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“And you didn’t do anything about it?”
“Giulia never taught me how to do these things! I’m just a secondary character!”
Knight considered this a moment, then holstered his weapon. Relieved, my shoulders slumped. “What do we do with her?”
“Well, since you’re alive and last night you were under a piece of rock, I would say if we leave her here, eventually she’ll come back.”
“So, we just…roll her into the corner?”
He shrugged. “Sounds good to me.”
I hated the idea of going near a dead body, but I didn’t want it staring at me all day either. I approached with caution, then spun her away from me and started pushing her away. But as we rolled, her body slumped in the chair and slid right off to the ground. I shrieked like a little girl and jumped as she flopped forward on her face.
“Knight! What do we do?” I asked, flitting my hands in the air. Oh, God. I was getting worse the more time I spent away from Giulia’s words.
“Pick her up.”
“I can’t touch a dead body!” I hissed. “Are you insane?”
He narrowed his eyes at me. “Don’t call me insane.”
I held out my hands, even more terrified of those dark orbs boring into my skull. While I had become a scared little man, Knight only seemed to grow in intensity. I swallowed hard, hoping he didn’t kill me.
“Alright, I’m sorry. Just…don’t hurt me.”
He rolled his eyes and stalked over to me, motioning for me to help. “Grab her other arm.”
I did as he asked, squealing as her head flopped back when I hoisted her up. Knight did most of the work, but just the fact that I was touching a dead body made this whole thing so horrible. When she was finally in the chair, albeit a little stiff, Knight wheeled her over to the corner.
I stumbled over to the desk and leaned heavily on it, feeling like I was about to throw up. “I don’t feel so good,” I mumbled.
“Buck up,” Knight said, slapping me on the back. I jolted forward, partly because of his massive hand clapping me on the back, and half out of fear. “How are we doing this?”
“Um…” I tried to push the images of Becky in the corner out of my mind. She would be whole tomorrow. “We need everyone down here so we can begin the battle.”
“So call them.”
I winced, hating to admit it. “I don’t actually know how to call anyone.”
Cursing under his breath, he did something with his phone, then shoved it back in his pocket.
“What did you do?”
“I sent out an emergency message to everyone. They should be down here soon.”
I nodded and slumped in the chair. “I don’t suppose you still have computer skills, do you?”
“Yes. Why?”
“Because we need to hack into Giulia’s computer.”
He glanced in the corner at Becky. “It would have been easier with Becky.”
“I don’t think so,” I shook my head. “She was…dumber when I walked in.”
He strode over to the keyboard and got to work. “Why is it that everyone but me is an idiot?”
“Maggie still seems like Maggie,” I offered.