[H1][color=IndianRed] Reyna Baker,[/color], [i]Arianna[/i], & [b][color=orange]Archie Davis[/color][/b][/h1] [sub]Written in collaboration with [@Mr Allen J][@Spoopy Scary][@SepticGentleman][/sub][hr] [hr] [U][I]Silver Hills, Strong Gold Community.[/I][/u] As Reyna was carted outside, the RAVEN agents charged with bringing her to the cell stopped abruptly in front of the transport vehicle, and released her. "Alright, this is your stop. You can break the handcuffs now. I promise, I dont bite." "W-wait, [i]what?"[/i] Reyna retorted, looking behind her since she didn't believe what she was hearing. "Do you not speak english? Or are you just having some trouble? Last I saw, the other guy was the only one taking any shots to the face." Ari said, with her accent returning. She was back in her default appearance and getup. She rested one of her hands on her hip and leaned on it. Her eyes had a glint of amusement in them, as if she was truly enjoying this. "What... wh-what, uh, I..." Reyna stared wide eyed at the strange... random... [i]kinda hot[/i] girl that had, well, she guess [i]transformed[/i] from the RAVENs that were just there a moment ago? She backed up until she brushed up against the side of the van. She tugged on her cuffs, so she could maybe defend herself, but her strength has since dwindled after she started calming down. The chains rattled harmlessly. Ari watched her back up, and raised and eyebrow. "Yeah, imagine how weird it was to discover it." She said, watching the woman in front of her struggle with the cuffs. She furrowed her brow. So her power wasn't strength. Her power was... something else entirely. She looked back up to the woman and took a stride forward, grabbing the chain that connected the cuffs and pulling it towards her. Reyna started to grumble. "You..." "Relax, I'm not going to hurt you." she stated, placing her hands on the cuffs on each arm. Parts of her body wormed their way into the keyholes on both sides, and triggered the locking mechanism. It would be cleaner than just breaking them, and faster than eating through them. As the mechanism unlocked, she released on one side, and pulled the cuff away on the other, letting go of Reyna altogether while retaining her grip on the handcuffs. "There, little bird, be free!" she said, tossing the handcuffs to Reyna. Looped onto one cuff, which was now locked, was a wedding ring. Reyna looked at her hands, now free, unrestrained, with a look alot like awe, even beginning to smirk. The ring was a cute touch, it almost made her blush - but her face started growing grim. No, no... she couldn't do this. "What's wrong with you?" Reyna shot at her. "[i]I can't do this.[/i] Do you have any idea how deep in shit I already am? I have a [i]little sister[/i] I need to take care of!" God, if Merry saw her right now. Worse yet, on television? Making national news as a meta-girl that escaped custody? Reyna would never be able to looked her in the eye again. Then this... this lady here, what with her misplaced sense of nobility, with her attempt to help, threatening to tip it all over the line where, here on this side was Reyna, and over there, the point of no return. She was inches away. "Why did you think this was a good idea?" Reyna asked. She felt herself getting too emotional right now, and fought to keep that in check. "Where did you even come from?" "Compensation, and a thanks for throwing a distraction for me." Ari said, her eyes flashing to the wedding ring. "A... distraction?" Reyna questioned. She shook her head. "I never asked for your [i]help.[/i]" "And I didn't ask you to do [i]anything[/i]." Ari finally snapped, her eyes shooting up to Reyna's. "One of my [i]only[/i] rules is to make sure no one gets hurt. I used you to distract everyone, but throwing that punch? That was all you, sister." Ari finished, the fire in her eyes no longer burning, but smoldering. Reyna narrowed her eyes onto Arianna. This was her. This was all her fault. She must have been the "friend" that RAVEN guy was talking about. Where Ari's eyes were burning out, Reyna's was flaring. She felt blood pumping through her again. "You..." she growled, pointing an accusatory finger at Ari. "You fucking bitch!" She threw the cuffs back at her out of aggravation. "You're gonna take that dumb-ass-looking ring back, unlock those cuffs agains, and turn back into one of those dipshits and take me wherever the fuck they wanted me in the first place!" Ari stepped back, turning her body and letting the cuffs fly past her harmlessly. She turned her head, but not her body towards Reyna, and crossed her arms. "You about done? Because all that yelling is going to attract attention, and I dont think being angry is going to make your situation any better." Ari said, then shook her head and sighed. "Listen, I'm sorry how this turned out for you. I went through a lot of effort to make sure this goes off without a hitch and I'm putting a good deal on the line to make sure that you're okay." Ari's arms dropped to her sides and she turned her body to face the woman. "I [i]can[/i] fix this." Ari said, waving her hand dismissively. "You wouldn't be the first person who I've gotten RAVEN to leave alone." Reyna took a deep, heavy sigh that almost got her dizzy. She kept her eyes closed for a second. She looked back at Arianna and her face was as stern as ever. "You've done enough." She responded. "I'm just going to get this chapter out of my way already." Her temper seems to have cooled down considerably in comparison to before, but this was a fake visage. As she walked toward the rear of the van, she gripped the handle and tried to yank the door open as hard as she could, causing only the metal handle to snap completely off, and the car alarm started blaring wildly. "God... [i]damn it![/i]" Reyna shouted. Arianna stifled a laugh, and what looked like Reyna walked up next to her. There were now a total of three people present. Two of them were the same person. "You sure you dont want me to help?" Reflexively, Reyna pivoted on her foot and threw a hard punch at the body behind her, but it was only to find it shoot through the head of a person that looked - literally, and in every sense of the word - [i]exactly[/i] like herself. The absurdity of the situation was enough to completely derail Reyna's emotions. She just blinked. "See, this is how you introduce yourself to another person." Ari said behind her. Suddenly the copy of Reyna turned as well. They smiled at one another and shook hands. "It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Ari!" Arianna said to the Reyna copy. The Reyna copy laughed and rolled her eyes, then spoke in an eerily identicle way to Reyna. "Likewise! My name is..." Both copies stopped talking in unison and turned to face Reyna. The Reyna copy motioned for Reyna to fill in the sentence. Reyna just looked at them both, still maintaining that deer in headlights look. Her eyes at this point have gotten red. This? This chick was supposed to be rescuer? She was insane. There was no way she could do what she said she could, she seemed utterly clueless of the consequences Reyna was facing. She was going to ruin [i]everything.[/i] "I'm..." Reyna started stammering, barely audible over the car horn still blowing. "I'm... [i]I'm fucked.[/i]" The Reyna copy gave Reyna the most deadpan expression Ari could muster, and grabbed Reyna by the shoulder, and turned her around. "Stay still." the Reyna copy said, patting Reyna down, and eventually pulling out her wallet. The copy went through it momentarily before reading out "Reyna... Baker. Interesting name. I [i]like[/i] it." she commented, stuffing Reyna's wallet into Reyna's back pocket. "[i]I'm[/i] gonna [i]Baker[/i] if you know what I mean!" Ari said. "Ayyyyy!" the Reyna clone said, giving Ari the double gun fingers. Ari stepped forward and helped the Reyna clone open the van doors and put the handcuffs on. One the clone was situated, the Reyna clone stepped inside the van and took a seat (giving them the thumbs up), while Ari shut the doors. "Dont worry, about a thing, 'cause every little thing, is gonna be alright..." Ari said, mimicing Bob Marley's voice as she steered Reyna away from the van. "Bob Marley died of toe cancer..." Reyna said monotonically, trying hard to not just snap and lose her shit. "And more people in America have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died of Ebola!" Ari replied joyously. "I'm gonna take you to the rendezvous point, and we're going to get our asses to a bar or something." "I can't believe I'm gonna end up a fugitive..." Reyna mumbled, still staring in the same direction she was before. "I left my jacket back where I nearly murdered that super-powered military guy... could... could you eventually go back and get it for me...?" [hr] Ari approached Archie in the club, and pulled his arm to get his attention. "Hey, dude, all's done. We have a small situation, but nothing a taxi-ride to a bar or something cant fix." she said looping her arm with Archie's. Archie proceded to take out his phone with his free, un-looped hand and start typing. He showed his message to Ari - [i]Wait, what about the stuff?[/i] Ari's hand shipped up, exposing a wallet. "I have way too damn many of them in my body right now for storage." Arianna explained, continuing to lead Archie towards an exit. "Lots of other things too. You were here in case I needed to disappear." He deleted his current text, and typed again - [i]So, ultimately, I wasn't required for this little escapade?[/i] "You'll be helping me store everything, and drive a car while I'm calming a half-catatonic woman." Ari said, leading Archie outside. As she walked, she scooped up a jacket on the ground and led Archie straight into the other copy of herself, who was leading Reyna, who was stubbornly sitting on the dirty ground, hugging her knees. The two copies stepped right into one another, ending up with one of Ari with her arm looped in Archie's arm holding a jacket. "She has no bones, so I couldn't wring her neck." Reyna's soft voice said casually, and she shrugged. "No bones. What kind of person has no bones?" "I have no throat either if that makes you feel any better." Ari commented, unlooping her arm (for Archie's comfort) and shrugging, tossing the jacket into Reyna's lap. Archie stepped forward and made a pointing motion towards Reyna, and the raising both his hands palms-up in a questioning manner. "Yes. That's her. Can you carry her or... get her to walk while I hijack a car? This one already managed to set off one car alarm." Archie shrugged and turned towards Reyna, taking out his phone once again and typing - [i]You need a lift, or...?[/i] Reyna read what was typed carefully and looked back up at the strange bag-headed man. How the fuck could that guy type, let alone read? She sighed and gave up trying to understand that nutjob of a girl and her... friends. "You got bones?" Reyna simply asked. [i]Everywhere except my head.[/i] Reyna again read what was typed, and gave him a feigned smile. "Then... you might not [i]want[/i] to." Archie retracted his phone and turned back towards Ari, again, raising his hands in a "well what the hell do I do then" manner. "Just..." Ari said somewhat frustrated as she furiously wiggled her hand in the keyhole on the handle of an old Honda Accord. When the car unlocked, she perked up. "...Get the door for our new guest!" Archie nodded, proceeded towards the Honda, and opened up the passenger's side door. Reyna got up and followed sluggishly behind him. He motioned for Reyna to get in as he threw open the back seat door and tossed his pack inside, taking a seat next to it. Reyna climbed in and felt her knees give out as soon as she hit the plush seat. Struggling, she picked up her feet and kicked them up by the dashboard. "Whoever is sitting in the front, just a warning, it is going to rain money and valuables on you." Reyna just sighed in response. Her dignity felt pretty much shattered at this point, and felt little reason to hold back - under normal circumstances, this wouldn't have happened, but she began singing... for her own sake, rather than anyone else's. "Welcome to your li-ife... there's no turn-ing back... e-ven while we sleep..." Archie tapped Ari's shoulder and showed her his phone's screen as Reyna continued - [i]Mind turning on the radio?[/i] Ari raised an eyebrow, because Reyna wasn't [i]that[/i] bad, but hit the radio button regardless. "What Is Love" by Haddaway began playing.