The void that surrounded Eri was endless and to her eyes even scary. There was nothing inside - just the four of them. The one in the lead was a brunette, around the age of the black haired woman that stood up for her before. Sally held her hand, smilling back at the newcomer, the grin reasuring her that there is nothing to worry about now. Eris right arm was outstretched to held Sallys, strangely calming her down while her other hand held the other adult.
The girl looked around, feeling as if she was floating, but the worry remained.
What was gonna happen now?
She escaped Overhaul, but who are these people?
Sure, they saved her, but could it be that they knew who she was? Was it just for their selfish greed of getting their hands on her quirk?
Or what if Overhaul finds her?
Her eyebrows furrowed, her head rising up when she felt her hand being squeezed. It was Sally again.
"Don't worry! We'll take care of you, right?" she looked to the women for an answer.
Eri heard the women sigh, but before any guilt made it's way to her mind, she heard them chuckle.
"You heard Sally"
"Now you're stuck with us, kid"
"Hope you don't go crazy" she heard the black haired woman mumble with a small laugh, making the girl raise a brow. Disregarding the comment, she looked at Sally, who was grinning from ear to ear, nodding in understanding.
The moment fell silent, though it was quite comfortable. The brunette made a turn every once in a while, before she looked back at the trio, mainly at the other woman.
"So, where are we exactly going?"
"Don't you have a map over there?"
"I do, but that doesn't exactly tell me where do you wanna go"
"Well, we have to get away from this city, so that's one thing. Wanna try our old house?"
"You think that won't be under survailence?"
"If so, we can....find a new house" she eyed Eri, holding back any more-violent words. Don't get her wrong, she'll figure out they are in some terms the same as that man soon enough.
But not now.
That girl has enough on her plate as is.
'Something tells me she already knows'
'It's not like we tried to hide it before' the woman shrugged.
"It'll be a while to get there. Not sure about the limit of my quirk" Jane called out, looking at the map and then up at the small window through which she could see the outside above her.
"That's fine, take your time. You haven't used it in a while, so a brake or two is expected"
The moment fell silent again, Sally every once in a while turning to Eri to check on her well being.
"Hey Eri" the woman could feel the child flinch ever so slightly through her hold, before she turned.
"Yes?" she meakly asked.
'Who was that man?' - is what she wanted to ask. But, again, this girl has been through some shit, likely her whole life by her reaction. With that in mind, Scarlet smiled at the girl.
"How old are you?"
Her eyes widened a bit; she probably expected a different question.
"I'm....I'm six"
"Really? So Sally is older than yo-"
"I ALWAYS WANTED A YOUNGER SISTER!" came out from the other child present, making Eri jump. Turning towards the brunette, she raised a brow.
"Younger....sister? Me?" She sounded shocked. Sally only responded with a huge grin while the adults smiled at her energy.
"Of course! I'm twelve, so that means you're now my little sister!"
Eri had no words. Her eyes were wide as saucers as the brunettes hold on her hand tightened in reassurance.
"We're gonna have so many tea parties!"
"Tea...parties? What are those?"
Let me tell you, Sally looked like Eri grew a second head.
"You don't know those!? We'll have to fix that then!" She laughed again while Eri just looked confused, her eyebrows knitting together at the girls excitement.
While Jane didn't pay much attention, trying to navigate the alleys of the city, Scarlet looked on with a small smile. She thought that Eri wouldn't talk at all and that she would be terrified of them; they are strangers afterall.
But she seemed fine. A little jumpy, though that was expected. It's good that she has someone near her age with her.
'Now Sally is the big sister'
'Eri will warm up to her soon enough'
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It's been around 30 minutes since they began their travel. The city still had many people roaming around since it was around 5PM. The conversations were brief - even Sally understood that Eri needs her 'alone' time to process the situation. And Scarlet didn't wanna bother Jane while she focused on the way.
Speaking of which, Scarlet has been eyeing Jane for a while now though. The speed they were travelling slowed down and she could hear her breathing become more loud. She was getting tired.
"Jane, we can stop here if you want"
"No, it's fine"
"Don't lie to me"
"..."
"Take us up, it's fine. We have time to get there and we got far from that alley. We can buy something sweet for the girls?"
The woman waited for a response, laughing when she heard Jane chuckle;
"Count me in"
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"Here you go" Jane, now wearing the blond wig, strolled up to the hidden trio - two ice creams for the kids, a pack of sour gummy worms for Scarlet and gummy bears for herself; as well as something to drink.
"Thanks!" Sally smiled, taking one while Eri just looked at the other with hesitation.
"Come on, take it. It's for you" Jane crouched to the girls eye level, stretching the arm holding the cold treat towards her.
The white haired girl wouldn't lie if she said it looked tasty - but could she really just take it?
The trio could clearly see that she was unsure. Jane put on a smile, speaking;
"I won't force you. It's fine if you don't want it," then she nodded towards Sally, "but I can tell you want some".
Indeed, Eri was taking glances on the ice cream the other girl had - not to mention her eyes seemed to brighten when she first saw it.
The white haired kid stared at Sally, then at Jane, even at Scarlet, who just nodded a little, chewing on a gummy.
With a final look, she raised her arms and took it.
"There you go"
One could not describe the way her eyes lit up when she tasted it.
"Do you like it?" Jane chuckled. The girl rapidly shook her head 'yes', mumbling a thank you.
"And what about you, feeling better-" Scarlet glanced at Jane, who was bitting off the head off of an unfortunate gummy bear.
"-what did he do to you?" chuckling, the blonde ate the rest of her treat.
"I'm getting better. It's like my every joint just aged 20 years, my God" she stretched her arms a bit, happy that the feeling left her as soon as she went out of the shadow.
"Guess it does have a limit. And you didn't wanna take a break..." Scarlet shook her head in slight disappointment, only to get an offended gasp in response.
"Do NOT act as if you are any better, you know you do the same thing, missy"
"I do NOT" Scarlet turned away, holding back a snort.
'You definitely do'
'I know'
'Then why argue?'
'Can't back down'
"Oh? And what about that time you nearly got yourself KILLED because you didn't wanna say anything?!" Jane raised a brow, arms crossed over her chest.
"That was ONE time!" The black haired woman turned back, simultaneously showing one finger up, also holding onto a gummy worm. However, before Jane could respond back, bringing more oil into this "fight", a voice spoke up, stopping her.
"HEY!"
The two women, somewhat startled by the sudden outburst that came from none other than Sally, looked her way, only to see her hand on Eris shoulder. Speaking of the girl, her eyes were closed, holding the ice cream with both of her hands, which were slightly shaking.
'Guess she doesn't like people arguing?'
'Or raising their voices'
The women looked at eachother with worry, before they both crouched down.
"Hey, it's okay"
"We didn't mean to scare you"
"Yeah, we just sometimes argue like that"
"You always start it"
"Bitch"
"Shut up"
"See? Perfect example!" Scarlet turned back to Eri, who was now looking up at them, eyebrows furrowed.
"Why?" she asked. The women took a second, before they pointed to the other;
"She's dumb"
"She's a bitch"
That didn't exactly help the confusion that clouded Eris mind, but Sally seemed to find their interaction funny.
Seeing that the girl still had no words, Jane changed the subject.
"You know what? I don't think we introduced ourselfs, right?" Now that seemed to catch Eris attention.
"You already know Sally..." the said girl grinned.
"...I'm Jane..." the woman pointed at herself.
"..and I'm Scarlet" the black haired woman smiled.
Eri looked from one adult to the other, nodding, before speaking up.
"I'm Eri"
The trio chuckled, putting aside the fact that they already knew that, finding it rather cute that she introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you properly, Eri" Scarlet and Jane both smiled as Sally took Eris hand, swaying it from front to back with a grin, holding Mr.D in her other hand.
The duo then stood up, done eating their treats.
"Alright, where to now?"
TO BE CONTINUED>