Loyalties and Lies [Rewritten Under Different Name]

Chapter 13: loyal. . . to who?

TW self depreciating thoughts, violence?
Please let me know if I missed any.

Wilbur

I heard the elevator ding, and watched Techno come out.

He was carrying a mesh bag with him.

I waved, and he nodded back.

"I'll be in my office." He said as he walked out of the commons.

Phil walked out of the hallway a moment later.

"Why is Techno carrying a mesh bag?"

I shrugged, "beats me."

He stared at me for a moment.

"Oh, you actually wanted me to find out."

Phil facepalmed, "Yes Wil, I wanted you to find out."

"Alright, alright, go meet Tommy for me though."

"Okay." He said, walking over to the elevator.

I sighed, and walked through the door and down the hall.

You should go help your friend.

You owe it to him.

You should tell the heros your information, it is valuable.

He is a villan now.

He can't be saved.

Save the majority.

Repay your old friend.

Be the hero you always wanted to be.

Go back to working in the shadows.

Where do your loyalties lie?

I shook my head, the inner turmoil fading into the background, but always there.

I knocked on the door, "Techno?"

"Come in." I opened the door

"What's the mesh bag for?"

"Little fox followed me home, I need you to take her to your friend from District 8."

"You mean Kit?" I asked.

"Yeah, just someone who can take the fox back to District 8."

"Sure, just drop her off at my office in the afternoon." I said, leaning against the door frame.

"Great." He said, unzipping the bag.

A small black fox came barreling out.

"Nyx, don't kill the man, he's your way home."

"You named it?"

"Well, I can't just call it the fox, can I?"

I sighed, "Alright, I'm going to see Tommy."

I looked back at Nyx, she probably wasn't any older than 1 month.

Nyx could be a spy.

Nyx is too young.

You should warn Techno.

But he looks so happy.

I closed the door on my way out.

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I walked to the park, with Techno in tow, carrying Nyx.

I forced him to come with me, but I think he liked it.

As expected, Kit was sitting on the fountain, ears as black as her hair.

I knew she was tracking our movements, even though her head is to the sky.

A lot of hybrids are built for tracking, like Foxes, and Raccoons, Canids, and Felines.

Avians do it too, but a lot less subtly.

Astro was an intense tracker, his eyes always fixed on your movements.

Once we were a few steps away, she snapped her eyes open, "Hello Wilbur."

"And you are?" She said, swinging her legs over the side of the fountain.

"Techno, Wilbur said you would be able to get this fox back to safety." He said, gesturing to the mesh bag. "She followed me home."

Kit grinned, "Of course I can."

Techno handed the mesh bag over to Kit, and we left.

We drove back to District 1, and suited up for the night.

Quite honestly, I don't think any of us wanted to do this tonight. Techno seemed zoned out, all through the walk there, and Phil seemed preoccupied with something.

But we went anyway.

It was just Icarus tonight, and he was having none of our shit.

He told us to not f*ck with him that night basically.

I didn't.

Phil might've.

Techno probably didn't.

Then, at 3 in the morning, I got a call from Techno.

The fox was waiting for him on his doorstep.

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