Balisong would wake up in the hospital bed

They were alone. Lights were off. Nobody in the hallway

They place their hand on their head. They only feel...the cold hard metal

"You're awake"

I would walk towards them

"So...you accomplished your mission and returned home"

"Shut up"

"You pulled your objective off at all costs"

"SHUT UP!"

Balisong tried waving their arm at me. They missed

"Or what? Will this tantrum bring her back? Them back?"

Gambit removes the bedsheets and grabs me by the collar

"I told you to shut up"

Oh no, don't worry. I will. In fact I am completely silent

"It's just a matter of who you're telling it to"

Graphene and Laudanum would step in

"So...Tell me"

A myriad of names would be pronounced in unison. None of them really being clear

"What do you think you will achieve with me being" Silent?

"I don't know"

"Well. That doesn't help much"

"I don't know either"

After all

"I'm just a part of you now"

And as such, all you do, we do

"All you're guilty of, im guilty as well"

And the way I see it

"You and me both...are the scum we vowed to fight against"

But that's part of that past you dont remember, isn't it?

"You and me are both what we always have despised from the start but haven't wanted to admit"

Murderers

Balisong then snaps and wakes up for real, surrounded by nurses and some of the Reapers doing security. Gallium and Tellerium weren't anywhere to be seen. But the Chancellor was looking from the outside

And the Chancellor was looking not disturbed, but instead pleased as the doctor arrived with news

Balisong's Semblance had evolved