For plan two, I needed my baton.  I could only hope it was in one piece.

Since Gold Skitter dropped her baton earlier in the chapter, hundreds or even thousands of pirates have set sail to search for it.

I used my power and my eyes to search the factory floor, while keeping my head still, so he couldn’t see what I was doing. 

My bugs were almost here, arriving in droves.

Almost go time!

I found my baton lying against the wall near where I’d been pinned by Mannequin.  I’d have to get by him to get it.

Hm, yeah, that’s probably too heavy for the bugs to carry even with the roach stretchers.

Fetch.  I ordered my bugs, as Mannequin lunged for me again.

…or maybe not?

I didn’t have a second thought to spare as far as telling them how.  For now, I needed to survive.

Good luck to both Taylor and the bugs, I suppose!

Maybe, just maybe, Taylor has enough subconscious control that it feeds them the rest of the information they need?

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