Life's A Beach

[Kennifer]

Amanda's head was bowed again, her hair-- which had since turned stark-white almost all over-- falling in her face again.

This... was it. This was it, she was going to die. Was it going to hurt, she wondered? Dumb question. She'd seen those other executions, back at that facility. They were, to put it lightly, brutal. She was shaking now, her breath coming in ragged gasps. They hadn't listened... she'd tried... oh how she'd tried, but this was it. They'd just... follow one another. Just like back then, like she had... she'd made all those mistakes then, she'd paid the price for it at the end of that game. Just like she would now.

This was the end.

They wouldn't understand. Well, most of them, anyway.

"I just... I wanted..."

She tries to catch her breath. How would they do it? Slow and painful? Quick and easy?

"I wanted the world to be more beautiful again, without... without them. Collateral damage is always to be expected with this sort of thing. Isn't it? After it was all over though... it'd be brilliant. No more gangs, no more cults..." She put a particularly nasty emphasis on that last word. "All of the bad people wouldn't be able to hurt anyone any more. I..."

She was pulling at her hair now, pulling out the red hairs, although they sprung right back up after.

"I made mistakes. I always make mistakes. Maybe I'm a mistake, I don't know. But you're all getting what you wanted and... maybe... maybe the world can still be more beautiful."

She looked up, her eyes still looking pretty freaky from the whole Virus Fragment thing, as well as bright with tears. She was shaking, terrified...

"I... I'm sorry I failed."

Who she was apologizing to wasn't clear, as she'd bowed her head again, then followed Victoria to the roof.