Revenge and Overthrowing The Mafia for one Seth Jones
Chapter 2
A/N: part 1 can be found here
“Where is he?” Marian boomed as she rushed into the room. Eyes looked up at her, all strangely calm considering the storm that was coming their way. They didn’t fear her like she wanted them to, and they didn’t exactly fear her mother.
“Now, Marian, just calm down Seth’s-”
“Stop talking and show me where he is!” The man stood still, his face grim yet calm. Marian punched his chest, yet the man did not budge. She felt the sorrow and anger build up within her. “Where the fuck is he?” She screamed, tears falling down her cheeks as she let a completely vulnerable side of her show.
Joe told her earlier; Seth let his loop run. Now, letting your loop run is when you let your future self escape, and no one truly knows what happened when you let your loop run, because those who did were never heard from again.
Joe told her that Seth came to him out of fear, came to him for safety… and he sold him out for a little bit of silver. She was so angry she could shoot Joe in the head.
It hurt her, to say the least. She felt she had a stronger connection with Seth and she wondered why the hell he wouldn’t come to her first. She was the best in the program, she had the ties to their employers, and she wouldn’t sell him out for anything in the world. She loved him, and those words were beginning to surface in the back of her mind.
“Marian, calm down.” He said, a bit more sternly now. She glared at him and fought back the urge to whip out her gun right then and there. Her hand was on the holster, and she watched as the man’s eyes flickered down then up.
“Take me to him.” She said through gritted teeth. The man gulped and took a look at the other two behind him. They were all focused on Marian and the gun her hand was wrapped around. He wondered if telling Marian no was really worth all the trouble it would cause… but if they kept this from her she’d just figure it out eventually. Would she be more angry then? Would she be able to stop herself from wreaking havoc on them all? The man decided it would be best to let her in now. After all, he’d been like that for a week already.
“Let her in, Doc.” The man said, though he never took his eyes off of her. A man in medical gear stepped out of the way and opened the double doors at the other side of the room. Marian could barely see anything within the room, as it was completely dark, but she saw the soft glow of a screen, and the outline of a bed in the middle of the room. Her hand dropped off of the gun almost immediately as she began to take slow, cautious steps toward the room.
The sounds of her boots hitting the linoleum floors echoed off the walls. No one else moved a muscle. She could hear her heart beating loudly and fast in her ears. Everyone was completely silent, with only the sounds of her walking and the soft beating of the monitor filling the two rooms. She felt as if she was breathing loudly, but the closer she got to the bed, the more obvious it was that it wasn’t her breathing that was loud.
She could see the outline of a body in the blankets, and while she couldn’t see his face, she knew that it was him. She felt the urge to cry, scream, and vomit all at the same time. The anticipation was killing her and all she wanted was to know that nothing truly bad happened to him, although all the signs pointed to that being the opposite of the case. She didn’t want to get any closer, and she wished fear would paralyze her, but it was what kept her going.
Seth was laying in bed, bloodied bandages covering the lower half of his face. One arm was out of the blanket, and from what she could see, it was also bandaged. One leg appeared to be longer than the other now, and she felt grief and anger rise within her. This was done purposefully, for what reason she wasn’t completely sure of yet, but she knew they did it on purpose. He was left in bed, disfigured and comatose, only for her to find him a week later after the incident.
She wished she’d known sooner. She wished he came to her instead. She would throw everything away for him given the chance… and she realized in that moment what had to be done.
She turned around, her finger already pointing accusingly at the doctor who was slowly approaching her from behind. From the corner of her eye, she saw the weaselly man who kept her from going in the room sneaking along the wall. He was eyeing her closely, and she knew that an outburst wouldn’t help her (or Seth) at the moment.
“What did you do?” She spat. The doctor shook his head.
“What had to be done. You know the rules, miss Drysdale, you let your loop run, you face the consequences.” The doctor remarked rather coldly. Marian’s face contorted into a look of disbelief and horror.
“So, what, you’re just gonna leave him like this?” She asked. The doctor didn’t respond, but that’s all she needed to know.
“No, hell no. You’re gonna fucking fix him, alright?” Marian demanded, raising her voice. The doctor looked at the man on the wall and nodded at him, and the man moved quicker now.
“I can’t do that.”
“Oh yeah? Why not?” She was testing him now, pushing any button to infuriate him so she could open fire.
“Because it’s protocol. Besides, I got rid of the parts already.” She felt herself go numb.
“Wha-what do you mean?” She stuttered, struggling to find the words forming on her tongue. The doctor took a step back for safety reasons before explaining himself.
“We already got rid of the parts we removed. We can’t have his next loop running off. He won’t be like this forever, miss Drysdale.” She shook her head.
“He’ll only be like this forever for me.” She muttered, taking another look at his sleeping form.
“He’ll be the same for a different you. Don’t you want that for her?” The doctor asked, yet he didn’t seem to understand that Marian was selfish. She didn’t have Seth to herself in this lifetime so why the hell would she allow another version of herself to keep him?
“Why not just kill him then, get it over with. Don’t let him suffer.” She begged, but the doctor merely shook his head.
“The boss doesn’t know what’ll happen if we do that and he doesn’t want to know.”
“Fuck the boss! I don’t want to let him suffer!” Marian shouted, her voice echoing in the suddenly quiet room. She looked over at Seth again, feeling tears build up in her eyes.
“Just pull the plug.” She stated, feeling the sorrow that came with those words tear at her heart.
“We can’t do that.”
“I’m a fucking Burtonelli and he was mine so you’ll do what I fucking say!” She screamed. The doctor just stared at her with bewildered eyes. It wasn’t often that Marian Drysdale brought up her heritage, but people always knew she was serious when she did.
She was obviously distraught, and while the doctor knew it wasn’t the right time, he spoke.
“Yes, you’re related to Mark Burtonelli, but you’re a Drysdale. Your father was a scumbag who used your mother to get out of jail. You have no power over the rules and what we do here… your mother can’t save you or him.” The look Marian gave the doctor was one that could have killed thousands. She wanted to put a bullet between his eyes but she knew that she couldn’t, not yet, at least. She walked over to Seth, leaning beside his bed and running her fingers through his hair.
“I’m gonna get us out of this. I promise you, I’ll get us out of this.” She cried, whispering in his ear and pressing her lips to his cheek. Suddenly, as the doctor and his slimy goon left the room, she felt the urge to say something to Seth, something only he should hear. Others could assume, but he needed to know.
“I love you…” She whispered before completely breaking down into tears.
2
The driver dropped Marian off in front of a large, exquisite mansion. The trees around it were a dark green, as well as the shutters on the windows. The stone steps led to large, dark oak doors that felt like they’d open to her doom. Marian spent an extra hour in the room with Seth, crying to him and for him. She finally admitted it, and now she’d never get to see his reaction, though she wasn’t sure if that was a good or bad thing.
The driver sped off, kicking up the autumn leaves in its path and disbursing the fog that blanketed the ground. It was a chilly afternoon, and Marian knew her mother was sitting inside the toasty manor drinking tea and awaiting her arrival.
The double doors opened rather quickly, though Marian wasn’t startled.
“Your mom’s inside, kid.” The man who opened the door was one of her uncles, Rob. He was the oldest of the three Burtonelli kids, and the shortest. He had medium-length black hair that was always slicked out of his face, and he was hardly ever seen without a suit. He seemed relaxed, so Marian assumed she had nothing to worry about. After all, it was just her mom who called her in, and not her uncle Mark.
“You know what she wants me for?” She asked as they walked into the house. Rob shook his head.
“Sorry, kid. She’s pretty upset though.” Marian rolled her eyes. Her mother had the tendency to be melodramatic at the worst of times. She wished she could slap her at those times, but she was her mom, she couldn’t do that. Not to mention the mob would take her hands for it.
She was the Burtonelli princess, she got what she wanted and no one could hurt her. Well, except for one person, but he’s not important as of right now.
“Hey Rani, she’s here.” Rob called as he opened the door to the study. Rani was seated in a rather comfortable looking armchair, her light blonde hair disheveled and with a fluffy pink robe on to cover her pajamas. From what Marian could see, her mother was playing up the theatrics again.
“Hey ma.” She said as she walked over to the couch across from her. Rani’s grey eyes pierced her very being as she realized that her mom was seriously upset, even if she was annoying about it.
“Rob, get the fuck out and close the door.” Rani commanded, and her brother complied, only offering a single look of pity to Marian before closing the door.
“What the fuck did I do now?”
“What did you do?” Rani sounded absolutely disgusted with her daughter. Marian hadn’t even killed anyone yet, but her mother was acting like she killed the whole family. “Are you kidding me?” She continued, leaning forward in disbelief.
Marian continued to stare at her mom, eyes wide as she waited for the reason why she was called there. Rani was fuming, and she wished that she could reach over and slap her daughter. She knew better, though. Her own father didn’t like it when she hit his granddaughter. At times, Marian reminded her mother of her father, the man she fell in love with, and right now was one of them. She looked smug, even when she knew she did something wrong, even when she knew she was in deep shit.
“You know damn well what you did Marian Arianna. Why the fuck did you size up the doctor? Why did you bring up our name? He said you were going to kill him.” Marian couldn’t help but laugh.
“The fucking coward thought I was gonna kill him?”
“This isn’t funny! You’re embarrassing the whole family, Marian.” She rolled her eyes, thinking to herself about how she didn’t care about the family. “Don’t you roll your eyes at me.”
“No, I am, you wanna know why? Cause this is stupid with two o’s. I wish I had shot him right then and there! Do you even know what he did?” Marian asked, but instead of tears and sadness, she was angry. She was yelling. She wasn’t going to take this victim blaming from her mother or that stupid doctor.
“You sound like your father…” Rani remarked quietly. She watched as pain and anger flashed in her daughter’s eyes.
“Oh my god, shut up!” She spat. Marian didn’t like it when her father was brought up, and she normally had a much more explosive reaction than this. “He took Seth apart, ma. And he refuses to put him out of his misery. I asked him to, and he wouldn’t fucking do it. So yeah, I brought up our family, because I didn’t want my friend to be kept alive like that for another thirty years!” She finished, and all Rani could do was stare.
“He knew the risks, baby.” Marian shook her head, feeling the tears well up again, but she refused to cry. She couldn’t cry in front of her mother, she never liked doing that. As of right now, the reason she wouldn’t was because she didn’t want her mom to know how she truly felt about Seth. Only he was supposed to know, and that secret, with a little luck, will be between just the two of them. People could assume, but no one would ever truly know.
“He was mine, ma. We couldn’t make an exception?” Maybe she could let her mom know.
Rani felt shame rise within her, and she realized what happened, and why Marian acted the way she did. He wasn’t just a friend, clearly, but they knew the risks. It was too late to help him, but maybe they could hear her out.
“Hey,” she began, trying to get her daughter’s attention. “Hey, Marian, look at me.” She looked at her mother, her eyes glassy and her lip quivering.
“I’ll talk to Marky, I’ll see what he can do. But if he says no…” Rani finished, but Marian knew deep down she wouldn’t take no as an answer.
If they refused her offer, if they refused to right their wrongs, then Marian would go to war.
summary: (Y/N) meets someone new while in her loop
pairing: Seth x reader
word count: 881
warnings: language, mention of sex and implied sex
You check the clock in your pocket once more as you wait patiently with your blunderbuss in hand. The sweat on your brow evident as you wiped it.
Just as the body hits the floor in front of you, you scramble for the trigger before pulling it. With shaky breaths, you pull out the silver from the pouch on the back of the body.
This was your third loop and it still didn’t help the monotony of your everyday situation. Just as you pull the body away, two men in a red convertible pull up next to you.
One of the men is floating a coin in his hand, a TK as they were called.
“Nice trick, bet it works on women pretty well.”
“I dunno, you tell me. Is it working?” He cocks a smirk up at you.
“Yeah, I’d say so. Could I get a lift? I’m off to see the Gat Man.”
The man with the ponytail and floating coin motions to the back of the car. You hop in behind him, your fingers touching the hair pulled back at the back of his neck.
“So, you two boys loopers too? Tough business, ain’t it?”
“It’s fine once you get used to it. You’re new, right?”
“Mmhm, yeah I am.”
The man in front of you touches your hand behind his seat, his fingers stroke it softly.
“Just stick with us, kid. We’ll take care of you.”
The mystery men drive you to an unknown location. Inside is the boss that you share, a weaselly man with greasy gray hair.
He scanned the men before bringing them into the office, a few loud smacks later and they came out. The man with the ponytail was holding his hand, his shoulder and hand bloody.
“Alright, Seth. You’ll be fine.” His friend reassures him. They look up when they feel your presence.
“Everything okay?”
“No, Seth got beat up pretty bad. The Gat Man seems to have taken out some of his anger on him. He didn’t do shit and he still got hurt.”
“Joe, it’s fine. I’ll be alright. Just lemme go to a doc.”
“I could help you if you want. I can sew pretty well and I’ve done stitches before.”
“Thanks toots. We loopers have to stick together.” The man’s friend, who you now know to be Joe, pats your shoulder as he leads you both back to the convertible.
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You turn on the lights in your apartment as you lead Seth through the door. With your guidance, he sits down on your couch as you bust out your first aid kit.
The cut on his shoulder looked much worse than the wound on his hand so you decided to start there. He slowly took off his shirt and jacket, setting them down next to you.
Your faces were mere centimeters apart as you began to sanitize and clean the wound before sewing it shut.
He winces each time the needle went through, you could tell this was the first time he’d ever gotten stitches.
You made quick work of the wound on his hand before handing him back his shirt.
“There, all done.”
He smiles as he touches the bandage on his shoulder.
“Thanks a lot, really. Thank you.”
He smiled up at you as he finally let his hair down from the ponytail that it was in. You couldn’t help but blush as you looked at the reddish-brown strands of hair. His green eyes bore into you as you bit your lip.
“So uh...what now? What do you wanna do?”
He shrugs. “Dunno, we could fuck?”
Your head snaps to him as he decides to tempt you further by lighting and floating a nearby candle. You mentally curse yourself for being so gullible as you saunter towards him, locking the door behind you.
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As you bask in the afterglow of the mind blowing sex you just had, you can’t help but smile fondly at the man who befriended you so easily. You could tell that he only had Joe to depend on, and even then you wouldn’t count on Joe as being the helpful type.
Life as a Looper was a very dog eat dog world, and you were just starting to get the hang of it.
“So that’s what sex with a TK is like. That was really fucking mind blowing.”
You laugh as you run your thumb over his arm that was wrapped around your waist.
“Well thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I did too. Did you see when the candles were floating? I didn’t even know I could do that.”
He smirks as he stares at the ceiling, falling onto his back.
“Does this mean that you’re a part of my loop now? If I get to have sex everyday until my contract is over, that’d be pretty sick.”
“Yeah I think so. I’m pretty pumped for that, I want you in my life.”
He sends you a wanton gaze as you nod.
“I want you in my life too.”
You both were right, you end up in the same loop until both of your contracts are up and you kill your future selves. You end up happy and in love with the TK who was once just a friend.
“I saw a mom who would die for her son. A man who would kill for his wife. A boy, angry and alone. Laid out in front of him, the bad path. I saw it. And the path was a circle. Round and round. So I changed it.”
