"-are you even listening to me?! You could have been killed!"
"Sheesh, ya gotta chill Sakura, I'm not five."
"Then stop acting like it!"
"Girls, let's please not fight!"
Three girls were sitting together at a booth in an abandoned diner. They each drank from their energy drinks as they argued about recent event. Personal, recent events.
"That was way too close girls, they got our pictures for heavens sake!" Sakura exclaimed, taking another sip from her drink. Venomous Vine just rolled her eyes and groaned. Aqua Blue started to tear up. She had never like being yelled at, but it was worse when it could have been avoided with more care. "So what if they got our pictures? We had our masks on." Vine stated, chugging the rest of her drink. Aqua shrunk down in her seat as she saw the anger in Sakura's eyes fire up.
"So what? So WHAT? Venom, you just put us all in danger! Do you even know how to be responsible?!"
"Of course I do."
"You sure don't act like it!"
"You have got to loosen up! It was an honest mistake."
"You just shrug everything off-"
"Maybe I just wanna joke around a bit."
"Don't interrupt-"
"Don't bug me."
"Venomous Vine-"
"That's my name."
"Venom-"
"That's me."
"BUTTERCUP!"
Everyone was dead silent. No one called the girls by their real names, not even each other. The pain was too much. Aqua was in tears and gripped the hem of her skirt. Sakura's eyes widened as she realized her mistake. "Venom, I'm sorry I-"
Venom crushed her can and looked at her sister dead in the eye. "Buttercup died a long time ago. I'm Venomous Vine."
With that, all three girls sat in silence. They avoided all eye contact whatsoever. Sakura stared in her lap, cursing herself. Aqua stared out the window and wiped away her tears. Venom sat there, legs crossed, and glared at the crushed can. No one dared to move a muscle.
"I step out for five minutes, and the three of you scream up a storm.
The three girls looked in the direction of the voice. There stood their fourth member, Missile Bird. She leaned on the door frame, her arms crossed. She was an old friend that had grown up with the girls. Missile Bird pushed herself off the door frame and spoke once more. "We have supplies to pick up, usual place." The other three nodded, and the four went outside. Venom, still angry, put on her mask and helmet. Then she threw her satchel on an got on her motor bike. Sakura, Aqua and Missile climbed into the car. With a nod to each other, the four went on their way.