The Risen HODWII

Chapter 36 : Eyes Blazing With Fire

And now, almost hundreds had entered, drawn in by the curiosity that built within them... they were curious after hearing nothing from the inside. There were neither signs of a battle nor the sound of a gun... it seemed nothing was happening, but no one from the inside had ever made it out.

Now I'm confused. How could the hundreds of men try to fit into that house!?

Only five men were left outside; two of them were wearing white suits, which, if I may conclude, indicated they were their bosses. I could sense their curiosity, and they were also absolutely upset!

"No!!!" I heard a shout coming from the house and saw a man running, trying to escape with terrifying fear. When he reached the doorframe, I was about to shoot him, but... I was shocked! He fell down on the ground, lying on his back!

"Shit!" "Fucking shit!" The two men in white suits cursed after seeing their lifeless man lying near the doorframe with... a dagger in the back of his head! A perfect headshot!

They ran toward the house at fast speed and in madness, but when they reached the door, they suddenly halted, glued to their spots. The next thing I saw was them shivering in fear... they must have seen the monster.

"Oh... no..." one of their bosses said in a low voice, but I heard him clearly in the silent night.

"The... the... Silence—" the other boss tried to say, but before he finished his last word, a bullet passed through his forehead, making him fall down. Dead.

"Run for your lives!!" the remaining boss shouted and ran; the other three followed him, and this is my cue. I fired my gun two times at the guy in the white suit and at the guy in the black suit who tried to run toward the red car.

The other two men also fell down. Dead, after receiving shots from... Jacob, who was wearing a serious face and walking toward them with a silencer gun in his hand. His eyes... they were different from before...

The jolly and funny Jacob I knew had turned into someone else... a cold one.

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**Xenon's POV**

I opened my eyes to see an unfamiliar place... where am I? I've never been here before. Looking around, it seems like an old mansion; I can see antiques, but suddenly my attention was caught after hearing cries.

I followed the sound of cries... until my feet took me in front of a... door. I opened it and saw stairs leading to the... basement?

My heartbeat started hammering fast; I think it will explode any minute. I don't know why, but I felt... intense fear.

It's too dark, but thankfully a ray of moonlight passed through the window glass below, providing a little amount of light. The cries continued as I walked down, ignoring the rapid beating of my heart and the shivers running down my spine.

When I stepped down on the last stair, I was shocked to see a... little girl!? I felt pity for her. Her head hung low, supported by her knees, still sobbing. But what made me more shocked was the situation she was in... she was bound in chains. I could see dried blood on her ripped white shirt. However, I couldn't see her face.

I felt my eyes getting blurry from the small amount of water that covered them. I wiped my cheek and looked at my hand— a tear.

"Help me..." I immediately looked at the little girl after hearing her soft murmurs, but her position remained the same, curled in a ball.

I slowly walked toward her, but when I reached her, I heard footsteps from behind. I immediately turned my back, and to my surprise, a man with a shadowed head was holding a bloodied bat. He was walking too fast toward the little girl and...

"Noooooo!!!!" I yelled as he hit the little girl with the bat too hard! He was torturing her! The man's head slowly turned to face me; even with just the shadow, I could feel him looking at me... in anger.

I gasped and looked at my surroundings to see another unfamiliar house.

Standing up, I whispered, "Where am I?" more to myself as I started walking to... I don't know where... I'm just following where my feet take me. While walking, I could see dead people... they were all lifeless, with blood flowing from their heads... they were headshots. What happened to them??

Fear. The only word that could describe me right now... "Claire..." her name just came out of my mouth, probably because of the fear that I needed her right now. I need her comfort, her touch... her— I stopped, my eyes widening from the scene in front of me... dead people around and... a person wearing a dark suit was standing in the middle! That person had surely killed them! It was wearing a big hood, with its head hung low, which made it impossible to see anything, not even a glimpse of its face!

"Who are you? Why did you kill them?" I asked, my voice coming out low, sounding like a hoarse whisper.

But the person didn't answer me. Instead, it slowly looked up, facing me, and once again... I shivered, hearing my heart beating so loud it might burst out anytime soon.

Out of fear, I stepped back with my face wearing an unexplainable expression! A shadow inside the hood was looking at me! And from the look in its eyes, I immediately recognized who it was... the Silencer, filled with anger and revenge.

The eyes, blazing with fire... were staring at me.

I stepped back once more, not realizing there was a dead person I stumbled upon, which made me fall back.

I closed my eyes, waiting for the impact to happen, but - "Run for your lives!!"

I opened my eyes, gasping and breathing uncontrollably, panting from tiredness and fear. I sat up when I recovered and looked at my surroundings. It was dark, but with the help of the moonlight rays, I could see a little.