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Nate was smart to look away; the glare Penny shot him would’ve been just as lethal as her blasting a pen his way. Penny frowned as Britney came out with the bad news, but she turned her head and casted her anger at the window. Well of course members of the alternative universe Illuminati would rather use this moment to come out on top of a power struggle instead of focus on taking down the world eater that would be coming for them once it was done here. It was nice to know that people in the other worlds were as disappointing as those at home. At least that way, there would be no surpri—

"... And Penny the other."

—what. Penny turned back toward the group and gave Britney a look of mild confusion. It wasn’t that she necessarily disagreed with the call so much as that she was shocked that Britney had it in her to even make it. Not so long ago Penny would have taken the moment to gloat and throw potshots at Britney. Actually, not so long ago Penny definitely would have told Britney to shove it and gone off on her own. She was nearly disgusted by how Britney had begun to draw a begrudging respect out of her. So be it. They had more important fights to handle than the one between their egos. With a determined smile, Penny nodded in acceptance.

“We can search the town hall,” said Penny. “Try not to burn the library down, Justin. The damn people in this town are already dumb enough as it is.” She frowned and then muttered darkly to herself, “Course, that’s assuming there’s gonna be any people after this is all over.”

“Probably easiest if we just split ourselves between the two?” asked Caelea.

“Easiest definitely, but taking the easy way could get us killed. The Glutton pretty much knows where we are at all times, not to mention we got to fucking watch out for a bitch with a stripper’s name, plus whatever other horrible thing abominations we might run into. We struggled enough to survive when we are all together; split up it’s gonna be a goddamn nightmare.” Penny sighed. “If we don’t balance the groups out it’s pretty much a death sentence.”

Tuyen turned to Rita and quietly asked, “Who do you think you’ll go with?”

Rita drew her lips tight. She felt safer with Penny. The girl could be volatile, but she had helped her before and she had promised to help her again. However, after their talk last night Penny had promised to keep a tight leash on her brother to keep him under observation—which meant that if she went with Penny she’d be going with Billy. That wasn’t going to happen. 

“Justin’s going to the library, right?” said Rita softly, acting as if she was basing her decision purely upon location. “I’d rather go there. Books always relax me.”

“That means you’re with me, bro,” said Penny. 

“Huh? Why?” said Billy, snapping out of a daydream.

“Because you both hit like girls and don’t know shit about how to use your abstraction,” she said. “Fuck it, my group already has two pariahs in it. Might as well get a third. Britney, you’re coming with me too,” Penny said as she shrugged on her red jacket. “If any of the rest of you nerds have a preference you should speak up now, before Justin and I draft you like a shitty gym class dodgeball team.”