Editing Ghosts of Rage (Warhammer High) (section)

===Convincing Hana===

The last cousin she needed to confront was the one she was most worried about doing so. Not that she was afraid in any way, but the history between the two was long and bloody. Indeed, telling Hana that she didn’t want to fight wasn’t going to end well. Best case was looking like she would walk away with a bloody nose. Furia didn’t even want to think about the worst case at the moment.

And unlike her other cousins, Hana was crafty. Years of rivalry and feuds had resulted in making them wary of each other and hard to pinpoint at any time in particular. So for Furia to find Hana, Furia had to force Hana to show up.

Not hard to do, as Furia figured the best way was to hit her where it mattered. It didn’t take long for Hana to come running as she sat on her bike, looking bored as she waited for her to finally show up.

“FURIA!” she shouted in the empty parking lot, clenching her fists in fury. Furia could note the muscles bulge under the leather jacket, figuring that maybe a bloody nose was very optimistic.

She stood up from the bike and backed away as Hana tried to close the distance. “I needed to get your attention. I wanna talk.”

Hana stopped and stared at her with angry eyes. “Talk? You don’t ‘talk’” she proclaimed.

Furia shrugged. “Well, I’ve changed if you haven’t notice. I don’t fight anymore.”

“Yeah, I heard the rumors. Furia’s no longer the fury of the school. A docile pup. Shadow of her former self. I think its bullshit.”

Furia raised an eyebrow at that. “I don’t know what you are talking about,” she lied, trying to be innocent.

“Don’t be coy, Furia. I know you’re planning something. I know you better than you know yourself.”

Furia was actually surprised at that statement. Hana was pretty much right, as she was planning her escape from everything. Probably not what Hana was expecting but still had an idea.

“Well, I guess you really don’t. I’m not going to fight you anymore. I want peace between us, alright? None of this bullshit immature fighting.” She raised her arm forward and smiled. “Shake on it?”

Furia was on the floor a second later as Hana smashed her in the jaw with her fist. She saw the attack coming, but did nothing to dodge it, letting it hit her. Hana had moved slow enough for her to be able to dodge it, so if it did strike home, it was her own damn fault. She could taste the blood from her mouth, realizing that she had guessed wrong. It was a busted lip, not a bloody nose.

“Stop lying. You and your bullshit won’t fool me! Now get up and fight me!”

Furia looked up at her and shook her head. “No,” she said simply.

“Get up!’ Hana yelled again. She would fight honorably, even against someone like Furia. It would usually be a downfall of hers, but some part of Furia respected her decision to do so.

“I don’t want to fight anymore. This shit stops now,” Furia responded.

“Why?” Hana yelled point blank at her.

Furia sighed. “I’m medicated Hana. My anger is non existent, alright?”

“I already know that,” she blurted to her. Furia stared at her. “I knew since the second day. I asked my dad about it and he told me, telling me to keep it a secret. So why you are still taking the damn things is beyond me.”

Furia was surprised with that sudden new information. “If I don’t, I end up in jail.”

“But this isn’t who you are. This isn’t Furia. You should rather fight in glory then become this weak willed coward.”

The words struck home as Furia looked at her cousin. It was incredible revealing to her that the only one who understood her was her biggest rival. Hana was the only one who knew how she felt, and that made her feel a bit better. She sat on the cement floor, looking up at her. “I know. And I will. But not now, and not here.”

Hana didn’t move as both shared a moment of silence in the parking lot. “So this truce is part of this plan?” she asked her eventually. Furia nodded slowly.

“I can’t tell you. And you shouldn’t tell anyone about this either,” Furia told her.

“Your secret is safe with me,” Hana muttered as she looked down at Furia. “But when this is all over, we will have one more fight, alright?”

Furia nodded slowly and Hana walked away, leaving the redhead to her thoughts.

Somehow, she had managed to get her cousins in her favor, so there were two things left for Furia to do. One was to tell Simon, which she planned to do two weeks before she left. She already had an idea on how that would end.

The other was probably the most important. This she came up with on her own, so not even Isis knew about it as it could risk the entire plan. But somehow, Furia had to do this. She had to go see her grandfather.