The round was chambered, I heard him hit the hammer back when he put it to my head. We were alone in a field, it was just me and the trigger happy man. He'd picked me up a couple hours earlier at a coffee shop after I responded to one of their ads asking for "like minded individuals to join the cause". I felt screaming at me to prove my loyalty was a bit strong after I'd met the men recently, but that's now how he felt. I mean he wasn't wrong I was totally a liar and trying to destroy his organization for the government, but he couldn't possibly have known that!
"So do you have anything to say traitor?" I felt it weird he called me a traitor when I hadn't even agreed to his cause, it was one of those weird situations I found myself in post the war ending and humanity returning to the root asshole existence.
"Look you're ad said."
"SHUT UP!" The blow hit my neck, it made my eyes water with the pain of it. I was through with his bullshit. I roasted his foot with my magic and when he yelped I sprung up and grabbed his gun turning it on him.
"Look you balded malcontent asshole, if you want my help its there, but I'm not going to prove a loyalty test to you because you doubt my service or that I am upset at the government." I handed the pistol back to him. "You point this at me again it'll be the last fucking thing you do."
"Ok you can join us." Yep just like that burn a man's foot almost off, threaten to kill him, and then they'll do whatever you want. In fact I think Trezlan wrote a self help guide just like that.
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