06-04-2015, 10:17 AM
Samus had barely had a chance to look at the burned-up little girl before she was gone. At least, she’d looked like a child — something about her had suggested an intelligence beyond her year. Regardless, the bounty hunter was glad she was out of danger now.
Which left them as a trio. Samus was a lot more comfortable with Erza around. And it seemed that she knew this Gildarts. Good thing I didn’t pump him full of hot flak when I had the chance, thought the bounty hunter. He’d proven useful besides.
What wasn’t comfortable was losing her helmet. In its bashed-up state, she’d elected to forgo it completely. Now the whole world knew what she looked like. Not a great concern considering the Empire probably already knew her bust measurements, but still something that made her cringe. She preferred to keep an air of anonymity. Now that she was famous, everything would be different. Perhaps a disguise would be in order once she returned to the main world.
One thing gave her a small amount of satisfaction — the fact that Cindy was dead. With the prize of her betrayal now in some other Prime’s hands, what reason did Samus have left to stay in this disgusting verse? Not much. She knew that there was little chance of saving Harry now. Even Mickey might already be dead. Besides, this whole competition only allowed one person to escape. So why was she here now?
The truth was that she was foolish. No matter how old she grew, somewhere inside she would still always be the little girl who defied her superiors and spat up at the face of bullies. She would find Harry, and Mickey, and then … she didn’t know. But she wouldn’t let Jak have his way. If she had hers, there would be a bullet and a banishment circle waiting for him outside of this competition. Criminals like Jak belonged in the Underverse. That was all there was to it. What he was doing might be legal, technically, but there were times when legality had to be defied. The only law was what was right. If she’d been taken into the competition against her will, she was sure that was only the beginning of his crimes. There must have been others who were coerced … tricked. It wasn’t right. That couldn’t be the way things were done in the Omniverse. She wouldn’t let it be.
She looked up and hoped Jak was watching.
Which left them as a trio. Samus was a lot more comfortable with Erza around. And it seemed that she knew this Gildarts. Good thing I didn’t pump him full of hot flak when I had the chance, thought the bounty hunter. He’d proven useful besides.
What wasn’t comfortable was losing her helmet. In its bashed-up state, she’d elected to forgo it completely. Now the whole world knew what she looked like. Not a great concern considering the Empire probably already knew her bust measurements, but still something that made her cringe. She preferred to keep an air of anonymity. Now that she was famous, everything would be different. Perhaps a disguise would be in order once she returned to the main world.
One thing gave her a small amount of satisfaction — the fact that Cindy was dead. With the prize of her betrayal now in some other Prime’s hands, what reason did Samus have left to stay in this disgusting verse? Not much. She knew that there was little chance of saving Harry now. Even Mickey might already be dead. Besides, this whole competition only allowed one person to escape. So why was she here now?
The truth was that she was foolish. No matter how old she grew, somewhere inside she would still always be the little girl who defied her superiors and spat up at the face of bullies. She would find Harry, and Mickey, and then … she didn’t know. But she wouldn’t let Jak have his way. If she had hers, there would be a bullet and a banishment circle waiting for him outside of this competition. Criminals like Jak belonged in the Underverse. That was all there was to it. What he was doing might be legal, technically, but there were times when legality had to be defied. The only law was what was right. If she’d been taken into the competition against her will, she was sure that was only the beginning of his crimes. There must have been others who were coerced … tricked. It wasn’t right. That couldn’t be the way things were done in the Omniverse. She wouldn’t let it be.
She looked up and hoped Jak was watching.
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