Thread: The Evil behind the Mirror ( Shadowrun/Horror, Pazzo x DarkAngel76)

Tara's head lolled from side to side, her eyes sticky with groggy sleep. Oh how she wished she could crawl into something warm, something comfortable. But she didn't deserve comfort, nor pity. This was her penance for all the bad choices she'd made. Her father's wishes were coming true. Hell, even her dead mother was probably getting her own dreams realized this very minute. Funny, the woman's ghost probably wouldn't want anything to do with her when her time came to meet her on the other side and, she was more certain than ever that time was fast approaching. Her blue eyes blinked a few times, the last bit of sleep leaving them. Suddenly, she felt that wave of panic come over her. There was Leo across the way, his face just as angry as it had been before things had gone dark. Still, she saw the fear, the terror. The cyber man was also there. Calm. Collected. The perfect picture of serenity. Leo grumbled, the ball gag muffling every syllable. He went silent then. Fixing his dark eyes on Tara, he just focused on the anger, how it was her fault that they were in this mess in the first place. If she hadn't been such a stupid cunt, he wouldn't have had to raise his hand...then, he wouldn't have bumped this psychopath with all the hardware. He inwardly laughednervous hysteria and seething furyfiguring that all the add-ons had to make up for something . Maybe that was why he rammed the injector up his dick so hard. Ha! Maybe he had to compensate for something. Wackos like this always did. Didn't they? Hell if he knew...but it made him feel better thinking so. Tara looked at the cyber man, her body trembling from cold and fear and... She watched him carefully, listened to his words. Her blue eyes then went to the gun. Oh, she couldn't do it. There was no way. Her life or Leo's? How could someone ask her that? She just couldn't do it. Her eyes fluttered shut, tears fell from them and down along her cheeks. Leo would've smirked if he only could. He saw the way Tara's eyes glistened. Stupid bitch was too fucking soft. A good lay and hot as hell, but that was it. Eye candy, a great porthole in a storm. But, it ended there. There were other girls out there. Hell, he could probably even persuade that friend of hersMartyto spread her legs a few times if he wanted. He had a way of charming girls when he felt like it and keeping them around when it suited his purposes. This was a no brainer. An easy decision. Swallowing hard, Tara suddenly saw everything in slow motionher life as a child when things had been good, when her mom had been alive...then her mom had passed away, times got hard, she and her dad fought...she started to stay out later, meet other people...bad choices... All of it made her head swim, her eyes water, her body shake. She couldn't kill Leo despite all the bad things he'd done to her, to others, would probably do again. Maybe this ordeal would change him. It certainly changed her. But she deserved this. If he chose to shoot, she'd accept it. What did it matter anyway? Only one of them could really get out anyway. Just then, the button was pushed by the cyber man. The next instant, Tara heard a loud CRACK and felt a spatter of warm and wet trickle down her face. Her eyes widened as her vision blurred. Leo hadn't hesitated, hadn't even contemplated...he'd shot her. And now she was going to die and he was going to be free... Sometimes the only way to end bad choices, to break the cycle is to die.