Half an hour passed, and I smiled. They all were able to get accustomed to using a gun, and they were good. All of them were able to hit the yellow portion of the target. The Toma team had reappeared about ten minutes later, and the six of them seemed relaxed for the first time in ages. Raven laughed in excitement as he saw the results and started to stretch.
I rolled my eyes at Raven's antics and faced the ten men. "Good job. I'm glad that you guys are able to shoot with precision." My smile disappeared and I felt concern for these men that I barely know wash over me. "I hope that none of you have to use a gun."
Sean gave me a small smile. "We know the dangers we are in. I hope that none of us have to use a gun, and I know that all of us hope that you don't have to use it either. But if one of us or you are in danger, we won't hesitate to use it."
I smiled at them before looking away. I know that they say that but actually pointing a gun at a person and pulling the trigger is another thing and a harder decision. Smiling at Kayli who gave me a smile back, I turned towards Raven. "Ready, noch' (Night)?"
He gave me a smile before facing me. "Ready, luna."
Without another word, he swung his arm through the air a lot slower than I am used to, trying to connect with my face, but I moved back, evading. When he steps toward me, his right hand moves forward in a weak punch. I chuckle, bringing my hand up to block it, swinging around, kicking him in the side much gentler than I do, not wanting to seriously injure him
He followed it with a quicker, stronger punch to my stomach. I bend over as if in pain, moaning, causing Raven to stop his assault and move toward me in concern, asking if I am alright in a worried tone.
I watch his feet, and when he's close enough, I flash him a victorious smile, hooking my leg around his, pulling it, making him fall to the ground. I fall with him, my legs going either side of his body.
His hands rest on my hips, a cheeky grin on his face. "I like this position."
"Hm?" I ask, but before I can make a move, he's flipped us, my hands now pinned under his, above my head.
I bring my head up quickly, head-butting him. He groans, his hands leaving my hands to go to his face as he falls backward. I slip out from under him, jumping to my feet. With a light kick to his chest, he falls back onto his back. I jumped back as Raven did a kick up. Back on his feet, we faced each other. We punched at each other while blocking each other's hits. As I went to punch his face, his hand met my wrist, squeezing it tightly before bringing my hand around my back and twisting it an an angle. His other arm presses against my throat.
"I think I won," Raven said smugly.
I relax, hoping to make him think that I was giving up. When it had the desired effect, getting Raven to loosen my arm and pull his arm from my throat, I didn't hesitate. I lifted my hands and hooked my hands around his ears and pulled, flipping Raven over me. He landed on the ground with a thump, and I pressed my foot down, applying a small amount of pressure to keep him there.
"Give up yet?" I ask.
He struggles for a bit before eventually stopping. "Yeah," he sighs.
Triumphant, I take my foot off his chest, reaching down to help him up. Once we straightened, I turned around to look at the faces of the ten Prime. Their faces were filled with awe, while the Toma team were smiling with a knowing look. They knew that I would win because I always did. A flash of blonde attacked me, wrapping his arms around me.
I smiled as I took in Milo's scent- a cool and fresh scent. He sniffled. I felt my smile wither. He must have noticed that I had to go through a lot of pain to get to this point. I wrapped my arms around him, holding my oldest friend and my twin. "We both had our painful past, Milo."
He nodded. "I know. It just hurts me to know that you had to go through it alone."
I chuckled. When he pulled away and his brown eyes met mine, I smiled. "I wasn't alone just like you weren't alone." He smiled before pulling away. I turned towards the others. "Let's go back."
Hours passed. The Toma team with Kayli disappeared back to their hiding spot. I knew that they had just started healing but they also had a long journey ahead of them. The ten prime and I had just finished dinner when Gabriel pulled me aside for the materials he wanted. Hours later, the bathroom door opened to reveal a new Gabriel.
His hair was a bit messier than the sleek hairstyle that I first saw him in, and he had bleached two strands of hair to a pale blonde. The blonde strands framed his face, and his eyes looked livelier than I have ever seen them. A smile spread over my face at the look of happiness that was on his face.
"Oy, what do you think?" He yelled at the others who looked at him with round eyes. He crossed his arms. With his nose in the air, he smiled. "I think I look fucking like myself."
Luke jumped up and circled Gabriel. "You look good, Gabe."
Gabe nodded before looking at me. "The Academy would always tell us what hairstyle, what haircut, what clothes we could wear. Now that I am free, I'm going to be myself. Now all I have to do is to get my ears pierced and a tattoo."
"A tattoo?" North shouted. His brown eyebrows seemed to have disappeared in his hairline. "You can't get a fucking tattoo!"
Gabriel rolled his eyes. "Well, not right now, but I do want to get my ears pierced."
I straightened. "Do you have earrings you want to pierce your ears?"
The men looked at me with quizzical looks, but Gabriel seemed to be jumping up and down with delight. "Yeah. Let me get them."
As he ran into his room, I went into one of my rooms for the machine. I grabbed it and the supplies I needed and went back into the room. As I laid the supplies down, Nathan looked at me in surprise. "Why do you have that?"
I opened my mouth to speak. I couldn't say that Raven had given me the ear piercing gun along with a body piercing machine. I shrugged. "I always wanted to pierce my ears but never had the time to get them pierced."
Gabriel came back into the room with his hand clutching something. He held his hand out to reveal two orange and three black stud earrings. I arched an eyebrow. "You want to do all five earrings?"
He looked at me in shock. "I can do all at once?"
I nodded my head. I've been there with Raven when he had a few of his piercings done. "It depends on your pain tolerance."
He nodded his head. "Let's do all of them."
I smiled at his eagerness before disinfecting the needle, his earrings, and his ear. After listening to what he wanted, I placed markings on his skin where he wanted the earrings. After a few minutes, his right ear had its earlobe done with the three rings along the top. I looked at him in admiration. His pain tolerance was really high. Within moments, his left ear was done. I smiled in satisfaction at my work and at Gabriel who was smiling at his reflection.
A throat clearing made me look at the man in black who was looming over me. I smiled at his nervousness. "Yes, North?"
He held out his hand, showing a gold circle earring. "Can you pierce my ear, too?"
I nodded, patting a seat to tell him to sit. He sat down. His eyes were nervously looking away from me as I disinfected the needle. When everything was ready, I looked at him. He had become pale. "Are you okay?"
He sucked in a breath and grunted. "I'm fine. Do it."
He closed his eyes as I came closer and put the machine to his left earlobe. Pulling the trigger, I smiled as I looked at my handiwork. "How do you like it?"
I looked at North, and my jaw dropped. His body had fallen back, and his eyes were closed. I blinked, not sure if what happened actually happened. "Did he just faint?"
Snickering behind me turned into laughter. Sean had fallen onto the ground with tears running down his cheeks. "He didn't want to admit he was afraid of needles."
I chuckled before straightening. "Okay, time to go to bed."
After Silas and Nathan had helped North into his bed, everyone disappeared into their rooms. I stayed up, making sure everything was put away. I looked into the closet, making sure that the emergency bags were ready in case we had to run. As I turned the lights off, I sat in the dark, looking out the window. For years, I've had insomnia and was only able to sleep for four hours at a time. I had become accustomed to the lack of sleep.
Before I closed my eyes to sleep, I made sure my gun was under my pillow. Minutes or maybe it was hours later, I woke suddenly when a hand clapped over my mouth.
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