Burning Desire (Alastor X Reader)

Chapter 48: Repaying a debt. (Choice)

(Important note from the author at the end)

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The child was running without really knowing where he was going, he had to separate from the rat that had protected him because an exterminator's swarm had surrounded them at a crossroads. An angel a little taller than the others had arrived with a twisted smile, probably the captain of the exterminators' team who had found them. Nikolai had made a quick mental note when the captain's gaze seemed to analyze him deeply.

"K̸̢͓̙͋̚i̵̞̦̫̔̓͘l̴̡͔͋̓͝l̴̢͇̼̈́̾͊ t̴̟͇̝̒̽͝h̸͔̫̾͑̕a̵͓͇̟͋̔͒ẗ̴̢̟͓́͘͝ b̴̠̫̠͐̈́͠o̵̝̼͙͛͋͝m̵͉̪͎̈́̓͛b̵͖͕͉͌̓͝ë̸͙͕́͌̈́͜r̸̝̙͎̾͐̒" (Kill that Bomber). Had ordered the captain in an almost sadistic tone.

Thénardier then ordered him to leave as quickly as possible while he took charge of holding them back. The child reluctantly obeyed and found himself running for his life in the streets of the Pentagram city.

He did not pay attention to the many bodies he was trampling, in fact he could not fully realize the atrocity of the situation, he was aware of the dead, of the stench of the corpses, but this reality was only in the background of his mind, the most important thing was to find his brother and Thénardier.

The boy hid near a garbage can to listen to the different footsteps he could hear, he had thought of making himself invisible, however the exterminators saw him anyway, his power had absolutely no effect on them.

He took the path to the right, paying attention to the slightest sound he could hear and then froze when the captain appeared before him with a sadistic smile.

"T̴͍̞̝̈́͘h̸͍̘̼̾ë̸̘͍͍́͆͋r̴̢̠̓̽̚e̵͚̼̒͛̒͜ y̴͔͙̻̓͑͊o̴̢͓̻̓͊̐u̵̝͍͚͛̒̾ a̵͇̪͕̾͒͑r̴̡͓͝͠͝e̴͕͍͇͌͌̕ .̴̼͍̺͆̕.̴̻̼͉͋̚͘.̵̢̘͌̒̐͜ y̴̞̞͆̕o̴͇̙͇̓u̸͚͉͙͐̔͘'̸̢̝͓͒̔r̵̡̙̓͛e̸͖͖̕̚ h̴͙̻̠̾̈́͛a̵̢̢̝͆̐͊r̴͇̼͙͊͋d̵̡͙̈́̐͜ ẗ̴͇͙́̈́̈́͜o̸͕͙̽̒̒͜ f̸̡͓̦͌͘i̵͙͎̻͑̚n̵̪̻̓͋͜͝d̴̡͔̫̈́͊̈́,̵͕̙̾̓ ÿ̴̢̼͓́͝͝o̸͓͚̟͑̿͋u̸̢̫̪͒͛ k̵͕̘̺͌͊̔n̴͇͕̒͘͜o̵͇̘͖͒͛w̴̻̦̞͊͆͝?̵͍͕͉͑͑ " (There you are... you're hard to find you know ?) The captain caqueted as he walked towards him.

The child did not say anything, just backed away slowly, being careful not to trip over a body or a stone. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest and his legs shaking without his consent. A sound of wings flapping raised his eyes to the sky and he noticed that three exterminators were circling around him like hungry vultures. Without thinking, the child threw an incendiary grenade on the ground, creating a wall of flame between him and the angels. Without thinking he turned around and took a random street.

Unfortunately, his blood froze when he glanced behind his shoulders and noticed that the flames he had set off with his grenade had turned blue. The captain walked through the flames as if nothing was wrong and began to follow him quietly.

This time the child took a deafening grenade and threw it behind him, unfortunately, once again it had no effect against the captain.

"Such a pain in the ass" Grumbled the child mentally as he jumped over the bodies that were blocking his way trying to ignore the footsteps behind him. He went out of the alley to the left but was blocked by a group of exterminators. He quickly retraced his steps and took another street. He broke a window and entered a building, ignoring the demons hiding inside. He quickly began to take different streets at random, hoping to lose the exterminators who were chasing him, unfortunately, even if he did, he found himself stuck in a dead end covered with the corpses of demons that had been trapped.

Without thinking, he turned around, but could not run very far when an exterminator blocked his path.

The angel grabbed him firmly by the hair and threw him hard against a wall.