The First Superhero Books 0-3 Box Set by Logan Rutherford

Author:Logan Rutherford [Rutherford, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Logan Rutherford
Published: 2017-10-22T23:00:00+00:00

Clouded Judgment

It was cold on the night Macy died as I waited on a rooftop in Dallas for Holocene.

I still couldn’t believe she was dead, and it was all because of me. Because they’d found out who Tempest was. This was exactly what I’d worked so hard to avoid. I didn’t even know how they’d been able to figure out who I was, but that didn’t matter anymore. All that mattered now was that I stopped Atlas. I needed to keep my mind off everything. I didn’t want to think. I didn’t want to process. I just wanted to fight.

Holocene landed on the rooftop five minutes after we were supposed to meet.

“You’re late,” I said.

“Sorry about that,” she said, brushing her brown hair behind her ear. “I was a little busy. I’m sorry about your friend. Well, everything, really. I should’ve been there.”

Yeah, you should’ve, I thought. I didn’t want to think about the fact that Samantha had told me to wait. That maybe if I’d listened and waited for Holocene, Macy would still be alive. Atlas wouldn’t have gotten away. Maybe—there I went. Thinking about it. “What do you know about Atlas and the Legion? Samantha said you were out last night chasing some leads.”

Holocene hesitated and crossed her arms. “Are you sure you want to do this? You don’t want to talk or anything?”

“No, Holocene, I don’t,” I snapped.

“Tempest, you’re upset right now. You need some time. We all understand that. You’ve been through a lot,” she said, taking a step forward.

I shrank back. “I don’t want time. Time is the last thing I have to waste. I spent six months in a coma on the moon, for chrissakes. ‘Taking time’ is the last thing I want to do!” I yelled.

“Okay, Tempest, you need to quiet down,” Holocene said, raising her hands to calm me. She took a couple more steps forward. It was like she was approaching a cornered feral animal.

“I am calm! I’m very calm!” I yelled. “I just want to understand why, when I’m trying to stop Atlas and the army he’s building, you’re telling me to calm down! To take some time off! I don’t need. Any. Time. I just want to find Atlas!”

“Tempest, it’s okay to admit that you’re in pain. It’s okay to admit that you failed. I-uh—” Holocene said, quickly trying to recover.

It was too late. The words had already come out.

You failed.

“Oh, so you think I’m just a screw-up now, don’t you?” I snapped, taking a step forward. “You just want me to stay out of your way so you can take out Atlas by yourself, don’t you? You think you’re just going to swoop in and finish what I started? You think you’re better than me, and you think I’ll just slow you down, don’t you?”

“Of course not!” Holocene shouted back. “We’re a team, Tempest! We’re going to take down Atlas. You, me, Samantha, Doug, the people I recruited while you were captured. All of us together!”

Anger and frustration grew within me.

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