She raised her clippers, mouth open to say something nasty. A flight. Away. He didn't care. Not one bit. He took her, ruined her life, made her lose everything. Now he was done with her. He'd used her in every way he could. And it made her feel filthy, worthless.
She lowered the clippers again, dropped her blaster. She really didn't... care. Not right now. She didn't want anything. How could she? Nobody cared. None of these people. The ones who said they were trying to bring freedom. They said they were trying to help people?
What about her?
Where could she even go now? She couldn't go home. She wanted to go home, but home was gone. They knew she was on the ship when it was taken. They knew who took the ship. They would know she was involved when she came back. They'd take her. They'd get her to talk. One way or another.
She followed, head down, hand still clutching the wire clippers. Her tools were all she had left. Her only piece of her old life left. And he was just going to drop her off somewhere. With nothing. After taking everything. Charlene wasn't a soldier. She wasn't a tactition. She wasn't a crazy cyborg hacker either. She was just... a mechanic. Why did she think for a second she would be anything?
"Fate is punishing me," she said as she followed Greyson, "I've angered the Gods, and they've punished me with you."
This stupid war. This stupid, what even was it? Rebellion? It didn't matter. What did any of this matter to her? She didn't want this. They hadn't given her much of a choice!
This was their fault. No. His fault. She looked down at the crowbar in her belt. She was standing behind him. She could do it. Hit him hard, knock him down. Before he hurt someone else. Before he used another girl and threw her away too.
Her hand went to her belt... and she put the clippers away, climbed on the ship with the rest.
"The Gods will judge you, Greyson," she snapped, "I hope they judge you harshly."
[member="Cyril Grayson"]