"Wait... I've Been Reborn As A Guy!?"

Chapter Ten

"W-who?" I mumbled. 

Something was touching me... it was cold and really unpleasant. What was it? It needs to get off of me. I waved my hand in the air, and smacked whatever was touching me with the cold thing. 

"G-get off." I groggily ordered. 

"Looks like I've been caught." An older man said. 

I snapped awake and immediently realized who and what was touching me. I put my guard up and acted as Itzal again. 

"Put it down or else I'll kill you." I threatened. 

"Oh ho, so you finally awoke. It took me awhile to get you up." He laughed. 

I glowered at him. "And you think that pressing the blade of a knife on an unsuspecting guy is a way to wake someone up?" 

"Just wanted to see if you were really a part of that group or not." He chuckled. "It looks like you aren't, even if you are witty and cunning. However, this shows that you are new to the industry."

I launched forward and grabbed his throat. No, no, no! I would not be discovered this quickly. I mustn't, as if I was, that would be the end of my facade. 

"Easy now, I don't want to hurt you," He assured me. "So if you wouldn't mind removing your hands from my neck..."

I removed my hands from his neck, and glared at him with as much hate as I could muster. This old man was cunning, as well as experienced. He was a threat to me and all that I was hiding. 

"I'm leaving now. Hope to never see you again." I said. 

I ran past him and out the bar. I thought that I had reached safety, but was greeted with a monster. Vanessa just happened to be driving by at the time I ran out of the bar, and she saw me.  I was dead, so very dead. 

Her being here meant Eric was dead too, or was near death. That also meant that I didn't have anymore pawns to sacrifice for my safety. Wait... she killed Eric? She killed my precious target of revenge? I wasn't going to let her off the hook now, no matter how much of a monster she is. 

I took out my phone and dialed Mariah's number. I hated to do this, but if I mentioned Eric, she may fall into the trap and obey. 

"What? Why are you of all people calling me?" She questioned. 

"If I say that this will safe your boyfriend's life, will you help me?" I asked. 

"Eric's in danger? What do I need to do?" 

I smiled. She was easily baited. All I had to do was wait out in the bar until she arrived. Good thing the bar had the address outside and visible, else it would have been hard to direct her. Mariah was under the impression that Eric was in danger and that we needed the weapons in order to escape safely. 

In reality, I was the one in danger. Eric was probably dead, but I could still use Mariah for a little while longer. If she thought it was for Eric, she'd do anything. I mean, she was a murderer because of him. 

I ran back into the bar, and back laid back on one of the barstools. I knew that Vanessa had seen me, but it would take her awhile to park her car and come find me. She probably thinks that I ran away, and wouldn't think twice about checking the bar. 

At least, I hoped that was the case. I prayed that she wasn't smart enough to see through my plan, and come in here first. If that was the case, I hoped Mariah drove fast. 

"What are you doing back in here?" The man asked. "Did you not say that you hoped to never see me again?" 

Him... the man who was brining me pain and was the ultimate reason for Vanessa finding me. I was really starting to hate him, ex inner circle member or not. 

"Shut up and mind your own business." I snapped. 

"Oi, oi, what's this old man done to get on your bad side like that?" He teased. 

"You know exactly what." 

"Hmmm... could the problem be the pretty lady that just walked in?" 

I snapped up my head. It wasn't Mariah, nope. It was the girl that for some reason had an obsession for her brother. It was the one and only, Vanessa. 

"Shit! She saw through me." I muttered. 

"I was right, she is the problem." The old man said. 

"Just shut up and hide me!" I yelled. 

"Itzal... Itzal? Why did you run from me? You're mine remember? You can't leave me..." Vanessa rambled. "You're mine, all mine, so don't run. All mine, no one else's. I took care of the guy that stole you from me earlier... now you belong to me and only me." 

Something within me snapped. She just admitted to killing Eric, and while I didn't care if he died, I cared that I wasn't the one who killed him. 

"You killed him? I was the one who was supposed to kill him? How else do you think I'm supposed to get my revenge? On air maybe? I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!" I screamed. "You're awful for killing him before I was done playing with him. Don't you know I've been acting all this time just to kill him? Why did you take that from me? Why?" 

The old man and Vanessa looked at me in shock. 

"I killed him because he stole you from me... why are you mad? He was going to be dead anyways." 

"You took my target away from me. Ima kill you, and torture you... I'll make your life a living hell!" 

I, unarmed, charged straight towards Vanessa. Hadn't I called on Mariah so that I wouldn't fight her unarmed? What was I doing? I had really lost it this time... and I doubted that a simple mantra was going to bring it back. 

Before I could fully get out of my seat, I was slammed on the ground by the old man. Ugh, it hurt like hell. I think he broke my nose, or something. 

"Now, now kiddos, let's not get too violent in here, alright? I don't want to clean up after any of your messes." He scolded. "Besides, I don't think that you two should be arguing like this. You sound as if you are close to one another, so why don't we talk things out peacefully?" 

"You hurt my Itzal... you hurt him! I'll kill you." Vanessa snarled. 

Meanwhile, I was in shock at what the old man had just said. Close? Us? Ridiculous! As if I-a truly and utterly normal person- could ever be close with a demon. 

I started to laugh uncontrollably. "Us? You think we're close? I haven't heard such nonsense in all of my life! I'd kill her if I got the chance, just as she would kidnap me, and do all sorts of heinous acts on me." 

"Kids, calm down." He said. 

"You hurt Itzal! Pay with your life." Vanessa stated again. 

"Shut up, you maniac! Get out of here and leave me alone!" I shouted at her. 

"Itzal? Do you hate me? I don't want you to hate me!" She wailed. 

I, who had blood flowing down my face from my nose, was in a shouting match with a criminal, inside the body of a criminal. HA! I never thought I would see the day when I was standing up to someone who wanted to kill me. I rejoiced in this fact, and turned towards Vanessa with a crazed smile on my face. 

I had no doubt that I looked like an insane psychopath, but I didn't care. All that mattered was enacting the revenge I should have done on Eric, on her, and then kill Mariah. Yeah, that was what I would do. I was going to snuff out these two nuisances, and enact my revenge! 

If she killed Eric, so what? It was only a minor setback anyway. She could feel my wrath for him instead! I laughed again. I had it all planned out perfectly.