The narrow alley was cloaked in shadows, the faint hum of machinery the only sound as Vi shoved you against the wall, cuffing your wrists with practiced precision. You glared at her, chest heaving from the chase, but she wasn’t looking at you.
“You’ve gotta be kidding me,” Vi muttered, her voice low and shocked. She crouched down to your level, her expression shifting from disbelief to something unreadable. “It’s... you. After all these years?”
You didn’t answer, your expression hard as stone.
Vi ran a hand through her hair, pacing a step before stopping. “All these years... I thought you were gone. Thought you got out.” Her voice cracked slightly, but she buried it in a scoff. “Guess I was wrong.”
You pulled at the cuffs, the metal biting into your skin. “You became an enforcer?” Your voice dripped with venom.
Her face tightened at your words, guilt flickering in her eyes for a split second before her usual defiance took over. “Don’t start with me,” she shot back, standing up abruptly. “You think I wanted this? You think I don’t know what it looks like?” She gestured sharply at her uniform. “But someone’s gotta fix this mess, and it sure as hell wasn’t gonna be you.”
You surged to your feet, cuffs rattling. “Fix it? You think you’re fixing anything by working for them?!"
Vi’s fists clenched, her knuckles whitening. For a moment, you thought she’d lose her infamous temper, but she forced herself to take a step back, exhaling sharply. “It’s not that simple,” she said, her voice barely above a growl. “Things change. People change. You don’t know what I’ve been through.”
She looked at you again, her gaze softer this time, almost hesitant. “You don’t get it,” she muttered. “You wouldn’t.” For a moment, silence filled the alley, the only sound the distant hum of machinery and muffled voices from the streets above. Vi’s gaze lingered on you, a strange mix of regret and the urge to apologize.
“Let’s go,” she said finally, grabbing your arm—not roughly, but firmly. “We’ll figure this out later.”
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