~~ Elizabeth's POV ~~
I woke up on something soft, but I wasn't in my bed. Slowly my eyes open, as they try to adjust to the lighting of the room. Once my green orbs were able to see, I found myself on a mattress in an unfamiliar room and Shadow Viper sitting on an identical mattress opposite from mine.
"Morning, Nova, " she said, her voice oddly friendly, but still cold and serious. Sitting up to face her violet eyes, I muttered a 'mornin' and pushed the blanket off of me.
"Where are we?" I croaked out. Shadow faced me before answering, and I blinked back at her.
"The home of The Pack," Shadow whispered.
"The Pack?! As in the toughest gang in Los Angeles?!" I exclaimed, my throat still hoarse.
"Who else would they be?" she said, rolling her eyes. Indicating, if she thinks I'm dumb or something.
"I mean, we've seen wannabes before, so I wouldn't be surprised." someone said, walking into the room. He was the one who had been wearing the blue hoodie before, but now he was in a dark grey jacket and a white t-shirt. Another boy walked into the room with a plate of eggs and bacon. This one was wearing an orange long sleeve t-shirt and a chain necklace with a gold cross charm.
"My name is Preston, and this is my boyfriend, Robert." the boy in the long sleeve shirt said.
"Who's top?" Shadow asked, a smirk resting in her face. Both boys blushed and Robert smirked, wrapping his arm around Preston's waist. The shorter boy's face reddened.
"Me," Robert replied, nipping at Preston's neck as the smaller boy tried to push him away from a little.
"Get a room, we're still here," Shadow intervened, breaking the couple's precious moment.
"They do this every time," another voice chuckled, walking into the room.
"Well, I hope they go easy on each other on the bed," Shadow joked.
"Knowing Preston, that's not gonna happen. My name's Mitch, and I'm the leader around here, but these five don't always listen to me," Mitch grumbled the last part as I stifled a giggle that almost escapes from my throat. Shadow smirked a bit, but only for a moment before it dropped to a frown.
"I'm afraid that while you were out, your homes were blown up by two different gangs. However, we wouldn't mind if you stayed the night," Mitch informed us.
"WHICH GANGS?!" I screeched.
"The ones we murdered," Rob replied. Then, we heard a loud crack, and it shocked us to see Shadow had punched the wall, leaving a huge hole, her breathing, hitched and unstable. Her once violet eyes, were replaced with red glowing eyes with white skulls.
"Chill Viper, at least they're dead because of you. That's a form of revenge." Preston frowned, shrugging unhelpfully.
"Viper, we'll take up their offer. Once we can do fine by ourselves, we can leave, and you can destroy all of Los Angeles," I sighed. "We're master thieves, we can make for ourselves."
"I'll only listen to you because of your history. Try not to get used to it," Shadow replied after glaring at me and sighing. "Sorry about your wall," she mumbled, her eyes fading back to her purple. I tilted my head, but Preston cut me off before I could say anything.
"You should eat," he suggested as his boyfriend held out the plates awkwardly. I took mine and nodded respectfully at the young gang member, taking caution as I inspected the food for any kind of poison that my body wasn't already used to. Shadow Viper also took her plate, darkness now covering her eyes as her expression showed anger and sadness.
"We'll leave you two to eat," Mitch stated, pulling the couple out of the room. He closed the door as we ate in silence not saying a word to each other. I glanced every now and then towards Shadow, who just kept on eating. I took one look in the wall and examined that the concrete that held the wall had been broken through with so much force that the wall would have to be replaced. I glanced at one of her hands to be shocked as her right hand is only bruised.
"So. Normally I wouldn't care, but are you okay?" I asked the girl in front of me.
"It's none of your business Nova," She huffed, turning her head away from me. I sighed as it's no use talking to her. She clearly doesn't trust me. After a few minutes of silent eating, she spoke which surprised me. "But thanks for asking," She mumbled under her breath.
"I heard that," I whispered, causing Shadow to raise an eyebrow and a thin embarrassed blush appeared on her pale face. "I'm not one of the top two serial killers in Los Angeles for nothing silly." The pale girl grumbled as I giggled childishly.
Shadow stood up and went out of the room, followed behind by me. I heard screams and laughter coming from what seems to be in the living room. Placing the dishes in the sink, we went over to see The Pack playing Truth or Dare.
"What are you idiots doing?" Shadow asks causing their heads to snap around.
"Truth or dare!" a short British boy laughed. Shadow glanced over to see Rob giving hickeys to Preston as he moaned to Rob, 'Daddy'.
"Get a condom you two, Jesus Christ," Shadow exclaimed.
"I mean, they don't really need one," the Australian grumbled.
"I wasn't talking to you," she shot back.
"You didn't have to be," the Aussie growled.
"You wanna go, Aussie?"
"Catch him outside, how 'bout that?" the Brit giggled nervously, covering the Australian's mouth with his hand.
"Are you two dating?" I asked.
"Yes, we are," The Brit replied, as the Australian pried his hand off his mouth. "I'm Vikk and this is Lachlan."
"My name is Jerome," said the boy who was being fiercely cuddled by Mitch.
"I'm gonna assume that you two are also dating?" Shadow guessed, causing Mitch and Jerome to nod affirmingly.
"Wanna play?" Preston asked as he finally shoved his boyfriend away.
"Sure!" I replied as Shadow shook her head and walked back to the room we had just come from.
"Cool, you can sit next to Lachlan," Rob stated. The blond haired boy grudgingly scooted over towards Vikk as I sat down.
"So, how do you play Truth or Dare?" I asked, making the boys around me stare at me with disbelief.
"You don't know how to play Truth or Dare?!" Rob asked with surprise.
"I didn't have much of a childhood and I wasn't allowed to have any friends," I sighed, looking down at my arms. Listening as the gang explained the game to me, I started to realize that I might have gotten myself into quite a mess. Then the door from the room where Shadow and I were in swung open, revealing the pale girl walking down the stairs. Raising an eyebrow in confusion, I watch Viper walking towards us.
"You losers need one more player?" she sighed, giving up a small smile.
Did Shadow Viper - THE Shadow Viper - just smile?!
"I don't see why not," Vikk replied sweetly. Preston scooted closer to Rob to make room for the other murderer, who gratefully sat down between Preston and Jerome.
"So who goes first?" she asked, looking like she might already be regretting her decision.
"You can go," I suggested as she nodded.
"Truth or dare Lachlan?" Shadow smirked.
Oh no...
"Dare," the cold boy practically growled.
"Share one embarrassing story you had," Shadow scoffed back.
"There's no f***ing way I'm doing that, " Lachlan spat out.
"Dare's a dare, Power, unless you're too chicken." Shadow taunted the blonde.
"When I joined the Pack, I met Vikk and..." Lachlan began before falling into silence with a line of blush across his face.
"And?" Shadow pressed.
"Lachlan, the more details you give, the more dignity you lose," Mitch chuckled, making the Australian to glare at him.
"I fell in love with him and I confessed to him as he's shy, sweet and innocent," Lachlan huffed as Vikk moved to sit on his lap, pecking Lachlan on the cheek.
"Alight your turn, Lachlan, " Shadow states, smirking at the Aussie.
"Truth or dare Mitchell?" Lachlan growled, having an intense death stare against the insane girl.
"What's the point of even asking 'truth'? Everyone always picks dare!" Mitch groaned.
"Then pick truth," Preston dared.
"Fine P-Dawg. Truth," Mitch stated.
"When did you fall in love with Jerome?" Lachlan asked, smirking. His voice sounded higher than it normally was, hinting that the whole cold-hearted Lachlan was just a cover-up for a sweet, charming boy. I heard a quiet, 'tch!' from Shadow as she growled and Mitch blushed.
"Uhh... Well, let's see. I met him in fourth grade, and I fell in love with him, eighth grade? Yeah, that sounds about right. It was when he got his first girlfriend and I realized that I was really jealous of her." Mitch replied. Jerome wrapped his arm around the Canadian's waist and nuzzled his hair, making him blush.
"Truth or dare, Preston?" Jerome grinned childishly since Mitch was still frozen in slight shock.
"Dare, I ain't no chicken!" The third youngest gang member replied.
"I dare to f*** Rob. Hard," Mitch finally said.
"Ok wait wait wait wait wait. I don't bottom though," Rob blushed.
"Well, you do now!" Preston and VIkk said at the same time. The boy then dragged his lover to a room. They returned after about an hour of us listening to Rob moaning pleasure and waiting for them to hurry up and finish. Mitch and I ended up playing 'Go Fish' to distract us from our horrid boredom. The couple finally stepped out of the room with messy hair, tons of hickeys and messed up clothes.
"How was it, Preston?" Shadow smirked.
"I felt oddly powerful," the shorter boy replied with a smile. "Anyway...Elizabeth truth or dare?"
"Are you kidding me? Dare!" I shouted, smiling happily.
"Alright, I dare you to sing Paralysed."
"Oh... ok. I'm not a great singer though," I whispered with insecurity, which surprised everyone in the room except Shadow Viper.
"Why are you idiots staring at her? Of course, she's insecure. Why do you think we kill people all the time?" Shadow rolled her eyes. "Also, is anyone a great singer? Seriously. Autotune is loved by all."
"Well...here goes nothing..." I said.
"Have you had a million reasons why you wish you'd never seen the truth?
Have you looked into the mirror and the clown is staring back at you
I can't control myself, don't know who I've been
And who is this monster wearing my skin?
A movie in black and white when will it end?
'Cause every time I scream no one hears me
It feels like I'm paralyzed, and I can't
Escape from the prison I'm, living in
I'm naming the voices in my head
To keep on telling me to give in
But it making me stronger
Fight a little longer
I'm gonna bring me back to life
And I won't be paralyzed
Have you searched for something deeper out of fear that life's a lonely road?
Have you roamed the darkest corners of the earth, until you're just a ghost?
I can't control myself, don't know who I've been
And who is this monster wearing my skin?
A movie in black and white when will it end?
'Cause every time I scream no one hears me
It feels like I'm paralyzed, and I can't
Escape from the prison I'm, living in
I'm naming the voices in my head
To keep on telling me to give in
But it making me stronger
Fight a little longer
I'm gonna bring me back to life
And I won't be paralyzed
I'm not afraid I can face my demons
Even if they tear me down
If I fall, let me fall, It might take time
But I'll find my own way out
It feels like I'm paralyzed, and I can't
Escape from the prison I'm, living in
It feels like I'm paralyzed, and I can't
Escape from the prison I'm, living in
It feels like I'm paralyzed, and I can't
Escape from the prison I'm, living in
I'm naming the voices in my head
To keep on telling me to give in
But it making me stronger
Fight a little longer
I'm gonna bring me back to life
It feels like I'm paralyzed
It feels like I'm paralyzed
It feels like I'm paralyzed
It feels like I'm paralyzed
But it making me stronger
Fight a little longer
I'm gonna bring me back to life
And I won't be paralyzed" Shadow and I finished, staring at each other with surprised expressions.
"I thought you said that you were bad at singing?" Preston stated, confused.
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