled and ran her fingers through Violet's hair, giving her a quick kiss before standing up.
"I'm gonna go talk with the others… You just get some rest." Kya told her girlfriend, who nodded simply. Kya left the room, closing the door behind her. Yuri was standing by the front door, with his arms crossed, and eyes closed as he leaned against the wall. Damon and Jesse were sitting on the couch.
"So, anything bad happen?" Damon asked, Yuri shook his head.
"No, not to Violet, nothing that I didn't take care of. Worst thing is her magic, she cant keep losing it like that, it could really harm her." Yuri told them, Damon, and Jesse looked at him in confusion.
"I know it cant be good, it's banned for a reason, but what exactly can it hurt?" Damon asked, Kya hummed.
"Repeated doses, especially over a short amount of time can result in the loss of various functions of the body, sight, basic motor movement. Hearing, people can lose everything, since our bodies senses are so reliant on using magic, it's like cutting off a part of us. It's amazing Violet hasn't lose anything yet, given how much of the toxin she's been injected with, and how much magic she uses without realizing it."
"We wont know for sure until it all comes back though." Yuri explained. "Violet could very well still be in grave danger. Until all her magic return in two weeks, any one of her senses could deteriorate, or be lost." Yuri explained, Damon hummed.
"Couldn't we heal her?" Damon asked, Yuri shook his head.
"Things are different when the Toxin takes them, wounds based on Darkness are very complicated to heal. My mother Rhyme lost her voice, because her throat was damaged with Darkness, they weren't able to save her voice. It's just gone, and since the Toxin is made of Darkness, anything could happen."
"That sucks… Well, let's hope everything works out. Until then, what do we do?" Damon asked, Kya hummed.
"Well, if I know Violet… She'll be trying to sneak out of my window right about now. If you guys don't mind, you think you three could stay here, to help keep her here, and for company? I'm gonna go get her." Kya said, the three boys agreed to her request, as she walked out the front door. Coming back about a minute later, dragging Violet by the arm while the blonde complained, and begged to be let go.
"Come on! You've gotta let me see them, they're my parents! You're kidnapping me!" Violet complained, Kya simply ignored her, and pulled her into the bedroom. Kya pushed Violet towards the bed, the blonde stumbled, and fell into it, as Kya used powerful Ice magic on the window, sealing it, and preventing Violet from breaking it, since Magical Ice was a lot harder to break without magic.
"Violet, you really cannot go see them. I'm sorry babe, but you just cant… Please get some rest though…" Kya pleaded with the blonde, who sighed simply, as Kya kissed her once again, and tucked her into bed, before she left the room.
Violet let out a sigh, as she tried to get some rest, she turned on her side, and closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep.
She found it much easier than she thought it would be. She found herself drifting in a silent, and dark plane of existence. She had been here before, the first time she lost her magic. It was weird then, and it was weird now.
"Back here again…" Violet muttered, before she heard someone chuckle, she turned around and saw a man standing there. Dressed in a bright white hoodie, that really stood out against the Darkness of the area around them. He smiled at her, as he moved his black hair from his bright blue eyes.
"Violet… What are you doing here?" Zack asked her, Violet just looked at him for a moment, before a memory sparked up. She had met him recently, well, the first time she lost her magic, when Emily died. He came to visit her, telling her that he used to take care of her when she lived at the complex.
"I'm… Sleeping, I think. I don't know, why are you here, Zack? Yuri told me that you… Died." Violet said, Zack nodded sadly.
"Yes. I am dead."
"But how are you here now?" Violet asked, Zack simply smiled a bit.
"I'm not Zack, I am a separate piece of Light he separated off, and placed in this realm. Just in case anything happened to him. No, this does not mean I can come back, but it means I exist here exclusively." He told Violet, who frowned at him, he looked at her, with worry in his eyes.
"I'm sorry you died…" Violet muttered, not knowing what else to say to him. He smiled at her, and shook his head.
"Don't be. It was bound to happen. Not the way I wanted to go, but… I'm more concerned for your parents, and everyone else… Violet?" Zack asked, as tears began to run down her face.
"… Are my parents gonna die?" She asked him, he simply looked away, ashamed, and moved towards her, pulling her into a hug. She didn't try to hug him back, just cried in his arms.
And for a moment an image manifested, of a far younger Violet crying, while holding a stuffed bunny in her hands, and a younger Zack smiling at her gently, before he wrapped his arms around the young girl, and pulled her close. The memory was from the day she found out she was leaving the complex, she had broken out crying when thinking of leaving, because Zack, and everyone else was so nice to her, but Zack had always treated her like his daughter, so he simply smiled sadly at her, and held her close as she cried, as if it would be the last time they saw each other.