Chapter 6: Throwback

Today my classes would start at 9 am how delightful, when I woke up no one was home again, I must have missed Dad. It was 7:50 am so I brushed my teeth took a shower and ate a short breakfast. I was standing in my room looking for things to do, my eyes trailed to below my bed. I should probably clean it up again. An old bag, biscuit wrappers, candy that must have fallen, 5 dollars, and many more things were under my bed, I was about to get up when I spotted a middle-sized box. Pulling the box out I realized exactly what box it was.

It was the box that she left behind for me. My hands slowly traced our names that were carved into the box. 

Ava Hope & Jennifer Hope forever.

A tear slipped down my cheeks, I slowly opened the box my eyes met with our pictures that we took just a few months after we were born. Underneath it I saw a few other pictures of us, I slumped down as I covered my mouth with my hands. Beneath all the pictures there was the letter I got all those years back, The necklace that she left behind sitting on top of it I opened the locket and saw a picture of my sister and me inside.

( Imagine them inside though)

By now my tears were streaming like the Niagara Falls, I should have been the one who died that day, not her.

Flashback

4 years ago

Sebastian, Ava, and I slowly sneaked up on Maggie and Joseph who were making out in a corner. 

"Buh," they jumped apart a slight blush rising on Mag was blushing wildly while Joseph looked as smug as ever.

We talked a while when Sebi got a call. 

"Hello... No... What? Where are you.... I'll call for reinforcement, stay put don't do anything reckless. Got it?." He abruptly got up and motioned with his hands for us to follow. 

We were driving when Ava turned to me, I knew what was coming, we had done this before any mission.

"Stay safe, If anything happens remember I love you. If I die out there don't forget you mean the world and beyond to me."  She placed a kiss on top of my forehead. With her being the elder twin she felt obligated to protect me, but I am very sure that that is my job.

"Nothing will happen to me, and nothing to you because without you I would have no meaning in life again."I kissed her forehead and I had a very bad feeling in the pit of my stomach but I made sure to keep all of it bottled up. I don't want her to worry.

We got there in no time, as we climbed out of the van we marched towards the old mill that was shut down a few years ago. 

Why is it so quiet here? There should be noises at least something but it was quiet, too quiet. This is a-

"Trap."  

And before we knew it the car blew up. SHit and then we were getting shot it went all way too fast, way too fast. I dragged myself and Ava behind a counter in a Nike store. Sh*t, I got out my gun and shot a few people from afar my sister following my lead. I saw that Joseph was struggling so I quickly tapped Ava. 

"Stay here" I instructed.

"But-" 

"No buts stay here as the second in command I order you to stay here."Her head hung low.

I kissed her forehead. "I love you"

"I love you too" I ran towards Joseph although he was older than Seb by a year he struggled with near combat. 

I fought off the people with him I heard my name as I turned it all went in slow motion. Sebastian got stabbed into really close to his chest but he wasn't the one who called me it was Ava. I was turning my head from one place to another when I saw my sister rushing towards me at a very fast speed she was in front of me meters when the man pulled the trigger. A scream escaped my lips as my sister fell to the ground clutching her stomach.

 I screamed from my lungs.

I ran towards my best friend, my twin, my soul, my everything. No no no no-no-no.

"Ava!!!!!" I kept myself from shouting as I dragged myself towards her trying to not get shot by the rival gang. Her head turned towards me as she smiled a very sad smile. I ran towards her my body pushing itself to its limit.

Once I reached her side I fell to my knees. " Ava... Ava, you have to stay with me... I'm so sorry- I'm so sorry.... please hold on. I'm going to get help please just hold on."

My hands were shivering as I got out my mobile phone. What was the number of the Ambulance again? Shit. Come on. Come on. 911 yeah that's it. I dialed the number as I waited for someone to answer. I saw as blood began to pool around her, I removed my scarf to stop the wound from bleeding. Come on, come on, come on. A sob left my throat.

"Hello, Emergency center how may I help you?" By now I was sobbing hysterically.

"Hello... please my sister got shot..... please I'm begging you come fast.... we are at an abandoned mall close to the city hall..... please."

"We will be right there Ma'am please make sure to stop the bleeding with a cloth, make sure she is awake she can not sleep, and make sure-" I looked down at my phone the battery was low. Crap crap crap. What the hell was the last thing she wanted to say????

I waited for what felt like hours constantly sobbing.

"Jen." I heard somebody shout I looked up to find Sebastian running towards me shooting people in the process.

"Bug" she whispered. I smiled sadly at the nickname she gave me. "Don't forget that I love you and you are the best person that was ever given to me after him, please don't for-"

"Don't say that we are getting you out of here got it you go-"

"Shut up and let me talk. You will live your life after this and you will live your life after I pass on." She coughed again and now I was full-on crying.

"I said promise me, Bug" I was hearing the sirens from afar coming closer.

"You will not die Ava don't say that please I beg you."

"Promise me now" her voice was stern. The Ambulance just packed and after a second they came rushing towards us.

" I promise." The people took her asking who was coming with I stood up looked around just to see the police arresting the rival gang since our gang had fled back to the base.

"I'm coming with" They put her in the car I told Sebastian to meet me at the hospital.

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"Ava Bell?"

"Here"

She came towards me and handed me a note which was in an envelope name written in cursive. I felt on the envelope and felt something hard in it too. I looked at her and furrowed my eyebrows. Huh?

"You friend forced me to write this for you."

I nodded. "What about her is she okay?"

"I'm sorry, but she didn't make it"

Everything slowly dawned upon me. And do you know who was to blame? Me.

I broke down, I was a crying mess.

My 13-year-old best friend just died.

She was supposed to have a date tomorrow night.

I sobbed my heart out.

I looked at the note. I didn't even think of reading it.

She was gone because of me.

Me.

Flashback over

I know that I would be getting to school later, there is no way I would be going, maybe I should visit her grave. After about 10 months.

I was about to get up to clean p when my eyes caught with the Letter. It has only been read a few times, mostly when I was lonely. My hands went on their own accord towards the Letter, the silky paper was bracing my finger, I opened it slowly as if I was waiting for something miraculously to happen.

(Play song here...on top)

Dear Bug, 

If you are reading this that means I have left you, I'm sorry.

But both of us know what was coming as soon as we would join the gang,

Remember the first day we joined the Gang that Night we promised ourselves something,

at the age of 12.

But we decided to make, I know you might still be mourning my death but we promised.

Keep your head held high because we are special because we have each other, 

also if I am not there, remember that we will always have each other.

When you turn 18 you will be to access my private voltage at the bank there you will find a few things for yourself. Please wait till you are truly 18.

Please, as my last wish I beg you,

Live your life, don't do something stupid, no one is to blame for my death. 

The percentage of me dying to save your flat ass is higher than the smartest person IQ, 

but if that is how I died then I am more glad than anything.

I love you

I love you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much, don't ever forget that.

Your strawberry cupcake (aka Corn ) 

PS. Find love don't be deprived of love because you are still grieving.

I love you

Corn 

I sat on my room floor as I cried yet again, I got interrupted by my phone dinging very loudly.

"Meet me at the park close to the City hall, at 9:30, be early. PS. wear the usual outfit. You know what happens if you don't show up. -Seb"

No,no,no,no shit. Why the hell would he want to meet with me. I can't meet him .....um ummmm.

"I can't come I have school"

"Then why aren't you on your way by now then."  I gulped there was no way of escaping this. My mind was on alert now, I didn't reply to him, I don't want to,

My closet had a secret room that no one knows about anyone except for Ava and Maggie, but after Maggie and I drifted away she lost access to my magic closet, the funny thing is Ava ID is still registered into our system. Ava also had an entrance to the DOD from her room but I had to disable its many reasons. 

I pushed my clothes apart standing face to face with the picture both I and Ava had painted there.  I was met with a simple painting of a girl and her gun. Beside the painting there was an eye scan and a code press lock, putting the various pins inside the door slides open. Of course, that wasn't all the security for the Den of doom (aka DOD).

There is a second door with voice recognition and hand scan which again only Ava and I have access to, my favorite quote plastered on the wall. When we created this room we were merely 14, we sure watched many movies, it took a lot of convincing too.

The door slid open yet again and now I stood in a dark room with all my agents/disguises/Assasins/spy/robbing etc outfits here, to my right I have all my weapons from spears, daggers, pistols, snipers, bedazzled with glitter, etc. My favorite guns and daggers are kept for special occasions and are in my glass voltage.

1. My Bright Future gun, is my bedazzled gun, of course, I bedazzled it with diamonds.

2.My Gold twins, identical gold Handguns, perfect for a quick kill.

3. Dagger of death, has a purple grip that is styled like a marble flooring. It has blades sharper than you can imagine.

4. Barbie with Glam is a bright pink Gun with a Silver line going across.

5.The Swords of Light are Purple and Black swords, that glow in the dark.

I am honestly laughing at how the store owner allowed a 13-year- old to buy these weapons because he was broke and we had money.

Ava had her own space parallel to mine, I haven't had it in me to do away with them. To my right, all my outfits and matching guns were aligned, while in the center of the den we have computers with all types of files and things a 17-year-old person should have no idea about but meh I don't give a poop. 

I put on my black attire as in crop top leggings that hug my curves perfectly I put on my Heals/Combat boots and these short gloves. Topping it off with my leather jacket. I took a simple gun and poked it into my backside, before leaving I walked towards the computers, quickly logging into my school system I marked myself as absent. Perfect, oh Mom is so going to kill me, I got out of the room and went towards the garage that was filled with tons of cars and motorcycle, me owning 3 but they were never used for school.

I hopped on Michelle my 2nd bike I ever got.

Once I was done I checked my phone for the address, it was close by and it was  8:30 by now so I have enough time to get to Starbucks for a coffee.

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In front of the park, I saw Sebastian leaning on the swing his hands deep in his pockets, his sunglasses on his face, his beautiful chocolate wavering with the air. Like they were born together, he seemed to notice that someone was watching him he rested the glasses on his forehead, and his greyish eyes boring holes into my skull, he had grown very much he looked hotter than the last time. What a shame that he is a jerk and a player. It has been about 3 years since I left the gang and he moved back to Germany. I sat on the bench looking at him through my sunglasses he sat down close to me not even sparing me a glance. 

"You owe me." What a jerk not even 'Hello, how are you, blah blah add.' Nothing. Wait did he say I owed him something. 

"I owe you nothing, nothing."

"Yes you do so get it through your thick skull, I'll send you the info by late night." 

"Stop I owe you nothing, I owe no one anything, do you understand,-"

"Listen to yourself we were once family do you want to betray the family you once had?" 

I got up from the bench. "I have never heard of families that betray they are own family, so keep me out of your business, get that through your skull."

"You will not disobey me like that, I am your-" 

"Superior, you were gonna say that right," I huff in frustration," I am not doing anything for you so leave me out of your business, got it!"

I turned on my heel and slowly walked away. 

"Ava would want you to stay with me, she might not have liked me but she said to always keep you by my side Av-"

Slap, slap slap slap him, my hands flung towards his face in no time.

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO LET HER NAME LEAVE YOUR MOUTH!!!!!" I started walking again. What a Jerk.

"I'll have to harm someone special if you don't follow my orders." I froze.

"That little boyfriend of yours I have been keeping tabs with him you know? Such a pleasant soul." He was making me mad and mad me is bad me. I turned on my heel yet again and grabbed him by his collar.

"Now listen here you a little bit, I know you want me badly but keep other people out of this, don't be a bitch! " He twirled my arm and pushed me against the bench leaning down that Jr was leaning against my bottom. 

"Obey."  Taking our perverted position as an advantage, I rocked my hips slightly feeling very dirty, like a prostitute. He groaned his hands losing around me, taking this as my cue iI rose my leg my heels hitting him. Hard. He jumped back as I gave him a roundhouse kick to his head. He fell to the floor as I began to punch him over and over again. Grabbing me he turned us around so I was on the floor. 

"I'm sorry... I'm- I'm so sorry. Please help me please." I relaxed as I heard how shaky his voice was. He helped me up and lead me to the bench, his face looking like someone had beat him up- oh I did. Oh well. 

"I never to..took the position of Leader, what, "After, after the incident on that day, we, I felt broken, we might have not have shown it but Ava and I were pretty close before you and I broke up, I had a slight crush on her umm.. while we were dating, that's why I broke up with you, as a matter of fact, she knew about my love for her too. That is why she hated me after we broke up, anyways after she ......di- left I felt broken the last nine months you spent with us were torture. I mean you are a duplicate of her the same, same style, character all the same. Yet so different, look... I'm sorry that I am doing this to you, but I need your help. I'm 22 and I am not even the Leader of our gang. Sure I was devastated after you left, yes I am very aware that I am at fault, I treated you badly after she left. I was broken, I don't blame you but you remind me of how beautiful she was-"

"Can you just shut UP?" I was getting furious, he loved her? What about me I was- am her twin how does that compare with losing someone you had a crush on.

" You don't seem to understand that I loved- love her too, huh? She might have bee-seen your crush but she was my sister, my TWIN. And you have the audacity to say that you suffered? What about me, huh? What about that time I needed the gang, my family, you?" I got up, he was about to speak to me, when I raised my hand and stilled him.

"You acted cold towards me, humiliated me WITH Maggie, you even had the audacity to insult me. Or do you not remember that? HOW DARE YOU? And you are acting as if I owe you shit. So please leave me alone don't contact me. And don't come for my boyfriend, because I won't hesitate to kill you. Also if it might cause me harm, you no longer mean anything to me."  I turned away again and I was walking out when I got interrupted, AGAIN.

"PLEASE, just one deal help me with 1 only one deal I beg of you please. PLEASE!" 

"IF I do it will you leave me alone?"

"Yes, whatever you want after this I will make available for you." 

I thought about this, one deal, for Ava, if not she will never forgive me. One deal? I hope.

"ONE Deal?" 

"One deal."

"When do I start?"