✞︎𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡'𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚✞︎

Ray's POV

"I said eat"

"No."

"Eat it before I make you."

"Okaayyy chill bro.." The curry was gone in a matter of seconds. Damn, I guess I was hungry as hell. Of course I was, I mean it's been exactly ten days since I've had an actual meal. Also ten days since I saw Makima.

"Can I use the bathroom?" I ask nicely and wait for my guard to give me permission. Yes, I'm currently asking for permission to use the fucking toilet. How the fuck did I get here man.

"You just went." His face remains expressionless as he folded his big, muscular arms. I sighed dramatically and look him straight in his dark brown eyes.

"Joseph. Jo. Joey...buddy. I just started my period and the sticky blood is sliding down my thigh as we speak."

He contemplated in his head for a while and ran a big, tattooed hand through his full beard.

"Fine, I'll take you." With a big smile on my face, I make my way towards the door and open it. I haven't done my skincare routine in a while, which is why my face feels so gross and dry.

It's been a week and three days since I was abducted and I was starting to feel numb. Makima was nowhere to be seen, I'm surrounded by assholes, who either wanna kill me or fuck me and the accommodation is shit!

"You've got three minutes."
The big man grumbled holding three fingers up at me. How am I supposed to shove a tampon up my pussy in three minutes?

"Tch."
I walked into the surprisingly clean bathroom sitting on the toilet and unwrapping the tampon. I wondered how my squad was doing. Did they even notice my absence? Of course they did.

It's hard for me to admit, but I really miss them...especially Aki. I know he's a complete dick to me, but over the months I've noticed that most of it was rather playful.

"One."
I groaned hearing his annoying deep voice reminding me of how little time I have left. The tampon is in and I've got period blood all over my hands. Fucking disgusting.

As I was washing my hands with soap and cold water, I found myself not being able to hold in my tears anymore. I sobbed and eventually cried with my hands on my face.

This feeling of fear and frustration was really taking a toll on me. The fact that I could get killed any second is terrifying the fuck out of me.

"Why God?? Why me??? Why my mom??" I cried for what felt like hours but of course it was only about a couple of minutes.

"Fuck. I don't wanna die...I really don't"

While washing and drying my face I realized, that Joseph hadn't complained or come in to get me despite me being in here for more than three minutes. In fact, my surroundings felt so much more silent than earlier.

I slowly opened the bathroom door only to see a big figure laying on the ground with his body cut in half. It was Joseph. His torso was violently separated from his lower half, with his legs laying a couple of meters away.

"What. The. Fuck."

3rd POV

The half devil stood there with a bewildered and terrified look in her eyes. She was definitely impressed by the scene before her, yet she found herself feeling afraid.

"Hello? Who's there?"

Silence

"Listen, I'm on your side! I fucking hate humans and I'm a half devil. So how about we team up ey?"

Silence

"Oh for fuck's sake-"
My entire body froze at the sight before me. It was him. There he stood, with all his chainsaw glory, looking like a sexy motherfucker.

"Denji.."
I whisper with bewilderment evident in my eyes. He looked around for a second and grabbed me by the waist, throwing me over his shoulder.

A million questions ran around my brain as I layed over his shoulder. How did he know where I was? How the fuck did I not hear his loud ass chainsaw? Unless he's here with someone else..

"Denj. I'm really grateful that you're here, but uh...what the fuck is going on?"

"Would you just shut yer trap already?" I glared at him, despite knowing damn well that he can't see me. Charming as always.

"Where the fuck is this bitch?!"
I felt my brain  move around as he spun, looking for someone.

"This is why I can't stand her ass.."
Suddenly he started running around like a headless chicken causing my stomach acid to rise to my fuckin' tits. "Who the fuck are you looking for?"

"That horned she devil of course!"

3rd POV

Ray was confused. Extremely confused. Why were Power and Denji here and how did they know where she was?

"Why are you so bitchy? I told you to stay HERE!" Ray watched as her teammates argued. She forgot how much she actually missed them and Aki. Oh right, Aki! How come he's not here? Does he know about all of this?

"Blah Blah Blah. I got hungry! Ya wouldn't know since ya ate all the damn burgers on the way here!"

"Well I'm sorry miss perfect, I was starving!" Ray couldn't help but laugh at his dramatics. He flung his arms around and had a cute angry expression on his face.

"Oh like yer the only one with hunger! Ever thought about Africa??" Denji's eyes almost popped out of his sockets at Power's statement. "You probably don't even know what Africa is-"

"Guys." The half devil decided to finally speak up. "As much as I like watching two idiots fight, can ya tell me what the fuck is going on here??" Her tone was surprisingly calm. Denji turned around to face her and scratched the back of his head.

"Uh yeah...you know there's this scary strong guy, who told us that you got snatched up and he made us come here n get ya."

Wow, fantastic explanation Denji.

"Ah gee, thanks bro. Everything is clear now." She shrugged, her voice laced with sarcasm. "What's his name?"

"Huh?" Power remarked with her pinky in her right ear, making Ray face palm. How incompetent can  these two be???

"The guy's name?? You know, the one who sent you two dimwits here??"

"Hey! Who you callin a dimwit!" She hissed at Power's loud voice. "We forgot his name."

"You guys are gonna be the end of me.." The defeat was clear in her voice as she sat on a staircase nearby with her head in her hands. Ray was mentally done.

"Look, all I know is he's some kind of captain with ear piercings and blonde hair." This was Denji's sad attempt to raise her hopes a bit. Ray raised her head and looked at the two with furrowed eyebrows.

"Wait...do you guys know what's going on?" She ran a hand through her disheveled, dry, thick curly hair. Power only shrugged, showing her indifference to the current situation.

I wish I could just not give a fuck like her.

"What about you Denj?" The young devil carried a serious look in his rich brown eyes, which is quite rare for him. He ran a hand down his face and Ray instantly knew that he knew.

"Miss Makima isn't the person we thought she was, isn't that right?" The disappointment was evident in his tone which made Ray feel slightly bad for him. She stood up and held him in a comforting manner.

"Nope. She fooled us all." She said bitterly. "Which is a shame considering that I actually kind of loved her." That last part was rather whispered as her arms tightend around Denji. Eventually his arms also found their way around hair waist, completing the hug.

"You two are gross! Don't forget me though.." Soon Power joined in on the embrace. A group hug was something none of them ever thought they were gonna participate in, and yet here they were in the middle of an unknown, abandoned place surrounded by corpses.

"So what do we do now?" Denji asked as they all still remained in the hug. Ray was the first to let go as she looked her teammates in the eyes with a look of determination in her own.

"Easy. We kill Makima."

A/N

Hello, I guess...it's been a while. Sorry for not updating but tbh this book isn't a priority to me, but rather a fun little project I work on from time to time. This is my first author's note and I wasn't planning on doing those, but there are people actually reading this??? Anyways, idk how I'm gonna develop this storyline but I'll try my best! And don't worry, there will be more Makima x Ray moments (smut, angst and more smut ;) )

Also, sorry for the sudden POV switch up there...it took me a month to finish writing this chapter and I forgot what POV I was using every time I continued writing...(undiagnosed neurodivergency be like)