Paradox Princess: Book 1, Corrution

Chapter Twelve: Retribution

Aušra glared down at Soto, who glared back at her; however he could not hide the fear in his face. Soto was shocked that she found him so quickly, and then he realized that she had mentioned that the Black Hawks were hiding at the plant long before his arrival. The royal knights behind her either wore expressions of disapproval or excitement.

"Fancy meeting you here, Kirigami," Aušra said nastily with a smirk that twisted her child like face. "Why did you come here?"

Soto continued to glare at her, attempting to hide his fear. He had no answer why he came by himself, for he did not know. At that moment, the door which he had sealed shut flew off its hinges and landed in a molten heap. Lord Zen came out of the red hot frame, followed by Fredrick Wolfgang and the rest of their troops not behind Aušra. They stood at attention in front of the blasted door.

Soto had jumped to his feet, but he felt himself get forced to his knees before he even turned.

"Stay on the ground, I'm still pissed at you," Aušra said coldly as she held a hand out at him as though in the motion of holding him on his knees. "Answer my question."

"I don't know why I did it," Soto said sounding disgruntled. "I was looking for answers, I guess..."

"I don't want an excuse, I want an explanation," Aušra growled glaring down at him. "Do you realize what you could have done?!"

Soto remained silent, as he continued to stare into Aušra's piercing eyes.

"You jeopardized people's lives with your bumbling idiocy!" Aušra hissed. "You could have ruined the operation and gotten your allies killed!"

Soto glared down at her feet.

"I don't have allies," Soto said darkly. "I'm all alone."

Aušra bared her teeth in fury and stomped the ground once. The concrete shattered under her and shook the ground with the force of a magnitude three earthquake. Everyone looked shocked by this display.

"Don't fuck with me, Kirigami!" Aušra roared in rage. "Are you saying that we're your enemies now!? Don't push your luck!"

"No," Soto said firmly. "You are not my enemy or my ally..."

Aušra narrowed her eyes, she seemed to consider him.

"I see," she said darkly, her eyes then snapped to his side pouch. "What is this?!"

She thrust her hand towards Soto's side pouch, and the hard drive he had appropriated earlier flew into her free hand. She glared at it.

"That is a hard drive that may contain important information about the enemy," Soto told Aušra, still staring down at her feet.

To everyone's shock, Aušra crushed it in her hand as though it was a paper cup. She threw it aside as she glared down at Soto.

"What are you-!" Soto began in shock before Aušra cut him off.

"SILENCE!" she roared, and then growled in fury then threw her arms out to her sides indicting around her. "I have this whole power plan as information that I need as prove of our enemies' guilty actions! I refuse to take information from traitors! I hate nothing more than traitors!"

"That was never my intention!" Soto said quickly looking shocked now.

"Are you quick to change your mind, coward?!" Aušra spat in disgust. "I trusted you! I believed that you would put faith in me! Instead you stabbed me in the back!"

"You're wrong!" Soto objected. "I-!"

"BULLSHIT!" Aušra roared at him. "How am I wrong!? I told you to stay put, and yet you ran off! WHO IS WRONG!?"