"Really? God, good. I need to get the hell out of this place for a little while" Becky stands from her bed.

Sasha grimaces a little, "I'm tagging along, I didn't feel like hearing you just now, why would I want to hear her too?"

Becky takes a second before replying, "Fuck you, Banks"

"Back at you, bitch" Sasha scoffs at her, promptly flipping her off, "I didn't even say all that"

"Oh, come on—"

"Guuuys!" Liv whines at them, dropping her shoulders and looking between them, "say sorry, come on; I gotta get Lex'!"

"Sorry.." the two of them mutter to each other with looks of insincerity, but in a lighthearted manner.

"Ahem! So. Do you want me to go get her now?" Liv asks.

"Yes, please" Becky sticks her tongue out at Sasha quickly before walking away to put on a longer shirt and some different bottoms.

"Okay, don't go anywhere!" Liv points two fingers at them and her eyes before swiftly skipping out to Alexa's room.
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"Hey! They're ready. Are you?" Liv asks, poking her head in the doorway of Bliss' office.

"More than that" Alexa speaks as she stands from her chair before making her way out to Becky's room with a water bottle in hand, Liv following close behind.

"Where is she?" Alexa walks in shortly after leaving her own space.

"In there" Becky nonchalantly points over to the tablet that would let her into the secret area.

"You finally put that room to use I see?" Alexa quips at her while typing in the passcode after she took it, getting a quiet hum of agreement in response.

"Ok, does everyone know about that room?!" Sasha crosses her arms with a bit of a glare.

"Nope, just me" Alexa smirks a little bit at Sasha's expression as the wall slid open.

"Woah!" Liv watches the wall move to the side in awe, Becky chuckling at her reaction before telling her, "you can get a tour later"

"What?? And not me?" Sasha gasps, dropping her arms from their crossed position as she switched the glare to Becky.

"Nope! Not with that attitude, Banksy" Becky teases with a chuckle as Alexa walks into the space behind the wall.

"I need your hand" Alexa looks down at the fingerprint lock on the handle before back up at Becky.

"Remind me to do your print later" Becky murmurs a little as she puts her finger on the handle, the knob clicking.

Alexa turns the knob after Becky takes her hand off, almost bracing herself a little bit as she just looked ahead before speaking, "off I go" she sighs a little bit.

"Good luck" Becky gives her some small pep before walking back out and closing the wall so she wouldn't have any interruptions.

"Okay. I'm outta here. Where are we going?" Becky says as she got back out to Liv and Sasha, resting her hands on her hips.

"We should go get food. Sit out" Sasha stands, "maybe bring some back for your little party crasher back there" she begins to walk to the door, getting an eye-roll from Becky as she dropped her arms.

"I wanna go! Can we get pizza?" Liv jumps up, switching a look between the two of them.

"Of course, you can come. Sasha's paying." Becky walks to the door and slips past Sasha quickly after the comment to avoid any rebuttal.

"Hey, bitch! No, the hell I'm not!" Sasha yells back as she went to speed walk after her.
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Alexa was still standing and thinking before taking a deep breath and pushing the door open to be greeted by the shaken blonde.

"Ashley" she fully walks inside, setting the water bottle down by the door.

Charlotte says nothing and doesn't react too much before she takes a second to see if she recognized the voice. Eyes widening once she realized she knew who this was, she doesn't rush to turn her head to look and confirm what her head already knew.

"A-Alexis?! Alexis Kaufman??" She gasps out, clearing her throat of her hoarse voice. She nearly couldn't get the other woman's name out.

"You didn't think you'd see me again did you?" Alexa gets right to business as she slams the door shut behind her, Charlotte flinching back at the harsh action.

"I-no" Charlotte shakes her head a bit quickly, now used to having to answer fast to get on these people's good sides, "a-are you-"

"That redhead's boss? Yes, I am" she interrupts her sentence as she walks in front of her.

"Come on...you know who I am! Why are you doing this, Lexi?!" Charlotte shakes her head at her, feeling tears start to come to her eyes for what she felt was the millionth time.

"You know exactly why!" Alexa now raises her voice, slapping her across the face viscously as Charlotte let old memories flow back to the front of her brain.

Charlotte grimaces and shamefully began to stutter, "No, Lexi, p-please, t-that was so long ago...years ago-"

"You think I give a fuck how long ago it was? Do you think that changes what you did?? She would be alive if it weren't for your pathetic fucking self!" Alexa screams as tears well in her eyes as well.

"I'm sorry!" Charlotte raises her voice, almost screaming back at her.

"You're not! You're selfish and you're arrogant! You don't care about anybody but yourself!" she pushes at her chest, so hard the chair tips back, Charlotte landing on the cold floor.

Trying to justify her actions and gather a sentence, she cries against the hard floor, "I-I di-dn't know she was gonna-"

"Nobody knew she was gonna pull that fucking trigger, Ashley!" Alexa cuts her off again, fighting the urge to kick her square in the face in that vulnerable position because she so desperately needed to set her straight.

"Gee, do you think anybody knew it was even a real fucking gun? You probably thought it was a joke, huh? You think everything is a game! I had to sit and watch that shit happen in real-fucking-time" Alexa puts her hands on her head, trying to make sure those tears never fell in front of Charlotte.

"I-I didn't mean to hurt her that much-" Charlotte continues to cry, keeping her eyes glued shut.

"Shut up!" Alexa storms around the chair and crouches beside her to grab her hair, "it doesn't matter what you meant to do, she's gone. Has been for nearly 10 years, and it's all your fault. You drove her to die. I want that to haunt you for the rest of your life"

Keeping the grip on Charlotte's hair, Alexa rises back to her feet and pulls her up with her, ignoring the screaming of the woman's head being manhandled and unable to pull the grip off.

"Listen to me, pretty girl. I want your life to be a living hell for the remaining time you've got some. You die when I say so. Meaning I could call up 'Knox'" she quotes with her fingers on her free hand "whenever I please and boom!" She tightens her grip on the blonde's locks "you're done. Do you understand me?"

Lexi gets no response in words. The only other sound in the room beside her screaming is Charlotte's crying. She wouldn't press for a yes. That was enough that she did understand.

"Whatever she tells you to do, you do it, I don't give a damn what it is."

Without any other warnings, she pushes Charlotte's head away and lets her hair go.

Showing the littlest bit of pity still, she storms over to the water bottle she brought with her and snatches it up.

"Open your mouth" Alexa demands, unscrewing the cap of the bottle and tossing it over her shoulder.

Charlotte can just barely contain her sobs as she tried her best to shake her hair out of face and tilt her head back slightly to get some of the precious liquid she desperately needed.

Alexa carelessly pours the water out over her mouth, much of it spilling on the woman's clothes rather than into her mouth.

Charlotte swallows eagerly as Alexa continues. Making her choke on the water purposefully, Charlotte quickly put her head down and coughs hard, crying more from the new sensation of pain.

Alexa tosses the bottle across to the other side of the room, making sure it was far enough away from the bound blonde, so she couldn't reach it even more.

Turning the lights off in the room, Alexa storms out and locks the door back without any hesitation, exiting the wall.

Once it closes and she was sure she was alone, she puts her hands over her face and lets the tears finally spill out.

"This is for you. I love you." she speaks to herself for the late friend she looked to get vengeance for. Sobbing and walking out of Becky's room, she vigorously tried to wipe her face off and focus on other work to pass the time and distract herself.
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"Ughh. I feel so heavy" Liv complains, resting her chin down on Becky's shoulder as she shut her eyes.

"Well, you ate half a pie" Becky holds Liv's legs as she carried the woman her on her back.

"How could I resist? I love that place!" Liv smiles softly, holding on Becky tight.

"All that and more, you still hold up like a feather" Becky comments.

"I swear to god, this weighs as much as you both do" Sasha grumbles, lugging large bags in her arms from behind the both of them.

"Stop exaggerating, she just said I was like a feather!" Liv leans over Becky to push the front door of the house open.

"Roll out the red carpet" Sasha announces as she walks through the door with the other two.

"If only we had one, we would just for you" fellow colleague Roman comments.

"Aww. Thank you, Joe" Sasha smiles slightly, batting her eyes at him as she receives a nod and wink back.

"Hey. Watch it, lover boy!" Alexa yells, standing above the living area at the railing of the balcony.

"He doesn't have to!" Sasha raises an arm up, "it's all in good fun, tiny temper"

"Oh, alright" Lexi rolls her eyes a little before switching a look between the two, "not in the mood. Come here" she turns back around and into her office.

"Sorry. The jealousy is never afraid to come out" Sasha whispers down to him with a small giggle, handing Becky a few of the large bags that were in her arms.

"Suddenly I've got a woman to get to. Enjoy your nights" Sasha turns and walks up the stairs.

"Fuck, so do I" Becky remembers, feeling Liv get off her back, she drops her shoulders a little as she took her sweet time to go up the stairs to her own room.

Shortly after walking in and the rustling of her bags stopping after she set them down, she hears weeps coming from behind the wall.

Taking no time to procrastinate anymore, she walks to and opens the wall, stepping inside.

Before entering the room with Charlotte, she steps to the space adjacent to slip a pair of handcuffs into her pocket. Just in case.

Putting her thumbprint on the doorknob and opening it once she hears the click, she rolls her eyes just a little bit at what she just barely sees.

"You are so fucking weak, know that?" Becky complains as she steps in the room, turning the light back on.

"What? Scared of the dark?" she taunts, spotting Charlotte's teary face and wet body as she walked closer to her.

Charlotte doesn't respond and shakes her head, sniffling.

"Words. Use them" Becky forced her head up.

"N-no. I-it was A—Alexa" she sobs, barely able to get it out.

"Oh, she must've talked some sense into ya, didn't she?" she smirks with a bit of delight, letting go of her face as she just barely nodded her head.

"Good." she goes back out the room and brings one of the the bags she had back in.

"I got you a something to eat" she walks back in, "I see Lexi gave you water" she tosses the container at her, it bouncing off her chest.

"Oh. Oops" Becky chuckles at her rude action as she walks around her and unties her hands.

Charlotte takes her time to stand and stretches her body out for many moments before making the decision to rush to the door.

Becky snatches her hands and roughly pulls her away from the door so hard she nearly fell a second time.

Pushing her back against the wall, she presses her there tight.

"Seriously?" Becky growls. Charlotte feels a cold metal wrap around one of her wrists followed by a click.

Smart move grabbing those.

Becky pushes a button on the door and drags Charlotte back over to the middle of the room.

"Sit the hell down" Becky demands in a firmer tone, watching Charlotte's body lower to the ground.

"You really aren't that smart, huh?" Becky sits in front of her, still holding on to the other cuff and staring straight at her.

Charlotte turns her gaze away shamefully and doesn't say a thing.

"No matter how bad you want to, you can't go anywhere" she forces her head back up to look at her by the chin, "eat. Or I will starve you" she stares her down once again, now getting a response after she let her jaw go.

Charlotte grabs the container up and starts to eat. The threat startling her enough to suck it up and listen while she could freely move her arms.

"Finish this, I'm leaving" Becky grabs and slides the water bottle that Alexa threw away closer for Charlotte to grab once she finished eating.

Charlotte sets the bottle down after taking in the very little that was left before wiping her mouth, "I have a question" she looks at Becky.

"Is it stupid?" Becky asks, using the other side of the cuff to click to a pad eye plate that was sure to not budge on the floor.

"No, I just want to know something. Who are you...really?" Charlotte decides to ask.

"I already told you that you refer to me as 'Knox'. Plain and simple, don't be selfish." she stands up with a look of annoyance on her face before walking to the door and placing her hand on the knob before adding,

"If you're a stupid little spy and you find out something you're not supposed to, you don't do a damn thing with it or I'm slicing your neck open. Got it?" she clarifies.

"I got it.." Charlotte responds quieter than she did with the question she proposed.

"We're going on a little trip tomorrow" Becky adds on once again, "doesn't matter where, but let's hope you can fit my things. Don't act a fucking fool"

With that she makes her exit and lays down, taking a deep breath as she thinks about how traveling with the special new face would be like if this all goes her way.