Faith Eliza Cord
Four Thousand Club
Alicia didn't bother to join Anthony in forcing Steven into submission. It seemed he was doing a perfectly good job of it himself, and far be it for her to thwart him actually being useful for a change. In fact, it looked like very little work on her part was needed other than to sharply turn towards Alice and her protective shield, taking up her knife and slashing out at it, trying to weaken its physical force to break through to it even. For now it was holding firm, but she could see that Rikarah was weak inside it, that Katarina and Alice appeared frightened simply by her efforts, and this was somewhat satisfying itself.
"You can kill the extra, Anthony," she said about Steven, dismissing him and his importance. Their boss might be upset about that, but he was an actual physical threat that she was unsure of her ability to physically overpower, and this could not be forgotten as a factor. "What are you waiting for? Finish him!"
Xander hears his brother speaking to them; even Rikarah's faint voices catches his notice, and his eyes slowly avert from Kyle to his sisters' and Rikarah's protected state near Madison. He looks at Chris's body, slightly apart from the others, and sharp regret, pain, and guilt for her death, for his inability to save her, fills his chest, making it difficult for him to even continue to draw breath. He can hardly continue to hold up the gun in his hand as he hears Kyle's words.
His brother needed him. What was he doing, when his brother needed him? When his sister did, his baby sister, and his twin?
Alicia's voice was still sharply commanding, but now Xander slowly swung the gun around to point to her, and sparks began to fly from his free hand as he lifted it high to point towards her.
"No."
His hands both jerked as he pulled the trigger and simultaneously released a stream of electricity, aimed in her direction.
"You can kill the extra, Anthony," she said about Steven, dismissing him and his importance. Their boss might be upset about that, but he was an actual physical threat that she was unsure of her ability to physically overpower, and this could not be forgotten as a factor. "What are you waiting for? Finish him!"
Xander hears his brother speaking to them; even Rikarah's faint voices catches his notice, and his eyes slowly avert from Kyle to his sisters' and Rikarah's protected state near Madison. He looks at Chris's body, slightly apart from the others, and sharp regret, pain, and guilt for her death, for his inability to save her, fills his chest, making it difficult for him to even continue to draw breath. He can hardly continue to hold up the gun in his hand as he hears Kyle's words.
His brother needed him. What was he doing, when his brother needed him? When his sister did, his baby sister, and his twin?
Alicia's voice was still sharply commanding, but now Xander slowly swung the gun around to point to her, and sparks began to fly from his free hand as he lifted it high to point towards her.
"No."
His hands both jerked as he pulled the trigger and simultaneously released a stream of electricity, aimed in her direction.