Toshimi could not hide a toothy smile at Alice's admonition to hurry up.<span style="color: #ff0080"> "Awww, you already have a pet name for me. Sparky, I think you should at least buy me dinner first. Although that would be a boring date since you would just be creepily watching me eat."</span>She hurried to catch up, there would always be time to slip away later. She saw the magcuffs and shivered a little. those sort of things sure did bring back memories and even though her anger at Inviere still raged beneath the surface she could not miss the chance to poke fun at the lawbot.<span style="color: #ff0080">"Well shit Cain, I think you might be right. Maybe she is falling for you. This one is really forward too. Cuffs before kissing even. You work fast don't you Sexbot."</span>It was unsettling just how easily she fell back into her banter with Cain.<br/><br/><br/>When Alice was all business and just explained to Cain that she would be putting on the cuffs and with good behavior she might get a slap on the wrist Toshimi was glad.... Just because it would be harder to get her revenge with Inviere locked up, she told herself. When Alice made the rather blunt threat about killing Cain and splitting her bounty, Toshimi felt the urge for violence. No one threatened Cain, Cain was hers... to get revenge on. Dammit! Why had she not just shoved the energy blade through the back of Cain's skull when she first laid eyes on her. She had wanted Cain to see her, to know fear and know that her hours were numbered. Then fucking Li Li had to go pop a blood vessel and now there was all this shit resurfacing. Again Alice addressing her jerked her from her thoughts.<span style="color: #ff0080">"Oh Sparky,"</span>She cooed.<span style="color: #ff0080">"People usually pay good money to call me -Miss- Toshimi. You're cheeky, I like that. And what is between Inviere and I is our business. And while you getting me in cuffs does sound like it might be fun, I think I will have to decline. Once I know Li Li is going to be okay I will be on my way and for now you can have Cain. Not a moment sooner mind you. I do not know why you are so insistent that I am such a villain. I have not made a single aggressive action, I helped you diffuse a delicate situation and I don't even have a weapon."</span>Okay, that last one was a lie but Toshimi was a REALLY good liar and when you nestle a lie amongst obvious truths it was a lot harder to tell.<span style="color: #ff0080">"So can we just get on with it already."</span><br/><br/><br/>Damn Cain and her own witty retort. Toshimi had to fight down a giggle. She honestly felt a little bad for the AI. Poor thing just was not having a good day but she had muttered something about this being in the top seven worst days ever. Toshimi had always considered herself an overachiever though so she had to at least make top three. She really needed to stop letting her thoughts wander. though. She heard her name and focused in. What did Cain mean, she had to stay dead? Was that it? Cain had told her superiors that she had offed her lover and Cain was going to get a scolding if people found out Toshimi was still alive. Well, Cain always did what was best for her. Angrily she scratched at the suddenly itchy scar.<span style="color: #ff0080"> "You know what, Sparky, maybe you were right, maybe I should just extricate myself from this situation. Cain and I can catch up another time. You just be sure to get the message to me an' let me know if Li Li is okay. Deal?"</span><br/><br/><br/>The second that Alice agreed, Toshimi shot Cain one last withering glare and turned. Fuck Cain, fuck Li Li, fuck it all. She did not care. It had been a momentary lapse in judgment. She just needed to regroup and wait for her moment. No more 'boo, I'm back' bullshit. She would just drag Cain somewhere quite and stick a blade in every major organ and once she had bled out she would just disappear. Toshimi was good at disappearing. Then the AI could take the damn bounty for all she cared. Sparky could be the hero. Cain had played her AGAIN! She should have learned her lesson after being shot in the back but no, that kiss, the desperate plea for help, had thrown her off her plan. Cain was good at keeping people off balance, forcing them to strike from an unfavorable position. She fucking KNEW that and still fell for it! Unknowingly, the dots on her face were pulsing with an intense blood red color and her lips were pulled back in a snarl that bared her pointed white teeth. understandably no one had the poor sense to disturb her path and soon she was angrily punching the access code into the commpad on her shitty little shuttle. Once inside she finally vented the rage she felt. The energy blades crackled to life and soon all the meager furnishings had been reduced to rubble. Finally, panting and sweaty, Toshimi fell back, sliding down the wall into a sitting position. Fire burned in her chest, the damage to her lung still a problem considering the half-assed patch job that she had gotten. Toshimi pulled her knees up to her chest and let her forehead rest on her knees. She wanted to scream and cry at the same time but she just sat there, rocking gently.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>