Raven was woken up by the noise from the living room. She rose from the bed and went in the living room, finding Lynx sitting on the floor with crossed legs eating crisps and watching the TV. Raven crossed her arms staring at her.
" Where the heck have you been?" She asked with worry. Lynx immediately turned and smiled at her without saying a thing.
"If you're not coming home you should first say it. It is the same if you also are coming late.It's already..." Raven unconsciously raised her hand to check the time and realized she wore no watch. Lynx instantly threw a simple yet beautiful silver watch at her and she easily caught it with her right hand.She checked the watch in her hand carelessing it and then threw a confused look at Lynx. Lynx raised her arm showing off the same watch on her wrist.
" Take it. It might be useful in the future." Lynx said as she shifted her gaze from Raven to the TV. Raven stared at the watch for a moment and gave a small smile. Lynx seemed to be in a strange mood so Raven decided not to ask her many questions and let her be.
" Thanks." Raven said calmly and turned to leave for her room.
" I apologise; and thanks." Lynx said almost in whispers. Raven suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Lynx. Surprisingly, Lynx's gaze was fixed on the TV. Raven glanced at the watch in her hand again and then at Lynx. She walked towards her and knelt besides her and hugged her . Lynx blinked her eyes a couple of times before realizing what had just happened. She gave a small smile and closed her eyes. After a few minutes, Raven let go off her and smiled at her and then without saying a word she stood up and walked to their room.
After she had left, Lynx turned and sighed before looking at the TV again.
When Raven woke up in the morning, she still felt sleepy. Lynx was lying on her side soundlessly sleeping. She quickly prepared herself and left the apartment. As soon as she reached out, she received a message from Lance informing her that he won't come at the market.
" This little piece of shit." Raven cursed but decided to not ask him anything. She took the bus to where she once worked. The once good looking workplace was now in ruins. She sighed and entered. Her eyes met with Lys's eyes.
" What are you doing here?" Raven asked her as soon as she saw her.
" I just missed the place. What about you?"
" Same."
They started moving around. Raven then walked towards what used to be Magda's office upstairs. Walking there was even hard because the stairs were also ruined.Lynx followed her saying nonsense .When they reached the office, the place was severally burnt more than the other part. Raven moved around the office carefully examining every corner with cation.
" Why did she not repair this place?" Lynx asked with worry.
" Maybe she got no money to do that." Raven stated. Lys just simply shook her head as she said," She is a rich kid." There was a moment of silence.
" Then why did she not hire someone to investigate how this place got burnt?"
" Maybe she is not interested."
" Oh; then why..."
" Stop asking me."
" But why..."
" I told you not to ask."
" Hmph, fine. It's not like you even know."
Raven then spotted a punch sized hole in the wall. It seemed that beyond this wall, there was another room.
" What is that?" Lys asked when she saw the hole. Before they could approach , they heard sounds from downstairs.
" Ahh, so, we hide?" Lys asked in panic.
Raven glanced at her for a moment and then down. She realized one of the voices belonged to Magda.
" There is no need." She calmly said.
A moment later Magda entered with hands in her cargo pant's pockets and two men on her side. One had a heavy big bag in his hand.
" Hi!!" Lys greeted as soon as they entered. Magda only raised her eyebrows before smiling. " What are you doing here?"
" We missed the place actually." Lys answered quickly faking a smile. Magda smiled at her and shifted her gaze to Raven who was too quite. She scoffed before turning to the men. " Start." She simply turned to the girls and gestured them to go out as she went out.
" What are they going to do?" Lys asked out of curiosity.
" Destroy the place completely." Magda replied calmly.
" Oh." Lys mouthed and then turned her head and glanced at Raven who seemed to be too deep in thoughts. She nudged her and Raven immediately turned to look at her.
" Are you okay?" She whispered to her. Raven nodded her head. Lys checked her phone and then cleared her throat.
" So guys, I will get going. See you."
" See you." Magda and Raven said at the same time and then Lys turned and left.
" So, Raven; may I ask you again what you were doing here?" Magda asked with a smile. Raven shook her head slowly.
" I was just curious."
" About what?"
" How this place got burnt down?"
" Did you find anything new?"
" Well, no. Nothing new. Someone actually put this place on fire. And that is..."
" Me." Magda said and laughed.
" I bet you were suspecting Lys." Raven only gave a small smile before saying,
" You remind me much of an old friend of mine."
" SAME FOR ME!" Before Raven could realize it, Magda's hand had already reached for her neck and in a flash of light, Raven was being strangled. Raven eyes widened as she tried to flee herself but failed as Magda's grip was strong. Magda threw her back in the building and they started to fight until they even reached in Magda's office. Magda was the one at great advantage of winning. She once again grabbed her neck and strangled her with a creepy smile. At the moment, Magda was hit with a blow from nowhere and she staggered a few steps backwards. Raven turned to see who just did that and realized it was Lynx. She gave a small smile. They looked at Magda and then realized that behind her was a spacious room. The wall that was once there,separating her office and this room was no more. They didn't see clearly what was inside the room but they saw two figures seeming to stare at them. Raven guessed they were those guys from early. Magda also turned furiously.
" WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU STARING AT?!! AHH?? GET BACK TO WORK!!" She said this kicking the floor .Raven gave a small smile.
" This is more like you." She stated and at the same time, Magda and Lynx looked at her. Lynx's eyes seemed to say,' Magda isn't usually like this. What do you mean?'
Magda scoffed in annoyance." YOU REALLY GOT THE NERVES TO SAY THAT. NOW GET OUT!"
Raven opened her mouth," We can ta..."
"TALK THIS OUT?TALK, THIS, OUT? DON'T MAKE ME REPEAT MYSELF." Magda blurted out and then breath out aloud calming herself. She then smiled.
" My ladies, please get out." She said calmly.
Raven scoffed and then glanced at Lynx who was only amazed by how fast Magda shifted her character.
" Let's go." She said to her and then walked out. Lynx glanced at Magda before following her.
" Where do you know her?" Lynx asked.
" You also know her." Was the reply. Before Lynx could ask another question, she realized, Raven was staring at the other side of the road and she also turned and looked in the same direction. And there was Lys calmly staring at them. She then put her phone on her ear and walked off.
Meanwhile...
" WHY THE HECK ARE YOU TOO SLOW?" Magda yelled at the man. They were checking on the bodies lying motionlessly on the floor.
" It just is not easy."
" JUST ADMIT YOU'RE JUST LAZY!!!" She yelled once again and then calmed herself as she took mirror from her pocket and checked her face.
" Even with these bruises I'm still this stunning!! I really could be mistaken for an angel." She exclaimed dramatically and the men immediately turned to also check her face. She was indeed stunning.
" You really are stunning." One man said. Magda turned and smiled at him.
" Really? Thanks." She said calmly but then..
" WHO THE HECK ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION?"
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