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Don’t make some emotional decision that’s going to affect all of us here. You had a long day. Just give it some time before you decide to go off globetrotting.”
    With that, Samantha stormed out of the room, not letting me get another word in.
    Nobody said a thing. The only sound to be heard was Doug typing away on his keyboard.
    “Look, I know you don’t want to hear this, but she is a little bit right,” Drew said. “It’s been a long day. Maybe we shouldn’t make a decision right now. The Legion just attacked, which means we have a while before they do so again. Let’s at least sleep on it for one night before we make any major decisions, alright?”
    I looked to Selena. She nodded.
    “Alright, I can agree with that,” I said. I stood up from my chair, ready for this meeting to be over. “Keep working your contacts, Doug. We need to know as much as we can before we jump into anything.”
    Doug nodded. “Already on it.”
    “I guess we’ll meet back here tomorrow morning?”
    Everybody nodded as they stood from their chairs, save for Doug.
    “I should be ready by then,” Doug said.
    “Alright then,” I said. “It’s settled. We’ll make our decision tomorrow.”

A NEW ASSIGNMENT
    “Hey, I need you for a sec,” Selena said from behind me.
    I stopped in the hallway and turned. She walked out of our meeting room and made her way towards me. “What’s up?” I asked her.
    “I brought someone back with me,” she said with a knowing smile.
    “Oh, yeah?” I asked, perking up. “Please tell me it’s a new Super.”
    Her shoulders slumped a bit. “Well, not really. I mean, he is a Super, just not the good kind. I was able to grab one of the Legion’s Supers and bring him back with me. I’ve got him locked up in room 306—it’s one of the rooms we cleared out. I thought maybe we could pop down there and ask him a few questions. He’s pretty harmless, just has the ability to fly. Very slowly, I might add. I was able to chase him down easily.”
    “Yeah, that sounds great. I’ll take all the answers I can get. I’ll grab Drew and we’ll go see what this Super knows,” I said, sounding as definitive as I could.
    I began to turn around, ending the conversation.
    “Why Drew? I figured you and I could do it,” she said.
    I guessed I hadn’t sounded definitive enough. I’d known she’d get upset. “You’re just really tired, Selena. You need to get some rest, especially if this plan Doug has is going to happen. Don’t worry about it. Drew and I can handle it.”
    “I’m not tired, Kane. If anybody needs rest, it should be you. I’m the one who brought him in. I’m the one who’s going to be asking the questions,” Selena said.
    “Come on, Selene—”
    “Don’t call me that.”
    “Whatever. It’s going to be fine. He’s probably not going to answer our questions, anyway. It’ll only take two seconds. Go get some rest, please.”
    Selena rolled her eyes. “Fine. Whatever. I don’t have time for this. I’ll see you before dinner for training.”
    I smiled. “See you then, Selene.”
    She didn’t smile back.
    I walked towards the elevators as Selena blew past me in full Holocene mode. I chuckled to myself and shook my head. If I were asked why I didn’t want Selena there, I wasn’t sure I could’ve given a definitive answer. I suspected it had something to do with my getting carried away. I was so angry at Atlas and the Legion, I was happy to take my feelings out on one of the Legion’s members, especially after the attack we’d experienced earlier that day.
    So I really did know why; I just didn’t want to admit it. I didn’t want Selena to be there to see me if I got carried away. Which was exactly why Drew had to be there. He could use his Eximus energy to keep me in check. Just in case.
    Or to keep up appearances, at least.
    I rounded the corner and saw Drew and Samantha waiting by the elevator.
    “I wonder how far you could run in the time it’s taking the