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nose-to-nose in protesting rebuttal. We were able to get a good view of it during their fight. The gem shimmered with a pinkish glare that jumped to life with every emotion of Yel’s that spiked during his knockdown-drag-out argument.
The bad news about their fighting was that the ship was speeding toward Frostwick as fast as it could cut through the rolling black waters, and there was no way to stop it. Zora seemed more interested in proving her point and winning her argument than she did resolving the current situation. She stepped over a soulless body, like it wasn’t eve there, to get a better screaming angle at Yel who was moving back away from her.
“Are you sure about this?” I asked again. I didn’t know X. He seemed okay, but his plan was crazy, and I take all the risk .
Well, I wanted to be an Infinite. That career choice was looking dumber by the second. But, what else was I going to do? I was committed. It was our only plan, and I had nothing else to suggest. It was time to put up or shut up.
I was as ready as I was going to be, but X’s grizzly reply of “I’m mostly sure,” deflated my sad little confidence balloon. I was pushed onward mostly by the dwindling remains of my courage, a smattering of will, but in large, by giant buckets filled with fear over how much Sway would make fun of me should I chicken out.
I motioned for X to lead the way. He went to the bridge door, and I ducked off just to the side so Yel wouldn’t be able to see me.
X banged on the door. “Mom! Dad! This is X! Let me in!” Yelling, his voice was low but wall-shaking. I thought it sounded funny.
The shouting stopped, the door slid open, and X stood there in the doorway for a second. I could hear the conversations perfectly.
“Well, what is The X doing here? I thought he was staying home.” Yel said to Zora.
Zora wasted no time, “You would never know what he was up to. That would require you to actually care.”
“Oh, because you’re mother of the year,” Yel countered, “You’re home maybe thirty days of every three hundred?”
“Stop it, both of you.” X shouted. “What’s going on here?”
“Nothing,” Yel said, “But you need to go. I’ve got a launch hiding near the rear of the ship. Go there now, and go back home.”
“In this weather?” His mom protested.
I could feel X’s fear. His voice shook just a bit as he challenged his father, “So I can go back and wait there to be Ripped like Peore?” His voice grew more confident, “But then that’s going to happen if I stay here since you’ve somehow gotten your hands on the Soul Diamond. What’s the plan, Dad? You Rip everyone on board and sink the ship just to ruin Mom’s career?”
“How do you know about that?” His dad seethed. “You don’t understand anything. You’re just a teenager. Now do what you’re told and go home.”
X was still in the doorway holding it open. He shouted at his father, “Not until you tell me what your plan is.”
“X, go.” His mom said. “I don’t know what he’s planning, but I don’t want you in the middle of this.”
“Well, it’s not like you’re going to do anything about it,” X replied. “You’re too busy trying to win the un-winnable argument. The truth is you both suck as parents, as spouses, and as people. I’m sorry I’m your child.” That sounded painfully familiar. Guilt punched through my heart like a waking dead man punches through his buried coffin. I saw parents who did deserve to have that said to them. My dad was nothing like either of them.
“Have it your way,” Yel said with almost no emotion. “If you choose to stay with these people, then you can join them. Nothing will stop me or this ship.”
I could almost hear X smile, “Good, then I won’t have to feel bad about this.”
That was the signal. I lunged from behind the corner at the same time X jumped into
The bad news about their fighting was that the ship was speeding toward Frostwick as fast as it could cut through the rolling black waters, and there was no way to stop it. Zora seemed more interested in proving her point and winning her argument than she did resolving the current situation. She stepped over a soulless body, like it wasn’t eve there, to get a better screaming angle at Yel who was moving back away from her.
“Are you sure about this?” I asked again. I didn’t know X. He seemed okay, but his plan was crazy, and I take all the risk .
Well, I wanted to be an Infinite. That career choice was looking dumber by the second. But, what else was I going to do? I was committed. It was our only plan, and I had nothing else to suggest. It was time to put up or shut up.
I was as ready as I was going to be, but X’s grizzly reply of “I’m mostly sure,” deflated my sad little confidence balloon. I was pushed onward mostly by the dwindling remains of my courage, a smattering of will, but in large, by giant buckets filled with fear over how much Sway would make fun of me should I chicken out.
I motioned for X to lead the way. He went to the bridge door, and I ducked off just to the side so Yel wouldn’t be able to see me.
X banged on the door. “Mom! Dad! This is X! Let me in!” Yelling, his voice was low but wall-shaking. I thought it sounded funny.
The shouting stopped, the door slid open, and X stood there in the doorway for a second. I could hear the conversations perfectly.
“Well, what is The X doing here? I thought he was staying home.” Yel said to Zora.
Zora wasted no time, “You would never know what he was up to. That would require you to actually care.”
“Oh, because you’re mother of the year,” Yel countered, “You’re home maybe thirty days of every three hundred?”
“Stop it, both of you.” X shouted. “What’s going on here?”
“Nothing,” Yel said, “But you need to go. I’ve got a launch hiding near the rear of the ship. Go there now, and go back home.”
“In this weather?” His mom protested.
I could feel X’s fear. His voice shook just a bit as he challenged his father, “So I can go back and wait there to be Ripped like Peore?” His voice grew more confident, “But then that’s going to happen if I stay here since you’ve somehow gotten your hands on the Soul Diamond. What’s the plan, Dad? You Rip everyone on board and sink the ship just to ruin Mom’s career?”
“How do you know about that?” His dad seethed. “You don’t understand anything. You’re just a teenager. Now do what you’re told and go home.”
X was still in the doorway holding it open. He shouted at his father, “Not until you tell me what your plan is.”
“X, go.” His mom said. “I don’t know what he’s planning, but I don’t want you in the middle of this.”
“Well, it’s not like you’re going to do anything about it,” X replied. “You’re too busy trying to win the un-winnable argument. The truth is you both suck as parents, as spouses, and as people. I’m sorry I’m your child.” That sounded painfully familiar. Guilt punched through my heart like a waking dead man punches through his buried coffin. I saw parents who did deserve to have that said to them. My dad was nothing like either of them.
“Have it your way,” Yel said with almost no emotion. “If you choose to stay with these people, then you can join them. Nothing will stop me or this ship.”
I could almost hear X smile, “Good, then I won’t have to feel bad about this.”
That was the signal. I lunged from behind the corner at the same time X jumped into
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