"Oh man. I could really use a beer…" Sam groaned as he eased down onto the chair.
"When can't you use a beer?" Michael winced as he sat across from him.
"You have a point. This has got to stop, Mikey. Fi can't keep starting wars!"
He sighed. "I know Sam. This time it was a little…excessive."
"Excessive? Excessive? Come on, brother! That was overkill! Emphasis on kill!"
"They were doing bad things. She saw it and she reacted. …overreacted…"
"You think? First, she just happens to have explosives with her. She thinks, 'oh, well these can't go to waste. I know! I'll plant them on the flammable things in the warehouse where Michael and Sam are!' Next, she hits the switch, there are lots of pretty colors, and we have to jump out a window before we're blown to itty-bitty pieces! Then, and this is my favorite part, she charges into the place with a semi-automatic machine gun and starts bringing hell down on these guys while we're right in the middle of it!"
"You know how she feels about people who hurt kids."
"I'm not saying that these guys didn't deserve it. What happened to the plan? Remember the plan, Mike? She put us in danger! I have the bruises to prove it!"
"I get your point. She shouldn't have gone out on her own, or blown anything up while we were within one hundred feet of the blast radius."
"No, she shouldn't have. It's common sense! You don't make something go boom while your team is in the building!"
Michael's phone beeped. He picked it up. "It's a text from Fi. She's going to be late."
"Let me guess…so many bullets, so little time?"
"No. There's a sale at Aldo."
"It's amazing that she can go from causing destruction to shopping for dresses in no time at all. I'd need a breather. You know…some time to reflect on the hundred or so people I just killed?"
"It wasn't that many."
"No, but it was close. When she gets here, you're going to back me up the she-shouldn't-do-that-again issue, right?"
"I'll tell her not to."
"Will that work?"
He smirked. "You know Fi. She won't do it again. Unless it's necessary. Or she thinks it's necessary. Or she's paid to. Or it looks like fun. Or she's given the opportunity."
"So that's a no?"
"That would be a no, Sam."
