JP - Anastasia learns about her Past

"I swear one of these days" Riley sighed appearing in the driver's seat. "You ok Anastasia?"

Piritta had joined Cody in beating up the idiot.

Anastasia was too busy crying to answer Riley. “Why is everyone doing crazy stuff?!”

"I ask myself that every day" Riley sighed as he pulled her into a hug.

Anastasia shook slightly, but was slowly calming down and glanced out the window. “Why are they arguing so much?” She asked.

"I have no idea but something tells me I'm going to have a long day" Riley sighed.

Piritta yanked open the passenger door and stuck a foot inside. “Riley! We need to go to New York- be in New York. There’s a riot and Olle’s in the middle of it.”

Shying away from the Finn, Anastasia got into the back of the van and buckled up. She was still very uncomfortable around everyone.

Piritta got into the shotgun seat- her seat, vitun. She got out her phone to play her voicemail from Olle. She had to turn the volume up all the way to hear his whispering voice.

"I really wish you answered this time."
"Come out you fucking meta-lover!"
"I'm in New York. There's a riot. I- I don't know if I'm going to make it."
There was a loud creak, a snap, Olle giving a scream of pain, a clatter.
Then the message ended.

Piritta looked grim.

“T-that did not sound good…” Anastasia said with worry written on her face.

Riley turned the van around so it was facing the road before flooring it.

“Joo.” Piritta said, using her phone to find live feeds and information on the riot. “Vittu saatana.”

Anastasia just clung to her seat. Again.

“That fucking Campbell Brantley started it, looks like he fucked off right before the riot started after getting them worked up… It’s bad, the riot took over several blocks, fire… Firetrucks can’t get through. Ambulances can’t get through.” Piritta said, not looking up from her phone, hoping and afraid to find Olle in any of the images.

“Who’s Campbell Brantley?” Anastasia asked and clung tighter to her seat. Looking at Joel, she wondered how he could sleep through all of this.

“Oh you’d love him.” Piritta said. “Fucker wants all metas to be sterilized and put on work camps until we die out. Also approves of meta experimentation to determine whether something is safe for people instead of using animals.”

"We'll find Olle and get him out of there" Riley replied while driving.

Joel continued to sleep, muttering about Annie and whip cream.

“That sounds horrible!” Anastasia replied, a horrified look in her eyes. “W-why would someone do that to people?!” Blinking, she looked at Joel again, confused by his mutterings.

"Some people are just assholes" Riley shrugged.

"Gentle with that leash" Joel muttered.

“Though you liked to take the opposite direction and revive metas that should have stayed dead and forced female metas to breed with them- what we would call rape.” Piritta said irritably. She did not like what she was seeing. Someone had a drone flying over the riot and she was pretty sure she could see dead bodies.

"I'll be gentle next time I bite" Joel yawned.

“I…I did what?” Anastasia looked as if she was going to cry, no longer paying attention to Joel’s odd ramblings.

Riley gave Piritta a look before sighing " it's like I said you did a lot of horrible things as Loreen. But you're not her anymore."

Piritta did not notice Riley's look, she was too busy looking at her phone. "Joo, it was fucking terrible. Not sure if anyone gave birth to Canestone's spawn after you revived him, but he really messed them up from the inside out. Sandpaper skin." She said in disgust, only half aware of what she was saying. Men in Min Chang t-shirts were savagely beating a man whose face was covered in so much blood he was beyond recognition.

“N-no! I…I didn’t do that! I don’t remember doing anything like that! I don’t wanna hurt anyone!” Anastasia blurted, panic on her face mixed with horror. She couldn’t even dare kill a bug at this point, even if it was out to assault her.

Joel woke up and moved her to the back seat before handing her a bottle of water and paper bag to breathe in.

"You did." Piritta said absently, noticing a torn Dolly Parton shirt on the sidewalk next to the man. He was covered in so much blood she did not realize he was shirtless at first. Olle owned a shirt like that. "Vittu saatana." Piritta breathed. But the drone continued to fly past to take in more of the carnage.

"What is it?* Riley asked concern on his face.

"I think I found Olle." Piritta said, navigating back on the video from the drone video and pausing it. She stared at her phone screen but it was hard to tell. This man could be anyone. This footage was minutes old, this man could be dead now, Olle or a complete stranger.

Anastasia just curled up in the back where Joel put her and ignored both the paper bag and water, trying to comprehend everything she’d just been told.

Joel pulled her into a hug and rubbed her back like he'd seen Riley do before.

"We won't get there in time but I can" Riley replied, undoing his seatbelt.