Fate's Encounter

Chapter 20: Vengeance

***AUTHORS NOTE***

TRIGGER WARNING

THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS GOREY SCENES THAT MAY DISTURB SOME READERS

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I still was having issues with wondering if Xai'an was even real right now. The mind can do some crazy shit when it's traumatized enough. Though when the pain returned to me worse than ever and he was still here, I never felt so thankful before. Was it possible to fall in love with someone in a situation like this? Because I think that's what was happening.

I hadn't been able to keep my eyes off of him since he started escorting me out of that fucking closet. He was utterly beautiful to me with his black scales, both the rough and soft. The dreads that bounced and clicked around his hips as he walked was like a comforting lullaby, but the purr he produced from deep inside his chest made me want to snuggle into him and never let him go.

His purr suddenly turned to a growl and the fact I could tell the difference now made me beam with pride. I looked down at the crimson painted floor and it took me a second to realize that it was blood. Lots of it. Bodies littered the floor, some not even intact. I recognized one of them as Smith. Fucking justice. "Did you do this, Xai'an?"

He nodded once and knelt down to look at the boot prints much too small to be his own. Then he looked down the hall, chittering in thought. "Oomans close."

I frowned and looked back down at the bodies. He had ripped two of their heads off. I say ripped because I could see where their flesh stretched and tore. I felt nothing. Nothing. "I'm sorry I doubted you then Xai'an. I hope you kill every last fucking one of them."

He nodded and stood back up, cradling me a little more with his arms. Xai'an was careful as he followed the trail of blood. When he reached the edge of the hall he momentarily cloaked to peer around the corner. I was amazed by it because it seemed like I was floating in mid air.

When he phased back into sight he hurried down the hall, but he stopped to place small black circular objects in the wall, opposite of each other. A mass of red lasers checkered across the hall and I could only assume this was to prevent anyone from coming up behind us.

When he turned into the room where they had tortured me, I couldn't hold back a strangled groan. It was too soon to be back here so I just closed my eyes and hoped he'd tell me when it was over.

I heard him chittering as he moved me into one arm again so he could reach for the bomb on his wrist. A few beeps and I could hear it giving a steady tone. I think he tossed it to the floor because it clattered and skid. Then we were moving again.

"STOP!"

I opened my eyes to see we were in the hallway again. Behind us was the grid of lasers and in front was a small mass of men, including my torturer. He was smiling arrogantly and it lit a fire inside me. "He killed Danny. He's the one who broke my arm." I told Xai'an knowing good and well it would piss him off.

And it did. Xai'an roared over whatever that fuck face was trying to say and pushed me back into the medical room so he could charge them. Fear stole my breath when I heard shots, but I couldn't get up even if I wanted to risk the bullets. I was in so much pain.

Then I heard the screams and the slick sound of something wet slapping a solid surface. "WHY WON'T HE DIE?"

There were more screams as Xai'an roared and I watched as a body was tossed through the air, blood raining down on the floor with thick plops. Soon, all the gun fire ceased along with the screams.

Only a faint choking gurgle was left and it was coming closer. I managed to push myself up to a sitting position just as Xai'an came into the room, dragging my torturer in, leaving a bloody trail behind him.