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Chapter 40 - Truth’s Razors

Leon: So you really all want to know the truth?

Everyone nodded.

Leon: Okay.

Amelia was tied down with some sort of anti-speedster restraints. Once Michael was tied up in. Leon put his hand on her head. With his thumb on her forehead.

Leon: Astarte vous oblige à dire la vérité

As Leon said the spell Amelia sparked awake and felt her head in pain. His thumb lit up. He removed his hand. Amelia was quiet.

Riley: Wow. You look terrible.

Amelia looked at everyone. She tried shaking out of the chair she was tied into. She knocked herself on the floor.

Amelia: LET ME GO!

Amelia was struggling wildly.

Leon: Amelia. Here's a simple question. Why did you travel back in time?

Amelia stopped struggling.

Amelia: Isn't it obvious? To save my brother and everyone else who died! I was fixing everything!

Leon: So you were saving people. Right? Then why are you covered in blood?

Amelia: I...Why are you asking?

Leon: That doesn't sound like the truth. Look. If you answer all our questions, we'll let you go.

Riley: No we won't!

Leon: Yes we will. Right?

Riley: Ohhh. Of course.

Leon: Who did you kill?

Amelia: I pretty much lost count. But I killed those shadow assholes about twice.

Leon: Wait. The shadow squadron?

Terra: She killed them twice...

Terra tried to contain her anger.

Terra: Why did you kill them?

Amelia: They deserved it. They were murderers. I couldn't let them take my friends from me.

Terra: Then whose blood is on you?

Amelia: Yours.

Terra: Mine?

Amelia: I'm sorry! I didn't mean too! I was trapped!

Terra: Trapped? Like how?

Amelia: There was a portal...and Donny was yelling...and I just…

Terra: Just what?

Amelia: snapped.

Terra: So Donny was yelling at you and you tried to KILL me?!

Amelia: Yes.

Terra: What is wrong with you? What happened to you?!

Terra distanced herself from Amelia before she did anything bad.

Amelia: I just want to go back. Let me go back!

Leon: Go back to the timeline you were in?

Amelia: I have to. I fucking have to!

Leon: So you just want to go back to your perfect world?

Amelia: It's better than here! I'll kill all of you! Nothing matters! None of this matters! Don't you see?!

Riley: Wow. I know we didn't see eye to eye. But you need help Amelia. Do you think Donny would want you to be like this. Literally fucking insane?

Amelia: He didn't need to know. If he got suspicious I would just change the timeline.

Mike: You had to have messed something up. Wait, did you mess something up?

Amelia: Yes. There's one thing I know I messed up. Something that I think is out of the speed force's hands.

Mike: Tell us.

Amelia: Someone...Something maybe. I forgot his name…

Riley: As always. Useless.

Amelia: Fuck you! You left me and Donny alone for those terrible people! The people who killed Donny! You helped kill your brother!

Riley: You think I didn't feel like what I did was wrong? You killed Terra, you killed Fleet, Tess and Mary twice. And each time you did it violently. You stabbed them over and over. You sliced them in half. You butchered them like animals.

Amelia was bewildered by the fact Riley knew what she did.

Riley: Ivan told me everything. You like killing. You LOVE killing. It's great when there's no consequences right?

Amelia: They deserved it! They killed my family! It was revenge! You all can understand, right?

Amala: Once you go after revenge, you can lose yourself in the process. Look at you. You ironed two solutions to your problems into your fucked up head. Time travel. Or kill whoever stood before you. It's pretty obvious you chose the kill option a good bunch of times.

Amelia: In that case, what are you going to do to me?

Everyone looked at eachother.

Millie: I don't think we know. You can still be better, can't you?

Amelia: I think I can.

Riley: Clearly that truth spell didn't work. Because you're lying to yourself.

Amelia: Just let me go!

Terra: We know enough.

Amelia: So you will let me go?

Terra: Yes.

Leon gave Terra a dirty expression.

Leon: Uh...Terra.

Leon signaled for Terra to stop.

Terra: Trust me.

Terra set Amelia free. She stood up and immediately pinned down Mike. She tried taking speed from him.

Mike: Wow, look at that. I have no speed.

Amelia got off of him and fell on the floor. And started crying. Everyone just looked at her, petrified.

Mike: I've seen cases like this. But never something as bad as Amelia.

Amelia: You all don't understand. If you had the chance to change it all, you know you would. If you won't listen. Then maybe you'll understand if I show you.

Amelia threw a punch at Terra. She caught Amelia's hand and got her into a submission.

Terra: We're not fighting you.

Amelia vibrated her body and stood up through Terra. She kicked Terra in the face. She fell back and rolled to her feet. Amelia kicked Terra out of the RV and into the parking lot. She came over and threw a bunch of punches to her stomach and then an elbow to the face that Terra dodged. She pushed Amelia's arm out of the way and kicked her back. Amelia sped around Terra in a circle and punched her from all angles. Terra waited until the perfect moment and fired on her destruction form. Throwing Amelia back. She ran up to Terra and vibrated her arm. She tried to hit Terra over and over. With Terra dodging each strike forward. She grabbed Amelia's arms and put them behind her back and pushed her to the ground with her knee on her back.

Terra: Stop Amelia!

Amelia struggled and her eyes turned their glowing red. Amala came down and kicked her in the head and knocked her out.

Amala: I was waiting for someone to help. But I guess not. So, what do we do with her? We have to make a decision. Now.

Terra: ...We might have to keep her with us. If we let her go who knows what she'll do.

Riley: Did you forget jails exist? Even meta jails exist.

Terra looked back at Millie. And then back at Riley.

Terra: I want to see how she acts. We just got her back.

Riley: Let go of your attachments to her. She's turned into a monster. You heard what she said. She told you what she did.

Terra: I guess I'll find out if she really is sorry.

Riley: Your being stupid. But I won't complain. If you die. It all works out for us.

Terra: It's not the right thing to leave her.

Riley: See ya later assholes.

Riley ran off. She met up with Jilaya and Ivan.

Riley: She's crazy. And faster still.

Jilaya: Don't worry. We'll take care of you.

Jilaya took out a needle with some sort of liquid in it. It looked almost electrified.

Jilaya: This is Michael's speed. With this, you'll be much faster than Amelia. I have other vials. If you're going to use it. Only use it in small doses. Enjoy!

Riley took the needle.

Riley: So this will increase my speed?

Jilaya nodded.

Jilaya: What are you waiting for?

Riley stabbed the needle into her and let the speed enter her body. She lit up with a light blue lightning. Similar to her light blue long hair. She felt the power run through her veins. It hurt for a minute. But only for a minute.

Riley: Nice.