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"I have a question," he said, voice rough from both seeing Kai fight and the realization that he could break the shackles of royal ants. He won't be mocked by stronger ants for being a worker ant. "Will you… allow me to join you?"
The others, Shale, Flint, and Needle turned their faces and looked at Vexor. Their eyes were widening.
Vexor didn't stutter.
"You save us. You fought beside us. Protected us. And… you killed what we couldn't. You even gave commands that our bodies followed like instinct."
His fists clenched at his sides. "Back in the Ant kingdom, we're just weapons. Tools. Numbers. If we return, we'll be punished for the death of Thea team. You killed them, no one will believe that. Without princess Mia everyone thinks you are dead. If we go back then… Death awaits us, we will be assigned to some low level royal for breeding. After one time mating, we will die and some new ants will be born."
