it happens so QUICKLY, she isn’t aware of her actions until she’s standing
with her heels defensively dug into the forest terrain, leaves and twigs
crunching under her boots. perhaps it was the heat of battle driving her to
MOVE, to put herself between the trained soldier slashing at one of their
own supporting men, or maybe it was an instinct she hadn’t the time to
suppress like so many incidents prior.
the first thing she HEARS is the sound of her gloves powering down, much
like the way tony’s blasters charge and emit powerful beams, quieting to a
dull hum. then there’s friday’s voice, muted under thick coils of water that
was drowning out her ability to think. her reserves, something about her
reserves ---
& spencer is twisting around in time for the man she SAVED to bump her
shoulder, to jostle her back to reality, but all he succeeds in doing is
discombobulating her more until she nearly trips over her own boots and
the other man dead at her feet.
the word is crystal clear among all others, voices mixing over the comms
to call out instruction, warning, tactical maneuvers --- and it causes her
fingers to tremble, heat pulsing in her palms which had been surging
with stolen energy mere moments ago. the enemy on the ground, the
soldier motionless at her mercy, was DEAD.
it is all spencer can do, to kneel down and hover her hand over his ashen
skin in disbelief, instead of fleeing.
❝ . . . what have i DONE? ❞