In the end she cannot bring herself to sabotage it. It goes against everything that she believes in.There is no way she will risk a life to take Royce down.Instead, she will just have to find some evidence as soon as possible so that he can be put behind bars before the cure gets approved for mass distribution.For tonight, she will do what she set out to do all along.The reason she had created this cure, to save lives.With that decided, she grabs some vials and stores them in a case which she carries along with her.She makes her way back to the driveway where he’s still waiting in the car.He jumps out of the driver’s seat to open her door as usual and then they’re back on the road again.A thought occurs to Raven a few minutes into the drive.If these people react to the cure any similarly to Mighty did, they might need some extra help to make sure that it doesn’t get out of hand.“We need a medical team, can you get them where we’re heading to?” she says to Royce politely.He
All the while she had thought Draco was onto something about what type of person Royce is, but not to this extent. She did not think that he was this vile.If he’s really doing what she’s thinking, Royce wants to use her to make profit from both sides.On one hand, he would be earning from running the drug operation, and on the other he will be earning from circulating the cure for that same drug.He would have both the problem and the solution in his hands, all at the same time.It is such a despicable power move, yet it is so smart that she is almost impressed.For this partnership though, there is no way in hell that she’s going to do this with him. Allow him to have both sides under his thumb? Absolutely not.Yet, she cannot just reject his offer outright.Without any doubt, that would make him suspicious or even alert him that she knows something that she shouldn’t.That will not in any way end well.So she decides that she has to be smart about this, wave him off in a way that w
Raven walks across the room, adding yet another batch of the newly made cure into the fridge for storage.Since Mighty confirmed that her cure works perfectly, she has been working on creating more cures, reduplicating the same formula over and over again.By now she has made so much that there will barely be any free space for storage very soon.The real issue now is getting other people to use the cure to be even more sure, and that will pose a problem because getting just Mighty to test the cure was a hassle, how much more other people.Not only that, but if she does manage to find people, there is also the case of creating more batches of the cure. There is only so much she can make by herself before her supplies run out.Then before she can get some sort of funding, she needs to get the cure medically approved, which all falls back to her first concern, getting more people to use the cure.She could try asking Royce for help, but she’s not sure how that would go, since she knows
Raven is back at her apartment with her arms folded around her on the couch, where she has been for hours as she stares into space.Her head is loud despite her stillness, and all she can hear is that this is all her fault.She should have worked more on it and tried harder to find someone else to test the cure.She had been so desperate that she took the first chance she got, and now, Mighty’s life is in danger because of it.She has no idea what to do from here, but just hopes and prays that he’s okay.The urge to call Draco and ask what is going on is very strong, but she resists every time, knowing fully well that he is pissed at her.His demeanor earlier had said that well enough.Unable to resist the urge anymore, she decides to text him instead, but just before she presses the send button, she deletes it all again.She is worrying herself to a headache, thinking about what condition Mighty may be in, when her phone rings out into the otherwise silent room.Her brows furrow at t
Draco arrives at the motel room with Carla right on his tail.He pushes the door open, momentarily pausing at the sight of Raven leaning over an unconscious Mighty.“Draco,” she calls out at the sight of him, her voice cracking.Springing to action immediately, he rushes over to them, zeroing in on Mighty.“What can I do to,” Raven starts, but he cuts her off rudely.“You have done enough. Just stay away.”He ignores the hurt that flashes in her eyes. How could she feel hurt when she had been the reason for all of this?She had made Mighty take the drug all in the name of her experiments, potentially endangering his life.“I think it is pretty clear that you are not wanted or needed here,” Carla says with a sneer before pushing past her and crouching next to Draco. He is checking for any signs of life and lets out a breath when he finds a pulse.“Let me try something,” Carla murmurs beside him, and he halts, allowing her to do her thing.A blue glow emits from her hands as she hovers
Without hesitation she changes her route, following the person and walking in the same direction that he did.She keeps some distance between them, following him carefully.Her heart is pounding as she tries to stay quiet, ducking behind parked cars and staying in the shadows.The person turns into a narrow alley between two abandoned buildings and she waits a few seconds before peering around the corner.When she does, he's standing with his back to her, hunching over something in his hands.Even in the dim light she can see him bringing something white to his nose and snorting it, and her stomach drops.Another drug user, but this one looks different somehow. He has cleaner clothes and a better posture even while using drugs.Maybe this person would be more reasonable than the homeless addicts she had been dealing with all along.She takes a deep breath and starts walking toward him.“Excuse me?” she calls out cautiously.The person spins around, startled, and Raven is surprised at