Brighter Discontent (Olivia)

[Reira DeMorvick]

Reira stood behind the long line of people. She never liked coming to banks, especially once as big and important looking as this one. It was luxuriously decorated and to tell you the truth she felt a little out of place. If it was Reira’s choice, she’d go to some smaller, less crowded bank, but this was the bank where Demetri had his account at…and Demetri was her money pretty much so she had no real choice here. Either way, as soon as she got out of this crowded, sweaty place the better.

Just my luck that the one day I come to the bank their air conditioning breaks and their behind on tellers…yay standing for hours in line, I love it so much!

Sarcasm, joy! During her time spent in line, she managed to get a good overview of the whole bank. It was big. She was sure there was an elevator that lead to the rest of the building…though all the upper floors were probably just random offices and not apart of the bank at all. Hmm, she wondered how people could work like that everyday. Stuck in the same office…dealing with the same shit only different days. Yeah, she couldn’t do that.

Sighing, she shifted on her feet. Other then being stuck at the bank, Reira was in a rather good mood. Matrim and her were getting married sooner (which was why she was in the bank in the first place…account balance and stuff. Weddings were expensive!) they were having a child. Everything was just going good. She couldn’t be happier. A family. Her own family.

Smiling to herself, she happened to glance a small blond boy and his mom in the line next to hers. He was waving at her and she waved back at the young boy. She guessed he was probably around 5 or so, how cute. She’d be in a situation like that one day…watching over her son or daughter.

Lost in thought, Reira didn’t notice the other girl that walked into the bank.

[Olivia Green]

(OOC:She has black hair)

Olivia needed a job. Of course it was damn well hard to get one. People aren't really looking for a girl that has "Not a very good people person" on their resume. Alexis told her to lie and say she was a good people person, but where is the truth in that? They would clearly find out she doesn't work well with others when she flinches if someone were to shake her hand.

Livi opened the bank and got in line. She had to open up a bank account in order for her to get money from said job into, well, money form. The line was rather large, and for some odd reason it was friggen hot! Olivia fanned at herself with her hand, but then dropped a few sheets of her many copies of unsatisfactory resumes.

Livi bent over and picked a few up, but there was one beside some girl's feet. She needed every copy she could get, 'cause she was in need of a job. Another problem was that she didn't want her resume on the floor, because just about any stalker creepy guy could pick it up and find out all her information; like her address or phone number. That was the bigger problem of the two. Also, if she were to bend down to pick it up, it could call for an awkward meeting. Might look strange having a complete stranger bowing down to you. She reached to tap the girl on the shoulder, but brought her hand back. What if she offened the girl for touching her and she got very angry? Like "I will kick your ass" angry?

"Um hi..hi, hi." Olivia lost all confidence when she got a clear look at the girls face.

Great I feel like a clod of dirt now...

The girl was gorgous and Olivia still had healing cuts and her ugly ol' cast. "I I I dropped my resume by your feet."

[Reira DeMorvick]

"Um hi..hi, hi."

Reira didn’t hear the girls voice amidst the crowd of boisterous people. Why did this place have to be so noisy? She wasn’t feeling ‘noisy’ right now, she wanted peace and quiet, maybe some R and R. Lately she had been watching herself. She took note of what she ate, drank, her daily movements, hell she even watched what shampoo and lotion she put on…she didn’t want to do anything to put her baby’s health at risk. And she was tired, not to mention she didn’t dig the morning sickness either. Ah well, it was a small price to pay. Shifting her weight to her other leg, Reira continued to wait.

That’s weird, I feel like someone is staring at me…

"I I I dropped my resume by your feet."

Finally seeing the girl behind her, Reira gasped slightly, not expecting to see anyone so close to her. Those cerulean eyes gazed upon the girls face and they immediately darkened. Great, it was fucking Alexis. Just what Reira needed. A catalyst to throw her into careening bitch mode. Alexis always…ALWAYS, managed to piss her off. Even if she just stood there Reira was sure Alexis could anger her enough to punch a mirror. Yeah, can you guess she didn’t really like Alexis? It was weird though, the two had a love/hate …err friendship? Right now it was more hate.

“Well, why don’t you pick it up?,” Reira said in a snotty tone. “Never wanted to see you here Alexis….why couldn’t you just have stayed in Alaska?”

The line moved forward and Reira moved with it. Oh gawd, this was going to be a long day. Unbeknownst to her, a group of suspicious looking men entered the bank from the front doors. No one paid any heed to their shifty movements, for everyone’s attention was elsewhere. Reira’s was on Alexis.

“Listen, sorry. I’m just not in happy land right now…”

[Olivia Green]

The girl glared at her and it made Olivia weak at the knees. Oh boy she pissed her off. “Well, why don’t you pick it up?,” The girl shot back.

"Im sorry, so sorry....I didn't mean to drop it...I will just...pick it up."

“Never wanted to see you here Alexis….why couldn’t you just have stayed in Alaska?”

Alexis?

Livi went to go look up at the girl in curiosity when her eys caught on to some sketchy men. Well, any guy would look sketchy to Olivia... even the girl who might kill her right then and there.

“Listen, sorry. I’m just not in happy land right now…”

Olivia stood and the girl apologized, to Alexis, though she couldn't see Alexis. OOOOHH! "Alexis? Alexis is at home..." she was scared shitless to talk back to her. The girl looked like she wanted to punch her in the face. Olivia never should have been so clumsy and gotten her arm broken. If she didn't have her arm broken then maybe she would have had a better hold on that resume...Damn father damn damn damn! "You know Alexis?" she was risking her head by asking this question, but it would appear the girl didn't like Alexis, and Olivia would want to find out why.

[Reira DeMorvick]

That was odd. Alexis seemed…different? Aside from the cast, which Reira was curious about, the raven haired girl seemed so, well timid. It wasn’t like her at all. Yes, Reira was a bitch to Alexis at times, but Alexis was always a bitch back. Sometimes she was the bitch first! This was strange, foreign, un-called for! Reira actually took a step back out of shock. What the hell was going on here? Where was the cocky retorts, the smug grin or the hand on hip and the ‘oh no you didn’t’ gesture? Gone with the wind.

Did she finally get that STD? Is she becoming a nun? Did she finally find god?!!

"Alexis? Alexis is at home...You know Alexis?"

Reira was probably making her exasperated, open mouthed gawking look. She was beginning to think that maybe Alexis got into an accident, which made her have that broken arm and a serious head injury, causing her to lose her memory and gain an alter ego! In which case, she’d totally feel like a jerk for being uhh a jerk to her for the few years that they knew each other.

“Whoa, wait…what? Aren’t you Alexis? You’re Alexis. You look like her…yeah…you’re just trying to do that pathological lying trick to me aren’t you. Well you can drop the façade now, I know it’s you Lexie. How’s Erik?”

The men in the background had now placed themselves directly in the center of the back. The seemed to be getting cozy. Weird.

[Olivia Green]

“Whoa, wait…what? Aren’t you Alexis? You’re Alexis. You look like her…yeah…you’re just trying to do that pathological lying trick to me aren’t you. Well you can drop the façade now, I know it’s you Lexie. How’s Erik?”

All Olivia could do was stare up at the girl with mass confusion. Erik? Maybe it was a guy Alexis had been with? But then it hit her. Alexis must of been a fan of NOT telling people she had a twin sister. It was sort of a subtle blow towards Olivia, because if she were Alexis' shoes she would talk none stop about her. After all they were tight at a certain point, right?

"Um..I'm sorry, but I'm not a pathelogical liar... my sister is... And not sure who Erik is, but I'm Olivia." she smiled, trying to help convince the girl. Maybe there was something wrong with her. Maybe Olivia would have to dye her hair back to blonde, seeing as how Alexis' reputation doesn't seem to be the greatest anywhere she goes. "I'm Alexis' twin, thats why I look like her... nice to meet you.....?" she carried on the last bit of that sentance to hint she didn't know her name.

Olivia looked to be a little more confident on what she was saying, when really, she was scared shitless. What if Olivia offended her by saying she wasn't who she thought she was making her feel stupid? That would be no good!

[Reira DeMorvick]

And so, the two girls just stared at each other like the other was crazy. Reira more so, because she found such behaviour from Alexis as very, very bizarre. Was it a good or bad thing she was acting this way? Who knows, probably good considering she wasn’t hitting on the very cute brunette boy in the line ahead of them. If that happened, Reira’s annoyance levels would rise so high…seeing Alexis work was just so…yeah you get the picture.

"Um..I'm sorry, but I'm not a pathological liar... my sister is... And not sure who Erik is, but I'm Olivia. I'm Alexis' twin, thats why I look like her... nice to meet you.....?"

Holy shit! What the hell did she just say? Alexis’s twin Olivia?!!! Christ there was two of them, but this one seemed different. Better even. Still, Reira was a little apprehensive towards believing this…uhh other Alexis, this Olivia chick…partly because she knew that Alexis was a pathological liar and believed in her own messed up fantasies. This could be one of them. Another thing that baffled her was that she didn’t know about Erik. The last time she checked Erik was Alexis’ brother.

This is so fucked up…

“Reira….it’s Reira DeMorvick. Nice to meet you Olivia Green? It must suck to have everyone mistake you for being Alexis eh?”

What more could she do but play along?

[Olivia Green]

“Reira….it’s Reira DeMorvick. Nice to meet you Olivia Green? It must suck to have everyone mistake you for being Alexis eh?” Olivia nodded not really knowing what to say.

"It can be at times. Like back in Canada when she was sent to jail I was getting blamed for a lot of stuff... So I just dyed my hair. Though I recently changed it back to my natural, because I thought it would be alright, but you scared the crap out of me and I am thinking about dying it back to blonde." and unlike Alexis, Olivia told the truth, no matter how blunt.

"Everybody down!" Olivia immediately fell to her stomach when she heard an aggressive voice demand the action. The men behind them were now wearing black ski masks and holding up guns and bages.

"OMIGODOMIGOD!" she started panicking. Her breathing quickened and she fell into fits of coughing. Now she was hyperventilation and she was lying on the pocket that had her inhaler. She struggled to get in there for it being scared and all that fun stuff so she was scared she was just going to pass out then and there.

"Empty the money into our bags! Now bitch!" Olivia cringed at the violent presence of these men and she felt tears come to her eyes as she began to get light headed. Finally she got to her inhaler and began sucking in the medicine.

"Shitshitshit!" it all happened so fast!

[Reira DeMorvick]

Reira just nodded when Olivia began to explain how she was always mistaken for being Alexis. She had to dye to her hair blond. Good riddance, if Reira was in her position she’d not only dye her hair, she’d probably get a sex change just not to feel and look like Alexis. Yeah, their animosity towards each other ran deep. Can ya tell?

“I’d think you’d look good as a blond,” she said sincerely. “So why are you here? Applying for a jo---”

"Everybody down!"

Who, what, where, when?! Was Reira in the middle of a bank robbery? Ahh shit, she was in the middle of a bank robbery. Just her luck! She saw Olivia immediately fall to the ground, along with fifty other people. Reira didn’t react quite so quickly enough though, and before she could slowly fall to her stomach, she felt a cold metal circle at the back of her neck. Her entire body froze.

“Didn’t you hear what we said!! GET DOWN!”

Reira swallowed a hard lump down her throat and breathed out evenly. Holy fuck did she ever miss her old Qi right now. She felt vulnerable, scared even…scared for more than just herself, but for her child. Holding her hands up in an ‘I surrender’ gesture, Reira slowly got down to her knees. The guy behind her sounded like he was very sketchy, like he was scared or paranoid. He was panting and continuously wiping his brow of sweat.

"Shitshitshit!"

The man redirected his gun at Olivia. “SHADDAP!” Reira jumped at the sudden outburst and she noticed the small blond child she was staring at previously had began to cry, his mother trying her best to shush him. The gunman was going absolutely insane now and pointed his gun at the blond boy.

“Make him stop crying,” he hollered! The mom looked frightened. Reria’s eyes widened. “Make him stop crying or else I’ll shoot his fucking head off!” No. No he couldn’t do that. He was just a kid…Her brow furrowed. Bitch would pay. Clenching her fists, Reira positioned herself so that she would shoot up in such a particular way that her head would smash up into the gunman’s chin, hopefully breaking his jaw in the process. Course, she’d have to wait for an opportune time to do this…

[Olivia Green]

“SHADDAP!” Olivia cringed at the sudden change of target. He was aiming the gun at Reira then at her. Olivia shut her mouth and her lips trembled as her hyperventilation came just from crying. Then he aimed the gun to a little blonde boy, threatening to kill him if he wasn't going to shut up.

Olivia closed her eyes and tucked her head under her arms. She could only imagine the fear the kid was feeling. To be threatened to be killed. Olivia had that, but karma was a bitch and that knife took her father's life rather than hers.

Please don't kill him, please don't ...don't.

Olivia shot up to her feet. She didn't know what the fuck she was doing. The little paranoid girl who was afraid of her own shadow, just stood up to people with guns inorder to grab the attention away from the little boy. He was young, and probably had a life more deserving than herself. Besides, if Olivia is pushed far enough, she will act. Though this event certainly involves no patience.

She still had tears running from her eyes and she just stood there. No use in running, because she could be easily gunned down.

"Get down!" the gun was once again away from the boy, but now aiming at Olivia. Her chin trembld and with a pause followed a timid shake of the head to refuse his demand.

[Reira DeMorvick]

Reira’s looked at Olivia with a face of sympathy and admiration. She had made a movement to direct the gunman’s attention away from the boy and onto herself. It a very brave thing to do…brave and very risky. The criminal already looked on the verge of snapping and at any moment he could fire. Olivia would be the first to feel that rage, that pain. Reira had to do something. Just like Olivia saved the boy, Reira would save Olivia.

The gunman directly above her, his harm extended out with the gun pointed to Olivia, Reira shot straight up. The powerful muscles in her legs made her jump into a standing position, the top of her head bashing into the gunman’s chin. This resulted in him falling on his back and dropping the gun. Everything fell silent and for a moment Reira stalled, but quickly reacted and swiped the gun from the ground.

Shit, bad move…bad fucking move. The gunman had buddies. Lots of buddies and two of them were alerted and were coming her way. Oh damn, what to do now? The question was answered for her. It was amazing really…once one person stood up to these men, everyone began to do it. Because of her little stunt, the rest of the hostages revolted, resulting in a mad frenzy of moving bodies. Crazy shit right there!

Reacting on instinct Reira grabbed Alexis’ hand and pulled. They were getting out of here. She wasn’t really thinking where, all that she knew was that anywhere was better then being in here. So, Reira shoved Olivia and herself in an elevator.

“Close the doors, close the---Keep them open!!! Keep them open!”

There, standing alone was the blond boy Olivia had saved. He was crying his lungs out and it appeared that his mother was no where in sight. For some reason, she had the sudden urge to bring him with them…and that she did. In a mad dash, Reira ran out of the elevator, scooped the child in her arms and dove back in. Gunshots were heard. Little did she know, they had a pursuer.

“Close the door Livie, hurry up!!”

[Olivia Green]

Olivia closed her eyes when she watched as the man aimed the gun at her. She couldn't help but look away when she had seen his finger tense a bit more on the trigger of the gun.

Instead of gunfire and the sound of heaven's gates opening, she heard a sickening crack. Her eyes shot open while the man was still mid air, falling to the ground as the gun had been parted from his hands. Reira took him out one way or another and darted towards the gun. Several more guys turned their attention to the two of them, but everyone began to fight back. Olivia stood in one place as she started to hyperventilate. She felt the girls' hand grab hers and force her to a near by elevator.

Why an elevator? No fucking clue! How the hell are they gonne get away from them if they are trapped in the fucking building!? All the while, Olivia tried to win her good arm back, because quite frankly, especially at a moment like this, physical contact was a no no. Though Reira's grip was a lot more strong than Olivia's.

“Close the doors, close the--" Olivia did as she was told and pressed the botton that usually makes the process of an elevator door close quicker, but then Reira had a change of heart. "-Keep them open!!! Keep them open!” Olivia tuck her arm in the way of the door as Reira darted for the preiously threatened boy. Though what if his mother was looking for him? What if they get blamed for kidnapping because Reira touched the gun and snatched a boy from the scene? Man Olivia was paranoid!

“Close the door Livie, hurry up!!” Livie did what she demanded once again and she felt a little bit more safe in the elevator. As everything was settling down she took her inhaler in hand and pumped the medicine in her lungs.

"Thanks, thanks, thanks.." her eyes watched as the floor numbers lit up. According to the elevator, they were going to the top floor.. and according to the elevator it was a huge ass bukding... She leaned against the wall and slid down, so her good arm hugged her knees and her bad arm was sandwiched between her legs and her stomach. "Now we wait?"

[Reira DeMorvick]

Reira slid into the elevator, her shoulder burning from the friction. She hardly took notice though. The most important thing was that they were safe. They boy she had scooped up lay perfectly still in her arms. Not a sound came from him, save for the occasional sniffle followed by a small shiver. The poor thing was scared. It was weird, the feeling that came over her…like it was her duty to help this boy, protect him even. She couldn’t imagine what his mother was going through right now. Heh, looks like her own maternal instinct was kicking in.

Reira shifted her position so that her back was now against the cool elevator wall and the boy was nestled in between her legs. Catching her breath, she patted his head. “Don’t be afraid, those men can’t hurt you now. It’s alright, we’ll find your mommy really soon. I’m Reira and over there is Olivia.” The boy looked at Olivia then, obviously remembering how she had reverted the gunpoint off of him to herself. Then he looked at Reira his bright blue eyes glossed.

“I’m Billy. Mommy is gone with bad man. Those bad guys…those bad guys yeah..”

She didn’t know what he meant when he said his mother left with the ‘bad men’ but that was something to be dealt with at a later time. Right now she was focused on where the hell they were going. Up, obviously…how high?

"Now we wait?"

“Yeah…you know what floor we going to?,” she asked, glancing over to Olivia. “Sorry..I guess I should’ve dragged us outside…but this just seemed like the safest place there was at the time a---”

A large jolt shook the entire elvator, causing Reira to bite her tongue. The lights flickered on and off. Then the elevator stopped.

“Are we on a floor?”

[Olivia Green]

The boy stated his mom was taken hostage, but the both of them did not act upon it. Olivia was just lucky enough not to have passed out from all the events that had just happened. Like honestly?! She just was about to commit suicide!

There was suddenly a tug on the elevator that interrupted what Reira was saying momentarily. Olivia did a little jump, landing back on her, making it hurt a little. Olivia waited for it to move once again, but the power remained out and no sounds of it starting up anytime soon.

“Are we on a floor?” there was one source of light, a pale little glow. Livi looked at the source and it was two floor numbers lit up. Does that mean they are inbetween two floors. That means they stopped!

Livi grabbed for her inhaler, but it wasn't beside her where she left it previously. The sudden movement on of the elevator must have knocked it else where. Her breathing started getting heavy and fast. She searched the floor for it.

"III can't *Gasp* find my *Gasp* inhaler!" and like that, a new kind of dark came over her. She passed out. Luckily, it was just a shortage of breath and it will only last momentarily.

[Reira DeMorvick]

Oh fuck. Oh FUCK FUCK! The elevator just stopped…in between two floors. What’s worse was that they were really high up so if the power suddenly turns back on and causes a jolt in the wires holding the elevator up…ah shit, that would be bad. Down, down the three of them went not stopping until they crashed at the bottom breaking their legs and probably puking up a lung while they’re at it. In other words, they were screwed. It all depended on luck now.

Since the emergency lights were on, it became much dimmer in the elevator. Reira could feel Billy tense he began to almost cry. “Shh, shh, its okay,” she said in the best comforting voice she could muster. Standing up, she tried to bash open the emergency phone. She succeeded in this, but there was no dial tone.

“Damnit!…Olivia?”

"III can't *Gasp* find my *Gasp* inhaler!"

Eyes widening, she fell to her hands and knees searching for the inhaler. What now!? A robbery, getting stuck in an elevator and now Olivia was going to die if she didn’t find that inhaler. As she was frantically searching, Reira suddenly stopped when Billy, held out his hand to her.

“Here go,” he said, holding out Olivia’s inhaler.

Reira sighed in relief. Thank god for that. “Okay, here’s what I think happened. We’re obviously stuck in the elevator…probably because the authorities have arrived and have cut off all escape routes for the gunmen. Which means no elevator…crap. Which also mean…err…we just have to try to get out that’s all.”

Reira smiled reassuringly at Olivia and Billy. Billy was a lot like Olivia she realized. The fact that they were both panicky and she had to lie to each of them, or remain calm herself to suggest that they should do the same. In any case, Reira felt like she was the adult in this situation. She was going to say that they needed to get out of this elevator before their air supply runs out…but if she voiced that threat, Olivia would probably panic and she really didn’t need that right now.

“Hey Livie…if I give you a boost…can you push up that opening in the elevator roof? It could be our way out of here…”