❝Tonight I held you with my tainted hands.❞
[X AMBASSADORS ¤ RENEGADES]
DIALOGUE
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She was gone. As if the time they shared had been as real as dreams. But again, this was not on her, but the bitch with the power to mess up one's own thoughts. Such a cowardly convention, Maddox must be a lonley being if she had to resort to low means in order to have one remain at her side, work for her, become her pet.
Pity.
"That's not the real concern here, is it?" Ren said, having more control to actually speak coherently. He barely registered what Loretta had uttered toward him, those words held little meaning. "The cowardly old crone must resort to puppeteering otherwise she's as alone as they come. Fascinating. Only you've acquired someone of which doesn't belong. We're here to merely reclaim such." The being's eyes flickered toward hers, held her gaze unflinchingly.
Zero didn't allow himself to consider what that meant for them. He didn't want to remember the way she reacted the instant he walked in, because if he did he'd only end up hating himself more.
He should have been more careful.
"Zero you do realize she's not just a normal human right? That Maddox's influence can only reach so far?" Maria probed along, "Loretta's case isn't permanent just look at it that way. Also, the extraction phase is under way."
Zero glanced up toward the electronic eye in the room, how it watched his every movement. Was Maria there too? Observing them all?
"Maddox, we have come to realize you have a certain liking to collectables. However, Miss Loretta isn't a person who is regarded so." Zero said, though it would seem Maddox was beyond rational.
"But I also realize that words are futile, when it comes to beings of your type there is only one way to get meaning across." He took no chances and flipped the table over, food and dishes shot across the room and he bounded forward. Striking with everything he's got.
Ren sent a pulse of shock waves toward the entrance when several servicemen tried to enter.
"Not your fight, robots." He smirked as their insides got fried, extra crispy.
The window to Loretta's room sprung open with sudden force the pane shook. Her entire room darkened on cue and in came the beings assigned on bringing her back. While they slipped through and gathered her into their disabling net, the others sent signals outward, for the entire team to move in.
After all, it wasn't just Loretta they came for. The mission wasn'to complete until they apprehended the U.S. most wanted Being. Madame Maddox.