"Why would you say some shit like that?" I ask Shaddius.
Shaddius looks over at me, "I'm not trying to play you. I'm just telling you what my intelligence says."
"The Maneater Outbreak is dead. The District created a vaccine."
"Viruses mutate all the time. Who knows what a new strain of the Maneater Virus could do in the hands of the right men," Shaddius raises an eyebrow, "Or should I say women?"
This motherfucker.
He is standing here with this pompous fucking grin talking shit about my family.
"You really think I would believe some Carolina lies?"
I spit at his feet.
"Carolina lies?" Shaddius asks me.
"That's all you sick fucking men do. All you do is lie," I retaliate.
Shaddius raises an eyebrow, "Are you fucking joking? I just risked my job to tell you some classified information. Your Grandfather---he started the plague. That stone you gave me is being used right now to confirm that theory."
Theory. First he has positive intelligence and now he had a theory.
"I just have an idea about what you should do with your theory," I say, "Seriously."
"What's that?"
"Shove it up your motherfucking ass."
Shaddius leans forward at that moment, "Ok. Clearly I didn't expect this reaction. I'm not trying to argue with you. I told you that because believe it or not I care about you."
He tries to grab my arm but I pull away. I pull away as hard as I can and take a swipe at him.
"You don't even know me," I respond.
"Wow..." Shaddius states.
"Put your fuckin' fingers on me again and you'll find out some more dangerous intelligence about Amazons," I tell him.
My threat is loud and clear. I know that Shaddius is closing off to me. I don't care. I can't believe he would accuse my family of something so stupid as biological terrorism. My Grandfather wasn't that type of person. He was an isolationist. He never wanted to be that type of person. He'd gone out of his way to promote peace. The fact that Shaddius wanted to stand around and tell me about my grandfather blew my fucking mind.
I wanted to leap on him and beat the shit out of him. I wanted to just take off his fucking skin for coming at my family, my country and my nation like that.
"Can you stop acting like a fucking BITCH?" Shaddius asks me, "I know you've been around females but goddam! Grow the fuck up and stop bleeding out of that pussy of yours."
There it was. The old Shaddius was back.
"Yo---fall back Shaddius," a voice states.
I'm not surprised when the door opens and Rahmell steps out. Shaddius is loud as all fuck. He is relatively darker complexioned but now he is a dark red. Rahmell is standing at my side at that moment. Amethyst is by his side.
Shaddius is pissed. I can see it on his face. He gets so disrespectful. Stop bleeding out of my pussy? Really?
Shaddius looks at me. Then he looks at Rahmell. Then he looks at me again.
"Man fuck you Gem," Shaddius says, "Last time I try to help you."
He doesn't wait for me to respond before he storms off away.
