[color=f49ac2]"The drone thing wasn't [i]that[/i] impressive."[/color] SIGINT rolled her eyes, shifting her weight as she crossed her arms. [color=f49ac2]"All I did was lift the encryption key, frame header, and procedure list from the one we nabbed, and send out a shutdown signal to the rest. Hell, they'll be able to reactivate more than half of them. It just won't be our problem."[/color] She kicked Melvin around a bit on the floor, watching him roll helplessly. [color=f49ac2]"And I was saving my own bacon too, you know. All those guys were after [i]me[/i] to begin with. If you guys hadn't showed up..."[/color]

She wasn't sure whether to say "You wouldn't have been involved", or "I would have died". Both were valid follow-ups, but it was a matter of perspective more than anything else. She had the option of quietly dying alone, but the girl had refused to go out that way. Instead, she had sought to raise as much havoc for her would-be killers as she could, even if it didn't change the inevitable outcome.

It was only fate or chance, whichever one chose to believe in, that her last laugh ended up saving her life in the end — at the cost of involving a number of people who could have otherwise continued their own business at leisure.

[color=f49ac2]"...How much you wanna bet those eggs are fresh?"[/color] SIGINT mentioned to Giggles, listening idly to the sizzling from around the corner. [color=f49ac2]"Well, still better than [i]eating the walls[/i]..."[/color]