#chantel malone

[beatrack92]

Chantel Malone 🇻🇬

2019 World Championships (Doha)

[comparativetarot]

The Moon. Art by Chantelle Malone.

“Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost.” —Dante Alighieri

[nehawriter16]

23rd September, 2018 23:18 pm - Songs I'm Currently Crying/Dancing To

1. Cold Showers - Chelsea Cutler

2. Stay With Me - Jeremy Zucker and Ayokay

3. Comethru - Jeremy Zucker

4. Baarishein - Anuv Jain

5. Curious - Hayley Kiyoko

6. Wait - Chantel Jeffries ft Offset and Vory

7. Go Flex - Post Malone

8. Superhero - Lauv

9. Ride - Naika

10. Somebody Special - Nina Nesbitt

[pedalingontheroadoflife]

Busy three days concludes with coverage for Sipa USA at the Billboard Music Awards on the Red Carpet then press room where winners showed off their hardware within the MGM Grand Garden Arena. It’s a challenging situation out there on a riser four bodies deep by twenty all blasting away and doing their best to catch the attention of those walking. They don’t spend a whole lot of time out there but glad to see the likes of Janet Jackson, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, BTS, Christina Aguilera, Kesha, Chantel Jeffries and 21 Savage with Post Malone, Plenty more to work...

[kwebtv]

Frankie Drake Mysteries  -  CBC  -  November 6, 2017 - March 8, 2021

Period Drama / Mystery  (41 episodes)

Running Time;  60 minutes

Stars:

Lauren Lee Smith as Frankie Drake

Chantel Riley as Trudy Clarke

Rebecca Liddiard as Mary Shaw

Sharron Matthews as Flo Chakowitz

Recurring

Wendy Crewson as Nora Amory

Karen Robinson as Mildred Clarke (seasons 1-3, guest season 4),

Grace Lynn Kung (seasons 1-3) as Wendy Quon

Romaine Waite as Bill Peters (seasons 1–3, guest season 4)

Emmanuel Kabongo as Moses Page (seasons 1 & 3)

Steve Lund as Ernest Hemingway (season 1)

Richard Walters as Tickles Malone (seasons 1-3)

Anthony Lemke as Detective Grayson (season 2)

Johnathan Sousa as Alessandro Contento (season 4)

Ben Sanders as Steven Reid (season 4).

Patrick Garrow as Harvey Lyle (season 4)

[nanaka617]

Nunca más será 1918 o Las 30 canciones que me acompañaron durante la CUARENTENA 2020 - 2021 (Edición especial COVID-19)

¡SALUTACIONES A TODOS!

El 13 de marzo de 2020 entramos en estado de alarma por el COVID-19... una cuarentena de 15 días que se extiendo más y más... dejando atrás el mundo conocido...

Este es un listado de las canciones que me acompañaron durante este periodo histórico que ha trastocado la vida de muchos y nos ha arrojado a un nuevo mundo... ¡Sigo Viva!...

Debido a grandes dificultades, que seguro que más de uno vivió, no pude publicar está muy "esperada" lista (¿A quién engaño? ¡Hola Hermanita!) el año pasado así que he decido crear una edición especial de 30 canciones que escuché durante los años 2020 y 2021.

En fin, este listado está conformado por canciones que estuve escuchando durante la cuarentena, no necesariamente corresponden a esos años, algunas pertenecen a películas, series, juegos de video y memes, soy una gran fan de los BSO, BGM, OST... etc. Para escucharlas completas solo den click al título de la canción. También pueden disfrutar de otros videos haciendo click en las palabras en negritas y subrayadas. Espero que lo disfruten y sin más preámbulo (sin ningún orden de relevancia... tal vez un poco cronólogica) ¡Las seleccionadas!

01.- Komm, süßer Tod - The End of Evangelion /

Arianne Schreiber ; Hideaki Anno

Y así empieza el fin... que mejor canción para describir el espíritu de ésta era...

02.- Barbie Girl - Aquarium /

Aqua

Vuelta a los 90 o mi canción para lavarme las manos... dos veces el coro es tiempo suficiente...

03.- Saturday Night Question - Net-juu no Susume /

Megumi Nakajima ; Katou Shinichi, Yamauchi Soichiro

Más de uno estaría en ésta situación... durante la pandemia... o desde antes... detalle a destacar ¡El toque de la guitarra!

04.- Astronomia - Elements /

Vicetone ; Tony Igy

El solo escuchar esos acordes... sabes que no terminó bien... a la salud de los caídos...

05.- I Just Wanna Be - Mako Mermaids /

Chantelle Defina y Jack Dacy ; Pete Dacy, Jack Dacy, Matt Beckley, David Cameron

En esos periodos de trastorno de horario que muchos sufrimos (Y algunos siguen sufriendo) durante la cuarentena, ésta canción se volvió mi despertador... Al escucharla era hora de comenzar el día...

06.- Deméter - Destripando la Historia /

Pascu y Rodri

Y la saga de los dioses no se detuvo con Zeus, a lo largo de este tiempo se unieron Hades, Poseidón, Hestia, Hera, Hércules (Actualizado), Ares, Afrodita y Hermes, pero mi favorita, compitiendo con Hades, es Deméter, justamente por el solo de Hades.

07.- Theme from Poldark - Poldark /

Anne Dudley

Una hermosa y dramática pieza in crescendo, teniendo al violín como protagonista, de una serie de época que no pude terminar de ver por la suspensión de las operaciones en el país de Directv...

08.- Title Sequence - His Dark Materials /

Lorne Balfe

Otra hermosa pieza in crescendo, muy difícil de sacarte de la cabeza al escucharla la primera vez... La Dra. Mary Malone es tal cual como me la imaginé al leer el libro... una ilusión que nos van quitando con cada inclusión forzosa.

09.- Sogno di Volare ("The Dream of Flight") - Civilization VI /

Christopher Tin

Sin internet ni Directv ¿Que se podía hacer? Pues retomar algunos juegos (¡Y yo como espectadora!). Totalmente épico este tema... que invita a una lanzarse a una gesta heroica...

10.- Here - Mahō Tsukai no Yome /

JUNNA ; Yusuke Shirato, H-wonder, Kana Yabuki

Una súplica... una melancolía hecha canción, preciosa como el anime, etérea como un hechizo... que encierra un desgarrador lamento... "Watashi wa koko..."

11.- All the Way - Unicorn Store /

Alex Greenwald

¿Cómo querer escuchar una canción que no existe? Es de lo más frustrante, a penas unos segundos y ya quieres perderte en esta juvenil balada pop mientras manejas. Por suerte, a petición de los fans, D.i.R and August Radio Project se dedicaron a crear una versión completa ¡Gracias chicos!

12.- 99.9 - Mob Psycho 100 /

MOB CHOIR feat. sajou no hana ; Tatsuya Kitani, Junichi Sasaki

Tan psicodélico y estrambótico como el anime mismo ¿Por qué el brócoli?... En estos tiempos de "justicieros sociales" y cancelaciones, más de uno debería escuchar las palabras de Reigen Arataka.

13.- Good Morning World! - Dr. Stone /

Burnout Syndromes

"Ohayou sekai, good morning world" Que mejor forma de comenzar el día, coincidiendo con la similitud de un nuevo mundo en que la ciencia es vital para avanzar... ¡¡¡Con un diez mil millones por ciento de seguridad!!!

14.- Streets Favorite (Oh No) - Pain, Time, & Glory /

Capone

Un sample de Remember (Walking in the sand) de The Shangri-Las, es la antesala de un accidente... o la caída de internet...

15.- Just the way we are - Para Athletics (NHK Animation x Paralympic | Who is Your Hero?) /

Sakura Fujiwara

"The don´t fly... without the wind you make!... The wind... is yours to make!" Teniendo como entorno las olimpiadas del... ¡A que NOOOO!

16.- Gurenge - Kimetsu no Yaiba /

LiSA ; Kayoko Kusano

Un anime altamente recomendable, hermosa música y espectacular animación... siendo uno de los temas de apertura más escuchados del año, por ende no podía faltar en las Olimpiadas... en una peculiar versión en ska

17.- Telescope - Luca /

Dan Romer

Una pieza que simplemente invita a soñar... a ir más allá del mundo conocido y abrir la mente... el conocimiento es un hermoso tesoro... Mi parte favorita, minuto 2:23

18.- Theme Song - Trollhunters: The Tales of Arcadia /

Alexandre Desplat

De uno de los compositores, hecho el loco, que se ha abierto camino entre los mejores. Una pieza muy épica, mi parte favorita es la que suena como una escalinata XD, sin dejar de mencionar la muy divertida versión de Steve y Pepperjack (Yo también le pongo letra a los intros... te veo intro de Marvel...) Otra pieza que forma parte del BGM a escuchar es None Shall Live de Thomas Bergersen...

19.- Magical Babyrinth - Mairimashita! Iruma-kun /

Da Pump

No solo de isekai vive el hombre... ¿Qué tan difícil debe ser tu vida para que vivir en el mundo de los demonios sea un... ?... ¿Paraíso? XD... Para partirse de la risa con bailecito incluído XD...

20.- Like Flames - Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken /

MindaRyn ; SACHIKO

Babita repitiendo en este listado, en ésta ocasión el primer opening de la segunda temporada... las cosa se ponen cada vez más serias...

21.- Dancin (Krono Remix) - Dancin /

Aaron Smith y Luvli

Gracias al hurón con más talento y actitud para el baile que muchos... ¿Será el mismo que cocina?... con su meneo de cintura como sello personal o ¿Huronal? pude conocer ésta divertida canción ¡Dancing! ¡Dancing! ¡Dancing!

22.- The Night Begins To Shine - Teen Titans Go! /

B.E.R.

Pregunta ¿Qué tan genial debe ser una canción para que no solo tengo un capítulo dedicado a ella, sino dos especiales de 4 y 5 partes respectivamente e inspirar un spin-off? Una de las mejores canciones de la historia, tal vez para Cyborg pero no muy alejado de la realidad...

23.- ¡A luchar! (Versión en español de Fight it out!!) - Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters /

Ricardo Loera ; Mario Heras, Leonardo Iribe

El poder de la fusión enganchó a mi mamá a esté pilar clásico del anime, y cualquier ocasión es buena para volver a ver Cokún XD. En español latino porque así lo escuchó mi mamita XD

24.- Mr. Sandman - Mr. Sandman /

The Chordettes

Para curar un bajón de ánimo, no hay nada como ver patitas, colitas y gatitos dando vueltas al son de ésta canción. PD: No produce el mismo efecto con perritos.

25.- Odín - Destripando la Historia /

Pascu y Rodri

Los dioses nórdicos también tiene su saga en Destripando la historia, así que tenemos a Thor (Actualizado), Loki, Freyja y mi favorito Odín el dios troll XD (Esa guitarra es genial y no dejo de gritar "El es Odín..."), para nada ha pasado desapercibido tanto así que tiene un reaction de Herman Li LOL

26.- TVA - Loki /

Natalie Holt

Una opción era Jeg Saler Min Ganger, sin embargo me decanté por este tema, engloba toda la atmósfera de serie de ciencia ficción de viajes entre realidades, desde el tic tac hasta el uso del theremín, sin dejar de lado las imágenes que la acompañan en los créditos, todos los detalles de la TVA, lo hacen un montaje sublime.

27.- ADDICT (Music Video) - HAZBIN HOTEL /

Michael Kovach y Chi-Chi ; Silva Hound

Solo escúchenla, la música e interpretación son adictivas XD, va a ser difícil quitársela de la cabeza y que no se vuelva una recurrente en tu lista de música. Animación y letra no apta para niños, así que... ¡Se Fastidian y se Joroban! XD

28.- Pumped Up Kicks - Torches /

Foster The People

De esas canciones que parecen alegres pero no lo son... Si el chico callado del salón se las dedica... ¡CORRAN!

29.- No Time for Emotion (Take Me Home, Country Roads) - Kingsman: Golden Circle /

Mark Strong ; Henry Jackman, Matthew Margeson

Curiosamente, Take Me home, Country Roads ha estado a punto de ingresar en años anteriores, desde la versión libre de Mimi wo Sumaseba hasta la conmovedora versión de Logan Lucky, pero es con la emotiva interpretación de Mark Strong que logra entrar, no es que sea mejor que las versiones anteriores, simplemente llego su momento...

30.- Kite - This Is Arashi /

Arashi ; Kenshi Yonezu

El 2020 los consentidos de esta lista decidieron tomar una pausa... Es difícil despedirse de ellos, después de tantos años y tantas canciones, A･RA･SHI, Love so sweet, Happiness, Monster, Sakura Sake, We Can Make It !, Troublemaker, Furusato, One Love, Believe son solo algunos de los temas que nos emocionaron y disfrutamos. Durante la pandemia nos enseñaron a lavarnos las manitos con Wash Your Hands, antes despedirse de los escenarios... ¡Amenicemos la cobertura de las olimpiadas con Kite! Y en su última presentación en el Kōhaku homenajearon ese espíritu de superación ante la adversidad... Solo me queda decir "Smile again Arigatou"

BONUS.- THE HERO !! - One Punch Man /

JAM Project

Un pequeño homenaje para los héroes de estos tiempo (Aunque el Times prefirió dar el reconocimiento de personalidad del año a otros cuyo mérito fue ganar una elección...) Es imposible e imperdonable dejar de lado a los que han peleado en primera fila esta pandemia y han dado su tiempo, conocimientos, dedicación y vida por el bienestar de los demás... Mis respetos, condolencias y agradecimientos a los doctores, médicos, enfermeras, personal médico, voluntarios, investigadores y científicos.

Y esto fue todo por este año, solo puedo decir que esta situación me ha permitido ver lo mejor y lo peor de la gente (Sobretodo ésto último no se debería designar a un gentilicio porque sí). Hagamos las paces con nuestra gente.

El mundo ha cambiado, y por ahora no va a volver a ser como antes, así que es mejor dejar de anhelar eso y centrarnos en adaptarnos a este nuevo mundo. Mucha gente se ha sacrificado y ha vivido penurias en esta situación, así que como mínimo usen el tapabocas (DIANTRES NO SE LO QUITEN EN LOS AUTOBUSES), mantengan las medidas de bioseguridad, vayan a vacunarse y si fuman quédense en un solo sitio y no caminen llenado de humo a los demás (Sí ya sé, esto no tiene nada que ver con el COVID-19, pero no está de más ser considerados). Pensemos en los demás.

Muchos han despedido a alguien en este tiempo, han vivido la dura realidad de estar aislados, lejos de la familia o con recursos contados para sobrevivir. Es una época que nos invita a ser empáticos, a valorar al conocimiento, a respetar a las personas y no subestimar el poder de las artes y que éstas no pierdan su norte por querer ajustarse a una agenda políticamente correcta. No toda crítica es un acto de odio y toda crítica debe tener base.

¡Hasta la próxima!

[bangtan]

BTS to Appear at Grammy Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

With the Grammys just days away, the final preparations for performers and announcers are coming together: Among them, Variety has confirmed with sources that K-pop sensations BTS will be presenting an award at the show. While BTS is up for one Grammy this year, it’s somewhat of a sidelong nomination: best recording package (i.e. artwork) for their “Love Yourself: Tear” album, for which they’re nominated alongside Seoul-based branding outfit HuskyFox. In that category, the group is up against St. Vincent’s “Masseduction,” Mitski’s “Be the Cowboy,” the Chairman’s “The Offering,” and Foxhole’s “Well Kept Thing." Sources also say nominees Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 will not be attending — the former is up for one award, best pop vocal album (“Reputation”), and the latter for best pop duo/group performance (for “Girls Like You,” with Cardi B). The ultimate get would be an appearance by Drake, whose reaction to awards shows in general has usually been tepid at best. The Grammys, hosted by Alicia Keys, will be broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on CBS on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT. Performers confirmed so far include Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Dan + Shay, H.E.R., Post Malone with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shawn Mendes, Janelle Monáe, and Kacey Musgraves. The 61st annual Grammy Awards are produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures for the Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, Ben Winston is executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz is director, Chantel Sausedo is the producer, and David Wild and Ehrlich are the writers.

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⌠ ALEXA DEMIE, TWENTY THREE, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ⌡ welcome back to gallagher academy, BRIAR ESCARRÀ! according to their records, they’re a THIRD year, specializing in MEDICAL TRAINING + SEDUCTION AND FLIRTATION; and they DID go to a spy prep high school. when i see them walking around in the halls, i usually see a flash of ( music through broken speakers,  highlighted passages in a book, doing things after being told she couldn’t ). when it’s the (GEMINI)’s birthday on 06/13/1996, they always request their SHRIMP SCAMPI from the school’s chefs. looks like they’re well on their way to graduation. ⌿ mack, 20, she/her, est ⍀     suzume best friend wc.

briar was born to two actual loving parents - ik, crazy for a character of mine! jk. sike!

her mom, chantel was a gallagher girl herself. she has high expectations for her only child. 

her father, martin, was an agent for a different agency.

the two met during a collaboration between the two agencies on a big take down of a common enemy ; eventually, they got married and had briar.

chantel became a housewife — she came from money, so there was no issue of them working anyways. she still did spy stuff on the side and martin was off all around the world for weeks at a time doing spy tings.

chantel cared more about reputation than actually caring for her daughter — they lived lavishly, but her mother resented her child from a young age. she set standards that were quite high.

and much to her surprise, briar met quite a few of them.

briar could tell her mother, frankly, wanted to ride around in lambos than take care of her daughter. and that was fine with briar. instead, she spent her time learning.books became her best friend ; it would remain that way for quite a long while, and anyways, it would help her in the long run. 

much  of  her  life  became  cynical  and  cold.  mechanical  and  stiff.  essentially,  for  her  childhood,  it  was  briar,  her  books  and  the  world.  (  thankfully,  the  internet  was  starting  up  around  this  time  –  chantel  would  die  if  they  didn’t  have  the  latest  machines  for  that  www  ).  this  lead  to  a  world  of  knowledge  and  learning.

she’s  read  all  of  the  ‘classics’  (  her  favorite  is  a  tie  between  lord  of  the  flies  &  1984  ).

by the time she was fifteen, she could speak three languages ( asl, french & spanish ).

she’s also quite the fashionista - though you wouldn’t know it, because she wears the same thing in rotation like a damn cartoon character.

eventually, by the time briar became a teenager her mother found no more enjoyment in cars and money — instead she chose to lead her daughter into the lifestyle of spies. and briar was ecstatic, to be quite honest. 

high school was kind of hard, for briar. she was homeschooled by tutors before being thrown to the wolves of her spy high school, and she didn’t excel in making friends department. 

people didn’t like how cold and closed off she could be - it’s not exactly intentional, but her social skills do need work, even to this day.

she’s attending gallagher to kind of .. stick it to her mom? her mom boasts all the time about how she ( chantel ) did so well at gallagher, how briar has a legacy to uphold … and yeah, she kind of does. but this gives briar the drive to try and be better than her mother ( not that it’d take much personality wise, BUT ). 

more !!

she’s in medical training bc she finds human anatomy so .. fascinating. like we get it u watch greys anatomy — and seduction bc she knows she’s a cute girl so why not use that to an advantage out in the field?

she kind of has a big ego. LMAO

she’s broody and just kind of has RBF? all the time. it’s not intentional – it’s just briar.

definitely always listening to rock bands or pop - no in between, tbh. 

has an iguana named perseus. he’s cool

definitely has baby doll tendencies? once u get passed the whole .. brood.

yes she WILL buy ur love! cash, food, clothes! pls love her.

she’s literally that tiktok of post malone handing out stacks of money.

as ‘hard’ as she comes across, she a big baby. esp while drunk LMAO 

if u call her anything other than briar she’ll gut u like a fish. ty.

[hunterhastings]

Top 200 Song of 2019

Lil Nas X- Old Town Road

Ariana Grande- 7 Rings

Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello- Senorita

Post Malone & Swae Lee- Sunflower

Ariana Grande- Thank U, Next

Hasley- Without Me

Post Malone- Wow.

Travis Scott & Drake- Sicko Mode

Sam Smith & Normani- Dancing With A Stranger

Drake feat. Rick Ross- Money In The Grave

Meek Mill feat. Drake- Going Bad

Billie Eilish- Bad Guy

Chris Brown feat. Drake- No Guidance

Lil Tecca- Ransom

Ariana Grande- Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored

Marshmello & Bastille- Happier

Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid- Eastside

Ava Max- Sweet But Psycho

Kehlani feat. Ty Dolla $ign- Nights Like This

Sheck Wes- Mo Bomba

DaBaby- Suge

The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha- Call You Mine

J. Cole- Middle Child

Khalid- Better

Lil Baby & Gunna- Drip Too Hard

Khalid- Talk

Mustard & Migos- Pure Water

Jonas Brothers- Sucker

Shawn Mendes- If I Can’t Have You

Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber- I Don’t Care

Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B- Girls Like You

Post Malone feat. Young Thug- Goodbyes

DJ Khaled feat. SZA- Just Us

Kodak Black feat. Travis Scott & Offset- ZEZE

The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer- Who Do You Love

Cardi B & Bruno Mars- Please Me

Lil Nas X & DaBaby- Panini

Madison Beer feat. Offset- Hurts Like Hell

Ellie Goulding & Diplo feat. Swae Lee- Close To Me

Marshmello, Tyga & Chris Brown- Light It Up

21 Savage- A Lot

Meek Mill feat. Ella Mai- 24/7

DJ Khaled feat. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend- Higher

Blueface- Thotiana

Post Malone- Better Now

Cardi B- Money

Juice WRLD- Lucid Dreams

Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid- Beautiful People

DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B- Taki Taki

Post Malone- Circles

Young Thug, J. Cole & Travis Scott- The London

LightSkinKeisha & B. Smyth- Ride Good

Mabel- Don’t Call Me Up

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie- Look Back At It

Lizzo- Truth Hurts

City Girls- Act Up

Bad Bunny feat. Drake- MIA

Polo G feat. Lil Tjay- Pop Out

Lil Nas X & Cardi B- Rodeo

Taylor Swift- You Need To Calm Down

SHAED- Trampoline

DaBaby feat. Offset- Babysitter

Flipp Dinero- Leave Me Alone

Ariana Grande- Breathin

Lil Baby- Close Friends

The Chainsmokers feat. Ty Dolla $ign & bülow- Do You Mean

Travis Scott & The Weeknd- Wake Up

Saweetie- My Type

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie feat. 6ix9ine- Swervin

Ed Sheeran & Travis Scott- Antisocial

Gucci Mane, Bruno Mars & Kodak Black- Wake Up In The Sky

Sam Smith- How Do You Sleep?

Chris Brown feat. Gunna- Heat

2 Chainz feat. Ariana Grande- Rule The World

Offset feat. Cardi B- Clout

Youngboy Never Broke Again feat. Kevin Gates and Quando Rondo- I Am Who They Say I Am

Future feat. Travis Scott- First Off

Bryce Vine feat. YG- La La Land

DJ Snake & Sheck Wes feat. Offset, 21 Savage & Gucci Mane- Enzo

French Montana feat. City Girls - Wiggle It

Khalid & Normani- Love Lies

Billie Eilish- When The Party’s Over

Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign- Hot Girl Summer

Quavo feat. 21 Savage- PASSOUT

Bazzi feat. Camila Cabello- Beautiful

French Montana feat. Blueface & Lil Tjay- Slide

Ariana Grande & Social House- Boyfriend

Blanco Brown- The Git Up

Post Malone feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott- Take What You Want

Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd- Lost In The Fire

Drake & Michael Jackson- Don’t Matter To Me

Taylor Swift- ME!

Normani- Motivation

Wale feat. Jeremih- On Chill

Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B- South Of The Border

Daya- Insomia

Travis Scott- Highest In The Room

Chris Brown- Undecided

Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin- I Like It

Layton Greene, Lil Baby & City Girls feat. PnB Rock- Leave Em Alone

Halsey- Nightmare

Drake- Mob Ties

YFN Lucci feat. Trey Songz- All Night Long

Zara Larsson- Ruin My Life

Jacquees- You

Tory Lanez & Rich The Kid- Talk To Me

Bazzi- Paradise

Yella Beezy, Quavo & Gucci Mane- Bacc At It Again

Daddy Yankee & Katy Perry feat. Snow- Con Calma

Katy Perry- Never Really Over

Ellie Goulding & Juice WRLD- Hate Me

Ed Sheeran feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock- Cross Me

Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen feat. Fall Out Boy- I’ve Been Waiting

Chantel Jeffries feat. Offset & Vory- Wait

Dua Lipa- Swan Song

DJ Khaled feat. Travis Scott & Post Malone- Celebrate

DJ Khaled feat. feat. Meek Mill, J Balvin, Lil Baby & Jeremih- You Stay

Sabrina Carpenter- Sue Me

Rick Ross feat. Drake- Gold Roses

Miley Cyrus- Mother’s Daughter

Yo Gotti feat. Lil Baby- Put A Date On It

The Chainsmokers & Illenium feat. Lennon Stella- Takeaway

Saweetie & London On Da Track feat. G-Eazy and Rich the Kid- Up Now

DaniLeigh feat. Chris Brown- Easy

Jonas Brothers- Only Human

Mabel- Mad Love

Bebe Rexha- Last Hurrah

Normani & 6Lack- Waves

Future & Juice WRLD- Fine China

NAV feat. Meek Mill- Tap

Ella Mai- Shot Clock

French Montana feat.  Post Malone, Cardi B & Rvssian- Writing On The Wall

5 Seconds Of Summer- Easier

Big Sean- Single Again

Mark Ronson feat. Camila Cabello- Find U Again

Halsey- Graveyard

Young Thug feat. Gunna & Lil Baby- Chanel (Go Get It)

DJ Khaled feat. Cardi B & 21 Savage- Wish Wish

Lil Baby & DaBaby- Baby

Rita Ora- Let You Love Me

Juice WRLD & YoungBoy Never Broke Again- Bandit

Zedd & Katy Perry- 365

Ariana Grande- Bad Idea

Zara Larsson- All The Time

Gucci Mane feat. Meek Mill- Backwards

Tyga feat. J Balvin & Chris Brown- Haute

Maroon 5- Memories

PnB Rock feat. Lil Skies- I Like Girls

Ella Mai- Trip

Camila Cabello- Liar

SZA & The Weeknd & Travis Scott- Power Is Power

Fat Joe, Chris Brown & Dre- Attention

Post Malone feat. DaBaby- Enemies

Lennon Stella- Bad

Doja Cat & Tyga- Juicy

Ava Max- So Am I

Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey- Don’t Call Me Angel

Sabrina Carpenter- Pushing 20

Drake- In My Feelings

H.E.R. feat. YG- Slide

Yella Beezy feat. Chris Brown- Restroom Occupied

DaniLeigh feat. Lil Baby- Lil Bebe

Nipsey Hussle feat. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy- Racks in the Middle

Migos- Position To Win

YUNGBLUD & Halsey feat. Travis Barker- 11 Minutes

Ocean Park Standoff feat. Lil Yachty- If You Were Mine

Cardi B- Press

Megan Thee Stallion feat. DaBaby- Cash Shit

Jacquees feat. Young Thug & Gunna- Verify

Summer Walker & Drake- Girls Need Love

Selena Gomez- Lose You To Love Me

XXXTentacion & Lil Pump feat. Maluma & Swae Lee- Arms Around You

Young Thug feat. Gunna- Hot

5 Seconds Of Summer- Youngblood

Khalid feat. A Boogie wit da Hoodie- Right Back

The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini- This Feeling

Vicetone feat. Haley Reinhart- Something Strange

Big Sean feat. A$AP Ferg & Hit-Boy- Bezerk

Rita Ora feat. 6Lack- Only Want You

Coca Vango- Sauce All on Me

Dua Lipa- Don’t Start Now

Fat Joe, Cardi B & Anuel AA feat. Dre- YES

Stefflon Don feat. Tory Lanez- Senseless

Taylor Swift- Lover

YoungBoy Never Broke Again- Outside Today

Maja Kristina- No Fake Love

Niall Horan- Nice To Meet Ya

Jeremih & Ty Dolla $ign- The Light

Chris Brown feat. Nicki Minaj & G-Eazy- Wobble Up

Dave East feat. Jacquees- Alone

Gryffin & Elley Duhé- Tie Me Down

Gucci Mane feat. Quavo- BiPolar

Juice WRLD feat. Lil Uzi Vert- Wasted

Camila Cabello- Shameless

Emotional Oranges- Personal

Charlie Puth- The Way I Am

G-Eazy feat. Gunna- I Wanna Rock

Daya- Safe

Martin Garrix feat. Khalid- Ocean

DJ Khaled feat. Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Big Sean- Jealous

[flowers-for-freedom]

WINTER PLAYLIST

Imagine Dragons - bad liar Imagine Dragons - birds Imagine Dragons - bullet in a gun Mr. probz - praying to a god Zara Larsson - ruin my life Cameron Dallas - why haven’t I met you Khalid - saturday nights Post Malone - wow Bazzi - beautiful Billie Eilish - when the party is over Cher Lloyd - none of my business Halsey - without me Why Don’t We - 8 letters Why Don’t We - hard Jack & Jack - no one compares to you Dynoro & Gigi D’Agostino - I’m my mind Ava Max - sweet but psycho David Guetta & Ava Max - let it be me Stwo - over u Eben - that’s alright Tyga - taste Shy Martin - lose you too Shy Martin - just a little longer Chantel Jeffrie - both sides

[mgkconfessions]

Yes K and Chantel were at Diddys party last night but that doesn’t mean anything, if you look literally everyone in Hollywood was invited Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Post Malone soo many different others including ig models. They are bound to bump into each other at a few events because Hollywood isn’t that big. They went to one of DJ Khaleds birthday parties in 2017 before they dated. So no big deal I hope that people don’t start acting crazy now.

Diddy invited them, it isn’t like they went together there, so no reason to panic or freak out ^^! It seemed to be a huge party, I don’t know if they even met or saw each other. They will also continue to be invited to the same parties or attend the same events. If they were back together, we would know it. I’m sure Chantel would drop a hint.

[beatrack92]

Chantel Malone 🇻🇬

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

[comparativetarot]

The Empress. Art by Chantelle Malone.

Giver of all that is beauty, the Empress invites us into deep receivership with the world around us. We are primed to give from an early age, of our time, our resources and ourselves but to learn to receive is another lesson entirely, and one we are often not very comfortable with. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Great Nature, our cosmic mother offers us divine gifts each day. To breathe is to receive. To drink water is to receive. To rest is to receive. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The lesson of the Empress is a simple invitation: to open to the beauty around us and let it in. Open like the petals of a flower and drink in sunbeams. To slow down and be in this present moment. To open your heart and sit with your soft self. These gifts cost nothing but your surrender and your presence. Let the Empress fill up your cup and receive the gift of beauty she offers you.

[temptaestions-blog]

BTS to Appear at Grammy Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

With the Grammys just days away, the final preparations for performers and announcers are coming together: Among them, Variety has confirmed with sources that K-pop sensations BTS will be presenting an award at the show.

While BTS is up for one Grammy this year, it’s somewhat of a sidelong nomination: best recording package (i.e. artwork) for their “Love Yourself: Tear” album, for which they’re nominated alongside Seoul-based branding outfit HuskyFox. In that category, the group is up against St. Vincent’s “Masseduction,” Mitski’s “Be the Cowboy,” the Chairman’s “The Offering,” and Foxhole’s “Well Kept Thing.”

Sources also say nominees Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 will not be attending — the former is up for one award, best pop vocal album (“Reputation”), and the latter for best pop duo/group performance (for “Girls Like You,” with Cardi B). The ultimate get would be an appearance by Drake, whose reaction to awards shows in general has usually been tepid at best.

The Grammys, hosted by Alicia Keys, will be broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on CBS on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT. Performers confirmed so far include Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Dan + Shay, H.E.R., Post Malone with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shawn Mendes, Janelle Monáe, and Kacey Musgraves.

The 61st annual Grammy Awards are produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures for the Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, Ben Winston is executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz is director, Chantel Sausedo is the producer, and David Wild and Ehrlich are the writers.

[the-everlasting-dream]

The Phantom - Kenji x MC AU

Summary: Set after the events of Hero Book 1, Kenji finally locates an elusive murderer but nothing could prepare him for what he finds instead. 

A/N: My first time writing for Hero and Kenji so I apologise if I haven’t gotten the character quite right. This fic was sitting unfinished on my laptop for over 2 months, uninspired. I needed a deadline to kick my ass into finishing for Angst Day of the April Fan Challenge hosted by @laniquelove​ . I love Kenji dearly but this one really broke my heart to write so prepare yourselves

Prompt used will be highlighted in bold.

Word count: 4800+ Don’t say I didn’t warn you. 

Optional song accompaniment: Heartless - Kanye West Cover by Post Malone (love the original but Post’s has more of the soulful vibe I’m after)

Tags: @chantelle-x0x  @choicessa @topsyturvy-dream and @mariawalkerwrites coz I’ve been teasing this all month. 

It had been one year since Silas Prescott had unleashed his unstable Prism energy force on the city and while the rest of its population gradually recovered from the terror, Kenji Katsaros found himself in a stagnant loop, unable to move on from the disaster that had claimed the woman he cared for.  

As promised, Dax and Poppy began the search almost immediately for Alexa, scouring local and international satellites, monitoring Earth’s exosphere for any trace of Prism energy. Their efforts were greatly enhanced when Grayson offered his father’s facility for their operation but after 12 months with no result, the doubt began to settle in and they began to assume the worst. 

Meiko Katsaros noticed the change in her son first. She saw it in the way his usually bright eyes seemed to lose their fire, his trademark air of mischief seemed to have disappeared entirely. She saw it in the way he threw himself into his gym sessions - they'd never gone through so many punching bags in such a short time. She saw it every night as they had dinner together in the way Kenji would limply push his food across the plate until he realised she’d noticed, shovelling it into his mouth mindlessly and vanishing from the table before she could breech the subject. Meiko wished she could be there to comfort him but as DA, her job required her full attention especially after Silas' attack and with more people affected by the Prism's energy, the numbers of superhuman persons was at an all time high.  

At his mother’s behest, Kenji returned to his duties as manager of The Grand, more to please her than anything, assuming some semblance of normalcy but it was clear to his friends that he was no longer the same person. Things that had once brought amusement like dancing and partying were wasted on him as he dully moved through life, without vigour, a shell of his former self often to be found sitting in the recesses of the club, nursing an untouched whiskey.

The city now hailed Talos the Man of Bronze as some sort of hero after witnessing his actions that day. Law enforcement officials had contacted him regarding contractual work, wishing to work together to impede the steady rise of crime that unfolded in the wake of the disaster. Kenji readily threw himself into the task as it served a dual and somewhat oxymoronic purpose. It took his mind off his worries but in doing so he felt strangely closer to Alexa. 

I have to do this… It's what she would have wanted, he thought each time he threw himself into another mission. This is what she would be proud of. She had been a hero. She is a hero. I wish she could have been here to see it. 

Friday night at the Grand was in full swing and Kenji found himself in his usual booth. Earlier, several girls had approached him to dance, eager to get his number but he had politely turned them down, preferring his own thoughts to the loud atmosphere of the club. His brain returned to its usual patterns, thoughts of Alexa, of her whereabouts. 

Was she safe? Was she even alive? 

The sad knowing smile she gave him just before she vanished appeared once again in his mind along with each vivid detail of that fateful day that had been etched deeply on the surface of his brain. Not for the first time, he immersed himself in the memory.

Fuschia rays lit up the sky, beams of energy rippling across the scene. Several skyscrapers were on fire, the smoke rising gently above the chaos below. The salty taste of blood and metal mingled on his tongue as, screams, sirens, sounds of wreckage merging together in a horrific cacophony that grazed his eardrums, setting his teeth on edge. 

He had been too weak, powerless to do anything but watch as the madman that was Silas Prescott violently slam Alexa into pavement, the asphalt splintering under the impact. Arcs of magenta energy emanated from his form as he hammered his fists into her body. From somewhere on his left, Kenji vaguely heard Eva calling out. 

'Starfly!’

Anger raced through him as he shouted across the tumult. 

‘Get away from her!’ 

With great difficulty, Kenji pushed himself up onto an elbow before a stab of pain cut through his chest. Desperately shoving the sensation aside, he staggered to his feet before another blast of energy slammed into his torso, overwhelmed his body and he sank to his knees. The edges of his vision began to blur as the pinkish glow around Silas seemed to intensify ten times over. Alexa’s eyes found his own amidst all the chaos, her gaze holding a thousand unspoken words as her lips curved into a sad smile. As realisation dawned on him, Kenji started forward, ignoring the ripple of agony that coursed through his body, determined to get to her. 

‘Alexa no! There has to be another way!’

For a moment, he thought Minuet was using her abilities to slow down time as he watched the woman he cared so deeply for pull Silas up into the stratosphere, her figure gradually growing smaller and smaller as she disappeared into the clouds above them. Shortly after, a massive explosion unfolded from above, blinding beams of pink light piercing through the clouds. A soul-crushing, resounding howl of pain and loss ripped from Kenji's throat before his brain could register what was happening. 

NOOOO! 

His eyes frantically raked the boundless morning sky for that familiar black suit, searching for some sign, any sign that she was alright. Through the storm of emotions, he felt rather than saw Eva come up beside him.

‘Do you see her?’ His voice was a ragged mess as he struggled to his feet, his bronze exterior vanishing as he scanned the horizon. Time became foreign as Kenji fought waves of fatigue, blindly staggering through the carnage of the battle, searching for her in the rubble until he fell to his knees. Soft hands came to rest on his shoulders. 

‘Kenji… Kenji please. You can’t go on like this,’ Poppy’s soft voice broke through his frenzied state. ‘You’re exhausted. You need to rest.’

He cast his eyes to the sky, remembering Alexa’s dark ones burning into his before she sacrificed herself for the planet. ‘I-I need to find her Poppy… She has to be alive… I need to tell her...'

‘I know,’ Poppy soothed, running a hand across his bronze back. ‘I know. We will do everything to find her. But you need to come with me. You’ can’t help find her if you’ve collapsed with exhaustion.’

As much as Kenji hated to admit it, she had a point and the fatigue hit him as he struggled to his feet, allowing her to lead him away.

His phone chimed loudly, sending Kenji screeching back to the present and a glance at the brightly illuminated screen revealed a text message from Dax. 

Found the perp from the homicide. Sending the coordinates now.  

In an instant, he had grabbed his jacket and exited the building, fingers tapping out a quick reply.

On my way. 

A few weeks earlier there had been a murder of four of the city's biggest business tycoons after their embezzlement scandal that had put hundreds of employees out of a job, was uncovered. When the authorities had finally broken into their luxurious villas to arrest them, all the men were found dead, heads separated from their bodies by a few metres of space. One by one more of the city’s corrupt leaders and citizens were found dead in their homes after evidence of their deceit was exposed. 

The killer had executed their dark task with maximum prejudice and violence and when traces of Prism energy had been detected on the latest crime scene the police departments had immediately enlisted Talos on the case. Up till now, they had had no solid leads and law enfacement was reduced to grasping at straws, stray comments on online forums, scouring for hidden codes in text messages.  When the media discovered this, they'd a field day with the information, spinning tall tales of events that never happened, striking fear into the hearts of the citizens, awarding the menace a moniker of The Phantom. 

Kenji had been the murderer’s tail for over almost three weeks now but each time he got close they seemed to evade his reach. This was the strongest lead the team had ever picked up. If the information was held, he was close, so close to catching the bastard he could taste it on his tongue. 

He was not letting them get away this time. 

Touching the ear piece on the left side of his head, Kenji frowned, skeptically eyeing the decrepit steel warehouse before him. 'Dax you sure this is the place?'

The cool night air grazed his bronze form as he stared at the line of abandoned buildings at the docks edge, their silhouettes illuminated by the light of the pale full moon. The entire scene was eerily quiet save for water rippling gently against the jetties. A blueish hologram of the bushy haired lab assistant flickered up from the device on his bronze wrist. 

'About 87% sure Talos. Prism energy here is at an all time high here, too high for any Liquid Prism user and the readings only match perfectly with the ones of the crime scene.’ 

‘Huh..’ Kenji heard Poppy say. 'If I didn’t know any better I’d say it was..’

‘Focus Poppy!’ Dax snapped. 'We have a murderer to catch.'

Kenji grunted in response. 'That's good enough for me. I'm going in.'

'Be careful Kenji.' Poppy's voice was thick with worry. 

Brushing her words aside, he made for the building, ready to finally bring justice to the madman who had terrorised the city. 

The main door to the structure was padlocked with chains but Kenji located a small side door and pushed it open, wincing as the hinges creak loudly. Moonlight splintered through the steel plated walls and cracked window panes, illuminating the dust warehouse floor littered with haphazardly stacked wooden boxes and large misshapen pieces of metal. Kenji's foot brushed a pile of rusty chains and he winced as a metallic clink echoed through the building. Rounding a wall of boxes, he was about to abandon the search before he saw a pale stream of moonlight entering through the open skylight. 

A lone figure knelt in the square of light on lowest floor of the warehouse, a head of dark hair bowed, hands clenching in tight fists resting on bent knees. 

At the sight, cold anger swelled up inside Kenji, tickling the back of his throat and flooding his sinuses and he struggled to fathom how a maniac who had killed at least a dozen people in cold blood could sit to calmly so peacefully like that, with the knowledge that they had taken life from other human beings. Sure the victims had’t been completely innocent, he might almost go so far as to say they deserved it. Almost. 

While Kenji spared no drop of empathy for those businessman and media moguls who had been killed, his firm grip on morality reminded him that they had been human beings, like everyone else and there was no excuse for the violence that had brought them to their end.  

Gritted his teeth, Kenji wound up for a punch, his right arm morphing into a hammer-like appendage - an ability he’d developed during the last year to transform any part of his bronze form into an object he projected from his mind. Pure rage seethed through him and his muscles tensed to coordinate for the perfect surprise attack. He poised to leap out from his hiding place behind a wall of boxes, his brain already beginning the process of coordinating an ambush when a stray puff of wind rippled through the warehouse, gently shifting the greasy hair covering the killer’s face. Recognition jolted through him and Kenji willed himself to reverse the motion, his body fighting to stabilise as two opposing actions collided, throwing him off balance towards the floor. 

Her face. It was a face he knew, eyes he recognised, lips he’d kissed and caressed so lovingly.  

Alexa. 

Her name echoed in his mind with a new meaning almost as if her physical presence shook him out of the trance he had been in for the last 12 months. In that time Kenji’d pictured this encounter a thousand times, imagined each possible way it could play out in every moment waking or sleeping. He was too surprised to be angry, the adrenaline coursing through his veins temporarily keeping all the vast spectrum of emotions her presence had trigged at bay for now at least. His breath caught in his throat, a thousand questions swirling in his head. 

How did she survive? Where had she been all this time? Why didn’t she come back to the lab? What was she doing in this place? 

Unsure of what to say, Kenji hesitantly inched his way towards her, not caring to conceal the sounds his footsteps made against the dusty floor. Her eyes were downcast, and she did not make any move to acknowledge his presence. Only when he was a few metres away, did he dare to address her hesitantly. 

‘Alexa.'

Her name sounded so foreign on his tongue after a year of unease almost as if he had forgotten to how to pronounce it. 

‘WHAT?!?’ His friends voices overlapped as they shrieked their resulting surprise in his ear. With her gaze trained steadily on the floor beneath her, she snapped an arm up in his direction, fingers splayed outward, palm facing him as sparks of pink energy flickering dangerously between her digits. Kenji immediately froze, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender. 

‘I’m not gonna hurt you. I just want to talk.' 

Ignoring Dax and Poppy’s screeches of protest, he flipped the tiny switch on the earpiece, severing the connection. 

‘Just you and me. A-Are you okay?’ He asked, punctuating the question with a tentative step forward. She ignored his question and though her arm remained outstretched, pink lightning vanished. 

‘I’m gonna come closer now okay?,’ he told her, fighting to keep his voice even. When she made no move, he took a few steps closer to her kneeling figure. 

In this unstable state, Kenji had no idea what she would do and the last thing he wanted was to scare her off. Now that he was closer, he could see through her greasy strands of hair to the blue brown eyes underneath still fixated on the spot on the floor. The light from the full moon was sufficient enough to bring his attention to her familiar black suit now riddled with rips and what he suspected to be burn marks, judging from the angry raw flesh underneath. Static streaks of pink lightning sparked across her skin in wild unpredictable patterns, almost seeming to flow from within her person. 

Closer still and he could see the deep purple crescents under her eyes and his stomach dropped. Alexa’s true birth right as an alien was no secret to him, she’d confided in him about the real reason behind her enhanced endurance and capabilities. She was a strong woman and her powers only fortified her iron will and stubborn persistence. For her to end up here like this, so battered and ravaged, Kenji shuddered to think of the horrors she might have faced in the last year in whatever alien realm or cosmic continent she had disappeared to.  

He shivered at the weight of this thought and it took a physical effort for him to remove all such concerns, at least temporarily. Right now she needed him, she needed her friend, someone he could trust and Kenji cast aside his bronze form, the metal rippling back to expose his human flesh. A tiny voice warned him against doing so, issuing a tugging reminder of his original mission, about the murderer he was meant to be tracking but he forcefully silenced the thought. 

The one and only thing that mattered now was Alexa.  

Crouching down to her level, he was close enough to touch her now, barely an arm's distance away. As much as his hands screamed to touch her, to hold her, tell her it was ok, he fought against the instinct, partially in the interest of self preservation,  if he was being honest with himself. Even as Talos, he had barely been a match for her when she’d first discovered her powers and now Kenji shuddered to think what devastation Alexa could achieve with these newfound abilities. The bubbling sensation in his gut told him that it wouldn’t take much more than one hit from her pink lightning to knock him out. It was paramount that he did nothing to antagonising her in this fractured state. He had no idea what state her mind was in right now and could only imagine the fear and uncertainty she must be feeling. One false move on his part could scare her away and he’d lose her all over again. 

‘Alexa,’ Kenji gulped before beginning tentatively. ‘Alexa, you have to come with me. It's not safe here.’ 

She continued to stare at a crack in the concrete undeterred by his request. If it wasn’t for the twitch of her mouth, he’d assume she was ignoring him. 

Kenji tried again, becoming more and more aware of how exposed their position was and if anyone was lurking to attack they’d have a clear shot at them. He needed to persuade Alexa to leave or at least move to a more sheltered area. 

'There’s a murderer on the loose… they've killed over a dozen people and they could-‘  

'Murderer hmm? That's what they’re calling me now?’ 

Her voice was low and cracked almost as if she hadn’t used it in the entire year she’d been away. Or rather, Kenji realised, she’d used it too much, running it ragged from screaming until it escaped her in a rough croak. Her tone, however, was unmistakable, bordering somewhere between vague disinterest and amusement and the way she emphasised murderer was enough to made him bristle visibly. Why was it that word that broke her out of her trance? What was it about the word that suddenly prompted her to acknowledge him? 

'Alexa what do you mean?’ Kenji questioned, not comprehending her meaning. 'No one’s called you a murderer? Silas’ death was not your fault.' 

She raised her head at the remark. Her stormy eyes stared blankly into his, looking at Kenji for the first time in a year. He marvelled again at the unique combination of green and brown in her irises, one of the first things he’d noticed about her. Her gaze now was obstructed partially by the grimy strands of black hanging limply from her scalp but the look held within was unmistakable.

'A-Alexa?’ He stammered, as the neurons in his brain kicked into overdrive, scrambling to put together the pieces as a surge of doubt rose up in his chest welled up.   

Kenji shook his head violently as if the very action could expel the notion from his mind and undo the countless atrocities she was alluding to have committed. He refused to admit it. 

Because it just wasn’t true! 

This was Alexa he was talking to. His Alexa. 

The thought stunned him. He’d never called her that, never once in his mind or out loud and certainly not to her face. While the thought prompted feelings of tenderness and nostalgia, Kenji found it hard to stomach either of the as he frantically searched her eyes for some remorse, a shred of regret, anything to reassure him that he’d read it wrong, that actually it wasn’t her after all, it was an accident, she hadn’t meant to do it. It was all a misunderstanding because she wasn’t a murderer, she just couldn’t be. He felt sick to the stomach instantly. 

A deeper horror replaced the initial shock as Kenji watched Alexa’s left eyebrow lifted ever so slightly, throwing out a challenge in the subtle move, daring him to think differently. 

She’d done it. She’d killed those people. 

She was the murderer.

It seemed to press on his chest, constricting his lungs until his breath came out in haggard gasps. Kenji didn’t know what was worse, the fact that she’d done it or that she was proud of what she’d done. He struggled to keep his composure to keep himself from shouting, from grabbing her to yell why, how could she have done this? 

His face must have betrayed him because Alexa's lips had just begun to curl up into a terrifying smile almost as if she was taking pleasure in watching him squirm. The muscles of her jaw unclenched in preparation to speak when-

BEEP BEEP

Both sets of eyes flew immediately to the communications device on his wrist where the blue hologram of Poppy began to take form. Her voice flowed in through Kenji’s earpiece and he cursed once, realising Dax must have had deliberately reactivated their comm line. 

'Sorry to interrupt Talos.’ His friend's tone was apologetic and one glance at Alexa told him that she was using her super hearing to listen in on the conversation. 

His gaze focused once more on the hologram and his friend's dishevelled appearance before he realised something must have been very wrong for Poppy Patel to be wearing torn clothes. 

'There's been another attack on the nano science labs here at Prescott Industries,’ her voice was shaky as she spoke. 'I know you’re in the middle of something important but they’ve got guns and are all enhanced on Liquid Prism.' 

Poppy’s voices took on a desperate tone now. 'There are seven of them and they’ve got Dax and the other scientists locked away in the simulation room. I don’t know where Grayson or Eva are but I managed to get out and get to the lab. Please Kenji! We need yo-'

Poppy’s blue silhouette fizzled once before disappearing as the feed cut out. Kenji leapt to up, adrenaline coursing through him as his eyes flew across the room, searching for the nearest exit, scrambling to calculate how quickly he could get to his friends. 

In a heartbeat, Alexa was on her feet next to him, her voice leaden as she stated. ‘I’m coming with you.’

‘No way!' Kenji protested, looking at her as if she was out of her mind. After what she had just revealed to him, there was no way in hell he’d allow her to come along. 'Thats not an option. Not in your current state.’ 

She ignored his protest, glaring ahead, her face devoid of emotion. 'They must be purged. The only way is to eliminate them. Permanently.’ 

‘What?’ He snapped, whirling around to look at her. For a brief moment he thought she was playing a cruel joke on him but one look at her stony expression put that thought to rest. 

'Alexa do you even hear yourself?’ He questioned, refusing to believe what he had just heard. 'You’re not actually suggesting to kill them are you?'

'What other option is there?' 

Her suggestion burned in his ears as Kenji stared at her in horror. The way she said it made the idea seem so simple, as if it was a casual comment or remark. He could never imagine such words to come from the Alexa he’d known. She’d never trivialise something as important as peoples lives, no matter who or what they had done.

'They don’t deserve to live.’ He heard her say, her voice echoing hollowly through the empty warehouse. 

She couldn’t do this, he wouldn’t let her. He wouldn’t standby and watch as she murdered more people. That alone was enough to break him out of the trance her words had trapped in and he finally found his voice. 

'Maybe not but its not up to you to decide that,’ he pleaded, hoping, praying that she would come to her senses. 

Alexa scoffed bitterly, settled her stormy grey gaze on him. ‘Everyone has their vices, darling, at least mine do some damn good around here.’ 

‘Vices?’ Kenji gasped raggedly, shocked that such words could come from his friend, the woman he deeply cared for. ‘Arrogance is a vice, drinking too much is a vice. Killing people isn’t a vice Alexa! I don’t care what you've done, no hero should ever—’

Her voice was as sharp as steel, silencing him, cutting through his protests with frightening precision. ‘Well there’s your first mistake. Who ever said I wanted to be a hero?’

That voice cut Kenji to his core, like a diamond knife heated precisely, deliberately to the melting point of bronze stabbed into his chest to its intended destination, his heart and he recoiled from it as if she’d physically struck him. Memories of times shared with her came flooding back through the chaos churning inside him. Alexa couldn’t have forgotten. Even if she didn’t want to remember, he did and he be damned if he failed to convince her otherwise. 

‘You did Alexa! You said that yourself! You used to save people. That's what heroes do. What you did! You saved us all from Silas last year and-

‘Look how that turned out,’ she hissed, her face morphing into an ugly sneer so intense that Kenji actually took a step away from her. 

Despite her protests, Kenji still believe that the woman he loved was there. She had to be there. She just needed to be reminded of who she was.

'Come home with me Alexa. Come home please! We can sort this out. I know we can!' As Kenji said this he placed a hand on her arm, touching her for the first time. 

Faster than lightning, her arm shot out against his chest, shoving him hard and his reflexes barely had time to summon his bronze form before his body hit the warehouse wall, hard. Kenji could taste the metallic tang of blood in his mouth, his vision swimming, barely able to register Alexa's dark figure standing over him.  

'Don't you see?’ She snarled, her voice rising over the ringing in his ears. 'I did go home! And all they did was make me into a monster. There's so much you don’t understand, so much I’ve done. There’s no going back for me now.’ 

Before Alexa could walk away, Kenji latched on to her leg, pouring all his strength into the grip, even though he knew he couldn’t hold her back. ‘Alexa, please you don’t believe that. You can’t believe that. Please.' 

'Let me go Katsaros. Before you make me do something you'll regret,’ she spat venomously. 

Kenji’s sharp intake of breath could be hear throughout the warehouse when she said his name. 

'Then do it!' He pleaded, voice high in desperation. 'I don’t care what happens to me if it will bring you back. The city needs you back! Your friends Grayson, Dax, Eva, Poppy they were all looking for you everyone was looking for you. I just need you back Alexa.’ 

His legs swayed against empty air as she seemed to rise above him and he tightened his grip on her leg as she began to hover higher and higher, passing through the open skylight.    

'The Alexa you knew is not coming back,’ she informed him coldly as their altitude increased until the entire city sprawled out below them. 'She died when Silas blasted her into oblivion. You’re nothing but a fool chasing a fantasy.' 

Kenji’s hold faltered slightly and his muscles burned, using all his energy to clutch her leg.‘No! I refuse to believe that. My Alexa is still in there. If that makes me a fool so be it!' He declared before his breath caught and he choked out the next words. 'I love you so much, I'd be willing to die for you.'

Alexa halted their ascent, her piercing stare cutting through whatever resolve he had left. Of all the weapons she’d attacked him with, her silence, her blatant refusal to speak was the most violent. 

At this, something inside Kenji just… broke…

It was unspeakable torture to look into the eyes of the woman you had confessed your love for and find nothing but cold distaste and repulsion. His arms screamed as he struggled to keep his grip, trying to find some purchase, some reassurance to fortify his convictions but there was none. Space had chewed up the woman he loved, disgorging this cold-hearted, malevolent creature in her place instead.  

Even as he fell, Kenji's eyes remained on her retreating figure. Without so much as a second glance, the Phantom soared upwards, disappearing into the night. She wasn’t his to claim, never was and from the last look in her eyes, she never would be. 

She truly was an alien to him now... 

[goalhofer]

2020 Olympics British Virgin Islands Roster

Athletics

Kyron McMaster (Road Town)

Chantel Malone (Road Town)

Swimming

Elinah Philip (Miami, Florida)