//------------------------------// // Chapter VI // Story: An Uneasy Alliance // by TheKing2001 //------------------------------// Fuchsia I stood in the kitchen and started putting away the groceries as I listened to Trixie’s guitar echoing through house, smiling faintly. I always did love listening to her play. And then you had Lavender playing her horror game in the living room and I could partially see the screen, listening to her scream before laughing. “You want help?” Lavender called out as she looked at me briefly. “I should be fine. I’m already have done. Just putting Trixie’s peanut butter stuff away and your peppers,” I called back as I shut a cupboard. “Okay, love you!” Lavender shouted as I turned faintly red. “Love you too,” I muttered as I finished putting the groceries away and I tilted my head slightly when I realized Trixie had quit playing her guitar at some point. “Hey.” “Yeah?” Lavender set her controller down as I strode into the living room and plopped down on the couch. We both looked at each as a loud shout came from upstairs. “Trixie is uhm you know, busy at the moment. She has been for a while now.” “Oh,” I said as Lavender turned even more red. “She couldn’t have waited for us?” “I guess she got a bit impatient,” Lavender admitted with a snicker. “You know how she gets at times.” “Yeah, yeah I do,” I sighed and hugged Lavender. Lavender hugged me back as she picked up her controller to continue playing and I watched. “Sunset playing with you?” “Mhm!” I watched as the two girls characters ran from the killer and I closed my eyes, contently listening to Lavenders even breathing. My eyes shot open as she screamed and I looked at her as she smiled sheepishly. “Sorry, wasn’t expecting Jason to find me there,” Lavender muttered as her cheeks turned a bright red. I burst out laughing as I closed my eyes again. “You’re a crackhead sometimes,” I muttered. “Only on the weekends.” The three of us strode down the hall of our war zone riddled school as we tried to ignore the people screaming at each other. “Jesus this is bad,” Lavender noted as she shuddered. “It’s gotten worse.” “Well it’s the end of the day so we are going home,” Trixie reassured Lavender. “We just gotta drop by my locker and-” Sunset slammed to the ground in front of us as we watched in stunned silence as Lavender bent down to help her up. “Lavender watch out!” I snapped as I grabbed her and yanked her back as Cherry Crash punched Sunset and she fell back again. “Help me!” Sunset begged as we watched in horror. While the two of us believed she was guilty, we never wanted this to happen. Trixie took off running down the hall as Sunset watched weakly. “Don’t leave me.” “Back off,” Lavender let out the most unlikehuman like snarl I’ve ever heard as she and I shoved Cherry. “Or what- ow!” Cherry screamed as Trixie swung a heavy looking book into her nose and she stumbled backwards into a locker, sliding down to her ass as a crowd watched and Lavender helped Sunset up. Sunset had a thin trail of blood running down her face from her nose and bloody knuckles, presumably from fighting back. Trixie hit her again a few times as Cherry slumped over unconscious on the floor. “We should leave!” I exclaimed and grabbed Sunset’s other shoulder. The other two nodded nervously as we ran. Hopefully we didn’t run into anyone else on the way to the van. Or well, Trixie would knock them out too I’d bet. “Is she okay?” I asked as Trixie pushed the doors open and followed behind us as we worked to the van. “Hell no, what do you think!” Lavender snapped as Trixie opened the back doors of the van and we placed Sunset inside. “Home, now.” “We’re going,” I reassured her as we climbed into our respective seats as Trixie turned the van on before I even closed my door and she took off. “Everything hurts,” Sunset muttered as Lavender wiped some blood off worriedly. “Surprised you didn’t abandon me. You could have been hurt.” “Yeah well we couldn’t just leave you there,” I said as Lavender glared at me and I gulped. While she doesn’t get angry often, when she does we learn to listen. Angry Lavender is a completely different person. Trixie found that the hard way once. “Thanks,” Sunset muttered as she closed her eyes. “Is she alive?” Trixie demanded and Lavender nodded. “She’s alive, she just passed out. She will be fine once we get home,” Lavender said as she hugged Sunset’s head before glaring up at us. “Did you seriously have to take that long? We should have been with her to begin with today.” “I tried!” Trixie shot back as she turned down a street. “I had to get past a crowd of students, Lavvie!” “Let’s calm down,” I said nervously as my eyes flicked between the two. “Trixie is driving and all, you’re holding an injured girl. Don’t make things worse girls.” “You two wanted this to happen!” Lavender exclaimed as she glared more at us and I felt my ears start to burn. “We did not!” I shouted back. “I may not like her much right now, but she doesn’t deserve this at all. Don’t you accuse me of wanting physical harm on her.” “Whatever. I’m sleeping on the couch tonight or the spare room with Sunset to make sure she’s alright,” Lavender grumbled as she continued examining Sunset’s face. “She doesn’t look too injured, just looked bad from the bloody nose. Are we there yet?” “Three minutes away,” Trixie answered as she gave the two a sad look. “Please don’t sleep on the couch. We can talk about it once we are calmed down.” “Fine but don’t expect to change my mind,” Lavender shot back as Trixie nodded slowly. “Now hurry up so we can get her inside and cleaned up so we can talk.” I gave a sigh as I faced forward. That was probably the best answer we were gonna get right now.