Disclaimer: All characters belong to Scott Westerfeld
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She was surrounded. There was no way out of this. She was going to lose. "Please Shay. I'll be a good little bubblehead."
"No, I want you with me for good Tally-wa. We'll be together, no more fighting or being on the opposite side of a fight."
Tally didn't want anyone to mess with her brain again. It wasn't right. She couldn't let it happen. Not again. No one should be able to alter someone else's mental state to control them. She made a split second decision.
"That's not going to be happening Shay-la."
"Oh, Really? How are you going to stop me Tally? You don't really have a say in the matter."
Tally looked around and saw what she was looking for. She decided to distract Shay so she could get to it.
She took a few steps forward, "I never said anything about stopping you." Tally squatted and discretely picked up the item.
"What are you saying Tally-wa?"
"I'm saying Good bye Shay."
"What do yo-" She cut off and lunged forward with the rest of the cutters. They weren't fast enough though. They had indeed lost.
As soon as she said good bye Shay Tally lifted the knife used to skin animals and quickly slit her own throat.