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Original X-roads-2003
He looked at me for a minute. “You know how Sertoff feels about treason.”
I rolled my eyes, “It’s not treason, it’s desertion. A lesser crime, and he can’t persecute what he can’t find. Besides you know Earth as well as I do. We can meet up someplace, I’ll destroy the jumper once I get there so I can’t be detected, you’ll do the same.”
“It sounds like you’ve thought this through…” his voice traveled. What if Sertoff already knew.
“I know what your thinking, you think Sertoff will find out.”
“He can put two and two together you know.”
“Hmmph, he might be hot stuff on Threshold, but he’s nothing on Earth. Somebody’ll shoot him, you know how he is.”
“Yes I do, and that’s exactly it!!!” Jabetto stood up and stretched his outwards. “He’ll shoot them first.”
I rolled my eyes, “Let him go against a crack head.”
Jabetto glared at me.
“Well?” I pushed.
He sighed, “If it was a fool proof plan I would say yeah sure, I hate Sertoff as much as you do. After all he shot me once because of you, now he’s knocked me out…”
“That should tell you something right there.”
“Yeah, to not hang out with you, but I guess that’s what he wants.”
“You know it’s too bad there’s no Jonothan to help.”
“You think Jonothan is going to be all for this idea of yours? It will mean he doesn’t get to see you anymore too.”
I rolled my eyes, “Well what do you think he’s gonna be able to protect me all my life from Sertoff? Or that he would even bother to protect any of you?” I shook my head, “Maybe Jamie, but that’s it.”
“Some friends you have.”
“Oh and I guess you have better, you know this whole time I have yet to see you even talk to anyone outside the group, so don’t go around telling me about friends.”
He looked away at the ground.