Part 25 - Abyss

Silver looked towards Mylo, as the others looked towards the both of them, while they wondered what Silver did with Jinx. Only Lucy knew. "I shouldn't have to ask. I know you didn't kill her." Vi pointed out, though doubt laid behind her voice. Despite how certain of herself she tried to seem.

"Yeah, I didn't." Silver reassured, easing the tension that Vi had felt. However the tension that left Vi, must have accumulated in Mylo with that answer.

The way Mylo marched up to Silver proved that. "Are you serious? You said you were going to stop this. Jinx is Silcos biggest fucking weapon. With her around there's no telling what kinds a shit we're in!" Mylo yelled at Silver, while the others watched.

Immediately after Mylos angered yelling, Lucy approached him. "Relax, we can try to figure something out together." Lucy commented, while Mylo kept his eyes fixated on Silver with an angry look.

"Powder isn't as bad as you think, okay? She's lost, and hurt. But we can fix that." Vi acknowledged.

"The goal of the firelights isn't bringing Jinx back..it's to stop Silcos empire. Prevent more pain and sadness." Ekko responded to the others, while they looked towards him.

With so many words and opinions, Silver took another look towards to mural. His focus zoned in on Powder. "God.." Silver said in a tired way, with his eyes shut. Once he opened them back up, and looked at Powder, all he could think about was how she looked during their fight. The sounds she made when she twisted her wrist, and hurt her. "I killed Claggor." Silver confessed to the others. Immediate confusion took form into the others, besides Lucy who quickly understood.

"That's not true." Lucy denied. Silver turned around to face the others, to see Mylo with a confused but angered expression, Ekko with confusion, and Vi with a troubled one.

"I encouraged her. To let off the bombs. That's what killed Claggor and ruined the rescue mission." Silver admitted to the others. Each negative feeling that they had began to increase after such a confession from Silver. So he sighed painfully, reminiscing of the past. "Powder jumped so happy and I was happy to see her gadgets finally work. But then Vi screamed at her and all I could think was I should be the one getting screamed and hit. Not Powder. Goodness..then I left her, after encouraging her to do something that changed everything. Just like that, I left. Made everything worst for her." Silver acknowledged while barely even being able to stand up completely straight. It became obvious how much baggage he was carrying over his shoulders.

Out of nowhere, Mylo walked up to Silver with clenched fists. "Mylo.." Vi called out in a worried tone. "Mylo, relax." Ekko said. Silver then stood up straight, to look at a face that seemed more than angry. It seemed bitter and revengeful.

Quickly, Mylo threw a punch at Silvers face, though Silver quickly put his guard up to block the attack. Mylo continued trying to hit, while Silver managed to push him away. "Mylo back off before I make you." Vi threatened, but despite that, Mylo kept coming for Silver.

"I don't care..he's just as bad as Jinx. We shouldn't have brought him here. He killed Claggor. Ruined everything!" Mylo screamed with rage as he tackled Silver down to the ground. The moment he did, Ekko and Vi both walked towards him to pull him off of Silver.

Silver put his guard up to block his face, as Mylo pulled his arm back, making it obvious that he was going to aim for Silvers face. But even though Mylo was attacking him, the main thing Silver focused on, were the words that Mylo said to him.

The words, and remembering all that he messed up with. Every time he didn't say something to Powder. Trying to make up for it. Leaving her with nothing but empty words and no hope. Such thoughts made Silver angry. So angry with himself, and because of that anger that builded up, his eyes begin to glow a purple pinkish color, thanks to the shimmer following through his veins.

The flicker in his eyes caused Mylo to pause his punch. Same with Ekko and Vi, who looked at him in a shocked state. Vi who currently has shimmer flowing through her blood, quickly picked up on what's going on with Silvers eyes. Lucy also understood, since Silver told her. "What the hell?" Mylo questioned, as Ekko pulled him off.

"Silver, calm down." Vi said, as she reached her hand out to Silver. Silver began taking deep breaths, as he sat up slowly. The others continued watching with confusion. "What's going on?" Ekko asked the others.

"It's how he survived nearly being killed by Silco." Lucy acknowledged, making Vi piece together how the shimmer entered Silvers blood.

Luckily enough, with enough deep breaths, Silver managed to control his self. His eyes returned back to its original color, and his heart rate began to slow down to its original state.

With Jinx, the sound of bells jingling circled around her. Amidst the fog, the seemingly leader came out, while the others continued their position of circling Jinx. "This is getting ridiculous. If you wanna fight then make a move." Jinx said nonchalantly, with her gun waving around, as the leader of the group walked directly infront of Jinx.

The leader tilted their head sideways, while staring at Jinx. Despite the person standing in front of Jinx not showing their eyes, the place where the eyes should be, seemed very dark and soul less. "Did you kill one of my people?" The smiling masked person said. Behind the voice was someone surprisingly feminine, with a soft voice. Even so, it was haunting.

Jinx stared ahead at the masked person. "I did." Jinx responded, matching the tone of the masked girl infront of her. Jinxs eyes grow more unsteady and demented, while the two gaze deeply at eachother.

"I see.." The masked girl said in monotone, before circling around Jinx, who stood unbothered with her weapon out. "We've been watching you. Do you want to know what we've learned?" The masked girl questioned, as she began jingling the bells around her neck and wrists.

Jinx quickly frowned at the confession, as she watched the movements of the masked girl very closely. "We learned that you're unstable. You like chaos. Just like we do." The masked girl said, as she stopped pacing around Jinx, and stood directly in front of her.

The moment the smiling masked girl mentioned chaos, Jinx began to hallucinate. In addition to the fog, Jinx started hearing voices of Mylo and Claggor within the fog. Circling around her just like the masked people. "What do you want?" Jinx asked.

"I want you to join me." The masked girl answered. Jinx stared at her in response, with no reaction.

"I'm okay. I'd rather be on my own if you couldn't tell." jinx responded in a sarcastic manner. After she responded, the masked person stared at her for a few seconds, with a loud silence accompanied with her.

After her staring, she backed away into the fog with the others masked people. "If you change your mind. Go east, until you find an abandoned warehouse. That's where we'll be." The leader of the group informed, as her, along with the rest of the masked people, disappeared in the fog. Afterwards, the fog began to clear, while Jinx stared in thought.

Not too long after, Jinx made her way to a very important place. The place where everything went south. The place where Jinx caused the explosion that set everything into different paths.

She walked into that dark, abandoned, and destroyed building. As she walked down the stairs, she approached a light. The light emitted from candles, on top of a wooden table. On that table were plates, stuffed animals, and paintings of the monkey everywhere. Sitting at the table, is the metal version of the loved ones she had.

"Those people think I'm weak. I'm sure of it-" Jinx mumbled to herself, as she walked past the latest weapon that she's creating, which is nearly finished now. "Not that it matters, but you knowww I'm not weak. Circling around me like she did, making me look like some ordinary average Joe." Jinx said, as she threw down her minigun on a beanbag. Her voice became more uneasy and shaky, along with her eyes that were growing in restlessness.

Suddenly she ended up infront of metal silvers face. The candle being the only bright thing in that room, with her eyes, and the scenery around her being extremely dark and unsettling. "But you, what did you think, Silver? I mean you kicked my ass. Twisted my wrist and well-looked at me strange. Just to leave. Soooo many mixed signals." Jinx stuttered, before grunting at the end of her sentence. Looking in metal Mylos direction continued making her remember Silvers words that Mylo is alive.

"And Vi. Why was she with a stupid topsider? Caitlyn right? No way she's like Silver. She had to have been there for me, right?" Jinx sat at the head of the table, as she consulted in pigments of her imagination, and the voices that talked to her, despite her being alone in a dark building. "Lucy.." Jinx said to herself, as she stared down at the table. Quickly, she remembered Lucys mention of the recording.

"But even though Silver said I should leave, I told him that I wouldn't. Did you hear that part?" Jinx heard. Suddenly, Jinx began spacing out. The darkness around began closing in around her, and the light emitting from the candle seemed to be growing more dim.