𓏲 ˖ ִ    𝓓ON'T BLAME ME  ⊹ ݁
⟡   a violet love story  ៸៸
꒰        ❛   shes not to be messed with   ❜       ꒱

          ▌THE SOUNDS OF GRUNTS and bickering filled the training room the five kids were hanging out in. mylo and clagger were bickering, while mylo also continuing to insult powder in anyway he could.

maeve was sitting on one of the railings that was surrounding the boxing machine that vi was sparring, her strength unmatched as she continued beating her highscore with every punch. the brunette girl was always in awe of how strong she was.

"remind me why we bother with this dump?" mylo complained, as usual, playing around with one of the training guns.

"vander said to lay low. enforcers never come down here, so this is as good a place as any." violet replied, moving her arm around to loosen it up. then wiping the sweat off her forehead.

"oh whats the matter, mylo? you worried powders gonna beat you again?" claggor sarcastically pouted as he teased his bestfriend, maeve snorted from beside violet.

"ofcourse he is, hes a sore loser." maeve replied, letting out a giggle as the others did aswell.

mylo scowled as he looked at the girl, "if she didn't keep fixing these things, i wouldn't keep missing." he flung his arms out.

"or maybe you just need to get better at the game?" mae jumped off of the railing, walking down the small set of stairs and moving over to where mylo was standing.

just as she stood in her place, powder jumped out from behind the shooting range, a scowl on her kiddish features as she held two big plugs in her hands.

a smirk on her face as she snapped them together, watching the range glow up with neon colours behind her. she jumped over the small wooden divider, sending mylo a look before skipping away.

mylo screwed his face up in a teasing way, causing maeve to slap him on the back of his head. a small snicker falling from her mouth as he rubbed his head.

he then started shooting at each wooden figure that moved around, missing most of his shots. "dude come on, if your gonna complain atleast be somewhat good.." she said as she snatched the gun out of his hands.

"your not any better." he crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes moved to the range as maeve set herself up to shoot.

hitting each and every bullseye without fail, watching each wooden face fall down. a smirk on her face as she blew on the tip of the gun, facing mylo whos mouth was agape.

"how— what— shut up!" he groaned as he grabbed the gun again, going to shoot the targets again.

maeve spun on her heels, walking back over to vi who was bandaging her knuckles. "you guys know i wouldnt take you on a job you couldn't handle, right?" she wearily asked.

maeves face softened as she leant herself on the railing next to her. "stop it, vi. that was the best job we've ever done, no ones blaming you stop blaming yourself."

"we're blaming powder. maybe just don't take this kid next time." mylo spoke up.

"do you ever shut you mouth? no one is blaming powder besides you, and really, its your fault we lost it, mr 'nice haul" maeve got defensive once again.

mylo and maeve have never gotten along. their bickering always turn into huge fights, and usually its always over powder or the fact mylo just genuinely never shuts up.

everyones gotten used to it by now.

maeves eyes turned too the blue haired girl who flicked the training gun up into her hands, aiming for the targets. mylo watched in jealousy as she hit each and every one, just like maeve did.

powder and the brunette girl used to always use the range, maeve would teach powder how to do everything and soon enough she became a pro. maeve would argue powder is better then her.

she screwed up her face once she finished, walking away and over to the arcade game they set up, where claggor was sitting right next too.

indistinct shouting could be heard behind the green glass window, something was happening and it was a for sure fact due to the amounts of noise that could be heard.

"hey, uh, maeve?" the little girl called over the brunette. who happily waltzed over to her. "whats up, sugar?" she smiled.

"can you hear that?" she said quietly, maeve leaned towards the glass, hearing what she was on about. her eyes widened as she nodded, moving closer to the crack that was in the middle of it.

when she peered into the room on the other side, she noticed the amounts of enforcers, three of them questioning a man who looked like he was having none of it. "topsider business aint my concern." he said to them with attitude.

"its every one of you trenchers concern now." the enforcers voice said, just as he did, the man pulled out of the hands that were holding him back, then spitting on the main soldiers shoe.

maeve stepped back, pulling powder beside her as she turned, "um, guys, come see th—" she went to finish her sentence before the man she watched a second ago, was flung into the room, glass shattering everywhere while maeve pushed powder behind her.

a gasp left everyones mouth out of shock, vi immediately ran over to the edge of the machine, peering over and looking behind the glass.

her eyes widened as she saw each of the enforcers staring back at her. "search them." the main soldier said, the three others started walking in, treading over the glass they had just broken.

"well there goes our pretty wall." maeve said with a frown, trying to make a joke. maeve then stepped back as one of the enforcers stepped closer to her. powder gripped onto her shirt with fear.

the brunette looked over at vi, who had already been looking at her with a poker face. worry washed over maeves face, she had no proof of anything and neither did anyone else as far as she knew, but she had a gut feeling something was gonna go wrong.

violet sent her a nod, immediate calmness spread across her body as she took a deep breath.

"go ahead, idiots. we've got nothing." mylo opened his mouth once again, powder then started backing up closer to the range, letting go of the older girls shirt and slamming her back into the ledge.

a blue irredescent light glowed from the small bag that sat on powders hip. she sent over a worried look to her big sister whos face dropped immediately, her eyes widening.

one of the enforcers stepped closer to the youngest girl, in which she replied with a horrified look on her face. on cue, violet sent over a look to claggor who immediately pulled the lever and turned all the lights off.

the only source of light was the lit up shooting range, which hurt your eyes to stare at too long. powder took no time to run away, the enforcer immediately chasing after her.

mylo jump kicked the enforcer that stood infront of him, flipping over the ledge that disconnected the range from the rest of the room.

letting out a deep shriek as he shot the training gun at the enforcer who showed no emotion to the small pink balls being shot at them.

before he could walk closer, vi threw the metal plate that sat on the boxing machine at the mans head, knocking him out clean and onto the floor.

"stop!" one of the other enforcers shouted towards the pink haired girl. "get 'em!" he shouted again, maeve was still stood infront of the enforcer.

"good seein' ya!" she said giddily, then kneeing the man in between his legs with great force, causing him to double over and get on his knees.

"well.. that was a lie." she laughed, then kneeing him in the nose and sending a hard punch to his cheek bone. making a run for it and following behind vi.

maeve was slowly starting to slow down, her head felt fuzzy and everything started becoming blurry. "c'mon mae!" vi reached over and grabbed her wrist dragging her to the side really quickly.

"you okay? do you need to hide and rest?" maeve shook her head, "im fine." she said with stubbornness laced in her voice.

just as vi tucked her hair behind her ear, the other three burst through the door, that led outside, "lets go." maeve nodded as violet followed behind, the two of them started to run again.

claggor slammed the door behind him, the five of them started to sprint even faster. vi then suddenly came to a halt, putting her arms out as they landed on claggor and maeves chests, stopping them all in their tracks.

the five of them noticed more enforcers in the direction they were running, before they could think, they went to turn back, then noticing some more of them.

all of the enforcers started to run faster towards them.

a whistle was heard from above them, maeve and bi both looked up and noticed a latter behind lowered to the ground, a large slam on the trash can as it landed.

"over here!" the five of them heard little mans voice say, vi immediately jumped up to grab ahold of the ladder, halting herself up it. maeve pushed the other three to climb up before her.

just as she went to do the same as her friends, an enforcer grabbed ahold of her, "gotcha!" he shouted, she squirmed in his arms as he lifted her off of the ground.

"do ya?" she elbowed the man in the nose easily as his gas mask not covering much of his face. he stumbled back, still not letting go of her, yet his grip loosened.

"come on, mae! you can do it! come on!" she heard them all shout at her.

one of the other enforcers coming up next to her, sliding a knife along her torso as she screamed in agony. "what the fuck man!"

her foot kicked into the enforcer that was holding hers leg, causing it to bend the wrong way. then her elbow then slammed into his stomach, loud groans and moans were heard as his grip loosened, she quickly jumped out. letting him fall to the ground

quickly turning around and grabbing the next enforcers shoulders and bringing him down, kneeing him in between his legs like she did just minutes ago.

she quickly climbed up the ladder, one of the other enforcers started to climb up as she got over the railing, violets hand landed on her back, pushing maeve behind her.

then shoving the ladder off of the railing, causing both it and the enforcer to fall on the ground with great force. violet looked down at the scene before turning around.

"you need to hide those crystals." she said to her little sister, "yeah, no shit." powder replied. maeve let out a chuckle, leaning herself on the wall as her head fell backwards, loud breaths falling from her mouth as she held onto the side of her waist.

"come on," vi grabbed ahold of maeves arm, throwing it over her own shoulders as vi very carefully held onto her waist, helping her walk abit easier. violet bending down to make it even easier due to their height difference.

"that was pretty hot what you did back there," violet whispered to the injured girl. deep shades of red rised to her face that was covered by the dark lights that shadowed the alleyway they were just at.

"oh, was it now?" maeve smirked, a small flirt behind her voice as she continued limping.

"pretty badass, princess, didn't know you were capable." violet shrugged slightly, the nickname coming out of no where.

"underestimating me huh?"

"i could never. just shocked your so good at everything, shooting, fighting, arguing." violets tone seemed genuine, "your a way better fighter then i am, i got all my moves from you." maeve giggled before wincing at the pain.

"your welcome" she said cockily as the five of them arrived at the last drop. the group noticed the amount of people that stood in front of vander, their voices loud with protests.

the buff man could be seen at the head of the bar, lighting his pipe and inhaling, "you sure thats what you want?" he said loudly, everyone agreed.

"we crossed that bridge once before, and we all know how that ended." he added on. a random guy from the crowd shouted with an attitude, "you're just protecting your kids."

everyone in the vicinity looked at the group of children that were posted by the doorway of the basement.

maeve leant herself on the door frame, head head falling back as she continued to hold the side of her. she stood next to the youngest girl, who hugged her carefully.

maeve ran her fingers and down her back in return, continuing to watch the situation infront of them all.

"i'm protecting our people. i'd do the same for any of of you." vander stepped forward, looking around the room. "we look out for each other. its the its always been."

vander looked over to benzo who stood beside him, then back at the crowd. "this will blow over. we just need to stand together." he nodded with each word.

"the vander i knew, the one who built the underground, wouldn't be afraid to fight." a strong, built woman said, looking towards vander.

vander walked forward, standing now face to face with the woman, towering over her. "do i look afraid?" he asked.

"no," she paused, leaning forward slightly, "you look weak." she then let out a loud and sharp whistle, causing everyone to start flooding out of the last drop.

"why isn't he doing anything?" claggor asked from behind his friends. "we kicked the enforcers butts with just the five of us. imagine what the whole of the lanes could do. did you see mauve's moves?" she said fisting her hands and jumping slightly.

"pretty badass." she added on, nodding towards the girl. "not gonna be doin any of the anytime soon." she lifted her hand from the cut, noticing the blood that was seeping through the shirt.

it wasn't a deep cut, but it sure as hell was not pretty. "when the hell did enforcers start carrying knives and slicing people?" claggor asked as he saw it.

"since now i guess." she shrugged.

"even powder wants us to fight." mylo rolled his eyes, going back to their main conversation. he then started to go down the stairs.

"so why aren't we?" vi asked with frustration and confusion. starting to follow behind the other three. then stopping in her tracks and leaning to see behind maeve where ekko stood.

the two of them turned around, powder popping her head in too. violet gave him a confused look, where ekko hesitated to look back at them.

"spill it, ekko." she asked with determination. "um.. oh, okay. well, um, vanders got a deal with the enforcers." he stuttered before spitting it out. looking away from the three.

maeves eyes turn from confused to shocked. "what deal?" violet said from behind her.

the three of them listened to ekko stutter over his words as he explained. maeve was shocked, confused. she pushed herself off of the frame, "thanks, ekko, appreciate it." she said with a smile as she walked off.

she walked into the basement, immediately walking past the two boys, "whats up your ass?" mylo chuckled. maeve stopped. walking over to the boy as the other two came in.

she grabbed his shirt, "lets use the non existent brain in your head for a second. i have just been injured, i feel like im being punched over and over again on the side of me and i just found out vander did some shit that i don't like."

mylos face sat with a horrified expression, doing anything in his power to try and get away from her grip, but nothing works.

"not to mention i have an annoying dickhead complaining and saying stupid shit in my ear twenty-four, bloody, seven." she shoved mylo back on the couch, letting go of him.

she was honestly fed up and no one blamed her, violet was beyond mad and powder was confused. "thats whats wrong." she finally said, walking away and into the next room where all the beds are.

"shes not to be messed with." claggor said after watching how that all unfolded infront of him. "got that right." mylo let out a huff as violet rushed past him. walking into the room.

she found maeve unrolling a role of bandage, her black tank top pulled up, showing the large cat hat sat diagonally on the side of her waist.

vi looked at her, her features immediately softening as she walked over, getting onto her knees beside her. she put her hand out, grabbing ahold of the bandage without a word being spoken.

she started wrapping the bandage around her waist, noticing how the girl already cleaned it. "did you use the magic healer, shit?" vi asked with a chuckle.

"ofcourse i did, if this gets infected im done for." maeve replied with a small giggle. "i can't believe he'd do that, agree to that."

maeve winced as the bandage started to get tighter around the cut, adjusting to her waist. "im pissed too, no lie about it, but maybe we have to hear him out." vi said with caution. focusing on nothing but being careful.

"he could just be protecting us. we'd do anything to protect him." violet gave a quick glance, noticing maeve deep in thought.

"surely he knows we've got it. i know how to use guns, weapons. your a pro and amazing fighter, we've got the kids backs—"

"just like how he has ours?" vi cut the girl off, snipping the bandage and carefully securing it with a safety pin. her eyes now averted to maeve, noticing how her eyes were already on her.

"your right. okay." she nodded, starting to pull down her tank top. "im always right." vi winked, sending a laugh to her.

maeves hands linked on her knee as she lifted it up, holding it in place as she giggled at the small joke. violet watched as the girls eyes twinkled while she laughed, how her head bowed slightly, and how her hair fell perfectly over her shoulders, covering her face as times.

the two of them had always had their moments, but the more moments they share, the more the connection between them grows.

they love eachother, they grew up together, they shared everything, but the connection they built.. that wasn't a sister, that was something much more, something intimate that they seem so blind towards.

maybe thats why its so strong, because it hasn't been discovered.

━𝓩𝑶𝑴𝑩𝑱𝑺 . . .
omg this is such a long chapter. 3160 words. how INSANE. anyway i hope we love, i added a lil maevi moment at the end smirks.
also maeve is so BADASS??? like yes. just wait for her after these next few chapters are done, im gonna fall inlohe with my own oc.

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