The sparklers on the contraption go out one by one as she speaks, the pink hue they give off slowly deteriorating. Until the last one gives out and the room turns black.

"But you had her. Your Brandy..." She pauses, probably thinking about whether to say what was on her mind or not. "Are we still sisters?"

"Nothing is ever going to change that."

A lighter ignites right infront of our faces and reveals Jinx very close to ours.

"I always knew you'd come back."

She pushes the chair around so we are facing the other way and I try to see out infront of me but its so dark that everything is like a blur. She walks around us as we look at her with frantic and confused eyes as she throws her lit lighter across the room, lighting candles that were sat upon a long table.

The table is set with knives, forks, plates, cups, platters, toys, plushies and bombs. The table is themed with pinks and purples. In the chairs to the right of us sit manikins of Mylo and Claggor, tied to their chairs. To our left, two empty chairs with jagged, neon pink writing that I can't quite make out from my angle. And directly opposite, the man himself, Silco, tied up with something around his mouth, barely conscious.

"No." He muffles.

"He took everything from us. Right here, he stabbed Vander in the back. Just like he planned to do with me."

A crow lands near by and caws loudly.

"All the time saying you both abandoned me when he knew the truth."

"No." He muffles again.

"Liar. We're missing someone." She walks away and into the darkness. I can see Vi observe the table more carefully, realising everything wrong about it.

Jinx walks back out with platter and wearing Vi's gauntlets before dropping the platter harshly. She takes off the gloves with a thud as they land and she leans over the table to talk.

"I paid your bestie a visit this morning."

"What did you do?" Vi asks, voice shaking and eyes wide as Jinx holds the lid of the platter steady.

"I made her a snack." She says  matter-of-factly. She lifts the lid, gradually speeding up as she does. I know what Vi's expecting and it's sad to think that that's how she sees her sister.

When the lid is fully off, we can see that the platter holds a cupcake, with a gemstone on it.

"Sheesh! I'm not that crazy!"

Jinx throws the lid away with a clang and walks around the two of us. She comes around the other side, wheeling Caitlyn in a chair. She's tied up and with a muffler on her mouth, a pink smiley face drawn on it.

"Powder! Leave her out of this!" Vi calls.

Jinx rolls her eyes and comes up next to us. "Now... Where should I sit?" We look to the chairs with pink on them as she turns them to be seen more clearly. One says 'Powder' the other says 'Jinx'. "That's your choice really."

She leans over me to get closer to Violet's face, handing her what seems to be a gun. "Make her go away. Send her on her way and--"

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