Amanita: Poison Shot

Chapter 11: Failure and Blame

Nobody dared to say a word after that comment about Siegfried's dick. I didn't see that one coming. I blushed. Did that mean that Siegfried fancied me? But how?

"I should be going," I whispered as I took a couple of steps back. I was far too embarrassed to stay there.

"Not so fast!" Agape yelled at me. I shuddered. "You're in this shit with the rest of us now! From now on, like it or not, you work for me!"

Her teeth were perfect, and she was fully displaying them to me as if she was a hungry wolf ready to eat me whole.

"And don't I have a say in this?" I asked naively but offended.

"How stupid are you?!" she yelled, making me feel stupid. "Of course not! If you've got any complaints, just talk to this idiot!" She pointed at Siegfried. She was more offended than I was. "He could've shot you in the head! We would be much better off! One problem less."

She was nauseated by my presence, as much as I was by her.

I turned my face to stare at Siegfried, who was standing right beside me. I had wronged him, and Agape by extension, somehow by merely crossing his path that afternoon. He should've killed me to make things easy, to make her happy.

At that moment, Siegfried was taking off a couple of eye contacts and was storing them in a small box. He had got brown eyes, like me. That amazing green hue was so intense that it wasn't natural. Of course, he was wearing contacts! He was taking them off casually. He was impassive to that last comment from Agape, while I was shaking like a leaf.

"Are you alright?" he asked softly. Was he used to Agape's fits of anger?

I didn't answer. I wanted to run away and never look back.

"Next time, Siegfried, I expect no collateral damages," Agape insisted, still angry. "Whoever interferes gets shot. Like your target should've, the kiddo."

"What?!" I exclaimed. "The kiddo? My brother?" My voice was creaking.

I stared at Siegfried in disbelief. He was staring back at me with a painful expression.

I had honestly thought he was meant to save him, not kill him! But he had been vague about it before. He had only admitted his mission was to prevent the clones from taking Daniel to the President's mansion to perform the surgery.

I realised he had never told me his mission was to actually save him. He had been economical with the truth.

"That was our one chance, you idiot!" Agape went on in anger while Siegfried's eyes got sadder while staring at me. "I've seen it all! Your teammates already know, by the way. All but Gabi. He's gonna know soon enough. They're furious! You swore that you were ready to take on this job! Did you lie to me?! Are you bailing?! If that's so, I don't wanna see you again! You hear me?!"

"I'm not bailing," he replied seriously.

His eyes were fixed back on hers, and they spoke volumes written in death and coldness. His pupils were small and deadly. I swallowed hard. It felt to me as if he was a dark angel leisurely walking out of hell. My blood felt like freezing.

"If you're not bailing, admit why you've failed this afternoon," she pressured him.

"You already know that," he whispered coldly. "You've seen it all on your screen thanks to my hacked chip."

"I want to hear it from your lips, honey," she said with an evil smirk on her face. "Now."

"Agape, please..." he begged with a softer voice.