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"I guess the girls aren't coming?" Asked Petra who had quickly noticed that in the back of the van they were squatted in neither Saya or Sephy were present.

The other group members gulped down knowing that they both held the key to whether they were going to be able to carry out the whole mission.

Marcus looked down towards his feet feeling like for some reason it was his fault that they weren't with them. He couldn't stop seeing Sephy and hearing her moans and now he couldn't bare to give Maria eye contact.

"We're fucked" Lex said running his hand through his hair "we can't do this without them"

"Damn straight" Sephy smirked as Saya aggressively swung the door open to face the nervous teens who each looked tense "lower your fucking gun, dumbass" she said slapping the barrel of the gun downwards.

Saya looked behind Marcus towards Maria who avoided her stare which broke her heart, she felt like punching something but instead she threaded her fingers through her hair and left round the van.

"Oh, thank god. I really thought you weren't coming" Marcus beamed looking onto Sephy with a soft smile, his eyes glistening.

She shot him a cheeky wink which made his cheeks burn red but also didn't go missed by Maria who angrily licked over her teeth. Not that Sephy cared, she didn't care for her anymore.

"Are we ready to do this shit?" Saya asked with a bored expression.

"Someone's in a mood" Marcus mumbled climbing out the van walking alongside Sephy leaving Maria behind surging with jealousy.

"Mhm and someone's looking to get beat up too" Sephy scowled over towards him and he chuckled, he knew the only two people in the group that he shouldn't mess with were the two he was stood with.

"Seeing anyone?" Marcus asked and Saya shook her head with a sigh, she was starting to get more and more riled up.

Sephy hadn't asked what was up but seen as her bad mood had started when she had come into contact with Maria she could only guess that it was something to do with her.

God, did Sephy need anymore reasons to hate her?

"There's literally no motion inside, nothing, zilch"

The trio walked back over to the others, each of them anxiously looking around. As Marcus lead infront Sephy swung an arm over Saya and proceeded to ask,

"Everything okay?" With a scowl.

Saya looked across at her with pursed lips and a cold glare she shook her head and ran a hand over her face.

"If we get out alive I'll spill" she promised and Sephy nodded and offered her a weak smile to show her that she was there for her.

"Maybe no ones home?" Billy suggested with hope gleaming in his eyes but Petra to his right was much more pessimistic,

"Maybe they're expecting us"

Just the thought made Marcus squirm in his spot, he knew he had to do this for both he and Maria but truthfully he just wished he was back in his room spending his Christmas break with his friends.

"How the bloody hell is this hillbilly riot squad gonna know we're coming?" Lex laughed leaning himself on the van as if he was comfortable in the situation they were in.

"Yeah well they know a lot of shit that they shouldn't know" Billy reminded and Lex snarled.

Petra looked across at Sephy she noticed her cold and piercing glare nd she followed her stare towards where Maria was getting dressed into her red frilled dress.

"You sure we can count on her?" Petra asked more towards Marcus but it was Saya that snapped,

"Of course we can"

Petra held her hands up in surrender not realising that she'd struck a nerve and Saya looked down at her feet to try and calm herself.

None of them had noticed that Maria had joined them until she began to talk,

"Can we count that the psycho doesn't black out and murder us all" Maria cocked her head to one side and glared towards Sephy who stepped forward with gritted teeth.

"Taken your meds', Maria?" She questioned but Petra pulled her back so that she didn't hurt her. They took hold of each other's hands so that Petra could be sure that Sephy's nails weren't digging into her palms.

"Clear minds means clear plans" Petra whispered a thing the pair had started to recite to each other to calm them in hectic situations, that seemed to be 24/7 now.

"I got optics on the backyard. Saya was right. There are traps." Maria stated looking across at Saya who sent her a sarcastic smile, she wasn't going to be fucking lying so why did she need to double check?

"There's no movement, no way of knowing if they're in there or not. So, what now?"

The group fell silent as if they hadn't planned for everything to have panned out like it had.

Sephy just wanted to storm in and actually do something but the others didn't seem to be as willing to do so. They all each did their tells, some of them jigging, others tapping or fumbling.

"Is this something we should be doing?" Lex finally asked and Sephy rolled her eyes and let out a growl. She didn't want to be there either but she wasn't moaning.

"I'm sorry but I agree with Lex" Petra said chewing her bottom lip, she felt guilty for saying it but she really didn't feel like dying.

"Why don't we just call the cops?" Billy asked his eyes glistening with hope that the group would agree.

"Yeah that sounds like the less suicidal option" Petra agreed looking to Sephy for an agreement there too. Sephy took a deep breath and turned to Marcus with her tired and slightly hungover eyes.

"The pussies are right" she said pointing in their way "one of us is going to die in there and I don't really thing it's a-" she turned to Maria and snarled "-good cause"

"I didn't ask you to come" Maria snapped back, she clenched her jaw and focused her eyes on Sephy who let go of a laugh.

"See-" she said pointing to Maria "-ungrateful bitch"

"Persephone" scolded Saya although she and everyone else had been thinking the exact same thing.

"I'm starting to see why Willie bailed" Petra added pulling Sephy back so that she didn't slit Maria's throat.

Sephy for some reason felt completely sane, even with the tense atmosphere and pumping blood she didn't even feel like she was going to black out.

"We're worried. That's fair, right? This is gnarly. We could die in there." Billy said with panic in his eyes as he mainly spoke to Marcus.

Marcus opened his mouth to talk but Sephy placed her hand up to stop him,

"We don't need a shitty pep talk, superman" Sephy snapped and he instantly closed his mouth, intimidated by her fierceness.

He scanned her from her toes to her head and suddenly felt guilty for dragging her to somewhere so dangerous to save his girlfriend who he was ultimately going to break up with as soon as the mission ended.

Everyone fell quiet for the thousandth time so Sephy stood forward,

"Okay pansies were doing this, now or never"