To think, only a minute ago, Ami was happy to be alive! But then Mira had to go and say that 'this was fun'. Fun. She called it fun. And despite how painful it was to admit, Ami knew that it was not hyperbole. God. It hurt to look Mira in her bright, shining face. That smile was genuine, her express...

. "Y... Yeah, Mira." Ami's brows creased. "You... You did a nice job." Mira was laughing. She was laughing and smiling and asking Ami if she did good. Hindsight. 20/20. This is you. You did this to her. Your fault. Ami could not bear to look Mira in the eye. She tilted her head ...

She heard the gun rattle off. For a moment, Ami thought she was dead. But the pain in her leg, wait, wasn't the pain supposed to go away? Unless she was in hell. Then in that case, the pain was too manageable. She expected fire and brimstone and what she received was a child touching a heated stove....

A piece of glass shattered inside Ami when she saw Katarina fighting back tears. Focusing on that would distract from what the girl was saying, but she noticed it all the same. Some abhorrent part of Ami felt joy, good job, well done, but Kat's thoughts, the things she was saying, brought Ami hurdli...

Ami Flynn made the mistake of opening herself up. She put her beliefs out there and Katarina tore them to shreds with fewer words spared. Her face contorted. She spat. "Was Kelly Peterson crawling out of the mud when you carved her up like a Christmas goose?" Her voice carried an echo. Kat...

Ami opened her eyes. "Why..." am I not dead? Good question. Immediately she knew she had a shred of chance. Ami had three choices; make a break for it, call out to Mira or wait for Mira to come to her. She remembered Mira, who was back at the staircase. Ami could call out to her. But that ...

Ami looked like a deer caught in the headlights. Face filled with confusion and fear. She still didn't scream. Didn't even speak. Never occurred to her. Her hand went to her leg the second Katarina pulled it out. She took a step back, putting all of her weight on the other leg. She looked at her han...

Ami saw Katarina the second she closed the door to the staircase. Kat would make for horrible secret agent material. Her feet practically made the floor shudder. Compared to that, Ami was as silent as a mouse. Mira did as Ami asked and stayed back. She trusted her, and Ami wanted to keep the promise...

Time to get to work. (Ami Flynn continued from Litany Against Fear .) Returning to the hospital was unplanned, unexpected and bittersweet in every sense. The plan was to go to the Hotel, find a room and hole themselves up. Taking one look inside the hotel nixed those ideas almost immediately. And s...

Carlos looked at Alice for a moment, somewhat confused.  Then it all seemed to click for him.  She did say something about privacy.  Somehow Carlos could imagine what she intended to say but it wasn't his place to assume.  Carlos looked over at Casey, shoving his hands into his pockets.  It would pr...

Alice might have known that it was possible that someone could watch SotF and assume it was fake.  Carlos knew too, obviously.  But did Carlos know that Alice knew?  Heck no.  Back in school, Carlos didn't bat an eyelash at what people thought of him.  The reason why he didn't go telling people that...

Carlos suddenly felt a little uneasy.  Alice was insistent on hearing his plan, and it made Carlos realize that he had never intended to tell anyone about it.  It was HIS plan after all, and he wasn't exactly perfect material to lead a rebellion.  He shifted against the wall behind him, looking back...

Carlos turned to Casey. "I... heard you talking from down the hall.  Were you... like, talking to the camera?" There was a note of hesitation in his voice.  It wasn't a literal hesitation, more like an intended pregnant pause when one was stepping over a verbal minefield.  It was an approp...

Oh, well.  If Casey said so. Carlos noted her backtracking, but he didn't think much of it.  Frankly he would have responded the same way if the tables were turned.  He immediately relaxed, with his face returning to his normal, neutral state.  Casey had asked him the same in return but he didn't re...

It must seem almost comical from the viewer's position, sitting at home, watching what was unfolding. Casey Malkovich, a young girl thrown into a life-or-death situation, tries desperately to hold back her tears as she sends a message to those she loves.  Finally she can't contain herself, and she s...