No good deed... (Worm AU) (2024)

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The door to his lab hissed open, moving on tracks and pushed by hydraulics. He marched in, and though most wouldn't be able to tell beneath the armor, his shoulders were slumped.

As soon as the door hissed closed he reached for his helmet, blink clicking the unlock icon on his HUD and feeling the instant release with the ease of pressure on the sides and back of his head.

Slowly, he began to place the helmet into its proper place on the recharging station.

"This isn't your fault, Colin"

Dragon's disembodied voice drifted in through the sound system.

"I never said it was." He answered, pulling off his gauntlets and beginning to work off the chest piece.

"You don't have to." She answered him. "I've seen it all over you since you determined Miss Hebert killed Kaiser."

He paused, standing still for a moment as his mind drifted and wandered.

"Then you tell me who else is to blame then."

"What?"

"You tell me who else is the one to blame." He argued. "You're insisting it isn't me. But I'm the one who didn't pay enough attention to Shadow Stalker… Sophia, I'm the one that believed Kaiser and recommended the protection detail be taken off the Heberts. So if I'm not to blame you tell me who is."

His voice never once rose from its calm droll, but the tone was something he didn't wholly recognize.

It had, after all, been a long- long time since he'd felt like a failure.

All of a sudden, he felt the need to sit down, and he all but collapsed in his chair, one hand rising to rub the bridge of his nose.

"Now Wards membership is no longer an option, she's proven herself a danger… you know what that means."

She didn't answer. She knew.

If they couldn't recruit her, then they couldn't contain her or protect her. Which meant that it could only end one of two ways.

Either she'd end up killed in retaliation once the gangs wised up… or they'd have to arrest her.

He would have to arrest her…

He who had failed in every aspect of his job in protecting her in the first place and brought about this situation was the one that was going to have to arrest her.

He'd either give the order, make the plan, design the equipment, or just carry it out himself.

Either way he'd be responsible for screwing her over one more time.

He sat in silence, staring at the cold, tiled floor like it would just spontaneously give him all the answers.

"All of this has been one mistake after another it's true." Dragon finally said. "It's just been one big tragedy that's spiraled out of control since day one. If you want to hold yourself responsible for it I can't stop you. But don't go adding to it now by sitting here feeling sorry for yourself, Colin."

He looked up from the ground, staring up to the ceiling as though he could see her. "I'm not-"

"You are. You screwed up for the first time in god knows how long. Now get yourself up and deal with it. Find a solution like you usually do."

He heard the crackle of the line being cut, and a small, petty part of him felt more than a little chagrined at her taking off with the last word but ultimately… she was right.

He wasn't sure how much time he spent sitting in that chair, with a hundred thoughts moving through his mind and the hours ticking by before he got up and marched over to his desk to pick up his seldom used phone.

It rang twice.

"Speak."

Curt as usual. He could understand.

"Good evening Chief Director. This is Colin Wallis, AKA Armsmaster of the PRT ENE."

"I know who you are Colin." The woman answered. "I'd ask what I can do for you but given the news leaving the east coast these days I think I might have an idea as to what this is about."

He nodded, her statement not entirely unexpected. "Yes well, if you have the time I would like to clear some things up with you before I proceed"

"You have thirty minutes. Speak."

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