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Nothing Left to Lose Pt. 14

 -Negotiations-  

Bracken didn’t like this one bit. Working with Ronodin was a terrible idea. But they would never get any answers from him if he was a prisoner, and Bracken would do anything to get the real Kendra back, bad idea or not. “I can feel the desperation wafting off of you, Bracky. I mean, just the fact that you’re coming to me for help speaks volumes. You remember I killed you right?” Ronodin said, sitting at a cafe table across from Bracken and Seth. 
“And the fact that you’re still here speaks volumes.” Bracken fired back at him, “Something tells me that you know that since Kendra was willing to torture and kill you after everything you did to her, this new Kendra would kill you without flinching. And she’s found you before. Though, she might not kill us. So we’re probably going to be your best protection against her if you help us.”
“Wow, you really have me all figured out, don’t you? Why don’t we go to couples therapy next? Sort out all of our problems.”
“Stop deflecting. What do you know about this kind of magic?” 
“Not much,” Ronodin said with a dramatic sigh, “Do you know what kind of talisman she was using that, you know, turned her into full murder mod?”
“Yeah, it was a necklace. She was using it to save Bracken.” Seth said.
“Of course she was, you know if you all weren’t so determined to save each other, you would save a lot more time. Maybe Bracken could take up the hobby of self-isolation, oh wait, he already does that,”
“Get to the point please,”
“See Seth? He’s so grouchy. Maybe we really do need Kendra back, then she can deal with him.” Ronodin said to Seth in a way that made it seem Bracken could hear him.
“You know, we still have that phone, we could probably call Kendra, tell her we don’t want Ronodin,” Seth said in the same tone Ronodin had used.
“Fine, you could probably use the necklace to change her back.”
“Well, that’s a problem, she took it with her,” Seth said.
“Because she’s smart. Kendra was no dummy so this Kendra won’t be either.” Ronodin said, exasperated.
“I hate to say it, but he’s right.” Seth said, “Kendra was one of the main reasons we won so many fights, how are we going to fight her?”
“I have no idea,” Bracken said, feeling more defeated than he did before when they didn’t even know where Kendra was. 


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