"Then you have permission to die"
Douglas had put in some EarPods and turned his world into white noise while Gano and Mayuri were busy tor-interrogating him. After ten minutes or see Mayuri tapped him on the shoulder, Douglas hadn't had time to look her once over, but he could see she was much worse for wear than she wanted let on.
His suspicions were confirmed as she tripped over her own two feet and into his arms she fell "Yeah. Definitely shouldn't have left the hospital bed" Mayuri made a weak attempt to push him off "Put sliding an arm under hers he brought them both a stand "Just stop being stubborn and at least try to lean on someone else-" Douglas rolled his eyes.
Looking over at Gano and the bloodied mess of a man who they know knew as Ramie he couldn't from laughter gettin caught in his throat "Something funny?" Mayuri had a look of amusement as she side-eyed him "Yeah, for two people who started off trying to kill each other, you guys actually agree on more than one would suspect-you get along well" Mayuri blushed.
Bile rising in her esophagus it felt like, she spit at the ground "As if!" she retorted in an incredulous tone "Me having something in common with a fool's errand loverboy like that!! Please" Gano cauterized and closed some of Ramie's wounds before walking back over to them.
Rubbing the back of his head he broke into a sheepish grin "Maybe we went over board there!! Got some vital information but he's gonna die if we don't get to the hospital fast" Douglas' eye twitched "And you're surprised by this!?" Gano yawned "Nah. I blame you Douglas for letting Yuri and I get out of hand-jerk deserved it though." Douglas pulled up his phone ready to get in touch with the rest.
Mayuri leaned harder on him, breasts pushing against his chest, causing Douglas to get flustered a bit-he almost dropped his phone "Seriously! Grow up a bit!!" Mayuri snapped "So we know the obvious, Akurasa's going around recruiting PSYs hoping to draw Gano out and play on your guilt complex, but that could draw ire of forces and players bigger than himself and so far that's not going according to plan-the public at large doesn't seem to hate Gano yet" Mayuri mind went into overdrive, thoughts racing.
Douglas phone kept ringing, he found it strange no one was answering as of yet "Gano if it's public knowledge that Akurasa's in this world searching for you, he's caused all this chaos and destruction and you've been out in the open using you powers we hasn't the Council above you put a stop to you yet?" Gano scratched his head.
Wracking his brain, no answer game "Don't know" he shoulder shrugged "I thought it was cause I haven't killed anybody yet, but if I'm being honest about chain reaction and as a big believer in the butterfly effect all of this is my fa-" Douglas held up a hand to stop him, having put his phone away since there wasn't an answer yet.
Douglas used his free hand and started moving and wiggling his fingers around "Spider?" Douglas pursed his lips "No, marionette, I'm starting to suspect that you and Akurasa are both being strung along, there might be someone else above moving pieces and making moves in all of this-as things are Akurusa's actions in lieu of what we've been told don't make sense-he shouldn't be targeting just you so much.." A light bulb went of in Gano's idea "Oh.."
Several tremors could be felt as Douglas did his best to keep ahold of Mayuri will he steadied himself "Hell was that?" he wondered aloud as they a looked at each other curious someone had an answer yet. Somewhat still conscious, despite tides having turned against him Ramie forced a chuckle "Gah..ah..." he mustered with what little left he had.
That's all it took for Gano and Mayuri to level death stares at him "Fuck are you laughing about? " Gano asked, electricity crackling and sparking as he lifted up his hand. As if to answer him, a mass of texts blipped on both Mayuri and Douglas' phone "Huh?" Stomachs dropped as they both read contents of the messages they were sent.
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