❝You've got what it takes but it will take everything you've got ❞
[X AMBASSADORS ¤ RENEGADES]
DIALOGUE
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He wasn't sayin' no, just that going from one place as a slave to serve another was pointless. They'd be trapped in this circle of unending servitude, and what if they got caught, wouldn't it be worse? No, something told him it couldn't get any worse than how things are now. But they didn't want that, just a chance to escape.
Zero stared at the kid when he referred to Loretta as his girlfriend. He didn't know what to say to that. Only it reminded him of how much she'd put up a fight once she came to her senses. How her eyes would scorch him with misplaced resentment, how he'd stand helpless beneath the inferno of her every lashing word. If words came at all, accusing him of endless pain and scars that would never go away. Of how he stole any chances of her happiness.
At least then she'd be home and safe. As safe as he could make it, he and Ren. He wasn't sure the extent of the damage, how much her mind had absorbed and molded as truth. How dark and twisted her world had become. But from what she displayed the last time they encountered each other, it wasn't hard to paint the picture. By then he would find out and if she was frightened as much as he, then he would go into the shadows, as if he were her monster, her devil.
Doc finished patching her up. Zero didn't want to move her; this wasn't exactly Holiday Inn.
"Thanks." Zero said, and he looked from her to him, "You did what you could, considering." And just like that the frost whirled away and there was light peeking through. So warm.
Xavier's mannerisms were strangely calming.
When Loretta's giggle sliced through him and he flickered his eyes at her.
The smile although brief, her gaze although unfocused, made him stop and stare and for a sliver of a moment there was hope. He smiled back, a reflexive tilt of his lips. Her mirror. Then her light shuttered and with it went the peace, but he'd clutch that image, keep it locked into the folds of his own memories, hold it forever.
Doc gave him these vials, for pain. He would have to trust his word, that's all he got. He slid them into his pocket, then he cupped her into his arms. So light, so fragile. He glanced out the window, Ren was close. "And you guys wanna stick around til that bastard shows? C'mon, we're bustin' outta here." He slid the window open, now look who's taken unconventional exists? The fastest way without having to take the long one.
"I figure you'd want to help, so I went ahead and made arrangements for the two. Head North-East the rout you'd taken, I sent Francis. He's in the black SUV make sure this time, it's Chevy."
Maria, he owed her more than he could ever repay.
"You're awesome." He whispered and headed out. The snow and chill of winter prickled at his skin but that didn't bother him much.
"Hey, what's the hold up?" Ren jogged over, his eyes were wide at the figures at the window. "New friends?"
Zero leapt off the edge of the roof, landed into the snow, kicking up clouds of white. Loretta cradled in his arms, fast asleep. "They're taggin'with us, for the ride back."
Like dad always said, help those who can't help themselves.
He stopped once reaching him. "Ren, give me your jacket."
Ren shrugged it off, draped it over Loretta. They'd get her dressed in winter gear once they reached base.
"Your friends are gonna need help, they can't make that jump without breaking something." Ren was staring above, then he took a running start before he was airborn. On the top he approached the window, "So, hear you're abandoning ship. We gonna do this or what?"