seven souls seven sins - Chapter 52: Chapter 52

Natasha's pov:
"You three have some explaining to do." Vincent declares as he crosses his bulky arms.
A shiver works it's way up my spine. His harsh tone makes my heart beat faster than before. Xander assures me by placing his warm hand on mine. "I'll speak if you don't want to." Xander whispers into my ear. His hot breath soothes my pulsing heart. I nod ever so slightly and he turns to face Vincent.
"I'll start." Xander declares, holding his head high.
"We left after dinner in my car. We arrived at Dylan's shortly after with the intention of driving home after a few hours." He briefly explains. "You planned on driving home drunk? That's an automatic DUI." Chase folds his arms with disappointment all over his face. "Nat said that too but we planned to sober up before the drive home." Xavier mentions.
I stay silent, fiddling with my fingers as they speak.
Xavier speaks up. "We agreed to meet back at midnight and then we parted, Xander and I went with the guys from football whilst Nat wandered around Dylan's house." Adrien arches a brow at his explanation. "So you left Nat alone in the house of a person that she doesn't even know, with alcohol and strangers by her side?"
"When you phrase it like that.." Xavier starts.
"It was a yes or no question. Did you, or did you not know that before you entered?" Leo steps forward, his tone getting stricter. "We did but w-" Xander begins but is interrupted by Vincent. "That is all I need to hear from you." Vincent's deep voice echoes throughout the deafening silence.
Xander squeezes my hand for reassurance.
I squeeze back whilst keeping my gaze on Vincent. "Sunshine? Would you mind finishing?"Adrien's gentle tone calls for my response. "Theo found me at the start, but I moved away from him and went to the living room. Which is when I met-" "Harper." Vincent finishes my sentence.
"Exactly, wait how did you know that?" My eyes widen in realisation.
"Me and him had a chat." Vincent clarifies. Uh oh, that can't be good. Although about a hundred questions bounce around in my mind, I finish the story. "Right. We made a silly bet about how drunk I could get and one thing led to the next and I was dancing with strangers."
I smile at the thought.
I look back up to find Chase's eye twitching. "You what?" Xavier clenches his fist. "Doesn't matter. Then Nico found me and told me to wait for him whilst he tries to sober me up. I obviously didn't listen and went to the dining room." I shrug my shoulders. "THAT WAS YOU?" Xander gasps.
"Maybe.." A cheeky smile works its way on my face.
"Tash! You were literally dancing with 20 year old men on Dylan's dining table." Xavier's brows furrow as he turns to face me. "WHAT?" Vincent's stern voice booms throughout the room. "That's beside the point. That's when um I met uh." My words stutter as I can't form a sentence.
"Theo." Xander bitterly spits out.
The tension in the room intensifies. "Nat, I need you to tell us exactly everything that happened with Theo." Leo's voice interrupts the deafening silence. "I don't- I don't want to." My words cave in on each other. Adrien and Vincent share a glance. "I want you to get a rape kit." Vincent announces.
My heart falls to the bottom.
"What?" I can't seem to comprehend what he just said. "I need to know what he did." Vincent urges for my consent. "He didn't go down that far." I try to get out of doing the rape test. "He would've if we didn't step in." Xander adds with his jaw clenched. "We heard your pleads outside the door." Xavier admits with a sad sigh.
"I told him to stop." I shamefully look down.
"He didn't." I confess, my voice barely over a whisper. I squeeze Xander's hand for reassurance and he squeezes back. "He kissed me and that was it. He got to second base and that's when the twins came in." I fiddle with my fingers, not being able to look any of my biological brothers in the eye.
"Nat." Vincent calls out but I'm too embarrassed to meet his eyes.
"Princess." He pleads. "I don't need a rape kit." I finalise. "Did he hurt you?" Leo questions. "No." I reply bluntly. "Did he touch you." Chase grits out. I nod my head in response. I can't bring myself to say it out loud. "What's rule number one?" Vincent's deep voice silences the room.
"Use my words." I quietly mumble.
"Apply it here. Did. He. Touch. You?" Vincent asks. I can tell his patience is running out by his tone. "Yes." My voice cracks. The eery silence returns as everyone is lost within their own thoughts. "He's already dead so it doesn't matter." I sulk. What's the point in badgering me if he's already dead?
"It does matter. I'm going to annihilate his whole bloodline." Vincent replied.
"He touched me Vince, those innocent people don't deserve to die because of his actions." I voice out my opinion. "That fool decided to lay his dirty paws on my sister, they will pay the price." Vincent concludes. "Other mafias don't do that." I immediately cover my mouth after I say the last word.
Oh fuck.
He was about to dismiss it when he does a double take. "How would you know that?" Vincent turn around to face me. "It was just a guess." I try to cover up my tracks. "Well for your information, they do." Vincent says. All of a sudden the doorbell rings. All my brothers instantly clutch their belt, which has a revolver.
Then all their attention is fixated onto me, with the look of realisation on their face.
My mouth opens in shock and Vincent immediately softens his usually hard exterior. "Nat go to your room." He demands. "Why? What's happening?" I get up off the couch and wonder why they're all staring at the front door. "We don't know." Adrien clarifies with a concerned facade. "Get behind us." Xander orders and they all whip out their guns in a single motion.
They all slowly shuffle towards the main door with their weapon held high, ready to fire.
"Nat close your ears" Chase declares whilst Xavier covers my ears with his hands, handing his gun to Xander. Oh my god. They were going to open fire. My heart rate increases and Adrien steps closer towards the door, his hand on the handle. "On my count." Adrien starts. "One, two-"
"WAIT!" I scream trying to get their attention as it dawns on me.
They all turn to face me with confusion written all over their faces. Xavier lets go of me and allows me to speak. "Flynn is on the other side of the door!" I confess in a hurry. If they shot him, I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Flynn, Seb and I already have a plan to grow old together.
Nothing will change that.
"WHAT?" A furious Vincent demands an answer out of me. "Oh my god, I'm late." I frantically look around for the time. My eyes reach a clock which stated 8:04. I immediately rush to the door and open it, ignoring my biological brothers in the background. As the door opens, I'm met with Flynn's charming face.
"What took you so lo-" He arches an eyebrow but stops when he sees all my biological brothers behind me. "Oh shitt." He swears not understand the context of the situation. His eyes drop down to me. "You're not even dressed, did you forget?" He questions me with a puzzled face.
He takes one look of me then it hits him.
"You went to the party, didn't you." I nod my head to respond. "I swear if your aim is off today, I'm gonna kill you." He jokes around. "Firstly my aim is never off, and secondly not if I kill you first." I smirk at him. "Come up I need you to sort the files whilst I change." I hold his hand to drag him upstairs but when I close the front door, Chase stops me.
"I don't think so young lady." He separates Flynn's hand from mine.
"Look we're already late, we need t-" Flynn tries to talk him out of it but is interrupted by Vincent. "You're not going anywhere after yesterday's shenanigans." He announced. "What did you do at the party Tash?" Flynn side-whispers to me. "You have a lot to catch up on." I whisper back.
"Look, I'll explain everything later but for now just let us go." I plead with them.
"Nope. Explain now." Vincent demands a response. "Flynn and I have a Portuguese project due tomorrow and we didn't finish it in school so we planned to do it at his place." I lie. Flynn knows about my nail-biting habit so he holds my hand to stop me from biting. "That's a lie! I'm in your Portuguese class." Xavier includes himself in the conversation.
"If I remember correctly, you went off with Xander after the fight which is when you skipped the class." I spontaneously make up a lie.
Xavier groans in irritation. "You skipped class, and got in a fight?" Vincent turns to face Xander. "You don't know the context, it was with Harper." Xander defends his reasoning. "You and Xavier, up to my office." Vincent speaks to the twins and then turns to face my other biological brothers. "Adrien, Chase and Leo, get ready." He demands.
Then he turns to face me and Flynn.
"You're only aloud to do this because it's schoolwork. Come back at 3pm, no later and Xavier and Xander will be home." Vincent gives us permission to leave. We start making our way upstairs when he shouts "You're grounded for the week by the way!" Ugh that jerk. Flynn laughs at me whilst I pout.
"Not funny." I playfully whack his arm.
We reach my room and I tell him to organise the mafia files into my folder whilst I change. I grab the bag of clothes that Flynn brought and I wear a latex black suit with ammunition attached to my hips. I wear my signature black gloves and I slide on a pair of black tactile boots. Both are embroidered with the signature purple stitching of the British national animal, the lion.
I step out and Flynn's eyes meet mine. "You look perfect." He says in awe. "Go get changed, you left your spare clothes in my closet." I smile back at him. "So that's where they've been! I thought I lost them this morning." He grins to himself. "Idiot." I murmured as a joke and search under my bed for my gun.
I pat my hand under my bed until.. "Gotcha."
I smirk and pull out my signature glock. I take it out and secure it on my side. It also had my signature saying engraved on the side in gold 'Don't play games with a girl who plays better.' I smile at the memory of when I first got it. I relish the moment and slide 5 daggers into my waist belt.
Time is of the essence.
I go to my bathroom to wash my face and do my skincare whilst I wait for Flynn to change. "We haven't got all day ya know!" I call out to him as I cleanse my face. "It's not my fault you get ready so quickly!" He shouts back and opens the closet door. I turn around to meet his piercing gaze.
Or I try to meet his gaze anyway.
He comes out wearing his full tactical gear. It's all jet black and he has his night vision goggles on. "You're not gonna need those, it's not even midday yet." I tell him as I walk towards the 6ft man. He towers over me. I go on my tippy toes to put his goggles up so I can peer into his auburn eyes.
"Looks like someone wanted to see my enchanting eyes." He jokes. "Get over yourself, I don't want you to crash the car before we even get there." I roll my eyes at his playful comment. "Who said anything about taking a car?" He says as he dangles his keys in front of me.
"Don't tell me you got a motorcycle." A smile creeps its way onto my face.
"You really thought I could live in Brazil without trying it out?" He smirks at my excitement and I rush over towards him. I squeal as I wrap my arms around him. "And besides, it's only right if we arrive in style." He added as he grabs the backpack full of documents.
"I'm ready when you are Tash." He announces as we make our way towards the bike.
Flynn parked across the street so we had to run incase any of my brothers saw us. They would have our heads on a silver platter if that were the case. The bike comes into view with two helmets on top of the seat. The bike is sleek with a modern design and is jet black.
"EEEK! Oh my god Flynn. you're the best!" I cheer as I admire the vehicle.
"I had to fit in with the locals one way or another." He laughed at my happiness. He secured the bag inside the seat and helped me put my helmet on. "My Mum wanted to tell you that she missed you." He admits as he clasps the buckle together on my headgear. "Tell Bridget I said I missed her too, especially her apple pie." I reply as I sit on the backseat of the bike.
"Will do." He responded as he adjusts the handles.
Flynn sits on the front seat and tells me to hug him. I lean forward and before I know it, we're off. "So where are we headed first m'lady?" He ponders. "Meet at our first warehouse, where we will meet the crew, and we'll give them a brief synopsis of the plan. Then we'll make our way towards the Brazilian warehouse and attack on my command." I summarise the day.
"Perfect plan." He shouts as the wind resistance blows upon us.
"I know! You came up with it." I laugh it off with him as we ride into the horizon. "You know, bikes are dangerous, imagine if the brazilians came and shot at us right now? There's nothing protecting us from a bullet." I voice out my concern. "I'll keep you safe, nothing will happen to you Tash." He assures with a little leg tap.
"Keep your hands on the handles! I don't want us to crash on our first ride together!" I hold onto his frame tighter than before.
"Don't worry love, I got you." He replies charismatically, chuckling at my worry. I rest my head on his shoulder and watch the tall trees pass us on the motorway. The cloudless sky is completely the opposite compared to back home in London. I watch as a flock of birds fly above us, their immaculate blue colour blending in with the sky.
Today is going to be eventful, I can feel it in my bones.