Decaying Heart

Encounter from the Past

After a few days, I've racked up over a dozen kills in the streets. The riots have been getting even worse, that the government has issued a city lockdown. The military has been positioned at every entrance of the city, no one in or out until they get the city under total control. The police have been fighting back the looters but even they have been over run by them countless times.

I heard that even the black cloud has been busy by killing countless people. Well now his name is Abyss, after being caught by the news and announcing it to the world, then taking down the helicopter. Even the Skitzo killer has been spotted here and there, throughout the city killing as well. Although he's changed as well, I heard he has markings on his face now.

As I was walking around, I could start to hear shouting in the distance so I headed over to see what it was. There was a big group forming and in front of them was the police in riot gear. I walked closer to get a better look and I could see people throwing bottles and rocks at the police. The mob rushed them, as the police started to shoot tear gas into the the crowd.

I decided to have some fun as well and rushed the police, grabbing one of the riot shields and turning it into ash. The officer looked stunned and scared at the same time. He tried reaching for his gun but I tackled him to the ground and started beating him. After a few punches, I ripped off his helmet and grabbed his face. He started screaming, as his eyes began to harden and crack, till they turned to dust, just as the rest of his body did the same.

I got up and saw a small group of officers beating on some of the rioters. I grabbed a small glass bottle from my side belt, that was a make shift acid bomb I made. I threw it at them, hitting one of the officers and it splattered on the rest, slowly melting them and the rioters into nothing but human mush. I looked around and saw some people running away and some still fighting the police.

I attacked a few more rioters and then went after another cop. Just as I was turning him into ash, I felt something hit me in the back of the head. I turned around and saw that it was a cop in riot gear. I was about to attack, until I saw a playing card go right through his riot gear and into his neck. He started choking on his own blood, till he eventually dropped to his knees and died while hitting the ground.

"So you have abilities too huh?" Said the person behind me. I turned around and saw a guy in a suit, standing in front of me. He had his hand out, levitating two playing cards over it and had blackness covering both eyes, while having a white line going up between his eyes. He had black dots on both sides of his cheeks, black and white streaks on his neck and had a whiteness tone to some of his face.

"I knew I wasn't the only one, considering that Abyss fellow" he said to me. He walked closer to me and looked me up and down. "Well what do you know, hey runt" he said with a smile. I realized who it was right when he said that, it was the guy that bumped into me in front of the strip club but he looks different now. 'Could he have turned into a demon as well?' I wondered.

"I use to go by Jasper but you can call me Looney" he said. "I saw you turn that pig into dust, that's a pretty impressive ability" he continued. He pat me on the shoulder, "well I'm sure we'll meet again someday" he called out while walking away. 'I can't belive I ran into him and better yet, he's a demon' I thought. I decided I had my fun and started walking around, to find somewhere to sleep.

As I got into downtown, I noticed an abandoned office building and went inside. There was two street thugs, looting the building but didn't notice me yet. I snuck in, until I was right behind the first one and grabbed him, while throwing a custom fire bomb at the other and slashed the guys throat, I was grabbing, with my finger weapon. I let him drop to the floor, as I watched the other turn to ash from the secret fire bomb I made.

I went up to the second floor to see if any others were up here but no one was around. I found a spot on the second floor by a window and decided to get some rest. I woke up the next day and everything was the same. The riots weren't dying down anymore and what was left of the cops were either hiding or fighting back but it seemed pointless now. The people were to out of hand for anyone to stop them but it didn't matter to me anymore.

I left the building and headed down the streets, to see what was happening and to see if I could find anyone to kill. I couldn't get enough of it, with this power and strength, I never want to stop. As I walked around, there where dead bodies in the streets all over, almost every street I went on, had at least one or two dead bodies.

I continued to walk around, till I came across two dead police officers. I stopped to look at there bodies. One of them had a playing card sticking out of his head and the other had his throat cut open. I could only assume it was that guy in the suit, that did this. After a few minutes of observing his work, I continued on down the street.