The Stigma (by Koltin Scott)

Chap. XVIII

"Be prepared."

–Old Cub Scout motto
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On our way back to the mansion I had gotten a text from Weya:

<We're calling for a late dinner meeting...>

Must be about the attack...

We came in and pizzas of several flavors were there and ready to be eaten. Doug was chowing down and looked a little scuffed up. Something wasn't good...

"AllFall," Wehya said, "were you attacked today?"

"No sir."

"Sarah," Thread Walker asked, "was there anyone strange at school today?"

"Umm, noo, but Fluffy was acting kinda funny."

"There's no way that they're not being watched." Doug said.

"Can I please have a recap?" I asked.

"Everyone was attacked by sloppy Dragoon aspirants." Doug answered.

"I was attacked by a rubber elastic man knock-off and a cloner." Weyha said.

"Jeepers Creepers knock-off." Baron added.

"A low-tier electric specialist that teleported through conductors." Thread Walker noted.

"Obsidian?" Alien asked darkly, she looked up at him, "Is there a reason why you are so quiet?"

"I don't want to talk about it." And she set her face for resistance.

The question flew from my mouth,
"Did you orchestrate these attacks?"

The table went silent and she bore her dark eyes into me,

"You think. That I. Would. Do. This?"

Her eyes burrowed deeper,

"What has Alien told you?!"

Alien smiled, "I didn't tell her anything." (His goon did...)

"Were you attacked?" The Baron boomed.

"I would never-"

"Were. You. Attacked!?"

She turned and met my gaze, and with a scary smile,

"Was AllFall attacked?"

The room went silent a moment...

I was the one who jumped to the conclusion after all...

"Let me see your phones." Alien said.

"Um," Obsidian said, "NO."

"This isn't about my trustworthiness Obsidian. It's about YOURS..."

A moment passed,

"I'll let Salamay see it-"

"No, I'm checking her computer next-"
that sparked alarm in me...

If they find out that she hacked into the Angelic mainframe and see what she was looking at I will be discovered...

"-Now. Give. Me. The. Phone-" He discreetly glanced at me and added an 's' for plurality.

"I got nothing to hide," I said confidently and handed my phone to the person next to me and they passed it down.

"Obsidian?" The Baron said darkly.

She looked at him with tears welling in her eyes and took out her phone. She began shoving her phone to him but stopped halfway,

"I was attacked today. I had went to see my ex-boyfriend. He was my attacker-" she looked up at Alien, "and I didn't want to talk about it!"