Lying Bitch

Greg and I laughed and talked about my last vacation until Odeon returned with my white card. Greg said goodbye to me and then left me in the room with Odeon.

"Mira is waiting for you down at the Systems Engage Xenagogue," Odeon told me, and I rolled my eyes.

"I am not taking some half-baked computer program along with me for a ride!" I complained.

"You can sort that out with her," Odeon said and left the room.

I groan but then head down to the SEX department to pick up the System I would be using. The last time I was there, I threw a shit fit and had to be escorted/slash thrown out, but I had a white card this time.

"You are late," Mira said as I walked into the waiting area.

"I can't be late when time doesn't exist. I also can't be late for something I am not supposed to be doing," I corrected Mira, and she gave me a look that told me I wasn't funny, but I had to disagree.

"This is your job, and you can go on vacation for longer if you can actually do a good job this time!" Mira growled at me.

"If you can do a good job," I repeated mockingly, glaring at Mira. "That idiot, Odeon, was the reason I had to run around like a walking bomb that went off five times a day! And you! Lying bitch! You told me this was it, and I was okay to go on vacation, but where am I right now?!"

Mira stepped back, and I tossed my hands in the air in frustration, turning around to cross my arms. There was no reason for me to be here, and I was not required to take on missions if I had time to use on vacation.

"Listen, I know we are hard on you, but you are the only person who can do what you do in these worlds. You know that we can only send one person to each of them and that is it. You are the only one that seems to be able to survive these hellish environments and somehow fix them," Mira told me, but I continued after she stopped.

"But you destroy half the world you save each time, right? You know, if I am so damn good at it, you would think that you would all stop harping on me about things like that! None of you can do what I can do, yet, you all treat me like I purposely fuck everything up," I complained.

"That is because you fuck everything, and that is what gets you in trouble!" Mira declared, and I shrugged.

"Sue me, I am handsome, and women seem to like me. What do you want me to do, turn them down? Some great man once said a fuck is a fuck unless you pass one up, then you will never catch up. Plus, you can watch me this time and see why I am the best at what I do! Thanks to that idiot Odeon actually getting me a white card for once, like I asked!" I said, turning back around.

"What?! Why did you ask for a Vacation System Card?! That isn't going to help you in this world! You haven't even seen what the problem is!" Mira argued, but I shrugged.

"You might not think so, but I can promise you that the White Card is the only System Menu I need to choose from! Come and take me to the back room already to get suited up, or do you have something else to complain about?" I asked, but Mira rolled her eyes.

"I am not taking you to the back; Helen is," Mira said, sticking her nose in the air.

"Oh hell no! That beast is not going to be the one to send me over! Don't be like this!" I complained.

"Maybe you will think about how you talk to me next time!" Mira said, and I gritted my teeth because I was being nice right now.

"Fine, I can just go take this over to Vacations and go login the four years I have saved up. I told you from the start I don't need to be here. You fucking lied to me, so stick the job up your ass," I growled and turned to leave, but Mira came and grabbed my hand.

"Don't, Harlem. This might be a joke to you, but there are millions of people still alive, one Charon. You know what happens if we fail," Mira said, and I looked back at her.

"You do realize that I don't give two fly donkey's about anyone else, right? People invading worlds, their own people turning on them, but you make the biggest stinks about these planets that are naturally being destroyed. Still, why do I care about any of this when you all don't care about me or what I want? You act like I owe you all, but EVERYONE knows it's the fucking opposite," I said, pulling my wrist from her hand.

"What will it take for you to go?" Mira asked.

I didn't like to hit women, but if a man asked me this same question, I would have laid him out.

"Did I really sound that unreasonable when I asked you to be the one to send me in? Because it sounds like you were ready to put those millions of lives on the line, just to piss me off. Come and strap me in, give me the right System I ask for, the proper shots, and a kiss while telling me I am the best RES officer you have. Honestly, I would have settled for just a kiss, but you pissed me off, so now I need something to make me smile as I head into hell," I instructed, and Mira nodded with a sigh.

"Fine! But you have better keep your hands to yourself!" Mira warned, and I shrugged.

I was firmly against making promises that I couldn't keep.