“The hell it’s not your fault,” Kate said.
“I believe
him,” Nat said.
“That’s cuz
you two are fucking.”
“I am able
to disagree with people I’m fucking.”
“Look at
the damage. This was a storm rider. Ursula didn’t do this.”
“Ursula?” I
asked.
“Little Mermaid baddy,” Nat said. “You’re
right, Kate, but I don’t think it’s his fault it happened. He’s a clueless
idiot.”
This was
the part where I was supposed to object, but in the world of storm riders, it
was kind of true, even though I had been one for a few years, now. Seemed there
was always something new to learn.
I shrugged
and nodded. “Listen to the lady, she knows what she’s talking about.”
Kate glared
at me, but after a few moments, softened. “Okay, so what the fuck happened?”
“Reilly,
you have any lightning left?”
I shook my
head.
“Take some
of mine.” She held out her hand, palm out.
I threw up
the Vulcan salute, holding my hand close.
“Okay, I
can see why you fuck him,” Kate said.
“Live loooooong,”
I said.
“You can
have him, if you want.”
“Here I am
being traded like a piece of meat, to be used for sex. I’m so happy,” I
grinned.
I reached
out with other senses, creating a positive charge in my hand to receive the
lightning from Nat. Blue white electricity arced from her hand to mine, and
then I felt something, a wrenching, of something wrong, and then the world
exploded.