Eye Of The Beholder

October 15

CPOV

"BABS!" I stood mortified as she fell, seeing her eye roll back into her head. I rushed to catch her before she hit the ground. When I looked up I couldn't quite make out the figure, all that I could see was the glint off of the brass knuckles he was wearing.

"You didn't check if you were followed?!" Luca yelled and grappled with the being.

"We thought no one did!" I looked at Babs, her face now grimacing in pain from the hit. "Come on Babs, you're stronger than this" My hand cradling her head suddenly felt wet. I slowly moved my hand to where I could see it, knowing full well that I wasn't going to like what I saw but I was going to have to confirm it. Blood. It was her blood. That monster hit her so hard she's bleeding. I could feel my blood boiling. By this time Luca had apprehended the person that had followed us.

"Who are you?" I snarled at the man. He wasn't all that tall, 5'7" tops, but he easily weighed 250 and it was all muscle. Call me old fashioned but you don't strike anyone from the back, especially if they aren't expecting it. I took a closer look at the brass knuckles he stuck Babs with. They had spikes. And they splattered blood all over them. Babs blood.

The man only scowled at us, not so much as a huff.

"Fine. Luca, you still have that gun?" Hopefully Luca will go with my bluff.

"Yup, never leave home without her" He pulled out a Draco 9mm and pointed the gun to his head.

"Now, who are you?" The disgust in my voice, clearly evident. Note to self don't piss off Luca

Again he didn't offer anything to us. My rage was overflowing at this point, this beast of man had no concern for his safety much less anyone else's. This is why he so easily hit Babs the way he did. I couldn't control my anger anymore, I grabbed the man by the collar and hit him against the wall. HARD.

"I'm sorry sir, but maybe I'm not making myself clear. I'm not so much asking who you are but I demanding you tell me. We will find out one way or another" Again no emotion was shown on his face. It's like he's asking me to beat it out of him.

"Luca, search him." Without hesitating Luca did as he was told and quickly found the man's wallet.

"Shit... Cyrus. He's one of Don Falcon's direct underling" He voice is filled with unease.

"And what does that mean?" Keeping an eye on the guy and looking towards Luca with my extras.

"Marcello Eder. It means..."

"It means that you're dead no matter what you do. Leave me hogtied, or kill me. They'll know I'm missing and find you 3. I think you know what will happen next" His voice was rough as though he had been smoking 2 packs a day since he was 7. He gave us the smallest smile. Knowing full well he was right. I saw red and this point and felt a surge of energy disperse throughout my body and began punching Marcello as hard as I could. The first hit that connected with his jaw I heard a loud crack! I got a few more hits in before Luca pulled me off him.

"I need you to calm down"

"But he hurt her!She-"

"Yeah I get it but your girlfriend is still alive. I'll take care of him and I need you guys out of here, and he's right. Don Falcon's men would have noticed him missing by now and they know you guys started the fight. SO they're going to come for you next"

"She is not my- whatever." Don't have time nor the patience for this. I picked up Babs, careful to not move her head too much. I could still feel waves of energy coursing through my entire body.