It was a sharp darkness. There was nothing I could see, nothing I could feel.
Is this the realm of death?
Did I die? In such a ridiculous way?
This must be a joke. This must be another part of Hudson's game. Wait, a game? If it's a game, then it's already started when she showed up.
I shouldn't have believed a word that came out of that bitch's mouth. Not targeting me anymore? The dumbest joke of the century, and I let myself dance between her fingers.
The freedom in everything made me complacent and started to take things for granted. "Okay, okay. I understand. I already know what you're up to. You're frustrated that you can't disable my abilities, but I don't even know how that work. Look, we can discuss this together, and find the best way out," was what I would probably say if I met Hudson again out there.
But what if that 'if' never happened?
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