BasDorcha
Golden Age Dinosaur
May's House
Bethnal Green, London
Maeve & Thomas Thatcher
Bethnal Green, London
Maeve & Thomas Thatcher
May looked up at all the ladies, gulping, hand squeezing Kerry’s as comfortingly as possible. When her eyes met Harper’s across from her, she desperately wanted to say something, but wasn’t sure what. When She pulled her gun, May felt a surge of courage, pulling the knife from her pocket and flicking the blade open under the cover of the seats clothed arm. She turned the knife side to side slightly, trying to catch Kerry’s eye to let someone know she had some form of protection. It wasn’t much, but it was all she had.
The back and forth between the two suddenly became more familiar, and May narrowed her eyes at man. How did they know each other? While all eyes were on Harper and the man counting down to one, May prepared her knife and her nerves. When the word ‘one’ was shouted across the room, it seemed like time slowed for them to react – something May would later realize was just her brain trying to process everything that was going on. As the gun shot exploded from the end of the gun, the first man had no time to shoot back as the heavy painting above his head – a meadow painting that was old and faded with color – smacked him in the back of the head and caused the man to crumble, May lifted the knife, ready to strike.
Tom watched the events with a stoic expression – so far all he knew was that May seemed close to these women, and he wasn’t sure why. What were they to his sister? He had been so focused on May and Kerry, his mind rushing with how quickly this seemed to be escalating when it was suppose to be a quick in and out, he missed Harper pulling the gun until the sound exploded in his ears. His quick glance away was all May needed, and with a howl it was shoved into his thigh, sending pain ripping through his body.
“WHAT THE FUCK MAEVE, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?” Tom growled out, gripping the knife ready to pull it back out. His military training for field work kicked in and realizing that then knife was dangerously close to an artery, he left it alone, instead holding it in place. Leaning back against the wall, he breathed through the pain, the gun now pointed at the floor as he tried to regain control of himself. Standing, blocking the view of Darcey going for her gun, May stared at the masked figure, the voice scratching at her subconscious.
“Harper, you good sis?” May asked, her eyes never leaving the man. “You too Kerry, you alright?” Behind her, she knew Darcey must have reached the gun already, and she couldn’t wait any longer to find out if she suspicion she had was correct. May moved closer to the man with the knife sticking out of his leg, her body blocking the view of those behind her, when her hands reached for his mask. Instantly the gun was up and in her face, the barrel pressed between her eyes as the man stood and started to walk her backwards.
“Sister? So she’s your sister…” The voice sounded disappointed. Tom couldn’t believe that May had a sister here she hadn’t told him about. Did she find a whole new family here? Did they accept her the way he did? Did they love her as much as he did? The anger inside of him was building, ready to explode. Without thinking, he turned the gun towards Harper and fired, missing intentionally as it hit the wall behind her head and about a hands length higher. It was a scare tactic, if he’d meant to hit her he would have, but instead petty feelings of sibling rivalry were filling him. For a man who normally didn’t care about other people, this particular instance he cared a lot – his siblings were the only people he cared about, he didn’t want to share them with anyone else, they were his and his alone. He never even liked May dating because it meant sharing her with someone who could steal her love for him. “I’ll kill her. Sit the fuck down.” Tom was still leaning against the wall, blood running down his leg around the blade of the knife, as he retrained the gun on May, still unable to see the older woman behind her.
Mentions Misty Gray - Kerry
Melanin-Gxdess - Darcey
Bellz - Harper/Brady