There was a momentary lull in the carnage as Irillith followed the ramp up and around the corner, her sister hovering protectively at her side. The in...ectoid troops lurking around the corner in ambush rushed forward, but Tashana’s twin Quantum pistols barked out their deadly song and they were blown to pieces in a hail of railgun slugs.Irillith levelled the underslung Pulse Cannon at the rest of the screeching troops and blazing azure bolts scythed through their ranks, cutting the Kirrix down.. " I TOLD you I was in a bad mood... The blonde opened her mouth again, but the swarthy little brunette next to her said, "Shut up, Belinda. Just because you think you've got forever..." There were several rumbles in reply to this so I figured I'd better get a grip on things."Enough!" I yelled. "Look, I can lie to you or I can be honest. I choose to be honest. Take it or leave it."An early thirties type raised her hand in the back. "What was that about not being able to choose?" Well, in the. There isn’t even strength. All I see is pain. I see pain and service. I see darkness and hatred. I see fear and anxiety. I see emptiness and fire. Not the fire that holds off the cold, but the fire that burns down your home while you’re sleeping.“I’m not trying to beat you,” I whisper. “Reyna plays games; she has winners and loser. I don’t play games.”“Everyone plays games.”“Not us. Not you.”“I’m not that girl.”“Yes, you are.” I see it so clearly. This girl is the worst of Maria, but she is. Getting out we moved to Flat 435 and Dave knocked. The door was opened by a middle-aged black guy, he looked at me and whistled, " Hey guys this little honey is as cute as he said", we entered the flat, I saw two other black guys in their 40s/ early 50s sitting on a dirty looking settee. The first thing I noticed was they were just wearing shorts and both had beer bellies hanging over their waistbands. The guy who let us in was taller and slimmer than the other two dressed in a vest top and.