#I'm going to be against everything that involves these two hacks

[norringtondeservestheworld]

Next week will be released on Netflix "3 Body Problem" and I'm here to remind you all this series is made and created by not only the two most incompetent writers in the world, but also by two misogynists who wrote rape scenes even when it wasn't needed by the plot, find incest sexy and hot and tried multiple times to romanticize it, have zero respect for their actors seeing them as parrots who are there only to repeat the words they wrote for their characters and are so narcissists that they compared themselves to God.

I'm not going to say don't watch it because everyone should do what they want with their free time, just be aware that THESE are the people you are going to support by watching the series.

[drkmgs]

!System Error!

Cipher (Fast and Furious) x Fem!Reader

Warning: angst, cursing, violence is mentioned, sex is mentioned, mentioned of child lost, divorce mentioned

Story type: One shot

I absolutely have no idea how hacking works, but I do know how hard programming is, because I had to learn the basics, but still can't programm. I think I know more html than any programming language. (lol) This was a request via DMs and I don't remember the plot I was planning for this one, so I came up with a new one. TBH, I didn't watch Fast and Furious, so I have no idea what the plot is.

Happy Pride Month!

"Fuck!" You cursed and slammed down on your desk. This was the ninth time already that someone has tried to get into your system, and sadly, they now succeeded. You pressed a red button to shut down all of your devices, took your leather jacket from your computer chair, and swiped a card to call the elevator.

Entering the elevator, you only had one person in your mind who would annoy you by hacking into your system, and they won't stop until they get what they want. So, you are going to pay them a visit and share a piece of your mind, which might involve violence.

Arriving at the garage level, you took one of your helmet off the shelves, carried it to your recently purchased motorcycle, and settled on it before putting the helmet on. Then, you drove out of the garage onto the streets.

—

On the other side, Cipher leaned back on her chair, putting her feet up on the desk, satisfied with her work. Though she might regret this later on when she hissed at her fresh wounds. It didn't take long for her peace to vanish into thin air when she heard a familiar voice shouting not far where she sat.

"Where the fuck is she?!" You push the guard trying to stop you from entering the room, the guy is twice the size of you and yet you are able to push him away. The guy keeps trying, but once he makes eye contact with Cipher, she dismisses him with a lazy wave of her hand, and he is gone.

You marched with clenched fists to her, and she looked up at you when you stopped by her side, giving her a death glare. "Stop hacking into my system when you're bored, I have been telling you that for the last months now." You said through your teeth, fists still clenched tight.

"You should strengthen your walls then. Where I can't easily pass through." She shrugged and smiled at you. SMILED?! Now, you are 100% sure she's gone mad. You are about to lose your mind and might just throw her against the wall.

You leveled down to her, aggressively pulling the chair by the restarm to face you, which cause her feet to drop on the ground and lean forward to you. You trapped her with both your arms in the seat. You looked straight into her eyes. "Listen here, Cipher. You might be one of a hella cyber hacker, but don't forget who broke your fingers once, and I'm not far from doing it a second time. Stop lingering around my system to get my attention! You blew your chance two years ago!" That last sentence wasn't planned. It shouldn't have made it out of your mouth, but you couldn't help it.

If she was doing this, because she wants to get another chance with you, this is where you need to tell her that it is never going to happen. Ever. Again. You knew her already. She'll do everything to get want she wants and then toss you out like you have never shared a bed together and made her cum multiple times with your mouth and fingers.

It was clear that the last sentence caught both of you off guard. You immediately stepped back from her as if the chair you were hold was made of lava. You closed your eyes, pinching the space between your eyes, and exhaled. "J-Just remove yourself from my system. Please." Only a few seconds later, you hear fast keyboard noises and a loud enter. "It's gone. You may go now." For the first time in your life you hear her cold voice, it shot through your cracked heart.

But this situation where both you are right now wasn't your fault. It was hers. She made the choice. She didn't have the right to be mad at you. "Thanks. If you didn't make that choice two years ago, maybe we wouldn't have ended up like this." You had your back facing her.

"How many times do I have to apologize?" If it wasn't quiet in the room, you might have not heard what she said, but the silence of the room was suffocating and made things easy to hear. You scoffed, turning around facing her. "Your apologies can't bring my child back to life!" Cipher stands up straight towering over you. "She is also my child!" She shouted at you. "You! Have no right to say that! The moment you chose that stupid plan of yours, you lost the right to be her parent! So fuck off, Cipher!"

Every sentence you said you pushed your fore finger onto her chest, you saw red, and it's a miracle you aren't throwing punches at her or even throwing her across the room, probably it's because you both got tired of expressing your anger to each other physically, so you are doing it emotionally now.

You can't do this anymore. "I want a divorce." You announced. Cipher staggered a step back, leaning her hands on her desk to keep her up on her feet. She didn't think that the pain she had caused you was this bad. She thought giving you space and time, everything would go back to its own place, and you would eventually forgive her, but she underestimated the damages that had been done.

Is she ready to let you go? Does she want to let you go? Do you deserve someone better? Definitely. "No." Cipher pushed away from the desk and faced you. "Don't make things harder for us, Cipher. We can't see each other without biting each others heads off. Hell, we don't share the same bed anymore! We are partly living in our offices!" You argue. "Then let's get back together! We can fix this! We don't have to go down that road." Cipher took one step closer to you, which made you step back. "Please." You could hear the desperation in her voice, but you chose to ignore it.

The pain is too much. You stepped further away from her. You shook your head, tears threatening to fall before it could you turn around and left her.

[thegeminisage]

STAR TREK UPDATE TIME. last night we watched tng's "phantasms" and ds9's "melora."

phantasms (tng):

it's really sad when i can't get into a data episode because i love data and he's the specialest boy in the whole world

i think what ultimate put me on the side of "pass" was freud being involved. i'm grateful that the episode made it clear he was a hack, but still. holodeck bad

i wish the nightmares had been spookier but i did kindof love what we got. deanna is made of cake and worf is eating her (out) with as much gusto as he possibly can. beverly is sucking (off) riker by the bar. so true. this was my favorite part of the episode

i did NOT like data stabbing deanna. this is the second time recently i have felt forced to side against data. feels bad man. but please treat deanna really niceys

DID NOT LIKE THE BUGS!!!

i also feel like if people had listened to data earlier about everything we wouldn't have gotten this deep in it......

i loved the kitty!!! i love spot. i was so worried data would hurt him i'm glad he made worf catsit also i loved watching worf hold that cat like he was trying not to touch it. it was a very well behaved set cat to tolerate this for so long

i think picard is a pussy to not just tell that admiral he doesn't wanna go to the party. like, man up, dude. and it's if mandatory, then just get it over with

melora (ds9):

two julian episodes in a row!!! ds9 is a little weird with distribution sometimes, i felt we had two kira eps in a row too at some point

i was actually ducking and covering waiting for "oh yaaaay we cured the disability!!!" and i'm so glad they did not do that. early on there was an alarming comment about how dax hadn't seen a wheelchair in centuries and i was like Oh No and then i realized she meant one with like wheels instead of a grav motor. girl, captain pike had one of those like 105 years ago. be serious. actually wait did his even have wheels.........whatever

the flying scenes were SO GOOD? i was prepared for bad special effects but it actually looked VERY believable

i love it when julian has game even though i also love it when he's a cringefail loser

sketchy klingon restaurant my beloved. they tried to feed her half-dead racht and she was not having it. then he serenaded them later. 10/10

whatever quark and odo had going on this episode was really funny as usual bc odo was just like man i wish i COULD let that guy kill him. that guys prosthetic was fucking amazing by the way. but i feel like we haven't heard mch from odo or kira lately...i miss them. i miss garak too.

i hope this ep was groundbreaking when it aired in 1993 or whenever. i feel like it did a pretty good job considering what a landmine the subject can be. not perfect, but passable

TONIGHT: tng's "dark page" (noooo) and ds9's "rules of acquisition" (NOOOOOO)............i have a feeling it's gonna be a rough one.

[marshmallowprotection]

I had a kinda cute thought. I'm an author and I let pretty much n o o n e see my wips. I feel like SE Saeran would act aloof and uninterested, but secretly hack into my files to take a peak. GE might too but I think he'd feel too bad about doing that lolol! -🎈

SE Saeran has actually grown tired of being a hacker. The last thing that he wants to do is get involved with something that he has to clean up. He doesn't want to spend his time toiling away hacking through things. He already spent two and a half years doing that and he doesn't particularly want to keep doing it. It is simply a reminder of all of the things that he had to do and he would feel better if he could avoid dealing with them. 

That is to say if he had to do it, he would do it, but if he has a choice in the matter then he's not going to do it. It just feels like a heavy weight on his chest whenever he does it now. Whenever he hacks, it's a reminder of everything that he was forced to learn against his will. It's a reminder of how he failed and how he did things that he's not proud of. If he could avoid doing anything that could possibly trade for him, he would. But he can’t always do that. He has spent far too much time getting to know people against their will. 

At this point in his life, he's too tired to even learn people the natural way. But, it's definitely better that way than it is doing what he used to do. 

If he's curious about something that you're doing, he would just ask you outright. He's not exactly known for being the nicest person in the world so he can be pretty blunt when he wants to be. He always acts like he doesn't care, but that's not really the case. There are things that he cares about but he feels as though it's better not to say that he does otherwise it might be taken away from him. After all, that's a pattern in his life. He would get used to something and then it would be ripped away.

So, you're right in saying that he would be aloof and seemingly disinterested. But, he's not going to hack into something to read something. If he wants to know that badly, he wants to know from you personally. He wants to hear why these things matter so much to you in the first place. He wants to understand why it is something to you. It will just take him a while to come out and admit that. Most of the time, he tries to find a way to make you do it without having to ask.

GE Saeran doesn’t hack anymore, either. He’d just ask you without shame. He wants to know everything about you. He’s not going to hesitate or shy away from a question just because he feels weird about it. He’s even more expressive when he wants to talk about it since he wants to hear you so badly and remind you that he cares about everything you care about. So, there’s no worries about him in this situation. He wants to hear you gush!

[keiachi-chan]

Digimon adventure hot takes with little to no elaboration! (Mostly 02)

Warning I get VERY heated about certain things. Feel free to ask me about any of these takes if you want to have a RESPECTFUL convo about it.

Fuck 02 Tk oh my god this stupid insensitive BITCH (I'd still kiss his face!!)

DAMMIT they ruined Kari. (I'd still marry her!!)

Yolei is every 14 year old girl (And I never really liked her????)

Cody can do no wrong he could literally bash my skull in and I'd take him for ice cream after <333 This is not a hot take I just love him to death

Piedmon could've been a great ally if it wasn't for the absolutely abusive "father" that was Apocalymon. Like Piedmon was CREATED to be evil and then nobody ever told them otherwise bc they couldn't!! that's not their fault!! (Its yours >:[ /j)

SORATO MAKES NO SENSE. (Taiora makes the smallest amount of sense if you squint REALLY fucking hard.)

Given the context we get, kenyako is a toxic relationship!! First of all, its parasocial, at least at first. Its like if I ended up dating that one tiktoker who makes cute songs about her cat and rainbow slug sensory toys. I have NO clue who she is! Yolei has a celebrity crush, and even ends up more or less HATING him at some point! They hardly interact and I'm supposed to believe that they're just together now? BULLSHIT!

If Myotismon was a human he'd either be a womanizer or a child predator. The second option is mostly just vibes (and also Kay remembering traumatic events involving his older cousin.)

Devimon was hardly a villain he just seemed like a very smart dude who accidentally made his creative outlet mind control

Tk should punch Ken one more time for good measure (I hate seeing Ken hurt but smack him again)

In an attempt to make the 01 kids (+Tk & Kari) seem "more mature now," Toei just made all the ones who get screentime at all fucking assholes (except Izzy he is still perfect)

Koumi makes no sense to me!! Why???? Its just the geek/popular girl troupe how dare you (maybe its better in tri but I will never know because I will never watch Tri I think)

If Koushirou was a villain the others would not stand a FUCKING chance HE STRAIGHT UP HACKED INTO HIS DIGIMON TO MAKE IT DIGIVOLVE they would die in a SECOND

Takari is too cliche for me to even begin caring about

THE 02 KIDS ARE SO FUCKING MEAN THEY LEAVE DAVIS ON A FUCKING ISLAND AND BULLY HIM ALL THE TIME AND WHEN HE GETS HIS GOLDEN DIGIEGG THEN THEY RESPECT HIM

THIS is my most.. passionate take and I will DIE ON THIS HILL. DAVIS IS A WONDERFUL CHARACTER IN AN UNFITTING SITUATION!!

HE IS A 12 YEAR OLD BOY WHO SUDDENLY HAS TO SAVE THE WORLD, AND IS THROWN INTO THE SPOTLIGHT TO BE BERATED FOR NOT KNOWING THE INS AND OUTS OF THE DIGITAL WORLD OR HAVING THE MATURITY TO ADAPT RIGHT OF THE BAT

JUST WEEKS AGO HE WAS PLAYING SOCCER AND GETTING BULLIED BY HIS SISTER AND NOW HE HAS TO SAVE THE WORLD? AND PEOPLE STILL HAVE THE AUDACITY TO EVEN THINK ABOUT HATING HIM? BULLSHIT!!

You may argue. "but Kay!!" You say. "Yolei and Cody and Ken are more mature!" You whine. "And your art is really cool!" You compliment

Well, first of all thanks, and second of all let me make something clear

Cody was RAISED to be like that™

Yolei has several siblings and has to help run a store! Of course she has to be mature!!

Ken? his goddamn brother died dude. Trauma forces you to grow up way too fast.

Don't even get me STARTED on the angel tamers If you try to make that argument against Davis using THOSE two, who were trapped in the digital world before, you're so mean!!

Davis lived a normal life before all this! He just grew up with the normal responsibilities and household and everything of a 12 year old! He's just a normal kid in a dangerous situation! Are you going to HATE a child for BEING A CHILD? Holy fuck dude!!!

I WILL DIE DEFENDING DAVIS HE IS THE MOST REALISTIC CHILD CHARACTER AND PEOPLE HATE HIM BECAUSE HE'S NOT MENTALLY 20

Anyways uhh if I come up with anything else I'll put it in a reblog

@tangledupblue you wanted to see this post I think-? Sorry if not

Oh also this one will get me hung; I like Taishirou better than Taito. Lol lmao.

[performing-personhood]

Did I tell everyone I quit that job? Yeah I quit that job. The production manager who'd been stressing me out since the first week back in March finally snapped and berated me in an ableist tirade. Shaking in every limb I handed in my key along with a dated timed and signed written complaint stating that I was resigning because I had been told my neurodivergency was "not an excuse" for my performance (it is, actually, but thank you now here is a legal document stating your guy did an illegal discrimination against someone with a disability.) And walked right out with an explicit apology from the managers.

Husband instructed me to take two weeks off before starting the job hunt. (He also said it'd be best if I land something by the new year so I think he's not in touch with what the job market for my skill set and needs level is like.) So that's what I'm doing but I'm trying to start getting a plan together.

Which is really really hard since my abilities can kind of vary, I keep randomly getting in trouble at jobs for things I had already been openly doing for a while without being corrected about anything, and it's important to me that I have some level of competency at what I'm doing. But considering I haven't been to college and this shithole country keeps moving that goalpost further away from acheivability, society has decided I am good for:

Handling the general public

Manual labor

And nothing else! Everything that doesn't involve herding humans or destroying your body is locked behind a glass case where the key is a minimum debt level of $60k and 4yrs of experience in any given field you're applying for (because hiring managers are lazy as fuck and make AI screen out resumes for them, so half the work of getting a human to see you involves trying to hack the algorithm.)

Raal hard to not feel like I chose the wrong path in this Choose Your Own Adventure Story at a time when everyone was telling me I was allowed to make that choice and it'd be fine. Didn't go to college, chose a 20yr service industry career instead. And yeah, all y'all saddled with $75k of debt and no jobs are pretty bad off...... but at least you can get your resume seen, okay, imagine trying to do all that at 38yo with 20yrs of completely irrelevant work experience and a high school diploma, and then tell me again how bad you have it.

So if anyone has tips for staving off my existential crisis, I would be so grateful .

[the-firebird69]

These two and under their own admission because they want me to say it to try and get more Viagra we're involved in Oklahoma City bombing 1993 bombing of the world trade center and the world trade center bombing in 2001 and they said it in code so that should be something but the whole point is that there are people who are affected by the lost people lost their fortunes and they're the ones who took it as Donald Trump and company

Zues Hera

We want them in now and people see the magnitude of it and the danger of it it can go all over and we're going to stop it now

Thor Freya

Olympus

But I'm kindergarten Trump you got hit the head like 50 times they're pretty much a zombie now and your buddies are having to do stuff and you're soon be into the fire and that's what I mean and they're going to be inside out and they're being hunted down what are you treated is like it's no big deal nothing happens every single time and you're wrong you're a lunatic and amateur hack and it has been simply put your bothering the s*** out of me this may be angry enough to get things done and we needed all that stuff we needed you to do this I don't need you to do what you're doing to me but we needed you to do it you're a loser

Zues

You can't say anything back till you do because you're a schizoaffected or something people are taking everything we have cuz your stupid mouth it doesn't stop anything it's not helping anything there's no invasion that's working your robots are not moving into position and he's right everything you're doing is going backwards at a higher rate of speed

Sarah

You're a jackass I have to get you out of there you two are freaking morons you're morons in the house and what he has turned into an idiot I don't know what the hell you're doing

Peter chasse

This whole world is topsy turvy against us because you guys fell for this matrix and other things that are combined now in all our stuff back and people back if you don't move we're going to come get you

Connie chasse

[bboope]

main 6 and courtier's as streamers/youtubers

tags: streaming/youtube au, modern au, social media au, streamer! reader

asra

streams a lot of different games

plays with you, jules, portia, nadi and muriel

is amazing at every game he touches

he's never touched an fps until he started dating you- and omg he dominates matches

hard fucking carry

likes playing dps and support tbh

those are his go to roles (tbh he would probably pocket you by accident before going off to heal others)

so many people accuse him of hacking/smurfing lol

main acc almost got banned bc of it

the two of you play acnh/minecraft together <3

has a small spot in each games where the two of you hang out- he has a shooting star watching spot in acnh and a farm to tend to with you in mc

his fans ship u two so hard before they know you're dating

you receive so many donos from him when he's offline <33

will send £100 just to say "ily and i'm proud"

has a faust cam when she's vibing in her enclosure- she boops the camera a lot

nadia

has so. many. simps.

receives so many donos from them but doesn't tolerate any dirty comments

she enjoys 'lets chat' streams where she digitally paints, speaks to chat and does media share streams

collabs with everyone tbh, she doesn't mind

her and valerius do lets chat streams where they practically gossip about work and joke around

they're an iconic, loves duo - lowkey remind me of katya and trixie ngl

doesn't game often, but when she does she's just the moral support

is flawlessly good at everything- but not gaming

she just has fun <3

gets carried by you and asra lol

absolutely has done cosmetic makeup/textiles streams with portia <3

definitely does homework livestreams with you- but it doesn't go well

is so kind <3 donates to smaller streamers and is so supportive of everyone

unproblematic queen <3

julian

literally comic relief in every stream

plays with you, asra and portia mainly

has an entire minecraft world with portia filled with meme builds from him and aesthetic cottages/buildings from pasha

is literally your pocket healer

pure healer role

and only heals you

so his co-healer has to carry the team whilst he gushes over you and gives you compliments

is so fucking funny

is practically the jack manifold of this universe

recieves so many god damn memes about himself

if u two live together he raids your room whilst ur still live

coddles you and gives you smooches

"gimme attention!" "julian-"

is clueless a lot of the time

literal himbo

his favourite genres are media shares where if he laughs he has to gift x amount of subs or gaming with you and or pasha

muriel

he doesn't stream per say but he did make an account so he could support you

sends donos to you all the time

the whole chat knows who he is and love him

he might collab w you sometimes depending on whats happening and how many people are there but he never goes live

is so surprised when he picks up traction bc of you

if he does ever stream (unlikely) it might be w you or a farming/caring for animals stream

portia

cottagecore queen

everyone compliments her fashion and background

is so friendly but she doesn't tolerate rude/inappropriate people

defends you against toxic teammates

is literally one of the best carries when she plays games besides asra

her and asra: unstoppable duo

she loves art and textiles streams

deffo has a wall with all of her donos/highest donators usernames written on it

babies julian in minecraft bc lets be honest he'd die a lot

loves just chat streams but she doesn't want to do them too often out of fear of boring her viewers so she does them at least once a week

has a little side panel of fanart from her fans <3

lucio

this bitch

he loves just talking streams bc it gives him an excuse to talk about himself

doesn't normally play games but he wants to be involved w ur hobbies hence why he picks up streaming

like asra he gives melchior and mercedes their own camera when they're in the room

bc hes rich he's goes all out on equipment when he first starts then whines to u about ppl not joining

definitely bought some followers lets be honest

is the type of guy to leave the stream on/forget to turn it off and then leaves to talk to you

you have to turn it off for him so his private life isn't leaked <3

bugs nadia a lot

if they ever collab (unlikely) its just lucio bugging her and her being tired

also receives memes about himself but they aren't as chaotic as julian's

[lizzie-is-here]

acta, non verba

iron man two- part i

summary: six months after tony stark becomes iron man, you’re met with new enemies and an old friend.

wordcount: 1.7k

warnings: cussing, mcu-typical violence, mentions of iron man two tony’s borderline suicidal behavior, yelling

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You weren’t sure if extending your assignment at Stark Industries was the best or worst assignment you’d ever been put on. Definitely not boring, but all of the paperwork was a pain in the ass. Who the hell actually wanted to do PR work?

Within the first months, Tony had gone missing on a trip to the Middle East, and proceeded to return three months later and immediately shut down the industry’s weapons’ line. Plus, he had decided to become some sort of hero/philanthropist? It was far too much to keep up with, and the only benefit it had provided you was that you and Tony could now have conversations that went beyond passive-aggression and snark.

Here you were, six months later, and you and Stark could almost be called friends. Just as you’d predicted, he was in deep shit with the law, and as his lawyer and now pseudo-friend, you had the responsibility of helping him out of said shit. That didn’t mean you had to enjoy it.

“ANTHONY STARK!”

You definitely didn’t enjoy it. As you stormed up to him, livid as ever, he threw his hands up, as if surrendering. Slamming down the file on his desk, you glared expectantly. The billionaire didn’t even have the courtesy to look scared.

“Tony, these are the complaints and threats that were formed against you within the past hour. HOUR, Stark.” you seethed.

Tony only shrugged. “I have the suit. They can threaten me all they want, but what are they gonna do, really?” You could list so many things. Someone could find his address and send a bomb, snipe him at a press event, even poison him. He wasn’t very good at being subtle, and his little stunt in court an hour ago had created quite the stir.

Groaning and considering murder as an option, you frowned, “Tony, listen. This might not seem like a big deal to you, but you’re the one taking the fall here. you could end up getting hurt.” As he shrugged for the umpteenth time, murder became more and more appealing.

“Isn’t that what you’re for? To protect me from shit like that?” he snarked, clearly not over your “betrayal of trust”. He’d been making comments here and there ever since he found out you worked with SHIELD. Well, close to shield; you weren’t officially involved.

Nonetheless, you weren’t keen on taking sass from the reason you hadn’t slept more than 5 hours for the last few days. You could practically slap a price tag on the bags under your eyes at this point. “No,” you spat, “my job isn’t to babysit you, Stark. It’s to make sure you don’t pull dumb shit, like hacking A GOVERNMENT DEVICE.”

To his credit, Tony did look mildy guilty at that. “Look kid, I'm sorry I made a scene. I didn’t mean to give you a bunch of extra work.”

At his quieter tone, you couldn’t find the strength to be upset with him. Damn it, Stark.

“Whatever,” at your calmer state, Tony visibly relaxed in his chair. “Just buy me some coffee to make up for it.” you called, walking out of his office.

“Wait! (Y/N)!” you turned at his sudden outburst, confused. He walked up to you, patting his chest. “Weird question, but what would you do if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness? like what would you want to do before you go?”. You frowned in thought, both trying to read him and provide an answer. After a few moments contemplating, you had your answer.

“I'd spend time with people I care about, doing everything I always wanted to do but never had the chance.”

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Tony apparently took your advice to heart, because no less than a day later, he was signing off his company to Pepper and selling his modern art collection. Something was off, it didn’t take special training to notice that. You suspected it was to do with the Iron Man suit, but Tony was keeping his cards close to his chest. You had recently emailed Fury, voicing your concerns, and you were yet to receive a reply.

Today, he was officially signing off Stark Industries. Walking into the workout room, you were met with Happy and Tony bickering over “dirty boxing”, whatever that was. In your opinion, fighting was fighting. If you were bad, you didn’t have to hide behind rules. Rolling your eyes, you sat next to Pepper.

“You excited to own one of the biggest tech companies in the world?” She smiled, trying to keep a professional demeanor. You knew her too well, though; she was excited to step into the spotlight.

“As long as you help me deal with the press, I’m up for anything.” Chuckling, your attention was quickly grabbed by the door opening. Pepper, poised as always, stood up to greet what was apparently another lawyer. You would’ve thought that you would be the one to do the job, but maybe this person was in a specialized-

Oh my fucking god. That’s your best friend.

Wait, wait, wait. You sent one email to Fury and he immediately sent Nat in? You’d have to have a strongly worded conversation with him sometime.

As tempting as it was to expose her, you bit your tongue and raised a carefully plucked eyebrow. She grinned back at you, before slipping back into her role as-

“Natalie Rushman, from legal.”

Natalie Rushman? That was new. You’d heard countless different aliases, hell, you’d had plenty. Letting her review documents and discuss the matters of handling a company, you zoned out, thinking about how pissed Tony would be when he realized SHIELD sent another undercover assassin to shadow him.

He kind of deserved it. And he owed you coffee.

——————————————————————

The moment that you caught “Natalia” alone, you immediately pulled her off to your private office.

“Nat??? What the hell’s going on? I sent Fury that email on a hunch, not a definitive case.” You huffed, stepping behind your desk to dig into your secret snack drawer. Holding up a granola bar and shaking it, you threw it at her.

She caught it with minimal effort, and accepted your unsaid bargain of ‘I give you food, you give me info.’ She tore off the wrapper, and shrugged before tossing it in the bin. “Fury did some investigating,” she started, “your hunch was right, as usual. The palladium in the arc reactor is toxic.”

Well shit. That explains a lot.

“I’m torn between being proud I was right and being concerned.” Grabbing an energy drink from the drawer, you kicked off your heels and popped open the can. Mmm. Tastes like chemicals. Unprofessional, maybe, but so was Tony googling Nat’s modeling photos.

Nat, however, wasn’t keen on relaxing. She was a busybody at heart, even if she had only admitted it once on girls’ night. You’d both been far too drunk and she denied it vehemently every time you brought it up. “Either way, I’m just here to appraise him for the Avengers Initiative. Fury thinks he could be an asset, and he didn’t want to bother you with an extra load.”

“Appraise? God, what is he, a house?”

At that, she laughed. “I won’t be here long, I’ll get out of your hair once we deal with Stark’s palladium poisoning.”

“Oh my god I forgot he’s dying.”

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Tony had continued his reckless party streak. It was worrying you, watching his actions become almost suicidal. However, it was hard to complain when you were in Monaco, sipping overpriced champagne with some of your best friends.

It was the first semi-vacation you’d had in forever. You were almost willing to relax, but the little weasel Justin Hammer was present, so that wasn’t an option. You had a bad feeling about the trip already, and had learned to trust your hunches. That’s why you’d tucked a gun into your belt before leaving.

Draining your champagne, you looked around for Tony, who had characteristically run off, leaving you, Pepper, and Nat alone in a swanky restaurant. You were this close to forcibly putting the man in a child leash.

You didn’t have to look for long, however, as both women came running up to you, clearly panicked.

“Tony’s racing, there’s some guy on tracks, he’s-“ Pepper began. Walking towards the door, you cut her off. “Walk and talk, Pep. We need to get to the track.”

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Hopping into the car and leaving Nat behind, Happy promptly made the very poor decision of driving straight onto the racetrack. Muttering under your breath, you cursed and grabbed your concealed gun.

Finally coming to where Tony was on the track, you made your entrance by slamming into some dude with electric whips with the car. You opened the door and rolled onto the road, aiming at the man in case his internal organs weren’t crushed by the impact.

What followed was a very chaotic few minutes of yelling.

Pepper was upset, which meant Tony was stressed, which meant you had to deal with both of them screaming at each other.

“ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?”

“I WAS ATTACKED!”

Children, you thought. “Hey! Electro-bitch is getting back up!” You didn’t really feel like traumatizing everyone present by shooting him in broad daylight, but if worse came to worse, you were ready.

It was at that moment Pepper realized you had a gun. And that you were standing, unfazed, in the middle of the track.

“(Y/N)! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” Tony quickly went to explain to her that, “She’s fine! She’s secretly a government assassin,” which only made matters worse.

“SHE’S WHAT?”

“DON’T ASSOCIATE ME WITH THE FUCKING US GOVERNMENT, STARK.”

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Eventually, Tony got on the suit, and proceeded to kick the Russian dude’s ass. You didn’t even have to shoot him, which was nice. As he was being detained. You tried to calm Pepper down and explain better than Tony had. “Pepper, it’s fine. I work adjacent to SHIELD. Like Agent Coulson?”

She rubbed at her temples, and you handed her the ibuprofen Happy offered. Figuring it’d be best to let her process what just happened, you walked away, preparing to board the private jet.

The trip home and the coming days were not going to help your already-shitty sleep schedule.

a/n: sorry for being a bit late with this one! on the bright side, i’m finally getting closer to the desired length for each of them! <3

[elia-de-silentio]

Recap on the Order of the Clocktower, suppositions on the real plan, and predictions on the future of the arc

Well! After months of fights that led to very little and an almost nonstop series of cliffhangers, it seems like finally we're entering the final stage of this arc. And in the last two numbers I noticed ... something doesn't quite add up.

Let's make a brief recap on the Decay of Angels and the newly revealed last part of their plan. So, unlike what initially thought, the last part of their plan wasn't 'mostly terrorist activity', it was a goddamn vampire apocalypse that brought several nations to their knees in a handful of days.

This led the world leaders to decide that Fukuchi's speech of several chapters ago was right on the money, the only thing that can face such a catastrophe is an international army of which he will be given complete control. Moreover, to drive the point home ...

They deem fit to give him this. Another extra powerful weapon in the hands of exactly one person? Who can multiply the strenght of every weapon he's given? With no countermeasure if he gets out of control? What is these people's problem?!

By the way, take a moment to appreciate how Fukuchi got something that allows him to destroy the individual soldier's free will and control all of their actions, something he felt already happened to him and the trauma of which gives him motivation. He doesn't spare a thought on the fact that they will suffer just as much as he did, he can only think of his own pain.

So, Ranpo makes an observation that really shouldn't need a superior intelligence to be made: that with this trick, the Decay of Angels will have its goal served on a silver platter. World domination. Again, take a moment to appreciate how Fukuchi, who expressed anarchist beliefs and just the chapter before gave a neat speech on how politicians who order others around without any risk to themselves suck, coughed up a solution that was even more authocratic. Maybe all the 'you're the hero everyone depends on' talk got a little to his head.

But ... for what I've understood ... this is not the Decay of Angels's plan, this is Fukuchi's plan. If the inconsistences for him can be attributed to hypocrisy, for all the other four people in his group it makes even less sense.

Let's take a look at his four comrades, from the one less likely to subscribe to such a plan to the most likely:

• Bram Stoker: he's literally being threatened with death if he doesn't comply. One of the first things he says is protesting that he swore not to add any more people to his kin, but Fukuchi forces him. Once he complies, he express little interest for whatever is going on around him, everything he wants is a radio to pass the time in his coffin. World domination? Seems like an hard pass for him.

• Sigma. While fanon commonly portrays him as the 'good and cute not-really-a-villain', because he has a sympathetic backstory and shows kindness to the clients and staff of the casino, I'd like to point out that he's actually fairly amoral. He's in there because the Decay offered him a home; it makes sense that he's like that after being abused and aware of his being different from the rest of the world for all of his short life, but he still took part in a terrorist plan. Moreover, he was the one to send the casino's clients against the Hunting Dogs to hinder them - regular civilians against the very best of the army. It was actually Teruko who took upon herself and Tachihara not to harm civilians no matter what; what guarantee did Sigma have that she would have done that? What if she had listened to Tachi instead, who wanted to retaliate? Caring to clients and staff, but only up to a certain point. Even when he gave Atsushi that information, it was because of the latter's kindness towards him, not for some moral reason. Sigma is ultimately out only for himself. But this also means that he isn't really involved in the Decay's grand plan: he wants a home and that's it, tutto il resto fottesega.

• Gogol. Now we're getting a little closer. But not without incurring in another contradiction: Gogol hates restraints and orders, anything that gives a boundary to a human's actions. He detests even internal restraints, given by morality and his own sense of guilt. Why would someone like that partecipate in a plan that strips human beings of their own free will, and traps the world under the control of a lone person? Well, it's just speculation because we haven't seen him in ages, but I think it's part of his tendency to destroy himself in the name of freedom. He kills people to defy his own sense of guilt; he wants to kill Fyodor to destroy his desire to be understood and accepted; he collaborates in Fukuchi's plan to destroy his own beliefs in freedom, the thing that more than anything keeps him chained to a certain course of action. In his debut, he described the Decay of Angels's plan as pure evil and thus worth supporting; it's possible that he wasn't saying that under the common definition of evil, but in his own book, the anathema to Gogol's beliefs.

• Fyodor. Who has already stated a personal, very different goal: to acquire the reality-altering Book and make a world devoid of Ability users. All he needs for thar is wiping out the Ability-based organizations in Yokohama so he'll have a free pass, which is not exactly a small thing, but he doesn't need world domination for what he wants. So, why was he involved in such a plan? Well, this is a point I'll expand more on below.

I've already made another post on how the Decay of Angels are an extremely unlikely group and it's almost surprising they managed to work along enough to make this much damage. It's becoming even more evident now: Fukuchi is the only one really interested in the organization's goal.

The other one who gets closest is Fyodor, who, as we have seen, doesn't really care for that; but he gained what he wanted as an accessory. He wanted to get rid of Ability-users organizations in the city, and now the ADA members can't show themselves without getting attacked by the police, the Port Mafia has most of his top members turned into mindless vampires, and the Special Ability Department is about to be overruled by Fukuchi. Moreover, a Fukuchi with absolute power would be able to hand him the Book. Mission accomplished!

But there is this little detail: the Order of the Clocktower, those with the authority to hand Fukuchi the 'One Order'. There is very little known about them (I'm going from the wikia here): appearently, their purpose is to protect the British royal family, their members are Ability users of a terrific level, and they were responsible for chasing Mimic out of Europe after they gave the order for the attack who labelled them as war criminals in the first place.

Come se questo non li rendesse già infinitamente più cani di quelli che danno il titolo all'opera, in Dead Apple they contact Ango to inform him that, to prevent the spread of Shibusawa's fog, they sent an incineration-Ability user to destroy Yokohama (quickly, native readers of British/European literature! Any suggestion for who this person could be! I could come up with Cecco Angiolieri, Aldo Palazzeschi and Gabriele D'Annunzio, but I really doubt it could be any of them, nobody ever cares about Italian literature besides Dante. Your loss).

So, this can mean two things: either they are in contact with the Japanese government and acted with their agreement, or they have enough power to overrule it. Personally, I think the former is more probable.

Anyways, they aren't irrationally genocidal. Once Atsushi &Co. fix the situation, the attack is called off, even if their leader, Agatha Christie, complains about not having the scent of a burning nation to go with her tea. So, their leader: it's not the first time she shows up in the story.

She appeared all the way back in chapter 12, the same that also introduced Fitzgerald and Fyodor, in a meeting to discuss the failure of the bounty on Atsushi. Which tells us two very important things: first, as the other two were out for the Book, it's highly probable that she's after it as well; secondly, that she works with Fyodor, the very same person who orchestrated the plan that should get the One Order, a weapon under the control of Agatha's organization, in the hands of Fukuchi.

Now, Fukuchi is an interesting one under this point of view, because he wasn't even implied in the Chapter 12 Conference. We have seen that Fyodor likes to keep his fingers in multiple pies when it comes to razing the poor Yokohama to the ground: first he hacked the Moby Dick to make sure it fell; then he helped Shibusawa with the aforementioned fog incident; then he acted with his own organization with the Cannibalism plot; lastly for now, the Decay of Angels. As long as he gets to eliminate the Ability users, he doesn't care who he's working with.

Insomma, è 'na zoccola di nome e di fatto.

But we have also seen that Fyodor isn't above backstabbing his 'colleagues': he ignored the fate of Fitzgerald after he fell and took the opportunity to take the Guild's assets for himself, and he directly killed Shibusawa to turn him in the Singularity and send him to get killed by Atsushi. Note how Shibu got off even worse than Fitz: he wasn't in the Chapter 12 Conference, and it's likely he didn't know about the plan to incinerate Yokohama while Fyodor did, being acquainted with Agatha. It's even possible that was the whole point of his involvement in the operation: give her an excuse to attack, while he got an opportunity to cause the deaths of Ability users on the side.

My point is: you know how Fukuchi was not in the Chapter 12 Conference? And he just put himself in a position where if he is found out, things will have consequences on an international level, now that the Order got involved? And do you also remember how Fyodor mused to himself that he didn't make the perfect plan required by the Decay of Angels, because that would have been boring?

Le mie previsioni per quest'arco sono: Fukuchi è una tigre di cartapesta, e si ritroverà la sua super spada ficcata di prepotenza su per il culo.

A very faithful translation of the above: it is very possible that Fukuchi was set up to fail from the very beginning; or at the very least, Fyodor was keeping his plans with Agatha as backup in the case the Decay of Angels didn't work out .

When the ADA will defeat Fukuchi (because no one of his colleagues will lift a finger to help), they will once again play straight into their enemies's hands. Maybe they will 'officially' remain as dangerous terrorists, and then the Order of the Clocktower will have to intervene against them. Or they will actually rehabilitate themselves, and they will be once again celebrated as heroes while the Hunting Dogs will fall in disgrace - what with their leader being secretly a terrorist leaders, suddenly these very powerful people will become unreliable - and the goverment will make an horrible figure, what with persecuting innocent people while being played like fiddles by the real criminals; surely, this situation will call for someone more reliable to establish order in Japan, such as, perhaps, an intervention from an highly esteemed European Ability organization.

How things will proceed from then on, it's anyone's guess. It is possible that Agatha will use her power to have Dazai and Fedka the Convict released from jail, though why would she do that is up in air. Maybe it would be more convenient for her to leave such an unreliable ally where she can see him, and she has never met Dazai as far as we know, so she probably isn't much interested in him. This is as far as my prediction abilities come.

Thanks to anyone who bothered to read my ramblings!

[coldgoldlazarus]

Of Maidens, Relics, and Lessons Learned

(And What That Could Mean For Volume 9 and the Vacuo Arc.)

I think I've picked up on something of a pattern here, with the post-Beacon Volumes. The Beacon Arc was of course something of a prologue without all this being involved, so I'm not really counting it as much, but there's been a sort of mirrored structure between the Mistral and Atlas arcs I couldn't help but notice. (Albeit the Atlas arc does better overall, given the production issues 4 and 5 had)

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Volume 4 and Volume 7; introduction to the new kingdom and it's issues, along with a fatal flaw of the headmaster. (Things touched on in the WoR episodes about the kingdom, something to put a pin in.)

With Mistral, it's the wide land area and the difficulty with the Grimm beyond the main city's walls, and at the end Lionheart is established as a traitor.

With Atlas, it's the class disparity between Mantle and Atlas and the oppressive militarization, and Ironwood's lack of trust and refusal to accept help or criticism.

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Volume 5 and Volume 8 have two main common themes. The issues established in the prior volume cause friction with the relevant Headmaster; meanwhile the Maiden (and her failings, as relating both to the relic she's tied to and the role of the original Maiden of that season) of focus for the arc is explored, ending in their relevant Relic being taken from the Vault.

Mistral; the land/grimm issues serve to draw out the local huntsmen to be eliminated by Salem's followers with the help of Lionheart's information, which he then uses as an excuse to delay going after Raven's bandits. Raven herself is (properly) introduced, with her worldview and motivations gradually being unraveled; she has knowledge of Salem that's led her to give up on hope of winning and strike out selfishly on her own. (Lionheart has similar reasoning, just defecting to her rather than trying to be an independent party.)

Atlas; Ironwood's paranoia and self-importance lead him on a self-destructive spiral and Mantle suffers for it. Penny's role as the maiden (and everything that comes of that, from Watts' hack to Cinder's hunting to her friends' well-intentioned but harmful meddling) restricts her agency and emphasizes her self-sacrificial behaviors until she dies.

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Volume 6 (and Volume 9?); the use of the relic results in a massive status quo shift that team RWBY have to come to terms with, ultimately learning the lesson and triumphing where the Headmaster and Maiden from last volume failed to. The kingdom issue from two volumes ago comes into play again.

Mistral; learning the truth of Salem's immortality leaves the team feeling hopeless and tempted to give up much like Raven, but in the end decide it's still worth it to try to help in the here and now; when a big fight leaves Argus's protection spread thin against oncoming Grimm, RWBY step in to successfully help defend the city.

Atlas; using the Staff to evacuate leaves RWBY stranded in an otherworldly island, and...?

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So my guess for Volume 9 is that, obviously they're gonna spend a while just dealing with the aftermath of everything that happened in 8, but in the long run they're going to figure out how to move forward in a way that ties into the themes of the prior two Volumes; specifically something to do with Penny's flaws, and possibly integrating and overcoming the issues established in Volume 7 as well.

For the latter, I feel like in the end they'll be faced with a choice of whether or not to trust Neo or fear and fight (be militant toward? Feels like a stretch but still) her, and choose trust and be rewarded for it.

For the former, I'm not quite as sure of exactly how they'll approach it, but the main thing that sticks out to me is that rather than stopping to contemplate her circumstances like the original Winter, (which to be fair, there wasn't a whole lot of opportunity to) Penny repeatedly threw herself into danger, which then got emphasized by the hack into outright suicidal tendencies. Plus there's Ironwood's isolationist behavior. So my best guess is that RWBY will be going into a recklessly self-destructive spiral at first and try to do everything alone (possibly not being able to trust each other thanks to Neo's impersonations), but eventually slowing down to properly confront their feelings and recognizing that they can lean on each other? And possibly leading into Neo redemption too as per the prior paragraph. Not completely sold on this, so second opinions would be appreciated here.

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This brings me to the Vacuo Arc. Assuming I'm not talking out my ass here, I expect that to either follow the same pattern or actively subvert it as per Rule Of Three. Assuming it's the first, though:

- Volume 10 has them arriving in Vacuo and seeing all the issues there, and a core flaw of Theodore's being established.

- Volume 11 would see Theodore double down on that flaw, while the Summer maiden and her problems come into the picture.

- Then the Sword gets used, and Volume 12 deals with that fallout, with the team being on the way back to Vale for the finale arc in 13 onward.

Based on World Of Remnant, of course, I have a few guesses as to what all will be tackled, but we'll see how this pans out.

- Vacuo itself, it's established that it's been heavily exploited by other kingdoms, and is a very lawless place. Most of Atlas showing up on their doorstep is going to naturally create some clashes, though exactly what form that conflict will take is hard to say for sure.

- The Summer Maiden's relic is Destruction, and in the original fairy-tale, her lesson was for the Wizard to step outside and actually engage with the world again. So my best guess is that in opposition to that, both Theodore and the Summer maiden would prefer to keep to themselves and let things play out without their influence, scared by the destruction that's been wrought by Salem's attacks, or by the destruction she (the Maiden) could cause. At the same time, though, the ties between Creation and Trust as themes are kinda unintuitive, so I wouldn't be surprised if the issue here is similarly indirect, in which case I'd have to see Volume 10 before I can make any meaningful guesses.

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Finally, I saw a comment from someone else bringing up connections between each relic, and kinda wanted to expand on that in the context of everything I just outlined. Even though Volume 5's relic is of knowledge, the central theme of the volume (and Raven's story) is of choice. The connection there makes sense though; having knowledge can inform your choices, in both good and bad ways.

But I want to apply this backwards; even though I've left the Beacon Arc out of things so far, it is still location-wise tied to the relic of Choice, but Volume 2's central theme can be argued to be Knowledge. Blake's knowledge of the White Fang's activities stresses her out, the Mountain Glenn trip gives us knowledge of how dangerous it can actually be beyond the Kingdoms, Oobleck has his whole speech, we gain more knowledge of the team's backstories, and the overall driving thrust of the volume is trying to learn more about what Torchwick is up to. Even though there's still so much they don't know about yet, they're beginning to step into the real world and learn about what's out there. See where I'm going with this?

We then extrapolate forward to Volume 8, where a big theme is risk. That isn't necessarily as direct a connection, but it still feels relevant to the idea of destruction. Destruction is omnipresent throughout the volume as all sides take more and more losses; more directly, risk inherently implies the possibility of destruction if that risk doesn't work, and arguably also in the sense that taking risks is motivated by fear of destruction if no action is taken to begin with.

I think it's fair to say that the Vacuo Arc may similarly include themes of or related to creation as an idea, and everything that must go into that. Resource shortages may be just one way that's expressed, though probably not the only one.

(It also makes me hopeful for Penny resurrection in Volume 10 or 11, though hopefully we won't have to wait that long to know if it's even possible. CRWBY please don't let me down)

EDIT: Extra note; Ironwood's flaws also relate to the idea of risk; while his actions like using Watts' hacking and trying to bomb the whale could be considered risks, his overall plan is the opposite, planning to try to stick his head in the sand and delay Salem rather than confront her head-on. And as the connection is made in V8C11, trust in of itself is a risk, that he also refuses to take. This furthers my idea of them taking the risk of trusting Neo at the end of Volume 9, and makes me think that however the idea of Creation is explored in Volume 11, it will tie into Theodore and the Summer maiden's core flaws.

[nothing-but-dreamy]

AFTERLIFE ~ Part 2

Part 1

Pairing: Connor x Reader; RK900

Words: 2.998

Warning: mention of blue blood (is that even a warning..?)

Retrospectively, to get Connor out of the building wasn’t the hardest part of your plan. In fact, it was easier than you had thought. On your way, Connor had hacked the camera and scanner of the parking deck. No alarm went on as Connor passed the checkpoints. So, the two of you got into your car to drive over the long bridge to leave the island and to get back to Detroit.

But you should have known it better. It wouldn’t stay this easy. At the end of the day, Connor was CyberLife’s property and of course, even if they wanted to deactivate him, they also wanted him back. But the last thing you had expected them to do would be sending an armed unit. And of course, part of this unit was Colden, the RK900. You weren’t surprised that they would try to get Connor back. You should have known it.

Like in an action movie, the unit stormed your house from all sides. Connor was fighting them back one by one and holding the upper hand until the situation changed. From the corner of his eyes, Connor saw you stumbling through the living room with your hands raising in the air in surrender. The RK900 was walking behind you, pushing you forward while it pointed a gun to your head.

software instability^

“Give up, Connor! Or this human will die.”, the RK900 ordered. Its voice was a bit darker than Connor’s and as cold as its name.

As Connor saw you got threatened by a gun something snapped inside of him and the wall that held him back from admitting his emotions started to fall apart. The RK900 pushed the gun closer to your head which caused you to wince in fear. As Connor heard that sound, he broke the wall down and finally understood what you had tried to tell him about to feel. After all the time where he had fought against the deviants, now, he had become one on his own. Because now, there was a reason for him to turn deviant: The only thing in his mind was to protect your life. To protect you, “Let her go and maybe I will spare your life.”, Connor said, low and threatening, he adjusted his standing and was just focused on the android behind you.

“Connor…”, you whispered, concerned about the fact that the RK900 was better than Connor would be. The last thing you wanted for Connor was to get in any more danger. He already had a gun shot in his chest and blue blood was running out of it. Androids could endure more things than humans but they weren’t indestructible.

“Let her go.”, Connor demanded calmly.

The RK900 just smirked. But the smile never reached its piercing blue eyes, “Fascinating. You turned deviant, Connor? You started to feel because of this human?”

You looked surprised at Connor. Was it possible that he had finally awoken? Were you really the reason for him to change from a machine to a living being? Quickly, Connor looked at you and you saw warmth in his brown eyes… and concern. Even a soft smile appeared on his lips which should reassure you.

“Oh, bloody hell! That’s disgusting!”, the RK900 spat out and rolled with his eyes as it witnessed the small exchange between Connor and you.

“I said: Let her go! Otherwise, I see myself forced to kill you.”, Connor hissed and looked up again. You shook your head slowly to stop him from his plan but Connor ignored you. There was no room for softness even if he was starting to feel. The RK900 wouldn’t stop until it got what CyberLife wanted.

“You know what, you could come with me and I will spare her pitiful life. I’ve been ordered to get you back. My orders are a bit more… well… flexible when it comes to her. It’s your choice.”, the RK900 said calmly but with a vicious tone.

“Connor, don’t listen to it! It just wants to kill you! CyberLife doesn’t want you alive-”, you called out but the RK900 stopped you from talking as it punched into your ribs with the back of his gun. The air got knocked out of your lungs and you slumped down on your knees trying to catch your breath.

Connor stepped forward as he saw you suffering. But as the RK900 pointed its gun back at your head, he stopped.

“I can continue with hurting her all day long. If you don’t give up, I swear you will see her dying right here. You have to think about what is more important to you. Your freedom or her life. You can’t have both.”, the RK900 said with a lopsided smirk.

Connor gritted his teeth as he searched for a way out. His existence would already be over when it weren’t for you to save him. Now, Connor was faced with the worst thing he could imagine. The last thing he wanted was to lose you now, where he knew what he was feeling for you, “Alright, alright! You win. I give up.”, Connor said finally.

“No! Connor, don’t!”, you called out in fear for his life. As you looked up at Connor, tears were blurring your vision but you were sure that you had seen Connor … winking at you?

The RK900 shoved you aside so you were falling to the ground before it stepped over you to go to Connor, “Wise decision, Connor.”

You looked shocked how the RK900 pushed Connor around to shove him to the front door of your home. You crawled back on your knees as something was clanking. As you looked up, you saw the RK900 stumbling slightly as it tried to wipe glass fragments out of its face and hair.

Connor had grabbed one of your heavy vases to break it on the androids head before he attacked the RK900 immediately. It stumbled back. They fought against each other and for you, there were just arms and legs involved in a too fast way. First, you expected the RK900 to dominate the fight and for a few moments it looked like this but then, just one minute later, Connor gained the upper hand.

Connor kicked into the side of the RK900, shoved it back violently against the next wall, grabbed its head and crashed his knee into the android's face. You looked away as you heard a disgusting sound. It wasn’t exactly the sound of breaking bones but it was also nasty to hear. Connor disarmed the taller android who had fallen on its knees and pointed the gun at its head. Blue blood was running down from Colden’s nose to its lips but it still managed to smirk. It’s blue eyes were twinkling with mischief.

“Go ahead, Connor. Kill me. Otherwise, you will never be free. But there will be more of me. The next one will hunt you.”, the RK900 said low.

You stumbled over to the two and placed a hand on Connor’s shoulder. He relaxed a bit as he noticed your presence. You saw his determined expression. His hand was firmly holding the weapon. You placed your hand on his arm to move the gun away.

The RK900 chuckled as it saw that move, “Oh, how sweet. What are you trying to do? You haven’t many options. CyberLife will search for you again even if I might fail.”

Connor pointed the gun back at its head.

“Don’t kill it, Connor.”, you said calmly, again moving his arm away from the RK900.

“It tried to kill you, yn. It hurt you.”, Connor said with a determined expression. Ready to shoot. Ready to protect you at all costs.

You stepped around him with your eyes just focused on Connor, “Can you turn it deviant? It could join us.”, you suggested.

Connor was surprised by your request. His eyebrows shot up. “You want- what?”

“I will never join you! What makes you think that this would be working anyway?”, the RK900 said, “I’m more resilient. Mostly against deviancy.”

You turned around and knelt in front of it, “I have no idea if this works or not. If not, Connor still can kill you. But maybe, it will work. In the end, your model is based on him. There is a chance for him to convert you no matter how resilient you might be.” You stood up and stepped aside with crossed arms. The RK900 looked up at you. There was something in his glance that let you frown. You tilted your head before you smirked knowingly, “You are scared."

"W-what? I'm not scared!", the RK900 insisted.

“Yn, this is not a good idea. And anyway, why should it join us? For what cause?”, Connor asked.

“You know, as Kamski designed androids he had a vision. I’m sure he wanted more for them than just to be servants. He never created you all to be slaves. That was CyberLife’s idea. The revolution had shown CyberLife that they would be in danger if the androids rise up - so, they stopped them. It would be more difficult for them to make money if no one would want to buy an android anymore.”, you said. You started slow but with each word, the idea in the back of your head grew bigger. You laid a hand on Connor’s cheek and he leant against your soft touch. You tilted your head about this sweet move, “You are more than just a machine. You have realized it - just a bit too late. But there’s still a chance for a successful revolution.”

“You want to start a revolution? Hehe! That will never work. Deviancy got stopped by your precious Connor. And beside that, it's just the two of you.”, the RK900 said, smirking.

You turned around to face the kneeling android, “Colden”, you said softly and the android reacted to you using his name. It was the first time someone was calling it by its name directly.

software instability^

“Colden, you might think of yourself as smart but you forget something. You have noticed it even by yourself. Connor had turned deviant. And what I understood of this whole thing is that deviancy is like a virus. And now, we will check if you can get ‘sick’, as well.”, you said grinning.

Before the RK900 could do anything, he watched fearfully how Connor knelt down, removed his synthetic skin from his hand and connected with the arm of the RK900.

You watched how both androids were slightly blinking and shaking. It looked like a data exchange and in the end, it was nothing else than that. Through this revolution, CyberLife had tried everything to find out what deviancy could cause. But they never got any real answer. You had thought about it yourself and in the end, you accepted the fact that you explained it like a virus. Once an android was infected with it, it would never obey again.

Ten seconds later, Connor slumped back and you checked on him. He was okay just a bit … exhausted. Then, your eyes fell on the RK900. It knelt there slumped down, its head hanging between its shoulders. Totally motionless.

“Colden?”, you asked carefully.

“More resilient, huh! I would say we kick some CyberLife asses.”, Colden answered, raised his head and smirked mischievously. His piercing blue eyes were sparkling with emotions as he looked at you.

***

CYBERLIFE ABLE TO STOP THE ANDROID CRISIS: PROTYPE NEGOTIATOR TOTAL SUCCESS

AFTER THE WAR: CAN WE STILL TRUST OUR ANDROIDS?

RK900: THE NEXT GENERATION FOR MANHUNT?

CYBERLIFE DELIVERY PROBLEMS: STATE DEPARTMENT STILL COUNTING ON ANDROIDS?

DISASTER: CYBERLIFE ADMITS LOSING A KILLING MACHINE

BACK TO THE PAST: A LIFE WITHOUT TECHNIQUE

FALLING SALES: CYBERLIFE NEAR STOCK MARKET CRASH?

DISAPPEARING ANDROIDS: WHERE ARE OUR SERVANTS GOING?

SIX MONTHS AFTER THE REBELLION: ARE HUMANS STILL SAFE?

CYBERLIFE’S NEW CRISIS: DO WE HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR AGAIN?

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“What are we doing here?”

“It’s dangerous to be even here. It could be a trap.”

“I know but … they say this place is safe for people like us. You know, for deviants-”

“Psht! Don’t mention this word.”

About fifty androids had followed the invitations and rumors which had occurred in Detroit over the last months. The signs were only visible for androids. Just an android who went deviant was able to understand the cryptical messages. Now, the androids waited in an abandoned warehouse outside of Detroit. Some of the androids had been with Markus before and they remembered the first revolution where everything started in a place like this. These androids were the most sceptical.

“Over there! Someone's coming!”

All eyes were looking up at the same time as two tall, dark haired androids dressed completely in black appeared on a podest. One was a bit taller and had ice blue eyes while the other one looked exactly the same beside his height and his eye color, it was a soft brown. Both androids had a stern expression while they stood left and right like bodyguards waiting for another person.

You appeared slowly. Placing yourself between Connor and Colden who were watching over you protectively. Looking down into all the waiting faces, you smiled softly before you spoke up, “Welcome. My name is yn. I’m happy to see so many new faces. First of all, I want to be honest with you. I am human. But don’t worry, you have nothing to fear. These two here are Connor and Colden. They are deviants like you. And like you, we want the same thing: equality. Yes, Markus’ revolution had failed but that won’t keep us from trying it again. You’re not forced to join us. If you join us, you’re not forced to fight. Everyone will be able to contribute something to our cause in his own way. Colden will join you now. He will answer all your questions.”

Colden nodded briefly and left the podest. He waited for the first android to approach him. After a few minutes, the first, scared looking android walked slowly over to him. That was the beginning. After the first, more and more walked over to ask their questions before they decided to join this new revolution.

You were sure that all of them would stay. The will to be finally free was still burning in them, “It came more than the last time.”, you stated pleased.

“Yeah, more and more are finding the signs. Some others are also spreading the rumors. Your idea was very successful.”, Connor said and walked over to you. The two of you had sneaked into a shadow to watch the scene unobserved.

While you leant against the wall, Connor stepped in front of you. His eyes were slowly roaming over your face, taking in every inch of your features. He did that from time to time because he couldn't get enough of you. Since you had rescued him, six month had gone by. Many things had happened. Connor, Colden and you had grown together as a team with the purpose to start a new revolution...this time just bigger than the last one. But beside finding more deviants, finding a new place for the operation and finding resources, Connor and you had been finding each other.

Everything started slow as the two of you were safe but it didn’t need much time for you to fall completely for the android with the brown eyes, “Aren’t you getting bored by now? I mean, my face isn’t changing much.”, you said softly smiling.

Connor raised his hand to cup your face carefully, his thumb slowly caressing your skin.,“And I’m very happy about that! You’re beautiful the way you are. I just can’t get enough of you, yn.”

You leant against his touch. His words made you blush, so you looked at the ground. Slowly, you felt Connor coming closer.

“The fact that you’re still blushing because of my words tells me that you’re not bored about me, yet.”, Connor whispered softly.

You looked up to meet his glance. He was just inches away, “Of course, not. I will never be bored with you.”, you said with a smirk but your smile faded slowly as you saw Connor’s intense glance.

His eyes held something meaningful. He was still learning to express his feelings, you knew that, but in the meantime, he had found a way to show you his affection even without naming them. Deep emotions were displayed in his brown eyes and before you could say anything, Connor leant down to kiss you softly.

It wasn’t the first kiss you two shared but each time it was as if the world would stop for a moment. Everything that mattered were just the two of you and no one else. You clung your fingers into his black suit shirt to bring him closer while Connor deepened the kiss with his fingers tangled with your hair and his other hand on the small of your back to bring you as close as possible to his body.

“Are they a couple?”, one of the new androids asked Colden who turned around and followed the glance.

As he watched you and Connor, a smile crawled on his lips, “Yes. These two are the evidence that humans and androids can work perfectly together.”, he admitted. To see you together like this was a rare picture because you wanted to keep it as secret as possible. The revolution was the focus point. So, Colden happily watched the intimate scene.

“I want to join you.”, an android said who walked out of a shadow.

“Me too.”, another android said.

“I’m in, as well.”

More and more androids announced their support after they had seen you and Connor. Colden was sure with the lead of the two of you, this time, the revolution would be successful.

And CyberLife would have to watch out.

A raging storm was coming their way.

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She just laid there, staring at the ceiling, unsure of whether to cry or laugh. Either way, it was over. Ara had sat her psychology finals, failed them inevitably, and binged on three hours of dramas and ice-cream out of self-pity. Ah, what a life. Rolling over at the sound of her phone, she answered with an empty voice.

'Yeoboseyo?'

'Eonnie~' a voice answered on the opposite end, dripping with honey.

'What do you want, Choi Hyun?' Ara asked, very obviously not in the mood to entertain the younger girl.

'Whatever do you mean?' Hyun exclaimed, feigning offendedness. When Ara gave no reply, she sighed and dropped the act. 'Fine, I'm hungry. Feed me. I'm at the cafe right now.' Of course, Ara knew exactly where she was, and why she was there instead of studying.

'You're procrastinating,' Ara stated simply. There was an incoherent grumble on the other side. Abruptly getting up, Ara headed to her room. 'Welp, if you fail your finals, that's on you. But who am I to say no to the dalgona coffee calling my name?' With that, Ara cut the call and got ready. Within minutes, she was out of the apartment and on her way to their favourite cafe. Once she was outside, she caught sight of Hyun frantically waving at her. She smiled to herself as she headed towards her.

'Annyeong!' Hyun called brightly when she was near. Ara rolled her eyes at Hyun's overly energetic nature. She already knew that all that energy would be diminished by Hyun's next visit to the cafe, which would inevitably be a pity drink.

'I already ordered,' Hyun told Ara. Ara nodded in reply. As they waited, Ara watched the girl. She silently tried prodding at her mind, but Hyun instantly tensed up.

'What the hell. What are you doing?' Hyun growled. Ara instantly regretted her actions, but she didn't admit it. Instead, she glanced away.

'So, I heard you're supervising the hit tonight,' Ara said. Hyun glared at her.

'Yes, I am. You could've asked like a normal person if you wanted to know so bad.' Ara muttered an apology. Within moments, the younger girl softened, unable to keep mad at Ara for too long.

'Anyway,' Hyun said softly, 'you look miserable.' Ara chuckled mirthlessly. 'Do you wanna join tonight?' Ara raised an eyebrow at Hyun's request. She would've said no immediately in any other circumstance, but she needed something to take her mind off the pitiful exams. She considered silently, noting how Hyun watched her much too carefully.

'Come on, I'll just tell the soldiers that you're a new capo-in-training, and none of my capos are stupid enough to tell them otherwise. The soldiers have never seen your face anyway,' Hyun begged.

'Fine,' Ara agreed after a while. The smile that lit up on Hyun's face made it worth it.

'Aigoo~ my baby's so cute,' Ara cooed, squishing Hyun's cheeks. Hyun only pouted at Ara's words but didn't reject her. In the back of her head, Ara wondered how the innocent child in front of her could be someone else entirely given the situation. At that moment, Hyun only seemed like an ordinary college student actively procrastinating from her finals, not a mafia underboss planning her next hit which would involve plenty of bloodshed. Sighing, Ara let go of Hyun's cheeks and sat back down comfortably.

Their drinks didn't take long to arrive. As soon as Hyun had received her's, she subtly sniffed her milkshake before taking the smallest of sips. That was all it took to break the enchanting facade of a normal life that had momentarily manifested in Ara's head. They were anything but ordinary students with ordinary lives. From there, their conversation took a turn into dangerous territory that required them to whisper. By the end of the conversation, quite a number of people were as good as dead.

'You head back to the dorms to study as much as you can before tonight. I'll get to HQ a little early today and figure out the logistics of me joining the hit with Hwa. I'll be seeing you around twelve,' Ara instructed. Hyun nodded, waving her goodbye. Ara waved back and turned to make her way to her headquarters.

The girl used the usual hardware store route to get there. Once she was inside the safety of HQ, she headed straight to the Prep Room. Hwa was already there, getting the designated team for the hit ready. Hwa's eyes momentarily widened at the sight of Ara entering the room unannounced but she quickly composed herself.

'Ah, what are you doing here?' Hwa asked off-handedly.

'baeB sent me to observe the hit as a capo-in-training,' Ara replied, bowing to the soldiers and other caporegimes in the room. They all mumbled their introductions, too focused on their roles to pay attention to her. Ara nodded discreetly at Hwa before strapping on sheaths and filling them up with various weapons from the wall. Once Ara had her twin pistols sitting on her sides, she listened as Hwa delivered a rundown of the mission.

'Listen carefully, everyone,' Hwa ordered, all the attention in the room becoming trained on her. Ara quietly admired the way Hwa managed to command attention so easily. 'Everyone must always remain in contact with me. If at any given moment, the connection is cut, abort mission. We've only managed to figure out around 80% of the schematics of the target building.

'Fortunately, we already have a clear, direct route to and from the area where the girls are kept and a secondary route just in case. But remember, we don't know what surprises are waiting for us, so dessert mission at all costs if you become disconnected with HQ,' Roze explained, handing out their earpieces. She then went over the individual routes and roles.

'Z-' Roze called, almost revealing the mafia boss's identity, 'Zaych, as a capo-in-training, you'll be sticking with the hit supervisor, baeB.' Ara nodded, internally groaning at the annoying name Hwa had come up with. Ara nodded, heading to the hall behind the Prep Room among the rest of the soldiers and capos who were either lounging around or warming up. Trisha, NTMR's main sniper, and one of the capos who knew ZH personally, smirked when Ara approached her.

'So, didn't expect you to be on the mission,' Trisha said nonchalantly, practicing her aim.

'Uni's getting on my nerves,' Ara mumbled in reply. Beside her, RizQueen suddenly materialised.

'So, big boss lady's on the mission?' she asked, her trademark mischievous glint sparkling in her eyes. Ara continued to idly converse with the two until baeB arrived.

The moment Hyun had stepped into the room, a sudden energy took over. The room was ablaze with fiery determination. Without a moment's delay, everyone organised themselves into their squads, ready to take orders.

'Ok girls, this is one of the last few hits before all the labs are destroyed. This one's riskier than the others, so stay alert and always keep in communication with HQ. We're all heading out in five, so be prepared.

'Trisha's squad, you guys take the upper route, keep your distance and alert us on the ground if anything happens. Eliminate any dangers before they can reach us. RizQueen, you and your squad are coming with me on the direct route. Squad three is guarding the outside and waiting along the secondary route in case of an emergency,' baeB ordered. 'Ok, let's go.' Hyun motioned Ara over, nodding subtly and not saying much else.

The drive to the target was short and quiet, everyone reviewing the plan by themselves. Every once in awhile, Ara caught sight of Hoon flying alongside them through the windows. Once they had stepped foot on the land, all of them became eerily quiet, even the loud-mouth of an underboss. With silent motions, baeB had sent all the squads in their separate directions.

baeB made a series of bird-like sounds quietly to Hoon who was perched on her shoulder. Soon enough, the bird took off again, following Trisha's squad. With another nod, they all approached the building, slipping in through an abandoned side door. No doubt, all the security cameras in the vicinity had already been hacked into from back at the base.

'Ok, advance through this door. It'll lead you to a hallway. Take the second left,' Hwa's voice said through Ara's earpiece. The squad looked at each other once before approaching. Ara watched as baeB nudged RizQueen who instantly disappeared into thin air.

They all stuck to the shadows, slinking through until they found the second left. Everything was progressing brilliantly until suddenly, a man in white stepped out of a room. He only had enough time to widen his eyes and open his mouth when one of the soldiers sent a blade flying in his direction. In a matter of seconds, the light left his eyes and his body was slumped against the wall. Without hesitation, the squad kept going.

The slow pace of the hit started to irk Ara. Without warning, she poked baeB, motioning ahead and left without waiting for her reaction. As Ara walked through the lone hallways, she encountered a few more "scientists", but quickly took care of them with a pull of her trigger. Finally, listening to Hwa's directions, she arrived at a large set of double doors. Pushing them open as quietly as she could, her jaw dropped open. Hundreds upon hundreds of beds were lined up against the walls, each with a girl lying in them.

Most of them were asleep, but one who was most likely returning from the bathroom, caught sight of her. Instead of screaming, the girl only wordlessly made her way back to her bed. Before she could, Ara grabbed her arm and pulled her back. The girl didn't resist.

The utter lack of will within the girl stoked an enraged part of Ara. All these girls were broken down until they no longer cared about anything or anyone. They didn't have it in them to care, because if they did, they'd be broken all over again. The hopelessness only reminded Ara of her own lab days. Soon, the rest of the squad had arrived at the hall. They all took a moment to take it all in.

'Ok, now-' Hwa's voice suddenly cut off. Ara immediately turned to look at baeB, but the younger girl's face was a reflection of hers. Everyone around her frantically filed out of the room. Ara tried to call them back, but she had no power over them, not as long as she was "Zaych".

'Tell them to come back. We're almost done, come on. We just need to take them back,' Ara whisper-shouted at baeB. Hyun seemed torn between ordering them back and pulling Ara along with the rest.

'The connection isn't meant to cut. Something's wrong,' baeB said, alert. Even as she talked, a loud screech resonated through the hall. A sudden panic took hold of them all as the underboss shouted one, singular word.

'RUN!' With that, they all turned, some of them even reached the mouth of the secondary exit. baeB, who was at the back along with ZH, grabbed her arm, pulled her through the door, and threw her down. Even though Ara screamed with all her might, desperately trying to grab even a few girls, nothing stopped the explosion that burst through the room. She watched as everything and every person in the room was obliterated into pieces.

From there, she didn't remember much, registering only someone pulling her up and out of the building. Everything around her was chaos and she was stuck in her own bubble of torment. By the time the two squads were out of the building, the rest of it was up in flames.

The van ride to HQ was just a blur, and only once baeB had pulled her out did Ara notice that the girl from the lab was still clinging onto her. A strange spark lit up in her eyes, completely foreign to her sunken face and bony features. Ara didn't want to let go of the girl either, but she couldn't find her voice in time before baeB pulled her away.

Ara followed Hyun into the lowest level of HQ: baeB's personal torture cells.

'We managed to take one of the scientists,' a soldier said, already inside the cell. Next to her, a man in the white lab coat was kneeling. He was bruised and bloody, his clothes singed from the bombing.

'Get out,' baeB growled at the soldier who left in a heartbeat. Cracking her neck, the younger girl's entire body was on fire. The rage that rolled off her was enough to make the man cower. Hyun grabbed the daggers on her belt and held them up against his neck, drawing blood. The maniacal look about her told Ara so much of what Hyun wanted to do, but before she could begin, Ara held a hand out.

Hyun struggled to hold back but stepped back at the boss's order.

'Let me,' Ara whispered, voice hoarse from crying.

She stepped up to the man, holding up his chin.

'Why?' she whispered once. The man, unable to answer only whimpered before the storm hit. Without any warning, Ara ripped through his head with only one question "why?". The screams that came out of his mouth were blood-curdling, but that didn't stop Ara. She didn't care what she found, but she kept pulling away at all his thoughts until he was laying on the floor, his mind too broken to manage his body.

Ara fell to her knees, her own head pounding against her skull and tears streaming down her face. All those girls had spent their whole lives in those wretched labs, getting experimented on ruthlessly and then thrown out when they were of no more use. They didn't deserve any of it, especially not the end they had faced.

A reassuring hand placed itself on Ara's shoulder, calmly guiding her up and out of the cells.

'I'll finish up here. You should go get some rest,' Hyun whispered. Ara nodded, wondering how she would ever be able to rest after losing so many lives right in front of her eyes.

An extra-long chapter!! Hope you guys enjoyed!

And I'll warn everyone right now; if you can't tell already, this story will include many triggering scenes, lots of blood and gore and death. A lot of my characters have gone through several forms of trauma and if anyone is uncomfortable with these themes, I advise you to stop reading.

Other than that, please proceed! :)

Luv y'all

[dolcid]

Why are you doing this?

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Sharon Carter

Summary: Bucky finds out that Sharon is in a rather grey area

A/N: Bucky and Sam don't know Sharon is the power broker, and Sharon wears a mask so yeah

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"Have you heard?" Sam asked, leaning against his sister's counter, slowly sipping his coffee.

"Heard what?" Bucky replied looking towards the man.

"There's supposedly, a new villain that has been doing some pretty shady stuff involving the government" Sam explains, watching as Bucky shifts in his seat.

"And?"

"And, it requires our attention"

Bucky sighed, petting the newly adopted kitten, Alpine, in his lap.

"Today's our day off" Bucky argues, scratching the kittens chin.

"Heroes don't get days off, Buck" Sam says placing his coffee onto the counter.

"We gotta do something, the government has personally requested us" Sam again, explains grabbing his shield. Bucky groans and reluctantly removes the white furball off his lap.

"Let's suit up then"

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The clicking of buttons were all that was heard inside the small facility. Sharon, now called the Power Broker, had gotten a full pardon and was planning to destroy the government from the inside out. Of course, she knew what she was doing was risky, and even thinking of Bucky's reaction brought a frown to her face. Don't stop now, she thinks shaking off the sad thought. One final click to the keyboard and Sharon has what she needs, the government's codes. Taking the harddrive out, she places it into her belt. Not before hearing footsteps come her way.

"So, this is what the government needs help with?" Captain America questions amusedly. Sharon freezes, knowing that Sam, her friend is underneath the mask. Don't lose focus, she tells herself.

"You don't look that threatening to me," Bucky steps out from behind Sam, folding his arms.

"You don't know half of what I can do" Sharon says, her mask providing a deeper voice.

"Same goes for you, we're bringing you in" Sam says, Sharon sighing in her head.

"Good Luck"

All of a sudden Sharon grabs a knife and throws it towards Sam, and while he deflects it, Sharon slides onto the ground and trips him from underneath. Bucky jumps into action, slamming his fist where Sharon once was, but she's too fast. Sharon doesn't want to hurt them, so she simply catches them off guard and makes a run for it. Although she knows they don't give up easily. Hearing them behind her, Sharon pulls out her taser gun and shoots Sam leaving him staggered. Bucky, however she can't bring herself to shoot, and instead dodges his swing. Bucky notices, and stops looking at her confusedly. Sharon frowns but remembers the task at hand. Tripping him, she makes another run for it all the while cloaking herself. Once Sam catches up to Bucky, he groans.

"She's quick" Bucky explains, still on the ground.

"So you lost her?" Sam asks, lifting his partner too his feet.

"She seemed to hesitate though, I don't know why"

"Think we know her?" Sam asks, placing his shield onto his back. Bucky stares where she once stood.

"Maybe"

~

Over the next few days, this Power Broker has gotten away with government information, that Sam and Bucky both assured to get all back, somehow. So the two head to someone they know can help them, or so they believe.

"Bucky? Sam? What brings you two here?" Sharon asks, stepping aside to let them in.

"Hey Sharon, we need some help" Sam says, a determined look on his face. Sharon curses in her head, nodding to them.

"With what?" She asks, smiling. "Hang on Sam, I gotta greet my girl first don't I?" Bucky interrupts, bringing Sharon into an embrace. Sharon welcomes it, missing his touch.

"I missed you doll" Bucky says, kissing her temple. Sharon smiles sadly into his shoulder.

"I missed you too Buck, how have things been?" She asks. Bucky sighs, and she knows exactly why.

"Do you remember the Power Broker?" He asks, she nods.

"Well, they're back and stealing from the government," he starts "which is why we need your help" Sharon's mind goes blank, not knowing what to do or say.

"Doll?"

"I'll do my best" she replies.

~

A few hours after Sam and Bucky left, Sharon resides in her apartment, conflicted. She's surprised she didn't give it away that she was in fact the Power Broker. She hated the name. But it's what people called her. Sighing exasperatedly, Sharon wipes a hand down her face and curses. Why did they have to be going after her? she needed this information. After what the government did to her, she doesn't know if she can ever forgive them. Giving her a full pardon was a start but, why should she forgive them? They made her life over the past 5 years a living hell, now she could finally give it back to them.

Suiting up, Sharon exited from her apartment window and immediately got to work. She hated going against her friends, especially her lover but, they would never understand.

Breaking into yet another small facility, Sharon hacked the surveillance cameras and headed inside. Once inside, she stealthily took out the guards and placed her trusty harddrive into the computer system. Before she could pull it out, a hand stopped her.

"Sharon?" It was Bucky. And he knew it was her.

Sharon stayed silent, and Bucky gently took her mask off, revealing the women he loved so much. Bucky's face immediately dropped.

"Why are you doing this?" He asked her, still grasping her hand.

"How did you know it was me?" She questioned him, watching as he plucked a tracer off her back. Sharon paled. She fucked up. Bucky frowned and took her other hand into his own.

"Sharon, I don't understand, you-you got a full pardon didn't you? Why are you doing this?" He asked her again. Her eyes painfully shut.

"Them pardoning me means nothing compared to what I had to do for the last five years. They made me leave everything I had behind to start fresh, all while you and the avengers got the protection I needed" she explained, watching as he looked down ashamed.

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked softly, looking up at her. Sharon sighed, hating those puppy eyes he gave her.

"You would never understand my reasons Bucky" She says sadly.

"Sharon, you know fully that I do understand, I have been on the run for most of my life until people wanted to help me, Steve, Sam, Wakanda, but most importantly you," Bucky starts, placing his hands onto her cheeks.

"You have been there for me every step of the way even when you knew I was dangerous, and I'm so glad that you were because I fell in love so hard with you I never want to turn back, nothing will ever make me turn back" Bucky explains to her, placing gentle kisses onto her face.

"I love you Bucky, more than anything, but this is something I have to do" she says stepping back slowly.

"I'm sorry" She says, tears in her eyes as she begins to run away. Bucky nearly breaks at the sight, but he won't give up on her. He loves her and won't stop trying until she knows just how much she means to him.

[jamiebluewind]

Character/Location Descriptions for Fantasy High 2.10!

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As always, let me know if I need to edit or add anything and tag/ask/PM me about art and stories so I can check them out!

Warning: emprisonment, multiple injuries, canon typical violence, multiple blood mentions, gross descriptions, poison mention, broken bone mention, vomit mention, torture mentions, trauma, abandonment,

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Brennan

"Free dad slap."

"You 'Ally'ed out of the box of doom!"

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New Character/s

Fire Elemental #3

Genderless

Was summoned and bound by the elves of old to protect the elemental pylon that powers the permanent magical effects of Ka'lethriel Tower, which transformed them into a monstrous fire thing along with 2 other fire elementals bound there

Was embrased by Fabian in a deep dip as he cradled their head and his sheet wrapped around them both and roiled above them

The power of Fabian's dance partially stunned them and took them out of active combat

The thing binding them to protect the pylon went when the fire pit helix was put out, causing them to change back to a creature with an elvan face of wreathing flame

They cry fire

They kissed Fabian softly on the lips (for 8 points of damage) and whispered in his ear (softly like flame) "Thank you. For my freedom. For my life." before disappearing

Established Characters

Arthur Aguefort

Slows localized time at Ka'lethriel Tower, opening a rift from his desk at the academy to talk to Adaine

Crawled through the rift after Adaine confirmed that her captors chose the way of pain

The way of pain involved Aguefort using new and experimental magic resulting him growing 450 feet tall (massive thudding steps), reaching up to grab the Sun (causing his veins to light up with golden fire and his mouth to fill with a fire that releases and races across the sky), calling thousands of terracotta Agueforts to burst out of the ground and sprint north, moving the Sun itself (leaving a burning scar across the sky), and shooting lasers the width of highways that have enough power to cap a mountain in one hit with lasers that shot out of his eye (which took on a golden bright glow)

He appeared to Kristen later (via a spell that appeared as a scroll glowing with illusionary magic with his name on it that allowed him video chat with her from back in Elmville) badly injured, wrapped up in bandages, bleeding a lot, and in pain.

The new magic tore up his guts so bad that by the time he got about 50 miles north of the tower, he "shit about an ocean of blood" and almost passed out (we can't get that big, 450 feet tall is too big)

Was also hit with a lot of powerful elven counter magic before he teleported back to Solace

His terracotta army fell apart when he left

Admitted that he had been going ham for a while since after Kristen snuck him into heaven, that being dead for a couple months really messed him up, and that attempting to destroy the government of Fallinel was "just too much"

Got in a lot of trouble with the government of Solace, will probably have to go to court, and he has to move the Sun back ("gotta figure out how to do that")

Dragged the Sun "a little bit north of where it should be" (causing the far south of the Earth to be colder and far north to be hotter), but said the Sun was "going in the right direction" and "still going around the Earth", resulting in clarifying that Spyre normally goes around the Sun, but he's not sure of what he did when he dragged it across the sky and that there was more of a poetic understanding of how things really work, but he still "really fucked up"

Kear/Keer

Was horrified by Augefort's actions

"I'm getting very confused and upset with everything that these children do."

Was poisoned and vomiting when Kristen banished her with a kiss on her face, came back when Kristen broke her ankle, and was banished again by Ayda who loudly pronounces "mwah!" while kissing her face like Kristen

Oak Warriors

8 foot tall

Look like green men (not automaton) made of magic with elven faces

Vulnerable to fire

Controled by Kear

Anguin

Was blinded by Kristen

Went invisible and ran

Was knocked unconscious by Fig and left in the vault (with some of his teeth knocked out) when Ka'lethriel Tower collapsed

Aelwyn

Kept awake for 5 months

Was rescued from the tower and fell unconscious/comatose immediately

Was carried out by Ayda

Even outside the orb, her body shook with the strain and effort

As she and Adaine tranced, a tiny piece of her abjurative magic (an innate cantrip, abjurer's ward) came back and she started building a shield around Adaine in her "sleep"

Was taken to a hot spring with elven healers by Adaine

Was unsure if they actually escaped or just died before trying to cast a feeble shield around Adaine again

Her mind was damaged and the torture had a profound and corrosive effect on her well being and memory

The inside of her mind looked like a city razed to the ground with crumbled walls, battlements, towers, and arcane defenses. Only a weird, vulnerable labyrinth of images remained

Has a deep self loathing (especially for not saying anything on Adaine's behalf against their parents) and a powerful fear of her parents. Her cowardice fed into her self loathing which fed into her cowardice in an endless loop.

Had an intense magical charm in the center of the labyrinth of her abjurations and a little faint enchantment with "Despite all of the torment and tribulation, let this be proof. I always knew there was only one person clever enough to find this." written on the outside. The charm was a custom modify memory spell (which The Court Of Stars had been searching for) and contained a saved unbroken version of her from before she was capture which overrode her current broken state once it was dispelled

Adaine

Found a sword in the vault while looking for a weapon to fight with

Later gave the sword Fan-dran-goorh to Fabian (was made by his grandpapa Tel'amine)

Held Aelwyn as they sleep

Detects magic on Aelwyn and find a faint whisper of enchant magic before using detect thoughts on her

Found and dispelled the magical charm within Aelwyn which returns her sister's mind to a version before she was captured by The Court of Stars

Gilear

Fluid in his feet, especially his right (due to rolling his ankle months ago) which now has a band of purple around it (possibly a bone issue) and causes him an ambiant throbbing pain and heat from all the extra blood (GO TO A DOCTOR!!!)

Tel'amine

Tried very hard to say "Gorgug" one last time, but just said "Chedge" and then cried and became really embarrassed when Gorgug responded "It sounds like literally no sound was correct in that."

Dances with Fabian at one point in the night to the sound of Fig's bass.

He and the other adults of Kylo Me'newra give teens grapes because they believe it will make them less horny (doesn't actually work)

Riz

Shot a fire elemental over Gorgug's thumbs up

"Stay positive."

Said "It's beautiful" about Fabian dancing with the fire elemental and shed a tear before saying "It's beautiful Gorgug" and lowering his gun, aiming at the last pitcher

Poked his head in when Adaine was about to go to sleep to ask if her sister was still trying to kill them (since she was just kind of there now), listens to her answer (doesn't think so, especially with her trauma), and then slowly (and awkwardly) backs out of the room as the sisters doze off together (after Ayda dropped her off)

Gorgug

Soot on his face and singed hair after being set on fire

Had his thumb knicked slightly when Riz shot over it

Fabian

Slashed the first fire elemental on his first two turns before hiding behind Gorgug

Had an elven sheet on hand which has the ability to put out fires, so he used to put out his friends

Danced and jumped with his sheet during the battle and did a bit of contact juggling with the fire

(On being kissed) "I take it. I take every point of that damage and I take it slowly. I can feel it. In my whole body."

Was left with red hot lips after kissing the fire elemental and (with a gulp) felt a glowing moat of fire travel down his throat and rest hot and warm in his chest

Had the sheet tied around him like a cape while traveling back to meet with the others

At Kylo Me'newra, danced (badly due to rolling a 1 and a 2) all night outside with his sheet (like nobody is watching) as the ground lit up behind him with a dull glow with each step. It helped him get in touch with his feelings and his body

Enjoys the taste of the flower his grandpapa gives him

Gorgug, Riz, and Fabian

Ran to and from their pylon with their arms back like anime characters

"I believe in you/us."

"Spring break!!!"

All three were burned from their fight

After getting back to Kylo Me'newra, Fabian danced all night while Riz and Gorgug watched (cradled in the boughs of treents that hummed a song as the trees rocked them)

Riz: You know? This place isn't so bad.

Gorgug: How did this part start happening?

Riz: I thought I was just gonna sit in a tree and it started singing to me.

Gorgug: Hey. Really not horrible.

Riz: Yeah.

Tel'amine: Yes. Really not horrible at all. *catches a blossom and shoves it into Gorgug's mouth* Eat it.

Gorgug: *chews*

Tel'amine: Yes.

Riz: Is it good or is it just a flower?

Gorgug: *shakes head*

Riz: It was beautiful.

Tel'amine: *glides off into the night*

Gorgug: *coughs and sticks his tongue out*

Riz: Did that dude just feed you a flower?

Gorgug: Yeah. *hacking sound*

Riz: That was insane.

Gorgug: It's a complex flavor, I don't like it.

Riz: That was insane.

Kristen

Unmade a oak warrior due to the annoyance of her spirit guardians

*appears behind Kear and puts her hand on her back* "You're on the wrong side, but you could join us if you want. Just something to think about." *casts banishment to give Kear time to think and kisses her on the side of the head before she goes*

Tried to ribbon dance fly down 10 stories in the middle of the tower and ended up just slamming into the floor at the bottom instead, breaking her ankle

Her spirit guardians attacked Anguin while he was invisible and trying to sneak into the vault, ending his invisibility

Used sending to get in contact with Jawbone (Jawbone. Hey. Having some trouble with Tracker. She's pretty upset at me. I keep saying the wrong thing. I kept something from her. Oops? -> Tough break kiddo. Happy to help if I can. Should I find a way to contact you other than this spell? -> Fuck yes. -> Hell yeah.)

Had a long distance talk with Jawbone (using Aguefort's video chat spell) where she got advice on not treating her partner as a means to an end and about transparency.

Fig

Gave Wicklaw's sword back to Leviathan

Disguised herself as a Arthur Aguefort (but with a bass guitar) and accidentally really upsets Ayda

Played a really sick guitar riff that would make all the gems dance (to persuade them somehow and find out more about gems) and ends up causing a large gem built into the base of the tower to crack and the tower to collapse (but not before grabbing a book on gems lore)

Tried to set Adaine's dad on fire with a pack of cloves as they left

Had a sleepover with Ayda (text link below)

Ayda

Brennan stated outside stream that an incarnation of Ayda has been living on Leviathan for a very long time, building the Compass Points. When she dies and is reborn, it is a true rebirth and her new incarnation has none of the memories of her previous forms, only knowing her previous selves from the written instructions they leave behind. Her current incarnation is the same age as Tracker (17).

Can fly with two other medium sized people (and later the two plus an underweight Aelwyn)

Immune to fire

Her dad is very triggering for her

Had a sleepover with Fig

(to Fig) "Have you said something so kind on purpose?"

When Fig attacked her as her dad (due to spell fail), she got very upset and said "Dad. Dad. I'm sorry. I'm done. I'm sorry. Dad. Dad." as Fig tried to calm her

When she counter spelled Angwin and Fig told her thank you, she answered "Whatever. I would help you, Fi-du-du-Dad. You're not my dad. You're Fig! Right? It's an illusion. Yes. You're Fig. I know. Why would I have carried my dad here? He never carried muh... me."

Told Fig that she might need to work through some of her stuff in battle as she "elected to have a disguise that was very upsetting."

After dispelling a spell on Fig that was gonna make her run away "Dad don't leave! I mean Fig! Fig don't leave."

Was very happy to see Adaine.

Said "My friend Kristen did this" before giving Kear a loudly pronounced "Mwah" kiss to the side of her head and banishing her again

Fig: How dare you do that the Arthur Augefort!

Ayda: PLEASE STOP THAT!

Fig: I know, but see, it's intimidating for them-

Ayda: It can't possibly be helping us more than it's hurting us!

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Location Descriptions

Ka'lethriel Tower (new details)

The tower itself is 10 stories tall and sits near a wall (with a gate) that surrounds the tower and the garden

Each floor has one room (save the top which has at least two)

The first floor holds a vault (which is normally protected by permanent magical effects) with a big locked door

There's a large gem built into the side of the tower within the vault

The vault is filled with a lot of things, including Adaine and Aelwyn's property (spellbooks, arcane focuses, and The Jacket of Useful Things), Fan-dran-goorh (Fandrangor): Sword of The North Star (long, whip thin elven sword that shines a gleaming green golden light, can talk with the voices of elvan ancestors, and once belonged to elven kings long past), a massive religious tome, a quarenteened series of top secret elven scrolls that is the research of Adaine mom, a series of notes by mom looking for the location of a temple in Sylvar (Kristen knows due to a book at the Compass Points Library), and a book on gem lore

Fire Pit Pylon

Large elvan smithy (only in looks as it's an arcane power station and not an actual forge) and worst of the two pylons

Stone, mossy covered building with a floor covered in traps and an entire infrastructure filled with a high elven adoration for magic

In the center of the building, there is a hexagonal 6 pointed room with a fire pit in the center that's so hot that it's hard to look at. The fire is golden green helix at the start (changes to purple gold with the first pitcher of water spilled into it, ruby red with the second, and out with the third. It also flickers with other energy at ruby red from the other pylon being attacked).

Surrounding the fire pit in altering positions around the 6 sided room are 3 braziers and 3 statures (each statue directly across from a brazier)

The elven statues have ornimental stone weapons on them and are holding huge alabaster pitchers of clear water which bend towards the fire pit and require a cantrip (or enough damage to break them) to dump their water

The large firy silver elven braziers are piled high with burning coal (responsible for the smoke) and are traps that conjure a monsterous fire elemental when the water from its corresponding stature spills into the fire pit or when a floor trap is triggered

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[bella-studio]

Don't wanna lose

/Listen, this is my first ROTTMNT fan fiction. And I warn you that in the original I wrote it in Russian(because I am from Russia), so there may be a poor translation. Please don't scold me xd. And... My text typography is very different from how many others do it. So... I hope this is not a problem, and you will understand/

“Donnie had a nightmare, but to whom would he go for help, if not his brothers?”

   The body hurts unbearably. As if all the bones were crushed into small pieces, as if they were well ground in a blender. I barely rise to my elbows and look around. Blood. A lot of blood. My brothers! They are also in the blood. Do not move. No signs of breathing. They have terrible wounds, and Mikey... Oh no, my poor little brother, he got the most. Looking at his broken shell is worse than the pain that I feel from broken bones now. I try to get up, but I can’t. My tech-bo is broken in half, and the shell sparkles from damaged parts. I hear menacing breath behind me. I turn my head. Shredder. He stands in front of me and looks into my eyes with a predatory gaze. At any second, he could attack me, but he was waiting for something. I hear someone is running. April! She is alive! She runs straight at the enemy with a bat in her hands. What are you doing again?! Run from here! Shredder grabs O`Neil with his claws and throws her to the side under a huge box hanging on the chain of the lift. The next second, the armor quickly chopped off the chains. The load fell on April. I heard a loud crunch of bones, and blood poured out from under the load. The shock froze on my face. And in a split second, Shredder, waving his claws, was in front of me.

— NO! — softshell woke up.

   And the next thing he felt was already real pain from hitting the bed cover. Perhaps a broken solarium is not the best option for a place to sleep. Von Ryan rubbed his forehead. He began to breathe air through his teeth, squinting his eyes. Such a dream. But this is not surprising. After a three-day battle with Shredder, the destruction of Donnie’s entire tech and almost premature death, the turtle could not sleep well. All these thoughts of death from the claws of an obsessed armor scared him.

   Donatello slowly walked down the stairs from the bed. 03:15 AM. Third time in a week. He rubbed his eyes, leaning against the table. Terribly wanted to sleep, but did not want to return to the nightmare. He needs someone who will help to distract from this. But who? Brothers are not an option. Father too... April. Yes, she also suffered, but she can calmly listen and help. The best friend after all.

   Donnie took out his hoodie, left the room, looked around. No one, everyone is sleeping. He slowly but surely headed toward the exit to the surface. He climbed the rusty stairs and opened the hatch. It's raining. To match the mood. Softshell closed the hatch and climbed to the roof of the house. Jogging can also distract. He went straight to his friend, jumping from roof to roof and slapping his feet in the puddles. About ten minutes later he was at her window. It is closed: both the lock and the curtains. Donnie sighed sadly, with his hands in his pocket. Unexpectedly there was a screwdriver. How on time. The turtle held the tool to the lock and stopped. But will it not be a hack? ...Nah, Donnie has the right to do it. He continued to poke around the lock until it clicked, announcing the discovery. Von Ryan slowly opened the window and opened the curtains. But here's what surprised: April sat on her bed in headphones, reading a magazine, under a nightlight:

— Do you know that reading under a dim light is not safe for the eyes?  — he said loudly enough for the girl to hear him.

   She jerked and looked in his direction, pulling out her headphone. They looked at each other for about ten seconds, until O'Neil spoke:

— Said the one who spent days on end sitting at the phone or laptop. — she answered with a grin.

   The girl closed the magazine, put it and the headphones on the pedestal and got out of bed, going to the window from which the softshell peeked out. She shoved him forcefully into the room and closed the window:

— What are you doing here?

— Me? I just wanted to visit you, to check how you are... — he was silent for a while, looking away. — How are you?

   The girl raised an eyebrow, looking skeptically at a friend. Donnie sighed, admitting defeat:

— Yeah-yeah, I know, I'm lying bad. Just a mental problem, Apes.

— Do you want me to listen? — in response came a sad nod. — Sit down and wait. Be right back.

   April left the room. Donnie, as his friend ordered, sat on the bed and waited, looking at her modest room. Solid walls hung with posters, garlands and photos. Photos with her, his brothers, with Splinter, her mom and Mayhem. Even joint photos with him and April, of which there were about five. Donatello smiled involuntarily. For the sake of such moments as to be with the one you love and cherish every moment, you want to live. April came soon with two cups of tea that both of them like. She crouched next to Don, giving him a cup, he gladly took it:

— Well... What happened? — she asked after a moment of silence.

— I had a nightmare. It has been repeated day after day since we got rid of Shredder.

— And what was there?

   Donnie looked at April. And she understood from his gaze. She began to look at the floor, considering everything. It’s strange that it’s Donnie, not even Mikey, who dreams of it:

— It was terrible. — began von Ryan. — I am alone, brothers are dead, there is no tech, I can’t move. Shredder is in front of me, but I see that you are running towards him. But he throws you back and...

— And? — stuttered, the girl asked.

— He killed you. Crushed by a huge cargo box. — Donnie started looking at a point on the wall. — There was a lot of blood, I heard a bone crunch. Shredder wanted to attack me, but I woke up.

   April looked frightened at her friend. Everyone shared their dreams with her, even Leo. Even Splinter! But not a single dream was so strange and cruel. And then the first dream that her best friend shared turned out to be just that. She wanted to support him, but Donnie continued:

— You know, I wanted to make a copy of Sunita's brooch. I wanted to become a human, wanted to study at school, go to college... But it turns out that we must fight all the villains, defending New York, and only God knows when this will end! — Donatello sobbed, bitter tears flowed from his eyes, dripping into sweet tea. — I do not want all this... I don’t want eternal battles, I don’t want victims, I don’t want... To die.

— Drop these thoughts, please! — O'Neil exclaimed, wiping the tears from the turtle’s eyes and holding a hand on his cheek. — You know that won't happen. You know that everything will be alright! Yes, we will fight for the preservation of the city, we will fight with the villains, but we will not die.

— YOU DO NOT KNOW THIS! — Don cried out, almost crushing the mug in his hands. He put it quickly on the pedestal and got out of bed. —  All I hear is words! "Everything will be fine! We can do it! We will win!" But no one knows the real cruelty of life! However, I lost everything I created over the years in a couple of seconds! Shredder nearly killed me! He nearly crippled Raph and Mikey! He almost crippled YOU! I am glad that we generally survived those three days, but the uncertainty about what will happen scares me! I’m afraid that I can literally lose everything: our adventures, our games, watching TV, pizza, Leo’s jokes, Raph’s hugs, Mikey’s paintings, Splinter’s stories, and, most importantly, my only best friend! SO HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT!? — he abruptly fell silent.

   The room became very quiet, only sobs of the softshell and the sound of raindrops on the windowsill were audible. Donnie stood with his hands on his head, it seemed as if it would burst from his own scream. The throat now hurts, tears rolled down in a hail. This silence would have lasted longer if Von Ryan had not heard something. Is April... Crying? But she never... No... No, no, no! Donnie did not want to bring her to tears, he did not want to! The turtle knelt in front of her and put his hands on hers, holding a mug of tea that had already cooled down:

— Forgive me. I shouldn't have yelled at you. You are not to blame for our problems. You shouldn't have been involved.

— What!? — the girl was alarmed. Mayhem, which sat with her and reassured her, flinched. — You want to say that after all that we have experienced I am not a participant in all these troubles?! But I was the first to enter the Secret City. I helped you deal with the Purple Dragons, you guys saved me from Albearto, from Hypnopotamus, you defended my “Normal” day from Foot Clan, you helped to get Mayhem from the mirror, and I helped you with the missions. And remember, if I didn’t get on the train, we would not have guessed where Foot Clan had taken the armor! And you still think that I should not participate in this? So you don’t appreciate me as an important member of the team? As a family member?!

— It's not like that at all, April! — Donnie grabbed the girl by the shoulders. — I appreciate you! As a member of a team or family! And you can’t imagine how much I cherish you! I cherish the moment when we met! And I love you with all my heart, like a sister, but I'm afraid to lose you... — Donnie whispered.

   It was a shame. He just wanted help, support, and in the end he upset his friend. What kind of friend is he who raises his voice? April's hand touched turtle's cheek, and he looked at the her. She smiled faintly. She is no longer angry, but a precipitate of sadness remains in her eyes:

—  You're a fool. — O'Neil grinned. — Well, come here. — she put the mug down on the pedestal next to his and opened her arms for a hug.

   Donnie looked at April in surprise. They had not hugged together for so long, as if never. Von Ryan wiped away his tears and reached for his friend, clutching in "warm shackles." They sat like this for about five minutes. April began to giggle.

— What are you doing? — Donnie asked perplexedly, not breaking his arms.

— It's nothing. Just... To talk out, we had to yell at each other. I hope this does not happen again?

— We’ll try to prevent this... Listen, um... Can I stay with you this night?

— Of course, dude. Of course. Just sleep on the couch. — she laughed. — Just kidding, of course. You sleep with me, so that in case of what I reassured you.

— Pf! As you say, April.

I wanted to write that Donnie is more outspoken with April

Just adore these two

/if there are errors in the translation, then tell me about them. I am doing my best/