“No,” Amy said, as if that was that.
She glanced at me. “Thank you for bringing her to me so I could help her. Um. I don’t want it to be a nasty surprise, so you should know I didn’t give the bugs I designed any proper digestive systems. They’ll starve to death before the week’s over, but the Nine will be gone by then. If they aren’t, we’re all fucked anyways, aren’t we?”
Well, shit.
Does that include Atlas?
It probably includes Atlas.
I looked down at Atlas, then back to her. I clenched my fists. “I’m using them to help people.”
“For now, sure. In the future? I couldn’t be sure. So I put a time limit on them. Let’s go, Victoria.”
Yeah… I kinda saw something like this coming, though I’m not sure how clear I’ve been about it. Amy’s just not the type to be willing to give villains permanent benefits.
“Hey!” I shouted. My swarm stirred around me as the pair turned to walk away.
What’cha gonna do? You can’t really attack them all that well if you were to go for that. You shouldn’t, anyway. That’d be rude.
“No,” Tattletale said, putting a hand on my shoulder.
“But she-”
“She’s not thinking straight. We’ve all been there. You don’t want to start a fight. We’ve got other enemies to focus on without making more.”
Lisa’s right. Besides, Amy’s done a lot to help them, even if it turns out it’s just temporary.
I was pissed off enough that I wanted to hit someone. I couldn’t even articulate the entirety of why I was so angry. I’d gone out of my way to be nice to her, to empathize, to save her sister, and save both of their lives. And this was how she repaid me? A slap in the face, a final gesture to make her distrust for me as blatant as possible?
Fair enough, but I honestly think she was telling the truth about saying that so it didn’t become a nasty surprise when it happened.
I also think some of Taylor’s anger is because she’s started bonding with Atlas and doesn’t want to lose him.
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