“Only three?”  Bonesaw pouted.

“Only three.”

“Then, um.  Skitter…”

That one was obvious. Bonesaw is too intrigued by Skitter’s ability to use the bugs while her gemma is disabled to leave her behind.

I felt hands seize my feet and pull me away from my teammates.  Burnscar.  She held me under one arm, my head and arms dangling.  Beads of blood dripped down to the floor.

Huh, she’s pretty strong. Bonesaw’s work, perhaps?

“Um, um.  Tattletale.  I want to see what her brain looks like, too.”

Ah, yeah, that’s fair.

“Tattletale it is.”

“And Trickster!  Because Ball-of-fire girl killed Hack Job.  I want another.”

Oh! RIP Hack Job.

Also, she might be a bit disappointed to find that Trickster’s teleporting doesn’t quite work as well for the purposes of being a meat shield as Hack Job’s did, but it is really good for sowing chaos on the battlefield.

It kind of requires intelligence to use effectively, though.

Hack Job?

Oh right, Taylor doesn’t know about that whole thing yet. She’s just been thinking he was Hatchet Face. Which is half true.

“Trickster it is.  Finish off the rest.”

“Can I leave Brian there?  I have to show my art to people to get known.”

Honey, you’re already known for your art. You’re a famous, uh, artist! Sure, doesn’t hurt to have some more exposure, but do you think you’ll get that from a piece hanging in some random former health club’s freezer room?

“Brian, is it?  Hm.  I think that’s a very good idea.”

…why?

I can hear that you have ulterior motives for going along with this. I just don’t know what.

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