It was clear, from the reports coming to Tempest through her earpiece, that things were not going well for STORM. All the agents and security forces, plus the various lockdown procedures were apparently unable to cope with seven superpowered teenagers and a bear.
Of course, the fact that Tempest had subtly undermined many of those self-same lockdown procedures might have had something to do with that.
“They're on Level One!”
“Well, keep them there! If they get out the Director will have our asses.”
There was an odd squelching sound over the airwaves, then:
“I just got hit with an exploding danish!”
Tempest felt a smirk come to her face, but she quickly forced it away. She rounded the corner and frowned as she spotted Spring Rain running towards her. He nodded as he got closer.
“I've got a squad heading up to Level One!” he shouted. “If we hurry, we can get them back under containment and – HEY!”
The “HEY!” was because Tempest grabbed his arm and dragged him into a nearby supply closet. She slammed him up against the wall. Hard.
“What the hell, Tempest?!”
“You killed the nurse,” she said, her voice cold.
“Nurse?” Rain blinked. “What nurse? What the hell are you talking about?”
“The one Glitter Drops helped escape. The one you killed because the Director wanted it. Just like you killed Dropsy later that night.”
She didn't need to hear him say it. His face going pale was all she needed. She slammed him into the wall again.
“You little weasel! We came through training together! What did she ever do to you!”
“I was following orders! Don't pretend you wouldn't have done the same thing!”
“I wouldn't!” Tempest snarled. “She was my friend!”
“Wake up!” Rain shouted back. “No one says no to the Director! You know that! If I hadn't, I'd have wound up just like her eventually! I'm sorry I did it, but I had no choice!”
Tempest glared at him, her nostrils flaring. “Well, I'm giving you one right now.”
She let him go and stared him down. “Option One: You confess to what you did to the higher ups. You testify against the Director and you live with whatever consequences come after that.”
Rain returned the glare. “Fat chance,” he sneered.
Tempest's eyes narrowed and she reached into her jacket.
“Which brings me to Option Two.”
She pulled out her sidearm and clicked the safety off. The sound filled the small closet. Spring Rain's eyes widened as Tempest pressed the barrel to his forehead.
“Time to make your choice.”
Why do I get the feeling Spring Rain's going to take a third option?
Also, the end is nigh!
Well... fuck... Ready or not, here it comes.
"I'm sorry I did it, but I had no choice!" might as well mean "sorry, not sorry!" 90% of the time.
Also stacks up rather poorly in court ever since the Germans tried running that excuse into the ground.
Awesome!
Good to know, and as always, I'm with you in this to the end.
And THIS
gave me a bit of a giggle, just so you know.
And Tempest is finally Doing The Right Thing.
Here's hoping that Spring Rain does, too, and they take a certain jackass Director down for good.
I look forward, with MUCH anticipation, to the next chapter, which we'll get tomorrow, right?
10661004 I have a feeling you may be right.
And indeed.
10661052 Yeah, the "I was just following orders!" excuse ran out of steam after the Nuremburg Trials.
The critical flaw in every villain they always underestimate the main characters. Tempst in the pony world under estimate twilight friends. And tempst in the human world underestimate sunset.
Aaaaaaand RIP.
10661052
Exactly. You can say no. And should since he ordered the murder of a civilan
10661059
Aww, beat me to the Nuremburg reference. I love pressing that button.
10661091 Exactly.
10661135 Yep.
And agreed.
10661465 Yeah, sorry 'bout that, but it was the first thing that sprang to mind when Keroko said that.
10661135
Yeah, you say "no". And YOU get killed instead. I mean, Rain saw what Storm ORDERED to do for someone who tried to RUN AWAY. Do you really think that if you said no you would LIVE?