sweating bullets | TAKEOVER

[ATBASH CIPHER.]

ATBASH CIPHER

i know i should stop believing
i know there's no retrieving

The journey back to Snowbound was horrifyingly awful. Due to being paralyzed, Atbash was unable to do anything and forced to watch as Stryker strode into their camp, unharmed. It was no secret that Snowbound didn't have a guard system due to their pacifist beliefs, and it was just now coming to haunt them. Atbash wished she could have called out to anybody - Izuku, Cry, or hell, even Dimitri - but she couldn't, not even with Telepathy.

The reason Atbash had exiled Stryker in the first place was out of fear. She was worried for her tribe's safety if he had stayed here and acted out of fear - just like Quantum of Sunhaven had pointed out. Atbash didn't realize it until then, but Quantum was right. She made her decisions based off of her nerves and fear. The Hailcaller didn't regret exiling Stryker, but she did regret making her decision to go to The Pitt, thinking they would just accept her with open arms. That was her mistake.

By now, Atbash felt her body start to turn to normal, save for the slight numbness in her throat from where Stryker had bit her. However despite that, the she-cat found that she couldn't move. She didn't want to, in fear of being lashed out at. Stryker was bringing The Pitt with him, and their numbers matched Snowbound's. Atbash shook where she laid next to Stryker, her fearful gaze scanning around for somebody she was close to. She had to talk to them and luckily she had Telepathy, unless Stryker had some way of shutting the power off.

bio | female | hailcaller [leader] of snowbound

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